Victory High School - Optic Yearbook (Clarksburg, WV)

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OPTIC NERVE A couple of kids were whooping it up In the study hall at noon Two jitterbugs sat on the edge of a desk Swinging a ragtime tune; While back by the window in a dazed state Sat that curly-haired “Schlicker” Jess And watching it all with hopeless distress Was the gentleman that’s known as Hess. All of which merely leads up to a bit of philosophising on the part of several seniors who will look back with longing at the study hall hour where Flash Gordon and Superman comics were avidly devoured when teacher wasn’t looking and Shakespeare's MacBeth when he was. While we’re on the subject a philosopher says “We are not what we think we are; we think we are what we think. Well then, if we are what we think we think we are, are we not—or are we? .... You take it from there. . . . Seeing Dorothy Spatafore ambling through the hall Miss Montgomery rushed out of the senior English room, stopped her and wanted to know if Margaret DeFazio were in her locker . . . We’ll admit you can get most anything in these lockers but there is a limit .... Wanda Poling when asked if she had gotten a hair cut replied, “No I washed it and it shrunk” . . . . Arnett Lamb and Freddie Mae Knight will bequeath (reluctantly) their favorite corner in the hall to any hand holders offering the proper qualifications .... John Miller in answering an English examination question in which he was to use the dash correctly wrote “Three dots and a—stand for Victory” .... Mr. Ford justly earned the title of good sport when he stepped into Raymond Sehon’s shoes (Rainbow) at the last minute thus saving the operetta. The show must go on and did very successfully too .... Despite his Dr. Drinkwater role Ray Hurley wasn’t immune to a few stray gems .... likewise Nina Merle Bussey. Christine Cain enjoys going to the Robinson Grand theatre these days .... Leona Westfall is displaying a gorgeous sparkler, we forgot to find out the donor’s name . . . . Wonder why Wilma Himes is interested in West Penn lamps? ? ? DIDJA KNOW? Jane Winters collects love poems .... Madalou Swiger is keeping an itemized account of her proposals .... Mr. Holden is Victory’s poet laureate . . . that David and Elizabeth McGee are no relation to Fibber and Molly .... Editor “George Hoover’s ambition is to model clothes. For whom—midgets? DAFFYNITIONS: Love is the thing which in the spring fills your heart and empties your pocketbook— yeah and your gas tank too. Sweetheart salad—lettuce alone, a favorite with Bob Smith and Leona you know wh . Athlete—a dignified bunch of muscles totally incapable of cutting the grass or spading the garden. Could that refer to any one we know? Fiddle stick—if you pull the blanket up to high your fiddle stick out at the bottom. Branding iron—a hot number, if you don’t believe it ask the cow. Skeleton—a man with his insides out and his outsides off. Glamour boy—one with a car, soon to be a thing of the past.

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VICTORY OPTIC RECEIVES STATE, NATIONAL HONORS First honors in both state and national competition were awarded the VICTORY OPTIC. This is the second consecutive year that it has received both honors. The National Scholastic Press Association sponsored by the University of Minnesota gave the paper a total of 910 points out of a possible 1,000 points. This is the third consecutive year that the OPTIC has received “first honors” in the state competition. Last year 935 to 1000 points had to be earned; this year more than 1110 points. In the state competition scoring was done by the Department of Journalism of West Virginia University under the direction of Dr. P. I. Reed, head of the department. To Teach Government Is Aim of Mountaineer Boy’s State Camp Representing Victory at the seventh annual Mountaineer Boy’s Camp, June 7-13 at Jackson’s Mill, will be Edwin Poling, sponsored by the Clarksburg Elks; Daniel Cole, Lions Club; Denzil Stewart, Kiwanis Club; and Kenneth Nale, Masonic Lodge. During the week they will be citizens of the 49th state of the union. These members will occupy all governmental offices and will learn city, county, and state government through actual practice. Their set-up will be patterned after the West Virginia Code which provides for a House of Delegates, a State Senate, and additional measures made by the Mountaineer Legislature. Approximately forty youth from county schools are expected to report when the camp opens. Clarksburg Dry Cleaner Phone 255 112 Willison St. QUALITY AND SERVICE With Reasonable Prices Pratt Reigns As Queen At May Day Festival Victory’s May Queen, Nina Belle Pratt, reigned over the annual May Day Festival held in the school gymnasium May 1 under the auspices of the sophomore class. Attending the queen was the maid of honor, Leona Smith, and twelve princesses chosen by various clubs in the school. They were Eleanor Whiteman, National Honor Society; Patricia Coleman, Thespians; Rosemary Schetzel, senior class, Amelia Basile, Girls’ Athletic Association; Amelia Young. Red Cross; Betty Wyatt, Varsity; Sara Lopez, Girl Reserves; Mary Jean Gonzales, junior class; Norma Swager, Latin Club; Helen Fla-vion, band; Mary Alice Smith, French Club, and Jeannette Furman, OPTIC STAFF. Jimmy Hutson and Tommy Chrisman were pages, Billy Bracey, crown bearer; Terry Bracey, scepter bearer; Claudette Murphy and Marlene Walker, train bearers; Fern and Frances Petit, flower girls. The theme of the pageant was “America’s Heritage of Song.” Vocal and instrumental music was under the direction of Mr. Charles Taylor and Mr. Orin Ford. Dances by sophomore girls included a military tap by Jean Bow, Marchetta Bayley, and Catherine Moss. Betty Case danced to “Little ’Liza Jane.” A character dance was given to the tune of “The Girl I Left Behind.” The main dance of the evening was the winding of the maypole by Margaret Alvarez. Sara Blanco, Marchetta Bayley, Jean Bow. Betty Case, Bette Suttle, Mary Anastasakis. Phyllis Saccone, Betty Jane Madia, Mary Pal-etto, Sylvia Marozzi, and Geraldine Palma. STAMM’S STORE Call us for quick free delivery Phone 766 1801 Goff Ave. GROCERIES, MEAT, PRODUCE Also SCHOOL SUPPLIES

