Mount Hope High School - Mons Spei Yearbook (Mount Hope, WV)

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Golden Memories Dedicated lo Class Qf 'Zi- Do you remember that drowsy May afternoon, when the warm Spring sun- shine came Howing in the Study Hall in golden floods on the second floor of old M. H. H. S.? Remember? And when wc were trying to keep awake and show a little interest in Henderson and NTcPherson,s Chemistry, or some goofy Biology question like, VVhat is the difference between an amobea and a tadpole? 'i Or, On which end should a Hshing worm wear a hat? And how you finally gave up and sleepily resigned yourself to listening to the monotonous buzzing of a big burly fly that was penned in one of the window sills? And to drowsily giving the bust of james W'hitcomb Riley the once over and wondering vaguely if he was ever in a similar situationg and how, after what seemed an aeon at the very least, your three o'clock study period Hnally came to a sleepy end? And do you remember how the yard looked on that morning in early November when the air was steel-blue with the smoke of burning woodlands nearby, and their pungent aroma gave true harbinger of autumn? Or the January morning when a newly fallen snow made of the yard a frozen paradise of soft white beauty, and the bitter wind sweeping across the streets and yards, which turned your breath to frosted vapor and quickened your steps? To reach the welcome warmth of the schoolhouse, or the slushy days when you gazed at each new pair of galoshes with fresh amazement, wondering how in the dickens they could ever keep them on, let alone walk in them? And do you remember that hysterical day when the football demons of HOld Gold and Blue met Oak Hill and made gridiron history by tying the bewildered Big Red and Black to the soul-satisfying tune of O-0, or the equally hysterical night in the Gym when, before a crowd that liowled its frenzied approval, Mount Hope's basket ball five played boisterous host to East Bank's highly tauted team, and knocked them for a row of non-renllable bucketsg and also the night Old Gold and Blue lost a double-header to the fast Montgomery quintette? And do you remember the few dances and parties given at the Armory, and at the girls' homes? And do you remember how you felt when a good-looking girl asked you to dance for the first time? And oh! do you remember the spring picnics, the hay rides, and the wienie roasts? Also, do you remember what a pathetically bewildered F reshie you were when you Hrst registered in M. H. H. S. four years ago? And shall you ever forget the splendid friendships, the glorious times, the treasured scenes, that must for always make your High School days at Mount Hope High a precious thing of golden dreams? By TED MITCHELL Twenty-three 1

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LYSLE GEORGE EIOUNT HOPE Excelsior, Orchestra, '24, '25, Hi-YQ Foot- ball, '22, '23, '24g Basket Ball, '23, '24, '25 Fm quite sure I am correct. MARY ELLIOTT KILSYTH Excelsior, MONS SPEI Staff, Costume Di- rector Senior Play Honor comes by diligence. FRANCES CARTER MOUNT HOPE Excelsior, Editor-in-Chief MONS SPEI, Alpha Omega, Basket Ball, '23, '24, '25, Senior Play 'Tis love of right that keeps the good from wrong. OY GIVENS J MARGARET PARKER MERTIE EVANS MOUNT HOPE DORIS FOREST Peerless, Secretary Senior Class, Basket WILMA RODGERS Ball, '23, 24,' 2og MONs SPEI Staff, Twenty-two Vice President Alpha Omega U Why worry? Worry never won anything.

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Senior Class History In September, 1921, there entered into the study hall of the Mount Hope High School the greenest bunch of Freshmen that history has record of. In fact, they were green to the extent that the people living nearby were forced to keep their cattle under lock and key for several days to save the said students from being devoured for green foliage late in appearing. But, did you ever think that when a thing of life is green, it is not dead or dormant, but growing? So it was with the present class of '25, VVe started over against the wall of the assembly hall, and from that time we have never as yet changed, but we are still green, but growing. The class started the year with about forty enrolled. A few days after school routine had begun our class ofhcer, Miss Charlotte E, Kehm, was chosen. Grady Toney was elected President of the class, and led it through one of its most suc- cessful years. The next September we started out with a surplus amount of vim and vigor over the idea of being Sophs, However, the school adopted the new plan known as the six-three-three plan, throwing us again the lower class in high school, and again having to take the knocks of the Seniors, which were given to us for hark lessons assigned to them by the faculty. This year we had the pleasure of being under the guidance of Miss Lucy Baker, who was appointed Class Officer. Edward Roberts was elected to the executive position of President. During this year we were very fortunate in having some of the Freshmen of Glen jean in our midst, This was a great addition to the class, although we had lost a great many faces familiar in our classrooms. In nineteen hundred and twenty-three we were juniors. Although few in num- ber compared to our previous strength, we all know the old saying that 'fprecious gems come in small packages. Miss Dorothy Mann was elected as Class Sponsor, and in the position of President we had a very capable man. Raymond E. Tissue served in the above position so well that during this year there were more junior activities than we had had in the earlier classes of school. So, with the brief outline above of the history of the class, we can proceed with the Senior year. This year we entered school with a roll of only twenty-three. On account of the lack of a Normal course, some of our most valuable members were forced to attend school at other places in order to get this work. As is true of any class, we always lose a few at the end of the first couple of weeks. So by the time of the ending of the first semester we boast of the number of seventeen. T wenty-four