Tyler County High School - Echoes Yearbook (Middlebourne, WV)

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or QTYTLER, ECHCDE,Sfi 1 instruction and school activities as well as the happy associ- ations have been invaluable to me. ' Especially do I remember the literary society and the many heated arguments we had which seemed so important to us then. I Mr. J. D. Garrison and Miss Georgia Perry were outstand- ing teachers. The former, I remember for his kindness and justice as well as fine teaching, the latter for her kindness and inexhaustible patience. Margaret Hervey, director of a kindergarten, Parkersburg, W.Va Class of 1915 Memories of the Class of 1915 and my years spent in Tyler County High School are most pleasant. As I look back it appears that Messrs. Hill, Garrison, Yeardley, Groves, Bliss, West, and Misses Parry, Sameth, Stillman and other members of the faculty were deserving of sympathy, as well as commendat- ion, for their patience and untiring efforts. It was generally conceded that the educational standards of the school, at that time, were not surpassed by those of any high school in West Virginia. May I never forget the swift happenings when four of us ' were in the chemistry laboratory without permission and with- out supervision. Our experiments resulted in a terrific ex- plosion, throwing into confusion an important teachers' meet- ing then in progress. We four made our exits through the windows. Herbert S. Boreman, attorney at law, Member Board of Governors of West Virginia University ... .-.a..l..-.....-Q..--...... Class of 1916 f Life in Tyler High was interesting, even in the Uhorsec and buggyn days. Our class was always in the midst of thingsi -- whether it was conventional school activities, outlawed socials that only a few dared attend, political coups at' literary meetings in which we elected our own officers and came near ruining the society, or the solicitation of chick- ens for a school supper that only the thoughtfulness of the keeper of the town bloodhound kept from resulting in a real scandal. John A. George, Cabin Creek, W. Va. Class of 1918 sl-.I M M .,..

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eq,-pg.-1-1-u o T 'fTY'LER ECHOESQ.. The gaudy stage curtain has been replaced by handsome W velour curtains. ' Partitions have been removed enlarging class rooms--Home Ec room has been made from a furnace room. The study hall has been made from our old gym. These are only a few of the changes which have been made. ' Fay Kirchner, teacher Tyler County High School, Middlebourne, W. Va. .--Q..-.-1.-.-..-.i.- Class of 1912 You who now hold responsibility for publication of Tyler Echoes must look out upon life somewhat at variance with the viewpoint of an earlier period when the Class of l9l2 strug- gled with the first Echoes of Tyler High. Certainly you do look out upon and are soon to walk out into a vastly changed world from ours. Would you picture a world in which high school was new - an innovation? A county seat without elec- tric line, railroad, improved highway, or paved streets, and into which the first Ford car had just made appearance? When to travel to Sistersville to solicit ads for the yearbook meant a full day's trip? That was Middlebourne of our high school days. .But they were glorious days as are yours, for youth is not an age after all but a period complete and beau- tiful always.f I salute you and charge you to hold it ever so - sacred and loyal to its.high ideals. H. Cliff-Hamilton, Assistant Supervisor Elementary Schools . I . .11-Q.-..1..-.-.1-1 Class of 1915 A warm spot in my heart will always be reserved for the Tyler County High School. For whatever degree of success I may have attained, I owe a greater debt of gratitude to the Tyler County High School than any other institution of learn- ing. It bridged a seemingly unsurmountable chasm to a greater degree of success to me as well as to scores of others who had waited too long for its inception. Reminisences of student days there are delightful, results of the work done there are profitable, and my appreciation for it then, now and always, unwavering. if ' A D. N. McIntyre, principal, Manmet High School, Marmet, W. Va. I ' I ' Class of 1914 . , . , Twenty-two years since my graduation from Tyler High have increased my high regard for that school. The excellent o was

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o a TYLER ECHOEASQ c Do you remember when The present library was the gym? And the coach, who also taught math, Let us celebrate the wwinsn in class? Until, one day, Alas! The principal happened in? And the student, who was singing, And keeping time with a rule, Started in explaining a theorem. CJust like you do in school?J But the theorem did not prove to be a ruse For Mr. Garrison had already heard our Uthusen? And no more did we celebrate, Alas! The basketball victories in class? Opal Jemiscn Jones, Braden, W. Va. Class of 1919 It was uStunt Night.N A class was having a party after the performance. A large pan of cookies had been placed on the window sill outside of the Home Ec. room to cool. nlrishn Flanagan, all dressed up in his best, had noticed the pan when it was placed there but failed to observe that it had been replaced by a large pan of warm jello. A thought developed. nlrishn sum oned the gang. The idea was to tip the pan and catch the cookies. The fellows were placed the pan was tipped. The gang did not attend the annual event. S M. T. Hill, principal, Wallace Public Schools, Wallace, W. Va. Class of 1920 Even though this particular alumnus may justly be accused of moralizing, she must confess that one of the sharpest mem- ories of Tyler has to do with an occasion when Uretribution was swiftn. Scene: Mr. Broadwater's history class Situation: Test Problem: Remembering dates Solution: In front of the writer sat a buxom, industrious lass, noted for her accuracy and precision. Writer put down date 1865-decided to check by aforementioned classmate Cse- cretly, by the over the shoulder processl changed date to 1856. I Outcome: O Moral: ??9???????? And, to offset the tragedy of this tale, is the recoll- ection of a fragrant May night--the ping of ukeleles--voices bursting forth in the melancholy nTill We Meet Againn or, in A W 19536- 5