. JANUARY - FEBRUARY 1920 Published By The West Collegiate Institute Institute. W. Va.

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rrhe InstituteMonthly Entered as second-class matter, January 29, 1914, at the post-office at Institute, West Vir- ginia, under the act of March 3, 1879.

Vol. 12 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1920 No.4

EDITORIALS

:' . while men who happen to be serv- LSEWHERE in these col- :' IIIurns is a study dealing with ing as hod carriers on the new teachers' salaries at the building at Institute receive near- We s t Virginia Collegiate ly double that amount? The con- . Institute, made by its pres- trast is more striking when one ident, John W. Davis. President considers the standard of living Davis has arranged his facts in expected of the teacher, his contin- such a manner as to make it easy uous expense of self-improvement, to follow his deduction. .As such and the hours of application neces- his article presents the best argu- sary in the full performance of his

ment in J behalf of an underpaid duties. This is not a living wage profession that has come to our and can only result in one of two attention in a long time. evils-either the teacher is com- It is true that the facts and fig- pelled to enhance his salary by em- ures presented pertain to a partic- ploying part of his time to matters ular school. But what is true in foreign to the school room, or in an this respect at Institute is true, dif- effort to make ends meet, lower fering only as to degree, of all his standard of living to such a de- schools in the state. Consequent- gree that it is not conducive to ly a brief for Institute serves a sim- self-respect and a condition of ilar purpose for schools in general. mind favorable to his best efforts. What argument can be logically In either case our children suffer. advanced in support of the poor The average wage paid the col- salaries at Institute? Is there any ored teacher in the district schools reason why teachers who have of the state is slightly higher than spent years in special preparation the average white teacher. This for their duties should receive an is due to the fact that a larger pro- average wage of less than $800 portion of the colored teachers hold I J #

I~...j;,.f~tJL------·2 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY " first grade certificates. But the the best talent will be attracted to examinations and salaries are uni- the profession, assured of suffi- ~~I=T=h=e=P=re=s=id=e=n=t's=P=ag=e=~ form for both races. When we cent funds to maintain a decent standard of living consistent with compare the average salaries paid A SALARY SURVEY in the achools of higher learning the position, and to prepare against of both races we find that the a rainy day. Our present rate of of the whites have a decided advantage, salary is not only losing to the pro- WEST VIRGINIA COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE though their average is entirely fession its best, but it is preventing too low. This contrast is too that improvement essential to the PERUSE! PONDER!! great. In our colored schools of maximum efficency of (hose who higher learning we are presumed remain, and discouraging others tinual study. The pay received by NSTITUTE. West Virgin- to have the same standards of from preparing for the work. The lalia, Jan. 19.-"1 love my teachers of the Institute has not scholarship and efficiency for the quicker we realize these conditions .. . work but I can~ot live ?n been sufficient to provide necessary faculty as in our other schools, then and apply the remedy, the quicker . . what I am paid' now In study. An impartial judge would they should have the same pay. will we make 9.Il investment that t his Institution." The pronounce some of the teachers in- If we have not the same standards will pay rich dividends in the stand- point of this expression is not only efficient. This inefficiency in the of efficiency, the condition is not ard of our citizenship composed robbing the great State of West last analysis is not due to the teach- remedied oy lower pay-let us of future generations. Virginia of maximum efficiency in er involved, but to the small pay raise the 'standard. If there are - The Charleston A merican the effort of some of its most loyal for services in the system in which some' among our teachers whose -o- citizens, but is driving from the he or she works. To drop teach- services do . not justify a decent We take pleasure in editing the services of The West Virginia Col- ers who have thus become ineffici- wage=cull them out, they are be- appended article from the pen of legiate Institute some of our best ent seems to be a huge injustice. ing retained at the expense of the Miss Ola Calhoun of Keystone, teachers. The sobering influence However, the teachers' responsi- young who can least afford it. West Virginia. and the strong Christian character bility is none less emphasized. Cheap labor in the school room is Miss Calhoun is an Alumna of as found in the graduates of Insti- even less profitable than in the this school, and graduated in the tute have had much to do with the $765 Average Salary factory. Academic Class of 1915. So far peace and excellent spirit of co-op- Our teachers must