West Virginia Wesleyan College - Murmurmontis Yearbook (Buckhannon, WV)

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Come one and all and you shall hear The grandest story of all one year. Of the famous class of Nineteen-ten, The greatest class that has ever been: Of deeds in past and deeds to (ome. Of deeds surjiassed !iy deeds of none. Tu yivf :i ruiuplete ai ' ciuuit (li tlii ' jjast ai-i-miiplish- raents of this class would he to write many xoluiiu ' s. To foretell its future deeds would till many mni-i-. Sn we must be content witli a slinit sinumai ' y. For the last six years West Virginia Wesleyan has been favored by the presence of the class of Nineteen Ten. Xo one can deny tluit we have been instrumental in hi ' apinsj; many Ikiuot ' s upon our rolli ' L; ' e. Think of the t;i- ' ' at footliall ;-ames that ha e been won by the ilarini; bravery and indomitable cinirase of ' ISnbby. lie has also proved himself efficient in other lines. While presi- dent of till ' V. .M. I ' . . . he dill iireat ami ycod vi rk. Whi ' n actio;; ' as yell master the i-urinus movements of his small imiiith, tln ' im-lodious sonnd of bis delicate voici ' . and the graceful gestures nf his anthropological corpus blended tog;ether in inakiug us vi ' ll till the very heavens seemed to shake and the i ' numlatious of the eai ' tb did totter. Our chapel services ai ' a perfect drag when he is ncit there to sing bass. Kvcrybody has beard of the gi ' eat efliciency with which Shorty Pickens has covered seconil base on the baseball field. We could also tell of his great oratory, especially in extemporaneous speaking. Had his attcntiiui been devoted entirely to school work, (he has a girl), wi would havi ' sei ' ii inncli gi-eatcr things out of him during his I ' ollege career. Next comes delibci-ative and easy-going Warner. How he courteil and married him a wife, taught two terms of school and did six years of college work all in five years is a problem for the deepest of thinkers. Yet he has always been ai ' tive in all the social ftuictions of the schoni and never flunked once. All tiicse things he has ih.nc in his own i|uiet unassuming way. Ves. thi ' re is .Moon. Were be as bright as liis name signities he- wmibl make a fine watch charm. As it is he charms no one. Still this man has a great history. AVould that we only had the time to tell it. When we attempt such a task we are smitten with emptiness of words. We would not forget our elder brother Professor Cornwell. This intellectual giant has spent thirty-seven snccessfid years teaching school, ami at present is superin- temlent of the public sidiool .if this city, lie is generally acknowledged tu be th. ' best aoil strongest man that has e i-)- belli this position. After casting about fiO ' nnuiy years he has ciune to the conclusion that Wesleyan is the Cnllcge of Colleges, and that ' 10 is the class of classes. So he has wisely decided to cast bis lot with us. Last and greatest of all we are delighted to say some- thing about iliss Merrells. She is an excellent student, has shown her ability as teacher of •■ Preps ' ' in our col- lege, and is generally acknowledged to b |ual to the iicca.sion. Kven though she be of the gentler sex she has won great laurels as a luiblic speaker. In the great oratorical contest, held at . lt. Lake Park in the summer of .Xinctcen Xine, she put to shauie s ich great orators as . spinall. Steyer and Wise, and held a clo.se seconil to Professor P.ender, the gi-eat orator and lec- turer of Garrett Cotuity. Maryland. With these facts at hand and a personal acciuaintance with the individuals coneiM-ned. it takes no great prophet to foretell their future career.

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Coldi-s I ' liriili- .iiiil Cl-riliil. Motlu : :t] £]jin i ni n y nUiiv W. Roberts Denver ( ' . Piekc Officers. I ' lvsiileiil Minnie .l,-ine .Mern-lls .Viee Presiili ' iil ha Lee Wiirner. . . . . Seerctary .Treasurer 28

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MINNIE JANE MERRELLS, A. B. Minnie Jane. Miimir .Jiiiir ilrrrclls is tU ' i-idcdly Knylish. She was liorn at Stockton-on-Tees, England, sometime durino; the latter half of the Xineteentli Centllfv. l a (ii ' ed hy the i;ods and led liy a |iro|iitiiiiis fate she eame to Aiiierii-a. and heeame tlie only feminine memher of tlie ehiss of lillO. She entered Wesleyan in tlie Spring of 1904. graduated in the Seminary class of 1007, and has long heen a main- stay in Vesleyan s collegiate circles. Jliss Merrells takes with her this year her degree A. B.. and the l)est wishes of the college for snec-e.ss in her chosen profession. 30