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

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TECH-'I'lGl'IH 41 vb Last Will and Teszfamemf of 1926? VVO the Class of 19265, of the Technical High School, in the city of Spring- field. County of Hampden, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being of sound mind and memory, do now record out last will and testament. lt is our purpose to dispose of our various chattels that each may go to the most deserving heir. FIKSTTVVP do appoint Mr. Stone and Mrs. Hideout as our executors. SECONDTW9 the llIA class leave the first six rows in the assembly to the incoming seniors. THIRD- We also leave to the IIlB's as many senior privileges as they may be able to manage. FOL'RTHf-T0 Miss Weaver and to Mr. Hitchcock we bequeath two steel bars to be used to calm the great chaos caused by the most unruly scholars. FIFTH+Fl0I'9IlC0 Meacham leaves her modesty and shy manners to Dorothy Chisholm. SIXTH-Norma Warnock leaves her undisputed popularity to Dorothy De Nyse. SEvENTH+John Maloney leaves his superiority complex, as well as his conceit, to Arthur Bigelow. EIGHT-Harry Prosl leaves his ability to start an argument with Doctor Cockayne to .loseph Falt. NINTHYRTHTY Boden bequeaths her bus tickets to Wilbraham to any poor, unfortunate commuter. f TENTH-lzetta Wetherell leaves her troubles to Alice Cunningham. ELEVENTH-Mary Jane Hopper leaves her position as property mistress to Carolyn Marsh whom we deem a worth successor. TNVELFTH+J8li0 Slavin leaves his wit and humor to Ruth Hayden. THIRTEENTIliCh3Fl9S Rivers leaves his congeniality and ear to ear smile as an ideal for future Techites to strive for in the development of Tech Spirit. FOURTEENTIIYBOD Christifori leaves his athletic ability to Norman Myrick. FIFTEENTII+Kf?HH8th Berry leaves his ability to be in several places at the same time to the future IHA class president. SIXTEENTH-.lack Derby leaves the secret of his marcel to Katherine Ingals whom we believe to be a worthy heir. SEVENTEENTH-T he authors of this will leave every hope for continued suc- cess to Mr. Marsh. the faculty, and the students. EIGIITEENTIIiWlt, the class of 19265, leave the proposed New Assembly Hall and lunchroom to our grandchildren or their lineal descendents, if they do not materialize in their day. Subscribed, sealed, published, and declared by the aboved named testators as their last Will and Testament in the presence of the undersigned, wholat their re- quest and in the presence of each other have herewith subscribed their names as witnesses. Buwrim TQEATING EVA T'iALL LEw1s STONE fi IO 37

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TECIT-Tllllili 'fl mb History of the Class of 1926? February 192-L witnessed the arrival of about 150 timid and verdant pupils who were to be known later as the class of 19265. For the present, however, we were known as freshmen. Our first semester was spent in getting acquainted with everything and every- body and in envying those 'LI-Iigh and Mighty Seniors. As lA,s we were determined to get started. We were fortunate enough to have for our faculty advisers, Mrs. Hideout, Miss Wallon, and Mr. Stone. With their aid we were able to draw up a constitution and elect class officers. We selected the following officers to represent us: Charles Rivers-President Bertha Keating-Yice-President Brainerd Nims-Secretary Fred Demarest-Treasurer Neil Beckwith-Member-at-large Dean Burlingame, Boys' Athletic Manager Bernice Vining-Girls, Athletic Manager Our class always has stood for quality and not quantity. When we were I lB's, we attempted to make the school aware of our existence by announcing a social. This was our first opportunity to get acquainted. It was a shock to the class to find the walls of the gym lined with sturdy young men with only here and there a touch of color added by a member of the fair sex. Our next social event was a Mardi Gras dance held in our IIIB year. Many novelties were introduced of which the balloon dance was the most outstanding. The thought that was uppermost in our minds at the beginning of our senior year was to find some way of enlarging our treasury in order to help meet grad- uation expenses. We were informed that a bazaar had been the means by which our predecessors had met this problem, but the thought of how to run a bazaar with 100 boys and half' a dozen girls was a problem. An Autumn Hop was sub- stituted which turned out to be a great success financially as well as otherwise. Our class meetings have always been more or less solemn precedures. This is probably due to the fact that we have had efficient leaders. For the past year we have had the following officers: Kenneth Berry+President Bertha Keating-Yice-President John S. MaloneyvSecretary Earl HewinsonATreasurer Charles P1iverswMember-at-large Brainerd Nimsgli-oys, Athletic Manager Olive Calverley-Girls' Athletic Manager. The business of the class has always been carried on by the outstanding mem- bers of the class, but occasionally some new and feeble voice might be heard sec- onding a motion or making a move to adjourng that is, if he could get ahead of Stone. We pride ourselves in having lived up to our constitution at all times, but how could we ever have gone astray with Maloney always there with the constitu- tion ready to put his finger on the right article at the right moment. This is our history so far, and we have enjoyed it in the making. We hope that our future events will be as enjoyable and as profitable as these have been. BURTON H. Bloom' I 'lb 21

