Beaver High School - Beaver Memories Yearbook (Bluefield, WV)

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X S LEC FRETVVELL ANGELA CRAFT MARY E. XVINTER RUTH S. RICE English English English English 5 .. - I - - . v 1: 4' . .. i I . ,X A5 'Aa M1 X ,ie . I .. 1, 'hr .1 N V in . NW, x y . i. . . vi EVELYN EASLEY BERTIE RODGIN EMMA SUE PHELPS LOUISE EARLEY 9 Librnrinn English-Forensics English-jnurnzilisin English EY1Ao 6.f.f-vf English is a living language and students go from their classes appreciating the use- fulness of it. They are-and should be- thankful that they were born to speak the best language in all the world . . . English has the good qualities of all other languages -the conciseness of the French-the vigour of the German-the liquidity of the Italian-and the sonorousness of the Span- ish. Language is never dull, for it is an art and just as sure a refuge as music or literature and We know that We are not truly educated until We have a command of our Mothei' Tongue. VVith this sub- ject of language all of the teachers, above, L. TQ? Q were 5533 are concerned. They guide us in our writ- ing, speaking, and reading. The study of English is not all technical however, that is just one of the important phases. In the English department of Beaver We find diversified entertainment in the Way of drama, publications, and creative Writing. If you were one of those peculiar species who had to wait for inspira- tion and took no part in perspiration, Why -that Was all right too, for in creative writing you were given the assignments early in the fall and many moons passed before May first deadline-or Laurel Day.

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OB May I have a slip to class? . . .But, Mr. Bolen, my family knew that I was absent yesterday. . . . Something told me that I should have stayed in school! These are only a few of the remarks which can be heard at any time in the office on the first floor. In the main office lVlrs. lfrancis, our sec- retary, reigns supreme. Her oflice is a busy place for she has the affairs of more than a thousand students to handle, not to men- tion the correspondence, the attendance which must be checked each day, and count- less other duties. Probably no other oflice has ever gained notoriety so quickly as has the small ollice to the right of M1'. Jackson's. Here Mr. Bolen sympathetically helps the boys and girls solve their problems. He is always willing to confer wisely and graciously with those who are in need of advice. Constituting the machinery by which our won-ldl' at Beaver is governed, we have always found these oflices ready to assist our every need. ecwaz cgiczfioof H. H. BOLEN Assistant Principal RUBY FRANCIS Secretary - .Fmt

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at 5 fwfr.-- 51291256 The English department also aims to make the great literature of the World a vital part of the student's experience, and through independent study and guided reading, to broaden his mental horizons and to tit him for a richer life. Yes, Roger sees that you understood is the subject of the sentence which Betty Booth is diagraming in Mrs. Rice's English class. She also has the attention of Agnes Andrews, David Keesee, Adele Benjamin, and Billy Carney. VVhile James Lavinder and Johnnie Lee Bass await their turn, Owen Hensley eX- plains memoriable lines in Keat's On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer. Atten- tative listeners are, left to right-Myrtle Brooks, Edna Carter, Marie Bane, jack Moore. How industrious! -These seniors are busily engaged in solving the mysteries of punctuation in Miss F1-etwellis business English. A popular subject with college prepatory as well as commercial students.