Lowell Technological Institute - Pickout Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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fit T, M M T W 8 £ 5 6 7 1 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1W T AFTED on a slightly tainted zephyr, the Ides of March were tt again upon us. The female population of L.T.I. seemingly took offense to the month of billowing skirts and revealed lace by carrying on an insurrection designed to put an end to one of man’s most harmless depravations, that of being deceived- as to the extent of the body beautiful and enjoying it. As dungarees replaced silk, the indignation of the masters of the Old Howard” and Union City” rose to a clamor which shook the very foundations of the rebellious co-eds. Seeing themselves about to be overwhelmed by a horde of bearded male students, the ringleaders threw in the towel together with a face-saving alibi about dirty gill boxes and acid burns on nylons. L.T.I. basketeers ended the season with a record of five wins and fifteen losses. The disastrous season was attributed mainly to the bad breaks of the team in dropping many games by the margin of one or two baskets. A1 Lyons and Sonny Needle were elected to be co- captains of the ’50-’51 squad. The Ski Team took sixth place in a giant slalom at the Intervale Ski Slopes. Key figure on the team was Don Middle- ton, a senior, who also won the Rhode Island State championship. A staunch faculty five was forced to bow to the winners of the Interfrat basketball title. The Pilam team gave the teachers the short end of a 37-26 score. The faculty rallied again and again to the cheers of President Fox who attempted a field goal from the stands. The way Prof. Cushing played, it seemed as though [ 26 ]

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the sewage system which runs all around the school. Consequently, the rather penetrating odors spread all over the place. When caught red-handed, Mr. Kelley showed no sign of guilt, but muttered maliciously, Mv next problem is to find something that will affect Louis Stearns and Jim Bell. They have been made immune by their pipes.” We all wish him luck on his voyage of experi- ment into new worlds of smell. Professor James H. Kennedy, Jr., was appointed head of the Wool Department, and started things off right by having everyone in his Top Making class draw the worsted card with all the trimmings. Gee, they’re showing a real movie in the hall tonight!” was a rather surprised reaction by many of us to a new film group which was just getting started. A hundred or so showed up at their first showing, and, to coin a cliche, a good time was had by all. Many of those who knew very little about dry cleaning learned a little more about that subject when Dr. Dorothy S. Lyle came to Textile and gave a series of informative lectures. The Frosh entered L.T.I.’s social whirl bv sponsoring a dance which turned out to be most successful. The basketball boys dropped nine games in a row, which took its toll on school spirit. Perhaps something did happen in February after all. [ 25 ]

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I economics of one sort or another was tied up in the outcome. The Institute was favored by the N.E.T.F. when it was presented with an electron microscope and a Hunter Dryer. A course for seniors was expected to be formed which would involve the use of the microscope to find the answers to the unknown. It was suggested that the co-eds be examined to acertain their exact structure (molecular, that is). The Hunter Dryer has variable speed drives which eliminate the use of change gears; this threatened to do away with the mechanism course — don’t cry, Henry. The Text headline stated that Governor Dever would be the guest speaker at the commencement exercises of the Class of 1950. Also, it was revealed that five notables of the textile industry would receive M.S. degrees from L.T.I. This just went to prove that it is easier for the wealthy to get educated, than the educated to get wealthy. [ 27 ]