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

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TH Pi ele AL Ds ie bel, Velie Mr. Albert M. Johnson Mr. Albert M. Johnson, who has been our Civics instructor for the past four years, has been transferred to the Forest Park Junior High School. While at Trade School, Mr. Johnson rendered great service to the school as Student Council Advisor for two years, and as Senior Class Advisor for the class of 1987. He is a golf enthusiast, and coached the Trade School golf team. Upon leaving Trade School, Mr. Johnson stated that he has known the school’s spirit and sportsmanship, in both the classroom and on the athletic field. Page Twelve

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De iiehiae lehieArl i bel As Veloele Mrs. Blanche J. Burke Mrs. Blanche J. Burke, though only recently appointed a regular teacher in our school, has been a part-time instructor in the Continuation and Girl’s Division since 1926. She received her general education in England and her specialized nursing train- ing in America, being a graduate of the Eastern Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases, Ontario, Canada; Mount Sinai Hospital School for Nursing, and Sloan Maternity Hospital, New York, N. Y.- She has held executive positions:--in New York City as supervisor in Mt. Sinai Hospital; in Hartford, Conn., in charge of the Maternity Hospital; in Canada during the World War commissioned a ist Lieutenant; and in France with the American Expeditionary, Chief Nurse of Camp Hospital No. 33, Pontanezen. Mrs. Burke made an enviable record during the World War. The U. S. Army orders of 1919 show that she was cited by General John J. Pershing for “Outstanding and Meritorious Service’ and she also received the Purple Heart Medal. Page Eleven

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Ul Te Ag EEL AV i it Mr. Thomas L. Flynn Mr. Thomas L. Flynn has left the faculty of the Springfield Trade School to be- come Supervisor of Teacher-Training for the Industrial Schools of Massachu setts. For the past twenty years, Mr. Flynn has been head of the Pattern department. He was born in Scotland and came to America. After receiving his early education in the Springfield and Ludlow schools he attended the American International College. For a time during his twenty-one years of industrial experience he was an instructor in ship building for the United States Emergency Fleet Corporation. In 1925 he became staff instructor of the Vocational Teacher-Training Course here at Trade School. Mr. Flynn has been active in school affairs for many years. He assisted Mr. Clancy in the past in all intra-mural sports. He has been faculty advisor to the “Junior Craftsman” for the last five years. He was instrumental in reorganizing the editorial policy of the paper. ‘‘The Trade Beaver,” the school’s year book, has improved through his helpful guidance. He has left a great gap which will be hard to fill. Page Thirteen