Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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72 7'T'i-i' l'-ii T H E Q U ' Y E R ,'Si l 'iii'i ' , li N v Flrvt row MargaretE McG1ll Mmam B Adams joseph F Dowlmg Second row Benjamin T Messere Ralph Fitzpatrick Charles I Hull H :story The students at Woonsocket Hlgh are well acqua1nted wlth the world H15 tory, for here the puplls have an opportun1ty to study varlous klnds of hxstory anclent, Amerlcan modern and med1eval, and Enghsh Because t1me IS l1m1ted and we cannot v1s1t every class, let us focus our spotllght on one of the Amer1can hlstory classes In th1S class the students dxscuss all the lmportant events leadmg to the dls covery and settlement of th1s country such as the d1scovery of Amer1ca by of the first colony by the Pllgrlms The s1gn1ng of the Declarat1on of Independence on uly 4 1776 the most memorable day ln American hlstory the establ1sh ment of the new republlc, the ClVll War era and the reconstructlon per1od that followed are a few of the other toplcs dlscussed However lmportant these other events mav be, a study of the Constntutxon nts or1g1n, adoptlon and purpose proves to be the most lnterestmg Thxs docu ment IS dlrectly connected Wlth every 1nd1v1dual 1n the Unlted States and 1t IS lmportant that the student, lf he wlshes to be a true Amerlcan, should recogmze IS Slgl'l1flC8IlCC just as one of the pupxls IS recltlng the preamble to the Constltutlon, the bell rmgs and we dlscover that thxs lnterestmg televlslon broadcast must come to an end 14 Columbus, the explorations by the English, Spanish, and French, and the founding J , - , . . ' ' ' f . ' -

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THE QUIX Ek A Law Rewew Perzod Ex erxone ns ln hns sext Our llxx teacher talees her place m front of the clxss and begnns a tx pncal rexxcxx period of laxx Our hrst tzsle IS to copx carefully from the asslgnment board the next lesson xxe are to studx To test our lenoxx ledge of the dax s xx orle, a short quiz on the general facts of the chapter ns gnx en The chlptcr xxe Ire to dlscuss IS Agencx the leg1I relltlonshlp exlstlng bctxx cen txxo partlcs clllcd the principal Ind the agent The prlnclpal b mg the person xx ho emploxs the lgent, and the agent the person xx ho transacts buslncss for hxs prxnclpal To further the Lll5LUSSlOI'l, the Obllgl txons md the dutlcs of both plrtlcs to exch other are explamed and to cllrnfx thc rules cxlmples are glxcn throughout the regulated tlmc of the pernod for thus particular subject of slles ID thls sectlon IS based on the Uniform Sales Act an act xxhlch gox erns all sales There are txxo klnd of agreements to be consldered, namelx contracts to sell, xvhcrebv the seller agrees to transfer the propertx 1n the goods to the buyer at a future t1me for a consxderatnon called the prlce, and a sale, xxherebx the seller transfers propertx nn the goods for 1 conslderatlon called the prxce To complete the allotted time on Sales, we rex xexx the partnes to 21 sale, the transferrmg of tltle to the goods and the wrltten contracts of sale which are governed by the Scxenteenth Section of the Englnsh Statute of Frauds To conclude our revnew, the remedies for breach of a sales contract are carefully explanned A breach arnses when one of the partles falls to fulfill h1s obl1gat1ons to the contract, glvmg the person who suffers dxmages, the rlght to elect anx of the laxx ful A remedles The xx arnlng bell rmgs and our class ends ln these fortx mmutcs xxe haxe Increased our poxx er to dex elop judg ment of xxhat IS rnght and xx hat IS xx rong and to agree fcrxcntlx xx1t one grezt authorltx x saxs of lux, orc IS the h.1r6oT1 xx orld f' C11 rlrul Pun 1141 13 , , ,, ' ' f 1 W i L f I 1 iv - v It v lv' - V I V' , , , ' . ' ' . -I x - 5 - x V s ' -' ,Q s 1 V s 1 s f 1 ' I ' I A x ' 1 1 4' . f ' ' 'v i it, 14'l ik' The next chapter we are to review is Sales of Personal Property. The discussion of the subject A I I N A I f x U L ' f ' Y I ' l Y 1 l 3 x I l 'Y 11 . K t A . ' , t 1 1' U 2 Q , Y L Y- Y-gg . ' I . ' . 1 , - Bi 73 ' . l . K . f f Q ra 9 p A - - A xx

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eegfffim ffflii THE QUIVER a af fa Mur1elMcFee George F Guyette Ellzabeth R ODonnell Matbematzcs TEACHER What ns the Pythagorean theorem? PUPIL The Pythagorean theorem 15 c a + b Th1s quest1on and answer tell us that our televnslon set has now brought us to a mathematlcs class where we shall learn the fundamentals of calculatxon Wlth a well sharpened pencll ln hand our da1ly algebra lesson commences wxth a short qulz of one or two eviamples based on the asslgnment of the prevlous nlght After the collectlon of papers the first row of pup1ls takes thelr des1gnated places at the black board, ready to solve equat1ons d1ctated by the teacher If by any chance one of the seated members d1scovers an error ln the board work, he IS obllged to po1nt If out to the m1staken pupxl Next, problems are worked out and brought to the teacher to be corrected At the end of the perlod the supervlsor may ask the pup1ls to glve the squares of any number from one to twenty seven or to rec1te a formula whlch has been prevlously memor1zed Whlle th1s thorough study IS be1ng speedlly accompllshed 1n the algebra class, just as dlfflcult materlal IS be1ng covered 1n the geometry recxtatxons where pup1ls are also at the board constructlng accurate figures or provmg essentlal theorems or corollarxes Throughout the geometry class compasses and stralght edges are used almost lncessantly t1ll the end of the lesson To be an A or B pupxl 1n e1ther algebra or geometry, nt IS xmportant that each day s homework IS done falthfully for as the renowned anclent mathema tlcnan Euchd, once sand There IS no royal road to geometry 15 . . , , . , . . 4 l u - as U ' 2 - 2 2 1 . . - , . . . , - . . . . U . ,, 3 3 '