Beckley College students enjoy river picnic during primary day
Beckley college dismissed for an all day outing along the Greenbrier River on May 12. Students and several teachers swam, cliff dove, and feasted at the Ham Camp site near Barger Springs amid spring scenery, weather briefly turning rainy before returning to Beckley.
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Beckley College
Greenbrier
Ham
Barger Springs
Wallace Brubeck
Sara Heath
Jack White
Hinton
Beckley
Fifteen Students Will Be Graduated From Beckley College
Beckley college will graduate fifteen students with the Associate in Arts degree and two students in the school of commerce will receive the Associate in Secretarial Science degree. Twelve others will earn Standard Secretarial certificates. Recipients include Edythe Rae Gallaher and Ross Athline Rogers for Arts degrees, Homer Dew and Walter Cecil Stafford for Secretarial Science, and Zela Atkins through Virginia Meadows for certificates.
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Beckley College
School of Commerce
Edythe Rae Gallaher
Ross Athline Rogers
Mary Josephine McMorrow
Thomas Ardis Hedrick
Warren Edward Hancock
Samuel A. Worley
Julia Louise Bruce
David Martin Furrow
James Oral Patton
Charles Corwin Bragg
George Washington Blevins
Llewellyn E. Wilkes
Eileen Lucille Jarrell
Edith Clemens
James Hunter Herring
Homer Dew
Walter Cecil Stafford
Zela Atkins
Ruby Armstrong
Pattye Lowe Lam
Lorena Wallace
Jean Givens
Muriel Loomis
Marjoretta A. Blake
Alvin D. Sweeney
William Gale Keesee
Victoria Elizabeth Kovach
William Hillous Craddock
Virginia Meadows
Alumni Banquet Planned for June 1 by Beclky College Graduates
Plans were made for a banquet to be held Monday evening June 1 by the sophomore class graduates with Beckley college alumni as guests. Elizabeth Reed was appointed to send invitations. Warren Hancock was elected toastmaster and Julia Bruce named chair of the program committee.
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Beckley College
Elizabeth Reed
Warren Hancock
Julia Bruce
Classes Continue Through Tuesday June 2
Dr Hartman announces classes run through Tuesday June 2 with each missed class counted as a cut toward final grade. The final two days Monday and Tuesday will be used for reviews of final exam papers after instructors have checked those papers.
Be ckl ey College Commercial Banquet Highlights
A Beckley College Commercial club banquet at the Methodist Temple featured speeches by club advisors Flora Mae Jones and Topsy O'Dell, music by Wallace Brubeck J C Montgomery Elizabeth Ballard and a Remenyi School of Dancing after dinner. Attendees included faculty and numerous students and guests, with dancing at Remenyi hall to conclude the evening.
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Beckley College Commercial Club
Methodist Temple
Remenyi School of Dancing
Bob Brunk
Flora Mae Jones
Topsy O’dell
Wallace Brubeck
J. C. Montgomery
Elizabeth Ballard
Old Man River
Remenyi Hall
Misses Pearl Yates
Mildred Haley
Winfred Burleson
Elizabeth Reed
Ruby Armstrong
Nora Rutled
James Hatcher
Hodel Initiated In Beta Phi Gamma
Charles Hodel president of Beckley Newspapers Corpora tion and Edythe Clay and Josephine McMorrow were formally initiated into Beta Phi Gamma at the Nu chapter meeting. Edythe Clay elected chapter president for 1937 38 and Richard Cooper named secretary. Ted McDowell praised Hodel for enabling The Flight’s publication during the college’s three years.
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Beta Phi Gamma
G. F. Hartman
D. K. Shroyer
Charles Hodel
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Edythe Clay
Josephine McMorrow
Richard Cooper
Ted McDowell
Beckley College
Hodel
Scholarships Offered to Beckley College Students
The George Peabody College in Nashville Tennessee offers a two hundred dollar resident scholarship to a Beckley college member selected by the faculty and a one hundred fifty dollar resident scholarship to a Beckley graduate. The initial year runs September 22, 1936 to June 6, 1937. Bruce M. Payne notes resident status covers living in school buildings with a full resident course schedule. This marks Beckley’s growing standards gaining acceptance from Arnold College which says Beckley grades will be accepted without entrance exams.
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George Peabody College
Nashville
Tennessee
Beckley College
Bruce M. Payne
Arnold College
East
Beckley
Three Students Placed in Beckley Departments
Three students from the accounting and secretarial departments were placed in positions in Beckley last week, per Dean Flora Mae Jones. Zela Adkins joined the State Health Department Training School, Lorena Wallace worked for Judge W. H. Bardin, and Benna McManus joined Appalachian Electric Power Company. All near the top of their classes, they are first year students pursuing the Standard Secretarial Certificate, to be awarded at spring graduation.
