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

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GILBERT J. WALNE 1 45 Robeson Street New Bedford, Mass. ' Red Certificate in Drafting and Machine Shop Practice THOMAS F. WALSH Tom ' 13 Willow Street New Bedford, Mass. Phi Psi Sc. B. in Textile Chemistry Activities: Intramural Softball 3, 4. 26 NEW BEDFORD TEXTILE INSTITUTE

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RALPH F. TOMPKINS Bud 19 Nelson Street New Brunswick, New Jersey Phi Psi Sc. B. in Textile Engineering Activities: Basketball 1 ; Football 2, 4. ALBIN FRANK TURBAK AI- 10 Milford Street Sc. B. in Textile Chemistry Activities: A. A. T. C. C. ; Assistant Business Man- ager Yearbook 4. JAMES FRANCIS TYNAN O Tynan 285 Pope Street New Bedford, Mass. Sc. B. in Textile Chemistry Activities: Intramural Softball 3, 4; Assistant Lit- erary Editor Yearbook 4; Assistant Humor Ed- itor Yearbook 4; A. A. T. C. C. JOHN L. WALKER 93 Perry Street New Bedford, Mass. Wink- Certificate in Drafting and Machine Shop Practice Activities: Soccer 1 , 2, 3. THE FABRICATOR, 1951 25

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Class Mis tort One dreamy soft September day a large army truck slid to a halt in front of N. B. T. I. A burly Dixiecrat sergeant swung down from the cab, ambled around and flopped open the tail-gate. Awrite, all you danged Dogfaces, he growled in his best Jeb Stuart manner, dismount! And there, dear reader, amid a mingled chorus of groans, faculty mem- bers, and one-hour-parking signs; there under the warm September sun, there in the gentle September breeze, was born the Class of 1951. It was not a very impressive group that stood there blinking in the sunlight, gaping at the big buildings, and dodging determined pigeons. No, it was not a very impressive group at all. In fact, it was downright sad. But, as the woman who had twin gargoyles said, They ' re mine and I love them. Well, dear reader, the Class of 1951 is ours and we love it? A little fellow in the group stumbled up to a companion, clawed some turkey feathers out of his face and said, Cot a smoke? Right then and there a pattern for the next four years was formed. After milling around for a while like confused cattle, The Troops formed fours and marched raggedly off to indoctrination. There was Ricard having trouble with his first pair of shoes, Tynan having trouble with Ricard, Simonne having trouble with all the boys, and Price just having trouble. There was all this and much, much more. The first year, the year of basic training, was a costly one. Casualties were high and many of the Troops were lost in stiff skirmishes with in- structors, experiments, and bad companions. The survivors could scarcely pause to honor them and plunged on to new and greater onslaughts, with increasing perils along the way. During the second year the debutantes in the group began to emerge from lab lockers, old lunches, and Duffy ' s Tavern. There was the weapons squad of Mello, Pittman, W£!sh, Fogarty, and Cagnon, experts, all, with the deadly water-rats and equalled by none in infiltration and defilading fire. There was Moose Baumann and Rapid Robert Mercer; Murphy Rosen, The Stoughton Stalwart; Al Marquis, alias Shakespeare; Andy Mig- nerey, the Instigator; and Analytical Annibal the Fastidious Ferreira. There were those infected with Athlete ' s Foot like Gil Schofield, Cabby, Lar- ruping Leo Kubel, John Cajda, Ralph Tompkins, Tom Lemieux, Freddy Burke, Lefty and Co. ; all good red-blooded American boys. There was even a brok- en-down pitcher from the minors, old Scatter-Arm Sirois, farmed out to spend his waning days seducing all the New Bedford maidens. There was Ricard still having trouble with his shoes and Tynan still having trouble with Ricard; Mr. Barylski having trouble with the troops; Albin having trouble with Irene; The Bev having trouble with Simonne; Simonne having trouble with the boys — it was no convent school — and Price still having trouble. The action was brisk, casualties still ran high; new threats such as Silva, Saltus, and Sullivan reared their frightened heads, and it became neces- sary to send in replacements. Two higher Anthrapoids, gently ejected from Brown, were added to the muster. Gunboat Groves and Big Moe Hahn took over vacant Bunsen Burners. With the stirring words of Dean Walker ' s Blood, Sweat, and Tears speech ringing in their ears, the Troops dug in and settled down to sweat out the third year of the campaign. THE FABRICATOR, 1951 27