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

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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.

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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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Band Under the capable direction of Miss Ruth Christman this year ' s band was the best band on the South Shore. As in other years, the band was most effective in stimulating spirit at our local football games. The band performed at many interesting assemblies, which all led up to the musical climax of the year — the Annual Band Concert. The Senior Band, in co-operation with the Junior Band and Quincy High School Band, presented one of the finest musical entertainments of the season at this concert. One of the most thrilling experiences was playing at the Tech Tournament in the Boston Gardens. The band was commended highly by all who attended. The officers of this active organization are: Daniel Phipps, President; Roy Bruce, Vice-President; Phyllis Ericson, Secretary; Frank Bartlett, Treasurer; Francis Burns, Business Manager. Much of the Band ' s success is due to our snappy head drum majorette Phyllis Ericson and the four drum majorettes: Barbara Pickles, Irene Webster, Betty-Jayne Pickles, and Jane Miller.