North Quincy High School - Manet Yearbook (North Quincy, MA)

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16 MANET Helen Vandeleur STUDENT COUNCIL ASSEMBLY One of assemblies of the term was the inau- guration of the Student Council. The assembly opened with an introductory speech given by Mr. Muir, in which he emphasized the advant- ages both material and intellectual which the school possesses. The officers of the Council were then in- stalled. Bernard Kane, last year's president, gave the oath of oiiice to Joseph lllatson, the new president, who gave a short talk asking the student body for loyalty and co-operation during the year. The new president then ad- ministered the oath of office to vice-president Marguerite Reynolds, and secretary YVillia1n Jeakins. The members of the council then took the oath of office and received their emblems. The seventh grade class of 7-1 were present at the assembly besides the 9th and 10th grades, and also Orrin Saunders, a past president of the Student Council. Members of the Council are: Virginia Andros, Henry Allen, Clifford At- wood, Kathleen Buddenhagen, Alfred Starrett, Priscilla Cleaves, Francis Cary, Vifintlirop Delano, Joseph Nolan, Russell Doucette, Betty Drummond, Thomas Ferris, lVarren Frye, Mar- garet Gibbons, Charles Gerry, James Hawco, Betty Jackson, Edward Lambert, Dwane Lind- say, Edith Lloyd, Lawrence McCarthy, Mildred Moody, Curtis Millen, Anita Paragallo, Betty Parmenter. Patricia Ryan, Esther Schaller, Frank Seldon, Lorenz Schrath. Rose Solito Robert Smith. lVilliam Sullivan, Gordon Tabor Ruth Yibert, Clayton Vllilliams, Agnes 'Walken A. Geraldine Yllhite, Bertha Cummings, Robert Townes, Richard Brown. Q 9 Helen Leary. ARE WE ANIMALS? This question is often asked. It was an- swered to the satisfaction of all concerned by Mr. Talbot at a special assembly held in No- vember. He spoke to the pupils on the subject, You and I and Other Animals. His talk was accompanied by excellent slides of the ani- mals and birds about which he told us. Mr. Talbot is working with the M. S. P. O. A. mf SCHOOL EVENTS we He has gone to a good many New England schools and has urged all of the pupils to be kind, rather than cruel, to all animals. All creatures have some good reason for existence even though we cannot see that reason at first. MAGICIAN ENTERTAINS An assembly was held on Tuesday, November 17, when the auditorium was filled to capacity with pupils who thoroughly enjoyed an enter- tainment of magic presented by Mr. Taylor and an assistant. The most mystifying trick to the audience was a very clever card trick. Mr. Taylor called three boys from the audience to the stage and had them each pick a card from a pack in his hand. He called the names of the cards out loud and corresponding cards rose suddenly from a large pack on the stage. The question being, how did the cards know that they were being called? A contest was held among the home rooms in the school to see what rooms would go over the top first. Rooms 108, division 7-1, room 200, and 201, won first, second and third prizes. MANET ASSEMBLY A t'Manet program was given at both assemblies the first week of December by the Mallet staff. Robert Kieth opened the pro- gram by revealing work of the t'Manet staffs done in the past and the increase in size of the magazines of preceding years. Then Anna Cummings, editor-in-chief, told of the writing of editorials and importance of the magazine. Other speakers were Hazel Borne, Literary Editor, Helen Vandeleur, School News Editor., Aldrick Smith, Club Editor, Kenneth Dowd, Athletic Editor, George Sweeney, Joke Editor, Edith Zottoli, Art Editor ,Dorothy Finn, Alumni Editor, George Howe, Exchange Editor, Robert Phillips, Subscription Manager and John King, Advertising Manager, each telling of his re- spective department. The program closed with Anna Cummings stressing the point of buying and supporting the school magazine.

