Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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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 . , , , , .

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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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AIPRIIIL Htl to IIQALQ FOLLOW THE CHART Miss Anna Dyjak AN VOLUNTEERS? Mr John Barnum FILE THIS UNDER Miss Lnlluan Maher 24 OT betng too certam that I was rn the Stenography room I lust stood wtth my eyes as brg as halt dollars and looked about I glanced at the blackboard and when I sam all those llttle slgns I rmmedtately knew that I was tn a shorthand class and that the teacher was M15 Genereux But would I be able to wrrte and read thes SIQHSQ I had my doubts m September but ntne months have passed and now 1n Iune I am con v1nced that I am preparmg rn a correct manner tor a stenographer s posrtron Mlss Genereux soon found that a certam stu dent named Pedro lthats mel was mterested rn readmg shorthand Thrs enabled me to wrrte read 1ly the matter d1ctated By learmng shorthand tn thrs class I acqulred speed and accuracy WO OCLOCK I dtdnt have a thmg to do o one of my trlends and I declded to walk around the bu1ld1ng trll the 2 I5 bell rang We wandered around looked at the bullettn board went up and down stalrs to the dlfterent floors looked 1nto the drfterent rooms Anyway we found oratory Gee I sald to my frrend there s a class 1n Room 22 Those students mustnt have studled the1r lesson because Mrss McCombe wouldnt have them after school As I peeked 1n the door I heard Mrss McCombe say Iohnme what 1S law? Every one llstened to hear the answer but Iohnnre drdnt know the answer Then Pedro what ts law? Holy cats she must have seen me I thought Law 1S a rule of actron prescrtbed by the supreme governrng author 1lV commandtng what 1S rlght and prehrbrtmg that vthrch IS wrong That certarnly was a close call I drdnt know there was another boy 1n hlgh school called Pedro but Im certatnly glad there was on that occas1on Rrna that was the 215 bell and we were only aomg do Nn the statrs As we drd my frlend sald You know Pedro Woonsocket Htgh School does not guarantee to make lavx yers out of her stu dents but to gtve them a thorough and correct understandmg ot the fundamental prmctple of com merctal law 9 9 IF- 7 H 5 ' ' , ourselves going up the stairway near Biology Labe , , - 1 1 - - , T I ' I , . Tl A A 'H . J X . I . - - , - UQ!! I . . - -