Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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Till-: QUIVER A happening in our Junior year of which our class might well be proud was the winning of the loving cup at a reception given on the evening of May 2nd to the members of the W. H. S. by the Y. M. C. A. We were very elated at winning this cup from the Seniors. In March of this year a play was presented in Harris Hall under the name of “Just for Fun.” It was a great success. Our class was represented by Stanley Spratt and Ralph Clark. Another event which added greatly to the happiness of the Junior girls was the starting of a gymnasium class under the direction of Miss Florence Grant, of Franklin. Classes were held twice each week, and at the end of the season an exhibition was given, and later an afternoon dance. In looking back over the three years that have passed, it is a satisfaction to consider that not in athletics alone but in every activity .hat could benefit the school in a social or financial way, our class has displayed a commendable earnestness. In our Senior year there were several changes in the teaching force. We lost Miss Cook, who went to Newton High, and Mr. Hill, v ho left us to take charge of the Woonsocket Commercial School. To take their places we have Miss Given and Mr. Palmer, and one new teacher has been add'd to the faculty. Miss McFee, who is a graduate of our high school and of Mt. Holyoke. Four graduates of the school returned to take up special subjects with the class of 1914. This y:ar our boys were represented on all the athletic teams, end by their brilliant playing brought credit to Woonsocket High. The hero of the season was Robert Lee. who, in his endeavor to win victory for the school, was injured. He recovered, however, much to our joy, and returned to school to resume his studies. Ti e chief dramatic event of the year was the minstrel show given at the Park Theater in December. The committee in charge of this alTair was Joseph Daigncault, Ralph Flynn, Norman Tutin, and Doris Grant. It was a great success, and the Athletic Association benefited greatly by the large amount of money that was made. The lunch counter fell to the care of Ralph Clark. He performed his duties faithfully, and each day was at his station promptly at 11:40. As a new high school is being built for the use of the undergraduates and all pupils who shall enter high school in the future, we were anxious to have the day arrive when the cornerstone should be laid. The School Committee announced that the exercises would be left entirely in the hards of the high school pupils. On the ninth day in triumph to Park Place. Esther Spratt laid the cornerstone. Elizabeth of January, shortly after 10 o'clock, we marched through Main street

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4 THE QUIVER elected captain of the Girls’ Basket-Ball team, and she was re-elected the next year. By her efforts the girls’ team was the best the school ever had. To Aid the Athletic Association in its attempts to raise funds, the school gave seven dances during the winter, and all were successful. Much of this success was due to the efforts of the committee from the Freshman class. Though we were warned not to leave the lower floor in search of a place to study, many a Freshman ventured to ascend the stairs at either end of the corridor, even dared to enter the Study Hall, reserved for the exclusive use of the Seniors and Juniors. So our first year passed, with work and play, and though we learned to like high school, we welcomed the long vacation. Yet this, too, soon passed, and in September, 1911, we returned as Sophomores, -eeking to attain that “point where sense and dullness meet.” During our Freshman year we had become united as a class, and “In unity there is strength. So, even when we were divided into two sections, one seated in Room 11 and the other in Room 7, we were still the class of 1914. French was a subject this year which brought its joys and sorrows. The numerous irregular verbs were a constant source of trouble and complaint, but the reading of “Contes et Legendes” brought many a smile to our faces, and one member of our class kept us in continual mirth by asking if there was any truth in the legends. The entire class fairly reveled in joy when one of our members side the Freshman class yell for Arbor Day. This year we welcomed two new teachers into our school, Miss Whitaker and Miss Laviolette. After two happily spent summer months had fled by we returned to school work. By this time, well initiated into high school life, and lollowing as carefully as a class like ours could be expected, the customs and rules of the school, we entered upon our third year with one thought only: “Nowr we are Juniors, dignified Juniors, ascending slowly but surely, for were we not to be seated on the upper floor of the building? Our dreams were realized. We were sent to Room 5, and as a class at last occupied one room. But certain boys were soon sent back to Room 7, there to remain until they could appreciate the honor of a seat in Room 5. This year we again welcomed new members of the faculty. Mr. Spratt, our principal, and Mr. Keaney came to our school from Putnam, and we have been fortunate in having them during our last two years in high school. To our class came five new members, Esther Spratt. Felicetta Leoni, Nellie McNaul, Robert Lee. and Stanley Spratt.

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(i THE QUIVER O’Donnell read a sihort history of the old high school, and Ralph Clark described the new one by means of original drawings. Harry Leon wrote a poem and read it. This was considered a day of great significance and one to be remembered by all. Twice during the year debates were held in the United States History class. Miss Merrill, the teacher of this subject, wished very much to have these debates a success, and all the pupils worked diligently and thoughtfully over the subjects chosen, and both debates were very interesting. A gymnastic exhibition was given by the girls on March 20th in Harris Hall. Folk dancing, military tactics, and athletic exercises were included in the program. An enjoyable time was had bv all and the proceeds were given to the school. On May 14th an entertainment was given in Harris Hall in which several members of our class participated. The entertainment consisted of two short plays, one, a French play, a series of tableaux, and a singing and dancing number. The profits are to go towards purchasing a printing outfit which the Seniors of the future may use and enjoy. This year a definite step was taken towards organizing a High School orchestra, under the direction of Ervin Thompson, ’13. Four members of 1914 helped to make it a success. On Arbor Day, for the last time in the old school yard, all the classes gathered together to see the Seniors plant a tree and to sing 'heir song of farewell to the school. Our president gave a short address to the other classes. The farewell song was written by Harry Leon. Of the large number who entered in 1910 as Freshmen for work together, thirty-six have served for four faithful years in W. H. S. and five have joined us. And as we, the graduating class of 1914, are about to start our chosen work, we realize more fully that in order to reach a goal worthy of the school that has done so much for us, we must labor with diligence. As we look back over the results which our efforts have accomplished, we see plainly that “Labor over-comes all difficulties.” With this proof, let us be determined that nothing shall hold us back. And whatever of good we have accomplished, we must feel that we owe it to our teachers, whose influence we have had through four years. Our school life is over and we are going out into the world to meet many difficulties. But when we become discouraged let 11s look back to our school days, the most joyous days of our lives, the best days we have known, happy days that we feel can never come again, and though we scatter far and wide, may our memories never part from the class of 1914. GERTRUDE FITZGERALD, ’14..