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

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SHOPS For interested students Tech offers machine, print, and auto shop. The students’ first assignment in the ma- chine shop is to learn the names and functions of the parts of the lathe. After becoming thoroughly familiar with the lathe and preparing their pieces for the lathe, the students learn simple operations on the lathe. They begin with projects such as screwdrivers, and progress to vises, gears, and clamps. Our print shop renders to Tech a very val- uable service by printing report cards, permanent record cards, and other forms used in running our school. Our auto shop endeavors to teach perserverance through the medium of an automobile motor. Automotive theory is also learned by the students through taking an engine, capable of running, completely apart and reassembling it again to running order. Under the guidance of well-trained and experienced shop teachers, schoolboys of today gather knowledge and experience — valuable in choosing the profession they will follow as citizens of tomorrow. Left to Right: Ronald Osley, Mr. Spence, Richard Musiak, Jesse Lyons, Edward Beaumier, Richard Forni, Robert Jordan, John Healey, Roger Giguere Robert Jordan, Mr. Spence Left to Right: James Burns, Ward Hartrandt, Joe Alissi, Thomas Barry, George Reynolds The teachers in our machine shops also are well- educated as shown by the degrees they have obtained. These include Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Industrial Arts, and Master of Education. They have taught in a good many schools such as Agawam High, Suffield High, Bellows Falls High (Vermont), Stratford High (Connecticut), and the University of Massachusetts. Our machine shop teachers are, however, not “book- worms”; they have many very interesting hobbies such as breeding and breaking Tennessee Walking Colts; mining, cutting, and mounting semi-precious stones; home work- shops; gardening; and outdoor life and hiking. They also participate in outside activities such as housebuilding, membership in the Connecticut Valley Mineral Club, and membership in the American Society of Tool Engineers. Left to Right: John Robinson, Robert Spence, George Reynolds, Howard Reed

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John Frevesi Left to Right: Roger Sheldon, Thomas Richards, Frank Signolfi, Robert Pilon, Paul Carnivale, James Cardaropoli, Jesse Lyons, Harold Rogers, Francis Fratini, and Richard Fehnel. Front, Kneeling: Roger Giguere, James Herrick, Charles Lupien, and Richard Riner 18 SHOES Tech can well be proud of its shop training program. Whether a student is preparing to go to work immediately after graduation or is going to college, he has the privilege of gaining knowledge in the field of shop work. Tech is unique in its ability to combine the courses necessary for college admittance and shop practice which proves so valuable to students in search of employment. From necessary elementary preliminary training in simple procedures such as proper setting up of a lathe; turning a rough piece of wood to an exact diameter and length; beading; and following rigid specifications in gen- eral, the students progress to complicated projects such as inlaid bowls. A knowledge of the use of a wooden pattern in industry and of the types of patterns is the first thing to be understood in the patternmaking shop. Having mastered these ideas the students start actual shop practice. An advanced course is available for students thoroughly inter- ested in woodworking. Front, Left to Right: Ronald Munroe, Donald Leonard. Rear, Left to Right: Bruce Stewart, Edward Moakler, Leo LaBelle Just as you or I might, our woodshop teachers have many and varied interests including fishing, hunting, and woodworking. As you probably know, Mr. Winslow man- ages our stage crew which you may have seen hurrying around before assemblies. Besides teaching at Tech for a range of one to fifteen years our woodshop teachers have taught in many other schools as well as attending school themselves at colleges and universities in order to gain more knowledge and degrees such as Bachelor of Science and Master of Science. Hooker, Howard Street, Brightwood, Samuel Bowles, Wash- ington Street, Melton Street, Kensington Avenue, Forest Park, and Van Sickle are among the schools where our woodshop teachers have taught.

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Left to Right: Helen Borrner, Beatrice Miller, Eugenia Wilson, Goldie Parks Left to Right: Kathleen Welch, Peggy Carlson, Jane Garnell, Betty Mercer, Betty Meyer, Joan Hodges. Standing: Loretta Moles, Helene Farrick “Um — smells good! What’s cooking?” “Got a thread and needle? I need repairs!” These are every day comments at the Home Econom- ics Department. This department includes clothing, home management, foods, and nutrition. We are fortunate to have a capable staff who make the subjects interesting. The teachers themselves comprise a fascinating group. They have taught in various places such as: Ohio, Seattle, Indiana, Connecticut, as well as in Springfield schools. Their hobbies mostly pertain to their type of work. There- fore they are dressmaking, cake decorating, and fancy work. They are all kept pretty busy here, and help make a good many activities run smoothly, such as serving teas and luncheons, and costuming Tantrums. The clothing department starts with easy projects such Mr. Nelson Blomfield of Mass. Mutual Insurance Co. talking to Miss Miller’s Home Management Class is J wl id ‘ Se HOME ECONOMICS as skirts and blouses and works up to winter coats in the senior year. The home mangement course gives the girls valuable help for their married lives. They discuss problems that arise and their solutions. Interesting notebooks are made on the subjects of a dream house, apartment, wedding, and nursery. The nutrition department teaches the girls how to plan well balanced meals. They make an interesting study during the year of various persons in different occupations. They take, for example, the working man, housewife, school child, and the baby to see their requirements. The food department turns out luscious morsels. The girls are taught the correc t way to bake and stew. When they come out of there, they certainly have very helpful knowledge for the rest of their lives. Left to Right, at Machines: Joyce Treat, Miss Borrner, Christine Stallone, Joan Milett, Priscilla Fay, Amy Lacey, Joyce Eastman, Connie Jeanotte. Shirley Harty, in foreground, working on coat