Moundsville High School - Orospolitan Yearbook (Moundsville, WV)

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HOWARD I. BOOHER It has been said that it is not enough for the knight of romance that you agree that his love is a very nice lady-if you will not say she is the best that God ev-er made, you must fight! So, indeed, it is with the graduates of 1914 as to their class. The writer has been asked to reminisce about that class. Reminisce of the class of 1914 in five hundred words! Unfortunate- ly, there is no one alive who could deal adequately with the subject in such short terms. Besides, at the best, the writer is not blessed with the gift of brevity. And yet in tive hundred words one may say something. He may record a few things, and perhaps those who read may find their memories so quickened that a whole train of re- collections will tumble down out of the dusty past. Let us, then reminisce by suggestion. At the start, there were forty-three of us. We were the largest Freshman Class the school had received up to that time. As we exceeded in num- bers, so we would boast that we exceed- ed in intelligence, any other entering class. From this distance, it seems that it couldn't have been otherwise, but for the disgraceful credulity of Jake Dorsey, on the opening day of school, when he inquired of an upper classman as to the securing of a history 'tponyf' We organized early in the year and selected the name X. I. V. Our first internal clash came over choosing of class colors and payment of dues. We agreed upon Purple and Gold for the colors, with dues at five cents a semes- ter. Towards the close of the year, we gave a banquet in the Parish House. No other Freshman Classs had ever at- tempted such a pretentious thing. Naturally, the other classes were much put out about it. The members of the then Sophomore Class were especially obnoxious and did their best to ruin the affair. Not being able to spoil the banquet by abstracting the food they attempted to capture the eaters. They were able to take only one pris- oner, and he escaped in time for the third course. By our Sophomore year, several Hames had burst out within the class. Morton Avenue became the regular re- sort of two of o-ur boys. F. C., H. W., F. K., B. S.-to use a form of expres- sion itself reminiscent of high eschool days. And there was something unus- ual in Miss Bates having Kathryn Bod- ley read the part of the carpenter in the drama we were then studying. To the boys who read perhaps will come recollections of color tights. These became of almost consuming im- portance in our third year. Class nu- merals had been painted on the face of the clock by every class, and so with ours. Every jo-int meeting of the lit- erary societies brought forth a display of class colors and resulting iight. All will remember the periodical Student Body meetings. They were always contentious. Training in argu- ment and debate derived from this source bore fruit in our own Senior .Class meetings. Every proposition ,presented to the class was contested, but differences were reconciled or abandoned under the pressure of ap- proaching graduation. The class had been reduced from forty-three to twenty-three members. These twenty-three stood for graduaf tion in May, retaining all the graces of the originally larger groups and pre- senting but few of its faults. HOWARD l. BOOHEH, 'H.

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W. M. EVANS When I was graduated from the M. H. S., and a certain Moundsville man told me he was graduated Hfifteen years ago, I felt sorry for him, he was so old! It is thirty years since I was graduated and I am not old, and the man I felt very sorry for is very active today in the affairs of Moundsville, all of which shows that it all depends on one's viewpoint. Iliad one year's work in the classic- al course of a college, and completed a course in a business college after fin- ishing at the M. H. S., and yet when I applied for a position tive years ago where it was necessary for me to have the equivalent of a high school course, l could not dig up enough credits to make me eligible, which shows that there has been some advance in high school courses. The old school house, the only one in the town, at that time, gave way to a new and larger one, and other school houses have lx-een added and you enjoy a Iligh School Building, which shows how Mouudsville have grown and pro- gressezl. In the class ot' '92 there were seven girls and four boys. The other three boys have crossed the Great Divide, and the girls have scattered, only two of them now living in Moundsville, which shows that Time has been at work. In closing, I wish I might find Words to express the gratitude that I feel to- wards Miss Cora Myers, in whose room we studied, and Professor D. T. Wil- liams, our instructor. In that old school they did Godls work in a way that must have pleased Him. Miss Myers has gone to her reward, but Professor Williams is still very alert and does not lose an opportunity to send the encouraging word to one of his old students whenever the occasion arises. The class of '92 was the 'tbest class that ever was graduated from that school up to that time, but every one since has been fthe best,', and I con- gratulate you and the members of the class of l22, Editor of Orospolitan on being a class that is thirty times better than mine. Sincerely, W. M. EVANS.