be better paid. as we know, she is the. first West eration which now exists between The cost of living has been The state has the money and cer- Virginia Colored girl to recieve a the various groups in the State. doubled since 1914. The Bureau tainly it has no excuse. If some- degree from a first class University. The much emphasis given this of Municipal Research of Phil- thing must suffer from lack of Miss Calhoun is an A. B. grad good condition probably has blind- adelphia in December showed from funds let it be other than. that from Iowa State University, Class ed many to the labors and needs of a study of 260 families that the which forms the bulwark of the of 1919. those assisting in bringing about cost of living had increased 80 per commonwealth, the education of The paper appended was read in the condition. cent. The Exchange its citizens. There are no artisans the junior high section of the State . gave out recently that our dollar is more important than our teachers Teachers' Association at Charles- Teacher's Responsibility worth only 371-2c. The National or any whose product is more pre- ton, November 28,1919. Industrial Conference Board of cious. They must be paid not Its merits were the subject of No profession should require , Mass. shows that from only a living wage, which is not much praise. greater preparation than teaching. July, 1914, to November, 1919 the true at present, but they must be Miss Calhoun is at present teach- A great responsibility rests upon schedule of increases averaged for remunerated to the extent that ing at her home in Keystone.-ED. the teacher. This necessitates con- all things 82.2 per cent. The 4 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 5

State Board of Control of Charles- that the standard of living of our life and teaching efficiencyof the now to correct in a partial way the ton, West Virginia, concludes that teachers IS forced downward. Institute teachers are greatly af- injustice produced. The effort of 65 articles (food, clothing and ne- They cannot measure up to a fected by poor pay. I think the the President of Institute is only cessities) used in State Institutions fair degree of respectability. Yet condition would have been cor- to make the efficient teacher who that our dollar of 1914is equiv- this very thing is vital in a pro- rected to some extent if the at- loves the profession stay in the alent now to 34c. The retail buy- gram of education. It involves tention of our State Officialshad service of our great State and er feels keenly the pinch of the personality. been directed to the seriousness of work happily. published calculation of 131 per the matter. $25,000.00are needed cent increase cost in living since A Ten Year Study 1914. The average yearly salary of the A study covering the period 1909 teachers of The West Virginia to 1919 reveals interesting infor- \~~What Is The Plan. For Operating Collegiate Institute is $765.04. It mation relative to the salaries of is clear in view of the high cost the Institute teachers. TheJunior High School?" By MISS OLA CALHOUN, Teacher in Keystone Schools Totar Appropria- Average No of No of Years Appropria- tions For Yearly Salary Teachers Students In attempting to answer the some parents as the natural stop- tions Salaries of of Teachers on Faculty Enrolled question-"What is the Plan for ping place of education. Teachers Operating the Junior High 4. High schooleducation comes 1909 17,200 15,000 681.81 22 235 School?"-I would say that, no too late in the child's life. This is 1910 17,200 15,000 714.28 21 251 answer, that eliminates a due con- attested to by eminent psycholo- 1911 17,500 15,000 750.00 20 266 sideration of the defects of -the gists who agree that this education 1912 17,500 15,000 681.81 22 261 present plan, would form a proper should begin at 12 years when the 1913 16,000 13,356 636.00 21 279 working basis. child enters his adolr scent period. 1914 20,000 16,508 825.40 20 347 Six outstanding defects are 5. Too much time is spent in 1915 20,000 16,250 738.63 22 331 recognized in the present Edu- the elementary school. Eight 1916 21,500 17,714 770.18 23 383 cational system: years is too long a time to be spent 1917 23,000 19,305· 772.20 25 404 1. Lack of provision for the in merely preparing for an edu- 1918 29,850 20,040.64 770.78 26 311 student who drops out of school cation. 1919 32,000 20,656.28 765.04 27 326 upon the completion of the ele- 6. Lack of proper adjustment mentary school course. in the High Schoolsby the student 2. Unnecessary retardation of because of the great difference pupils thru promotion by grade between the elementary and the In ten years the School has crease of 12 per cent is really not rather than thru promotion by high scools. grown, yet the average salary of an increase but under the con- subject. To eliminate these ills and to teachers of Institute has increased ditions represents a decrease of 3. Too great a loss of students produce more efficient results, the almost 60 per cent. only from $681.81 to $765.04 or at the close of the elementary "Six Six" plan, meaning of course, about 12 per cent. Within the $25,000.00 Needed school course or at the age of 14. the division of our schools into six same period the cost of living has The happiness, health, family The completion of the elementary elementary courses or grades and been doubled. The apparent in- school course being regarded by six high school grades, is a very 6 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 7

