A Look into the history of Michigan Tech - 1965

[WistfulBill]

It was actually April 1965, not 1964. Look at 7:00. My brother, also a toot from Houghton (in-town toot,) noticed this absolute proof.  The library is also under construction.

[AndersonJay07]

As a current MTU student, this video is really great. Can anybody name the music to which the video is set?

[eopincar1]

@AndersonJay07 The music is by artist Aidan O'Rourke titled "An Tobar." It's the music Youtube picks for you due to copyright laws. Glad you enjoyed!

[DebbieAro1]

I always heard a TOOT was a Tech Out Of Towner, in other words not a local.

[browntrout430]

Fond memories... Thank-you for sharing. I concur with rdennyhud on the definition of a TOOT. As I was told by a local young lady, it was the association of a Train/Railroad Engineer with a Tech Engineering Student. My guess is that more than a few LocalMaki's thought we were studying to run trains. The term TOOT was often used by unhappy, local young men to deride Techmen that were lucky enough to be on a date with a local young lovely. My 2nd year was the 1st for Co-Ed Hall.. Heaven sent!

[MsCycleguy]

Except for freshman week hazing (our class had a tomato fight on Riply Hill) and some great hockey games at the Dee he captured Da Tech. Yes there were a few women, mostly med techs, and of course Jill the sharpshooter. Thanks for the memories.

[owlnut]

Amazing trip down memory lane. I transferred to Tech in 64. Too bad your Dad didn't include the old wooden hockey arena and some shots of Tonys Bar and the Ambassador Hotel!

[grichter39]

Well, there *were* women on campus back then. I graduated in '61 and at that time there were 2 buildings housing women students. Also, the person using the centrifuge in the video is obviously a woman.

I would like to know how he converted what probably was an 8mm movie to digital. We have many that I'd like to do that with

[grichter39]

Well, there *were* women on campus back then. I graduated in '61 and at that time there were 2 building housing women students. Also, the person using the centrifuge in the video is obviously a woman.

I would like to know how he converted what probably was an 8mm movie to digital. We have many that I'd like to do that with

[rdennyhud]

I believe that "toot" was the term applied by locals to Tech students--A reference to "engineers" that toot the whistle on railroad locomotives.

[fmorriso9]

A toot is a freshman.

[eopincar1]

I think it's hilarious that we will always have in common the fact that: a) there were no women at Tech back then, and there are no women there today, and b) we know how to drink, to put it simply. I do have a couple questions though: what is a TOOT? And, we saw what a Techman is in '64, what would a Techman look like in 2011? Much change?

[etminich]

Great! It's amazing how some things are still very much the same. Trading the manual typewriter for an electric and giving the roomate some rocking 80's hair and you pretty much have my freshman year. :-)