Moundsville High School - Orospolitan Yearbook (Moundsville, WV)

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MGUNDSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL I hold Education to be an organic necessity of a human being. -Horace Mann. The High School is a milestone in the course of Higher Civilization. As man 's intellect has progressed from that of the savage to that of the mod- ern scholar, there has necessarily been a standard of judgment. In the Stone Age, man required little knowledge. maintenance was easy, but today, with c crowding population, man has had to struggle to support himself. And this struggle has been good for man, for he has- had to use his faculties of thought. So today we have the standards -of civi- lization of a people, measured by their schools, of which the high school plays, perhaps, the most important part. M-oundsville High School was founded by some of the better minds of this city in 1873. Its beginning was very modest, having but a few students enrolled for several years. In 1887, graduated the first class of M. H. S., seven in number. Of this original class, one or two are yet living. So, to this day, has M. H. S., been carry- ing on, graduating in those forty-five years, tive hundred and eighty stud- ents. - In this function, Moundsville High School has been doing a wonderful Work. Without great pomp and dis- play, performing in a peaceful manner it has furnished five hundred and eighty real, socialized citizens! The High School had its birth in the old building which preceded the one now used as the Central School in 1877. When the Central Ward .Building was tbuilt, it moved its home to the second floor of this building. Here, there was plenty of room for the crowded school. More classes were added, new teachers hired. In 1919, a third move was made to the present location on .Tomlinson Ave. In this new spacious building, there was adequate room for ,only one year. Now there are over four hundred students in the building, affording crowded conditions. Wlieii the move was made in 1919, two new popular courses were added-Domestic Science, and Manual Training. A word of commendation is here due to our teachers, past and present. Moundsville High School has always had the pleasure of having good teach- ers-teacher specialists in their lines. These patient, helpful souls gave and are giving themselves for the Cause of Education. Many of them have pour- ed out themselves in honest endeavor. Oftimes they accepted a teaching posi- tion at a very low wage, even lower than crude manual labor was receiving. It was clearly a case of self-sacrifice. Possibly their only reward in this world, will be in seeing great victories of their former students, in hearing of great accomplishments they have made. One is not only influenced by M. H. for the four years of school. The parental affection received there, goes hand in hand with the Alumnus, along life 's pathway. The relation between the Alumnus and the Alma Mater is ev- er keen, ever noble. People of Moundsville, realize your duty to the school and its duty to us. Recognize the school not as so much cement and stone, but recognize the soul of the school as it goes marvliiiig on, ever blazing bright, as a great search-light, lighting the way toward Truth.

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CINWMERCUM. DEPARTMENT Hello, Mr. Business Man! Did you say you wanted a stenographer and bookkeeper? Do you know where you will find one? Right here, in the grad- uating class of Moundsville High School, you will have a good choice of efficient young people. Would you like to know why they are efficient? It is because they have completed the Commercial Course, which offers Com- mercial Law, Commercial Arithmetic and Commercial Geography, besides one and one-half years of Typewriting, .two years of Book-keeping and two years of Shorthand. This year's class should be a great deal more efficient than any other class because the advance Shorthand class have had a course in Office Training for Stenographers. It teaches how to ap- ply for a position, how to prepare mail for the post, how to use the modern bu- siness time saving machines, and vari- ous other important features that a skilled stenographer should know. Did you say you preferred a trained stenographer? All the students who took Office Training for Stenographers have nearly as good training as a ste- no-grapher who has had several years of real office work. Also, consider this! Students just out of High School have just completed shorthand which is still fresh in their minds, and they have not had time to get out of ,practice as some of the experienced ste- nographers have. A great deal of credit is due our teacher, Mr. Wiaiit, who has drilled the class in the principles of office training and stenography. Besides teaching fourteen class-es a day and night school twice a week, he has made the basket- ,ball boy's team a success by coaching them every evening. We hope he will ,be back next year to make an even bet- ter success than he has this year if that is possible. This is the fifth year of commercial training in Moundsville High School and each year it is improving just as the world is progressing in business. Each year has seen three or more good stenographers turned out of the Com- mercial Dept., into the business world where they have made a success. Give this year's class a chance and they will make an even greater success.