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

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Left to right: Arthur Fournier, Janice Duquette. Left to right: William Krupke, George Longey. Left to right: Joseph Ferri, Mr. McMahon. 12 Left to right: John Simpson, Jack Schuster, Robert Kalischer. SCIENCE Who knows? Maybe the boy who sat in back of you will become a nuclear physicist or the girl who sat two rows away from you will become an archeologist. Each one, if he succeeds in his particular field, will be thankful for the great help that he was given by Tech’s talented teachers of science. Science covers a wide variety of fields and our faculty is very capable in handling them. Miss Potter and Miss Jefferson are very competent in teaching biology, the science that deals with living things. Miss Potter is a lover of birds and plants and is very active in the Allen Bird Club. Miss Jefferson specializes in hygiene, which she also teaches. The science dealing with the nature and composition of all kinds of matter and the changes which matter constantly undergoes, chemistry, is taught by Mr. Brooks, Mr. Northrup, Mr. Reid, and Mr. Romano. They are, as are all teachers, constantly on the lookout for easier and better methods of helping us more fully to understand this complicated and exact science. Mr. Brooks is a co-author of science textbooks. Physics and the advanced portion of the same, with its intricate study and practical application of mechanics, heat, light, sound, and electricity, is taught by Mr. Snow, Mr. MacMahon, Mr. Case,

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ENGLISH AND LIBRARY Seated, left to right: Mrs. Lynch. Standing: Mr. Holley, Mrs. Tabackman, Miss Shea, Miss Carey, Mrs. Brazeau, Mr. Bomberger, Miss Hilliker, Mr. Can- don, Miss Whalen, Mr. Bowler, Miss Hawkins, Mr. Zanner, Mr. Black. To some, English is a formidable obstacle in the course of educational progress on our training ship, but due to the skillful piloting of our English Department, we are able to make-port safely. English grammar and various forms of composi- tion and literature seem to descend like a fog upon us. One saving element in all our floundering is the beaming harbor light, our wonderful school library. Here we are, free to browse, resting from the tossing tides of precis writing which threaten to capsize our ship. Mrs. Brazeau, or as we all know her, “Mrs. B’’, by her warm-heartedness, makes this port a haven for us all. We have been so lucky to have such person- alities as Miss Carey, Miss Hilliker, Miss Adams, Mrs. Tabackman, Miss Whalen, Miss Hawkins, Mr. Holley, Mr. Candon, and Mr. Black, who Left to right: Ed Herrin, Mrs. Brazeau. have made English not a chore, but a pleasure. They gave us the foundation to sail in many directions: to college, service, jobs. Helping to steer Our course are four new navigators: Miss Shea, Mr. Bowler, Mr. Bomberger, and Mr. Zahner, who have already entered into the whirl- pool of Tech activities. In future years we may find in the hghts of Broadway and as authors of numerous best sellers, names of Tech students who no doubt had their small beginnings under the guidance of our teachers. We will also find the great business executives who learned early here that spelling and a varied vocabulary took an important part in stepping up the business ladder to success. Tech students are grateful for their training in communication on the U. S. S. Technical. First row, left to right: Joan York, Barbara LaCroix, Claudette Francis, Bob Bourbeau. Second row: Barry Metzler, Jill Gerken. Vhird row: Sandra Thompson, Robert Larder. Fourth row: William Carmody. Standing: Robert Learned.

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Seated, left to right: Miss Potter, Mr. Allan, Mr. Brooks, Miss Jefferson. Standing: Mr. Case, Mr. Reid, Mr. Romano, Mr. Curran, Mr. Snow, Mr. McMahon, Mr. Northrup. SCIENCE and Mr. Allen. As soon as you enter the physics classroom, you are engrossed in the world of many experiments of various types such as the buoyancy of a block of wood or the effect of work done by a set of pulleys. Our physics teachers are always giving outside help to those students who are willing to ask for it and who have a more than average interest in their subiect. Science Survey is a more generalized study of science. It is taught by Mr. Allan, Mr. Curran, Mr. MacMahon, and Mr. Snow, and its aim is to teach the various fundamentals to those students who do not plan to go to a higher institute of learning. Mr. Curran teaches physiology, which is the study of the normal functions of plants and animals during life, and of the activities by which life is maintained and transmitted. It covers such vital topics as digestion and the nervous system. If you happened to drop in on one of his classes in action, you might hear a student naming the bones of the body in an uncertain tone of voice. The last of the science departments, meteor- ology, is taught by Mr. Romano. Meteorology is the study of the atmosphere and of the changes of weather. 13 Left to right: Tom Schlesinger, Nelson Pease. Left to right: Marian Mullane, Jean Merriman, Janet Muir, Eva Newcomb.