Technical High School - Techtonian Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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FAREWELL T0 TECH On the threshold of New Worlds I sing a song of hope. I sing of golden hours, Of Hallowed Halls, Of ,Ioyous Song, Of Meaningful Clatter- For They are not gone- They will return Whenever our hearts grow lonely for Colden Hours Wherever we be in this land Of thriving cities-of eaeeful farms, Of learned persons-oi, simple folk, Of happy people-of folk bereft, Ol' towering skyscrapers-of lowly hovels. We seek to conquer new worlds, We are only content with progress. We seek to forge from what we have A better place, a better home to mold Of Peace And Laughter And ,loy And Holpe An Love. We have the will To enter the fight. We are strong-Our cause is just. We know we are right. I sing of Colden Hours Of joyous youth at Tech. I tell you these hours are never spent- Remaining with us., gaining strength with time I tell you of days gone by that are to e, I toast Dear Tech now and forever more and fling my challenge to The Past, The Present, To Eternity! Irving Galperin

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VALEDICTORY The old order changeth, yielding place to the new And Codfulfils himsey' in many ways Tennyson This quotation from Tennyson's Idylls of the King expresses appropriately the situation which prevails in the world today. We seniors will depart shortly and the Juniors, the class of '45, will assume the position of top men in Technical High School. We have witnessed many events during the'last four yearsg incidents that will be recorded in history as they certainly have altered the political, social, and economic state of the entire world. Events such as the unmerciful London blitz, the reelection of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president of our beloved country and of course the most tragic and cruel act of them all, the perfidious Pearl Harbor attack. We have witnessed disheartening military setbacks but we have also watched the slow but sure turn of events which precedes an inevitable Allied victory. Upon graduating, many of us will not only leave Tech, but we will also leave our homes and our friends so that we may fight those aggressors who are striving to create a despotic world, a world which will forbid gatherings such as theseg gatherings at which we can recall memories of four of the most felicitous and beneficial years of our lives. Yes the time has once again arrived when we must bid farewell to the maroon and white, never more to see a line of young, eager, typically American boys projecting from room 103, never more to see the shy Freshmen standing in the rear of the assembly, or singing at the tops of their voices during a rousing football rally. New occasions force upon our young untried shoulders many new duties. But we will cope with these additional burdens with comparative ease for if we partake of the opportunities afforded us by our teachers and principal we will emerge into this war-torn world, a match, both in mind and in body, for the youth of any nation. Not only have they taught us fundamentals of technical and economic subjects but they have also drilled into us the importance of honesty and fair play. Nor are we to forget those hearts which are now overflowing with the joy of our successg those eyes which are now vainly struggling to restrain the tears rising from glad hearts: tears which come because of the realization of long-felt hopes. No, let no one commit folly by thinking that without the care and beneficence showered upon us by our parents could we be assembled here today cele- brating our triumph. As we leave our Alma-Mater and shed the tunic of our youth to don the melancholy cloak of man- hood, we may sincerely say that in our hearts are feelings of happiness and joy, for we love our school and we will strive to do her justice and make her proud to recognize us as members of the famous Tech family. ANTHONY J. SCAPPECHIO

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1914 - 1944 The class of I944 will be the thirtieth to be graduated from this building, although it will be the thirty-seventh in the annals of Technical High School. Tech is one of the oldest secondary schools in Buffalo, being thc fourth institution to be chartered as a high school by the Regents of the State of New York. This occurred in 1905. On April 20, l9l4, a procession of 672 boys and 22 faculty members marched from the old building on Elm Street originally called the Mechanic Arts lligh School, to the new red brick structure. Mr. Arthur llurrell was the principal and in that faculty were numbered six members of today's teaching staff: Mr. Richard R. Dry, the principal in 1944, Miss Mason, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Dayman. Mr. Nyenhuis. and Mr. Schneider. ln June l9l4 a Senior Class of 40 boys received diplomas. These three decades have seen many changes: technical courses for girls prevailed from l9l5 to l938g World War l saw student industrial and farm cadetsg 1200 soldiers were quartered in the build- ing during the summer vacation, to receive vocational training here and at other vocational schools: Unit Technical Courses were adopted in l920g the registration rose to 2095 in 19323333 Fifth Year Courses were introduced in l935g World War 2 saw the first, of many hundred students to enter service, enlist December 8, l94l. The registration last September was 1617 and there is a Senior Class of 224 pupils: the faculty now numbers 83. Throughout these thirty years under the principalship of Mr. Hurrell, Mr. Childs, and Mr. Dry, there has been a steady adherence to fundamental yet progressive technical education, the soundness of which is attested by the success of the many hundreds of graduates of Buffalo Technical High Schooll