Norwell High School - Shipbuilder Yearbook (Norwell, MA)

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Page Fourteen -I-hQ Foreign Languages Poil de Carotte Poil de Carotte' was written by jules Renard, who was born in 1864. When he died in 1910, he seemed to be at the height of his career, and all literary circles greatly regretted his passing on. jules Renard loved country life which was re- fined and dignified, yet simple. His best descriptions and studies had to do with nature in all forms, such as animals, and types of people like himself. In 'tPoil de Carotte , his first success, he established his reputation as an author. This play is now in the rating of the Comedie Francaise . This play shows the best work of Re- nard, his tenderness, his resentment of injustice and misunderstanding, and his love for simple people whom he knew so well during his youth. In this play, Poil de Carotte is a small French boy who is about sixteen years old. The play was written to involve some of the sufferings he had to endure. In the first scene, Poil de Carotte and his father are discussing hunting, which Poil de Carotte loves to do very much and can only do this in the summer when he is having his vacation from school. Poil de Carotte and his brother spend ten out of twelve months in school. They take turns at going hunting with their father and this time, it is Poil de Carotte's turn. Before going hunting, Monsieur Lepic de- cided to take a rest and at this, Poil de Carotte didn't want his father to go with- out him so he tied the dog. In doing this, Poil de Carotte felt his father wouldnt forget him as he couldnt go without the dog and the dog couldn't go without him. We are now introduced to the new servant, Annette, who l'oil de Carotte confides in and tells her all of his worries. Annette thought Poil de Carotte was a very funny name and asked him why he had that for a name. He said that his mother had called him that all of his life because of the color of his hair. Poil de Carotte's mother does not like him and because of this he is afraid of her. Poil de Carotte tells Annette how he has to work so hard for his mother. He warns Annette that she should stay there only as long as she has to. While Annette and Poil de Carotte are talking, Madame Lepic comes home and immediately tries to make a good impression on Annette. Madame Lepic doesn't want Poil de Carotte around so she tells him to go on an errand. Poil de Carotte tells her he can't because he has to go hunting with his father but she tells him he won't be able to go with him. When l'oil de Carotte calls his father mon papa , Madame Lepic corrects him and tells him to say mon peren. When l'oil de Carotte tells his father he can't go hunting with him, he wants to know why. Poil de Carotte tells him that he has changed his mind, but Annette tells him the truth. Poil de Carotte tells Annette that she will get in trouble if she sticks up for him, but she tells him that she can always get another job. For the first time in their lives, Poil de Carotte and his father have a real heart- to-heart talk, mostly about Madame Lepic. In the talk Poil de Carotte told his father that his mother did not like him and for that reason he does not like her. He learned that his father didn't like the Madame either. Poil de Carotte tells his father that he tried to commit suicide twice but neither time succeeded, that he wished to leave home, and that he is willing to learn any trade whatsoever. Suddenly Madame Lepic comes and tries to overhear what they are talking about. At this point, Madame is about to have one of her spells and Annette is really afraid that something will happen to her. In this scene, Poil de Carotte and his father converse again and Poil is very pleased to think that he and his father have one another's confidence as every father and son should. They talked about the trouble they had before Poil de Carotte was born, also how Madame refused to divorce Monsieur. Poil de Carotte felt sorry for his father who wasted his life away like that, and that he didn't feel sorry for himself because he had his whole life ahead of him. Monsieur Lepic told Poil de Carotte that his real name was Francois. Poil de Carotte tells his father that he is sorry for his mother because she won't be happy any more now that she can't slap him. Near the end of the play, Madame comes back and seems to be much better now that she has been to the church. Poil de Carotte asks his father in what manner he should approach his mother and his father tells him to approach her as a man. He confides in his father that he couldn't get along without him - therefore he will remain at home. V. Scott '41 Commercial Department All work for this magazine was typed by Evelyn Anderson and Ruth Morey. Albena Adams and George Sargent have won gold pins for typing at the rate of seventy words a minute, after taking typing a year and a half. Charlotte Dunbar and Evelyn Anderson have won their 60 word dictation certifi- cates and hope before end of the year to do a much higher rate. The bookkeeping classes conducted imaginary business partnership in the town of N orwell. Those conducting very success- ful businesses were Harry Merritt and William Hayes in a sporting goods store and Marie Mott and Anna Pike in the flor- ist business.

