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

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LEO SHTOCIJFF STELLA PARKER PAUL ERWIN RAYMOND FISHER

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GRACE ROBINSON HAZEL MrKINNKY MAGGIE TRICKETT 1IAICHY ARNETT EDNA STEVENS JEAN RITCHIE

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EVA 8'MMEKg MART HALL THE ENIO As the members of I he Senior class of 1913 were bidding farewell to F. II. S. they were suddenly halted in front of d Imire wall. A heavy pate opened, out of which stepped a white bearded man wearing a dark robe across which was written the word “Experience.” He said: “This, () Senior class of Fairmont High School, is the gate to the world: I am ‘Experience' and before you can enter here you must give an account of your career in this worthy institution.” Then one of our number stepped forth ami handed him a large scroll which he slowly unrolled ami from which he read the following account: “The Freshman year was taken up in establishing our- selves in this new school and in adjusting ourselves to new sur- roundings. The class was filled with an earnest desire to learn. In order to satisfy this desire it was considered necessary to make some great changes in the regulations of the school so an afternoon session was added. “In our second year another change was made for our benefit: domestic science was introduced. In the fall of ’10 we FLOSSIE lfcCULLOUOH SIDNEY SAPPER R HI TORY had our first picnic down the river. Having proved ourselves capable of an undertaking of this kind, we gave a ‘May party’ to the Senior class of 1911, an event long remembered both by that class and by tin- present Senior class, as one of the most enjoyable affairs in the social history of F. II. S. We also de veloped wonderfully this year in art. Every one seemed filled with a desire to beautify the exterior of our dear old school. An example of these artistic efforts can be found still on the front walk of our school. This year we named our class and from this time we have been known as the ‘Hcorge M. Alexan der Class. ’ “Having reached our Junior year and having won the ap- proval of the faculty, we began our work on ‘Maple Leaves.’ This book was the best volume ever published of that widely known book. Other events brought about by the untiring ef- forts of the class of ’13 were the W. J. (ilee Club Concert ami ‘Dialogues from Dickens.’ “The grand climax of our High School career was finally readied when we entered as Seniors. The first of the year was marked by great show of class spirit and not until we mourn-