Hughes High School - Hughes Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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CHARLES f,'I'TliRM AN N Principal Of Hughes 'lo the Class 1942: Your senior year has indeed been an eventful one. lX'hen you began, vast areas of our old planet were aflame with war and were being devasted by the most destructive instruments ever conceived by 1nan's inventive mind. Here with your growing appreciation of democracy, you were hearing voices from afar that seemed to threaten ominously. and even to deride, our conception of the way ol' life. Then came that Sunday in early December when with death-dealing suddenness a challenge was hurled. You heard shortly thereafter in our auditorium the voice of our President answering for his country- From that moment, life at school, as everywhere, assumed a clearer emphasis on service, service in many undreamed of ways. As you pass through the doors ol' the old school may that indefinable something, which is called the Hughes spirit, in essence the democratic spirit, urge you on to your very highest endeavor. Clnaiurs f,'I'TERMANN Page 7

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1le was not pa1t1cularly successlul lor a l1un1ble cobbler named Thomas Hughes yet he was able to do SO1I1Ct11lI1g when l1e ched YVl11Cl1 has meant 1nuch to the hte ol C1nc1nnat1 At h1s death on December 26 1824 bequeathed 111s estate to the c1ty to be used 1n carry1ng out hts dream ot free CL1llCat1Ol'1 for the youth of C1nc1nnat1 The t1ustees of 111s g1ft used lt to help students through the prnately ow11ed Woodward College unt1l 1845 when PTOPCI ty for a h1gh school was b01lgl1t on Nmth St1eet between Race and V1ne Streets No bullfllllg was erected therc but 1n 1847 Central H1gh School Wlfh M1 H H Barney as pr1nc1pal was opened 1n the basement of tl1e Lutheran Church on Walnut Street ln 1851 a bu1ld1ng ol Goth1c arclutecture wlth seventeen rooms was opened at F11th and Mound Streets and renamed Hughes Hlgll School atte1 the man wl1o made If 1308511316 Ihe flrst commencement SXCTCISGS for the two CIHCIHDHII publ1c lllgll schools were l1eld 1n uly 1852 The four graduates were from Hughes By 1908 tl1e Clty had so mcreased 1n SIZC that a la1ger bu11d1ng was needed Land was pxoduced at 1116 corner ot Chlton Ax enuc and McM11la11 Street whe1e the corne1stone ol the present T11ClO1 Gothtc bllllfllflg was la1d The new Hughes bu11d1ng wh1cl1 or1g1na11y cost 3111000000 had nearly one l1undred looms and was made to accommodate 111teen l1undred pup1ls Later 1n 1924 the new Dllllfllflg was started as a11 annex and gave the school a capac1ty 01 3 000 students Because of 1ts beaut1fu1 workmanslnp and fme alt wolk Hughes l1as been adm1r1ngly dubbed the Chfton palace Hughes l1as had only seven pr1nc1pa1s durmg 1ts centu1y ol estabhshment Succeedmg M1 H H Barney as p11nc1pal 1n 1855 was M1 R Cyrus Knowlton and then Dr L Thornton Mr ohn M Edwards nest became p11nc1pal and was succeeded by M1 E W Coy 1n 1815 Mr Coy wl1o was pr1nc1pa1 lor for ty SIX years was succeeded by Mr E D Lyons unt11 Mr C M Merry came 1n 1919 Mr Merrys adm1n1strat1on at Hughes ended last une when he 1et1red V1 Charles Ottermann tormer Ass1stant Supermtendent ol Schools was appomted pr1nc1pal of Hughes 1n September 1941 Last Memor1a1 Day tl1e class of 42 pa1d t11bute to Thomas Hughes when IIS pres1dent placed the t1ad1t1onal wreath on h1s grave une 1942 marks the graduauon of the n1net1eth class from Hughe Of these n1nety classes seven graduated 1n t1me of war as the present one does But whether they graduated 1n t1me of peace or 1n t11T1C of str11e they are deeply grateful for tl1e1r secondary educat1on Wl11C1l. enables them to be better c1t1zens to a 811111310 cobblet who d1eamed of the future of the Cl1llC11VC11 of C1nc1nnat1 2 , - N lv, . , 1 . - . 1 ' . '. . - 'V - f ' ,. . ' .. Y 1 ' 5 , . . . , . Y , , . J , . .. . . . 7 1 , ' . . L 7 A .- , I KJ I ' J 7 N , v x ni ' 1 I 11 - - ,H , V - - , 1. ' 1 , - - , .1 - H ' . 1 1 4' . ' 1' f- , 1 1 . . . 1 . . 1 , . ,., . . . . ,, . ' 8 u , . -, , M ' ', ' , . ' ll. , , , . . I , - Y R D- 1 , K . 1 , 1 ' N Page 6

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Mrs. Robinson is the dean of girls. Mr. Havlovic is the assistant principal at Hughes. ear Class of 1942: The wise men of all times have taught us that real happiness, and satisfac- tion in life, can most truly be measured by services rendered. You, who are leaving school, have, no doubt, been told and retold that it is a tragedy for you to be entering wider fields at a time when our very foun- dations are shaken. Perhaps we have mis- placed tl1e emphasis! Was there ever a time when as many varieties and opportunities ol service offered themselves? May you make the most of them! Sincerely, ELMA R. ROBINSON. eww '97 V15 M7e ourselves the better serve by serving others best. ARTHUR J. HAVLOVIC. Page 8