Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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20 THE QUIVER The registration this year has been 317, a gain of 37 over last year. A large entering class is expected in the fall. The registration will then probably reach 360. A beautiful silk flag and standard wrere presented the high school before the new building w as in use by the class of 1892. At the presentation exercises there was a large delegation of the class. Mrs. Evelyn Watson Spaulding, Mr. Janies H. Rickard, Jr., and Mr. A. A. Mulligan addressed the pupils. After being accepted by Mr. Spratt in behalf of the school, the flag was saluted by the pupils. This flag was the first gift to the new school from any class. At a declamation contest held in Mansfield, Massachusetts, in which Madeleine Baxter and Vincent Carney represented Woonsocket High School, a silver medal was won by Carney. Both representatives did exceedingly well. The Woonsocket team ranked second in excellence. The following schools were represented: Mansfield, Foxboro, Plain- ville, Franklin, and Woonsocket. The Senior Commercial Law class with Mr. Palmer visited the court house at the December session of the Superior Court in Woonsocket. Tuesday mornings, during the first half of the year, a Current Events class was held in Miss Mowry’s room, which proved interesting and enjoyable. A list of the topics discussed was made by reporters from the class. A list of the magazines and newspapers read by the class was also made and posted. A candy sale was held during the two weeks before Christmas to raise money for decorations for the new high school. The profit was fifteen dollars, which was good, considering the short time the sale went on. The librarians this year have been Catherine Fitzgerald and Marguerite Crawford. One day in April the Commercial Geography class, accompanied by

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THE QUIVER v.) 16, as President of the Alumni Association, spoke of the interest of thar body in the school. Frank Seaver, ’15, Superintendent of Schools, gave an interesting history of the high school in Woonsocket, from 1840, when the first high school was built, to the present. Avery Davis, ’17, President of the Common Council, spoke of the financial problem of constructing the new building. Madeline Baxter, ’18, as Principal of the School, told of the aims and of the several courses of the school. Other pupils seated on the platform were Harold Howe, ’16, Anna LaFond, ’17, Frederick Brown, ’18, and Hyman Mayerson, ’18. Afternoon Exercises. Long before one-thirty on the afternoon of April 5, the many visitors, having first inspected the building, assembled in the hall on the second floor, where the exercises were to be held. Dr. William F. Barry, Chairman of the Building Committee, presided. After prayer by Reverend Thomas F. Winn, Dr. Barry welcomed all who had gathered on this day, so important in the educational life of Woonsocket, and introduced His Excellency, Governor Beeckman, who expressed his gratification at being able to be present at the dedication of the high school, which he declared one of the most beautiful and best-equipped in New England. Mr. C. C. Spratt, Principal of the school, spoke of the disadvantages of the old building and of the many pleasing features of the new one. He gave also some interesting facts concerning the growth of the high school in this and in other cities. Congressman Ambrose Kennedy congratulated the city upon the opening of its splendid edifice, dedicated to higher common education. Dr. W. H. P. Faunce, President of Brown University, gave an address on what the high school stands for. Mr. Wendell A. Mowry, Superintendent of Schools, was warmly received, and as an alumnus of W. H. S., spoke of the honored place the old building had held in Woonsocket for so many years. He urged the establishment of a trade school, which would fit boys and girls for various kinds of work. A large portrait of the late Frank E. McFee was presented to the school. This picture, a likeness of the man who, for twenty-nine years was our loved and honored superintendent, was the gift of his family. Letters were read from Mr. DavicT Snyder, Mayor of Woonsocket, and Hon. Aram J. Pothier, Ex-Governor of Rhode Island, who were obliged to be absent. The high school orchestra, under the leadership of Mr. Ervin Thompson, T3, rendered selections at frequent intervals during the exercises. Reverend George F. Beecher, pastor of the First Baptist Church, offered the closing prayer.

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Til ft QUIVER 21 Miss Knox, went through the Normal School in Providence. The students were shown the building by Professor Brown. Then they visited the Gorham Manufacturing Company. This year’s numbers of the “National Geographic Magazine” have been given the school by Mrs. Rachel F. Tucker. The pupils of Miss Whittaker’s room this year succeeded in selling 5 755 Red Cross stamps, which was larger than the number sold by any other rooms in the high school. A prize of five dollars was awarded them by Mrs. Rathbun. This money partly paid for a plaster cast of the “Flying Mercury,” now in Room 9 of the new school. In the commercial department, sixteen new typewriters have been installed, making a total of thirty-one. The present dictaphone is to be changed for a new model run by electricity. The nembers of Miss Mowry’s Junior English class have at various times during the year acted as critics in other English classes. This has tended to improve articulation and standing position, and has had other good effects. One day in the latter part of March, a special car took the Freshmen, chaperoned by Miss Whittaker and Miss Knox, to Providence. Here the State House and Normal School were visited. While at the State House, after being reviewed by Governor Beeckman and listening to a short address by him, the students were shown the building by Mr. Martin McLaughlin, a Woonsocket representative. During the past year Ruth Wardle and Olive White have been the pianists for singing. A series of debates have been held by Miss Mowry’s Junior English class, every member debating in at least one. The six best debaters were chosen for the final debate. This class has also had a spelling match, which was won by Nellie Woolley. One hundred and fifty new singing books are in use in the new school. The pupils of the Commercial classes have taken several trips to places of interest, among them the Social mill, the Alsace worsted mill, and the Alice rubber mill. At Christmas, the pupils of Miss Whittaker’s room collected warm clothing, toys, and eleven dollars in money to be distributed by the district nurses among poor families. Interesting addresses have been given to the commercial students by Henry Morin, ’02, Ralph Daigneault, ’u, and Leonard Girard, T7. The Junior college division of English had a mock trial, conducted as a debate. The plaintiff, Buell Card, charged Ethan Goodnow with