Shepherd University - Cohongoroota Yearbook (Shepherdstown, WV)

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Class Propliecl Wt- wt-rt- sitting ont- day in our t-nt-hantt-tl wood ht-side tht- Potomat- gazing tlrt-amily upon a ht-autiful spot of grt-t-n, yt-lyt-ty moss and loyt-ly whitt- May tlowt-rs. As wt- sat tht-rt- wt- thought of our St-niors, who woultl soon ht- st-paratt-tl antl wt- wontlt-rt-tl in what lit-ltls tht-y woultl rt-ap tht-ir for- tunt-s. Ont- llowt-r st-t-mt-tl largt-r, pm-t-r. swt-t-tt-r and mort- pt-rft-t-t than all tht- rt-st and as wt- watt-ht-tl it, it sot-mt-tl to smilt- antl nod, antl tht- nt-xt thing wt- knt-w out stt-ppt-tl a fairy in a whitt- roht-. Slit- t':llNQ ht-fort- us antl said, alt-mht-rs of tht- W'hitt- Class, l will gladly ht-lp you solyt- your prohlt-ni. I am tht- fairy of purity and am intt-rt-stt-d in tht- t-lass of '2l. l hayt- ht-lpt-d lfatht-r 'l'imt- plan tht- futurt- ol' t-at-h mt-mht-r. lit-t-ausv this t-lass rt-alizt-s that W'ork Conqut-rs All Things , it will hayt- a lmrightt-r luturt- than any t-lass that has gont- out from Sht-pht-rd Collt-gt-. As sht- liuisht-tl spt-aking wt- wt-ro tillt-tl with wondt-r to lintl ourst-lyt-s fat-ing a ht-:tyy grt-t-n t-urtain upon whit-h wt-rt- writtt-n strangt- symhols. XYht-rt- art- wt-7 wt- askt-tl. You art- in l-'atht-r 'l'imt-'s Palat-t- , answt-rt-tl tht- fairy antl pulling hat-k tht- ht-ayy t-urtain sht- said, Bt-holtl tht- futurt- ol' your t-lass matt-sf' 'l'ht-rt- wt- ht-ht-ltl in tht- prt-sitlt-nt's t-hair at W'ashington a pt-rft-t-t likt-nt-ss of W'oodrow Wilson in tht- pt-rson of our prt-sitlt-nt, Charlt-s llarpt-r who likt- lirnt-st in tht- Crt-at Stout- Fat-t- , hatl ht-t-omt- likt- that whit-h ht- atlmirt-tl. As- sisting him as St-t-rt-tary of tht- Trt-asury was tht- t-llit-it-nt Sula Dt- llayt-n. Among tht- lt-ading politit-ians of tht- day wt-rt- rt-yt-alt-tl to us William Ilarris antl his wift- Katht-rino llirst llarris. t-at'h striving to t-xt-t-l tht- otht-r in tht- politival worltl. WR- tht-n askt-tl, W'hy tlo wt- not st-t- llattit- .lohnson among tht- politit-ians'. ' lf you will look ht-fort- you, you will lt-arn why sht- is not tht-rt-, said tht- fairy. l'pon looking again ht-yond tht- t-urtain of timt- wt- saw ht-r in a Iittlt- Brown homt- wht-rt- joy was tluty antl loyt- was law. ,Xs wt- ltitmlit-tl t-ai-nt-stly at, a strong fat-t- with a familiar frown wt- rt-t-ognizt-tl our faithful Klargart-t lioylt-s as prin- t-ipal of tht- 'l'oil St-hool. Faithful in that whit-h is lt-ast, murmurt-tl tht- nu slit- fairy as tht- st-t-no t-hangt-tl. WR- saw in tht- distant-Q a largt- automohilt- fat-tory antl wt- thought of tht- happy rides at Sht-pht-rd Collt-gc antl t-yen ht-fore wt- saw tht- ownt-r approat-hing wt- knt-w that this st-t-ond llt-nry Ford ol' Amt-rit-a was no otht-r than W'altt-r llt-rr. Our mintls wantlt-rt-tl to our t-ntt-rtaint-r at tht- dormi- tory. What has happt-nt-d to lilizaht-th Spot-ow? Is sht- rt-ally a tlignitit-tl st-hool tt-at-ht-r as sht- saitl sht- woultl ht-7 wt- inquirt-d of our nt-w frit-nd. Ahl you will ht- surprist-tl wht-n l tt-ll you that sht- was graduatt-tl from Pt-ahotly st-vt-ral yt-ars ago antl is now a yt-ry rt-st-ryt-tl antl tlignilit-tl music- tt-at-ht-r at Spt-row Point, lion- tut-ky, wht-rt- ht-r fayoritt- at-tor, Charlt-y Chaplin plays t-yt-ry Saturday night, VW- wt-rt- fort-t-tl to look intt-ntly at tht- splt-ntlitl t-oat-h of tht- haskt-thall tt-am of Chit-ago llniyt-rsity ht-fort- wt- rt-t-ognizt-tl our athlt-tt-, Dick Davis. Wt- tlitl not st-t- liathorint- Boswt-ll hut lfatht-r Time-'s faithful gnitlt- toltl us sht- was trayt-ling in Iiuropt- on ht-r hont-ymoon. Aftt-r st-yt-ral yt-ars of st-ryit-t- as a musit- tt-at-ht-r sht- hatl at last t'host-n ht-twt-t-n tht- Iwo. Sut-h a quaint Nt-w England town was shown to us antl oyt-r an amplt- huiltling wt- saw Miss Lipst-omh's St-hool for Gir-ls antl wt- knt-w wt- hatl found our liathlt-t-n, W'ilda. Ilannum, our dormitory nurst-, wt- lt-arnt-tl, hatl ht-t-omt- a promint-nt physit-ian in Florida antl was prat-tit-ing at. Kissimt-t-. Gt-orgv Ludwig our strong. gt-ntlt-, unassuming, yt-t t-nt-rgetit- lt-atlt-r in st-hool at-tiyitit-s was rt-yt-alt-tl to us as tht- ht-ad of tht- largt-st st-hool for lmoys in tht- L'nitt-tl States. working out his original itlt-as. Wit- wt-rt- toltl that in his st-hool tht- only rult- was honor antl that tht- print-ipal of tlisteiplint- was t-o-opt-ratitm. Oyt-1' tht- ht-tl of tht- sufft-ring in .lohns llopkins llospital wt- rt-t-ognizt-tl tht- sympatht-tit- lat-t- of listht-r llitt- likt- a ministt-ring angt-l allaying tht-ir pain. ln anotht-r hospital was Goltlit- liidwt-ll a rt-tl t-ross nurst- doing ht-r hit for sul'l't-ring humanity. Ruth lXlyt-rs. whost- grt-att-st t-harm was ht-r yoit-t-, antl

