Fairmont High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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AUIJNGTOX FLKMINCJ. I n n. STI'AKT l(A ’h IIKKSIIKI. YOST. VIcp I'r» . MAYMI' FOKI . Sfcrdnrjr IIKItKKUT MOKKIS. Treasurer LnriSK U.OYI»

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Our history teacher tells us tluit “Histon is a record of the progress of civilization. ' Anil truly is tin history of tin Senior class of the High School a record of our progress in civilization. Now that we are about to receive our diplo- 11108. the highest reward offered by the Ih sI High School of our state, we feel that we have indeed reached an important epoch in our | regress in civilization. This process has not 1 4 011 altogether easy or pleasant. Vet there have Im oii mam interesting and delightful happenings along the wav. When we entered High School as Freshmen, what little savages we were to lie suie. how greedy we were for high grades. Imw we did tight with Algihra and Latin and yes. Miss Fleming and .Miss Neil. However when we had become the unsophisticated Soph omoies we lagan to notice tin ways of the .Juniors and Sc niois and soon | ut away some of our barbaric mistakes and adopted some i f the customs of (la other classes. As a re suit, that year we gave a Halloween reception to the school. This was our first real introduction to High School life. After that we advanced rapidly and showed great originality. We introduced many new ideas which have made us quite famous. One of these was tin publication, while we were So| Immures of a class annual, which made Mr. Mellee. who was soon to be our principal “sit up and take notice. Then in our .Junior year we were tin wonder of the school. The progress in civilization which we had made was remarkable. “Maple leaves ami Mendiant of Venice Fp-to hate were two ini|M rtant land marks in our onward progress. Hut now we have reached our last year in High School. As the year draw s to a dost and we look back over the first three years of our High School life we realize the progress we have made. We have had many struggles and even tights hut they have been tin struggles and tights of dignified Se- niors. of those who had convictions ami opinions of their own. and who were ready, like their forefathers to die for them. Harly in the year we organized a (‘ivies club, the first organization of the kind attended by any class in High School. It has given us InuIi instruction and pleasure ami we are a worthy example for the other classes to follow. Another one of our original enterprises was the pur- chasing of a class pi'iiant by each member of the class. We also presented the school with a bust of Longfellow, which has been greatly admired by all who have s 4 n it. It is a worthy addition to tin school. Another event in our career which means a great deal to us is that we sent four representatives, besides the track team, to Morgantown, to try for tin prizes and scholarships offered by tin West Virginia I’niversity. and we are proud to say that two of our number took first honors and one second hour. Hut now we an ready to leave High School. We leave it with both regret and happiness, because our life as High School students has lx en a happy one. We wish the Fairmont High School a glorious future and sincerely ho|s that the M. M. Neely class of 11111. will bring only fame and glory to its honored and esteemed spons4»r and to its Alma Mater.

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