Victory High School - Optic Yearbook (Clarksburg, WV)

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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

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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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his Temptation” number. Mr. Powell looked awfully lonely without his Lena, but not so Mr. Ford or Mr. Sullivan who brought their bettrr halves. Bette Lou Haller, Pauline Anderson, and Florence Cox were in keeping with the South American motif with their fetching Rhumba skirts. Helen Brown could well have been tagged as the most gorgeous girl in white. Believe it or not a few boys worte ties! Cute Couples: Helen Flavion and Francis Newbrough, Virginia Nuzum and “Hubby” John, Millie Young and Ray Hurley, Bette Haller and Edwin Poling, Patty Coleman and John Duarte, Madalou Swiger and Don Little, Miss Davisson and brother, John. We were all especially glad to welcome Betty Toothman in for a short visit, to the festivities. BERMAN’S re going to buY if you LAMP Uc sure (o set a lamp that gives you plenty of the right kind of light. This will help you guard against eyestrain and enjoy seeing comfort. To be SURE, choose a lamp wearing the I.E.S. Tag. This badge of honor tells you the lamp is right inside, has everything you want for better light and safe service. MONONGAHELA SYSTEM Jewelry Store 117 South Fourth Street Stores in: CHARLESTON Montgomery, Welch, Oak Hill, Logan, Beckley, Parkersburg CLARKSBURG Diamonds, Watches, Silverware Leather Goods West Virginia’s largest and oldest Kredit Store