potent factor. The first three selected. And if by some reason or years of this second six year period other the pupil cannot enter the tions and activities make it neces- cussion, I have a plan that was has an organization of its own Senior High School, he is not sent sary that the child change now in- submitted to one of the larger known as the Junior High School, out into the world empty handed. stead of later on. In view of this Junior High Schools, but which as well as the last three years- In the second place, the Junior fact, the Junior High Schools take with modification may be used in the Senior High School or the High School promotes through sub- into consideration that the period smaller Schools. High School proper. . ' ject rather than by grades. This of adolescence upon which the 1. Secure the record of pupils But let us now consider how the is a decided improvement over the child has entered requires a differ- from the sixth grade, in regard to Junior High School operates to old "8-4" plan whereby the pupil entiation and selection of courses special aptitude and weaknesses eliminate the first defect in our who failed in more than two sub- which will appeal to the child of upon their entering the Junior educational system namely, Failure jects was compelled to repeat the this age: High School. Classify the new of the pupil to adjust himself after grade, notwithstanding the fact In presenting the various sub- admissions on the basis of these having completed the elementary that he had passed in his other jects in the elementary and High reports so as to have a certain school course which we have per- subjects. Under the "Six Six" plan Schools the method has been so dif- degree of homogeniety, in the cieved to be a preparation for this unhappy way of retarding the ferent as to cause the pupil no little composition of each class. Education instead of education pupil is eliminated. For here, the trouble in adapting himself to his 2. Institute tests of a general itself. The Junior High School pupil is promoted in every subject new situation. But the Junior nature in the 7th Grade to deter- offers a number of different courses in which he passes and is obliged High School forming a middle mine general intelligence, manual to the student on graduaton from to repeat those in which he is ground, as it were, between these skill, power of judgment in the elementary school-Commer- deficient. tWo schools brings about as easy practical situations. Tabulate all cial courses, Vocational courses, In connection with the third de- readjustment. Here High School such findings for future reference. Domestic Science, Agricultural fect of the system which has to do subjects are introduced with mod- 3. Beginning with the 7th Grade courses, literary and general cul- with the great loss of students at ified High School methods of teach- and extending through the 8th tural courses. Assignment to any the end of the elementary school ing, as for instance, departmental Grade, courses should be estab- one of these courses is made only course, the Junior High School teaching where each teacher m- lished in electric wiring, sheet metal work, wood-trimming, leath- after the parents of the student solves the problem by having the structs in the subject in which she have been consulted, the report pupil change schools where he is is best prepared and about which er work etc. for boys, and in dress- making, millinery, embroidering, card of the pupil in the elementary 12 instead of 14 years which causes she is able to impart helpful advice. machine work etc. for girls. Each course studied and the judgement him to have two more years as a Moreover socialized Recitation is of his present teacher secured. compulsory attending pupil. In offered in the Junior High to course should extend over a period This exploration usually takes addition, the desire to remain and stimulate the thinking powers of of nine weeks, thus affording a place in the 7th and 8th Grades. graduate with the class is also a the pupils and to enable them to series of six courses. All pupils Having thus discovered the capaci- great incentive for the pupil to help one another, Finally, the should be required to take each ties and needs of the pupil, he is remain in school. pupil who is now permitted to elect course in term, no attempt should recommended to some course The Junior High School seeks to certain courses becomes used to made to do more than acquaint whereby he is trained along the remedy the practice of beginning the elective system and when he the pupil with the fundamental lines most suited to his needs. For High School work too late in life, enters the Senior High School is simple processes underlying the the pupil who desires to go to by having the pupil enter the Jun- not nearly so likely to become various occupations. college a general cultural course is ior High School when he is 12 years stranded in regard to choosing 4. Every pupil should be careful- chosen. For the boy who likes to old at the