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THE FABRICATOR 19 2 7 During the second year the evils of double cloths and steam engineering presented themselves and we had to study harder than we had ever had to before to overcome them. The rest of the subjects were passed without any extra exertion so on the whole, we had a very pleasant term. We felt so much at home in the school that we started to call the instructors by their first names. Our class was well represented in athletics, Casey Searls being the hero on the diamond while the honors on the basketball floor were divided between Bruce and Levovsky. Nearly all of us belonged to either one or the other of the two large fraternities by this time and there was much good natured rivalry carried on. Interfraternity bowling matches, bridge games and pool games were held, with honors about even. In October, 1925 we lost our classmate Wilfred Touchette who was fatally injured in an automobile accident. Then came our third year and we began to realize that soon we would leave school and face the world so we studied harder and more faithfully. It took us two years to appreciate what a wonderful course the school was offering to us. In electricity we learned that ohms are much more to be feared than volts and we doubtlessly ' shocked ' Mr. Walton more than once with some of our brilliant answers. In the last half of our third year we were staunch followers of that great indoor sport, Wet Wash. This was our only relaxation from the weare and teare on the brain induced by C. Y. P., Weaving, Design- ing, Mill Engineering, etc. Soon each of us will take our separate path to success and, believe me, some of the class of ' 27 will eventually become leaders in the textile industry. THOMAS M. BOOMER, Jr. J. Gallagher, Treas. E. Snell, Sec. C. Fead, Vice-Pres. T. J. McDonald, Pres. °4{ 20 fr
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19 2 7 THE FABRICATOR HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1927 IN early September, 1924, the members of the class of ' 27 met, for the first time, outside the portals of that world known institution, the New Bedford Textile School. We had no idea of the cares, the joys and the friendships which were to come during the next three years. We freshmen gathered in groups outside the school and admired the very collegiate upper classmen as they greeted their fraternity brothers and friends after the summer vacation. When the bell rang we went inside and were herded into the library where one of the office girls quickly straightened us out as to where we should go and what we should do. Then we were turned over to the instructors, each of whom insisted that we spend more money in his depart- ment than in any other. We had to get instruction sheets from every instructor besides pick glasses, drawing sets, analysis books etc. Later, when we compared notes with our chemistry comrades, we found that they had also suffered financial reverses. The first few weeks were spent in getting acquainted with our school- mates, instructors and with our school work. As few of us in the general class had ever been inside of a cotton mill, this time was well spent in teaching us the fundamental principles involved in the manufacture of cotton cloth. In the fall of ' 25, we came back from the fields, forests, mountains and mills for another attack on education. Our class was very unfortunate for some reason or other for only half the members of the original class returned to school. Bill Plunkett, Bob Desmond, Rollin McHugh and Red Mercer had had enough theory and were climbing the ladder of success in the textile world. Hj( 1 9 )§►—
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