Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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MARCIHI II ll IIQALQ CAN YOU ADD ANYTHING Mlss Margaret MCGIII eval and modern hrstory class desprte the warnmgs ot Mrss Adams Alack' Alas' came a test now Pedro has sold hrs horse and hrs trends of thought co1nc1de w1th those ot the teacher No one would rntroduce me to Uncle Sam Whenever l asked anyone all he dld was to stare drsbelrevrngly at me Someone m my Unrted States hrstory class told me he was probably VISIUHQ hrs g1rl frrend the Statue of Llberty' Sensmg that l was the v1ct1m ol a loke by the laughter of those who were near by l hastened to Mr Fxtzpatrrck to fmd my error He told me the legend of Uncle Sam and explamed rts meanrng to the ff C,,4f64-df average Unrted States c1t1zen As the year progressed and l learned the hrs tory of Los Estados Unrdos hls Words took on hte and greater meanmg For although my amrgos you make your great government the butt of many lokes lt 15 the same government that you are now frghtmg for and wrll always hght to preserve THATS ALMOST RlGHT BUT Mr Ralph FIIZPHIFICK I . 7 , . ' ' .. . H . A L I . , 1 ' 1 . . . . - K , . - . . . l . . . Q , . - f ,x f f f ' - . ' X fill 1 f f If 1 ' 'O ' ' If F f , 1 f ' ' .. - 1

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MIXXRCIHI II II IIQALQ WAS THAT TWENTV OR THIRTY Mr Joseph Dowlmg AVF you ever been haunted? It vou havent youve never been m a hrstorf class Mtss McG1ll nezzar Cyaxares and a host of others durmg a v1s1t to her anclent h1story class She asked me lf ld llke to learn more about them I told her Id be glad to PREPARE THE FOLLOWING Mnss Muruam Adams but would she hrst teach me to spell thetr names' One day m Mr Dowlmgs Enghsh her volumlnous sklrts she waltzed down the a1sle to meet me Then 1ust as she was about to knlght me the teachers volce satd Pedro W1ll you lom us or do you prefer to sleep all th1s penod and report after school? Ah kn1ghts and queens kmgs and armor charges and shlelds' More than once I aalloped away on a horse thke Gene Autryl to rescue a lovely prmcess 1n the clutches ot a cad durmg my medt 9 -lf... introduced me to Rameses, Nebuchad- history class I met Queen Elizabeth. In

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MIARCIHI Q3 Q5 IIQALQ M Charles H ll HILE passtng through the hall I stumbled upon a group of freshmen who were studylng for a Commerc1al Geography qulz Whats Commerc1al Geography? I qulred Oh thats the study of the Un1ted States and 1ts natural resources Its taught by Mr I-l1ll and Mr Barn1n1 was the reply Ill always remember the small red headed freshman who popped up from behtnd a taller boy and satd Dont forget to tell hun that we re study lng for a constltutlon test too Is that a new m1neral'? I asked No' he laughed Thats the study of the laws of the land Then just as I was begmntng to thtnk I knew all about the Unlted States the I found that I had much more to learn before I went back to South Arnerlca I-I GOSH' My Worklng Sheet wouldn t check' How IU the world could I ever ftnd the net prof1t'? I ftnallv dectded 1t must be a loss Thats why 1t wouldnt come out rlght' After I got my bookkeepers tool tn lshed thctt s the name we students QIVG WAITING T0 BE CHECKED Miss Helen McCombe to the Work Sheet I thought Id do my Proflt and Loss Statement and Balance Sheet tn f1ve mlnutes FIVE I0 I5 20 mrnutes and st1llI couldnt ftnd my error I got a net proftt 1n my Proflt and Loss Statement and a net loss 1n my Work Sheet I checked my flgures on the addlng machlne so many tlmes that I was beglnnlng to thtnk that the addtng machlne was out of order and not regtstermg the correct f1gures But no 1t was I Pedro who was wrong and I lust had to flnd my m1stake Then llke a flash of ltghtnlng I turned to my Work Sheet and Oh yes' I had found my m1stake' What a rehef' After that experlence Im sure Ill never make such a careless mlstake agam' 1 9 , 9 lf... . I n I I - , -,,,,,,., . t .. , . in- COFFEE AND NUTS 12:30 bell rang and I entered the classroom where r. i A .. , ,, i - . . 'Gff' . . 5 ' ' lg E ' ' ' W