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

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Prophecy on the Prophets One spring evening as I was strolling around Chicago, I decided to go into the library where I could spend my evening reading. After reading for half an hour I decided to wander around this little one room library and see what I could find of interest. While I was gazing over the shelves my eye was attracted by a small black book in among some dictionaries and encyclopedias. This book drew rry attention because it was the only one that I had seen that was covered with dust and dirt. Taking the book from the shelf and brushing the dust from its cover I was able to make out the title. This is what I read: How To Get Rich On Big Words, by Allan Creed, Professor of Wordology at the Sapp College, Katzenjamer, Hindu. Immediately I became interested because Allan was an old class mate of mine at dear old Tech High. Before opening the bool: I demanded of the librarian the reason why this book was so dusty. Well, she said, that reference of Creed's is so scholarly that no one ever reads it. Feeling proud to think it was so scholarly I opened the book to see if I could appreciate it. It started something like this: While attending Technical High School in Springfield, Massachusetts, I had a presentiment that I knew more about words than any other student in the school. I thought it was my duty to extend my knowledge to the world. After taking a complete course at the Sapp College for dumb-bells I have become a real authority on this subject. Let us take, for instance, the word bull. Bull, according to my study is not the male of any bovine mammal but that man who stands in the middle of the street and waves his hands like a crazy man and protests when anyone passes him going over two tenths of a mile per hour. The entire book contained such interesting matter as I have just quoted. While I was reading, who should tap me on the shoulder but Don Tufts. After a moment of greetings he invited me over to his home. After we Mid spent part of the evening talking over school days we decided to listen in. Just as we started to tune the set we heard a sweet voice say, This is station B. V. D. of the Street Cleaners' Association, Squeel- burg, Germany. We have the pleasure of having, this evening, an address by one who knows what he is talking about. It gives me great pleasure to introduce to the radio fans of the world, Mr. Kenneth F. Carlon, the noted scientist, who has invented a device that will remove the odor from an onion electrically without changing the flavor, Mr. Carlon. Friends of this great fuse blowing world, it gives me great pleasure to address you this beautiful sunlight evening. I have chosen for my subject: 'Fuses, and how they blow when you haven't a nickle to buy another! You know, dear friends, I used to have the same trouble you poor boobs do of blowing fuses. I used to blow two or three each evening when I really needed the money to pay my class dues. But now, dear gaucks, I have invented a fuse that will never blow under any conditions. This fuse is the result of twenty years of hard toil trying to sell Heinz's fifty-seven varieties. i Don and I listened with the greatest of interest until he bade us good- night. We both agreed that Kenny is a credit to the 192315 class of Tech. l decided that I had better get back home before breakfast so I bade Don good-night and I left, declaring I had had the most enjoyable evening since the class night. exercises twenty years ago. DONALD S. TUFTS, DONALD I. BRONSON. Prophets on the Prophets THE TECH TIGER my

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W f 2 The Class of June' 1924 ln September, 1921, the student population was further augmented by approximately two hundred future American citizens. From this assemblage the soon-to-be-famous Class of June, 1924 was modelled with the conscien- tious aid of Miss Hahn, Miss Hill, and Mr. Davis. One of the first and most important class business activities transacted was the drawing-up of the constitution, under the provisions of which the following officers were chosen for the freshman term :- Presidenl . . . . Ralph Schooley Vice-President . Frances Bartlett Secretary . . Marjorie Rapp Treasurer . . . Fred Manley Member-at-Large . . Sydney Spencer Boys' Athletic Manager ...... Nelson Munson Girls' Athletic Manager ...... Grace Felker The remainder of the freshman year was spent in becoming acquainted. The outstanding feature was a social-dance, at which excellent entertain- ment, from class talent, furnished much pleasure and created new ties of friendship. During the following fall session, another social, in the form of a Hallowe'en party, was successfully run off, and old friends were greeted at a series of regular and special class meetings which followed. Matters of interest to the class, the school, and the Student Council were discussed and voted upon. A new set of officers took up their duties in January, 1923. They held the following positions:- President .... , .... Fred Manley Vice-President . . . . Marjorie Rapp Secretary . . Helen Durgin Treasurer . . . Wilfred Hadlock Member-at-Large . . Charles Mace Boys' Athletic Manager ...... Dorothy Mackie Girls' Athletic Manager ....... John Shea Dud Chaffee and Syd Spencer passed around rings and pins,-i. e. in return for money. , Class activities were closed for the summer. After a happy vacation business was resumed at the first fall class meeting in October. Com- mittees were appointed for the nomination of new officers and for a third class social. The exclusion of all who were not in good standing led to a closer intimacy among the regular members of the class. The latest and largest public undertaking of this class was the Bazaar. The backing of everyone and the capable management made it a certain success. The class has always contained a plentiful supply of honor pupils, has supported its school generously, has faithfully attended, and zealously cheered at the athletic contests. We sincerely hope to be known, as we leave Tech, as a class of smiling ha rd-workers. THE TECH TIGER may