Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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FWRIIIL QII, IIQAIQ F yes thats rr those are the letters whrch mak up the home row of keys on a typewrtter and I rn sure Ill never forget them even though I drdnt have typewrtttng as one of my subtects I guess Ill remember too how the stu dents warted tn suspense to hear the ttck of the clock and to hear Mtss Maher fam1l1ar Go to start the1r speed tests nt hear yourself talk for the1r ftnger tust seemed to fly over those keys and back to the home row of keys agatn D1d you know that no matter what keys you strtke your frnaers always go back to the home row And gee whtz' how we Nere remlnded by Mrss Dytak to center our tvpewnters at the end of the penod lrn sure there would have been many twpewrtters broken rf Mtss Dytak hadnt been so pattent and remtnded us ever perrod Its surprtstng how much one can learn just from ltstentna for thats X ha I was dotna behrnd Mtss Whtpples re tall sellrna class Retarl selltng was new to me Just as 1t was to the students of Woonsocket Hrgh School a year ago Now rf any one should ask me what retatl sellrna 15 I can tell them tt IS a course whtch pre pares students for later ltfe espectallx tn ARE YOU READY? Mnss Florence Genenoux the salesmanshtp fteld The htghltght taught rn th1s course are the methods of selltng goods knowledge of the goods to be sold color ltne destgn textrles and store organtzatton Isnt tt funny how you sometrmes never realtze ho much your personalrty can mean to mu? It has an effect on everyone you meet therefore a salesman must have an out gotng personalrty or a aood person altty whlch stmply IS a must for suc cess tn sellrng Well I feel a ltttle erfpertenced nor so who knofvs maybe Ill fnd rn elf worktng as a salesman A FRIENDLY SMILE HELPS Mlss Dorothy Whupple S D I K Lg , ' 'ght, , , ' S . . ' . ' ' vlf and when they dtdf ffwell you just could- . , ' ' ' - A X ' 2 . . .v . .Y +

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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 . . - -

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MVW II, IIQQIQ THE MODERN WAY WHAT T7 Miss Ruth Parsons M s Seren-1 Jones XTALLEV' WHAT D0 YOU MEAN? Miss Mary McNally 26 Y BRAIN lntorms me today that It has declded to hke Enghsh Sounds how you say corny doesnt lt? As to the reason for thrs sud den aIlect1on I can only conclude that rt rs caused by the many lrne under standlng teachers Not that Ive had them all ot course but when I speak ot f1ne understandmg teachers I lust have to lnclucle everyone of them Sympatheuc Mrss Parsons energetlc M1ss Ione terestlng MISS Lmton thorough MISS Gould patlent MISS McNally and enter tamlng Mrss Bartley all contrrloute to make the study of Enghsh emoyable Although almost any subject IS llkely to come up ln an Engllsh dlscusslon there are actually two malor d1v1s1ons Grammar and L1terature Of these two I found the former most necessary and the latter most engagmg r J 1.'k - mx, W ES I . is . X ,-X 0 Y I 1 .,- 1 4 1 , . . 1 ,f I - , . 1 xx I I - 1 1 F! , S, IHA I . ' I I Y 1 1