Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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THE HIGH SCHOOL QUIVER CLASS SONG (Tune, “Auld Lang Syne.”) Can we forget Woonsocket High Dear old Woonsocket High, The teachers true, the friends not few. We’ve made in four short years. Dear old Woonsocket High, our friend. Dear old Woonsocket High, The teachers true, the friends not few, Dear old Woonsocket High. Nineteen thirteen has many stars, Of football and baseball, And in track meets it won’t be downed By any other town. Dear old Woonsocket High, our friend Dear old Woonsocket High. And in track meets it won’t be downed By any other town. One-nine-one-three has girls who are The best of baseball fans, When they cheer on Woonsocket High At any of the games. Dear old Woonsocket High, our friend Dear old Woonsocket High, When they cheer on Woonsocket High At any of the games. So now, dear old Woonsocket High, We bid thee fond farewell, On this last Arbor Day with thee, And may we all fare well. Dear old Woonsocket High, our friend, Dear old Woonsocket High, And may we all fare well henceforth, Dear old Woonsocket High. —ANNA H. MEE, T3.

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THE HIGH SCHOOL QUIVER 17 Mr. Rickard told, in an interesting way, how Rhode Island declared her independence before any other colony. He dwelt on the subject of international peace, which he said is a problem that will confront the pupils in a few years, when they take their places in the country’s government. The school next sang “Keller’s American Hymn,” after which Mr. McFee introduced Mr. Harry E. Davis. He told of the Perry memorial monument on Lake Erie and announced that Sept. 10. 1913, the day that has been set aside for the dedication, will be a legal holiday. He stated that Rhode Island has given $25,000 for construction purposes and $15,000 for commissioners’ traveling expenses, etc. In closing, the school sang “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” ARBOR DAY May 9 dawned a showery and cloudy day, but despite this fact, the Arbor Day exercises were unusually fine. The first part of the program was held out in the yard, the four classes gathering in four groups. President Lloyd McFee of the Senior class made a short speech, telling why and how Arbor Day should be celebrated. Next came a class song by the Seniors, after which a tree was planted by them. President Lloyd McFee, Vice-President Byron Hudson, Secretary Kathryn Rowen, and Treasurer Hazel Bethel each put a shovelful of dirt around the tree. Next came the class yells, each of which was very good. The pupils then went to the Assembly Hall where a fine program was carried out. First on the program were Mendelsohn’s “Spring Song” by the school orchestra, a song by the High School quartet, composed of Byron Hudson, ’13, Ralph White, ’13, Harold Freeman, T3, and Lloyd McFee, ’13; Commissioner Walter Ranger’s address, read by Harriet Vose, T4, and a violin solo by Ervin Thompson, ’13. Mr. Madison of the Roger Williams Park Museum then gave a very interesting and instructive talk on “Birds.” He spoke of the value of the birds to the farmers and gave, as an example, the story of how a flock of gulls had saved the lives of men by destroying a cloud of locusts which would have eaten the wheat. After a vocal duet by Adelaide Clough, T4, and Ethel Woodward, T5, Mrs. Alice H. Walter of Providence spoke on the birds near Woonsocket, illustrating her talk by colored charts. After a selection by the school orchestra, the Seniors sang a class song. Then each pupil was presented a small silver maple tree, the gift of the J. M. McCarthy Co.

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19 THE HIGH SCHOOL QUIVER CLASS SONG (Tune: “Flow Gently, Sweet Afton.”) Come, classmates, we gather this bright Arbor Day Our praises to sing and our farewells to say. Soon, soon we shall go from our High School so dear, So we’ll send forth our voices this glad time of year. Happy hours we have spent since we entered its door, And a tear falls unseen when we think that they shall be no more. For the teachers who have helped us through four long, hard years Let the hills and the valleys resound with our cheers. Sweet memories we shall keep of our dear High School days, Though the future may lead us through troublesome ways, Our High School we shall hold ever dear in our mind, A school to be honored, the best of its kind. The day of commencement is fast drawing nigh, How hard 'tis to leave thee, to bid thee good-bye. Class 1913 says farewell with a sigh, But we’ll love thee forever, dear Woonsocket High. —ANNA T. GALLAGHER, T3. ATHLETICS. FOOTBALL Our football team for the 1912 season was not particularly strong, and was unable to finish out its schedule, chiefly because of financial difficulties. Of the five games played we won two, one against Central Falls and one against Whitinsville. Our team was the first to score against the strong Pawtucket eleven, Hudson going across the line for a touchdown. Hudson, Murphy, and Cook did star work in the few games played. Sub-master Frank Keaney coached the team. The lineup was as follows: Quarterbacks Halfbacks... Fullback Center ..... Tackles....... Guards...... Ends........ . Daigneault and Lee .... Seaver and Dunn ........... Hudson ............ White .... Tutin and Gladue Bryant and Freeman ... Murphy and Cook BASKETBALL The W. H. S. basketball team had a very successful season. We began rather poorly, losing the first three games, but of the remain-