Lowell Technological Institute - Pickout Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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ROTC Ball ' J I II! l f Ml? it once looked like this low, we will still encounter examinations. Day in, day out, we will be tried, examined, and judged, the only difference being that these exams will not be announced. We must be ready for these tests. The fundamentals that we have ac- quired as students should and will serve us well in this exact- ing world of obligations and decisions. In this frame of mind then, let us look back over our four years, and try in some small way, to realize how all the trails, demands, and mishaps of our Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years at Lowell Technological Institute have been interwoven into the fabric of our personalities. With a feeling of great consternation, we trundled along across the Bridge, to our first contact with Lowell Textile Institute, as it was called in the days of Chem 101, and Survey of Textiles. After the filling out of voluminous bundles of registration forms and such, we began our never- to-be-forgotten Freshman year. This great year of 1950 saw some changes in the administration, as Martin J. Lydon assumed many responsibilities as President of the In- stitute, and Wentworth Williams replaced him as Dean of Students. The Film Classic Group was now in its second year; and a new Athletic Advisory Committee was set up at the Institute. This was about the time when the term AFROTC became well known around the campus. In the fall of 1950, the LTI Research Foundation was organized, which in time was to add another feature to the Institute ' s already well-decorated cap. The All- Tex formal was a huge success, as we wel- comed Stan Kenton and his orchestra to the campus. Then came talk of Lowell State Teachers College . . . girls . . . blind dates . . . girls . . . Haystack Hoedown . . . and girls. There were rumors of the school dropping football . . . the word deferment became a common one, . . . it seemed that Sam was a quite popular name for uncles, and neighbors got together and formed boards for discussing things other than community affairs. It was also during the 50-51 school year, that the Red- book Publishing Company came out with a new volume . . . sides split campus wide as we had our first contact with the Pink Issue. . . . and the Paper and Leather courses were added to the curriculum. The Textile Players presented their production of, The Man Who Came to Dinner, and our No sweat 20

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in retrospect Another year has come and gone, and another Senior class has been graduated from Lowell Technological Insti- tute. For the under-graduates, June of 1954 represents just another milestone along the never-ending road of education, but for the graduate, the month of June represents something much more. It is the realization of a long existent dream; the fitting climax to four long years of work and expectations. Therefore, it is not so much with a feeling of sorrow that we take leave of these hallowed halls, but rather with a sense of pride and satisfaction both for ourselves and our College. During this short segment of our lifetime that was spent in quest of knowledge, we have acquired a certain versatility, not only in the technical field of education, but also in the secular field. We have learned about ourselves. We have been given a clear and conscious view of our opin- ions and judgements, a truth in developing them, a certain eloquence in expressing them, and a strength in presenting them. Through the many contacts and friendships cultivated during our four years at College, we have been taught how to accommodate ourselves to others, how to understand their problems and opinions, and how to make others aware of our own feelings. Truly, this is one of the greatest, if not the greatest accomplishments of our days at Lowell Tech. Education does not stop at graduation, for every day of our existence we find ourselves in the classroom of life. And from every new situation in which we find ourselves, there is a lesson to be learned. In our four years at Lowell Tech, we have become ac- customed to periodic examinations to measure our progress. When we step into the world of business administration, management, engineering, or whatever phase we are to fol- the musicians ' union as for women . jpwwswww 19 I didn ' t mean it, Professor . . .

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own Thespians did a bang-up job. The last few months of second semester Freshman year were pretty rough academ- ically, and topics that were much discussed on campus were, final exams . . . addition of an ROTC unit in the fall . . . the temporary dropping of football . . . finals . . . Upstream Day . . . study . . . cram . . .exams . . . worry . . . relief . . . summer vacation . . . and REST. September 1951 . . . again we wade through pages and pages of registration forms, this time it is complicated more so by the new numbering system for the classrooms. But, such is the price of education, we mutter, as we finish registration for our Sophomore year, and meet for the first time, the difficulties encountered by A and B, as A in Lon- don sends money to B in United States, to whom he owes money, upon which a draft is drawn from A ' s bank ( in Lon- don), and sent to B, who didn ' t need the money in the first place ... or is it B who sends the money by drawing a draft from his bank, which is sent to A (in London) ? ... or is A a second cousin to B ( twice removed ) ... or ... oh well, what ' s 3 credits. If this wasn ' t enough, you could get your kicks from Chem 201, where you were enlightened as to the merits of anti-freeze as a beverage, how to pour rubbing alcohol through bread, how benezne looks through a mirror, and last but not least, how to capture, keep, and feed baby tautomers. In 1951 two new instructors were added to the faculty in the persons of Mr. Pfister, and Mr. Rogers; and the Soph- omore class co-sponsored a blind date dance with LSTC. Thou shalt not fly the Confederate flag, proclaimed the campus criers who were immediately drowned out by rousing choruses of That ' s What I Like About the South. . . . President Lydon drew the first volume from the stacks of the new Alumni Memorial Library . . . and several new extra-curricular activities were added, among which were the Newman Club, the Hillel Counselorship, the Golf Club, WLTI, and the AF-ROTC Rifle Team. The AU-Tex week- end rolled around with the music of Freddy Martin, open house at all the fraternities, the Faculty-Fraternity All-Star game in which the Frat All-Stars nosed out the Faculty by a score of 50-39. The few weeks preceding the Christmas vacation were busy indeed, with the Freshman Smoker, Open House at the The players ' special How does he do it 21 Losers buy the beer