Berkeley Springs High School - Arrowhead Yearbook (Berkeley Springs, WV)

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WARM SPRING ECHOES Page 18 Junior Class History Seventy-one boys and girls entered Berkeley Springs High School for the first time in September. 1936. That year the freshmen chose as their officers the following: President. Henry Harmison: Vice President, Kenneth Yost: Secretary and Treasurer, Jeanne Shields: Sergeant-at-Arms, Clifton Wade. The class chose as its motto Upward and Onward.” During this year we were given a reception by the sophomores, and we in return gave them a Hallowe'en party. One of our number who entered Berkeley High with the freshman class moved away, and seven other students were forced to drop out for various reasons, leaving sixty-three students to advance to their second year of school life as sophomores. During this year we elected the following people to serve as officers for the class: President. Henry Harmison: Vice President. Paul Hawkins. Jr.: Secretary and Treasurer. Ruth Harmison: Sergeant-at-Arms, Philip Eichelberger. Our social activities this year consisted of two parties. We welcomed the incoming freshies by a reception in their honor. Later in the year they gave a party for us. In the basketball tournament this year our class won second place for cheer- ing, and other honors were bestowed on individual students. During this year we lost by death one of our classmates, John Shriver. Again in September, 1 938. our class advanced one step higher in the student roll of Berkeley Springs High School, thereby becoming jolly juniors.” As our representatives for this, our junior year, we chose the following people: Presi- dent. Henry Harmison: Vice President, Philip Eichelberger; Secretary, Ruth Harmison: Treasurer, Helen Ditto: Sergeant-at-Arms. John A. Phillips. The only social activity we participated in was a wiener roast given jointly by the junior-senior classes at Camp Morgan. We were honored this year by the Vice President of the Student Council, the Treasurer of Tri-Hi-Y. the Editor-in-Chief of the Warm Spring Echoes and three other members of the annual staff, being chosen from the junior class. A class that participates well and does its utmost” best describes the junior class. We have been well represented on the football field, on the basketball floor, on the honor roll, and in all other school activities throughout the three years.

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Page 17 WARM SPRING ECHOES Senior Class History President Vice President Harry Beard. Jr. Paul Tyson Secretary T reasurer Nancy Hovermale Anna Mae Weber The class of '39 began its four year career with very young, inexperienced students. The class was composed of seventy-six members, thirty-five boys and forty-one girls. At the first class meeting the following officers were elected for our freshman year: President, Portia Michael: Vice President, Joy Louise Michael: Secretary-Treasurer, Bette Shields. Early in the year the sophomores gave us a reception which we appreciated very much. At the beginning of our sophomore year we discovered that we had lost only three boys and gained three girls. This still made our enrollment seventy- six, the same as that of our freshman year. Those chosen as officers were: President. Robert Dunham: Vice President. Paul Tyson: Secretary-Treasurer, Portia Michael. During the year we gave the freshmen a reception, and they reciprocated. These affairs were very enjoyable. As juniors, we had an enrollment of fifty-seven, twenty-nine boys and twenty-eight girls. The following were chosen as officers of our class: Presi- dent. Paul Tyson; Vice President. Joy Louise Michael; Secretary, Portia Michael: Treasurer, Anna Mae Weber. We are now in our senior year, the most exciting time of all. The present enrollment is fifty-three, twenty-four boys and twenty-nine girls. Since our junior year we lost only five boys and gained one girl. Our junior play. Excuse My Dust.” proved to be a great success. Our senior play, On the Hour,” was also a success and was enjoyed by everyone. Portia Michael, of our class, has received the Scholastic Award for three years for having the highest average in the school. Her average to date is 96.54%. Last year we were very fortunate in having Corinne Rice win the medal given by the Gorgas Memorial Institute for the best essay written in our school. Edna Henry also won an honorable mention in a poetry contest for which she received a cash prize. Elizabeth Maysilles entered the West Virginia Inter-Scho- lastic Public Speaking Contest. She gave the oral Interpretation of Poetry. Many seniors are participating in the National Youth Forum essay contest which is sponsored by the American Magazine. During the four years the class has been represented in basketball, football, and track. A large number of the class have won letters in these sports. Twelve senior boys belong to the Hi-Y Club and twenty-two seniors belong to the Letter Club. Twelve of our senior girls belong to the Tri-Hi-Y Club, which was organized this year. For three years our class won the trophy for cheering at the basketball tournament. The class of '39 had hoped to be the first to graduate from the new high school; since we cannot be first from the new, we can be last from the old.

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JUNIORS