Parsons High School - Panther Yearbook (Parsons, WV)

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THE BLACK ARROW 1928 IMIIIIIIIIIUIIIIMIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIMIIHIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIMIIMMIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIHIIIII till IIIIIMIMHIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIUIHIIIIHIIIIMHIIIIIMMIIIIIIMII till IIIIIIIIMMIMIMUIIIIMMIMIIIIIIMIIIIIIItllMIIIMIMIIIMIIIIMIIIIIIIIHtllllllllllllllll to cover the cost of a new building. There was a great deal of feeling over this election, and there was also a great deal of spirited campaigning on both sides of the question. When election day came nearly every person of voting age voted and the result was that the Board of Education was authorized to issue bonds to the amount of thirty-five thousand dollars. The bonds were to sell at two hundred and fifty dollars cash and were to bear five per cent interest. Now there came another dispute. Who was to get the contract for designing the building.1’ This was one of the main points discussed at all the Board meetings and finally Holmboe if Lafferty of Fairmont were decided on to draw up plans and in 19H the work on the building was actually started. Everything progressed very nicely and in a short time the building was completed and ready for occupancy. This building, when completed, contained eight regular class rooms, two laboratories, a Manual training shop, a large auditorium and library. Later, a cooking laboratory was outfitted and Parsons High School was ready to take her place among the other High Schools of West Virginia. To one who graduated when the High School was first organized there would be a great contrast if they should enter it now. Whereas, there were only twelve mem bers in the first class there are now nearly 400 in the Junior and Senior High School. Provisions are made for the transportation of students from Hendricks. Hambleton and Porterwood. At first there was only a one horse hack that wouldn't haul many at a time and now there is a bus that easily conveys several students. There are two literary societies giving regular programs under the supervision of the English teachers. There are more and better books in the library now and the faculty has been in- creased to twelve members. Where the first students were housed in a section of the old grade school building, now there is a modern, well lighted and heated brick building which is used, in place of the old grade school building. page six

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1 9 2 8 THE BLACK ARROW HISTORY OF PARSONS HIGH SCHOOL Parsons High School was first inaugurated in 1 909. At that time it was indeed very crude compared to our present day school of over 250 students. During the first few years the students were taught in conjunction with the eighth grade. The classes were conducted in what is now known as The Old School Building The first regular High School work, the 9th grade, was taught in 1909-1910 under the super- vision of H. W. Auvil. The next year Mr. Auvil and his assistant added the 10th grade to the school. From 1911 to 1914 Mr. P. E. King was principal. During the first two years of his administration the 11th and 12th grades were added and the first four-year class was graduated in the spring of 1913. Since that time a complete high school course has been offered and the enrollment has steadily increased. In 1912 there was a great deal of sentiment in favor of the erection of a modern High School building and for adding the needed courses to our High School. This idea was talked up and a very spirited dispute arose as to whether or not we should have a new building. The question was finally referred to the people in a special election. In this election there was also the question as to whether or not bonds should be issued page five

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19 2 8 THE BLACK ARROW ... mi...•inn................... ran.. . HIGH SCHOOL SONG On the banks of our dear old Cheat River, Stands a noble shrine we all hold dear, And we’ll stand united for her ever She will stand the storms you need not fear, Some of her Alumni now are famous You will find them scattered here and there, And their work seems lighter, And their days more brighter. Hurrah for Parsons High! Chorus Come on ye old grads, raise the song, Parsons High. Parsons High, And let our love to her be true. We love her for the lives that she can mold, she can mold. We'll ever stand for the Purple and Gold, Her team is always there with victory, victory. And we will pledge her loyalty. Dear Parsons High School We re always for you To you old High we ll ever be true. You and 1 as students in this High School Labor and obey the golden rule, We are proud of all her noble classes, From the Freshmen to the Seniors true. And we'll stand behind her in athletics, The fame of her societies hold high. She's our Alma Mater. We'll love her now and later— Hurrah for Parsons High! BOARD OF EDUCATION George W. Higgs, President D. J. Parsons, Com. Dr. F. S. Holsberry. Com. Hubert Lake. Secretary Parsons, W. Va. Hambleton. W. Va. Parsons. W. Va. Parsons, W. Va. page seven