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

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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.

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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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Left to right: Dick Francis, Mr. Andrews. ie vb x % 4 : 3 mei Seated, left to right: Dr. Theinert, Mr. Sprague, Miss Allen, Mr. Woodworth, Miss Kelley, Mr. Chase, Mr. Hewitt, Mr. Connolly. Standing: Mr. Bushey, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Butler, Mr. Best, Mr. Johnson. Tech’s Mathematics Department has one of the most extensive courses of all technical high schools in the country. This widely varied course in mathematics is taught by such capable and experienced navigators as Mr. Woodworth, 107, Mr. Chase, 207, Miss Allen, 214, Mr. Best, 213, Mr. Sprague, 118, Dr. Theinert, 104, Mr. An- drewes, 103, Mr. Bushey, 102, Mr. Butler, 116, Mr. Hewitt, 220, Mr. Jackowski, 108, Miss Kelley, 228, and Mr. Moyle, 101. Let us look at the subjects we can take during our three years at Tech. You may take the college preparatory, technical, or general course; but whichever one you choose, it will be of assist- ance to you in later years. The college preparatory course trains students for study after high school. This course requires that freshmen take Geometry 10C if they have already acquired Algebra 10C in Junior High School. Juniors are required to take Algebra 11C and Geometry 10C, if they did not have it in the Left to right: John Gavin, Robert Allan, Raymond Spears, freshman year. Seniors take Trigonometry 126 Mr. Woodworth, Emily Huber, Donald Learned. and Solid Geometry as a combined subject for one year, or they may take Review Math 12C, or Advanced Math, which includes Calculus and Analytic Geometry. Now, let’s take a glimpse of the Technical course. Freshmen take Algebra 10T, or Geometry 10T; but if they take Algebra 10T, for instance, and have not had Geometry, they are required to take Geometry 10T in their Junior year along with Algebra 11T. Then, in the Senior year, students may take Trigonometry 12T, Shop Math, Review Math 12T, Navigation, or Strength of Materials. General students are required to take only Math 10G in the Freshmen year and Math 12G in their Senior year. No requirements are made for these students in their Junior year. 14