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The Shipbuilder Page Thirteen Social Studies Social studies include United States and modern history. In grades seven through nine there is a course of geography, history, and civics. The story of the development of the governments of the world is studied by the seventh grade. Also they have been trying to keep up with the ever changing geo- graphical conditions of Europe and the Asiatic countries. Their classes are brief discussions and written work. The eighth grade is learning the social and economical history of the United States with the conditions that we have today compared with the conditions of yesterday. Most of their work is done by making units which are illustrated with graphs, charts, and clippings. The ninth grade is studying the civics of the town, city, and state, which takes in the modern conditions of crime, customs and government. World History is studied by the tenth grade under the direction of Mr. Thayer. Last but not least the juniors and a few seniors are struggling with United States History, a most interesting subject, under the direction of Mr. Graham. The book is divided into units, in one week a unit is given us to read and questions to answer. After having thoroughly discussed the ma- terial it is given to us in a test. Dedicated to William Dawes Annoymouse On the eighteenth of April in -76, Revere and another man rode through the sticks, Revere was stopped but Dawes rode on, And warned the citizens before dawn, When the British were marching along the ? street, . They were met with many unwelcomed treats, They were shot at by minutemen hid from sight, And death came to many from out of the night, This started the war in which many men fought, And gained independence as a last resort, As you may have noticed this poem's about Dawes, Whose name's been dismissed from most peoples' jaws, He deserves this credit as much as Revere, Though he's been denied it for many a year. Mildred Carlson, Gr. 8. Miss Mayo: Did you write this unaided? Francis Dyer: I did, every line of it. Miss Mayo: Then I am very pleased to meet you, Lord Tennyson. I thought you died years ago. Our Library This year our library again expanded, thanks to the aid of the Leonard Allen Fund and the P. T. A. Those books ob- tained from the Leonard Allen Fund in- clude Birds of America , The Naza- rene , One Act Plays by Cohen, Green Mansions , Hawthorne's Wonder Book , World's Great Letters, and Lee, the American. Many fields were covered in the selection and everyone should find something to his liking. There is adventure such as Dana, and Halliburton are capable of writing, some of the older classics by Hardy, in- formative books like Automobile body and fender repairs. Modern fiction as done by Roberts and Edmonds. Biography and to interest the lower grades, works such as Alcott alone could produce. If nothing of interest can be found in our library we think it only fair to warn the unsatisfied looker that something is wrong with him M not the library. A. Mohler '41. Eeny-Meeny-Miny-Mo For the first time in about eight years, Norwell High School presented an operetta. It was entitled Eeny-Meeny-Miny-Mo. Miss Bowlin had charge of the Music. Miss Mayo coached the dramatics, Miss Malaney, taught the girls the dances, Miss Hurley was the pianist and Mrs. Turner had supervision over the costumes. The Senior class took over the management of stage directing, tickets, ushering and sell- ing candy. Due to an unpredicted illness of the lead, Florence Shaw, Constance Joseph stepped in and did a marvelous job. It was a very colorful event and was as everyone hoped, a great success. Worthy of mention in the operetta were Connie joseph for the marvelous job she did in filling in and Elizabeth Wadsworth for a grand performance as Sammy, a colored boy. Our hats are off to these two. .-1. Mohler '4l. IUST A POEM A kiss is a noun because it is proper, It is a pronoun because he and she both stand for it, It is an adverb because it makes an explanation, It is a verb because it is both active and passive, It is a conjunction because it connects, It is a preposition because it has an object: It is an interjection because of sudden and strong feelings. Old Timer: How do you like our little town of Norwell? Visitor: It's the first cemetery that I've ever seen with lights in it.

