Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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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 .. ,

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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 L ENIOR HIGH MR JOSEPH DOWLING History OW more than ever before hlsto ry IS a subyect ot prtmary tm portance Through hlstory we learn the true meanmg of patr1ot1sm mocracy freedom and peace The Statue of L1berty Wlth 1ts 11ght of freedom et petually shmmng IS symbohc of the fre MISS MARGARET MCGILL MR RALPH FITZPATRICK dom that our forefathers brought and strove to obtam Amencan h1story make us realtze the greatness of The Declara txon of Independence and the Constttu tlon We are remmded that our hbert had to be won and must be preservei by toll and sacrthce All true AITIQTICCIF should know and recognlze the stgmf Lance of then own HISTOFY and hberty Many of out bastc p11nc1ptes of go ernment come from the Enghsh 'tt Great Charter The Petxtlons of R1ght and the B111 of Rlghts are the bas1s many ot our great document Through Medleval and Modem htstort, we learn of the government of other nw ttons and the tut1l1ty of thelr waste Medteval and Modern IIIQIOIY gtves 1 on broader outlook ot event a lt dea wtth many natton and wotlt problem As the hght of hbelty bontmu to Sfllfll It gtves us a spaxk of hope that perhap some day World peace wrll be estabhshed forever Q E ,- I Y 1 Q , .. . S . A , A . . . Qi A , , do , 'J ' ' ' 'r , . ,V . A , D f '. , . . . Q- . i . . . y V . :fb 1 ' Q' A Q ' , . V - 1 . 13 . 3 . V x , Y ' ' Fl - 51 A51 ' - ' Q Q . , K 6 , - i Ci . 3 C.: - ' - - 1 11 .J