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

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HOME ECONOMICS Left to right: Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Parks, Miss Borrner, Miss Miller. Within a few years of high school graduation, most of our Tech girls need to know how to run ahome. With this fact in mind, Home Economics is planned to help these girls run efficient homes. Home Economics includes cooking, sewing, pattern drafting, and home management. In cooking the girls learn the art of preparing food for family consumption. By taking this course they discover how to make a meal look inviting as well as taste appetizing and be nourish- ing. This, is an art in itself. Cooking may be taken during any of the three years at Tech. Sewing not only teaches the girls to make their own clothes but also teaches them how to sew for other members of the family. The girls learn to make children’s clothes, and if they Leftto right: Janet Muir, Jan Rowley, Sandra Cheney. choose to, they can get practice in making men’s sports clothes. These skills may prove very valuable to Tech girls when they become home- makers. Sewing also may be taken during any of the three years at Tech. Pattern drafting is for seniors. In this class the girls learn the art of making their own patterns and directions, and of following them. Home management, for seniors, presents the picture of home life with all its problems. It takes up the problems of family shopping, balancing the budget, and child discipline, which are very important in making a home. With this wonderful background Tech girls are prepared for their future homelife. Clockwise: Miss Miller, Sandra Anschutz, Helen Bates, Jacqueline Wyckoff, Eileen Murphy, Diane Gibson, Joan Lovelace, Theresa Raffaele, Eleanor Stephens.

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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

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ART qi! MI Wy Design is the basic course for those students who haven’t taken art before. The students study color harmony and create modernistic designs of their own choice. In addition to designing our programs for Tech Tantrums, Tech Turns To Music, the Fashion Show, and other special events, they made corsages, stencil materials, and block print Christmas cards. The students express their ideas in the form of art in the freehand drawing classes taught by Miss Norrgard and Miss Roy. Among the media used are pencil, crayon, water color, and drawing ink. The subjects are what the students choose and what interests them. The students listen to all types of music, read poetry and prose, and then interpret their ideas into freehand drawings. These students designed the scenery for Tantrums and other special programs. Left row, back to front: Eileen Therrien, Barbara Little, Carol Cirillo, Vivian Ellerin. Middle row: Frances Griffith. Peggy Santanillo, Denise Delivorias, Meta Andrewes. Right row: Jean Vancini, Marian Duval. Left to right: Miss Roy, Miss Norrgard. The beautiful posters that we saw around the building announcing activities and special events were made by the Poster Class. They also designed all the signs for the Black Cat Fiesta. The Craft Class worked out as a project something usable in addition to making tray favors for the Shriners’ Hospital at Christmas. The Costume Designing Class studied differ- ent types of material and historic costumes. They designed and made plans for their own wedding or a large one of their choice. The Interior Decorating Class designed a living room of their own choice first in cardboard paper, working up to a finished product of balsa wood in three dimensions. Everything from the eee to the upholstered furniture is made to scale. Clockwise al table: Barbara McFarlane, Joan Lovelace, Sally Klase, Wesley Turner, Elaine Josephson, Barbara Muir, Theresa Raffaelle. Background: William Kramer, James Gukecki, Robert Salvas, Lloyd Napier, Jeanne Emerson.