Moundsville High School - Orospolitan Yearbook (Moundsville, WV)

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MEMORIES OF MOUNDSVILLE MAKE MECCA FOR US By William L. Stidger Moundsville is the Mecca of all of our memories. Like the worshipper of Allah looks Eastward to Mecca at evening time wherever he is, so the eyes and the heart of those of us who have wandered a world away look by to the old home town. We have tasted of '4The Old Wolf Spring and we shall never be satis- fied to remain away very long at a time from that fair haven nestled in the crook of the arm of that old brawny Mother, the Ohio River. Some of the high spots that I visited when I was at home a few weeks ago and upon which I looked with hungry eyes were the Old Sheep Hole out at the forks of the two creeks, that swimmini .hole where we used to while away about ten out of the twenty-four hours of Summer days in boyhood. I saw it as my train came back from Grafton on my recent lecture trip. I looked up the creek to see if that old Elm tree was still leaning out over the creek as it used to lean long ago and, sure enough, there it was . I could see it from the train away up the creek towards the Fair Grounds. I looked upon the Old Indian Mound with a thousand memories burn- ing in my heart and as the train from Pittsburg pulled into town I watched every foot of the river, from the old Offset Hole to the curve below town with memories of Summer swimming days and winter skating days throng- ing nie. The old Methodist Church, now till- ed with commerce, used as a warehouse, and the old School Building, which to us, was the High School, with the old Town Clock-and a hundred spots- makes Moundsville the Mecca of our Memories.

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MR. WM. B. MATTHEWS The Class of '83 greets the young- sters of '22 not only with paternal but also with patriarchal love! While our curriculum may appear somewhat meager compared with yours, and our number, seven, seems small though sac- red when reckoned with the large clas- ses of recent years, yet in quality and probity we admit that our class holds the record in the long and useful ca- reer of the Moundsville High School. However, we congratulate our 39th successor upon its enterprise and up-to- dateness in issuing an annual which no doubt will be a thing of beauty and a joy forever. lt will ever be a remind- er ot many pranks and pleasures which otherwise would be forgotten, Many marvelous memories of '83 would be re- vived by such a publication had the f ustoms of the old century been similar to the new. lilany things of phenom- enal progress have come into being since we received our high school di- plomas, hence why should not progress be manifested in your student body? Perhaps the absence of cinema shows within and auto joy rides with- out in some degree accounts for our in- tense studious natures in that remote period. We admit none of us permit- td over-study to break down our health. indeed for 37 years death passed by our tortunate circle, when Mrs. Cora Park- inson McFadden was the first to be summoned. For a similar period my college class was equally blessed. May l suggest to '22 that you do what '83 failed to do, organize and ar- range frequent meetings and class din- ners so that your present fellowship may be protected throughout the years. l occasionally se-e the lady members of '83, but l have not laid eyes on Dorsey Blake, my sole masculine colleague, since he entered the ministry long ago. All his classmates did not pick him for preacher in '83, but I understand he has made a good one. He could 11ot ither than have made an intelligent ex- positor of the Gospel. My law class likewise scattered to the four winds and eve11 a chain letter cannot get half way around. Keep up tl1e good work and perpetuate the good will which you enjoy in this good year of our Lord, 1922. WM. BURDETTE MATHEWS, Charleston, W. Va.

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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 Uiifteen 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. I had one year 's work in the classic- al course of a college, and completed a course in a business college after tin- ishing at the M. II. S., and yet when I applied for a position live years ago where it was necessary for me to have the equivalent of a high school course, I 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 l.een added and you enjoy a Iligh School Building, which shows how Moundsville have grown and pro- gressezl. In the class of '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 shovvs 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 God's 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 best 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 '22, Editor of Orospolitan on being a class that is thirty times better than mine. Sincerely, VV. M. EVANS.