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TECH-TIGER 44 1 '41 Class Prophecy of 1926? The phototelephone had been invented at last and I was about to make use of it. Speaking directly into the transmitter I said, HI wish to spend 325.00 a min- ute speaking to America. At the end of a long interval, Central answered, 'SI can't seem to get your call through. When I last heard of it, it was passing the Fiji Islands. That was quite a while ago. It must have struck an ether wave and gone down by the head. This was too much for me. I then shouted back, This is an outrage! Last night I tried to get a call through, but it was attacked in mid-ocean by sea-gulls, who ate all of it but the apostrophesf' Central did not reply but must have crossed the wires, for there in the photo place was a laboratory scene. Looking closely, I saw a committee composed of Roland Johnson. Allen Belcher, and John Kelly investigating a recent invention of Maurice McNulty's for killing jelly-fish by tickling them to death. The picture quickly changed to that of a large hall where John S. Maloney was giving his course for attracting the fair sex. Prominent in the audience was John Duffy, divorced husband of his ex-wife, Olive Calverley. The view shifted and I perceived what was taking place. In New York the first thing that attracted my attention was the following huge sign, Have your embalming done by the Charles Meserve's Decorating Parlorsf' V little further down the street I saw that the famous CPD tumbling expert Rollin Morehouse was to appear at Weeks' Wonder Theatre. Its featured picture, f'Why Girls Prefer Caveman Methods, was starring Jake Slavin and Norma VVarnock. Across the way I saw a sign telling of Alexander Brown's widely advertised cure for the deaf and dumb. Now with the picture came all of the noises which were transmitted over the phone in their full tone. This was the reason for my attention next being drawn to a fiery argument over ancestry between Elery Gibson, widely-known inventor of the rapid wind spaghetti fork, and Earl Hewinson, proprietor of the famous Watchus, Grabbit and Bunn Moneylending Co. The argument was finally settled by Rudolph Sarna who read the following from a ponderous volume: Elery, the first, had numerous descendents, one of whom was the father of several other Gibsons, for thirteen generations. Rudolph paused. Then- About this time the world was created-.U In the riot that followed Chief-of-Policy John McCarthy and his first aid Myron Zieff arrested James Drummond, a violent radical with Eric Johnson better known as Eric the Red. An ambulance drove up and out stepped Alden Cordner who later reported that no lives were lost in the disturbance. A short time later Rial Potter, trying to sell medicine to increase the height of short men, was arrested by constable Julian Cassidy for emitting hot air danger- ous to other persons in the near vicinity. The picture changed and Springfield came into view. There in the office of the Principal of Tech High was Betty Marsh, filling her renowned father's shoes. Next, an advertisement on a billboard stated that George Siegel had invented an odorless perfume. Good for him. He was always experimenting in perfumes at Tech. The scene changed to Wilbraham where l saw a chicken pie-plant farm owned by M ary Boden and Rodney Blanchard. This is a plant on which milkweed and chicweed have been grafted. Boston took the place of Wilbraham and again a laboratory was pictured. Raymond Hall and Albert Marchetti were trying to invent a machine for creating holes in air pockets. 23