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

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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

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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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Sy fours ee, ® z 5 aN ce . in i 6 | ooe {..!lG(Uae ‘ an Aw : — © : i 2 ; : 2G wn? — . Class in design with Miss Roy. In the lodgings of the art department, we find facilities for classes in poster, crafts, design, freehand drawing, interior decoration, and fashion drawing. Under the able guidance of Miss Ida Roy and Miss Helen Norrgard, Tech’s maestros of brush and paint, students have the opportunity to develop talent along varied lines. Materials are available for instruction and experimentation with every medium within reach and reason. Those who are design-minded can create design masterpieces to their heart’s content. Into their schedule come block printing, textile work, abstracts, geometric shapes, and all sorts of imaginative crea- tions. For anyone talented in poster work, there is plenty of room for ingenious advertisement for the many and varied Tech activities. We are conscious of this group’s work on many occasions throughout the year. Looking to the future, some students prefer to plan interior decorations or to design ravishing outfits to dazzle any interested males. Planning to remodel your room? Or to create a wardrobe? You know where to apply. For any Techites who just plain like to draw, freehand drawing class is just the thing. Field trips out on the trail and an exhibition of monthly ‘‘bests’’, judged and shown publicly, are part of the regular schedule of this class. The crafts class offers students talented with their hands a good chance to prove their ability. Into this field come metalwork, leathercraft, weaving, and a variety of other crafts. In any predicament with yearbook, dance decorations, poster designs, or wardrobe planning, a helping hand will be gladly and expertly extended by either Miss Norrgard or Miss Roy. Miss Roy, as an artist herself, has excellent theories which help her students to master tech niques of brush, pen, paint, pencil, and ink. Her skill is an incentive toward improvement in student work. Miss Norrgard is well known for her prowess with materials for posters and displays, and stunning scenery for Tantrums. Class in Costume Design with Miss Norrgard. Patricia Hanson