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MANET 15 They went through the window, post haste! VVait a minute, said Chris. Take this car. They climbed in and luckily it started easily. Rolling along the road, Nicki told of what happened. Gosh, said Chris, my own brother. He put one arm around Nicki. Guess I can drive with one hand. You've had experiencef' said Nicki. After a short while he said, Chrisl Aren't you glad that I bought that paper knife, and wasted that money? And isn't spending five dollars for that better than spending thirty thousand on kidnappers?'7 You bet! said Chris heartily. Elizabeth Ogilvie, 10-6. FORGOTTEN All ready for school at last. I said. It isn't very long since I was in bed. Have I everything that I need. Pencils. pens. and a book to read 'I Halfway to school was I this morning' IVhen it came to me all of a dawning That I had left my French at home. Now wasn't that enough to make you groan? Ethel Little, I 0-T. A MID-SUMMER NIGI-lT'S SCREAM T'was a dark, rainy night. At intervals lightning iiashed across the sky, followed by loud peals of thunder. All was quiet in the yard. Then an ear-piercing shriek was heard by the occupants of the house. A light ap- peared in a window. A dark form flitted from a tree to the house. A key grated in the lockg a door opened and Mrs. Maloney let the cat in. Edmund Rioux, 8-8. WHAT THE LITTLE GIRL SAID Mas upstairs changing her dress,', said the freckle-faced little girl tying her doll's bonnet strings while looking about the room for a piece of cloth large enough to serve as a scarf for that double-,jointed article, Oh, your mother needn't dress up for me, said the female agent of the missionary society, taking a last self-satisfied view of herself in the mirror. t'Run up and tell her to come down just as she is, in her everyday clothes. Oh, but she is11 't in her everyday clothes. Ma was all dressed up in her new brown silk 'cause she expected Miss Dimmond today. Miss Dimmond always comes over here to show her nice things off and Ma doesn't mean to get left. But-whenshe saw you coming she said 'The dickens,' and I guess she was mad about something. Ma said if you saw her new dress, she 'd have to hear all about the poor heathen, who don't have silk, and youid ask her for money for hymn books to send to lem. Say, do the nigger ladies use hymn bookleaves to do their hair up on and make it frizzy? Ma says she guesses that's all the good the books do 'em -if they ever get any books. I wish my dolly was a heathen. VVhy you wicked little girl! Vklhat do you want with a heathen doll? asked the mis- sionary lady, taking a mental inventory of the new things in the parlor to get material for a little talk on world extravagance. So folks would send her nice things to wear, and feel sorry for her when she was naked. Then she 'd have hair to frizz, and I want a doll with real eyes that roll up like Deacon McSmidges' when he says 'Amen' on Sunday. l ain't a wicked girl, either, 'cause Uncle Dick -you know Vncle Dick don 't you? He 's been out West and swears awful and smokes in the house-he says l'm a holy terror and he hopes l'll be an angel pretty soon. Mall be down in a minute so you needn't take your things off. She said she'd box my ears if I asked you to. Ma 's putting on that old dress she had last year, 'cause she didn't want you to think she could give much this year, and she needed a new hat worse than tl1e queen of the cannon ball islands needed religion. Uncle Dick says you orta get to the islands 'cause you'd be safe there, and the natives would be sorry they were such sinners. Anybody would send you to 'em. He says he's never seen a heathen hungry enough to eat you, 'less it was a blind one, and you'd set a blind pagans teeth on edge so he wouldn't want any more missionaries. Uncle Dick 's awful funny and makes ma and pa die laughing sometimes. t'Your l'ncle Richard is a wicked man, and ought to have stayed out YVest where his kind is appreciated. He sets a very poor example for a little girl like you. 'tOh I think he's nice, he showed me how to slide down the banisters, and he 's teaching me to whistle with my fingers when ma ain't around. That's a pretty coat you have. Do you buy all your clothes with missionary money? Ma says you do. Just then, fortunately, and not a minute too soon, the freckle-faced little girl ma came into the parlor and put an end to this very enlight- ening conversation. She kissed the missionary lady on the cheek and told her she was de- lighted to see her, and they proceeded to have a very sociable chat. The little girl 's ma can't understand why a person who brags about being so charitable as the missionary agent does, should go right over to Miss IJIIIIIHOIICIQS and say such ill-natured things as she did and she thinks the missionary is a double-faced gossip. Marguerite Knowles, 10-1.

