New Bedford Institute of Technology - Fabricator Yearbook (New Bedford, MA)

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The second half of the year went quickly and vacation came to our thoughts with its possibilities of wine, women, and song without thought of classes. To work or play seemed to be the uppermost thought in our minds, most of us played. In the fall of ' 24 we gathered again under the ivy clad walls (poison ivy) of Textile. We were no longer strangers tho ' shouts greeted each one of us as we returned, hand shaking was seen everywhere, fraternity brothers embraced each other and the term was on. As Juniors we again pursued our studies, we never got ahead of them. Even C. Y. P. got more inter- esting (to those that didn ' t drop it) and the students stayed awake most of the time. In Knitting and Dye- ing we learned a great deal. Designing brought new terrors in the form of lenos and double cloth, and nearly wrecked the student ' s mind and he never seemed to recover that mind in his remaining two years. Several of the class had bum fingers and grimy hands, proving that they had been initiated into the machine shop. Mr. Bayrooters class. Stained hands belonged to the proud dyers of Mr. Grimshaw ' s class. Steam engineering proved one of the best sleeping places we had found. It proved very interesting be- cause of the inseparable three, Burt, Murphy and Mr. Crompton. Burt and Murphy arriving always on time, proved that they are ready to instruct steam an} - time Mr. Crompton decides he has had enough. During the latter part of the year we learned to multiply, divide, substract and add. in a course of dooblin an ' draafthT. We learned how to add O pint O and get O for an answer, without loookin ' at the boook. We also learned how to get by a test. Cotton classing with its jokes proved very interesting and most of the boys were wonders at it. (They wondered what it was all about). So after studying intently for another year the class of ' 26 again planned its vacation. Most of them worked that summer, some worked their fathers, some w r orked their points, and others worked everyone they met. Some really did get a job in the various local mills and the work proved a valuable aid to them. Then as the last year came the class began to realize that there was much to be done, and. as mighty Seniors they came back, the lords of the school. They found the curse of the Senior Year wet wash waiting for them. Electrical Engineering proved another barnacle on the way of progress but the class went at every thing with a will this last year. The work of three years has brought us together in close comradeship and we hope that in our future years the members of the class will return to have reunions here in New Bedford, each to tell of the way he has made a success of life in the Textile World. Malcolm Richardson [24

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H. EARL ROONEY President ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL Tim Baseball 1 — 2 — 3 DELTA KAPPA PHI GENERAL COTTON Track 3 This barrel-legged youth from the foot of the Mohawk Trail has spent a hectic three years in our academy defending his home town. Tim has been working out on the track with his trainer Soler, so in case he misses the last car from Fall River, he can make New Bedford in nothing flat. He wears the only oversize baseball uniform on the team and while tending the initial sack, he is as graceful as an elephant. Death and taxes remind us of Rooney because they are going to get you. Tim takes to C. Y. P. as a duck takes to water. Some day we expect to meet him as one of the fore- most stockholders in the Berkshire Cotton Mills. LINDEN H. MAXFIELD Vice-President DELTA KAPPA PHI NEW BEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL Lillliy GENERAL COTTON Dance Committee Baseball Manager Who would have thought that Cupid ' s Assistant would be found in a Textile School? Well, here he is boys, look him over. With the girls be is a cave man and what ' s more he gets away with it. He looks harmless and meek; but you should lie careful, looks are so deceiving. Linny is noted for his never-failing smile and his willingness to help those of us in need. We sincerely hope that Linden will aim higher in his future life than lie did with the schedule as our baseball manager. [26