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

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Gssembly ASSEMBLY AND LIBRARY When the notice goes out that an assembly has been scheduled, Techites rejoice. Here in our audi- torium, every aspect of school life is demonstrated by the students. Music, home economics, art, sci- ence, drama — all come to the stage and lecture platform to give new and richer experience to both participants and audience. The cumulation of all the years of man’s thought has been gathered into our school library and is available for every student not only during school time, but for outside reading, too. An outstanding collection of Technical books and catalogues and an ever-growing reference and leisure-reading ma- terial makes Tech's library a very center of the thought and purpose of the school. 23

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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

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Technology, Bait dae SHOP — AERONAUTICS RADIO — SCIENCE “It is certainly not the province of technical high schools to develop special skill by practice along narrow lines. The aim is breadth of training combined with effectiveness. All the older studies of proved value are retained and their value increased by giving them vital relations with practical life. —Charles Warner. This statement was made and published almost fifty years ago by Mr. Warner when he was principal of Tech. Even he, probably, did not realize that in less than half a century technology would save the world and the culture of past ages for civilized man. The place of Technology in the world of today has been so ably stated by our principal, Mr. Kiley, that we are using a paragraph directly from his bulletin on ‘‘Purposes of the Courses of Study’. “A high school education based almost en- tirely upon contemplation of the past will not place students in commanding positions for the future. Boys and girls who want to live better than we do now will study the past to know its heritage of wisdom and attainment, but that is not all. They will want to explore the nature of