Victory High School - Optic Yearbook (Clarksburg, WV)

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T.. .E 4- if-, 1 I THE VICTORY ANNUQL 1925 A Senior's Reminiscence Hearken, my children, and I shall tell Of the happy days I knew so well. 'Twas-the flrst semester of twenty-flve, And many a Senior is now alive Who still remembers the old hall bell And the classmates dear he loved so well. Many a one will recall with ease How hard some teachers were to please, How long the lessons, how short the hours Were given to try his utmost powers, How hard the tests, how long' the exams, How keen the teachers. to see his shams. Well he remembers tlie Hallowe en pranks, And the parties so few, with depleted ranks: He laughs at the thought of his Senior Joys, And wonders where are the dear old boys Who strolled so gaily down the hall And cheered so wildly at basketball. Also the girls so charming and sweet With their merry bobbed' locks and their happy feet, With their gay young voices, some soft and some shrill: Is it any,wonder they made our hearts thrill? K Their cheeks were so rosy, their eyes were so bright, The gloomlest day they fllled with delight. And there was the Principal with locks so rare You scarce could tell he's any hairy ' And Janitors, too, one short and one long, Whose duties were many, whose arms were strong: And the School Board, too, with members three, To hire the best teachers their efforts must be. And there was the coach, with Red his nickname, To teach us to shoot baskets and play a square game. At coaching and speechmaking he was equally adept To fill us with ginger and give us the pep. The years that have passed seem buta dream Since he and the cheerleaders were getting up steam. And now that the hours have so swiftly fled, I-lie ye, my children, and get you to bed. May your dreams be pleasant, as dreams should be, While I breathe a prayer for my classmate and me, And sit fondly dreaming in the dim burning light, And wish I were a boy 'ln Victory tonight. V. W.H f' I ll x , T .-- .1 s- . .'K7' , Hi -i , 13':EEl.u,,,frAslk.1s . .... , - . Sri 15:

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' --.-- -:nys-'ws-any-1 iv- , will E---if THE VICTORY ANNUAL 1925 McIntyre was an elocutionist. Wilburn Phares coach of Victoryg Mickey McClung was elected Captain of University of Michigan Basket Ball Team. Dorothy Powell was a famous Composer of musicg and Irene Rolland was stenographer of Rolland Glass Factory. Robert Ford was a Proprietor of chain Restaurants. Clay Hardesty Was teaching in foreign countriesg and Virgil Leaf is a cadet at West Point. Dora Strong was a housekeeper, and Lelia Fornash was Working in the confectionery in Bristol Gasoline Station at Adamston. Kathryn Hoffman was Latin teacher at Shinnston High School. Brooks Reed found his liking in the Radio Research Work. Rose Smith was stenographer for Judge Southern whom We recall as our class sponserg Octavia Sims has Won a place among the faculty of West Virginia University g and Rose Heater was a nurse in the St. Mary's .Hos- pital. Beulah Grapes was the wife of a well to do farmer. Marie Hapbn- stall is the Supervisor of the Primary Department in Clarksburg Public Schools. W. V. H. S. is now signing off. i While trying to get other stations we heard the returns from Basket Ball games and among them Victory had Won from their old rival W. I. H. S. by the score of 31-30 after three extra five minute periodsg and that the University of Michigan had won from Ohio State by the long shots made by Mickey McC1ung. The station signed otf and we wished that we could once more be back at Victory taking part in all of its activities. GLADYS CRIMM AND FLORA FLORIANA. TWENTY-NINE '

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,. If I, THE VICTORY ANNUAL 1925 Editorials Seniors' Appreciation of Upper Class-men. Now that graduation is drawing near, we look back over the four years and review those things which have made our sojourn in Victory so dear to us. We realize how much we owe to the under class men. They have, with thefr unfailing loyalty and support, backed us in everything we have un- dertaken. Their smiling faces and bright countenances have been an in-- spiration to us. Their eagerness for knowledge spurs us on to still bigger things, for the Honor Roll shows that in scholarship they made a good rec- ord. Some of the most loyal supporters of athletics, some of the most faith- ful in attendance and some of the Hpeppiest rooters are found among the under classmen, and this loyalty is not only found from the side lines. Now in closing the members of the class of '25 wish to extend to the under classmen their heartiest appreciation for the loyalty and support which they have given. We hope that in the years to come, that this loy- alty will not waver, but that they will always be the cheerful bunch they are now, and may they ever defend the Orange and Black. Seniors' Appreciation of Our Athletics. To those men who have gone in for athletics with their whole heart, who have stood some real punishment in the long, tedious grind of training, who have studied to know the game, and who have given their time to be out there every day, we want to say we are pulling for you and we wanti to see you come through. And to those students who have given their whole hearted support to the team when they could not take an active part, we admire your spirit, too, but there are plenty of the other kind who want to just make the team as there are plenty of students who just want to get by on an exam. So there are plenty of half-hearted boosters who can cheer all right when we win, but whose spirits seem to lag the minute the score goes the Wrong way. It's spirit that everyone admires, and it's spirit that will help to put Victory on the map, whether athletics or anything else is concerned. - THIRTY-ONE I 4E -as ,E 'G 'i ,E E E i 1 fi 3. pi fl . -,ff al . -i E -vi 'E be if B' 1 ,. Ti .vi