Morgantown High School - Mohigan Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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APRIL The music department gave a matinee performance of South ln Sonora on Wednesday afternoon, April 2, and the main performance was given April 3 . . . The State Federation of Music Clubs, which held its convention in Morgantown, held a concert in the auditorium April 4 . . . The Hi-Y boys took their girls to a dance April 5 in the girl's gym . . . The English department sponsored movies on two Ameri- can writers on April 7, in the auditorium . . . The Red and Blue Journal sponsored a movie and stage show in the auditorium April 8 . . . On April l0, the speech class presented the general assembly . . . April ll was Good Friday, so, school was dismissed for the day . . . Special dance groups, directed by our physical education teacher, gave a special assembly on Friday, April l8. Square dancing, tap danc- ing, modern dancing, and ballroom dancing were the featured demonstrations on the program . . . Spring gowns predominated at the lnter-Club Dance on April I8 in the boy's gym . . . The Story of Our Flag was the title of the movie that was given in the assembly on April 24. The Rev. Mr. A. E. Beckett gave a talk and there was other entertainment . . . The C. A. A. Stardust Prom was held in the Girlls gym on April 26. MAY ' Ol-ll . , . lt's the first day of May and spring is here to stay . . . We hope! . . . A general assembly was held in the auditorium . . . And now comes the spring dances, romances, fun, eh? . . , The Thespians held their dance on May 2 . . . and that isn't all, on May 3 . . . another dance . . , this time by the music groups . . . My, my, 'this sure is a dance season, for there were three more! . . . The Home Ee. Club held their banquet and dance on May 9, and on May lo, the Pep Society members held their Slouch party . . . and then the Demo's held their second dance of the year . . . Some dancing, uh! . . . Oh dear! On May 15, we attended a general assembly . . . and on May I6, the seniors held one of their final activities of the year . . . the senior play . . . It was a big success and all took part in solving the deep mystery in The Dark House . . . On May 25 the May Festival was held, and oh my, yes, there was the Junior-Senior Banquet . . . remember how we ate . . . And on the 29th, wasn't that fun practicing marching while the others were still in school? . . . Did you say that you would rather have gone swim- ming? . . . Well, wouldn't we all? . . . But it was better practicing than studying and we did have fun . . . Well, so much for marching . . . but we couldn't very well forget graduation ..., A nd the annual Honor Society Banquet was held in honor of the new initiates . . . YIPPEEH! . . . A holiday . . . We got out of school May 30, you knew, of course, that it was Memorial Day . . . lt's June 3, and Seniors were bidding all their classmates farewell, for that was Commencement night, the biggest night of the year . . . Many happy faces say goodby to good old M. H. S. . . . Oh dear! . . . lt's june 4 and everyone is getting out of school . . , but we still had the Senior Ball on June 4 to look forward to . . . Well, we have to be closing anyway, we are running out of film. Nin Cty-f01l7'

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at Weston on january Il . . . And again on january I7, the Red and Blue Cagers lost . . . This time they bowed to East Fairmont. The M. H. S. quintet lost to Washington Irving on January I8 . . . Luck changes . . . and to start the ball rolling for the intra-city championship game, Morgantown came out ahead . . . Gloom overtook all students as they slowly went to their 2-4 period exams on january 23 . , , Things looked pretty black on January 24 as I-3-5 period exams progressed . . . The Clydemen lost to the best team West Fairmont has had in years on January 24 . . . The Home Economics Club entertained club representatives and their guests at a semi-formal dance in the Girl's Gym on january 25 . , . On January 28 Grafton High School beat Morgantown High in Grafton . . . The score was 45-38 . . FEBRUARY The 1941 basketball season got in full swing on February 1 when M. H. S. defeated Wheeling 49- 3I . . . On February 4, gloom reigned as West Side defeated the Red and Blue by the huge score of 78-40 . . . All boys were summoned to the Auditorium for an assembly on February 5. The girls were over- wrought with curiosity, but it was finally revealed that it was a Coast Guard assembly . . , ln celebration of National Drama Week, the Thespians and Drama Classes presented a program including music, dancing, and readings . . . The Demos held their annual dance on February 7. The Hi-Y, Us and Co., and Civic Clubs were invited, and all turned out for the ujitterbug Jamboree . , . Morgantown High upset Weston High's Minutemen by 50-46 on the home court, February II . . . Orchids to Us and Co. for the annual revue Go Fly A Kite, which was presented on February 14. That time, however, it was gladiolus from the Hi-Y. Another spectacular event of the day, was the defeat of Washington lrving at Clarksburg by the Clydeman . . . We Limited held an informal party on February I5 . . . On February 18, University High defeated M. H. S. while a full house cheered on. The Clydemen los-t with the score tallv 46-40 . . . A hilarious time was had by all when the girls dressed as boys and took their best girls to the Girl Reserves Dance on February I9 . . . The Speech, Music, and Journalism classes sponsored a radio broadcast over Morgantown station W. A. R. on February 20 . . . Thespians, Masquers, and Drama classes were enter- tained by Thomas Horwitz who lectured on the subiecft of theatrical make-up on February 20 . . . On February 21, the Red and Blue were defeated by Elkins in the South Park gym . . . The highlights of the day, February 22, was the annual Sophomore Slouch Dance which was held in the girls' gym . . . The Morgantown boys took the city crown by defeating University High 46-40 on February 24 . . . On February 27, the theme of the general assembly was patriotism. Members of the Drama and Modern dancing classes gave special acts to symbolize the need of patriotism everywhere . . . On February 28, Grafton again defeated the Red and Blue in the last game of the season. Two extra quarters were played before the Grafton Bearcats were victorious with the final score 50-48. V MARCH Mrs. Bishop's class presented two movies for assembly on March 6. One was about the growing of tobacco and the other was the presentation of Fred Waring's Orchestra and how they prepare for the radio program . . . On March 7, the Masquers presented Best Years. The play was very enjoyable and a credit to the club . . . The S. O. S. entertained at a party on March 8 in the Girl's gym . . . Maria Gam- barelli, premier danseuse, gave a concert on March 10, sponsored by the Community Concert Association in the Auditorium . . . The Boy's gym was decorated with green and white false ceiling and sides March I4 for the St. Patrick's Swing . . . The assembly on March 20 was sponsored by the ,lournalism classes. It was a quiz program and the Thespians presented 2 scene from Spring Dance . . . March 21. the first day of spring, was just the day for the Thespian production, uspring Dance . . . We Limited held a souare dance in the Girl's gym on March 22 . . . The seventh annual Sport's Carnival was held March 25-26 in the Boy's gym with both bovs and girls taking part . . . The English department sponsored a drama, Prologue To Gloryu on March 27, so only first and third period were ggiven . . . Teachers' Round table was held in Grafton March 28 and school was dismissed for the dav . . . The Hi-Y Convention was held in Morgantown 'March 28-29-30 . . . second, fourth, and fifth period exams were given on Ma rch 3 1 . N inety-ULT66

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Colleens Heading for Cokes She's A Him-Not a Her Swing Me, Buddy, to a Boogie Beat! Nin ety-fve What's the Score? Les Trois Musketeers