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Beckley
Flora Mae Jones
Iss Zela Adkins
J. H. Couch
State Health Department
Lorena Wallace
W. H. Bardin
Benna McManus
Appalachian Electric Power Comny
Informal Closing Program Planned
At a Friday meeting of the omore class on May 18, it was decided to hold a very informal graduation this year to save time and expense. Dean Hartman gave information on graduation plus talks by Miss Flora Mae Jones and D K Shroyer. Lowerclassmen may join sophomores on the picnic making it a school affair. Class night and the baccalaureate sermon will be combined with graduation night. The program includes one organ solo and two vocal solos from Beckley musicians. A local minister will be the speaker.
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Omore
Dean G. &. Hartman
Flora Mae Jones
D. K. Shroyer
Beckley
Gale Keesee Earns Speed Typing Honors
Gale Keesee of Trap Hill district becomes the first student this year to reach sixty wpm in typing with a fifteen minute test averaging sixty words per minute and only two errors. He has reached this speed before, marking repeated top performance in the school typing program.
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Gale Kessee
Trap Hill
Kessee
Grand View hike by geology group ends at New River
Members of Gamma Eta Sigma and guests led by Dr. H. G. Burman hiked from Grand View cliff to the New River as part of a geology society outing on May 7. The three hour trek featured a cliffside picnic, a tough ascent, fatigue among several hikers, and a late return with no class assignment the next day.
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The
Geographical Society
Gamma Eta Sigma
H. G. Burman
Grand View Cliff
James Allen
Harry Grimmit
Janet Snyder
Nelva Hypes
Maxine McAlexander
Nelva
Thelma Cavendish
Dr. Burman
Annis Bryant
Lena Jones
Mildred Winchell
Bert Meadows
Don Lilly
Bill Greever
Lucille Stephens
Joseph Gallaher
James Herring
Elizabeth Reed
Francis Moye
Local Museum Receives International Almanac Recognition
Dr. T A Bendrat spearheads Beckley College geological and mineralogical museum. The 1937 International Geologists and Mineralogists Almanac in Berlin will feature the museum, listing all global institutions. Bendrat secured mineral and fossil collections from USGS and West Virginia Geological Survey, aiding teaching and student donations.
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T. A. Bendrat
Geological and Mineralogical Museum
Beckley College
Geologists’ and Mineralogists’ Almanac
Berlin
Bendrat
Geological Museum
United States Geological Survey
Geological Survey
West Virginia
United States
Earlier in career two or more errors marked a first
The remark notes this is the first occasion he has posted at least two errors while prior instances featured machine errors beyond the typist’s control.
The Flight Official Beckley College Newspaper
Beckley College weekly edition lists staff roles including Editor in Chief James Herring and associates Corwin Bragg Lacy Warden Edythe Gallaher with reporters Elizabeth Reed Clifton Lilly George Blevins Malcom Murray Richard Cooper and Maxine McAlexander and notes publication by the Journalism Department.
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James Herring
Corwin Bragg
Lacy Warden
Society
Edythe Gallaher
Exchange
David Furrow
Elizabeth Reed
Clifton Lilly
George Blevins
Malcom Murray
Richard Cooper
Maxine McAlexander
The Value of Lifelong Self-Education Through Reading
A reflective essay urges recent graduates to maintain the hunger for learning, pursue reading across diverse fields, and choose a career aligned with personal strengths. It stresses self-education as the brain’s exercise, benefits of youth study, and careful self‑assessment to guide future welfare and happiness.
Farewell Class of 36 by William Greeve
The piece bids farewell to the class of 1936 at Beckley college and reflects on a year of joys and sorrows. It honors the students, says goodbye to old friends, and thanks the instructors for guidance and support.
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William Greeve
Teeh
Beckley College
Bendrat Reveals Orinoco Petroglyphs Discovery
Dr. T A Bendrat described his Orinoco river petroglyph discoveries at Beckley College Research Club on Monday May 11. He traced Caricara where large carvings lie, including El Sol La Luma and El Tigre. He compared the carvings to those in northern Asia and argued they record ancient worship and culture.
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T. A. Bendrat
Orinoco River
South America
Beckley College Research Club
el Sol
la Luma
Alexander von Humboldt
Orinoco
el Tigre
Asia
Local Social Roundup Highlights Weekend Guests
Miss Athline Rogers was the Saturday guest of Mr and Mrs Glennis Jeffries in Charleston. Mrs E R Patterson visited at school recently. Miss Josephine McMorrow stayed with Miss Edythe Gallaher on Wednesday night. Miss Opal McKinney visited friends at Sullivan on Sunday. Pauline Lilly spent Sunday with friends at White Sulphur Springs. David Farrow visited friends at Sullivan Sunday. Misses Victoria and Helen Kovach were Saturday night guests at Helen.
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Athline Rogers
Glennis Jeffries
Charleston
E. R. Patterson
Josephine McMorrow
Edythe Gallaher
Opal McKinney
Sullivan
Pauline Lilly
White Sulphur Springs
David Farrow
Victoria
Helen Kovach
Helen
Last Flight column peters out as grads scatter
The Flight marks its final edition of the year with reflections on Beckley Tech campus dirt and forthcoming graduations. A Jan Garber dance is praised though a knee injury kept the writer away, and campus tales from a picnic, river swimming, and college gossip fill the rest of the reminiscences.
