As World War II raged on, the student body shrunk considerably. After the war, the GI Bill® brought a wave of returning veterans to campus. The postwar baby boom created a new need for teachers, while growth in science and engineering programs helped expand Lowell Textile into Lowell Technological Institute.
Field hockey became a popular sport at the Teachers College by 1942.
In 1944, class officers from the Teachers College assembled for a photo.
Due to World War II, the Textile Institute’s class of 1945 contained just 12 students.
Members of the Teachers College’s Swing Shift Band played Gershwin and other contemporary music in 1945.
Female students gathered in front of the new sign for the Teachers College in 1946.
In 1947, students from the Teachers College organized a monthly newspaper called the Campus Star.
At the Textile Institute, the men’s basketball team played on the top floor of Southwick Hall in in 1948.
In the early 1950s, students at the Textile Institute often wore jackets and ties to class.
By 1952, classes at the Teachers College included both female and male students.
The bridge club from the Teachers College regularly met at the Eames Hall lounge in 1957.
Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy toured Cumnock Hall in 1958.