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

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ot CU Free World Hard at work in the science labs, we find the chemists, biologists, and physicists of tomorrow busily tearing apart com- pounds, juggling atoms of one substance, and rearranging them so as to produce an entirely different material; mixing strange potions, which occasionally turn out to emit a rather peculiar odor, asphyxiating the class and driving half the school out of the building. There are, of course, occa- sional mishaps when a vigorously bubbling solution suddenly lets go ‘‘scaring the daylights’’ out of the student body, but that has to be expected from a volatile group of Techites. An ever-growing interest in history has become very evident in Tech as we discuss present-day problems which will be history to the student of tomorrow. This objective study gives us a better understanding of our American way of life and an appreciation of the privileges we experience in our great nation so that in the future we will become more intelligent students of a better world. Miss McCleary elucidates on ‘‘why a frog kicks” 21

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Democracy et Wore If you happen to peek into any math class at Tech, you will see our potential Ein- steins nervously chewing their pencils over a knotty problem. Algebraic functions are being discussed at the board, while at their seats the mathematicians are either trying to prove to the weary teacher (who has just spent hectic days making out pro- grams) that the textbook is wrong or busily evolving a new method for solving the cube root of the fourth term of a geometric pro- gression. Our English classes of today use modern equipment to improve the speaking habits of students. A microphone is used to give the speaker poise and self-confidence and speech recording machines, to show prog- ress in ability between the first recording and the succeeding ones. This modern training should develop in each pupil a social attitude which should be of great value to him in his future vocation as well as in his associations with others. Dr. Theinert explains ‘two and two ra Arise. ao forlh 4 i % € A ronqite us a i 20

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LUNCHROOM AND RECREATION The cooks are bustling about making last minute preparations. The delicious aroma of hot food finds its way to the nose of every famished individual, making his stomach feel even emptier, and whetting his appetite in anticipation of the moment the lunch bell will ring. Then we Techites descend (if we can escape the teachers and student patrol) like a herd of wild buffalo — our hungry faces looking eagerly for the shortest lunch line. The once silent room is now bubbling over with excitement, and the wild babble of voices (Emily Post is forgotten for that joyous half hour) through mouthfuls of sandwiches and gulps of milk, can be heard. Here and there small groups gather to talk over the day's experi- ences and discuss the coming games and dances. Our lunchroom exemplifies the true spirit of democ- racy in this school and the happiness and content- ment of the students prove its value. 22 Freedom O