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1 THE ALUMNI ROLL CALL 1877.-J. E. Cross, Alfred Harris, W. E. Neil, Albert Robinson, Chas. A. Showacre, Mort. Wyrick, Maggie Cra- go, Mary Hendershot, Birdie Higgins, Mary McCabe, Mary McClaskey, Addie Sloan, Jennie B. St. Clair. l878.-Amanda Roberts, Laura Floyd, Ada Wyrick, Moses P. Siga- foose, Allie Sawyers, Nanon Hender- shot, A. R. Warden. 1879.-Edna Hogan, Jennie Floyd, NVatson Warden, Ennna Elder, Elihu Taylor, Virginia Martin, Frank War- den, Sadie Rogerson, J. J. A. Montgom- ery, Maude Potts, R. S. Cook, J. Frank Burley. 1880.-Sarah Porter, Texie Jones, S. M. Steele, Blassa Martin, Robt. A. Riggs, Annie Sunderland, H. W. Steele, Richard R. Lutes, Hanson Criswell. l88l.-Mary E. J. Sharp. 1882.-Maude Jefferson, Nannie E. Warden, Orla H. Dorsey, Maggie B. Hicks, Chas. C. Newman, J. E. Roberts, Grace M. Blake. , l883.-Ella McFadden, Carrie Nol- ler, W. B. Mathews, Mary Belle Mar- tin, Fora L. Parkinson, Lizzie B. Mar- tin, Dorsey Blake. 1884.-Albert L. Hooton, Clara B. Baker, Emily V. Cockayne, Lista B. Evans. lda M. Porter, Ennna Parkin- son, Dora llieks, Lou Showaere, Irene Stidger, Maine Vifalker, George H. Jones, May Brook, Anna S. Vox, Mary A. Pickett, Laura M. Riggs, Nettie A. Rogers, lininia VV. Scott. Ada ll. St. Flair, Belle Sonnneryille. 1885.-Birdie E. Hart, Ennna L. ls-- rael, Lottie B. Jackson, Anna B. Jones. Annie D. Martin, Addie S. Thatcher. IHH6.-Lizzie Luster. lSH7.-Birdie llzlll, Mary Velton. 1888-Evan tl. Roberts, Daisy llnnt- er, Jessie Martin, Laura B. Martin. , l889.-William Turner, Effie Evans, Anna Hooton, Mollie Jefferson, Addie Koontz, Delia Porter, Mary Poyle, Car- rie Rulong. 1890.-Randolph Cox, Wm. O. EW- ing, Chas. Henretta, Frank Higgins, Ozera Hull, Vernie Johnson. 1891.-Charles T. Martin, Lola B. Donley, Ella Harris, Susan E. Copen- haver, Annie V. Ewing, Cora V. Martin, Alice B. Criswell. 1892.-Walter M. Evans, Chas. A. Manning, Maude Brock, Maggie M. Dunlap, Lola Helms, Alice W. Sanford, Alton Jones, Harry A. Patton, Myrtle Cox, Mary Halpin, Mollie Roberts. 1893.-Oscar B. Bonar, Mattie Crawford, Cora XL. Courtwright, Jessie B. Hooton, Lulu M. Jones, Alice Koontz, Madge R. Mathews, Dora L. Newman, Birdie M. Turner. 1894.-Iva L. Courtwright, Lily J. Criswell, Lillian A. Roberts. l895.-Franklin Kurtz, Bess G. Ew- ing, Jennie Halpin, Hallie Johnson, Hattie Johnson, Lottie Lewis, Mattie Roberts, Meta Roberts, Jennie Sanford. 1896.-Harold F. Rogers, Hadsal Manning, Pearl Criswell, Katharine Holt, Luella Dick Sigafoose, Lillian G. Martin, Smith, Alice Poyle, Mary I. Scott, Lulu E. M. Turner. 1897.-Win. P. Meliure, Daisy M. Gatts, Laura Rice, Alice B. Woodburn, Wni. L. Stillwell, Ella B. Grandstatf, Alina V. Taylor. 1898.--Austin Lowe, Mary Baldwin, Ella Fox, Bertha Doherty, Alice Ewing , 7 Florence Catts, Cecelia Halpin, Henri- etta Johnson, Mary McConibs, Nellie Roberts, Varrie Turner, Blanche Voitle. Clara XVeidebuseh. 1899.-Merton Carroll, Chas. S. Pot-