logical time for a change those things which best suits his ly observed while at work and a make things a vocational course is in his school work. New ambi- needs. detailed record kept of his or her To be more specific in this dis- proficiency in the course. The 8 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 9 work here should be planned with Its persone1 represented largely assigned. for Friday night and Rev. M. W. an idea of securing available data the teachers from the Southern In order to expedite matters and Johnson was drafted substitute. in regard to general adaptability, part of the state; yet here and to secure the greatest benefit to Dean Kelley Miller, the chief rather than to give skill in the there were noticed teachers from the greatest number, the sectional speaker for Thanksgiving night, occupation as such. Fairmont, Piedmont, Clarksburg, meeting plan was observed .. enthused his audience. 5. During the first half of the Morgantown, and a few other sec- The persons chosen to preside The music furnished by the 8th Grade conferences should be tions bordering on the north and over these sectional meetings,- Garnett Glee Club and Institute held between parent, pupil and north eastern panhandles. Prof. J. W. Scott, Douglass High, Sextette was tuneful and well teacher. Results of tests and rec, Out of the five hundred and high school section; Mrs. R. P. recieved. ords of the course should be care- fifty Colored teachers of the State, Johnson, Kimball Schools, primary President J. F. J. Clark, digni- fully examined. The pupil should two hundred fifty three, or forty section; and Prof. D. L. Ferguson fied the position of association be directed into the course for six per cent were enrolled in this of Collegiate Institute, rural school executive, and was chosen to suc- which he appears to be suited session. section-were especially fitted by ceed himself. The association will and in which conditions combine to . To those analytical observers of training to function well in the meet in Bluefield in 1920. make it probable that he will be- the personel of the teachers pres- parts assigned them. The Northern State Teachers' come efficient. .ent, it was a pleasing change to Professor W. W. Sanders, State association, was also well attended. When the pupils have been suf- note that the schools are being Supervisor of Colored Schools President J. W. Davis of the Col- ficiently tested in regard to their taught more and more by teachers treated the Subject of The New legiate Institute was the feature general adaptability certain apt- trained in the Schools of the State. School Code with admirable clear- speaker, and by his admirable itudes and the like, the danger of In this connection it was notice- ness, and in responding to "The address, endeared himself to the misfits is not nearly so imminent. able that 98-thirty nine per cent Main Features of the new -course people of northern West Virginia. Of course we tradition lovers are of the total enrollment-were of study for Senior High Schools, The enrollment of this associ- loath to part with the "8-4" plan graduates of the West Virginia he made it very emphatic, that, ( ation is not all that should be de- despite its lack of efficiency, but Collegiate Institute. no feature intended to tie the sired, yet the persone1 is virile, the time has come when conditions Aside from this, the Collegiate youth to practical life, or the con- progressive, and democratic. The' force us to cast aside this old out. Institute enrolled twenty nine, or rlitions of the present, should be location of the territory from of date system and to take up the 100 per cent of its faculty. paramount to the demand for one which it draws its membership, larger and more efficient plan of As on similar occasions of the hundred per cent Americanism. outside of the black belt of the the Junior High School. past, the teachers enrolled repre- The address of Professor R. P. state is a retarding factor to a sented the live progressive teach- Sims of B. C. I. was one of the rapid increase of membership. ers of the state, who are willing to feature addresses of the meeting. Prof. W. O. Armstrong was ST ATE TEACHERS' spend their money to come in con- The subject, " Training for Amer- elected president, and Fairmont ASSOCIATION tact with the new ideas that these ican Citizenship" was handled in was chosen as the next place of meetings form the medium for dis- a logical and scholarly manner. meeting. The twenty eighth convocation pensing, and to receive new inspi- Prof. Byrd Prillerman spoke on of the West Virginia State Teach- ration from the special lectures The Sunday School as a Factor in ers' Association in Garnett High that the management of the asso- Education. PROMINENT YOUNG School, Charleston, November 27 ciations furnish. Dr. William W. O. Thompson WOMAN DIES and 28, was, in point of numbers, The program was admira bly president of the Ohio State Univer- Was Well known Here the most remarkable in the history balanced both as to arrangement sity, was not able to fill his en- of the association. of its divisions, and subjects gagement as the feature speaker Under the above caption, the THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 11 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 