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SCHOOL DAYS

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who was very ambitious to reaeh Yehl lYalel, at last sue- eeeded and became the songster of the forest. NVQ' diseovered that the queen of soeiety in Salt Lake City was our own Martha Dennison, the wife of a millionaire. XYe were given a glimpse of a happy home in Martins- burg where, presiding over the mansion of the manager of the B. N U. railroad, we found Maude llollida. A view of a large millinerv establishment in Charleston eaused us to wonder who was so fortunate as to own so mueh of fashion's treasures, but when we saw the great sign, lXIadam lithel IIollida we remembered our beauty loving friend. In the most remote mountainous distriet of our own state we saw the beaming eountenanee of llazel Martin shining as a guiding light to the people yearning to know more of the true religioni .Xs we looked eagerly for another vision of our elass mates a. moving pieture flashed on the sereen and we saw as leading aetress a eharming young lady whom we reeoguized as Reva Copenhaver and as leading aetor, her husband, Cecil Bell the handsomest member of our elass. Bess Ilawse whose ambition was to eook, aeeomplished her aim and heeame a. gentle team-her of the eulinary art at. XYheeling, VV. Ya. VW- had to look twice at the rieh merehantt of Paris lo reeognize our old friend Freel XYelshans. Onee treasure of our elass, he later became treasure of broken hearts. Ilow Strange that such a gentle personality should beeome so eruel a Midas. Louise Gardner eame before us on a ehautauqua plat- form as the seeond humorist of America. The XYort,h of a Smile was the suhjeet of her leeture. XYhile we looked longingly at the ehanging seenes before us we found the records of several 0l2lSSIH21,t6'S in the eolumns of a, prominent, daily, The Shepherdstown Register, which was held before us. It read: Mrs. .lune li. Field has been appointed Superintendent of Kansas sehools. livelvn Maddox is the honorable pereeptress of Miller llallf' Klatilda liodgers has been appointed prineipal ol the Sz-html of lftlties ill Sl. hollis. .Xda Seott has been honored by being made professor uf .Xgrieulture in llaryard l'niversity. Nl2ll'Q2lI'l'l lieavers is the model for the lalllous rlesignel NlUllSll'lll'.l1Ull?t'S. llelen l,ittle is teaehing in the model sehool in the XXI-st Yirginia l'niversity. Ilarriett Yost has aeeepted the position ol' Prineipal at St. .lames .Xe:11lemy. As the llegistt-r's interesting pages faded from view we heard Mae liversole singing a lullaby in her bungalow home in California. ln beautiful Berkeley Springs we eaught a glimpse of the village musie teaeher. listher NYidmyer. Sinee Laura l.ieklider so loved her elass eolor, green, we were not surprised to lind she had ehosen it for her name. XYe were very eager to learn our own fate and turning to the fairv we asked, XYhy do we not see ourselves in the future of the XYhite Class? lt is useless, answered the fairy to reveal to you your future for ouija has already named the vietims of your al'lieetions. XYith eager gratiturle for the graphie vision ol the future ol eaeh other member of the XYhite Class, we turned to thank our graeious guide when lo the present was all that remained! The last. rays of the sunset, touehed the green hed lovingly and the flowers nodded their heads understandingly to us as we lingered Where memories had been woven into dreams of other days. Zenith XYilson. Oleta Arnold