Lowell Technological Institute - Pickout Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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siding to provide sleeping quarters for the students at the Exposition. This appealed to the more uninhibited members of the student body (of both sexes), but was at once curtailed by a jealous faculty. The Student Council elections saw Frank Reilly chosen as president, and Ira Pantell, Don Aldrich, and Doug Grady as vice-president, secretary, and treasurer, respectively. On April 14th, the Textile Players scored a tremendous success with their production of The Philadelphia Story.” This was followed by the annual formal dance which was held at Liberty Hall. At a conference of Deans and Presidents of Textile Schools, it was brought out that [ 28 ]

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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 ]

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the administration of L.T.I. favors liberal- ization of education. This was in complete accord with the students who had always thought it more fun to be liberal. Backing up the policy, the sophomore organic class was given the go-ahead to inspect the local Harvard Brewery. This they did with much slurping enthusiasm. The sophomore and junior annual dances were held on April 4th, and 22nd, respectively. Music for the occasions was ably supplied by the Textile Tooters. Textile’s diamond -men dropped the first two games to Tufts and Northeastern, but then rallied to top Clark 9-4. The date of Upstream Day was set as May 17th; this meant there would be a serious shortage of chipped ice in Lowell that day. Dismay was the typical senior ex- pression when the reality of serious job hunting got underway — Jim Bell had built up their ego to the extent that none would accept less than 80 cents per hour. [ 29 ]