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

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Ernest Stutzman, Shelbyville, W. Va. B. S. Pi Kappa Epsilon; Excelsior President, ' 10; Manager Murmurmontis, I2; Athletic Director, ' I0- ' I1; Associate Editor Pharos, ' 1I- I2; Man- ager Lecture Course, ' 12-13 Wesleyan Debating Club. Stutz ' is moslly smile. What isn ' t smile is brain and voice. He is somewhat of an arguer and when he once gets wound up in Logic not even Dr. Milburn can stop him. He is some Chemistry genius and travels through a chemical analysis like a ' six-sixty climbs a one per cent, grade. ' Stutz never misses Y. M. C. A. and to his ability may be attributed the phenomenal success of this year ' s Lecture Course. There is no office of importance in this college that he has not held and in every case he performed his duties in such a way as to bring credit to himself as well as to the school. He is fond of trading and will swap anything he may pos- sess. He is also an agent for every wholesale and retail firm in the United States. With his departure, Wesleyan will lose one of the best fellows that have ever attended school here. Laura Alice Brake, Auburn, W. Va. B. S. Seminary, ' 06; Y. W. C. A.; Assistant Ed- itor Murmurmontis, ' 12; Excelsior. Laura Alice is one of the most cheerful girls in our class. She has a calm expression of sat- isfaction and complete contentment, which she carries around with her everywhere she goes Nothing excites her, not even the terrific outbursts of her teachers. Sfudiousness and industnousness have held her firmly during her college career. She entered Wesleyan in 1903 or thereabouts, but has not been here continuously. None would suspect this quiet girl of being a Senior yet it might be inferred from the fact that she no longer bothers about Physics, Calculus and the like, and makes the practice of combining the prepa- ration of her lessons with a short nap — a most in- fallible test of a Senior. After leaving Wes- leyan, she will instruct the youths of our land. 20

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Homer Clinton Toothman, W. Va. A. B„ B. Ped. Mannington, Mannington High School, ' 05; Fairmont Slate Normal, ' 10; President Excelsior Society; Critic Excelsior Society; Baseball, ' 11, ' 12, ' 13; Captain Baseball. ' 13; Basket Ball, ' 12 and ' 13; Manager Basket Ball, ' 13; Track Team, ' 12 and ' 13; Editor-in-Chief Pharos, ' I2- ' 13; College Correspondent. Sandy is one of the best-natured fellows in school. Upon his entrance here he at once made a host of friends and at the same time entered into the school activities. To enumerate the many honors bestowed upon him would re- quire too much space, but suffice it to say that he was not slighted in this line. His business-like sagacity has aided him very much in fulfilling the tasks assigned him. Besides being an all-round athlete he, too, is an excellent student. He spends his spare time trying to promulgate to Dr. Milburn his philosophic ideas. A jovial fellow is he and one who will be missed when gone. Upon graduation. Sandy will do edu- cational work for a while and, if fame is the reward for persistence, he will surely make a success in after life. Mabel Snodcrass, Buckhannon, W. Va. B. L. Seminary, 07; Normal, ' 12; Associate Editor Pharos, 1I- 12; Treasurer Senior Class; Ex- celsior. She is mo-t fair, this virtuous little maid who first gazed upon this beautiful world in Brax- ton County some twenty summers or more ago, and who came to bless Wesley an with her un- dying sympathy. She is continually doing little kindnesses which most of us leave undone. Who is there among us who has not gone lo Mabel with burdens too heavy to bear, and who has not come away feeling that there is at least one who cares? She is so gentle and so good — The very flowers in the wood Do bless her with their sympathy. Her record is an enviable one. The love and consideration which her fellow students have had for her are shown in the many positions of trust which have been given her. To every duty she has been faithful. Her society, especially, will suffer her loss, for she is a charming and an accomplished reader, and one whose place cannot be easily filled. She is also an honor student. and professors, as well as students, recognize her talents and ability. With the poet, Cowper, well can we say: Graceful and useful all she does. Blessing and blest wherever she goes ; And heaven reflected in her face. 19

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Erma SnoDGR.ass, Buckhannon, W. Va. B. S„ B. Ped. Seminary, 07; Normal, 12; Associate Editor Murmurmonlis, ' II; Secretary Junior Class; Ex- celsior. She is the squares! member of our class, hav- ing been built that way, and, as a square is always an object of neat proportions, so is she. Her broad and friendly smile is given to all in greeting. How many hearts she may bring into subjection if it were not for the habit of tell- ing people just what she thinks, which, by the way, men folks will not stand no matter how forcibly attracted. However, the sweetest rose conceals a few thorns. She is a pedagogue of no mean repute, a good student and has her mind directed toward great literary achievements. The fulfillment of her hopes and the accomplishment of her desires will filll her life to the utmost capacity, she being one of the few women to whom ambition satisfied, means more than the highest dreams of womanhood. Lvlah K.RVDER, Parsons, W. Va. B. S. Academy, ' 08; Y. W. C. A.; Excelsior. This young lady is a most unusual and re- markable specimen of femininity; one that adores mathematics and takes every course offered in it. That she has always put business before pleasure and is more industrious than most of her class- mates may be proved by the fact that she has taught every year while doing her college work. She has always been interested in anything which is for the betterment of the college and has had time to make herself felt in college circles — having done valuable work in the Y. W. C. A. and in the society to which she belongs. She has been in Wesleyan so long that when it was learned that she was really going to graduate, there were some misgivings as to the truth of the statement. Wherever she may go after leaving school she will make many friends and will succeed in whatever vocation she may follow. 21