Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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EDITORIAL STAFF MARIE MEISTER, ’15. Editor-in-Chief. CHESTER J. COLERICK, ’15, Business Manager. HELEN KENNEDY, ’15 MARION SALLEY, ’16, T. BUELL CARD, ’16, FLORENCE GENEREUX, ’17. IRENE LONG. ’is. EDITORIALS The most important change in our school this year was the removal to the quarters on Villa Nova at the opening of the spring term. 1 he new structure is light, spacious, and airy. There is a large assembly hall where it is possible for the school to meet in a body. The class rooms are large and very conveniently arranged, and, besides these, there are several recitation rooms which are not yet iu use. The fine gymnasium affords a place where at recess pupils may gather and enjoy dancing or basket-ball. Next year basket-ball games will be held here. No doubt classes for gymnasium work will be started for both boys and girls. Miss Knox already has classes for girls in the afternoons, at which they play games The lunch period has been extended to half an hour so that the appetizing luncheons provided for the pupils may be eaten more leisureiy In the new building we are free from the whistling and the shifting of trains, which so mercilessly interrupted recitations at the old school; and here we can feel sure that mice will not intrude upon us as uninvited guests. In this larger and better school, Woonsocket High cannot but do better work. Next year cooking and sewing classes for girls will bo started. Other advantages will doubtless be introduced from time to time. Miss Eloise Knox, a graduate of Mount Holyoke College, was added to the faculty this year. Besides having charge of the girls’ gymnasium work, she has Freshman classes in Science, and Sophomore

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10 THE QUIVER While he paused for breath, I asked, “Won’t you tell me about your family and how you live? I am sure you are an extremely interesting people.” Then he proceeded to tell what I shall tel! you in the following paragraph: A family of imps lives submerged in the ink in every ink-bottle. They once iived in a country of luxury, and belonged to the royal iamily, but a wicked witch changed them into sprites on account of her jealousy of them. They will remain in that state until she dies. When the cork is taken out of an ink-bottle, have you noticed how easy it 1 for the ink to spill? Well, don’t jog the bottle very much, or the sprites will get away from you in less time than it takes to say “Jack Robinson. IRENE M. LONG, ’18

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18 Till: QUiVKK classes in Geometry and Commercial Geography. The Me bee Memorial Fund, which is being raised under the auspices of the High School Alumni Association and the Woonsocket I eachers Association, will be used for equipping a reference library in the new building, to be known as the “McFee Library.” Already a large sum has been raised. Nearly all of the former classes of the school have contributed. These contributions have been very generous and have come not only from recent graduates, but from those who were graduated many years ago. The present students have added their share. The pupils of the grade schools and their parents have assisted. Recently a musical festival to raise money for this fund was given in Harris Hall by the Teachers’ Association, and was a great success. Many former students of the school generously gave their services for this good cause. It is intended that this library shall be, in many respects, different from any other in the city and that it shall be a worthy memorial to the man whose name it will bear. Such a library has been needed for a long time and will be a useful addition to the school. W ith all the advantages of the new building, we must not forget the old school, which has done so much for the educational life of Woon socket. There our fathers and mothers were educated and from there many of our friends have been graduated. Surely, we can never forget those periods in the study hall, nor the recitations interrupted by the whistles of trains and the cries of the street peddlers; nor can we entirely forget the dancing and singing at the long recess. We shall always remember the yard with its large elms where, during warm weather, many pleasant moments were passed. To those of us who spent so many happy years under its roof, the old building will still have its dear associations and memories. HIGH SCHOOL DEDICATION Morning Exercises. On the morning of April 5. 1915, a students’ dedication took place in the Assembly Hall of the new building. All the participants were pupils of the school, elected by their respective classes for the offices which they held. The audience consisted of teachers, pupils, and parents. Lorenzo Emidy, 15, acting as Chairman of the Building Committee, presided. Orrell Davis, ’16, as Mayor of Woonsocket, sp«ke of the city’s many fine buildings, among which is the new high school. Mary Murphy, chosen by the Seniors to be Chairman of the School Committee, told of the advantages of the new building, and pointed out the necessity of industrial training in a city like Woonsocket. Helen Kelly.