Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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WOONSOCKET ENIOR HIGH MISS MARIE LAVIOLETTE MISS JULIA A DORRINGTON Languages KNOWLEDGE of the Var1ous lan guages IS one of the best meth ods of estabhshlng mutual re spect between natrons The culture ot ones own country IS so rnflnltely upc r1or that all others are neghble IS at expresslon of absurd arrogance whlcn 1S one of the ma1n causes ot war and 'Sf C7 MISS FRANCOISE VALCOURT bloodshed We here 1n Amerrca are taught that all men are brothers and learn to apprecrate and respect the fme culture of other nattons through a study ot the1r languages Lat1n 1S the language that IS ot great value to each and every Amencan lt IS the key to the meanrng ot the con tusmg techn1cal terms used ln the pro fesslons and 1n fact CIGTIIIGS the rneanrng of most of our Enghsh words ln gen eral 1t makes the enttre Engltsh language more tntelllgtble Our own modern c1v 1l1zat1on owes 1ts exlstence to the Rom ans whose rdeas of law and drscrphr are of great SGTVICS to Amenca toda Not only does Latln serve as the back bone of Amerrca but 1t IS also the tound atlon of all romance languages A knowledge ot Latln IS a good basls tor all language study X - . , , . . 1 , I . l A l S A- I . . . . W K I TYE LLM FF' I . s ,tx - A R . . . . . - Q . . . . Lp A J. .Ll I A yr . 1 ' . ' ,- ,. 1 ' ' , r-1' ,-. I - Q . .yn

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WOONSOCKET ENIOR HIGH SEND FORTH THY LIGHT AND TRUTH Freedom to Worshlp HE 1dea1 of re11g1oue tolerance 1e one h1ch ha long per1 hed 11'1 the A 1 dorr 1na1ed countnee 1nAr11e11ca 1n d1f9C1 contract 11 1 1h1 1dea1 VJ1'11C11 c1a a 1er1zeQ the greatneee ot our countr, T e sen111r1er1 1n Arne ra regardmg re11g1on1e P1ear1, 111u 1ra1ed1r1 our ClVC1GGd6I 1911 1ou au1r1o1111e and educa11ona1 exponent have agreed 1ha1 IIITIG of far pa111 u1a11, 111ere1 e pec1a1 need for proper re11a1ou gmdanoe A 1r1st11u1ed courses rn re-11a1us educa 11on 11 o e u T1 u urn '1 oon soc e1 1-hgh Q 1 ol for 1'1e 1 1111 e yeare these coureee, have bG6 1 tiered tr 1oo,1 and 1,1111 o1a11 191141011 der1o1111r1 11or1 1e ee hour on Tue da enrnent ra proved e11 orth T116 The 1arge number tu ent Wooneoo ket H1gh S b 1 1a1'1r14 the oureee h that the e ot LCN that 11hou1 re11 11' 1111 eduf'a11or 1S rot complete I , . . M .U . S .S . rg A- C ' - J h ' 1 A rl, ' ' A ' Q V ' S ' s':hoo1: A 1 1 a 5 1 ' 1 5, ' '1 F1 f rn ' , 'C 15 'T 's 5 A 1 ' 3 ' Q f' zz , fr -1' : f , , s ' T1 w,.k1y ' ' a resu11 1r1 rnany schools there have been spent in the pursuit ot ep1r11ua1 er11131g1' ' ' ot S d CII ., C ' Cloo f 1 ,se As pa 1 1h C' 1 'C 1 ' 11 1. W u e C , .1 M iv. Ura A the cpm ' k 'N -JC -C ' - 1733 Q4 ' ' Q1'2LlS ' 13 6112: M ' ' 1 o 1 1 ', 1 ' 1 ' .

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WOONSOCKET ENIOR HIGH 1 ,eg 1015 26 'sv MISS HARRIET JALBEFIT Languages Each addrttonal language reveals a nch treasure by br1ng1ng a new lltera and hrs ways Spanlsh 13 the language of elghteen South Amertcan republtcs As our r lattons w1th South Arnerlca lncrease rt IS only natural that Spantsh should come 1nto focus Many opportunttles and posl trons are extended to those w1th a know edge of th1s modern language A study of French br1ngs u 1nto closer contact wlth the people who have con tr1buted to the world some of the mo t beautlful hterature and rnuch of the flne t art and archltecture French 1 the ln strument used for obtarnlng the utmot out of tht lrterature ln 1ts or1g1nal forrt Could L1ncoln Gettysburg Address possrbly be the same rn another lang uage'P For th1s same reason when ,x MISS THERESA GAGNON great French work 13 translated some thrng IS lost translatrons tend to d1SlOl clarrfres the rneanlngs of numerous Frenc 1 words and phrases whtch have been adopted by the Enghsh language MISS RUTH MULGREW L ,hy W: '44 f 1 it ' O . I ' A b t f J q .QT all . t.m f' 'f . M , J .V - -av L+.-. ' ' x 8 I ,- . . . . R . . I . . r ture and a broader knowledge of man and omit. A knowledge of French also , . l 34 . . S . J . ' A s ,S , . . . A 1 . ,S .. ,