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

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19 3 THE FABRICATOR HISTORY OF THE SENIOR CLASS IT is now time to say good-by. This is by no means an easy thing for vis to do. We have been together for a long time, while working and playing; now we have reason to rejoice for having been able to witness this worthy ambition of ours. We have learned to like the kind of life we led for the past three years, mostly because we begin to understand one another, begin to know ourselves in the real light as we really are. With this understanding, intimate frendships arose, and this, coupled with the co-operation which we received at the school, made our sojourn here a very pleasant affair. Now, with the passing of time, we also must pass on each a different way. Let us review our three years stay at the New Bedford Textile School. First let us look upon the year 1927, to be more exact, September of that year. Can you forget that memorable day when we were all gathered together in the library, each and every one of us shyly answering the questions necessary in order to be duly enrolled at the school ? Can you forget our first glance at the different instructors as they laid down the law, telling us what was expected. Much we marvelled at the material greatness of the edifice, and the prospect of being educated on so vast and important a scale detracted much from our blithe and cheerful spirit. Soon we grew less mindful of the gibes and grandeur of the upper classmen ; our own self-importance was leaking out. Months passed in rapid succession. We hardly became aware of our approach to seniority. Throughout these three years the Class of ' 30 has given liberally of its mem- bers to promote the success of New Bedford Textile School in athletic and scholastic achievement. In soccer, Roger Karl, Cecil Fell and Jim Dow have made this comparatively new sport from the start. Roger Karl, Cecil Fell, and Joaquim La Costa have lent their prowess for the success of the basketball team. A leading figure in all and every school sport is Roger Karl, having prom- inently won his letters in soccer, basketball and baseball and captained the three sports. In this latter sport Al Scaccia, Joaquim La Costa, and Stanley Prokuski were pre-eminently engaged. Co-ed sports, in the main, have combined themselves entirely in the person of Dot Perry. Turning from athletics to scholastic and social activities, we recognize easily the fact that the fame of the class rests principally on the latter school functions. The Class of ' 30 is responsible for the foundation of two societies : The New (21)

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T II E !■ A B RICA TO R 1 9 8 1 Hi ' THE KKIMTIKK; DEPARTMENT E Knitting Departmenl ma be called the hearl oi the school, Thai state ni in ii ' li i rathei broad, Lei n disecl and analyze thii d artment, The publii or even other gtudenl in thi chool itself, hardh realize what i , ' ilw.i g on there and the wonderful wml thai li dail being accomplished through ill ' ' fforts of M t , Manning [n the past yea,) , the te tile indu ti ha though! little oi the word resean h, Always il has strived to keep thi same pace, to make the ami fini yarn and weave thi ame fine cloth With thi coming ol artificial ill and rayon, the in -In ii h.i p. hi ' ' l .i momenl to thin! and ponder on the possibilitiei ol this n w sul i i.i ii ' • . 1 1 - 1 1 enters research and thai i i actb oni oi the aimi oi 1 1 1 i - • I ' i ..i 1 1 up ni With a w id( field and a brighl future, unl nowns will be plentiful and ii ' . ' likewi • In this department, there is a i i research laboratory wIh-i • Mr, Manning and in studenti carr] on this worl Then an also some machine! placed in the spinning department ' i t I laboratory, This is foi the convenience oi both departmenti whei cotton ;ni l i ;i m i ■ i m i • ■ .i i ■ ■.■ i 1 1 ; - on Mi ' microscope, sel up foi photographii purpose , is the onlj one in the building Mr, Mi ng has worked tirelesslj to bring this instrumenl to perform to its acme oi perfection Mi man difTerenl kinds oi knitting machine and the bi I ■ underweai machini all contributi to maki 1 1 knitting course one ol the highi I ni ' ' i ' IIh i ni i in ought ' Hi ill ' counti Worl thai th( ordinary mil! can see no waj I ' 1 analyze is senl to this de 1 1.1 1 1 iiHiii , and -i correel solution is alwayi senl bacl Whenevei there is sunn thing thai cannol be e plained and corrected in the analysis oi .1 fibre, h is senl to school and from there goei mo 1 always, to this department, So this little world goes on pushing its way, daj bj day, sending forth good work throughoul ili gchool, throughoul thi country, utterlj Btrong in iti knowledge thai whatevei ii does ii 1 ' 1 ' i 1 ■ 1 1 and no1 to be denied, (20)

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1930 THE FABRICATOR Bedford Textile School Chemical Society and The Society for Textile Research. Both have created considerate interest in and outside the school. We hope that the classes to follow will go on where we left off. Of the many notable events of our school career is our Sophomore Dance which netted us $1.98. However, we got our experience from this first dance and we were able to put over our next two Senior Class Dances successfully, both financially and otherwise. The foregoing brief and very epitomized social history of the class of ' 30 is concluded. And now we turn to the last and most noteworthy lap of our Textile School Course — the Senior year. The first event of the year was the election of our class officers. Those hon- ored were John T. Allen, president ; Gilbert Othote, vice-president ; Albert Scaccia, secretary ; and Emil C. LeBeau, treasurer. As seniors we inherited the school and its dominions, and ran off our first big success as a dance, closely followed by another. Then followed brilliant days, joyful days, the time that is the richest heritage of the Senior. Came our exclusive Prom, filled with the interest only a class dance can bring. This affair was held at the New Bedford Country Club where an elaborate and excellent program of novelties was presented to break the monotony of dancing. Pictures, year books and rings followed in succession and kept the officers busy. And then the last notch in our textile school career — Commencement. Im- pressed with the moment of the occasion, supremely dignified, we sat through the formalities of the graduating program. All too soon the proceedings were over. Mechanically, with hundreds of envious eyes upon us, we answered the roll call and received that invaluable parchment our diploma, certificate of the successful completion of a three year course in textile education. And so it ends. The Class of ' 30 has joined that body called Alumni. Now we have reached the cross-roads; we are forced to go the parting of ways. As a class we are now but temporarily dissolved ; we shall meet again and renew the experiences of old. To our successors we leave the school ' s traditions and reputation for them to uphold as we have tried to do. With heartfelt feeling and sincere appreciation of what the school has. done for us, we, the Class of 1930, say, Adieu! (22)