Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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THE QDIVER CONTENTS. Stand by the Flag............................................ 3 A “Rookie” at Plattsburg.......................................... 4 The Sycamore...................................................... 6 A State Creed.................................................... 7 The Red Cross..................................................... ® Why am I a Soldier ...............................................10 1 he Forest in Winter.............................................10 A Pet Dog ........................................................1° An Adventure in the Sierras.......................................11 Our Little ‘Lew”..................................................12 The Land Where Lost Things Go................................... 13 1 he Charming Old Lady........................................... 1 Sunset and Dusk from Mt. Grace .................................1 A Worn Doorstep........................'........................1 A Story for Children..............................................16 Forward March .................................................. 12 Editorials........................................................1® Athletics.......................................................... School Notes....................................................... Alumni Notes......................................................29 STAND BY THE FLAG Stand by the Flag! what’er befalls, Let us keep true to Old Glory; Never once flinch or turn against The Flag of song and story. True to your country always be, Whenever danger is nigh; She is the best in all the world, Worthy to fight for or die. BUELL HUDSON, 20.

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HIGH-GRADE CHOCOLATES Producers’ National Bank and CARAMELS 164 Main St., Woonsocket MORAN’S CHOCOLATE SHOP Safe Deposit Boxes for rent $3 and upwards per year Compliments of WHITE CASH MARKET J J. MARRAH Dealer in Meats, Poultry and Vegetables 288 Main Street Tel. 367 M. KEARNS ROCHELEAU Compliments of Clothes Shop and Haberdashers DR. T. E. POWERS Cor. Court and Main Sts. DENTIST Compliments of Compliments of DR. W. F. BARRY W. H. S. ’10 Compliments of A. L. MERRILL TALK BROS. PHOTOGRAPHER 35-37 Main St., Next to Smith’s Longley Building Telephone Elevator Service LINTON, the Druggist PRESCRIPTIONS OUR SPECIALTY 4 Monument Square W. S. PRESTON STATIONERY. BLANK BOOKS. SCHOOL SUPPLIES ENGRAVING A SPECIALTY 243 Main Street Compliments of Compliments of BERARD NORTH DRUGGISTS The C. H. Darling Company FLORAL DESIGNS MANUEL DEVOTO S. COLITZ, FLORIST Opp. Postoffice, Next to St. James Hotel BEST FRUITS IN SEASON Telephone 462 Woon. 230 Main St., Woonsocket, K. 1.

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4 THE Ql’lVKR A “ROOKIE” AT PLATTSBURG £3' Cn the night of the Fourth of July, 1916, three other Woonsocket Invs and I, with other Rhode Island boys, were on a special train bound for the summer camp at Plattsburg, New York. After an uneventful trip, we arrived at the camp at about one o’clock on the fifth. All were immediately assigned to companies and told to report to our respective captains, after which I secured my equipment from the supply sergeant. He was a gruff man, who discovered, after a short dialogue with me, that I was a very poor soldier, and promptly informed me of the fact. From this experience. I formed the impression that Plattsburg would be more work than play, and 1. found later that I was right. The next day we were given three hours, of drill in the morning and two in the afternoon, all on close order work, which is the marching formation. After a week of this drill, we took our first lesson in open-order formation, which is used in actual skirmish. This proved to be a little more interesting than the other. For about a week we drilled on these skirmish formations in the morning and took short marches in the afternoon, so, as to get into the best possible physical condition. It surely was no easy matter to fight under the hot sun, crossing fields at a trot, fording brooks knee-d ep, and strugglihg through underbrush waist-high. I cheered myself by thinking of the poor soldiers on the hot sands of Mexico. Then I became more of an optimist. The third week of camp brought a temporary pause in the strenuous work, since it was devoted to target practice. Although each man fired only ten shots a day, all in about eight minutes, everyone was required to stay on the range from about half-past six to half-past eleven in the morning, and half-past twelve to six in the afternoon.