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

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ee 8 A Look Into the Future | or The Mirror Talks Back Act I Scene I As the scene opens, two inventors, Bill Scholes and Cosimo Longo, are reclining in their office located at the corner of Bridge and Main Streets. Their secretary, Dolores Tergliafera, is busily typing at a desk at night center. Up stage center are two large windows overlooking Main Street. In front are two large desks, back to back, each with a swivel chair. There is the usual collection of office furnishings and files. Cosimo is comfortably seated on his spine with his feet on the desk. It’s a warm day, so his hat sits jauntily on the back of his head. His sleeves are pushed up. His socks are rolled down, and his shoes are off. Bill is in about the same position and attire. Cosimo —Well, I guess we’ve struck it rich, Bill. Bill —Yup, guess we have. Cosimo —People have waited all their lives for an invention like ours. Bill —It’s got it all over the Crystal Ball. You don’t need a fortune teller or anything. Cosimo —Nope, all you need to do is walk up to the mirror, recite our poem, and unbutton your ears. Bill —It’s so simple that even Mitchell Filip was able to discover what he would be doing in 1975. Imagine!!!!1! Cosimo -—I wonder what he found out. Bill —It told him something he has always wanted to know, the difference between a circle and ‘a square. Cosimo —Did you hear what the mirror told Ruth Reed? Bill —No, What? Cosimo —(laughing) It told her that she’d better stop trying to create busi- ness for her millinery shop by sitting on people’s hats. It’s a dangerous occupation. Hat pins are in style again. Bill —That’s a good one. I was listening the other day when Bob Mc Gowan walked past. Cosimo —You were? What did he find out? Bill —The mirror told him that his magic paint brush with its radar controlled motion would paint the greatest mural of all times. Dolores —It seems to me that you inventors should stop talking and see if this so-called invention of yours works. Bill —That’s right. Let’s test it out. There are plenty of things I want to know. Cosimo —Let’s take it down there on the corner. That will be the acid test. Act I Scene II The scene opens on the corner of Bridge and Main Streets. A huge mirror has been installed in front of the drugstore. In the doorway, Bill and Cosimo are trying to appear nonchalant. Bill nudges Cosimo. Bill —Hey! Here’s our mirror. Cosimo —Yes, but what shall we do now that we have it where we want it? Bill —Say the Magic poem. Cosimo —Oh yes, I’ve forgotten about it. So together they say the poem. They register surprise, for as they talk, they are able to see into the future. Mirror, Mirror, on the wall Tell us something, tell us all. Tell us of each lad and lass Of our great and hopeful class. Tell us each and one, our fate Be it small or be it great. Mirror, Mirror, on the wall Tell us something, tell us all. As they speak, figures and scenes appear on the clear surface of the mirror. Cosimo —Look! There’s a new, beautiful, red, atomic-driven train. Bill —The engineer looks familiar. Why, it’s Albert Allen at the switch- board! His assistant is Barbara LaMascolo, the authority on atomic ower. Cosimo Bo heres a big electric sign on the front. It reads, “The Presidential Comet” — “Good Will Tour’. Now it’s stopping, and the crowd is going wild. The President of the United States has just stepped out on the platform. Who would believe it? It’s David Smith, our

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could this be? What’s going on? We soon discovered that our school was to be the headquarters for a convention of vocational teachers from all over New England. Twelve hundred teachers were to visit our school to observe the latest trends in vocational education. Signs are everywhere, and all over the school there is activity and excitement over the preparations. Everyone, both students and teachers, is helping in some way to make this large group of teachers feel at home. SENIOR YEAR The news that our principal, Dr. Burridge, is leaving gives an accent of sadness to the beginning of our Senior year. He was instrumental in securing our beautiful new building and was director of the Trade School in this city for thirty-four years. Dr. Burridge decided to go back to his home town of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. There he is to supervise the erection of a new school and will be its first principal. At his last assembly at Trade we presented him with a large dictionary and a pen and pencil set. Every student wishes Dr. Burridge good luck and happiness in his new venture. The School Board elected Mr. Edmond P. Garvey as Principal of Trade High School. Mr. Garvey was not a stranger to Trade High, having taught here in the Radio department, prior to his enlistment in the Navy. We are fortunate to have a man of Mr. Garvey’s ability as our leader. He has had wide experience in industry, in the Navy and at M.I.T. At this school, as a Lieutenant, he set up the Naval Radar Department. He was its first laboratory instructor and later became assistant professor of the department of Electrical Engineering. With Mr. Garvey at the helm, Trade High School should embark upon many successful voyages over the educational seas. After a year’s hard work on Mrs. Ells’ part, Trade High Band has received its -uniforms. Are they proud! We don’t blame either Mrs. Ells or the band, for as far as we’re concerned, we have the best dressed band in the city, yes, even in the country! ‘The band’s first performance in their new outfits was at the 1949 Eastern States’ Exposition. We won second place in the Court of Honor. The majorettes have new gold-trimmed uniforms. As they march with the band, it is an inspiring sight. All during the year we have had splendid music at the football and basketball games as well as at assemblies. Everyone was surprised to hear the band play a popular tune and a polka in the Trade-Scapades. We were all happy this year to receive the latest model in streamlined desks which were installed in the boy’s department. Now, everyone can write and do his work with a maximum degree of comfort. Now that the Dental Assistants Course is well established, a new course for Medical Assistants attracts our attention. Mrs. Ingeborg Drewry, a graduate nurse from the University Hospital of the University ef Minnesota, is the instructor. Lead- ing doctors of the city give lectures and advice to the students concerning all medical procedures. You should see the girls in their pale blue uniforms. At the end of the course, they will receive white organdy caps. Every two weeks we read the Craftsman. Miss Melvin and her staff keep us informed of what happened, what is happening and what is going to happen. The paper “sports” a specially designed cover and is printed by an automatic mimeo- graph machine. se Class rings have arrived and are being proudly displayed by us. There remains ahead of us Class Day, our Prom and Banquet, and Graduation. It’s wonderful to be a Senior, but how we shall hate to leave Trade High.

