University of Massachusetts Lowell - Sojourn / Knoll Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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HP : . P?v : ' , • t| ■• ' 1 :.. ' H pw Sf v -j I met you first early in May or June, or possibly as late as September in the year 1951. You came up the front walk all alone, or with a friend, or with a parent, turned left and entered the Dean ' s office for your interview. I met you again when you came to our Orientation program just before college opened, September the tenth. Then there were upperclass- men here to greet you, too. We spoke of you as a group of very nice young people starting out on your college career and were happy that you were to be with us at Lowell. I have never had occasion to change my original opinion, and as you read the pages of this annual you will know why. Miss Gourville proved to be a stabilizing influence on us during our first weeks here, but she was not the only person who tried to make us welcome here at L. T. C. We found here these other teachers, all of whom tried to make us feel at home. II. Erase, E. Ncilson, D. A. Hiscoe L. Knowles,]. Fitzgerald,!. Pioberts 10

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June, 1955 Dear Mr. Malone, When we were freshmen, four years was an endless length of time. Yet one by one, they have slipped away, and now, almost without warning, we are about to leave our college for the last time. We take with us unforgettable memories— some carefree, some more serious— but all warm and vivid because you are part of them. Do you remember our first days together, when the Class of 1955 hobbled up and down stairways, preceded by the clanking of tin can belts , and the rattling of newspaper blouses? You must have been impressed— or perhaps stunned is a better word— by these, the future teachers of America. During this time of initiation, we became convinced that Juniors had but one aim in life, and that was to make Freshmen as miserable as possible. We soon learned, however, that this was but a superficial impression, and that beneath the stern faces were laughing hearts filled with a spirit of kindness and sincerity. Soon after initiation, we were made acquainted, through our Orientation Class (sub- title— What Every Freshman Show Know ) with what our future life at L. T. C. was to be. Our teacher, Miss Marguerite Gourville, then dean and now director of placement, was then as she is now, our guide. During our years here she has given us many messages, but this, her last to us, will remind us of the helpful advice of them all. 9

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Then, too, we knew a few other people who are no longer here to welcome the incoming classes. Do you remember these teachers, who helped to brighten our first two years at the College— Dr. John R. Hart, Professor Christine Kane, Professor Marie Guerin, and Librarian Irene McDonald? Although we had all these people to help us, it was quite some time be- fore we became accustomed to the newness of college life. We were not the only ones to feel the strange- ness of new experiences, however, for with us came others— new professors who helped to make our col- lege even better than it was. As you were a fresh- man too, you must have experienced the same lost feeling we knew at times, even though everyone was so helpful and friendly. D. Procopio, M. Wilson, C. Thompsom F. Caliri, H. M. Garrity, M. Shannon 11 . Fisher, T. Malloy, W. Mahne