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

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The fact that North's teachers are able to find time to participate in extra curricula activities and advise students about their work, is no coincidence. The reason that the teachers have this extra time is that a group of girls in the Commercial Course, chosen from grades eleven and twelve by Miss Gormley, help the teachers by acting as their secre- taries. This group is known as the Secretarial Staff. The purpose of this very important staff is to relieve the teachers of any commercial work which such a student can do. For example, the girls do typing, mimeographing, and filing. This relieves the teach- ers of much mechanical work and leaves them free for more important tasks. The girls, too, profit by the experience. They gain actual practice for the jobs for which they have been trained. The staff, all agree, is one of the most essential school organ- izations. Student Secretarial Staff

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Traffic Squad To be a member of the Traffic Squad, a person must be steadfast and courageous. To illustrate this point, we will take a look at a typical scene in the everyday life of a member. Our hero or heroine Cas the case may bel leaves class two minutes early to reach his appointed po- sition. This strategic position the officer is bound to defend. He stands there waiting for the bell to ring. It does. There is a moment of silence-the calm before the storm. Then, from every conceiv- able point, the mad rush of pupils to the next class begins. Runners to the right of him, runners to the left of him. runners all around him but our hero stands Firm and guides the horde into the proper channels. Finally the rush ceases. All is quiet. If he has been successful, the officer will find himself still in his appointed position. If not, he is likely to find himself six rooms away, in a horizontal position. At the end of the rush, our gallant friend looks around and picks up the mangled corpses of those unfortunates who did not quite make the c1ass-to- class dash. Then he realizes he has but five seconds to make his own class. He dashes madly, for our hero is also adept as a marathoner. When class has been reached, he falls panting and exhausted into his seat-safe until the next time. You may have gathered that this is a rather exaggerated account. The traffic officer is proud to have been chosen to serve his school. This year we had one of our best squads. We hope that next year's squad will be equally as fine.

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Xl' ' 1 l l A Y V , Band The band is such a familiar part of the school that it is taken too much for granted. If there were no band to play at the football games, assemblies. and concerts, how well we would come to appreci- ate it. North has always had an outstanding band. and this year's has been no exception. Under the direction of Mrs. Whitney the band was organized and scheduled its performances at the beginning of the year. Inspired by the music of our school song the football team achieved a remarkable victory over our arch enemy, Quincy High. This is only one of the unrepayable debts the student body owes to the band. This year Roy Bruce was president: Jack Gers- tel, vice-president: Ruth Kilpatritk, secretary: Rob- ert Newton. treasurer: and Chandler Cushman. manager.