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

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commercal art The field of Commercial Art offers wide opportunities for employment to the | boy or girl with talent in this direction. All work is of a practical nature which serves as a foundation on which skills are developed. Lettering, two and three dimensional design, layout, perspective, color theory, pen and ink draw- ing and water color techniques are learned. Practical work consists of design- ing and painting scenery for Tradescapades, painting murals for the library and radio station, as well as painting signs and posters for the school, and making drawings for line cuts used in printing. A good background of academic work including English, mathematics, science and mechanical drawing are necessary to help develop creative ability and imagination. The entire course is developed to train students to earn a living in the field of art. Mr. Thurston Munson Special Projects Miss Jeannette Fontaine Shop and Related Instructor wi Ray LaVigne is painting a clown for a customer. Joseph Fabbri William Place Rosemary Musgrove, Robert Eaton, Pauline Belanger, and Annette LaValley paint,the mural for The Commercial Art class works on individual projects as well as school projects. ; the Radio station.

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f Lr Ntig The process of printing by the offset method has beeome increasingly popular during the last several years. In order to meet the demand for students with , this training, the Printing Department has expanded its facilities to include y, ‘ the type of equipment necessary to provide this experience. The first offset wf printing unit was installed this year. Students are now learning several phases my. of this branch of the printing trade. Ruling and printing of different types of ay 4d offset masters, preparation of photographic negatives, masking and plate mak- ing are some of the fundamental processes these future printers must learn. Mr. Julian Mazzarella Mr. George Mack Shop Instructor Related Instructor In spite of the importance of these new techniques, the learning of the letter press printing process is still an important part of the printing trade, and is not being neglected. Modern automatic type casting machines and presses con- stitute the equipment that rounds out the teaching facilities of this shop. Mr. Frank S. O’Brien Since a large portion of the school printing is done here, one can readily un- Shop Instructor derstand the great saving to the city treasury. tions available for graduates of this department. Job prospects are excellent. There are many interesting and well paid posi- | Charles Clark Raymond | Eldridge Paul Plante is making an adjustment on this offset press. This cylinder press is being operated by David Lundon and Edward Riley. Anthony Stark Ronald Stolpinski