Springfield Technical Community College - Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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The Art Department, under Prof. Edith Mantyla ' s direction, provided another opportunity for those talented students to exhibit their work. Paintings by Art students are on loan in various buildings on campus, demonstrating the ability of our students to master the difficult tech- niques of both drawing and painting. The photography department provides the campus photographers who have their work exhibited in the Gallery, in PUCK, in the RAM and in this book. Taught the elements of good composition in picture taking by Jack Holowitz, with the assistance of Mike Gareffi, they are also capable of developing and printing their own work. 22

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The Way We Were This yearbook, in a way, demonstrates the spirit of STCC. There was very little time for the staff to ac- complish all that needed to be done and many people not directly involved in the production of the book, gave their wholehearted cooperation. We ' d like to thank those people. First, the Administration and Faculty for allowing us to disrupt classes in order to get the word to students about what was being done, the students who cared about a yearbook enough to have their pictures taken, our senior photographers, Grenier Ducharme Studios who took a big gamble, Don Lendry of the American Yearbook Company, who literally put the whole book together, the Student Government for promising to fund this book — all helped to make this book possible. The staff also deserves thanks. JoDel Hanson com- piled all of the necessary information about all possible activities. Craig Sotiropolous volunteered his camera one morning and only stopped taking pictures when he ran out of people to photograph. Ed Kelley spent countless hours in the darkroom developing and print- ing the shots Craig took. Thank you to all of them. M. V. Marrion PUCK The campus magazine, PUCK, returned this year for the third time. For the second time, it was a unique magazine since it was composed, edited, and even printed at STCC. The staff, Gerry FitzGerald, Sue Legalos, Gail Daley, and Keith Donaghue sifted through the mountain of student submissions of poet- ry, prose, photography and art work submitted to them, choosing those works which they believed to have literary or artistic merit. The final manuscripts were taken to the Graphic Arts Department where Nancy Craig, another student, did the layout work under the direction of Bill Gibbs. Later, some 3000 envelopes were stuffed with copies of PUCK, labeled with student names provided by the Computer Center, and mailed to all of the students at STCC. Response to this year ' s PUCK was tremendous. All agreed that it was the best yet. Next year ' s staff is hop- ing to provide more of the same.

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» Chorale During 1973-74 the STCC Chorale has en- joyed promising growth and a busy perform- ing schedule. With twenty four singers re- hearsing regularly during the fall semester, the group grew to thirty five at the start of the spring term. The first formal concert on the campus was given on December 10, 1973 in the fifth floor auditorium of bldg. 20. Called Musical Minia- tures of the Yule Season, the program featured traditional selections of the season and was enhanced by the appearance of the Holyoke Civic Choral Society. The Channel 40 televi- sion program, Conversations With, with host Frank Mclrnerney, featured the Chorale on its annual Christmas show. During the second semester plans will in- clude another formal concert on campus, May 1, 1974. This program will feature a work for chorus and string ensemble supported by the Cultural Enrichment Committee of the college. Another section of the concert will include music of significant American composers . Plans have been formed to once again to participate in the New England Junior College Choral Festival, this year to be held at Rhode Island Junior College, in Warwick. Invitations have also been received from the College of the Lady of the Elms and Bay path Junior College for joint programs. The Chorale will present choral selections at the 1974 commencement exercises. 23