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

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MeLA Cfe jfiam the QaveiM i I welcome the opportunity to extend the greetings of the Common- wealth to the Senior Class of the New Bedford Textile Institute through the medium of your class publication, The Fabricator. For over a half century, the New Bedford Textile Institute (formerly the New Bedford Textile School) has done magnificent work in the matter in training young men who have subsequently achieved distinction in the executive, technical, and financial branches of the textile industry within the Commonwealth and throughout the United States. Since the school started during the final decade of the past century to the present time, the citizens of the Commonwealth, through the medium of their representatives in the General Court, have given such generous support to this institution that it happily occupies a position of eminence in the national field of textile education. Therefore, I am pleased to join with all our citizens in heartfelt good wishes to the members of the present graduating class who will soon go into the great textile industry and who will carry on the great tradition of those who have gone before. Sincerely, PAUL A. DEVER

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Jtt iHrmoram We respectfully dedicate this page to the memory of Abram Brooks — scientist, philosopher, teacher and dreamer — who, for over twenty-nine years, served as instructor in organic chemistry here at the Institute. Abram Brooks was a curious, yet stimulating blend of contradictions and paradoxes. As a teacher and scientist he was challenged by the theories of Einstein; as a dreamer he found delight in the fantasies of Fort. Although a self-taught expert in ballistics, he could still be intrigued by petty mathematical puzzles. His mind was intensely active yet he found time to build a strong body. He will be remembered for the diversity of his interests, for his prolific- reading and for his concern for the problems of his students.

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MeAAafe jfi m the P ieUdent I and everyone associated with New Bedford Textile Institute, in the past as well as in the present, feel a great sense of pride and satisfaction in that we are, for the first time in our history, awarding the degree of Bachelor of Science. Mere words cannot express to you the importance attached to this, our latest achievement in the field of higher education. My personal wish is that your plans and your hopes may more readily materialize because of this academic achievement. I believe that because of it your career will rest upon a more solid foundation. And yet I find myself aware of the need to remind you young men and women that an academic degree is but a part of that equipment which you must possess if you are to attain success in your individual careers. I speak to you as one who has had his share of experience. Let me, in all sincerity, remind you of the need to exercise caution in all of your business affairs; for, unhappily, we are still living in a society which too frequently tends to disregard the Golden Rule. But this should not blind you to the awareness that moral virtue and high ideals make for a fuller and richer life. Again permit me to remind you that your formal education is but one of the means to help you to stand on your own two feet. As one who has traversed many years, I still find the world to be a beautiful world in spite of its sham, its drudgery, and its broken dreams. Whatever your labors and aspirations, learn to keep peace in your soul; learn the secret of remaining cheerful ; learn the real value of how to be happy. If we here at the institute have helped place you on the right road to- ward the fulfillment of your hopes and desires, then we may feel proud and happy in having discharged a measure of our duty toward you. You are as well aware as I that our times call for a new leader ship of men and women with vision and courage and ability — to bring tranquility and order and amity to a troubled world, and to an America if it is to pursue its path of peaceful progress. God grant that from you such leadership shall be forthcoming. Sincerely, GEORGE WALKER President