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Bill Cosimo Bill Cosimo Bill Cosimo Bill Cosimo Dolores Bill Cosimo Dolores Bill Cosimo Dolores Bill Dolores Cosimo Bill Cosimo Dolores Bill Dolores Bill Cosimo Dolores Bill Cosimo Dolores Cosimo Dolores Bill own Class president, followed by that famous head of the F. B. I., Francis LaValley, and his able assistants, John Mooney, Josevh Terzi, and Francis Nowakowski. —Can I stand any more of this!!! It’s Nicholas Slepchuk. Doesn’t he look handsome and businesslike in that bright violet F. B. I. uni- form? —The crowd is cheering again. They are calling, “We want to see the first lady”. Here she comes. It’s the former Edith Boucher. Here comes the mayor of Springfield, Joe Veteramo, the People’s Choice, with his wife to welcome the distinguished guests. —Isn’t the mayor riding in a new “Ferrara”? —Yes, he is. And Ray LaBonte is his chauffeur. —Here comes the mayor’s valet, Bill Henderson, bringing a beautiful bouquet of flowers. He’e handing them to Mrs. Veteramo. Who is that lady behind the sheaf of flowers? —It’s Barbara Tiberio, his former secretary. —She is presenting them to Mrs. Smith. —FPresident Smith is shaking hands with all the official dignitaries: City Clerk, Francis Coulter; Smoke Inspector, Ed Turnberg; State Senator, Loretta Motyka; and Judge Roland Savoie. —The parade has started, and Trade High surely is well represented by those dark blue uniforms with the twenty-four karat gold braiding. —Sure look sharp, don’t they? —Can’t be real! Look at those instruments! Plastic, I think. —You can certainly tell that’s William Pegoraro’s idea. He always wanted to become famous, and I guess he has done it. —He not only invents, but did you hear, he’s the head of the plastic gadget department of Trade High School. —Those boys and girls in the center look familiar. They look like the sons and daughters of Bob Benson, Richard Guilmain, Phyllis Ziem- ba, and the famous musician, Ray Smith. —Barbara Pfisterer’s beautiful baton starlets are leading the band. —Hey, the crowd is getting out of hand. Police Chief Anthony Sternal and Police Commissioner George Harding better get their men on their toes. —I guess you spoke too soon. —Yes, in back of them is a line of the finest police captains in the country. Look at them if you want to see something. There’s Frank Przybycien, Hervey Daigle, Thomas Gordon and Robert Amsden. You know, I can’t get over the way our Trade graduates have pros- pered. —The mayor is bringing his guests to the new city hall for dinner in the famous William Cunningham Room. Let’s follow them with the mirror. —Can either of you make out what that radium plaque on the wall reads? cane —Well, what does it say? —It reads: “Decorated in 1970 by Richard Livingston and his able assistant, Robert Hemingway.” —Look at the clock made in the form of a calendar with weather bul- letins issued every half hour. —There’s a dedication on it. Let’s look. —Why, it reads: “Presented to the city of Springfield by the Lemon and Loyd Manufacturing Company.” —Boy, that looked like a good dinner, wish I were there. Too bad this mirror doesn’t let you sample the banquet. And the caterers were Caron and Cangro. Do you remember them? —Stop talking about food. You’re making me hungry. —Put your minds back on the mirror. The speeches are beginning, —Say, just listen to Joe Mazza’s talk. I think he’s the best so far, don’t you? State Senator, Biase Porfillio was good on “No Taxa- tion”. —I could have listened to him forever. Such personality! And as for oratory, he’s the best on the radio. —As far as that goes, the whole program was swell: Jean Carroll’s song, “The Richard Clapper Blues”, Ruthann Durick’s ballerinas, and that hilarious comedian Paul Bannon,