Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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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

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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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XXIRRIIIL II 9 IIQJQ DOES IT BALANCE? Miss Ethel McCombe SEE WHY? Muss Mae Owens IT WILL BE DUE Mass Catherme 0 Donnell FEW days after my arrrval 1n Woonsocke' Hlgh School I happened to be studyrng be h1nd Mtss ODonnells stenography class When her class rec1tat1on was over I went up to her askmg I-low many shorthand teachers are there rn Woonsocket l-Itgh School? Two she answered I lmmedlately knew that she was the second teacher One day as I was passlng through the corrldor 1n the v1c1n1ty of Room I6 and I7 I heard MISS Owens 1n Room I6 say to her class Selhng pr1ce less cost prrce results 1n flndmg the Margm or Gross Proflt and as I went further on towards Room I7 I heard Mrss Helen McCombe say Cost plus ex penses results 1n obtcunmg the Sellmg PFICG I med1ately I knew that both teachers were prac tlcally saylng and teach1ng the same subject at the same ttme although they were not IH the same room They must have duel mmds I thought to myself as I kept on gomg to my dest1nat1on Then the next clay I found myself once more srttmg ln the rear of Room 25 only thls t1me 1t was a buslness pract1ce class taught by MISS O Donnell It certa1nly dldnt take much ttme or concen tratron on my part to flnd the answer to the ques tron so many people ask Who g1ves the sentor bookkeepmg students 1n Woonsocket H1gh School thelr ftne background? Why that s a very srmpl answer The fine understandlng and pat1ent teach1ng of these excellent teachers' LTHOUGH I wasnt so good a typrst as the students who have taken typewr1t1ng rn thelr course I came to the concluslon that there wasnt very much wrong w1th my typewr1t mg At least my frlends tn South Amerrca d1dn' thmk so for when they recelved my typewrrtten letters they wrote back to me saymg Don you certamly have become a man of many prtnclples slnce you have been IH the Unrted States Your typewrltlng IS splend1d' After recelvmg that en couragement I was determtned to become a good typtst As I was typewrttrng I thought to myself 1f they thmk that my typewr1t1ng ln those letters was splend1d Ill really send them some letters that w1ll open thelr eyes and make them say Wl'1Y Don your typewrrtmg IS excellent X . , . - , , . , , , I . , ' 1 . -4 , . I - C1 . , c DO X l . f , . , f . f . , , , , .