10 land's Icy Mountains to India's himself until he had become a Eagle, W. Va., Aug. 16, 1888. passing of one of the useful grad- coral strand found representation cosmopolite. Her remains were brought to ates of this school was recorded at this convention. It was the Mr. James 1.Vance spoke on the Montgomery for interment by in a recent issue of the Charleston most Cosmopolitan assembly ever Need of the times. He said in part Mrs. T. L. Anderson, the Super- American. As the news items is brought together. that the need of the day is sacrifice; visor of rual colored schools for full and meritorious, we are ap- There were over three hundred sacrifice of time, money, and en- the state of Kentucky. Thefuner- pending it to our brief record. Negro delegates who represented ergy, or, if necessary, sacrifice of Miss Nannie B. Saunders was a al services were conducted in the eighty of the leading schools of one's life; but in sacrificing, one First Baptist church of Mont- commercial graduate of the class North America. must be sure that one is sacrific- gomery last Sunday afternoon by of 1912. Her services were much Among these were, Morehouse ing for the thing that means much Rev. C. F. Jenkins, the pastor. in demand, in stenographic circles, College, Hampton, Howard, Wylie or in fact more than all else to man Remarks were made by Prof. Byrd from mere office work to court University, National Training - sacrifice for a principle, for Prillerman, and Mrs. T. L. Ander- reporting. We regret very much School and our own dear West Vir- country, for our fellow man and son The last named speaker paid that she will rejoice no more her ginia Collegiate Institute. for God. a beautiful tribute to the life the relatives and friends with her The W. V. C. 1. sent three dele- Mrs W. A. Montgomery spoke genial presence, but we are proud deceased had lived with her in gates, Mr. Wm. Spriggs, of the fac- in behalf of the mothers of the that she fought the fight, run the Frankfort, Ky. ulty; Mr. Christopher Scott and world. She held that the hope Resolutions of sympathy were race and won her crown. Miss Eva Parker from among the of the future rested in a woman The Monthly, with the family, offered by the Local Alumni of the students. who holds an infant in her arms. will hold sacred, for her, a niche West Virginia Collegiate Institute The theme that ran through the She implored all to call to mind at Montgomery, of which the Hon. in memory's ball+En. convention was world fellowship- the position of the women of "Miss Nannie B. Saunders, of H. H. Railey was chairman, and the evangelization of the world in China, Africa and India, then Eagle, West Virginia, died in Miss Ida Morgan, Secretary. The nineteen-twenty. contrast them with ourselves. She Louisville, Ky., Jan. 2, 1920. She church was crowded with sympa- Some of the speakers were MI'. declared it would be impossible graduated from the rommercial thizing friends." John R. Mott, chairman of the con- for American women to have the -Charleston American department of the West Virginia vention; Mr. Shirwoo:l Eddie; Mr. freedom we have if Christ had not Collegiate Institute some years M. Laurence, who led the songs; walked here before us; if we were Mr. D'Wallie from Bombay India; not following in a path made by ago and had served as .stenog- MISS EVA PARKER Mr. James Yem, president of the Him. rapher for Hon. T. G. Nutter, of COMMENTS ON THE Y. M. C. A's of China; Mr. John this city and Dr. Underwood, of DES MOINES TRIP Endicotte of ; Mr. Max Frankfort, Ky. She left Frank- Mr. DON W. JONES fort Dec. 4, 1919, to accept a more Yeargan and Mr. Geo. E. Haynes. The Eighth Annual Student Vol- Assisted By The W. V. C. I. lucrative position in Louisville, Ky' Mr. Mott in his opening address untary Convention was held in Des Soon after she went to the last on December 31, said that since Sextette Moines, Iowa, from December 31, named city she became sick and the war the world attitude had PRESENTED IN CONCERT AT was sent to the hospital where she 1919 to January 5, 1920. There completely changed. He said that CLARKSBURG W. VA. died. She leaves a father and were 7,700 delegates present. the world today is a teachable mother, Mr. and Mrs. Luckie These 7,700 students represented world. The challenge and watch- Saunders, and two sisters, all of over 1,000 educational institutions, word of this new order is service. The Kelly Miller High School of North America; and forty-seven Eagle, W. Va. Mr. J. Cambell White declared Lyceum presented D. W. Jones, Miss Saunders was thirty-one nations. In truth it seemed that that no christian fully discovered violin soloist in concert at the High years of age, having been born at almost every nation from Green- THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 13 12 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 8 Souvenir . School Auditorium, the night of part in the audience and all demon- . Drdla (b) Liebesfreud ...... Kreisler December 30, 1919. strations of applause were lead by Mr. Jones Mr. Jones was ably assisted by the many Collegiate grads present in the audience as teachers, and our Sexette, and Miss Ednora 9 A Great Camp Meeting...... Folk Song promoters of the School's rapidly Prillerman, accompanist. W. v. C. I. Sexette A crowded house greeted the spreading popularly. Mr. Jones is one of the ranking Collegiate aggregation, who rend- 10 The Last Song (Vocal Solo) ...... Tosti Negro violinists. ered a high class program as re- Mr. Andrew Torrence gards violin, piano and vocal A reception was tendered the Collegiate performers, after the numbers. 11 Rocking in De Win Neidlinger close of the program. The Collegiate spirit ran ram- W. V. C. I. Sexette The Program 12 Ninth Concerto-Allegro. . De Beriot Mr. Jones

