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

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The TECH-TIGER, 1927 1f2-1928 Class History fC0f1l'2'f2ufdj With little time for play As there was much to be accomplished Before the final day. The last month there was great excitement, A thrill was in the air, All thoughts were on our graduation, The prom, and what to wear. We're ending now our work together With smiles and sometimes tears, Much we have learned from books and friends Through all these high school years. And now, dear Tech, we leave you On different paths to start, But much that we have learned here Will linger in our hearts. DOROTHY CARSON C last H ixtorian Too Busy to Live He hadnlt time to greet the day, He hadn't time to laugh or play, He hadn't time to Wait a while, He hadn't time to give a smileg He hadnlt time to train his mind, He hadn't time to be just kind 5 He hadn't time to see a joke, He hadn't time to Write his folk, He hadn't time to eat a meal, He hadn't time to deeply feel, He hadn't time to take a rest, He hadn't time to act his best, He hadn't time to pen a note, He hadn't time to cast a vote, He hadn't time to sing a song, He hadnit time to right a wrong, He hadnit time to send a gift, He hadn't time to practice thrift. He hadn't time to exercise, He hadn't time to scan the skies, He hadn't time to heed a cry, He hacln't time to say good-by, He hadn't time to study poise, He hadn't time to repress noise, He hadn't time to go abroad, He hadn't time to serve' his God, He hadn't time to lend or give, He hadnlt time to really live g He hadn't time to read this verse, He hadn't time-He's in a hearse.

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The TECH-TIGER, 1927 1f2-1928 Class History 192 75 At midyear nineteen twenty-live, We first came here to work, To learn a lot, to play a bit, And not our duties shirk. At first the boys were very meek, Perhaps the girls were, too. We planned to stick together And to our class be true. Bur not until the fall had corne, Did we meet in the Gym. To draft a constitution To give us still more vim. We then elected ofiicers, Dave Lewis as our head, Ruth Little had the second place, Dave's batteries might go dead. For writing there was Esther Berg And Ross to keep the dough. With Lyons and Hale to help them on We knew we'd make a go. We'd Ellingham as President, And Butler as his Vice And Shirley Trout and Hinckley, too, To help with their advice. Miss Puffer, Best, and Mr. Cook We welcomed in our class. They've worked with us and played with us, And helped with every task. In mid-year nineteen twenty-six, The junior Prom held sway, The music rang out loud and strong, The laughter bright and gay. For colors then the class did choose Rich purple and bright gold, To stand for truth and loyalty To all the class enrolled. In '27 we choose Art Ross, Our senior class to lead, With Eliot Clark to help him on, Whenever there was need. For scribe we had Bob Putnam, And Hinckley for cashier, And so we started out at last Upon our final year. September nineteen twenty-seven, Last year of life in school, We started on the home stretch Diplomas as our goal. All Hallow's Eve we dressed as beggars, And had another dance. The tramps and hobos came in crowds With patches on their pants. As seniors we were always busy

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Tl2eTECH-TIGER,19271f2-1928 29 Class Will 19275 We, the Class of 19272 of the Technical High School, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty eight, and of the foundation of Technical High School the twenty-third, being in good health, and of sound mind and memory, yet considering the uncertainty of our lives, and that we may leave the Technical High School the thirtieth, being in good health, and of sound mind and memory, yet in the manner following, that is to say, 1. To the class of 1928 we leave our striking ability to do old things in original ways, said bequeathed ability to be used only in times of great stress. 2, To cheer those poor unfortunates who struggled thus far and no farther, we leave De Ryee Westerve1t's choice collection of jokes, poems, and anecdotes, which lill an otherwise empty assignment book. 3. In order that Tony Heim may, in the next few years, be up in his studies and able to play football, we leave him a nice little step-ladder. 4. To Ruth Little we leave a strait-jacket, a pair of handcuffs, and a first-class gag so that for once in her life, she may be both stationary and silent. 5. Al Lyons leaves to certain members of the faculty the address of his barber, who never cuts his hair anyway. 6. Vernon Geckler leaves to forth-coming members of the lunch-room staff his ability to slip into Room 23 any time during the sixth period. 7. Mildred Freshour leaves Barbara Putnam the ability to toss witty sayings right and left at the most opportune moment. , 8. Edward Allen makes Alice Cunningham and Ruth Little the recipients of his handbook, How To Be Tall and Still Have 'It'. 9. Red Lord, whose flaming aurora has lighted the dark halls of Tech these past years, bequeaths the source of illumination to Red Procter. 10. Westy Westervelt leaves to john Shea all rights and claims to run, control, operate, and manage the Order of Billygoats together with any and all grips, signs, and passwords. 11. Betty Rowe leaves her powers of attraction over the opposite sex to Betty Tute. 12. Dean Burlingame leaves his place on the football team to the tender mercies of Tom Tracy and Eliot Purdy, who, combined, should do the trick as Burly did. 13. To any three unsophisticated maidens in the freshman class, Frank Merri- wel1 Hartwell leaves his ability to blush anywhere at any and every opportunity. 14. Thelma Tomlinson leaves her infectious giggle to Ruth Kempton. 15. Herb Carlson leaves to William Rudy the artistic ability which has made him such a necessity to the social and athletic functions at Tech. 16. To Dorn Chisholm, Jessie Smith leaves her place in the Orchestra. 17. Bob Haskell leaves his title Silver tongued Orator of Elliot Street to Bob Adolphson. 18. Nelson Butler leaves his histrionic ability to Roland Tacy, to be used in extreme emergencies only. 19. Richard Jerome leaves the space made vacant by his graduation to Fat Nel- son, who, he believes, can adequately fill it. 20. Uuno Tillan, the Hairy Man of 1927M , leaves his mythical razor to the youngest men in the freshman class, knowing that they have no need for one anyway. 21. To the coming class of 1966, we leave with utmost sincerity our hopes and aspirations to see, sometime, a new gym, an assembly hall, and a shiny lunchroom as