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MANET 17 HEARD OVER THE AUDIOPHONE Some of the interesting programs that the student body of the school has heard over our Addressophone system this term have been: The Walter Damrosh Concert every Friday morning, the student council inaugurations, the President's message to Congress, the exercises from Yorktown and the Christmas Carols, heard in the mornings for a week or so before Christmas. Our system has been greatly improved this year and now the whole school may hear the assemblies or any special programs given from the auditorium. TENTH GRADE OFFICERS The election returns of the tenth grade placed these pupils in positions of responsibility: President, Joseph McVVeeney Vice-President, Natalie Archer Secretary, Bernice VValker Treasurer, John Heurth DANCE HELD BY THE TENTH GRADE BIOLOGY CLASSES The first dance or social of the season was held by the tenth grade biology classes. The attendance was almost a record for this sort of social at North. Many tenth graders attended and there were quite a few ninth graders present. The proceeds are to be turned over to the athletic fund. STUDENTS ATTEND SHAKESPEAREAN PLAY .Accompanied by Miss Parker, a group of pupils attended 'CA Midsummer Night's Dream. The play was presented by the Strat- ford-on-Avon Festival Company. They enjoyed it immensely and are looking forward to seeing others. TO VISIT WEATHER OBSERVATION BUREAU Some of the pupils of Miss Kimball's general science classes hope to visit the VVeather Obser- vation Bureau at Young's Hotel in Boston. The pupils have studied the ways and means of predicting the weather and are especially in- terested in the instruments that are used in this work. For a period of a week the pupils have kept the clippings from the newspapers that predict the weather. They have found the percent of times that the weather man has predicted correctly. This is a favorable record seeing that there are so many obstacles in the way of the correct prediction. The classes have enjoyed their work im- mensely and are looking forward to a trip to the Harvard Observatory. The classes have studied a little about the heavens and astron- omy. This trip will be made at night. All of the pupils that go will have a chance to look through one of the large telescopes. There will be a short lecture about the subject by the head professor at the observatory. Each night in their prayers the pupils send up a wish that the night in February that is chosen for the trip will be clear. A NINTH GRADE CLASS ELECTION The ninth grade held its election and the following students will serve in their respec- tive offices for the term: Lorenz Schroth, presi- dentg Kathline Buddenhagen, vice-presidentg Helen Yandeleur, secretaryg HVVoody Jenk- ins, treasurer. FIRST DANCE HELD BY NINTH GRADE The first dance ever run by the present ninth grade class was held on Friday evening, De- cember ll, 1931. The purpose of the dance was to have the students of the ninth grade get- together in a social way. Some tenth grade students were present.. Mr. and Mrs. Collins and family, were pres- ent. The inatrons were Mrs. Buddenhagen, the vice-presidents motherg and Mrs. Vandeleur, the secretary 's mother. ' The teachers at the dance were Miss Kim- ball, Miss Sundelin, Miss Marr, Miss Ready, Miss Beasley, Mrs. Frye, Mr. Macdonald and Mr. Bacon. The dance was a great success and the pro- ceeds will be turned over to the athletic fund. The 'tMerrymakers furnished the music. There will be more socials in the future. NO DANCING CLUBS Owing to the fact that the gymnasium is in use every afternoon there will be no dancing clubs until next spring. In the spring there is a chance the ninth and tenth grades will have dancing clubs. The gym is used for athletic activities during the winter and in the spring the teams are disbanded or they go outside for practice and games. The club is missed by the tenth graders and is mourned by the ninth graders because they would like to brush up on the plain and fancy steps in preparation for the dance in June. There are dances at other times besides June, but the big one comes at graduation time. EXTRA EXTRA OUR WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Dear old North is going places in a hurry. We now have a weekly publication. Wlio pub- lishes it? NVhy, the Student Council. Kath- line Buddenhagen is the Editor-in-Chief. This one page weekly can be purchased for the sum of one copper cent. All joking aside. This paper is really worth the cent paid for it. It has an excellent club column. .There are very fine editorials. The whole student body of North backs the Student Oouncilis latest project. Anything that the Council backs is sure to be worthwhile.