Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

Page 32 text:

I Hi: QU1VKK 30 OUR HIGH SCHOOL BULLETIN BOARD Among the many improvements that have been introduced into our High School recently is our Bulletin Board. Notices were formerly carried from room to room by a teacher or pupil, which took nuch time from our work. The first bulletin 'board in our High School was used to exhibit drawing papers, but it was not until last fall that so much interest was taken in it. A large board has been placed mar the main entrance. A poster announcing an athletic game may be found here two or three days before the game is to be played. A schedule of all of the season's games and their dates is tacked upon the board at the beginning of each season. Any articles which have been lost or found by the teachers or pupils are advertised here. The lames of the girls in the girls’ gymnasium classes and those of the ixiys in the manual training classes appeared recently. A list of the names of all of the pupils and their attendance marks have been placed on one side of the bulletin board. Occasionally one of the teachers has exhibited in some conspicuous place some good piece of work which has been received by him. Sometimes someone will find a magazine or newspaper article of interest to others and he will place it here. This bulletin board is enjoyed not only by the pupils and teachers of pur High School, but also by visitors. HELEN H. .ARCHIBALD, ’14- IN MEMORIAM Mabel Aldrich Tabor of the class of 1915 was born May 21, 1898, in North Smithfield. She was the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Tabor. She was graduated from Grammar School with honor, and was the youngist in her class, for she was then only thirteen. When she entered High School she was the youngest pupil there. Mabel had three great loves, her church, her home, and her school. At home she was loving, obedient, and helpful. She was a companion to her mother, to whom she-never said a cross word. During school vacations she disliked to go away because it left her mother alone. At school she was a quiet, studious girl. She loved school so much that she said one day that she would willingly go to school on Saturday also. Up to the time of her death she was a school librarian, fulfilling this duty with great care. November 19, 1913, she was taken ill, and after an operation, from which she failed to rally, she died November 20, 1913. Her death was a shock to all who knew her. CORA B. MORIN, ’15.

Page 31 text:

THE QU1VEU } 1) sale of tickets and from the candy table, which was managed by Dorothy Keller. There were fifty people in the chorus. The conversation between the interlocutor, Joseph Daigneault, and the endmen was very humorous. Songs were sung by all the endmen, who were Florence Burda-kin, Catherine Maher, Doris Grant, Ethel Woodward, Lorenzo Emidy, Ernest Houle, William Kelly, and Norman Tutin. Solos were also sung by Adelaide Clough and William Barry. The sketch, Up Against It,” was ably produced by Adelaide Clough, Elsie Parkinson, Florence Burdakin, Charles McCarthy. Stephen Greene, and William Barry. It was very interesting, as well as amusing, and evoked much laughter and applause from the audience. The sketch by Ernest Houle and William Kelly deserves praise l oth for their musical and dramatic ability. Two dances were given, one by Marion Cook and Marguerite McLearney, and the other by Ralph Clark. Robert Kelly, Charles McCarthy. Atwell Williams, Adele Jarret, Elizabeth Scattergcod,’Gladys Gerstle, and Julia Goozey. THE Y. M. C. A. RECEPTION On December 19, 1913, a reception was given to the pupils of the High School by the Y. M. C. A. This was the third of that sort given at the association building, and was considered the best of the three. It lasted from seven-thirty until ten in the evening. The orchestra gave a concert for about three-quarters of an hour, during which time the guests were introduced to the receiving line, which was made up of the officials of the Y. M. C. A. After this, arious games were played, each class competing. At the past receptions a cup has been awarded the class getting the highest number of points, with the understanding that a class would have to win it twice in succession before it should become their own property. At this last reception the class of 1914 won tlTe cup for the second time, and may therefore claim it as their own. The excitement ran high in these games, for the class of 1914 came out only two points ahead of the ciass of 1916. Joseph Daignault, president of the winning class, made a fine speech, thanking the association heartily. A talk from Richard L. Keith, a student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, on clean athletics was enjoyed; and after Mr. Spratt had said a few words, refreshments were served, and the pupils departed for home, feeling that the evening had been well spent. EUGENE F. -MORRISSEY, JR.. ’16

Page 33 text:

THE QUIVER HI W. H. S. FOOTBALL IN 1913 The Y. H. S. football team for 1913 was a great success, although it was not a member of the Interscholastic League. At first the team was hampered by lack of a suitable place in which to practice, as Clinton Oval was tied up by preparations for a great celebration. Although a few windows were broken, practice was held in the school yard until the Oval could be obtained. The first game was played at Villa Xova against the R. I. S. D. eleven. Owing to insufficient practice and to unfamiliarity with the -ignals on the part of some of the players, Woonsocket High lost the game on a touch-back by a score of 2-0. In a very close game at Warwick, W. H. S. won by a score of 6-0. scoring a touch-down in the last few minutes of play. When Warwick's eleven played in Woonsocket, it was defeated by a score of 27-0. They were good losers, however, and are remembered by the Woon socket High players as the cleanest playing and most sportsmanlike team encountered during the season. The Cranston High team seemed rather weak and fell an easy . rev at Clinton Oval, losing the game 45-0. In the return game at Cranston the honors were more even, Cranston High holding W. H. S. to a score of 21-0. The only touch-down scored against W. H. S. was made at East Providence, where the Woonsocket players were somewhat hindered l,y the -presence of spectators on the field. With the ball on the East Providence ten-yard line, one of the E. P. H. S. players eluded our men and ran the length of the field. The goal was kicked. In the second half, the W. H. S. team re-entered the fray with a spirit that-won the game by a score of 12-7. In the hard-fought return game at Clinton Oval W. H. S. was victorious. 13-0. In this game, however. Robert Lee. who was playing left end. Sustained an injury to his neck, which confined him to a hospital bed for several weeks. This accident