Minerva High School - Annual Yearbook (Minerva, KY)

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Class History. 1913 the present school year approaches us. I Then will the nClass of 1913, be disband- ed, there will its aspirations, achieve- ments, desires and realizations as well.as its reverses as recorded in the history of the school and chronicled and cherished in the hearts of its members, he only a memory. It is the thought then that we must hie away, uTomorrow to fresh fields and pastures new, recurring daily with additional stress that stim- ulates us instinctively to indulge in retrospection and encourages us to ponder a while over the tablets of memory whereon our history is inscribed. Scanning these reminiscences somewhat wistfully it seems we find that the oldest of us in point of attendance en- tered Minerva College, as it was then designated, in 1902. This was before the era of musical and drawing instructions, and prior to the introduction of many of the improvements with Which we are now blessed. The entire building at that time consisted of merely the old brick structure, containing three rooms, which was erected some fifty years before. We spent our allotted time in each of the departments of the old school, gaining in proportion as we applied ourselves. When in 1910, after the old building had proven en- t Page seventeen :I' tirely inadequate to the needs of an ever-increasing student body, the commodious new wing was added, we were in the group assigned to occupy it. In 1904, the introduction of the Musical Depart- ment gave to those of the class possessing musical talent an exceptional opportunity to develop and en- hance their natural abilities. In 1911, the singing and Art Departments were instituted, the former under the eflicient supervision of Miss Small, the latter ably directed by Mrs. Norris. The heads of each of these divisions have, accord- ing to their own statements, discovered in the school and especially in the Senior Class talents of great promise. From its inception, in 1910, the Athletic Associa- tion has always found in the Seniors firm supporters. Many of its star players have been recruited from it. Likewise has this class been the moving spirit in the literary organizations, and assumed as well the prom- inent part in the school entertainments. The personnel of the class has, owing to many ad- ditions to and depletions from it, varied widely during its history. We new number ten happy enthusiastic tstudents. We are prepared to receive the formal ack- nowledgements of our completion of the curriculum of Minerva and are anxious to widen our scope of learn-

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MAE WARDER WALLINGFORD. $1 perfect woman, azobly plmmcrl To warn. to comfort and command. Nothing less than Wordsworth's matchless couplet can depict the virtues of our Maef' whose brilliancy of intellect and genial spirit has gone far toward making our school days the happy never-to-be-forgotten ones they were. NELLIE WORTHINGTON. So hm-mu, blithe and debmmir? One of the brightest, must attractive, and interesting mem be-rs of the class. She is gifted with intelligence, blessed with male human sympathies and graced with a gentle engaging; man- ner. We prophesy with the utmost confidence that' in days to come,' whenever a list of the alumni of the grand old school ' complled, Nellie's shall stand second to none. 15 I Page sixteenl

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ing either in college halls or commercial pursuits. We have gained that knowledge which will tend to make us more desirable companions, more intelligent citizens and far more faithful alumni of the old school, trust- ing all the while that a strict observance of the prin- ciple infused into us may inhuence a kindly prov- idence to mete out to us, in after life, the same gen- erous measure of happiness With which she has so lav- ishly blessed us in our school days at Minerva. For our school life has certainly been memorably pleasant in every way, and I am sure that if any of us were AH 15 Vanity asked to epitomize in a word his collegiate experiences, they would unhesitatingly answer pleasurable. And so I doubt not but that in after years, when in retro- spective moments we gently touch With the fingers of recollection the keys of that great instrument, the Past, the notes whose harmonies shall sweeter sound and longer to cheer us as to the days gone by and inspire us as to those to come, shall be the ones which correspond to the days we spent in the springtime of our lives as members of the Class of '13 down at Old Minerva High School. Burning Midnight Oil c0 1: Page eighteen l