Technical High School - Tech Tiger Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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LESTER A. TREAT Blandford, Mass. Rifle Club, '21, '22, '23, Manager, '23, Traffic Squad, '23 DONALD S. TUFTS 53 Bancroft St. KfD0n!! Class President, '22, '23, Supreme Council, '22, '23, Forum, '23, TrafHc Squad, '23, Hi-Y, '22, '23, Banjo Club, '21, Rails , Prophet on Prophets, Rope Pull Northeastern U?Zi1J99'S'itQIl LILLIAN VAUGHN 180 White St. K4LilH Tech Life , Girls' Sports Editor, '22, '23, Hockey, '21, '23, Basketball, '23, Nisimaha, '22, '23, G. A. A., '21, '22, '23 EDNAH M. WADE 12 McKnight St. Eddie Vice-President, Class of '21, '23, Hockey and Soccer, '20, Prom Committee, '23, Graduation Chorus, '21, G. A. A., '21, '22, '23, Class Nom- inating Committee, '23 EGBERT WALKER 277 Central St. Rope Pull, B. A. A., '21, '22, Class Basketball, '21 J OHN WILLIAM WALLENIUS 93 Lowell St. Johnny Debating Club, '23, Pro Merito, '23, German Club, '22, '23, French Club, '21 C1 6 Q THE TECH TIGER

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History of the Class of 1924 In the early part of February, 1921, a gay but shy group of little boys and girls gathered in the Technical High School Assembly Hall. Those young hopefuls immediately became known as the Freshmen. It was indeed a large class of youngsters, for after being sorted out, we were shipped to four different rooms in various parts of the school. For two months, nothing in particular happened, and then one morn- ing in March, a class meeting was announced. This was something new, and down into the gym tripped the group to see what was to happen. The oflice had appointed Miss Wilson and Mr. Hutchinson as class advisers, and Mr. Brown was the class auditor. Under the direction of these teachers, a constitution was drawn up. Leland Shaw was elected President, and Stuart Cowles, Vice-President. Helen Richards was chosen to keep the records, and Harold Doolittle, the books and the money. Anna Sutherland and George Shine directed the athletics, and Frederick Stothert, in the capacity of Member-at-Large watched over the officers. In June, Yale blue and gray were chosen for the class colors. Before the end of our first semester, we were launched upon our social career, by staging a most suc- cessful getting-acquainted party. The opening of the second semester found us preparing for a Hallow- e'en Party which proved to be very successful. The class had become more closely united, and within a few months our first Student Council members were elected. Much credit for such a successful year goes to Lee Shaw. We are among the few classes at Tech which have organized in the Fresh- man year, and it was no easy task to bring such a riotous crowd to order and make them see what an organized class was going to mean in the uture. V February, 1922, found us Juniors, and brought us another election day. Lee gave over his duties as Chief Executive to Donald Tufts who had Spencer Read at his right hand. The pen and little black book came into the possession of Madge Clark, but Harold retained the check book. Alfred Maclennen and Marie Johnson were the new athletic managers, and Robert Towne was Member-at-Large. In May, we gave our first real public dance which proved to be a tre- mendous success. Aside from this and a Hallowe'en Party in November, our Junior year was uneventful. Within a few months, the most important part of our high school life loomed before us. We were becoming the Seniors of Tech, and the first event as Seniors was another election. Donald was re-elected wielder of the gavel, and Harold was relieved of the responsibility of caring for our funds to be advanced to that less onerous but more honorary position, Vice-President, while Charles Decater was intrusted with the key to our treasure chest. Helen Richards, Edward Rounds, Thelma Putnam, and Lester Roberts were chosen Secretary, Member-at-Large, and Athletic Managers respectively. Early in June we experienced the thrill which goes with the favorable financial results of a successful dance, but before the month was over we met our Waterloo. It was a watery one too. The results of the Rope Pull we know only too well, our boys having had to swim for their lives in the dangerous Forest Park duck-pond. In September, the real work began, but first we were doomed to a dis- appointment. We were marked as being too small a group to fill Room 23 U82 THE TECH TIGER