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

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THE TRADE BEAVER Principal Mr. George A. Burridge In all fields of endeavor progress is recorded by what is frequently called “Mile- stones,” in other words, by certain outstanding events. The Trade School has to its credit numerous mile-stones. Its humble beginning in 1909 was uneventful. In a sense it had no home, being housed here and there in different school buildings wherever there was a room available. The top floor of a factory building on Taylor Street was its first home in 1911. Then came the Pynchon Street building where it was housed from 1914 to 1921. Each time it was moved, the curriculum was expanded to meet growing demands for specialized education. The consolidation of the Trade School and the Continuation School in, 1934, was to mark an epoch in the life of the school, for, as a result of this consolidation, trade courses for girls were organized. Today the school has an enrollment of 950 boys and girls, but there are many others who are being denied admission because of the limited facilities, however their appeals have not gone unheeded because our school is again approaching a truly sig- nificant mile-stone, undoubtedly the greatest in its history. When it opens its doors for the fall term September 4th, 1940, it will be housed in the finest Trade School building in New England where ultimately 2000 boys and girls will be accommodated. The students and the faculty of the Trade School are indeed grateful to the citi- zens of Springfield for the beautiful, spacious building which has been erected on upper State Street.

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AND hd DAWA AFI OY Om 88 Oe VAD i Ce Assistant Principals The Class of 1940 will be the fourth and last class of the Girls’ Division of Trade School to graduate from the Old Hooker School building at 2025 Main Street. Our graduates have been earnest workers; they have been loyal to their school and community and have main- tained high standing with their em- ployers in the work they have chosen to do. With pleasant memories of working and playing together, we now turn our faces toward the new school on State Street and trust that the girls who grad- uate in the future will pause to consider the high standards that we have set for them. I can think of no better wish for the Class of 1940 than that they find hap- piness in their work and set an example of industry and self-reliance by earn ing an independent living. Boys and girls who do this are men und women of to- morrow who will be counted among the leaders of their community and will form the backbone of a democracy that can- not fail. Mrs. Margaret C. Ells For the past three years, the Trade School has endeavored to equip you for a start in life. The future rests very much with you. Trade’s honor and reputation can be maintained only through the standards each student establishes. The school has had many splendid contacts with indus- try. Help us to keep these contacts friendly and enable us to make many more, through your efforts to do YOUR BEST in whatever task is set before you. Trade wants to be proud of you and our wish is that you will always be proud of Trade. Thomas J. Morrison