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The Shipbuilder Page Fifteen Telescopic View Into the Commercial Room Torrey and Young ducking into the office practice room whenever there is extra work to be passed out. George Sargent and Albena Adams try- ing to outdo each other in typing. Sargent and Liley think they are a big help to the office practice students but we think they are hindrances. Torrey and Sandberg love to yank neck- ties. Bookkeeping students tWyman and Mesheauj chief offenders are very adept in using the adding machine. The junior boys find it very convenient to use the office practice room as a cafe- teria. If you will look on page 74 in the typing books you will find that this page is very well worn from speedtests. I wonder why Liley enjoys coming into the commercial room. Of course it couldn't have anything to do with Evelyn Anderson being there. If you ever want to see Dyer and Howes studying, just drop into the commercial room. This year we have up and coming classes in bookkeeping and shorthand. All the teachers are paging Harold Young for art work. Evelyn Anderson wishes she could have all the money she has counted for school activities this year. MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT This year Miss Harris our Mathematics teacher was taken sick and had to leave at Thanksgiving. Mrs. Cote from North Hanover substituted until our Christmas vacation. After Christmas, Mrs. Cote could not return, and Miss Carson came and substituted for three weeks. Then for the remaining two weeks Mrs. Hohman from Whitman was here. At the end of this time all junior and Senior High School students were glad to see Miss Harris back. In the ninth grade General Mathematics class they are keeping graphs showing their average of their daily estimates. They have estimated such things as the distances and areas of fields, the width of the road, the length of the school building, and also many other things which have been smaller. The girls of this class also made a unit on furnishing a five room apartment for 51000, while the girls were doing this, some of the boys found the cost for fencing in a large area, and the rest of the boys made a fire insurance inventory. Mathematics Honors 2nd Year Algebra. High Honors: james King, Anne Mohler, Willard Osberg, james Ross and Virginia Scott. Honors: Mary Hallaren Robert Sandberg, William Turner. Plane Geometry. High Honors: Larry Hills. Honors: George Bernard, Marjorie Brown, Mary Osborn, Olive Stansfield. lst Year Algebra. High Honors: Nancy Cole, Harriet Lincoln, Gardner Perry. Honors: Elaine Brooks, Francis Dyer, Leonard Howes, Malcolm Simpson. General Math. High Honors: Herbert Arvidson, Elizabeth Hall, jack Hills, Gor- don Lambert, William Norris, Arthur Tor- rey. Honors: Jean Mesheau, Edmund Smith. 8th Grade Arithmetic. High Honors: Blanche Carl, Mildred Carlson, Patricia Mollins, Lila Murray, Miriam Osborne, Elizabeth Ross. Honors: Esther Cornwall, john Liddell, Barbara Loring, Winfield Osborne. 7th Grade Arithmetic. High Honors: Con- stance Bailey, David Hills, Marilyn Lam- bert. Honors: john Albert, Louise Des- jardins, Dorothy Hall, Elizabeth Hayes, Shirley Hunt, Louise Jackman, Merita King, Pauline Liley, Elizabeth Snowdale, Helen Torrey. High Honors-All A's. H onors-A 's-B's. E. Hall '4l. J. King P. G. Economics Immediately the question will enter your mind, what is economics, what are its purposes? Well, this definition will an- swer your question. Economics is the so- cial science which treats of man's wants and of his efforts to secure material things and the services which are necessary to satisfy his wants. Everyone can apply the practical knowledge obtained from this subject, be he a college or a commercial student. Each chapter in our book is taken as a specific unit, on which we spend three days discussion, a day for answering written questions, and last but not least the chapter test. The subjects taken up in economics give true and vivid pictures of the way business is run as we see it on the surface and behind the scenes. Interesting discussions on current events are held weekly. F. Shaw '4l. Spring Mother, what is spring? - Green shoots pushing through the ground, Birds singing sweetly all around, Air that's warmer every day, Children going out to play, Buds fast swelling on the trees, Digging gardeners on their knees, Earthworms stretching in the soil, Scholars tired of their toil. The gentle mother said, and smiled, That is spring, my child. Elizabeth Ross, Gr. 8.