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Bachelor—one who never finds his ideal girl but has a good time hunting. What say, Mr. Taylor? ? ? Ditto Jimmy Bartley. Miss Davisson, in reply to her somewhat disgusted query as to just why some of her class had taken public speaking received this reply from the deep recesses of the auditorium, “We saw the teacher.” Clarence Grose almost but not quite “put one on” Miss Montgomery the other a. m. See either of them for further details. All we can say is that Clarence must be a supreme optimist to even think he could do it! Monsieur Jacques Le Loup (Jimnvy Sams) is once again in the limelight with his close cropped hair and monocle, to say nothing of his art collection. Congratulations Jimmy for the honorable mention received on your “Unity for Victory.’’ Patty Coleman couldn’t wait for Nature’s paint brush so she weilded one herself, complete with ivory paint. By the way, Patty is terribly fond of the ditty If You Build a Better Mousetrap” .... is that why she’s been staying home nights? Millie Young and her “morale tests” avenged the unfortunates who are forced to undergo periodic I. Q.’s by giving most of the teachers who participated a low mark .... Millie also seems to be having fun at Helen Flavion’s expense these days. Welcome back Helen even for so short a stay. Wonder who Evelyn Phares would like to make a couple at the prom? ? ? John Hardman and Irene Anderson are a cute twosome, so we hear. THINGS WE LIKE AT VICTORY Miss Van Horn’s helpfulness and pleasantness .... Helen Brown’s cheerful chuckle . . . . Mildred Townsend’s beautiful hair .... Lora Insani’s eyes .... Pauline Anderson’s sweet personality .... Robert Posey—just for himself .... Jimmy Lambrow’s sense of humor. 1942 English Lesson—You see a beautiful girl walking down the street, she of course is feminine. If she is singular you are nominative. You walk across to her, changing the verbal, and then you become dative. If she is not objective you become plural, as you walk in and sit down. Her little brother is an indefinite article. You talk of the future; she changes objectives. You kiss her and she becomes possessive. Her father becomes present and you suddenly become a past participle. Betty Case when asked if she’d ever had dancing lessons replied, “Heck no, I’ve been acting silly all my life so I can just do it naturally.” The reason for the question was her “Eliza Jane” number in the May day festival—a killer. Speaking of the May festival, and we were weren’t we, Queen Nina Belle Pratt, her maid-of-honor, Leona Smith and twelve princesses really made the student body proud of their choice. Have you heard this one: Mardon me Padam I’m under the affluence of incohol I fool so feelish Some thinkle peep I’m drunk—do you? Prom Notes: The “Priorities Ball” or the annual Junior-Senior Prom as we fondly called it befor the international struggle became so involved, got off to a fine start despite the abscence of paper hats, whistles, balloons, and punch of former years. Nevertheless gay Latin-American touch of the decorations together with miniature autograph books needed only the music of Frank Shaffer’s band to make May 8 a perfect evening. Jimmy Sams, as usual, left the seniors a last something to remember him by with