Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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UCIVUBIER lla IIQAHI GH' Prckled toads and snakes and bony skeletons dont exact lf look very 1nv1t1ng as one a1rl exclarmed the hrst day We entered the Brology Laboratory But enthusrastrc Mr Betagh soon put our mmds at ease as we were led step by step through the d1flerent phases of the years work Bony skeletons may not look really appet1z1ng but at least they re mterestmg By the trme l leave school lll probably never remember the date of Paul Reveres R1de or the chem1cal propert1es of hydrogen but now a davs people Just wont grve one a chance even to try to forget v1tam1ns and mmerals and drgestrve systems My goal IS to have a healthy body and a keen mrnd Whrch rs almost an absolute necess1ty m order to overcome the many present day problems that We all are forced to meet NOTHING T0 BE AFRA OF 12 1

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SIEIIEIIEMIBIER QQ, 30, IIQQIII IT IS first period Mon' Yday when I am feeling at my worst that I walk into my algebra class. I note the dreaded whispers and inguirie: such as, l'Is there going to be a test? llI.et's see your answer ' Yes, indeed, these Americans have very unusual customs. As the teacher steps into the room a general silence sudden- ly prevails. The teacher seems pleased with this and looks over the class to find out who hasnt done his homework. Everyone trusts to luck that he wont be called on. When, however, the teacher decides to correct the homework, a sigh of re- lief arises from the studious group, After corrections have been made, questions are asked about all mistakes. Then, I'm really confused! Gosh' Algebra isnt so easy as it looks. Even with the help of Miss McFee and Mr. Guyette, students find more than one difficulty in this important subject which is vital to our national defense program. Mr. X. is a very elusive person but welll get him yet. We hope! WE GET THE POINT Mr. George Guyette IS THAT CLEAR? Miss Elizabeth O'DonneII lust sitting behind the geometry class reminds me of one night back home, when I fell asleep over my home- work and dreamed that I was being chased by angles and circumferences, Ever since then, I've felt a great respect for this study. Of course, to the outsider, conf gruent triangles may not mean anyf thing, but the pupils initiated into these mysteries have to be up on their toes every minute of the period. I must ad- mit I often neglect my own studying as I become absorbed in the way Miss O'I7onnell explains theorems and prob- lems. Probably theres not another high- school coiirse so calculated to teach the student to think and actually to solve thing every one is interested in today. So I like to remember that when I walk into Room I8 and see the boards decof rated with figures that seem meaning- less to those who have never explored the t1elds of geometry. Was it Euclid or Pythafioras would that I could remember '.-:lie it '-'ICISI It really doesnt make much difference not-J '.-:ho evolved 'itrigu as long as have the subject and Mr. Guyette to teach it.

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QCII IBIER QU, QII, IIQAIII BE CAREFUL NOW Lleutenant Colonel James Murphy Iohnnv Nas a chemrsts son But Iohnny IS no more What Iohnny thought was H O Was H SO4' After that escapade I resolved rn the future to vxew all experrments from a sate d1stance Durrng one of my dl tant rnspectrons of the mystery ol phys1c I was able to catch a gllmpse of the 1ns1de story between 1ntervals of Pass me that scale Excuse me Flll thls up wrth water and dont sp1ll any thrs t1me For convenrence the class was d1v1ded 1nto groups of three and four As each was asslgned to lts own tedrous problem I peered over the shoulder of a perplexed 1un1or and saw SPGCIIIIC Gravlty of Sohds Lxghter Than Water Why does cr cork l1fe preserver hold up cr person? Amazed I unconscrously backed away' The phys1cs puprl calmly went on about h1s work bl1 s fully unaware ot the reason lor my sudden departure I was baffled' At the close ot the pe rod I learned from Mr Gas pard M Savarla Woonsocket Hrghs sole physlc 1n structor about general routlne Two perlods of each week are reserved for the conductmg ot countless IH terestrng experlments Durlng the remamlng three perrods the students are pleasantly lectured and IH HIS llttle nngle was run mg through my m1nd as my hand touched the knob on the Chemrstry Laboratory door I opened 1t reluctantly ex pectrng to be greeted by loud explosrons and terrllylng screams Instead a very orderly scene met my tear lul gaze The amateur chemlsts were hned up aga1nst two long tables I1sten1ng to Mr Mur phy the mstructor grve drrectrons for the day s experlment I was asslgned to a partner and went to work I learned that H O IS water and that H S04 IS sulphuric ac1d whrch explarned the grlm 1mpl1cat1on of the nngle As the perrod ended I asked my partner Does anythmg serrous ever happen when you re worklng wtth chem1cals'9 The answer was an emphatxc Oh no' but I wonder why he crossed h1s Irngers' CARAMBA ' ' Now rt can be told It was I v ho whrle lookmg lor water opened the gas Jets bw mrstake IH the Phvstcs Laboratory' Dros Mro' What excltement' All rules for tne preserva tlon of wrndow glass went unheeded as the w1ndows were hastrly flung open much to the rehet of the femlnme SCISHIISIS but nothma perlshed Only my prrde suffered shght pam formed ot the scrence ot energy namely phys1cs 'C IT S EASY IF 'iow arla