Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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Mathematics WOONSOCKET ENIOR HIGH Ill L DECEMBER ! l94l' PEARL HAP BOR BOMBED DE EMBER 8 l94l' UNllED STATES DECLARES WAR MISS ELIZABETH ODONNELL HESE are a fe 1 of the headlmes ht h greeted the Amerfcan publfc at the outbreak of thfs present Norld conflf t Person readmg between the headlfnes could read1ly have seen that wtth Jar mathematrcs 1mmed1ately would take promtnent place 1n the war effort Do you wonder why 1t became so 1m portant? Well tts really very stmpl because 1n every phase of avtatton rt 1 a regu1red subject For mstance let L, suppose the navfgator knew no mathe mat1cs then he could not calculate course ff the bombard1er d1d not ffau hfs peed w1ndage drrft and so fortfo He could not even h1t hrs target and most fmportant of all ff the p1lot kneff MR GEORGE GUYETTE no mathemancs he could not follow perscrfbed courses and could not even properly fly hfs atrplane ln war fndu tr1es 1f engfneers and rnachlrusts kne no mathernatfcs they could not turn out v1tal parts for afrplanes guns tanks arf shrps hfch are so v1tally 1mportant arsl upon w hlch the w1nn1ng or losfng of battle depends These are merely a few reasons Nh! mathematt s lS consfdered so tmporta t because v1thout ft Amen a arrnle ould not even begm to roll on tor ards the enemy and help on e and for all to tamp out dfctatorxal tdeas Woonsocket f-hgh School lS ver fc tunate rn hav1ng the apable tea hmct staff 1t has fn the persons of Mrss lvfurfef McEee Mtss Ellzabeth ODonr1ell ard Mr George Guyette who da1l str1ve to tea h such mathemau al subjects a alslebra plane geometry solfd aeom tr! and trtaonometrf to be mlderefzl students To paraphra e tht art1 le t sa on e more that the mo t lmportcrrt sub1ect fn these da, of trffe ts mathe matt and the mtportance of th1 uk 1ect can never really be over stre ed O , . r C Y xx r 1 -1 1 A 1 . . ' vi 'C ' ' ' ' 'c . s ' V . . , . . if , . A - r . 5 , A . r,, A . ' Q .2 ' , ' 'sf f 'A . , , , , .. , M F9 Q w A ' Q ' ' - r ' ' ' ,- s , , .. . . . .A I Y Y c zu f , c s ,s c c.. ' c ' ' -iv xx ' ' c c ' t 1 V c . c s r ' ' gv 1 ' .J ' .., v Q 1 4 . . , s c 13 o . y c - f . . ' nf- f. ' ' . .- . s ., . cs , , s rg I

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WOONSOCKET ENIOR HIGH OUR LIBRARY MISS MURIEL MCFEE Dean of Girls ISS Mclfees genlal sm1le serves X as a welcome slgn to all who cross the threshold of her olhce: The able and wllhng guldance ol O1 dean of glrls has dlrected many a pe plexed tudent 1nto the proper course Y' v1ses all studxes Unhnngly she super nd helps all to further the1r edufanon a Because she rs such a tactlul advlse hstener and smcere fnenc' lt 15 no Wonder that many an uncertam student has gone to her for guldance s rnpathenc

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WOONSOCKET ENIOR HIGH Physics HV v orth of a htgh school course mlst be Judged rn terms ot rts usefulness 1 the student There are many exc llent reasons Whf the arrls and especrally the boys of Woonsocket l-hgh School are studylng Phy srcs The elementary physrcs course blazes a path for further study ot all types l scrences vxhtle the advanced course IS ol practrcable use rn the present conllr t as 1ts prlmary emphasts IS placed on the elements ol aeronauttcs Our young men realrzed that there t a huge Job ahead of them an exac ma Job that requtre not only keen mmd and capable bodles but also the sp cr l lands of trammg such as thts vrtcl physrcs course under the capable gurd ance ot our own Mr Savarra attords When our boys come marchrng home they vvrll he ready to take therr plac tn an Amertca that has becom a na t1on on wtngs Chemistry Ever stnce the begmnmg ot the l9'h century the status ot the Amencan chenc 1st has clrmbed so raprdly that today hc IS one ot the most rmportant frgures at our t1me Because of hrs achtevement the era ID whtch We are lrvlng has rrght fully been labeled The Age of Chen rstry MR RAYMOND J BETAGH L W C A.. J' ' l 'Z X V ' l Y - Q., A , V A I A I A r ' ' V ' ' , '7 5 . o, . 7 . , , , .F , V , . . . 3 . A , vt: f K- W S 3 I 9 O , . . , . N V - . , . 1 ' . '35 . . 8 i D -1 . .G I LA . . . 3 ,, fx .1 . . . . ,, x . .