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Ole Beckley Tech
Zeta Sigma Plans Stag Picnic Trip Next Friday
Zeta Sigma schedules a private stag camping trip featuring swimming and meals. Dr Burman will chaperone to promote good behavior. Members, new and old, urged to send dues for inclusion while the station WATCH sign‑off marks a farewell.
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Zeta Sigma
Dr. Burman
Dean Of Women Flora Jones To Visit Expositions
Miss Flora Mae Jones dean of women and head of the Accounting Department at Beckley college plans a four to six week trip to California at the close of the current school year. She will visit the San Diego fair and the Texas Centennial in Dallas and then proceed to Portland Commercial School to gather ideas for Beckley college next year. She travels with a party of friends and will stay in California for part of the journey.
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Flora Mae Jones
Beckley College
California
Miss Jones
San Diego
Dallas
Texas
Portland
Oregon
Sophomores Hold Party at Beaver Amusement Hall
Sophomores hosted a party at Beaver amusement hall on Wednesday at 8:00 pm. Chaperons included Miss Topsy O'Dell Dr. H G Burman and Miss Flora Mae Jones. After light refreshments guests danced to radio music late. each attendee could bring a guest and it was not strictly a sophomore affair.
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Beaver Amusement Hall
Topsy O'Dell
H. G. Burman
Flora Mae Jones
Beta Theta Mu Plans Picnic Near Lanark
Beta Theta Mu sorority held a Monday meeting at Miss Eileen Jarrell's home, electing officers postponed to fall term. A picnic is scheduled for Wednesday June 3 in the Lanark vicinity.
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Beta Theta Mu Sorority
Eileen Jarrell
Lanark
Farewell Column Sealed With Gratitude and Goodbye
An author signs off with a self critical note calling the column a flop and expressing hope that a successor will do better. The writer reflects on friendships and foes, says goodbye, and wishes good luck for the future.
Pins Ordered For Club Members Revealed
Discussion covered ordering pins for each member. Attendees listed include Misses Eileen Jarrell Pauline Lilly Rosine Giesey Julia Bruce Kathryn Tot ten Sara Heath Pearl Yates Janet Snyder Lucille Woods Marjorie Graves and Jean Givens.
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Eileen Jarrell
Pauline Lilly
Rosine Giesey
Julia Bruce
Kathryn Totten
Sara Heath
Pearl Yates
Janet Snyder
Lucille Woods
Marjorie Graves
Jean Givens
Gamma Eta Sigma Hosts Skating Party in Mount Hope
Gamma Eta Sigma entertained members at a skating party held Friday night at the MacMillan Skating Rink in Mount Hope. Attendees included Wayne Waybright, Price Caffee, James Allen, Dan Skaggs, Harry Grimmet, Clifton Lilly, David Meadows, Sam Worley, Richard Cooper, Dr. H. G. Burman, Bill Ford, Janet Snyder, Pauline Lilly, Bert Meadows, Annis Bryant, Maxine McAlexander, Thelma Cavendish, and Hampton Rhoades.
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Gamma Eta Sigma
MacMillon
Mount Hope
Wayne Waybright
Price Caffee
James Allen
Dan Skaggs
Harry Grimmet
Clifton Lilly
David Meadows
Sam Worley
Richard Cooper
Dr. H. G. Burman
Bill Ford
Janet Snyder
Pauline Lilly
Bert Meadows
Annis Bryant
Maxine McAlexander
Thelma Cavendish
Hampton Rhoades
Henrietta Lemon Birthday Honor at Fifth Street Home
Henrietta Lemon is honored on her birthday with a party hosted by Mrs. Henry Lemon at a Fifth Street home. The evening featured bridge and dancing for Beckley college guests, a salad course served late, and attendance by Misses Armstrong Blake Rutledge Hale Lam Ballard Snyder of Mount Hope and others.
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Henrietta Lemon
Henry Lemon
Fifth Street
Beckley College
Ruby Armstrong
Mararetta Blake
Nora Rutledge
Frances Hale
Pattye Lam
Elizabeth Ballard
Rachel Snyder
Mount Hope
Otto McKinney
Bob Brunk
Bob Hatcher
Jimmy Hatcher
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Greenbrier River
Yubiy
Apoquay
Adkins
Wallace and
MeMannus
Gale Keesee
Grand View
Almanac
Journalism Department
Jan Garber
Lee Bennet
Eileen
Jan
Shanny
Jack Clifton
Beckley Tech
Dean
Kat
Joe
Pauline
Hamp
Jean
Wallace
Louise
Lew
O’dell
Bob
R. C
State House
Buddy
Station Watch
Beaver
Beta Theta Mu
Miss Pearl Yates
East Gulf
BOX Office
Qualty
Goodyear
Williams Tire & Battery Service
Prince ST
Beckley, W. VA
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