Van High School - Vancourier Yearbook (Van, WV)

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The VV est irginia Hills tOfficial version of the West Virginia State Songl Words by Mrs. Ellen King Music by H. E. Engle Edited by C. Buell Agey o 4 E ' ' 4- 4 .ti if P it 5 P it N 1. Oh, the West Vir - gin - ia hills! How ma - 2. Oh, the West Vir - gin - ia hills! Where my - p 4 if' P . .9-2 5 l ' f 1 r l 1 O .tiling jes - tic and how grand, child -hood hours were passed, rhiratinn it P -PM tt P 4 4- 4 4- 4-J. their sum - mits bathed in glo - ry, Like our ly, And the Prince Im That my Which the 4 4- -t-Pftttr stand once more with loved ones On those sun- ny were my day-dreams Qn those 1.559.591 1' i lzawduggei Chorus: F14-5,-'-I r If to -,L 4 West Vir gin ia hills ? West Vir gin ia hills l Oh,..i the M ir' r r- r , A a 9 A l 5 0 The song has been traditionally sung in cz moderate tempo, wi h lil tied toward l2f8 meter ting rhythm, cmcl Publisher and distributor THE BUCKHANNON RECORD Buckbannon, West Virginia the dotted values ji so ewhcit modi- - ' 1 lb Copyright Q 1961 by C, Buell Agey 3

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Qs Page 7 rum he Farsi FIRST GRADUATING CLASS--Page Dickens, Edna Doss Hendricks, Ruby Hayes Cook, Wanda White Harmon, Lola White Huffman, Audra Robinette Price. Picture Courtesy of Mrs. Audra Price. Van High main building. The original building consisted of four rooms. VAN I-HGH SCHOOL Soon after the turn of this century upon seeing the needs of bettereducational facilities for their children, the citizens of Crook District began discussing the possibility of erecting a district high school. In May, 1923 the Crook District Board of Education purchased and obtained a deed to the real estate where Van High School is now located. The land acquired consisted of three acres and cost 35000. 00 In 1924, after a special school bond levy was passed for the erection of a junior high school, the Board of Educa- tion hired an architect to acertain the cost of erecting a four-room, two-story, brick building. In June, 1924 work was begun on the above mentioned structure which cost approximately 317, 000. 00: consequently, the building was ready for occupancy for the school year 1926-27, and Mr. John Tanner was appointed principal. Mr. W. E. Doss delivered the Graduation Address to the first Ninth Grade Class which graduated May 21, 1927, and the succeeding years brought about the addition of the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades. When the County Unit System went into effect the name of the school was changed to Van High School. The first four year graduating class, school year 1929-30, is pictured above. The faculty for that year con- sisted of John E. Wolfe, Principal: Lucille Fleger, L. O. Haynes, Wanda Kennedy, Alice Lewis and Melvin Roberts. Much of the above information was furnished by Mr. B. C. Dickens, Mr. W. E. Doss and Mr. P. H. Dickens. The Staff thanks these persons and apologizes for any errors it might have made in recording the above data.

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