Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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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

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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.

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32 THE QUIVEK put a damper on the Woonsocket team and no more games were played. The success of the team was due largely to Mr. Keaney's coaching. He taught the team several good plays which required a great deal of practice, but when once mastered they baffled the opposing teams and were largely instrumental in giving W. H. S. a series of victories. T. BUELL CARD, ’16. BASKETBALL To say that the W. H. S. basketball team for the season of 1913-14 was a good one would be a mild statement. While it would hardly be wise to say that the five was the best that ever represented our school, we do take the liberty to predict that the record established of 14 victories out of 17 games played will stand at the head of the list for years to come. Three important factors may be summarized as responsible for the team’s success: first, the team was fortunate in having the return of five veterans, Cook, Daignault, Kelley, Seaver, and Spratt; second, the coach was one who, through a year’s experience, knew the strong points and the weaknesses of the men; and, third, the natural abilities of the men foretold excellent possibilities. The team was a brilliant defensive combination, while the aggressiveness was responsible for the great work of the players. It is an understood fact that Woonsocket won the fourteen games because the team got the most points in these encounters; but was that all that counted in the summary of victory? No. There was one predominating element which some people are apt to overlook in these games, as well as in the games that were lost. It was the “Never Say Die” spirit that told the story of many of the victories. Whether Woonsocket High was on the long end-or the short end of the score, the U»cal players invariably fought hard and stubbornly throughout. Grit predominated at all times. A testimony to the strength of our team may be realized in calling attention to the fact that East Greenwich Academy, to whom Voonsocket High lost one game, and from whom the latter won one game, at the close of the season issued a challenge to any other team in the state, at the same time claiming the state championship.