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

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Top: John Robinson, Howard Reed. Bottom: George Reynolds, Paul Henry. Front row, left to right: V. Gauthier, L. Lovett, R. Allen, A. Andrew- es, W. Ashley. Second row: D. Emerson, E. Gallini, H. Crane, E. Richmond, R. Clifton, R. Ferryall, D. White. MACHINE SHOP Tech is unique in that it offers a full high school course for college and for work experience in five trades: mechanical drawing, woodworking, auto- motive engineering, machine shop, and electronics. The first project in machine shop is learning the names and functions of the lathe parts. Preparing pieces for the lathe teaches all the simple operations onit. Students begin with the simple projects such as screwdrivers and progress to the more complicated useful tools. Our print shop renders valuable ser- vices by printing report cards, permanent record cards, and other forms. Auto shop teaches per- severance through the medium of an automobile engine. Automotive theory is learned through taking an engine, capable of running, completely apart and reassembling it to running order. That our machine shop teachers are well-edu- cated, experienced, and well-rounded personalities is evidenced by their college degrees, both bachelors and masters; by their previous teaching in schools of Vermont and Connecticut, University of Massachu- setts, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and by their participation in such hobbies as mining, cutting, and mounting semi-precious stones, home workshops, and mountain climbing. Left to right: Mr. Reed, Arthur Ouimet, Roger Willis, Conrad Hesse. Rear: George Rou- meliotis, Howard Goldstein, Ronald Tyburski, Thomas Martis, John Vedovelli, Richard Comptois, Richard Ross.

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Ral f E it First row, left front to rear: D. Webb. Second row: G. Swain, N. Rivers. Third row: R. Malone, W. McCarthy, A. Cook. Standing, left to right: J. Tranghese, V. Gauthier, Mr. Duffin. MECHANICAL Among the high schools in America, Tech’s Mechanical Drawing Department ranks as one of the best. This subject is taught by men who are experts in their field and who participate in many outside activities. These superb guides, Mr. Davis, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Duffin, Mr. Bushey, and Mr. Reynolds, enjoy hobbies such as gardening, photo- graphy, and music, and are members of prominent clubs about Springfield. The freshmen familiarize themselves with and learn to manipulate such tools as the T-squares, compasses, triangles, and French curves. These novices also learn the fundamental rules of drawing and apply them to their own drawings, which pri- marily deal with the simple parts of machines. The juniors learn the methods used in drawing the surfaces of different geometric figures, which are the basis of sheet metal work. Later, these experienced Left to right: Mr. Hansen, Mr. Duffin, Mr. Biscaldi, Mr. Mac- Kenzie, Mr. Henry. DRAWING hunters are taught the principles of sectional draw- ings and apply this skill to the drawing of more intricate parts of machines, such as valves, yokes, and tool posts. Finally in the hands of the experts, the seniors learn the essentials of gear designing, a very interesting and complex phase of mechanical drawing. For the seniors who have special talents in designing, Tech offers a course in architectural drawing in which these students apply their drawing skill and knowledge of mathematics to the designing of beautiful homes. With this well-rounded education, many Tech- ites eventually obtain high positions in engineering firms and proceed to design and invent countless projects important in our world. Thus, Tech’s Mechanical Drawing Department gives its students the knowledge and the confidence that are required of a professional draftsman. First row, left, front to rear: Vincent Tancrati, Nicholas Varelas, Lawrence Harnish, William LeClerc. Second row: Leo Santaniello, Paul Sears, Robert Melanson. Standing: Roger Anderson, William Rounds, Donald Emerson, Mr. Bushey. 19

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Francis Meade, Donald Rivette WOOD The guides through the wooded sector of our trek have many interests including fishing, hunting, and woodworking, not to mention directing our ever busy stage crew. Besides guiding Tech’s hunters, our woodshop teachers have taught in many other schools and have themselves studied elsewhere improving their professional standing through in- creased knowledge and added degrees such as Bach- elor of Science and Master of Education. From preliminary training in the simple pro- cedures of setting up a lathe, turning a rough piece of wood to exact measurements, beading, and rigid Charles Winslow, Walter Hansen, John Loiko SHOP specifications in general, the students progress to more complicated projects like inlaid bowls. In the pattern making shop a knowledge of the uses of wooden patterns in industry, and of the types of patterns is the first goal. Having mastered these ideas the pupils start actual shop practice. For those thoroughly interested in woodwork an advance course is offered which produces some really beautiful pieces of furniture. Tech is proud of this training program offering to all, whether college preparatory or general, the valuable experience of woodshop. Left to right: Robert Heath, Arthur Malstrom, William Grady, John Griffin, Brian Nichols, Thomas Laurino, James Capeless, John Gale, Bruce Bentley. i 21