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

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l X Senior Class ,Prophecy One night as I sat before the fire hearing the rain pattering on the roof and wondering for how many more minutes I could follow the tragic utterances of Hamlet, the melancholy Dane, without falling asleep, I suddenly beheld a startling vision before me. The brightly lighted dance hall of the Mauretania was crowded with men and women in evening dress. As my eyes grew accustomed to the brightness, I began to distinguish faces. A woman richly dressed in a black velvet robe trimmed in ermine and wearing a necklace of priceless rubies, looked amazingly familiar. Could this be the Joy Givens who had attended the M. H, H. S. in the class of '25? Upon closer scrutiny I recognized her beyond a doubt, happening to notice on her finger, a ring of sardonyx and white gold, bearing the letters of M. H. H. S. By her side stood a handsome Frenchman, whom she afterwards introduced to me as her husband, Count Hamburg de Boloni, a great- grandson of Napoleon Boneparte. As we stood chatting, joy asked whether I knew that there were on board three other members of the class of 1925, Ted Mitchell, U. S. Ambassador to the Isle of Pines, and his wife, Margaret Mitchell, formerly Margaret Parker, as well as Rose Garrett and Mary Elliott. Rose Garrett, after serving as a missionary in China for three years, had married an Hawaiian musician, and was now on her way to meet him in Honolulu. Mary Elliott, after a brief career as waitress in a Greek restaurant, had married a mil- lionaire diamond merchant from South Africa, however, the union had proved unhappy. The sensational divorce proceedings filled the newspapers' headlines for weeks. To escape the unwelcome publicity attendant upon her divorce, Mary was now traveling under an assumed name. Before the evening was over I had the pleasure of talking to Ted and of seeing Margaret. The change in Ted was striking. He was dressed in the latest fashion, and spoke in a manner at once distinguished and quiet. After he had passed, Joy told me that Margaret had devoted her life to reforming him, and from my glimpse of him, she had pretty nearly succeeded. VVhile I was searching for a glimpse of the notorious Mary Elliott, the scene changed and I found myself no longer on shipboard, but sud- denly transported to a crowded tent. I was very much astonished to find Lysle George, one of my old schoolmates, who was now a noted evangelist holding a gospel meeting. I decided to listen to my old classmate give his sermon before I would make myself known. After listening to a very oratorical speech, I pushed myself to the front of the tent and made myself known. After talking of old times back at M. H. H. S. for a few moments, he told me there were some other members of the old class present at the meeting. VVe started out in search of the members of the class, and to my Twenty-six

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At the beginning of the year we were very gratified to have our old Sponsor, Miss Mann, again with us. Very soon after the term began, a meeting was called and the following officers elected: Edward Roberts, President, Lysle George, Vice President, Margaret Parker, Secretary, and Edgar Mitchell, Treasurer. At a very early date the class assembled and decided to keep the Red Rose as the class flower, and Maroon and Black as the class colors, As with all Seniors, we had, of course, to buy our class jewelry, so a ring was chosen, and on arriving, proved to be very satisfactory to all, Of course, as soon as possible the class united in presenting the three-act play, entitled, Nothing But the Truth, There seems to be a very good amount of ability in the class, as members were supplied for the Senior plays of '23 and '24. The play as a whole was a great success, and seemed to meet the approval of the public in general. The class furnished the athletic teams with a halfback and two ends in foot- ball, and a center and two forwards in basket ball. All through the four years we have had a very good showing in athletics, furnishing the first football team of the school with several players. So really, you see that, although having a stormy career, we have at last en- tered the home stretch of our high school work. Are we going to stop here? No, we are not, as I said in the beginning, we are Hgreen, but growing. EDWARD ROBERTS, Class Historian Twenty-jizfe

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surprise, found them to be Zella Morton and Clyde Wriston, who had entered upon the sea of matrimony, and he was employed as lumberjack on Little Coal River. Also living in the same community was Kerens Moore, who was employed by the N. 85 W. Railroad section gang. This was because of his great stature and brute strength. To my left I heard a familiar voice discussing the market condition of the price of cheese. Upon closer observationI found it to be another member of the class, Edward Roberts, who, I learned, had started as a dairy- man and had now entered the cheese industry, which was paying good dividends at the present time. As we were leaving there was a terrible noise in a tent at the right of the main tent and upon investigating the cause of the noise I found it to be a nursery carefully managed by George Ballard, who was always eilicient in this line of work while in high school. While talking over old times with my schoolmates the scene changed to a theatre in Washington. After seeing a very fine exhibition of toe dancing by a Hgure which looked very familiar, I decided to look the toe dancer up, and upon being ushered to her apartments, I found it to be Mertie Evans, who later told me that she had been having a very successful career with the Ziegfield Follies. After a brief discussion of old times, she invited me to attend a dinner to be held in her honor. Upon arriving at the banquet hall I was surprised to Hnd among the guests some more of my old classmates. Among those present were Raymond Tissue, a model for Hart, Schaffner and Marx, who was trying to in- terest President Coolidge and some members of his cabinet in buying their new spring attire. Among some of the other persons present were Frances Carter, who had had a brief career in the movies and was now married to the stately George Clark 5 also Elsie Hensley, who was the Hrst woman Senator of West Vir- ginia, and Dorothy Clark, who was taking a brief vacation from Byrn Mawr, where she had been employed as Dean of Women. Last, but not least, was Ruby Montgomery, who is president of a freak automobile novelty concern which is doing a wild-fire business. Suddenly I awoke with a start, and rubbing my eyes, looked wildly about me. The wind was blowing down the chimney in fierce gusts. Could this vision be only a dream? By RAYMOND TISSUE Twenty-seven