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

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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

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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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Buckhannon, W. Va. October, 25, 1940. Hon. J. Forest Witten, A. M., F. R. S.. New York, N. Y. My Dear Mr. Witten — At the opening ot this school year it was my pleasure to meet Dr. Cail G. Doney, ex- Fresident of W. V. W. C, and in the ensuing conversation, he spoke with unbounded praise of the famous class of 1914 His remarks created within me such a desire to know more of the members of this class and their present positions of honor and trust that I am writing you for full particulars. Knowing that you are a man of world-wide fame, both as a temperance lecturer and a traveler, I believe that you can give me the desired information. Very respectfully yours, Theodore Howard Taftvelt, D. D., LL. D., Ph. D., Pres. W. V. C. C. 415 East Broadway, N. Y. November 1 7, 1 940. Pres. T. H. Taftvelt, D. D., LL. D., Ph. D., Buckhannon, West Virginia. Dear. Dr. Taftvelt — I have just returned from San Francisco and found your lettei of inquiry on my desk. Am very glad, indeed, to know that you are interested in my old class, and for this reason it gives me extreme pleasure to tell you of the achievements of her members. John Ruskin Hall has served with such eminent distinction as Vice President of the United States for the past eight years that he was appointed as ambafsadcr to Rursia on August 1 5th of this year. During the two mo.iths which he has served in this capacity he has so thoroughly mfused democratic principles into the entire naticn that she is fast becoming the most progressive and liberal republic of all Europe. John T. Kinch is chief engineer of the subterranean railway which is now being constructed from New ' ork to London. An army of 337,000 men is energetically doing his commands. As soon as he completes this work, which will probably require six weeks yet, he is going to Mars where the next two years of his life will be spent constructing a canal 3,000,000 miles long in which aqua regia is to be brought from the Platinum Hills to the Royal Palace. Dr. Fats Williams is president of the International University of Pekin, China. The enrollment of this University is 8,921 ; the faculty is composed of 203 of the best educated men of Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Dr. Williams ' Moral principles are regarded by the Chinese as vastly superior to those of Confucius whose teachings they are rapidly replac- ing. Two years ago Edward Rowlands succeeded R. W. Sears as co-partner in the Sears-Roebuck busiress Prm, of Chicago. This firm is now known as the Rowlands-Roebuck Company. Because of the exercise of Red ' s excellent business qualities this company now practically controls the household and clothing markets of the three Americas. 29