West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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v-T r-nr-jir- y.U UA J Ji 1 iL Ui r .% i. AC EARL H. SMITH In iiian - West ' ir jin ' a Cdnimunitics may 1ic fdiiiid members of tlie old gfiiard of Universitv students who are constantly boosting for their Alma ater. One of these is Colonel Earl H. Smith. Fairmont. It is a familiar sayino that during the seasons that West ' irginia University ' s football team was unknown, unsuccessful in winning its games, and unsung, just as, later, when our elevens are noted all over the country, he was a member of that little band who never missed a game, plaved either im the home field or abroad. This does not mean that his loyalty to the arsity was confined to its football activities, for he never lost an opportunity to be of service to the school in e ery manner possible. Colonel Smith loved to do these things because, in 1897 he entered the University. Except, during a period in 18 8, when the .Spanish American War called a number of men in school he was a member of the student body until 1900. During his stay in school lie was a willing worker in all student activities. He assisted in the management of teams in vogue at that time; in college dramatics, and in the affairs of the Cadet Corps. He was not only known by all of his fellow students but by the peojile of the town. Leaving college, Colonel .Smith joined his father who was en- gaged in the newspaper enterprise in Fairmont. He founded the Fairmont Times, one of the best known daily jjapers in the state of West ' irginia; edited its first issue and every other one of that ])aper until he left l- ' airmont in 1917 to enter the Wdild War. After he was discharged from active military duty late in L ' l ' ' , Colonel Smith was engaged to create a department of Public dela- tions for the Monongahela West Penn Public Service Com])any. that huge and ])opular corporation which supplies electric ])o er, lights, and transportatiim to a wide area in West ' irginia, Eastern Ohio and Western Marvland. His assignment was to make friends of the comjiany, its emiilovees and the public. In this enterprise he was highly successful. His company is now noted for the cordiality that now e.xists between it and the people it serves. In public service cor- ])oralion circles of the nation, this c impany stands (JUt as one which has solved the problem of ilealing in a friendly manner with its 1