Springfield Trade High School - Beaver Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Jee teh ReAs Drs 6 i Ag Ve bak 15 Class of 1912 Twenty-five years ago, on the evening of June 27, 1912, twelve boys stood upon the stage at Chestnut Street Grammar School and received diplomas which signified that they had completed the three year course of the Springfield Vocational School. It was the school’s first graduation, and the 200 people who witnessed the occasion perhaps never visualized its future growth. The Chestnut Street School Orchestra opened the program with a selection, and Principal E. E. McNary of the Vocational School gave a short address. Four members of the graduating class then had a debate on the following statement, ‘Resolved: that the new Massachusetts Employers’ Liability Act is fair to employer and employed.” An unusual fact about the debate is that one of the Vocational School’s present-day teachers, F. Warren Wells, took part in it. Mr. Wells is the only member of the first graduating class who now teaches at his Alma Mater. After the debate, Dr. J. H. Van Sickle, who was superintendent of schools at that time, presented the diplomas and Rev. Neil McPherson, pastor of the First Congregational Church, gave the principal speech of the evening. Another selection by the Chestnut Street School Orches- tra, and the program ended with an exhibition of a bench lathe, con- structed by members of the graduating class, in action. The lathe was attached to an electric motor and the perfection of its construction, to- gether with the skill of its operation, seemed to convince the audience of the value in vocational school training. The 1912 graduates were: Louis Albero Ralph Marshall Rupert Burnett Ernest Monahan Joseph Brown Edward Ritter Earl Graves Edward Thompson Harold Hitchcock F. Warren Wells Thomas Keating Raymond Woods The 1912 faculty were: Egbert E. McNary Charles B. Rose Daniel H. Shay Jay Fiske Edwin Knapp Clarence J. Sanborn

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16 Ten sheet RAD Tne ebb cAaVeleR Miss Winifred A. McManus Miss Winifred McManus, our school nurse, joined the faculty of the Trade School, then known as Vocational, in 1924. She received her education in the schools of Worcester, Massachuse tts, and upon deciding to become a nurse, entered the training class at Noble Hospital in Westfield, from which she was graduated in 1915. Miss McManus was a member of the Red Cross nursing service during the World War. Following her war service she entered public health nursing, took up the study of psychology in connection with her duties and continued in this field until she joined the staff of the Trade School. Among the many associations with which Miss McManus is affilliated is The International Nurses Association, one of the greatest in the country. The seniors of 1937 wish ta thank Miss McManus for her ever-guiding hand both in sickness and in health.