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

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Left to right: Mrs. Grogan, Mr. Crabtree. The U.S.S. Technical is fortunate in having among its three musical aggregations the largest band that we have had in the last ten years. In addition to furnishing music for all our games including the Basketball Jamboree, the band was heard at Tech Turns To Music, P.T.A. Music Night, Armistice Day Parade, Memorial Day Parade, Red Feather Parade, and in the spring they journeyed to Pittsfield for the Western Massachusetts Music Festival. The Swingsters, selected from the band, played a return engage- ment at South Hadley High School and in Tech Tantrums. Our twenty-four piece orchestra, formed three years ago, was featured in Tech Turns To Music. For pleasant relaxation we had our choice of four singing groups. The Chorale consists of sixty mixed voices selected personally by Mr. GIRLS’ CHORUS MUSIC m7) | Ny, Z 7 Crabtree. They participated in the P.T.A. Music Night, Tech Turns, Memorial Day, and Easter assemblies. The Choralette, a group of eighteen mixed students, is designated to do special pro- grams. Among their activities they sang at Tech Turns, P.T.A. Music Night, carol service at St. Barnabas Church, carol sing at Court Square, Federation of Women’s Clubs, Holy Week Ser- vices, and Graduation Exercises. The Boys’ Chorus, which is made up of forty boys, is taught by a newcomer, Mrs. Grogan, who came from Cortland State Teachers’ College. The Girls’ Chorus has eighty members, the majority of which are freshmen. Both groups sang at Tech Turns and Graduation. Under the able leadership of Lee ‘Mr. Music”’ Crabtree, Tech has reason to be proud of its musical organizations! BOYSZOHORUS

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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.

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Left to right: Mr. Winslow, Mr. Loiko, Mr. Hansen. Left to right, row one: Bill Jamroz, Ronald Bongiovanni, Don Marra. Row fwo: Sylvester McMahon, Ernest Ghidoni, Don Dion. Row three: Ed Musiak, Larry Edwards, Bill Clinton, John Cahill, Herbert Ericson, John Drummey, Lloyd Napier. Leftto right: Edward Crump, Edward Addison, Gene Johnson. cel mime % 20 U.S.S. Technical’s woodworking course is under the instruction of three capable officers: Walter Hansen. John Loiko and Charles Winslow. The outside interests of these likeable person- alities vary from hunting and fishing to home workshops. Degrees such as Bachelor of Science and Master of Education are among their many accomplishments. These men are not only fair, competent, and unforgetable individuals, but a credit to the U.S.S. Technical and their profession. Our woodworking course can be subdivided into regular wood shop, advanced wood shop, and pattern making shop. Preliminary instruction in regular wood shop consists of the teaching of setting up a lathe, turning a rough piece of stock to specific dimen- sions, beading, working toward accuracy, and using safety measures. Evaluation of wood a nd other pertinent skills are acquired throughout the course. Use of power tools increases a novice’s rate of productivity. Inlaid bowls, lamps, and WOOD SHOP Joseph Pelletier small furniture are consistent products of regular wood shop. An advanced course is offered to the more interested students. With the advantages of more tools and great common interest, a student can make really beautiful objects. Many graduates have qualified as industrious members of the wood- working trade. Pattern making is another instructive and interesting training course offered by the U.S.S. Technical. A basic knowledge of the types of wood patterns is the first thing to be understood in pattern making. Students later learn to understand the functions of wood patterns in metal casting. Then, they, being oriented, start actual shop practice. Each student is usually required to make a wood pattern for an end wrench. The wood shops of the U.S.S. Technical not only help students acquire perseverance but also give them an opportunity to materialize their ideas.