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

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ENGLISH and LIBRARY Left to right; Standing: Dr. Candon, Mr. Zahner, Mr. Black. Seated; Miss Whalen, Miss Hawkins, Mrs. Leger, Mrs. Taback- man, Miss Shea, Miss Adams, Mr. Bowler, Miss Carey, Miss Hilliker. When themes are assigned, tests are coming in the near future, and other vital items in various classes are due, our school library becomes of great importance to us. Headed by Mrs. Brazeau, who is better known to all as “Mrs. B.,”’ the library is kept a pleasant place. Contrary to the belief of many of Tech’s students, English is a most practical subject. When you are looking for any kind of job, your knowledge of the English language is absolutely necessary. In our | Left to right; Phillip Maurice, Claudette Francis, Tony Merola, English Department, we have twelve outstanding Miss Hilliker, Angie Gallo, Betty Daigneault, Sandra Koontz, June Snow, Pat Smith, Pat Dennis, Ronald Beaudreau. Pan sce that everybody KnGwa i] Standing; Jewel Gourley. First row, back to front; Rosalie Evan- gelista, Celeste Adams, Sandra Shaw, Deana Mote. Second row; Patricia Aldrich, Dolorez Lopez, Suzanne Thrower. Third row; Nelsie Young, Carol-Ann Farnham. Fourth row; Sally Ann Mrs. ‘‘B” Witkop. 10

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RETIRING TEACHERS Le ee : ee : ig ite ELSA M. JAEDE Mr. Walmer brought to a close, in January, 1955, 31 years of teaching at Tech. ‘‘Chief’’ was a one-school man and we are fortunate that Tech was that school. He came here on graduation from Springfield College in 1924, and over the years became identified as Mr. Tech himself in high school sports circles in this area. His teams —not always winners, of course — always re- flected sound training and true competitive spirit. Some 20 championships won by teams of the various sports that he coached stand on the record as testimony to his success. Not appearing on any record, however, is the fine influence for good that he exerted on Tech students as gym instructor, coach, and instructor of driver education. Chief’s future plans revolve around the operation of his private Driving School. Our best wishes for a happy and profitable retirement, Chief. On retiring in June, Miss Jaede will have completed 38 years of teaching in the Springfield School System. She came to Springfield from a teaching position in New Jersey and for thirteen years taught at the Old Central St. School and Buckingham. Since 1930 she has been a teacher of Modern Languages at Tech where her high standards of preparation for college in her field have caused first the despair and later the grateful admiration of her students. Miss Jaede’s plans for the future include travel, and wider participation in club and welfare projects in Springfield. From Tech our thanks and much happiness. IRVIN G. WALMER

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Left to right, Mr. Fales Newhall, Miss Elsa Jaede, Mr. Gerhard Wilke, Miss Mary McCarthy. In the school curriculum of today the foreign languages have assumed an important position. In many fields of work a foreign language is a great asset to students. To- day there are many vocational opportunities for foreign language students. There are openings in such fields as aviation, banking, broadcasting, journalism, inter- national law, teaching, and music. Besides the practical uses of languages, there is a lot of fun in joining a foreign language class. Here at Tech we have a fine staff of instructors who teach French, German, and Spanish. Our language instructors are Miss Jaede, Miss Mc- Carthy, Mr. Newhall, and Mr. Wilke. Left to right, standing, Mike Visconti, Chet Szczygiel, Mr. Newhall. PRR Te ge PUNO maaan ete tee $ Re iar eae cae . 5 Foreign Languages Left to right, seated, first row, Theresa Kalita, June Sample, Betty McDonnell, Joyce White. Seated, second row, left to right, Margaret Healey, Beverly Bullions, Mary Poloski, Beverly Smith. Seated last row and standing, left to right, George Bently, Carolyn Pomeroy, Gary Hagopian, Sally Johnson, Helen George, Jean Merriman, Phil Tracy, Bill Grady, Deanna Mote. Left to right: Madelyn Hoar, Richard Monighetti, Joseph Roccis- sano, Carl Morey, Marilyn Scott, Janice Rowley.