Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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THE HIGH SCHOOL QUIVER 31 sessions after school, and in spite of Miss Whittaker’s sleepless nights. The two receptions given us by the Y. M. C. A. this year have been a pleasant addition to our school life. In Just for Fun,” the school play presented recently, the Senior class was well represented by Anna Gallagher, Hazel Bethel, and Kathryn Rowen, who acted their parts well. It would be difficult to forget the theatre party which our class held a short time ago at the Providence Opera House, when the grand opera performance of Carmen was enjoyed. Whether it was due to the fact that they were tired sitting, or to some strange effect that the opera had on them, I can not say, but, nevertheless, for some unaccountable reason, four of our brave boys decided to walk from Providence to Woonsocket. They reached home foot sore and weary about 4 A. M. This year marks the reappearance of the school paper, the Quiver. With its able board of editors, we predict its unquestioned success. Arbor Day was a day to be remembered. Two songs, one written by Anna Mee, the other by Anna Gallagher, were sung and just before the planting of the tree our class president, Lloyd McFee, delivered a brief address on the meaning and origin of this day. In its cheer for the Juniors, the Senior class reminded them of the duties which they must soon assume as Seniors. This year a banquet and reunion of graduates is taking the place of the customary banquet which for many years has been attended by the graduating class only. This reunion will afford an opportunity for the renewal of old friendships, and will probably become the custom in future years. And now, the time to say farewell to W. H. S. has come and, as we look back upon the many happy days we have spent within its halls, under the loving, watchful guidance of our faithful teachers, and look forward upon the great world which we are about to enter, it is with deep regret and lingering footsteps that we pass out from beneath the friendly roof of Woonsocket High. But, classmates, let us never forget of the glory and achievements of the Class of T3, and to you, members of the lower classes, who are to follow in our footsteps, as you trace the path which we have marked out for you, we would say, “Go, and do thou likewise.” —MARGARET MacDONNELL, T3.

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no THE HIGH SCHOOL QUIVER Miss Gleason has very capably acted as piano accompanist for the singing. Incidentally, Mae has also very cheerfully furnished music for dancing during the long recess each day, to the great delight of a number of our girls. Early in the second term a reception was given by the teachers to the parents of the three upper classes, who were given the opportunity to meet Mr. and Mrs. Spratt. An interesting musical program was given by members of the Senior class, and the Senior girls acted as ushers. A few of the Senior boys attended, but whether it was to assist the girls or to taste Mr. Keaney s coffee, 1 do not know. On this occasion, the decorating of the building was in charge of Miss Merrill, assisted by Harold Freeman. The splendid appearance of the hall showed Harold’s artistic taste. 1 he school quartet, composed of Seniors McFee, White, Freeman, and Hudson, made its initial appearance at this time and has been in constant demand ever since. If it had not been for lack of room the parents of the Freshmen might also have been invited to this reception, as well as all the students, but, under the circumstances, another reception had to be given later in the term. However. Freshmen of the future need have nothing of this sort to regret, since we are to have a new High School, with a large assembly hall. About a week before Christmas, the Senior and Junior girls enjoyed another trip to Brown University and listened to an interesting talk given by Dean King. Recognizing the need of athletic exercise for the girls in our school, the school committee secured the services of Miss Florence Grant of Franklin 'for the winter term. We girls thoroughly enjoyed the Gym class and regretted the close of the course of lessons. In connection with our work, an afternoon dance was held and was a success, judging by the demand for another. A few of the brilliant wits of our class, feeling that they had held aloof long enough and, perhaps, growing more bold as Seniors, asked themselves, “Shall quips and sentences and these paper bullets awe a man from the career of his humor? No, the world must be peopled.” And forthwith, the editorial genius of our renowned class found expression in The Smile and we defy the grouchiest mortals to peruse its pages without softening their hardened features into a characteristic grin. Undoubtedly, the success of The Smile is due to the personal interest the editors have in one another. Let us not pass over the famous Virgil class of 1913 in silence. Hours and hours have we eleven girls devoted to the translation of the Aeneid and we have finally succeeded in mastering it, in spite of

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;j2 THE HIGH SCHOOL QUIVER A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AS AN INVESTMENT When one speaks of an investment our minds naturally turn to real estate or stocks or bonds. It is true that these are the usual investments, but there is one that is rarely considered. This investment is found in the graduate of a high school. The American child is one of the most expensive children of the world. In Germany, where education is of the greatest importance, the cost of bringing up a child to the age of fifteen years is five hundred sixty-two dollars and fifty cents, while in the United States it costs from one thousand to twelve hundred dollars to maintain a child during those years. This is partly due to the high cost of living in our country and partly to the fact that the American parent wishes not only that his child should have the best of food clothing and education that he can afford, but also that he should spend at least part of the summer at the sea shore, permits him to go to the theatre often and to the moving-pictures too often and buys for him bats, balls, books, and skates and other things which a boy likes so well. The foreign parent is not so indulgent. The American child realizes his expense as a little boy recently showed. One morning he met his teacher who noticed that he was wearing a new suit. He saluted her, drew himself up to the full height of eight years and said, “Say, teacher, there’s a lot of money been spent on me.” The American parent firmly believes in education. In our home city the education of a child begins in the kindergarten when the child is about four years old. According to carefully prepared statistics, for the last five years, the average cost per year of teaching each child in the kindergarten was thirty-four dollars and sixty cents. From the kindergarten the children passes to the primary grades. During the four years spent there the city expends twenty-four dollars and eighteen cents per year for him. Most of the pupils in our city continue through the grammar grades Which are a little more expensive. For each of the five years spent in the grammar grades our city expends twenty-nine dollars and sixty cents per pupil. In an industrial city, like Woonsocket, many of the children leave school when they are graduated from the ninth grade or even before. The state law which permits children to work when they are fourteen years old is at fault in this respect. If the child is fortunate enough he will now enter high school. There is a four-year course there. He finds that this stage of his education is more of a luxury than the other as it costs sixty-