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

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Student Secretarial Staff The Student Secretarial Staff is comprised of senior girls in the Commercial course, who are willing to devote free time to assisting members of North ' s faculty. The purpose of the work is twofold: first, to give the girls practical business experience, and second, to be of service to the school. Each girl is assigned as a secretary to a teacher, and it is her duty to perform the tasks which the assigned teacher may have for her. These tasks include clerical and stenographic duties such as filing, taking dictation, typing, and running duplicate copies on the Mimeograph and the Ditto. The staff will certainly be missed when June comes, as they have done creditable work. North Quincy High is to be commended for giving the Senior commercial girls the opportunity to profit from this valuable experience.

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Library Staff Where ' s the Reader ' s Guide? Is this an overnight book? Where can I find a book on amphibians? Is this book all right for a book report? These are only a few of the many questions showered upon the members of the Library Staff each day as they go about their various duties that make the Library Staff one of North ' s most important service organizations. The Library Staff, under the able direction of Miss Elizabeth Sherman, is made up of girls from Grade 9 through 12, who work before and after school and during study periods checking books in and out, shelving books, preparing bulletin boards, and helping to keep the library running smoothly. This year the staff ' s social activities began with a Halloween party and was followed by the initiation party for the ninth grade staff members. During the year a group of girls visited the class for physically handicapped children at the Pollard School and pre- sented them with two books to add to their own personal library. The social activities were brought to a close with the Mothers ' Tea, which has become a tradition with the Library Staff. The officers for this year were Louise Cluett, President; Rita Thornton, Vice-Presi- dent; Lorraine Weden, Secretary; and Mary McDonnell, Treasurer.

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Glee Club North ' s Glee Club, under the able direction of our Miss Ruth Christman, has one of its best years. Although wartime conditions still prohibited the annual festivals, the Glee Club, with the help of the Ensemble, gave its Christmas Concert in a beautiful rendition of Yuletide music. With selections from the Holy City and patriotic melodies, the Glee Club presented its Spring Concert aided by the Ensemble. Officers for 1944 were: President, William Macdonald; Vice-President, Barbara Perkins; Secretary and Treas- urer, June Freedman; Business Manager, Russell Estabrooks.