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

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f i s l Q Future secretaries at work! would be an apt slogan for the Student Secretarial Staff. This organization is of immeasurable value both to the student and to the teacher. Designed to serve a twofold purpose, it not only gives commercial students an oppor- tunity to apply to actual practice procedures learned in the class- room, but it also serves the school by supplying secretarial and clerical assistance to the faculty and to the school office. These future secretaries take dictation from teachers, type class lists and forms for counselors, make duplicate copies of tests on the mimeograph and ditto machines, and prepare the school absentee list each day for the office. While performing these duties students are rated by their teachers on efficiency, depend- ability, initiative, and cooperation. These ratings are taken into consideration by counselors when recommendations for employ- ment are made. The staff planned several assemblies during the year at which films on secretarial and clerical procedure were shown. Because of these movies, her class lessons, and her actual prac- tice, a member of the secretarial staff may be confident when she goes to work after graduation that she knows her duties thoroughly.

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To all at North the Senior Student Council means service- service not only to the school. but also to the community and na- tion. The twenty-one council members are elected representatives of the student body and each serves the school in the same way that a congressman serves his district. Service to the community and nation was displayed by the council's handling of the Community Fund Drive, the Red Cross Drive, the Victory Loan Drive, and the March of Dimes. All four drives proved highly successful, the results of the Victory Loan Drive, which proved to be one of the biggest tasks ever under- taken by the council, were praticularly gratifying. Service to the school was displayed by the council's organiza- tion and direction of the traffic squad, its improvement of cafe- teria conditions, and its supervision of yearly elections. Other activities sponsored by this year's Student Council were sports rallies, assembly programs. and a square dance, the first of its kind at North. Wfhatever the activity-great or small-it is undertaken with a zealous determination to make all the council's projects a success. Mr. Hermon Noyes is the faculty adviser for the group. This year's ollicers were Robert Chase, president, jilda Bernardi, vice- president, john Alexander, treasurerg and Mary Barry, secretary. W

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North Quincy High School and the North Quincy High School Band: they belong together. An essential feature of school life would be missing if the band weren't on hand at football games to play Rah for North Quincy for the hoarse rooters after every touchdown. The band also plays at assemblies and sports rallies, and marches in civic parades. Members of the band volunteer their services to contribute to the pleasure of the entire school. It is their purpose, under the guidance of Mrs. Wfhitney, to develop a fine musical organ- ization through encouraging high standards of rehearsal and per- formance. The climax of a year of rehearsing, of giving up at least one homeroom period a week, and of faithful attendance at all public performances, is the traditional Spring Concert. All of North's musical organizations take part in the concert, but it is the band which plays the feature role. Both the band and the student body eagerly await this event because it is the best opportunity both for displaying musical talent and for enjoying it. Bert jansson is president of this year's band, which is main- taining the traditional high standards of musical performance.