Potomac State College - Catamount Yearbook (Keyser, WV)

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This section of West Virginia was once roamed through by the Delawares, and it is through them that this legendary tale has been handed down from generation to generation. He-Who-Holds-the-Earth fthe Sleyj being jealous of his wife, Daylight, tore a hole in the vault of heaven and pushed her through. it so happened that she had a child, and down, down, down she tumbled with her baby daughter on her bacle. in mid-air she was caught by the waterbirds who waited her to a gentle landing on the bacliz of the Tortoise, whose bacle had been covered with earth by the Muslzrat. Un Earth the daughter grew to womanhood and from her mating with the Wind, gave birth to two sons-the Life God and the Winter-maker. The chiefs of the Delawares were all descended from the Life God and that all might know of their descent, a Tortoise was tatooed in azure on their breast. Thus the seal of the tribe became a distinctive emblem. Embodying their ideals, all institutions of learning have seals, even as tribes ol the times long spent, The seals oi today, as those of yester- day, must therefore be distinctive and symbolic. And of the seal ol Potomac State this holds true. During the school year 1924-25, a contest was held forthe embody- ment of the schoolis ideals into a seal. Six students in the school sub- mitted their ideas and Calvin Potts, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, tool: the hrst honor for the seal here illustrated. His copy follows: : , - - . E ,-5.51 s. Q 7 is ,.-I., L- ggf' X' J' X f i- .ilfg -

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EEA' Emo 5-,Ng J - ' DESIGN FOR POTOMAC STATE SEAL Potomac State is represented by a young vigorous lion stretched out and straining to hold up in his right paw, a torch. The torch represents ienowledge. The left paw of the lion is extended in defense against anything that may attempt to tear down the standard ot knowledge. The mouth of the lion wears a grin that shows the school goes about things with a smile. The feet of the lion for Potomac State School? is resting upon the ground marked 1902. This shows that the school first put its feet upon solid ground or was founded in 1902. Back of the lion or Potomac State is a path of glory. This path is represented by center line or stripe- The stars represent individual and team glories- The star under the lionys arm is the star representingindividual glory or glory in the class room, etc. it is pointed toward the lion thus showing that individual glory ascends up to the student body. The star above the lion represents team glory, glee club glory, etc. it points to the lion thus showing that it reflects bacle to the school- The red pin stripe denotes the work and light along that path of achievements, Around the lion or school is a border of rhododendron which is the West Virginia state flower. This represents the state s ideals and shows that around the school at every angle we Hnd state ideals. Outside of the border ofthe state flower we End a white circle which represents clean thinking and clean living- This shows that around the school is an atmosphere oi cleanliness- The two outer circles arein the school colors fblue and goldi thus showing that around all is an atmos- phere ol: school spirit. Participants in the contest: I--Herman Winters 2-Mildred Skidmore 3-Clyde Gardner 4-Calvin Potts 5-Lowell Whipp 6-Unknown N ...-.:3', -nf 'Hifi' 1-:.--' - s ' Z TT, 2'g,,Y 3 'WMT-'-if-2 refazs S ' f .-gg, E 3 ,g?:j5-L ' 7 fi- K i - y - ' .- 4, K?-M: - -- ,.A, . Sv. ' -Y 3-11 - i 1. ' '-'jf ,J-gf I? 4 1 Y ---w W' . - ,-a. .- 1, , , -- ..i-Jia:-:wi .' , i -, ii J.,-cr : i: V .ar f-f f' . g ' X . A-al,N.LL-' s ---- -2- .' - . .-?-fn -----5. - A- -1.6 ?,....ii.-.af - ........---4.-r -..-