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

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION Although in school our gym teachers enjoy teach- ing us the techniques of sports, their outside activities are not entirely centered upon sports. They enjoy such sports as golf and other outside activities but their main interests lie in music, especially that of the piano, genealogy, and their children. Along with these interests they belong to many clubs, among them, the Springfield Community Council, The American Legion Post 449, The Lions’ Club, and the Knights of Columbus. During their years here, they have been occupied . anne ag with gym and the coaching of teams, such as Left to Right: Thomas Carey, John Kalloch, Milton Orcutt, football, basketball, and soccer. Before coming to William Lawler Tech they taught at schools in Rhode Island, Massa- chusetts, New York, and Minnesota. Also, they them- selves have done some studying with the result that they have B.S., A.B., and M.E. degrees among them. As the school year opens, the lawns of the armory are covered with many young people playing various games. The boys are usually occupied in setting-up exercises or in some other way of acquiring the fresh air. The girls have a little more organized play. The two games that prevail during the fall are field hockey and soccer. As bad weather comes around, the armory be- comes deserted, and the gym again becomes the noisy place that a gym usually is. During the winter both boys and girls enjoy basketball, volleyball, and appa- ratus. The girls also take modern dance during the winter months. When the good weather comes around again, the armory once more is put to use, where the girls and boys play softball, and in other ways acquire more fresh air. Left to Right: Larry Biondo, Vin DeLorenzo, Dick Goldich Apparatus work Left to Right: Mary Gray, Barbara Richardson 23

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Lee Crabtree Tech Band Girls Chorus MUSIC Yes, our music department is developing. The Boys’ Chorus of sixty voices, heard at the P. T.A. Band and Chorus Night and in Tech Turns to Music, is Tech’s first such chorus in five years. Congratula- tions go to Mr. Crabtree and the chorus for an excellent performance. Another noteworthy group is our orchestra, an organization missing from Tech for many years. Start- ing in the 1950-1951 season with but eleven instru- mentalists, it now numbers some twenty members and is still growing. The Tech Band has been increasingly busy. In addition to the regular school activities, assemblies, special programs, games, etc., the band participated in such civic activities as parades and concerts. Noting the long after school hours of practice and drill, we don’t wonder that this forty piece group is one of the busiest and most popular local high school bands. The Tech Chorale, our largest musical group of one hundred voices, is admired for its fine renditions of both classiscal and popular choral arrangements. Starting three years ago as an after school organiza- tion, it is now an established class. Besides these groups there are the forty voices of the Girls’ Chorus which performs during special pro- grams, and the recreational music class which studies popular, semi-classical, and classical music from both recordings and sheet music. That Tech is progressing in the music field was evidenced by superior ratings at the Western Massachusetts Music Festival. Mr. Crabtree, who is essentially a musician, holds two degrees in music education and at one time directed the Wachogue Church choir. His fine work and genial personality have won the hearts and re- spect of both students and faculty. 22

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Left to Right: Mrs. E. H. Tillan, Mrs. SOomTAZab Lunchroom Ist Lunch. We who know Tech as the bright, friendly, and won- derful school it is are proud of its reputation. To maintain this high standard of cleanliness and comfort we have many able custodians who keep our school running smoothly. From the heating of the school in winter to the mowing of the lawns in summer, these men work continuously for our well-being. Our many thanks go to the following operators of this, our school: head custodian, John A. Atherton; helpers, Bridie L. Aiken; Domenick Bianchi; Vernoll E. Bigelow; Nellie B. Connors; David A. Duncan; Mary Feriola; Mitchell J. Kochanek; William M. La- Vallee; Chester E. Marlowe; Gerald J. McCarthy; Thomas P. O’Connor; and Carl I. Persson; with Francis J. Sears as a part-time substitute. Every school day we come in contact with the effi- ciency of these men and women. Examples of their accomplishments are dusted desks, clean floors, warm rooms, and smoothly functioning bubblers, lights, and window shades. All this and more we owe to our custodial staff. Hilda McCombe, Mrs. Josephine Saracino, Mrs. Mildred Hannigan, Mrs. Ida Bolduc, Mrs. Nora Richter Now, we come to two very important depart- ments of Tech, one which satisfies our young, healthy appetites, and one which keeps our school a clean, healthful place in which to pursue our studies. Each of us looks forward to the lunch hour as an enjoyable interlude in the day when we can complete our homework for the third period class, relax and converse with our friends, and above all fulfill our craving for nourishment. Accomplishing the wonders of preparing de- lectable food and supplying much needed vitamins and calories, are such workers as Elin Tillan, our head cook, Ida Balduc, Josephine Dalton, and Hilda McCombe, with Josephine Saracino as sub- stitute. These women plan and prepare our meals as to cost and nutritional values. If you were to inspect our huge, well-organized kitchen, you would find clean materials, efficient workers, and above all the appetizing aroma of food preparation at which these people are so skilled. HSARNDONHSGAO Seated, Left to Right: Miss Nellie Connors, Bridie L. Aiken, Mary Feriola. Standing: John Atherton, David Duncan, Wm. LaVallee, Jas. Crowley, Vernoll Bigelow, Gerald McCarthy, Francis Sears, Michael Kochanek 24