Mount St Charles Academy - Excelsior Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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I942 Grammar School The S 'molar of tcclciv th S9-HIOIS cf tom r owl Th s lgas on whos houlcl s the future of Moun Satn Charl Academy sts ar now undertacmg' the t drous Journey to therr on arrvbrtlon 1n lrfe the at qursrtron of a Hrgh S hool drploma They wrll meet rnuny barrrer to therr success Some wrll 'n rge V1 torrous some w1ll have to s ruggl all th way and some wrll ven fall by th waysrde we are certam however that they shall grve a worthy account of themselves Therr actrve mmds and wrllmg hearts have b en molded and p rfected by he reverend Brothers Vrctorrc Marcellus and Ronald These stalwart young men w1ll prove to b true sons of a proud Alma Mater the year under Bro Ronald s effrcrent coach1ng they have laborrously overcome all clrtfrcultres Therr efforts are now crowned wrth a well earned promotron to he erghth grade The brg boys of thrs department the students of the erghth grade stand as a fm example of Amen an youth So much so that the Hrgh S hool teachers and the varsrty coa hes look forward wrth keen expectatron to the advent of the new term to try out thrs very promrsrng materral To rllustrate the fact that hard work sustarned effort and a wrll to learn brmg results let us mentron a few promrnent students Conrad Cote Roger Dupurs and Robert Lecours made the Honor Roll rn the Seventh whrle rn the Erghth V Badwey P Chagnon M Dron A Greene E Hart R Lepoutre A Martrgnettr C Nulty F Porrrer and S Rrcca attarned the envrecl honors We w1sh to the students of the Grammar school a pleasant and restful vaca tron May they all return o complete the work they have so well begun ln these trmes of uncertarnty and drsaster when foul play and trea hery are oopular wrth som natrons we the S nrors of l942 off r as advrce to the graduatrnq class of th Grammar S hool Grantland R1 e s Vnfnortar words When th great s orer comes to mark down your score he won ask wh ther you ve won or lost bu how you ve play d the ga re' ROBERT OUELLETTE 42 BERNARD G VVIONDGR 4 73 E X C E 1 . 5 xt 1 ' 0 1 ll 5. ' s ' ' l . , . e o X o r . e e r 'W ce sr fer .. t ht es re 1 e V lT.' eT T T e T T, T . ' T s T . r T el e Tc T , s T r 'e e , T e e T 5 T T T ' T. e e l V ' , . T e . ln the seventh grade are the youngest members of the school. Throughout I . T e Tc . I , T c J ' A T . t , . T T T , r c T e ' T . , , e T , 9 ' T , T e c , 'c T' lg r ' ' 1 e , 'c L , 't .e ' , t ' e cn f 4 1 F . . 4

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X X HXICX ww?-J GRAMMAR SCHOOY SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES Exrst Row lei o rrgn Eugene Fd Rlcfrgrd Plllsy R1 h rd Cgdorel Roger Dupuls Paul bovgrd Pgul Chognon Mcrurxce Menard Conr d Cote Roger Lepoutre Second Row Ernest Lgverlu Ercrnc1s Romer lfdrfel Dron W lter Norm Mourxce Ouellene Eugene Le ry Gerard Molson Rlrhgrd D oxs mud Row Edward Dennet Normgnd Cournoyer Nornn nd Bern1 r ngrles Nulty Ro er Lecour Be-nlto Or e Allred Greene V1 t r Bgdwey Eourh Rom S1lVlO R1 cg Georges Goue Antlrony Mgrflgn 1 Rudolph L1rn uro lfkrurr e Thlledude u Edodlrd Urenler lgcgues More e E1 th Row L on rd Edfgrd Robert Gollgnt Normgn OC egu 1 ff:r'1,::f . ff- 71:1 L'3x,141.f, .Q::.rg': Qt:-, fZ.f,'Qf.I Dy Q11 Pfzx ' jizz, Adria lreerie ilfflj Ritz, Etgene Hcrt.

