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

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 THINGS AS THEY AIN'T. Ten minutes after the last Ron had rung. I rushed madly up the steps of I . H. S. and dashed into the cloakroom. hen I decided that as long as I was ten minutes late I would look into the mirror to sec if 1 was presentable. I found Miss Oldham at the mirror fixing up. so I asked her for her powder puff and lipstick. Mire, she said. Go ahead and use them. Here, wait a minute and I’ll darken your eyebrows with this cvebrow pencil.' “Thanks awfully. I said, going out the door. Then I went upstairs to my Latin class Miss Hartley met me at the door and said: I beg your pardon for beginning class before you came, but'they were st» eager to get to work that I couldn't re- strain them. I told her not to let it hap] en again, and then I took my seat. George,” said Miss Hartley, will you write this trans- lation on the board? Well. Miss Hartley. I would like to awfully well, but I sprained mv foot on the gym floor last night, and I am afraid I might hurt it if I were to go to the board. That is perfectly all right. George, and I am very sorry „ about your foot. It isn’t very important the translation. I mean.” When I told Miss Hartley I didn't have my lesson be- cause I had gone to a party the night before, she said she was glad that I cou’d get social as well as mental develop- ment. When the study bell rang she excused the class. ia as she didn’t know any more about the lesson, and so 1 went to the library. Just as I opened the door 1 heard Miss Reed cry out: “Oh. everybody come see the organ grinder and the monkey.” We all rushed to the windows and had lots of fun watch- ing the monkey. Some of the boys wanted to finish getting their references, but Miss Reed said they would be wasting their time, and besides she couldn't help them because the monkey was so attractive. As the classes were changing Mr. Colebank stopped one of the boys in the ball and asked him for a match, as he wished to smoke, lie asked the boys whv they weren’t smoking, and advised them to do so. ”In geometry we learned one new proposition, and Mr. Kahn said. I am afraid you people have been thinking too I a-d in learning this theorem and so you may do anvthing you like as recreation.” Most of the boys went outside and played ball, and we girls sat on the steps of the boys’ entrance. Miss Oldham cal ed from out the window, and said that we might go down on the campus if we wanted to. So we borrowed a little wagon from a little boy. and pulled each other around on the campus. Finally the bell rang and I decided I would go to Vergil class with some of the girls. Miss Xecl was all dolled up in French heeled pumps, a stylish narrow skirt, a thin georgette waist, and her hair looked perfectly stunning arranged in puffs over her ears. We didn’t have a very good time because Miss Xeel insisted that wc learn a new dance step. The victrola was in her

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 I K J. HAWKINS. Manual Training. CORA E. KINCAID. Ohio State University, Fairmont State Normal School. Mathematic . E. M. MUSGRAVE. B. Sc. Agr. Agric ulture. Marahall College. Weit Vugmia University. MARY LOUISE OLDHAM IZA M. NEAL. A.B. T. C. MOORE. Wellesley. Studied Abroad. Went Virginia University. Fairmont Normal. Columbia University. Business College. French Summer School. Bunin» Island. French, Latin. 14

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room and she said she hated to lose the “swell opportunity to practice that new step.” When I came back that afternoon, 1 went into the study hall. Mr. Colcbank said we might use the moving picture machine, and he said we could use any film we wanted. So during the first period that afternoon I saw a Douglas Fair- banks film. After riding up in the elevator 1 was put off in the attic, where reposes the quiet and peaceful (?) 2 05 history class. Miss Wedding told us that she knew everybody had their lesson, so she read us two or three chapters of “Dear Mablc.' that we might become acquainted with the modern tactics of warfare. Then we were honored by an extemporaneous debate “Resolved that no high school boy should spend two hours in the office studying after school. ' Affirmative—John Trach. and negative—Seldon Dean. We came out of history after spending an hilarious hour, and lead by Miss Hartley. Miss Oldham and Miss Frost, we slid down the banister to the three ten Junior English class. Hey you kids hurry up and get to your seats because I can't count noses until 1 do.” said Miss Cockayne. For craps sake. said Norman Cunningham. I can’t get this blamed Autocrat at the supper table!” Goodnight! Ilow do you expect anybody to get it the way the old guy raves on?”. I said. You young reprobates ought to be knocked out for using such ruff stuff in Junior English, said Miss Cockayne. Oh hang sorrow, care killed a cat.” replied Violette Mc- Closkev. We hung on to the Autocrat until Miss Cockayne was crying about the humor which no one else could see, and when the bell rang we found some one had locked the door. But that didn’t bother us any because we could climb out the window. I don’t know how to end this. 1 suppose I should say This was the end of a perfect (?) day. Mary Bennett, ’20. ia