1 Norwegian Bridal Procession (Piano) ...... Grieg Miss Prillerman LITERARY ACTIVITIES will be interspersed with music, 2 Good Evening Every Body...... Folk Song which will be rendered by other (b) Roll On...... Folk Song The hustle and bustle of the members of the society. Those W. V. C. I. Sextette Christmas season and the impend- interested await with eagerness ingsemester examinations in Janu- this occasion. 3 Deep River (Violin) ...... S. Coleridge Taylor ary, together, served to reduce the (b) African Dance No.4. . . . . S. Coleridge Taylor activities of the literary societiesto Mr. Jones their lowest terms. The Philo- EXCHANGES matheon Society met once during 4 Farewell, My Own Dear Napoli (Vocal Solo) . . From the Italian December and the Society of the The following current exchanges Mr. Willis Lewis Secondary Classes did likewise. are on our table: The Aurora, Knox- Plans were perfected for a rather ville College; The Storer Record, 5 Peter, Go Ring Dem Bells . .Burleigh busy program which will be en- Storer College; The Student, Tus- (b) The Story of a Tack. . Myers tered upon, following the opening kegee Institute; The Southern W. V. C. I. Sexette of the second semester. The Phil- Workman, Hampton Institute; The ••• omatheon Society has outlined an Journal and Educator, Charleston; 6 Cavatina (Violin) . . Raff interesting and instructive pro- The McDowell Times, Keystone; (b) Menuet . Beethoven gram for February 6. At that time, The W. Va. Tablet, Romney; The (c) Orientale. Cui four of its embryo orators will de- Fayette Freelance, McDonald,The Mr. Jones liver original brief addresses on Kelly Miller Journal, Clarksburg; various phases of Negro effort and 7 I Stood On De Ribber of Jordan . . Burleigh The A. & T. Register, Greensboro, (b) Fishing. Myers achievement and other topics of N. C.;The Half Century, ; w. v. C. I. Sexette current interest. The speaking The Pullman Porter's Review, 14 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 15

Chicago; The Howard Journal, and (2) to furnish enjoyment and Fourth Yr. 1 1 500 Fourth" 40 Howard University, and the Ath- relaxation to the student body dur- Second Yr. 1 1 500 First" 27 enaeum, Moorehouse College. ing the long winter months. First Yr. 0 2 000 We were glad to see the return The College and Fourth Year of the Parthenon to us. It is teams played the initial game. It Individual Point Getters Results of Garnes always welcome. was a game for blood-the outcome from Jan. 6-l3 inclusive College Brown 26 The Kelly Miller Journal, and was not decided until the final Third Yr. Drewery 24 the Athenaeun are two new faces. whistle blew. The score was 19- Fourth Yr. 19 College 16 Second " Hairston 18 The Kelly Miller Journal has signs 16 in favor of the Fourth Year. Third " 26 Second Yr. 9 Fourth" Goode 16 of promise to become a high class Goode and Adams played star I Second " 33 First " 10 First " St.Clair 16 games for the winners while Bart- high school paper. It is very com- Third " 25 Fourth" 21 lett and Davis kept the College mendable effort, and the other College" 36 First " 17 team in the running. state Highs should pattern after Goals F10m Fouls the Clarksburg High. The Athen- Thursday, January 8th, the third aeum is breezy, interesting, and year teem easily disposed of the Points Scored by Classes Fourth Yr. . Goode 4. out 11 second year teem. The final score well edited. Third Drewry 3 out 10 was 26-8. Lack of team play and " College 52 Second Drain 3 out 18 inability to shoot goals were prom- " Third Yr. 51 . First St.Clair 6 out 19 ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES inent factors in causing the losers " Second" 41 College Morgan 0 out 12 to be swamped. Saturday, Jan- uary 10th, a double-header was Basket Ball played. The second year staged a UESDA Y, January 6th, "comeback" by beating the first marked the opening of the years 33-10. In the second game, . inter-class basket ball se- the fourth years bowed to the Third ries. The teams left the years by the tune, 25-21. It was a , mark with the usual dash well played game. andIvim. This year each team is The men who have stood out well supplied with stars and so it prominently thus far are Goode is practically impossible to predict (4th year), Drewery (3rd year), the winners. Dallas Brown (College), and Payne For the first time in the history (3rd year). of the school, the athletic associ- Statistics: ation has arranged a series of quint games with other schools and rep- resentative organizations - the Class Standing games to be played during Febru- ary and March. Thus, the inter- CLASS WON LOST PeT. class games have the dual purpose; (l)to develop and indicate the best Third Yr. 2 0 1000 material for a representative team College 1 1 500 r I