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VVKIC ALL OUT FOR AMERICA The bGS1C 1dea of Amer1 a today 1S VICTOIY vlctory at all costs Wllh thls thought 1n m1nd the author1t1es of Mount Sa1nt Charles 1n1t1ated the fourth quarter w1th an add1t1on to the currlculum Th1S add1t1on was 1n the form of var1ous techn1cal sub1ects wh1ch m1ght be useful to the student 1n later l1fe Wlth the Splfll of a country at war each and everyone Jozned 1n the new move ment determ1ned to do h1s part 1n the cause of h1s country For centurles mathemat1cs has been the basls of all techn1cal endeavors So 1t IS today For all pup1ls w1thout a perfect record IH the sub1ects there are ten math courses three 1n Algebra l one 1n Algebra ll two ln Geometry and one 1n Tngonometry and three 1n Ar1thrnet1c The boys 1n these groups are laylng f1rm foundat1ons for any work that they mrght undertake 1n the future Then there are SIX sub1ects d1rectly connected w1th m1l1tary operat1ons These 1nclude a theoretrcal study of the elements of AV1Gl1OH Here the mysterles of sp1nn1ng d1v1ng plvotal alt1tude and other complex1t1es of av1at1on are delved 1nto Who knows that one day Uncle Sam m1ght boast a Mount Samt Charles squadron under the capable command of such outstand1ng stu dents as Conrad FOISY Gerard Sutherland Henry Drewes and Iames Greene? Potent1al Marcon1s are the boys pursulng the study of Radlo and Electr1c1ty under the guldance of Bro Mark To them 15 g1ven a clear and comprehens1ve knowledge of transm1tters rad1o waves currents etc Bro Theodore s telegraphy group has for 1lS obJect the mastery of the var 1ous codes and once these are learned the students are shown the qu1ck and eff1c1ent ways of send1ng and rece1v1ng The Umted States S1gnal Corps w1ll do well by these classes IH rad1o and telegraphy when such experts as LOUIS Beauchem1n Robert Chronley lean Lepoutre s1gn up The use of a camera practlcal study and how to f1n1sh p1ctures are the mam sub1ects of d1scuss1on 1n Brother Bernard s photography class The course has revealed to us the presence of skrlled cameramen such as Trmothy O Connor and Raymond Bechard An 1mportant factor rn war IS a knowledge of meteorology Taught by Brother Louls Ioseph 1t has for 1lS a1m the study of atmospher1c cond1t1ons cloud maps pressure etc Future weather prophets are Iohn Reardon R1chard Beauchem1n and Armand Cote The sea holds the attent1on of the followers of the nav1gat1on course g1ven by Brothers Iohn Ioseph and Hermas Terms laws and the mstrurnents rela t1ve to naval act1v1t1es are taken up Future adm1rals 1nclude Leo Dyer and Henry St Onge AS1d9 from these there are other sublects wh1ch are connected w1th the defense effort Clerlcal workers are bemg prepared 1n Shorthand and Typlng per1ods under the d1rect1on of Brothers Henry and Flor1an respect1vely For the best students tn Mechan1cal Drawmg Brother Vrtal conducts a per rod 1n more advanced work Anyone w1th asp1rat1ons of becom1ng a drafts man des1gner or arch1tect IS bemg greatly helped An add1t1on to the phys1cal culture program IS a penod at 2 30 P M Cal1s themcs and GXGYCISGS to develop growth and strength are prov1ng to be most beneflclal The good work b 1ng done 1S through the efforts of Brothers Alvarez Elonan Hermas VIHCQHT and Theodor1c Development of the vo1ce and a taste IH mus1c 1S the obJect of the s1ng1ng lessons A good morale 1S half the flght and that IS how s1ng1ng IS conne ted w1th the rest of the courses All 1n all these subJects have been des1gned to sun the ab1l1t1es and tastes of the student W1th th whole hearted effort and c operat1on of everyone the program IS well on 1lS way to success WALTER BACON 42 ROBERT GRAY 42 74 X C E E l - E ' I ,Y-ki 0 x. , . 1 I - 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 . 1 ' I I - - 1 1 1 - . . D. . . V , 1 1 - - C 1 . A , . S' - O 1 1