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

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THE FABRICATOR 19 2 8 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE GENERAL CLASS Biswas — Native of India — addicted to chewing Betel nut with an ungodly crunching of jaws. He had much trouble in keeping up to the boys wise cracks and horseplay. Blackmer — Native of Needham — Fond of verbal debating with Mr. Acomb. Played Baseball and took Turner out for evening of picking up. He liked playing ball better than the picking Turner picked. Brotherson — unfortunate lives in New Bedford. — Only honest looking man in the class. As a result was elected Class Treasurer. So far his neckties are the same as the ones he had four years ago but he is closely watched. Played Baseball, Basketball, Class Treasurer. Carlson — New Bedford — Class never ceases to razz if he makes a mistake. Has a faint idea he is a painter after taking color with Mr. Holt. Played Basketball, Baseball, Manager Basketball 2 years, Hatch Medal, Class President. Fawcett — Rhode Island — Has one drawback — he plays a saxophone. The class has never forgiven him for this. Coined a new way to call Mr. Holt and save energy, merely bawls out Sta ' Hoi. Also carries the finest bay window in the class. Played Baseball. Holmes — N. B. — Has a mania for going to Textile school and is now a P. G. The only member of the class who smokes cigars on school days and really looks as though he bought ' em. After four years at Tech he is thinking of opening a soda fountain. Member Track team and self appointed Trustee of the school. Macia — North Brookfield — Lovingly called Runt, Shorty, Tiny, Shrimp, and others his family might read here. Loves to argue and somehow has developed a southern drawl, we presume from too much contact with Turners light?? lady friends. Peters — Padanaram — AAAAAAAAHHHHH. It. Sex appeal. Manliness. Answer to a maiden ' s prayer. The other half of the Turner-Peters feud. The only man of the class who has taken a pot shot at a sheriff during the hunting season. He also took a fine of Ten dollars. It is rumored that he borrowed the Ten from the same sheriff. Cause of his down fall — too popular with the fair sex. Can eat more candy than any six men and he eats it, not anyone else. Reason for Mr. Holt ' s additional grey hairs. 4 26 } ■

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19 2 8 •» Bedford Tevtiu c u THE FABRICATOR September 1927: Dignified Seniors -- back at school again, rushing about, knocking instructors down and making Freshmen dissolve sulphur in HuO. We immediately took possession of the Small Lab and sold distilled water permits for ten cents. We were soon presented with many Technical Analyses and Mr. Busby took us down cellar to the Land of Gray, where we were soon taught what the difference was between a jig and a tenter frame. Oh, remember George chinned himself fourteen times. In the Lab, the Textile Goose strutted about making life miserable for anyone he stopped near. Social activities occupied all of our spare time, during our last half year; and here we are now at the close of our course and graduation day before us. Let us not forget all that Tech has done for us, our instructors who have labored so hard to teach us and all our fellow students. THE SENIORS FROM THE GENERAL SIDE ALL hail to the cap and gown. We find that after three years of crawling into that garment we are fast becoming experts in carrying our sex appeal as well as our personality while decked out in dear old Tech ' s C. G. This being our last year as students and the last for many of us as men of leisure??? We have tried to act as seriously as could be expected from a crowd of young men who have in their midst Turner, Peters, Soler, et al. The generals and designers have made several bids for fame during their three years here and the writer will endeavor to inform the world of some of the activities of the class members. However our class has been well represented in athletics, scholastic, and social activities with numerous side issues such as, -- well perhaps it would be best to let the rest go by default. We have been repre- sented on the Basketball court by Carlson and Brotherson, on the diamond by Brotherson, Carlson, Fawcett, Soler, and Blackmer, and on the Track team by Holmes, Potter, Carlson, and Brotherson. In the Freshman period of our existence Carlson managed to cop the Hatch Medal with Macia as runner-up. In our second year we were mainly interested in Athletics and Social events seeing that our class was not yet organized. In our Senior Year we blossomed out and went out for -- everything -- AND HOW. One of our number was elected President of the Class, that is Carlson, another was elected Treasurer, Brotherson. The General Class boosted Brotherson for Treasurer so that they could keep close tabs on the boys clothes and whether he took any long trips or smoked expensive cigars. ■4 25 fen-

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19 2 8 THE FABRICATOR Potter — N. B. — The manly blond. The class baby but oh my oh what a child. Smokes a pipe, goes to dances, (not alone) bowls, plays billiards and has other mild dissipations. Claims Marie Jacquard as one of his ancestors. Showed his contempt of his class mates by grabbing off a good job before he had grabbed off his sheepskin. Soler — Mexico (he couldn ' t help it he says). — Only comeback to all wise cracks is SO ' s your old man. Has managed to raise a slight down on his upper lip and is frantically twirling it every minute to get that real Kulture Twist. Always has a better one than you have to tell and can go you one better on all your escapades. Played Base- ball, ran in fat men ' s race — lost. Turner — Last residence New Bedford. Latest reports Sing Sing — Being the last of the list and fortunately the one of whom the most can be said. Raffles, Don Juan, and Simple Simon rolled into one. Has caused more disputes in class over the color of his lady friends than any 2000 men. Class swears he has become two shades darker than when he was a Freshman. Middle name is rumored to be SLEEP. Has been caught sleeping while shaving, sitting, riding, walking, eating, dancing, but never has been caught wooing Morpheus in class. That is the Class has decided that he doesn ' t sleep during lecture but just naturally dies. He is the other half of the Peters-Turner feud and has been brawling incessantly for two years with his adversary but if the fact must be known neither one knows what it is all about. In the future he will be a Western Union messenger boy no doubt as he dearly loves to run errands for the boys. Elected to the hall of fame as the only Textilian who promised to take three girls to a dance met them there and had a good time with the whole three. Outside of sleeping his only other bad habits are gambling, drinking, thieving, alienation of affections, arson, assault and battery, murder, and outlawry. He does chew gum. We are all genuinely sorry that our last year at Tech is drawing to a close and we sincerely hope that the underclasses will endeavor to uphold the stand- ards of the school as much as we have tried to do. -4 27 } -