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

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pax 2 he The Yee hebae 8 rh a oe avaes V Q@2Z—-€ 7wO Left to right: Mr. Biscaldi, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Duffin, Mr. Bushey. The Mechanical Drawing Department of Tech has helped many pupils to sail to engineering colleges by smoothing out their present voyage at Technical High School. What do they mean by this statement, you may ask. Our answer is that with such expert and well qualified navigators as Mr. Biscaldi, 317, and Mr. Duffin, 316, you cannot say that you haven’t learned something from their well-planned pro- grams. A plan of study for the seaman or freshman consists of views, lines, technical‘ and isometric drawings, dimensions, fastenors, and machine processes. The ensigns are taught advanced projection, pictorial, sectional, detailed, and mech- anized drawings. The lieutenants can take a course in advanced mechanized and production drawings or in architectural drawing. Mr. Bushey, 102, another seasoned navigator, teaches Archi- tectural Drawing, which has to do mostly with the blueprinting of houses and buildings. Mech- anized drawings dea l with drawings of gears and linkages, while drawings for production deal with operation, detail, change-over, and tool drawings. Many students who have completed three years of drawing at Tech are having smooth sailing in college. Tech is known throughout the country for its Mechanical Drawing Department. Besides just teaching classes, most of the drawing teachers do such outside work as blue- printing. Plans come into the school to be blue- printed, and with the help of the teachers many students copy, dimension, and blueprint them. There are a few blueprinting machines here at school, which are used to make copies of the blueprints. These machines only copy the blue- prints and do not enlarge or contract as some machines do. In all, Tech graduates have smooth sailing ahead after taking this extensive course for three years. 15 Left to right: Evangelo Demetriou, Don Dion, Tom Paige, Bill Kelleher, Jim Pagnoni, Bruce Spongberg, Richard Kanjian. Back row: John Drummey, Louis Cherichetti, Bob Allan. Front, left to right: F. Bury, D. Kaplinger, D. Bannon, R. Gunlaw. Back: R. Sbalbi, R. Kuselias, N. Leveillee, R. Gavoni, Mr. Duffin. suey 1 ea i! Tee a® “Ki ‘ERR e i a » eS i és i oe j i i

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Left to right: Dick Francis, Mr. Andrews. ie vb x % 4 : 3 mei Seated, left to right: Dr. Theinert, Mr. Sprague, Miss Allen, Mr. Woodworth, Miss Kelley, Mr. Chase, Mr. Hewitt, Mr. Connolly. Standing: Mr. Bushey, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Butler, Mr. Best, Mr. Johnson. Tech’s Mathematics Department has one of the most extensive courses of all technical high schools in the country. This widely varied course in mathematics is taught by such capable and experienced navigators as Mr. Woodworth, 107, Mr. Chase, 207, Miss Allen, 214, Mr. Best, 213, Mr. Sprague, 118, Dr. Theinert, 104, Mr. An- drewes, 103, Mr. Bushey, 102, Mr. Butler, 116, Mr. Hewitt, 220, Mr. Jackowski, 108, Miss Kelley, 228, and Mr. Moyle, 101. Let us look at the subjects we can take during our three years at Tech. You may take the college preparatory, technical, or general course; but whichever one you choose, it will be of assist- ance to you in later years. The college preparatory course trains students for study after high school. This course requires that freshmen take Geometry 10C if they have already acquired Algebra 10C in Junior High School. Juniors are required to take Algebra 11C and Geometry 10C, if they did not have it in the Left to right: John Gavin, Robert Allan, Raymond Spears, freshman year. Seniors take Trigonometry 126 Mr. Woodworth, Emily Huber, Donald Learned. and Solid Geometry as a combined subject for one year, or they may take Review Math 12C, or Advanced Math, which includes Calculus and Analytic Geometry. Now, let’s take a glimpse of the Technical course. Freshmen take Algebra 10T, or Geometry 10T; but if they take Algebra 10T, for instance, and have not had Geometry, they are required to take Geometry 10T in their Junior year along with Algebra 11T. Then, in the Senior year, students may take Trigonometry 12T, Shop Math, Review Math 12T, Navigation, or Strength of Materials. General students are required to take only Math 10G in the Freshmen year and Math 12G in their Senior year. No requirements are made for these students in their Junior year. 14

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SOCIAL STUDIES Vans = a ae a 4 yi S f 4 ; 7 ra © Left to right: Miss Friedman, Mr. Wiatrowski, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Hannigan, Miss Donovan, Mr. Doane, Miss Reardon. Seated: Social Studies is a great help to us on our journey around the world. In Social Studies we keep abreast of the present-day news by the coverage of the important happenings in the national and international fields. By being aware of the current news we will know what to expect at the different ports at which the U.S.S. Technical stops. The department of Social Studies consists of four subjects. These subjects include Social Studies for freshmen, United States History for juniors, and Economics and Modern History for seniors. Freshmen beginning their voyage through Tech on the U.S.S. Technical have Social Studies. This subject not only teaches them how to get along at Tech but it also teaches them how to get Left to right: Pat Dennis, Dave Lyons, Judy Smart. Miss Grady. along in their own communities and to be good citizens. Juniors, who are now accustomed to the life on the U. S. S. Technical, have United States History. Here they learn about the interesting early formation of our republic and its development up to the present day. Seniors, who are well seasoned sailors, may select two subjects which are included in the Social Studies department. One of them is Economics, which is the study of business and commerce. The other subject is Modern Histo- ry, which is very helpful to us on our journey. In this class seniors receive information about Euro- pean countries. With this information they are better able to understand the customs of the countries at which the U.S.S. Technical stops. Certainly our voyage would be incomplete without the help of Social Studies. Left to right: Noreen Turnberg, Martha Heiden, John Russel, Marguerite Holmes. 16