Fairmont State University - Mound Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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SENIOR SHORT COURSE CLASS Class Motto: Do the best you can with what you ha] you are. Class Flower: Maize and Blue. Class Flower: The Margariie. Class Officers: Faculty Adviser E. L. Lively President Lucille Hamilton Vice President Kate Leaman Secretary and Treasurer Ida Smith Class Poet Lucille Hamilton Class Historian Beatrice Hall Class Roll: Lenore Berry Opal Findley Lacy Neva Gardiner Lucile Hamilton Beatrice Hall Mary Margaret Hess Ethel Mary Heston Wyatt, W. Va. Gem, W. Va. Paden City, W. Va. Fairmont, W. Va. Fairmont, W. Va. Wyatt, W. Va. Opekiska, W. Va. Kate Leaman Emma Milstead Elizabeth Post Susan Queen Iva Jean Rominc Ida Smith Ruth Weaver Marjorie V. Lynn Benton ' s Ferry, W. Va. Ada Wagner Fairmont, W. Va. Clarksburg, W. Va. Baxter, W. Va. Clarksburg, W. Va. Clarksburg, W. Va. Fairmont, W. Va. Fairview, W. Va. Grafton, W. Va. CLASS SONG (To tune of Rock-a-bye your baby with a Dixie Melody. ) We ' re the Short Course Seniors of the Fairmont Normal School. We ' re steadfast, always pass. And we never break a rule. With Maize and Blue our colors true, What else but good things could we do? We ' ve got some good class spirit, And then our motto: Why — you just should hear it! Full of song and full of pep, we ' re glad The whole day thru; And when we work never shirk, no matter what we do. There is no other class that stands above her. The Senior Short Course Class — Oh, how we love her! Three cheers for the class of nineteen Of the Fairmont Normal School. W. Lucille Hamilton, ' 19.

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CLASS HISTORY Hep, Hep, Forward March. In the fall of nine-teen-eighteen, twenty-two bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked maidens enlisted as privates in the famous Senior Short Course Regiment which is stationed at the Fairmont Normal School. Soon they were organized with Captain Lively at the head, who has led them thru one year of hard training, which has enabled them to become strong and capable of teaching others how to win the battles of life. Lieutenant White has aided them in overcoming their three great enemies, Principles of Teach- ing, Principles of Education, and School Management. Under the direction of Sergeant Johnson they have received the methods of dealing with these enemies. Corporal Ice has inflicted upon them just punishment when they became unruly or disobeyed the rules of the camp. Do not th ink that the Senior Short Course Regiment has no time for social enjoyment, for they do. Early in the year they organized a Literary Society which met once every two weeks in Lyceum Hall. A special program was given, followed by a social hour, and refreshments and announcements by Captain Lively. Another event was a party given by the officers of the Regiment on the evening of February 27th. All the members and officers of the regiment and their friends were present, also officers from other regiments in the same camp. The soldiers of the Senior Short Course Regiment are looking forward to receiving their honorable discharges in June. They hope that after they are gone from the Fairmont State Normal School Camp, Captain Lively and all other officials will think of them as having been one of the bravest and best regiments that was ever stationed at the Fairmont State Normal School Camp. Beatrice Hall, Class Historian. THE PLANTING OF A TREE It stands there on the sloping hillside, just below the driveway that leads to the Normal School, and just above the street. It is the emblem of a splendid Class which will soon be gone, but not forgotten. As we placed it there on the fifth of May, and as each member of the class carefully put a shovel of soil over its sturdy roots, our Class President gave an inspiring little talk. When the last shovel of soil was placed, the clouds above opened and rain poured down upon our little tree. The brown branches glistened with raindrops. We felt that He, too, was with us in the planting of our tree. We thought of the future years when we should return and find the tree we had planted, sway- ing in the breeze, a scarlet thing of beauty, furnishing a snug home for the feathered folk and a wel- come shade for the dusty wayfarer. Although it will not be as sturdy as the oak, or as graceful as the willow, it will be a tree of marked beauty. It is a species of the Norway Maple, which is grown so extensively in Europe. It sometimes reaches the height of one hundred feet, and has a round spreading head. It is used extensively as a shade tree. In the years to come it will be very attractive, a scarlet spot against a green hillside, for unlike most trees its foliage is strongly tinged with red. Even as I write this, a few weeks after the planting, tiny red buds are beginning to appear on its brown branches. It is the sincere wish of the Short Course Class, that our little tree will not only serve to beautify the grounds on which the New Normal is placed, but that it may serve to inspire, to give joy and com- fort to all those who may pass its way. We hope that we, the Short Course Class, will be as quick to answer the call of service as our maple tree. May we give comfort and pleasure and inspiration to those about us and spread our branches forth and give to the hungry world the joy for which it thirsts, even as the little tree beautifies the grounds, gives shade to the weary traveler and a home for the friendly birds. Long Live Our Short Course Tree! Thirteen