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

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1980: New Decade Dr. John E. Deady Superintendent of Schools TO THE CLASS OF 1980: The time has come for you to leave the hallowed halls of Technical High School. You are about to go forth into a demanding and confusing world. Whether you plan to continue your education, or go to work, the perspectives and values which have been learned as members of the Technical High School family, will guide your actions each day of your lives. Your school has taught you the meaning of truth, honesty, decency and the personal worth of each human being. I urge you to maintain these concepts as a part of your personal Code of Ethics in your work, your homes and your personal lives. Without them, the human experience has little meaning. As you leave Technical High School, I wish you good fortune. May you have the strength and fortitude to cope successfully with the challenges which await you. John E. Deady Superintendent of Schools. Springfield Public Schools

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Dedication Riis Mr. Charles E. Witherell Traditionally, The Tiger dedicates the year’s edition to a Faculty member who has given many years of devotion and spirit to the school. The 1980 Tiger is dedicated to Mr. Charles E. Witherell, Chairman of the Mathematics Department, who will retire in June. Mr. Witherell has been in education for 42 years, 23 of which have been spent at Tech. He graduated from Huntington High School and entered Bridgewater Teachers’ College. There he received the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education. Mr. Witherell also received a Master of Science in Education degree from the University of Massachusetts and has taken addition- al graduate courses at Westfield State College. ‘When | started teaching in 1938, the Great Depression had the United States and the World in the doldrums. A one room school for grades 1 through 8 in Chesterfield, Massachu- setts was the only opening that I could find. From Chesterfield | moved to neighboring Conway for about a year, then to Orange, Massachusetts as Principal of Central School. “World War Il interrupted my teaching from 1943 to 1946. At the end of the fighting in Germany, | taught at Weihenstephan Technical College, Freising, Germany for a year. ‘In 1957 I came to Technical High School, Room 115 as a Math teacher, and there I have remained. ‘‘As | look back, every building that I ever taught in has either burned, been torn down, or made into apartments. It appears that Tech’s building days are also numbered! But my days at Tech have been enjoyable and busy with teaching, with statistics, as Chairman of the Department and as Treasurer of School Funds. | leave with fond memories.”’ Best wishes are extended to Mr. Witherell from the Tech Family.

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New Promise Mr. Willard J. Wright Principal TO THE CLASS OF 1980: This has been a class of many accomplishments and achievements. This has been a class of scholarship, dignity, spirit, and above all, pride. My congratulations to you for your cooperation and for your part in helping us to regain for Tech, a positive image in the community. We have worked together and played together, and out of this togetherness and out of this mutual effort has sprung the “phoenix from the ashes.” | am proud to have been able to serve as your Principal. Some of you have been accepted into the best colleges academies in the country; some will enter various areas of the armed forces; some will enter the employment market; others will become homemakers. Whatever your plans are, may | congratulate you on your graduation and wish you the very best that life has to offer. Willard J. Wright Principal Technical High School