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

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Courses for Boys Automoblle Mechan1cs Automoblle Body Work Bakery Cabxnet Mak1ng Cornmercral Art Draftmg Electrlcal Work MQCh1n9 Shop Pract1ces Pattern Mak1ng Pr1nt1ng Rad1o Sheet Metal Work Weldlng General Vocat1onal 'Courses for both boys and g1rls The General Vocat1onal course IS lntended as an exploratory course for boys who are elther undeclded or unprepared to enroll ln a regular course After a perxod varymg from elght to twenty weeks dependlng on the1r matur1ty boys are transferred to one of the regular courses The tmpetus glven to the adult program durxng the war years IS now felt ln the evenxng program of the school Over 2000 men and women have enrolled th1s year for var1ous trade courses 1n the Evenlng Trade School Our class of 48 has been addrng 1ts b1t of hrstory to that of Trade School We are the last brxcks and stones to be placed so far ln the burldlng of th1s 1nst1tut1on If we become fme cltlzens tn the commumty both at present and 1n the future our l1ves become a part of the reputatxon and usefulness of Trade School Our brlef hlstory of three years has left 1ts mark tn sports Durlng the year 46 47 our Soccer team under the d1rect1on of Coach McG1bney won the Clty Chcunp1onsh1p One of the most surprlslng and outstandmg upsets th1s year rn h1gh school basketball came about when Trade School won a vrctory over Classlcal wxth the score of 27 to 22 The Class of 48 has part1c1pated 1n three of the annual Trade School plays namely Amerlcan Frollcs of 46 Trade Scapades of 47 and Trade Scapades of 48 Although weve suffered one of the hardest wmters of the last decade we had a record attendance at Trade Scapades of 48 makmg 1t one of the most successful productxons 1n years Our fall Senlor Dance thls year called Fall Flesta was a great success soclally and a fme prelude to our Sernor Banquet and Semor Prom We experxenced a tragedy along wxth our successes th1s year Our Class Presldent Claude Gaudette was the v1ct1m of a senous accldent rn the fall whlle huntmg We felt h1s absence keenly from classes and Senlor meetmgs At the present tlme we f1nd a Trade School whlch IS a far cry from that of the Vocat1onal School of 1909 Durtng th1s year of 47 48 another new course for Dental Asslstants has been opened to hxgh school graduates A new and modern dental clrmc has been opened ln connectlon wxth th1s course Trade School has never stopped growxng and probably never wlll as xt IS a school whtch IS changtng contmually to conform to the needs of the commumty As we Senlors enter our VGIIOUS walks of 11fe may we be a true reflectxon of the worth of Trade School and do as lt has done never stop growmg' - 1 , . , . . . . - 1 1 1 1 . . . - I I , . . . n . . 1 11 U 1 1 11 1 1 1 u 1 1 11 1 - n 1 1 11' . . . . 1 . - - u . 11 1 1 . . 1 1 . - - 1 1 I 1

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1185 boys cmd g1rls under slxteen employed rn Sprlngfreld But w1th the begrnmng of the depresslon perlod 1n 1929 the flrst to be lard off by the lndustrles wer the young employees As the depresslon progressed the number of youths under sxxteen who were employed dropped to almost nothlng Th1s s1tuat1on brought about the consol1dat1on of the Trade and Contrnuatlon Schools as the authorrtxes thought thrs would enlarge the fac1l1t1es and the teachlng staff of Trade School Nlneteen hundred and th1rty four marked a new epoch 1n trade educa t1on 1n that trade courses for glrls were organ1zed and the Old Hooker School became known as the Grrls D1v1s1on of Trade School At that t1me Trade School offered the followlng courses for glrls Trade Dressmak1ng Foods Vocatronal Homemakrng Power St1tch1ng Short Un1t Courses 1n Multl Occupatrons Mrs Margaret C Ells who had been asslstant pr1nc1pal of Contxnua hon School xn charge of g1rls was now appornted Assrstant Prlncrpal of Trade School rn charge of grrls Agam the school authorltres declded there must be a new burldmg of larger sxze and the erectlon of our present bu1ld1ng was begun 1n 1938 By Iuly of 1940 xt was ready for occupancy and all d1v1s1ons glrls boys and contlnuatlon became one un1t under one roof That same year the enrollment reached a total of 1911 students The next year 1941 the country was 1n the throes of World War I1 Trade School felt another slackenlng 1n tts regular day courses But there was no slackenlng ln the afternoon and evenlng courses as the school had set up a program of Adult Tra1n1ng for War rndustrres Between Iuly 1940 and the end of 1943 there were over 16 000 adults enrolled rn the varrous un1t courses of the school Machme Shops of Trade School were operated on three erght hour shrfts Two thlrds of the enrollment were men one thlrd women Three thousand of the men enrolled were umformed soldrers Over 1400 soldrers were tra1ned here 1n co operatlon wrth the 'I'ra1n1ng Camp and Provlng Grounds at Aberdeen Md They were sent to Spr1ng held from every state 1n the Unron for prelrmmary trarmng rn groups of 200 About 1000 mductees were tra1ned 1n rad1o fundamentals and approxlmately 600 paratroopers from Westover F1eld were tra1ned ln Morse Code and Radxo Servrce For nearly two vears the school tra1ned men and women for the airports 1n thrs area namely Westover Bradley Freld and others Wllh the war s end most ot these spectal courses were dlscontrnued and the regular courses re establlshed Courses dropped durlng the war have now been re organlzed and new ones added Enrollment 1n the day school now totals 900 and 1S xncreasrng dally Followlng are lxsted the courses now offered by Trade School Courses for Girls Dressmak1ng Foods and Catermg Bakery Beauty Culture M1ll1nery and Noveltles Power Machme Strtchrnq Vocatlonal Homemakrng 'Co operat1ve Retall Sellrng Sc1ent1f1c Launderxng Dental Asslstlng for Hxgh School Graduates 1 . o V . 1 1 .1... . . . 1 - 1 . ... .1 1 .... . 1 I , - - 1 1 , . 1 ' ' 4 - 1 1 . 1 . . . u , . 'I Q

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