Victory High School - Optic Yearbook (Clarksburg, WV)

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MILDRED SMITH Columbian Literary Society Basketball. ’20, ’21 Mildred's favorite subject is basketball. Her second favorite subject is basketball. She lias the highest grades as center and forward. English. History, etc., are mere for litjr. She devours the assignments as one partakes of the minor salads at a banquet. Athletics serve as her piece de resistance.” MAJOR IE MARSHALL Columbian Literary Society “Still waters run deep.” Puzzle: where do Marjorie’s interests lie? Is it books, flowers, birds, or beasts? She is a lady of mystery. A prize is offered for Hie solution of the problem, “Who is her beau ideal:?” Extra: Mystery solved. A-belated Senior furnishes the solution. Further scientific evidence secured to prove that opposites attract and similars repel. WALTER PLANT Orphean Choral Club Columbian Society Operetta,''20. ’21, '22 Walt is very business llike anil attends strictly to his work when in class. All of us, of course, have our faults. Walter’s is laughing at his class-mates when they make a mistake. The trade that we prescribe for Walt after graduation is tin-keeping of an ice-cream parlor so that he could satisfy his craving for sundaes. 3i

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EDNA BUSSEY Operetta, 22 Columbian Literary Society Treasurer Orphean Choral Club Treasurer, Girl's Club Debating Club Stenographer, Chronicle, '22 Edna is very dignified and takes pride in walking thru the front door. She can generally he found in the typing room at every spare moment. Since Edna has become assist nt to Mr. Bouic she has been able to satisfy her curiosity for learning what is taking place thruout the entire school. Remember Edna, Silence is golden, speech is silver and sounding timbrels are brass. JOE McKELVEY Operetta, '20 Joseph, alias “Pete, the Class Giant. ’ He pesters the faculty seeking obvious answers to unnecessary questions. Ilis smile is with him wherever he goes. In a few years we expect to see him as the manager of the Odean. CLAUDE WALKER Operetta, '20, '21, '22 ('olumbian Society Orphean Choral Club A lad who is very popular with the fair sex. He is the Caruso in our midst and is sure to be famous some day. We expect to see him at the Robinson Grand in a musical sketch entitled “Mack Senn-ett II and His Famous Bathing Beauties.’’ 30

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EDWARD SMITH Football, ’19, ’20 ' Basketball Reserves, ’20, ’21 Orphean Choral Club Operetta, '22 Question: Who is Ed's girl? Seven or eight we can name who might claim the honor. He is a true philanderer. He can blush. Oh! My! Just blush at most anything. He enjoys typing so well that he is frequently discovered asleep bending over the keys. LUCY HAMILTON Excelsior Literary Society Orphean Choral Club “Jolly, good-natured and full of fun. If you want a good friend here is one. She never tells anyone what her chosen vocation is. But we hope she will become a demure little teacher and help to brighten a classroom. CHARLES GOODWIN Excelsior Literary.Society Chairman, Printing Committee Charles is indeed a princely chap. He never clings around the girls. He is very quiet and abides by the rule that lately he has developed a tendency to be neither seen nor heard. CbmTes arrives exactly one-fifth second before the tardy bell and leaves exactly one-fifth second after 3:15.