Technical High School - Techtonian Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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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

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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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