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

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FIFTIETS ANNIVERSARY STILL IN USE er In 1921 this building on 32 Spring Street was erected as the new Trade School, but a growing enrollment soon made it inade- quate. It is now used as the administration offices of the School ‘Department. NOW TORN DOWN = Chl The Old Hooker, School on North Main Street served as the Continuation School and Trade School. Later it became the Girls Division of the Trade School. It was occupied until 1940 when the new school was completed. Grade Schonl Code Grade, you are a heritage laden with opportunities that are legion, and our responsibilities are correspondingly great. Bu every public and private raparity may it be our supreme desire to serve, honor, and obey our highest ideals and striue to uphold the right; and by our example may we incite in others a like respert and reverence. fay we achieve high standards of workmanship, worthy habits, honorable manhood, wholesome personalities, and noble chararter. (Ou the field, in the shop, in the class, and in years tn come, grant that we shall bring glory to our School, City, State, and Nation. 11

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FIFTIET. to mention the countless servicemen that trained under his guardianship and used his equipment. Needless to say, in his humble way, he accepted his responsibilities as a faithful citizen would. His pleasure far out- stripped his toil. In 1948 a new era in trade training began. Our youthful giant was finally recognized on par with his cousins in the other high schools. So, he took on a new name, ‘Trade High’! He still took the terminal boys and girls, but now had added responsibility. He must show his charges that they never need fear competi- tion. He must show that they must hold their heads high in the community, in that humble, but confident manner of a well-adjusted man. He quietly worked on his new assignment and gave the community back more than they expected. With the passing of time our youth became man, and his guardian became old in years, bROARY though young in spirit. So a new guardian was appointed, Mr. Edmond P. Garvey, who today is faced with a fifty-year old youngster, who still wants to grow in all directions. How to keep this growing in check is quite a problem when so many youngsters feed this growth; so many diversified developments need this growth; and so many communities press for this growth. The class of 1962, hate to leave this old man of fifty. They hate to leave his home. All families lose a member, now and then, but there are so many gracious greetings at the family gatherings that families still cling to- gether, bonded by the central tether of parent- hood. We hope, then this grand old man will grow with his increasing family and never re- tire to the old standards he left in 1911 or to a ‘“‘golden age club! ’ Springfield needs him; he needs Springfield. FIRST GRADUATING CLASS. FIRST HOME The styles in 1937 were not too different than those worn under the recent trend. These girls were the first graduates from the Continuation School that was used as the Girls Division of the Old Trade School. From 1911 to 1913 this site on 32 Taylor Street served as “home” for the onginal Trade School. This is a far cry from the present structure. 10

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Guidance MRS. RITA TRIGGS Girl's Counselor William Barry and Mr. Pellegrini 12