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

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FIRST GRADE. . .THE STEPS WERE DIFFICULT WE BECAME MORE ACCUSTOMED TO THE SITUATIONS WITH CLEARER VISION . . . THE FIRST REAL OF GRADE SIX. OUTLOOK ON LIFE JUNIOR BEGAN TO SEE AND THE PROMISE OF LIFE AHEAD. . . FRESHMAN WE ARE AT TO WORK I THE THRESHOLD OF LIFE...A . SOME TO HOME MAKING.

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ghe Latch ejqcey 0 f my ,qljoolihouse Adfzz E ENTERED OUR BOOK HOUSE THROUGH THE DOOR KNOWN BUT ENTHUSIASM GREAT AS WE GREW OLDER STRUGGLE AND LEARNED TO MEET LANDING PLACE WAS AT THE END HIGH OFFERED A BROADER THE LAST FOUR FLIGHTS OF STEPS SOPHOMORE . . JUNIOR .. SENIOR . .. MYRIAD OF PATHS. . .SOME LEAD TO COLLEGE . . . SOME C Here stands a hozzse all built of thought, n Ill to overflowing Of treasures and of precious things Of secrets for our knowing. Its windows look out far and 'd From each of all its stories. l'll ake the key and enter i : For are all its qlorie..

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How ladyluke how queenlrke she appears Well do those words of Longfellow descrube Mlss Mary McKinley our beloved prnncnpal Durlng these past four years the Class of l94l has come to know her not only as an effuclent admun ustrator of our school but also as a wlse sympathetlc frnend whose very presence ns an lnspnratlon to all of us Although born In Creenvllle Miss McKinley spent most of her lnfe un Butler Pennsylvania where she receuved her publuc school educatlon ln college she was an actuve mem ber of the student body and as proud to call Grove City her Alma Mater That her loyalty and leadershup have been recognized us proved by the fact that she has recently can cluded a term of office as president of the Alumnn Association Durnng recent years she has done extensive graduate work at the Unlversuty of Pittsburgh as well as at Columbla University New York Beglnnung her teaching career an Butler Mass McKnnley furst came to Beaver Valley to teach In the Rochester schools Later she accepted a posntuon as teacher of mathematncs In Beaver Hugh School Recognrzlng In her fine tralts of leader shlp and unusual ablluty the school directors asked her to become prlnclpal of the hugh school un l926 Since that time she has borne unceasungly the innumerable responslbnlltnes of that posatuon Even uf we dld not count her many acts of service throughout each day we mlght wrlte a volume about the profound Influence her suncere and gracuous character has had on the youth of Beaver Wlth untrrung effort she has worked nndnvndually wuth the students dlscussung their plans for the future and helping them to prepare for theur most llkely vocation We cannot In thus bruef space begun to express what havung known Mass McKnnley has meant to our class She takes such a genuune Interest IH our yoys and sorrows that everyone students and faculty allke feel free to go to her at any time for consultation and advlce Her offlce has become a refuge for all those In trouble There questions are ans wered problems are solved and dnsputes are settled always wuth a calm serenuty and smullng courtesy whlch restores peace to troubled hearts To know Mass McKunley ns to understand Lowell when he says Earth s noblest thing a woman perfected l'llll 'l'l llll llll l'llll'lll .l Al .. A. II ' ' II , . I ' 1 I I . , ' . I l U I I I I I I 1 1 I I . . I . 1 I I l I II I ' I i Il