Lowell Technological Institute - Pickout Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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in retrospect As a member of the class of 1969, you are hereby given a KEY, a beanie and a little badge. Write your name and section number on the cardboard slip and put it in the badge. Get in line when your initial is called and pick up your envelopes by the stage. Under- stand? Yes, WHAT, freshman? You ' re a lighthouse, freshman. There will be a dorm meeting at 3 A.M.. freshmen . . . wake up freshman! Only moles live in tunnels, freshmen; give me your badge. Which one of you hit Jake on the head with the water balloon, fresh- men? More class spirit, freshmen. Congratulations, freshmen; you are one point over the necessary amount. Welcome to L.T.I. . . . Your performance was very good at kangaroo court. Freshmen.

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How many S ' s and how many U ' s? Soccer. Basket- ball with Hank Brown and Stcvie Houde. ME-lab with those damned T-squares. Physics lab reports. The roommate who never made his bed — the roommate who always made his bed. Rushing the frats. loch players ' Journey to a Small Planet ' . Coffee at the Campus and philosophical discussions under the maple trees. The English lectures at 10 and I I A.M. Prot. Hardy and his cheery personality. Prof. Rubinstein and his moles. Dr. Pierce and his book. Sorority lounge — off limits to anyone who didn ' t just walk in anyway. Which Dean ' s List? Your II-S. Free AVS movies — and good ones. Your french-blue blazer. Chem recitation sections and your homework boxes. Expansion planned for everyone except the bookstore. As a member of the class of 1969, you are hereby notified that you are still a member of the class of 1969. Don ' t forget the receipt from the bursar ' s office. Yes, we have Dr. Worrell for Physics lecture. We part our ways and section 4 doesn ' t have everything to- gether anymore. First you meet the guys on your floor. then the group in your section, and lastly the guys (and girls) majoring in your field. I think that there is a message in there somewhere. Special action forms have to go to data processing before they come to the Registrar ' s office. What is the puddle under the doors of the Ace Vending company guillotines? What has the dean to say to the freshmen this year? In last year ' s hour of mirth it was the three B ' s. This year it is the three F ' s. Why do we have to fill out Alumni forms again this year? Hey. the gym is going to open in November! . . . December . . . Janu- ary? New dorms, library and nuclear center soon. Well, all right! They painted the walls in Ball Hall, but the roof still leaks on the fourth floor. Every final should be like the R.O.T.C. final. Our class meetings are a little smaller this year. Less interest or less class? Waiting for the Eco marks — not waiting for the Phys- ics marks. 24 burned out in the Market Street fire. There will never be a basketball game like the one at M.I.T. last year, eh? The blackout. Keypunching your first program. Lucky freshmen; they don ' t have to change in the basement of one building and run to the fourth floor of another building for gym. More frats and less bulletin board space. As a member of the class of 1969. you will join us in our sorrow at the death of Dean Richard W. Ivers. Halfway home and half are gone — or so it seems. Uncle Sam has gotten a few and wants the rest. Regis- tration in the somebody gym. We get to park in our 250 car lot — all 500 of us. If you didn ' t get a red ticket you got a yellow one.