West Virginia Wesleyan College - Murmurmontis Yearbook (Buckhannon, WV)

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ALFRED FLEMING GREGORY, Webster Springs, W. Va. Y. M. C. A., and Chrestomathean Literary Society. Proud, indeed, are we to receive Mr. Gregory as a member of the Sophomore Class, tor in him we find all the essential qualities of true manliness. He graduated with highest honors from the Fairmont Normal School in 1909, and gB .e entire satisfaction as first assistant in the High School of Cowen, W. Va. His ability as a writer is acknowledged by the Pharos and Murmurmontis staffs, and his powers and fluency of speech by his winning of the Anderson Debating Prize in 1912. His wonderful intellectual ability may be explained by the fact that his light has often been seen burning at the hour of mid-night. MABEL ELIZABETH GAY. Buckhannon, West Va. ' Tis an impossibility for us to portray all the talents, virtues, and charms of Mabel. She is an excellent student and has a gracious and lovable personality. She possesses rare generosity of heart, for no matter how stormy the day or difficult the task, she remains still the same Gay girl. She has quite an artistic taste and loves the study of Hu(gh)es. She is a Chrestomathean and served her society as Secretary during the Spring Term 1911, and represented the same on the Special Program of that year. She was Secretary of her class during its Freshman year, and is now an associate editor of the Pharos. So wise, so young, they say, ne ' er live long. 27

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JOHN TAYLOR KINCH. Clarksburg, W. Va. Sometime about twenty years ago, in a little village in the Keystone State, there was much rejoicing as the people said unto them a son is born. This son lived, grew like a reed and in 1910 was living in the little city of Clarksburg, situated on the charming West Fork River. He graduated from the Clarksburg High School in 1910 and entered Wesleyan that year. Since coming to Wesleyan he has identified himself with the Y. M. C. A., and the Excelsior Literary Society, of which he became Treasurer in the Winter of 1912. His prominent characteristics are: lack of appreciation for the opposite sex, love for mathematics, and the truly Blackstonian method of study — feet above his head, usually hanging m the garret. The people of Wesleyan have seen a great light and realize that It is John Taylor Kinch. RALPH LENKARD WILLIAMS, Moundsville, W. Va. Fats ' post office address might lead one to believe that he is one of those erring individuals who has been judicially commissioned to hasten from some outlying county to fill an engagement of years in the big state institution at the metropolis of Marshall county, but such is not the case. None know him but to admire his corpulent frame; none name him but to speak of his mathematical bram. He used to be rather Gay, but is now very solemn. He tried to be a Farmer, but has given that up. What he shall be dolh not yet appear. Graduate of Moundsville High School, Critic of Chresto- mathean Literary Society, winter term, 12, and member of the class of ' 14, are some of the distinguishing marks of this excellent young man. 26

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JOHN CLYDE SHREVE, Birchfield, W. Va. Graduate of West Liberty Normal; Member of Y. M. C. A., and Excelsior Liter- ary Society. Colonel was born in the Nineteenth Century and is still living. He is without question the greatest wonder of the Twentieth Century. Place the world on his shoulders and he will relate the story of a Modern Hercules. Speak to him of Auld Lang Syne and he will address you in the language of Vergil. Remind him of Federal Cor- porate Control, and he will utter unanswerable Philippics. He is miraculously mould- ed in wisdom and crowned with unlimited understanding. His firmness of purpose, his perseverance in the pursuit of knowledge, his unshaken determination to do the right, his advocacy of honest policies, and his keen insight into the realms of business, have secured for him a position of supreme importance — the nanagement of the finances of the Sophomore Class. WILFORD L. McCUTCHEON, Reedy, W. Va. Graduate of Marshall College, Huntington; Vice President Chrestomathean Liter- ary Society, fall term ' II; Secretary of Y. M. C. A.; Vice President of Sophomore Class. — these are sorre of the honors that this distinguished Wesleyan student wears He has made for himself quite a reputation as a debater and orator, and no literary program wculd be complete unless Mac was heard in generl debate. His present studies constitute course preparotory to law, and we predict for him a bright future and success as one of the greatest legal lights of the age. The class of ' I 4 feels honored to count him one of its members. 28