Technical High School - Tech Tiger Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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THE TECH TIGER Proclamatron of the Tech Trgcr I the 'lech Trger natrve of the Jungle 1oa1 to 'lll whom lt may con C61 n the hrstory of the class of 1974 Many thrngs hfue h1ppened srnce thrs class IS Freshmen tr IX91S9d the halls of Tech through seemlngly numberless hordes of upper classmen The teachers may All 1h show er hrs blessrngs upon them saw to rt that the lg'I'lOl'1l1C6 of the class w 1S not bl ss but 111 splte ot drlrgent and unceas mg work we found trme tor cl rss org XIIIZ 1t1on bnder the leadershrp ot 'Vlrss Hahn Mlss Hrll who succeeded Vllss 'l 1lcott Illd M1 D IVIS as ad11se1s the class progressed raprdly At the H1 st electron Ralph bchooley was chosen to wreld the gax el Francis Bartlett was elected Vrce Presrdent I'I9d9I1Ck Manley was ap pornted to collect the dues and M 11-10110 I 1pp to guard the pr eclous records of the class Towards the end of the Hrst ve 11 the worthy group of youngsters enjoyed a get together socral whrch was pr o11ounced a g1e1t success Who tould forget tl1e transformatron wrought rn tl1e Gym by the clever use of the class colors purple Illd gold 7 When all the class but an unfo1tun'1te few had successfully clrmbed one more step 111 the l1dde1 of educ 'ttlOll the Junior electron was held Fred Manley w'1s promoted to the posrtron of Presrdent to be ISSlStQd by Mar Jorre It 1pp Wrlfr ed H 1dlock was elected Tr 61311161 and Helen Durgln was to keep the lrttle Bl1ck Book Encour 1ged by the success of the soc11l gn e11 IH the Fresnman year thls ambltrous cl 1ss undertook to glxe 1 d1nce Socrally It was a marked success i1n1nc1ally a 11ew standard w1s set Phe net proceeds were exactly thrrteen cents Frnally '1fte1 much COl1t1l1ll0llS and per SlSlZ9I1t effort the class attarned the goal they had so lo11g W 11ted for Thev bec 1me Senrors hlghly honor ed and remote lJ6lllg'S to be held rn me and YXOl1d9I by 1ll lower classmen The socral career of thrs year w as started wrth 1 Halloween party a unrque feature ot ww hrch w1s an 1n1p1omptu book IGYIQW The next QS ent of rmportance vs'1s the Ch11stmf1s bf11'11 grx en rn co operatron wrth the Fech B1nJo Club The boys lunch room w1s beautifully decorated and one of the centers of 1ttr ICtlOll 11 as Santa Claus whose presents were greatly rn demand Thrs was one of the most successful enter pr ISGS ever recorded rn the ar111als of Tech About thls trme the cl1ss members sold f1 hlgh grade statronery engraxed wrth the Tech se'1l The treasury was greatly swelled by the profits Once more rt was tlme to elect new ofhcers '1nd thrs tlme Robert Ker shaw was chosen '1s Chref Executrxe wrth Nellre Bleakley to asslst hlm Dorothy Patterson was elected Secretary 'md Wrlfred Hadlock strll re tamed the check book The Tech Trger was S0011 purrrnff under the skrlful management of an elficrent staff And IS for the Graduatlon and the Prom the final trrumphs of our school lrfe the scrlbe of a later date w1l1 make full record 29 - . ' ' I. . ' ' . . ' 9 9 v 4 ' 1 l 5 , .1 . ' V t . ' W b 1 1 1 I In ' I c c r c L 1. . 1 u . n 1 n D A I 1 I Y u I 1 . a . 1 f a 'c c Z l , ' ' ' - ' ' - . . . . ' . ' Y - . ' ' , c z c . . . . . , . . 1 , , - 1 . . , 2 . 2 , ' Y. w A 1 I 1 I . , . . , . K Y . . vc y , . t . ' . , . '. 1 ' , 2 -' -' - s ' 1 - v . . . - - . c c - 7' ' c , ' ' 2 . -, ' . - . ' v . ' . v W . I 1-1 cp Cs . V I 4 . L , c . I Y I c V c f c . 1 . I I A I . I l c c , c . . . . . . 1 . . Z - v ' ' T. - ' - 1 - - - ' c , c c c , l 1 z . 12 .E A v . I ' 1 v 1 ' v c Z . 1 i g . 1 I 1 V , 1 , 1 c . L . J 4 1 x - . . - . . ,. . z . V c , . - , 2 Y , , . 2 . . . . . .C C . 2 1 ' I I 7 I 1 I 1 v 1 V V c . . i Y n. V . . v . ' . . c c c c ac - ' . ' 7 - . ' ' . c . K c c , 1 2 ti . yn I C , n In . . 1 I. v 1 ' . . . I i . i . z . c ' f y ' C . C Q 1 , , Q '- i . . v . . . . c , . . 9 f ' u ' ,ay , ,' , ' I, :- . I w 0 V . c c , . . .. . . , .

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