Parsons High School - Panther Yearbook (Parsons, WV)

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THE BLACK A RROW 23 Class History In the fall of 1923. we the Senior Class of 1927 entered the High School as Freshmen. So puffed up were we over our promotion from the grades that we felt very important indeed. But we now apologize to our teachers and classmates for the way in which we first entered the school. As Freshmen we followed the custom of other classes and were very soon organized, elected our President. Vice President. Secretary and Treasurer, and soon took our places beside the Seniors. But we found that their “pace” was too strenuous for youth and inexperience. In spite of all our inefficiencies the end of the school year found us promoted to the ranks of Sophomores. During this stage in life we realized as never before or since our unim- portance. Not for love nor money would we have traded places with the Seniors. We took a regular part in all the school activities and in our minds, the school could not have been run that year without our help. Our hat size increased from six and three-fourths to seven and one-eighth, in our minds at least. But High School students outgrow all such stages and you must re- member we were all still human. In the fall of 1925 we came back to the school as Juniors and began to realize for the first time that we were probably no better than anybody else, We now began to look down on the Sophomores and almost despised them for the manner in which we saw them carry on their work, at the same time forgetting that we probably were worse when we were Sophomores. As Juniors we elected Carl Lipscomb as our Class President and upon his and the other officers shoulders we placed our responsibilities. Covering our- selves with the robe of carefree and happy-go-lucky ways, we sought for our- selves the avoidance of all work and responsibilities, and letting the world take the kind of course it could best travel without any of our exertions. Occasionally the teachers gave us a jolt and stirred us up to a period of activity. Just to show the Seniors we were still “there with the goods we challenged them to a game of baseball and of course, no Senior Class will let a challenge like that pass from a group of Juniors. The game was played. The Seniors said it was an accident but. at any rate, we won and to show them it was no accident, we beat them the second game. During our Junior year, we followed the custom set by other Junior classes and gave the Seniors a banquet. This was the greatest event of our entire school life. It cost us quite a bit of trouble as well as some money, but we comforted ourselves with the thought that the next year would be our turn to be the guests of the Juniors. In the fall of 1926. we came back to school, entered the center door and with slow and dignified steps ascended the stairs to the old familiar “study hall We were now a much diminished and wiser group, our sixty Freshmen now numbered but forty Seniors. Mr. Rice became our Class Adviser, and we entered upon the last lap of our High School educational run. Of course, we were now the leading class in school and all the other classes began to look up to us as examples. Without any hesitation, we assumed the responsibility of leading the school.

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THE BLACK ARROW 22 NELLE PRICE (Curly) A. A. A. Club '27: Dramatic Club '27. Corinthian. Life's but a span. 1 enjoy every inch of it. JUNIOR STALNAKE.R (Hornet) Track '25, '26, '27: Football '26. '27: Basketball '27: A. A. Club: Bachelor Club '27: President of Corinthian Literary Society '27. None but himself can be his parallel. JOHN SCHWARTZ (Bus) Football '24. '25. '26. '77; Basketball '25. '27: Hiawaiian Club '27: Glee Club '25. '26, '27: President Columbian l.iterary Society '27. Out for athletics, music and fun: He helped a lot in the games we won. KENNETH MINEAR (Kennie) Echo Staff '26: Orchestra '27; Dramatic Club '27. Columbian. Where deep talk and wisdom is due. He is always called upon to give his view.” JEAN DICKSON (Dudy) Hiawaiian Club '27: Rinky Dinks Club '27; Vice President Corinthian Literary So- ciety. Ever in checrfulest mood thou art.” CLARA BALL H. W. AUVIL

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24 THE BLACK ARROW Our Senior year has been the most interesting period of our High School life, in class organization, daily studies and plans for graduation. During the past four years, we have changed from the careless Freshmen to loyal students, full of pep” and enthusiasm, ready to do anything to improve our beloved High School. We hope we have been a class that is worth being followed by others. During our High School life, we have been active in music, athle- tics, and literary work, possibly more active than classes usually are. but gen- erally speaking we have never shirked from our call to help, but did all that was assigned to us. Every day brought new excitement. First, our class was organized. Wilbur Minear was elected as President: Turner Shrout as Vice President: and Donna Teter. Secretary and Treasurer. Our class colors are Old Rose and Gray, our class flower, the Rose and our motto Jog On'. Next came our rings and of course we are just as proud of them as any class that ever graduated from High School. Now. with our full sixteen credits we feel that we are entitled to the reward which we have worked so hard these past four years. We have had a very enjoyable time during our High School period and now as we stand ready to receive our High School diplomas we are proud of our achievements and deep down in our hearts we will always remember Parsons High School. Class Will We, the Senior Class of Parsons High School being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make and publish this, our last will and testament, thereby making all previous wills null and void. Realizing that high school love affairs are a great destruction to the students so afflicted, and equally a great annoyance to the teachers, parents and all others concerned, we hereby will and bequeath all our love affairs of various stages to the inhabitants of the Island of Guam, thereby relieving the romantic and susceptible Juniors from one of the greatest barriers to obtaining an edu- cation. Another evidence of our generosity to the other classes is shown in the fact that we not only bequeath away from them the wouldbe hinderances but carefully leave each class what they appear to lack. For example, the Senior Class of '27 has many able writers, among it’s distinguished members as Donna Teter. Ruth Parsons. Teddy Waggy. We hereby solemnly will to the Sopho- more Class our brilliant accomplishments in that field. We suggest that Bert Summerville specialize in writing love stories so that when he eventually meets the right girl he will know how to propose to her in really up-to-date civilized manner instead of the caveman style he would otherwise employ. We. the Seniors of '27 do will and bequeath the extra curricular period to our beloved principal, Mr. Rice, for his exclusive use and enjoyment. Wilbur Minear. Paul Senior and John Schwartz, having led the Seniors to the heights of victory and defeat in athletics for the past four years leave their combined brawn to Harry Phillips that he in time may become too large to be spanked by the teacher. The Ukelele Four, having passed the amateur stage in that type of music, wish to leave their surplus ability along with their straw costumes to Ruth Schwartz. Alma Corrick. Mabel Johnson and Eugenia Hickman.