Grafton High School - Re Echo Yearbook (Grafton, WV)

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LAURA RUTH JACKSON Ruth •» not the “eternal question. but the eternal talker. She is continually talking on all topics and People. There is one question we should like to ask: Why does Ruth spend so much time in Pruntytown? 3ln fUrmurtam lUilltaiii S’. lHIiitr diEabrlh ili. iflarplr GAIL EBERT ROGERS Gail b on example of one who con exist without studying. and be always a irood step from the danger line. Her name tells her chermeter. for she is very fond of pleasure activities. She is not fond of domestic activity, and hopes to marry a Baker to escape household drudgery.

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A parallel to the history of the class of 1910 might be found in the records of the ancient Greeks or Romans, but never in the annals of the Grafton High School. Glear and distinct it stands high above all others, the most enterprising and talented class of all. Though our ranks have been sadly thinned since our entrance into the High School, we have gained in achievement much that we have lost in numbers. Our individual careers deserve a separate chronicle, but space would not permit it, even were it not for the fact that great deeds are best recorded in a fe v words. in the class room we have gained great renown. When reading Caesar in the Sophomore year, the highest praise possible was bestowed upon us since we won the name, “Tenth Legion,” for our never failing recitations. W'eare undoubtedly the best class in German, as we have the honor of being the tirst. No less creditable is the Juniors’ record in athletics. This year they have been the most important tactor in this department of school activity. W'e likewise have a claim to more ambition and desire for learning than our predecessors, for some of our class have successfully taken five difficult studies this year. And now' we add the crowning glory to our greatness, in publishing ‘ The Brooklet,” the tirst Grafton High School annual. No other class would have ever dared the almost impassable barriers raised to deter us from our purpose. But in our lexicon there is no such word as fail; so bravely and triumphantly we have overcome all obstacles, and at last have the honor of being the first Juniors to record their illustrious class history in their own book. These are only a few instances w herein our great superiority is manifest, but they serve to show that our standard of achievement is placed so high that future classes can only hope to reach it ; to go beyond it would be impossible. Whatever they may attempt to do, or whatever they may really accomplish, their glory can never dim the splendor of the class of 1910, which must always be what it now is—a guiding-star for all future classes. Oh class of 1910 Thou stands! alone sublime An inspiration and a hope To those who come behind. —Historian.