Central High School - Doubloon Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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1 at Page Eighteen Ni-fs 5: it lf'-'WN REUNION OF' CLASS OF '78 AT FRANKLIN PARK, JUNE, 1908 Top Row: Sylvester W Hoffman, M. Leonora Horlocker, Mrs. Phena Dann Nesbitt and Thomas M. Earl. Middle Row: Flora Barnett Fletcher, Mrs. M. Ada Evans Barr, Mrs. Cora M. Ross Brickell, Kate Williams Osborn, Henry A. Morgan, Frank R. Shinn and Mrs. Hattie Welles Taylor. Bottom Row: Charles Schwenker, Sherman Stephens, Mrs. Emma Lesquereaux Gerhold, John J. Stoddart. teacher: Caroline Breyfogle, Harriet E. Thompson, Mrs. Lizzie B. Nagle Starr, Clara G. Orton, Mrs. Margaret Livingston Smith. An honorary society, which was in the nature of a fraternity, consisting of ten or fifteen boys, was formed in the late sixties. Dr. T. C. Mendenhall was an honorary member. Class parties were given, but the Senior-Junior and Junior-Senior had not yet originated. In the absence of school activities and organ- izations members of the Senior Class during the seventies held social meetings every two Weeks. Because of the change in the number of years required to complete the high school course, from five to four years, the class of 1869 was a combination of two classes and consequently was the largest that had ever graduated from the Columbus High School. There Was no class historian. On account of the large number in the class it was necessary to have exercises both afternoon and evening. In the principal's report for 1875-76 Mr. E. H. Cook recommended that in the future commencement be held in the Opera House, on account of the very large number of parents and friends that desired to attend the exercises, and his suggestion was carried out the following year. After school was out, in the summer of 1869, three enterprising young men, members of the graduating class of that year, Messrs.

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1 - N Vi 15'-X Page Seventee :T Q ,N ...i 51 -KC ll A V SIGMA PHI lN THE LATE SIXTIES Arthur Smythe, left, top row: Abram Brown second from right, top' row. Dr. Mendenhall middle of second rowg A. C. Farr right, second row. First row: E. O. Randall, Alexander Smith, john Calloway In his president's address, appearing in the Public School Report for 1877-78, Dr. Starling Loving stated that for nearly twenty years no new branch of study had been added to the curriculum, although great changes had been made in the manner of treating the subjects. In 1872 instruction in drawing was given in the Columbus schools by the penmanship teacher. Later a system of industrial drawing was introduced and Professor William Briggs of Boston was employed to instruct the teachers and plan a complete course. In the fall of 1875 a room was specially fitted up for art in the High School and was sup- plied with a generous assortment of examples and models. The school always had good music. Efficient teachers were em- ployed and under their instruction many students developed real talent. Boys and girls were not separated. The entire school was trained together. Among the early teachers of music was Professor Hermann Eckhardt, whom many of the early graduates will remember as the leading musician of his day in Columbus. Chapel exercises were held every morning in the Assembly Room, during which there were readings from the Bible, prayer and the singing of hymns and patriotic songs. At this time announcements were made and occasional speakers were asked to address the school.

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2 - ali. Page Nineteen 5 'N vii 421' Smythe, Everett and Eldridge, conceived the idea of collecting the essays, class day program and other information regarding their class, which they published in book form, a feat ac- complished by no previous class in the history of the school. An album Written by three girls of the Class of 1870 may be found in another part of this publication. The Class of '73, the first to leave a remem- brance to the school, gave a fountain, which was placed in the lower hall under the octagon. To it were chained a half dozen tin cups for Pfif'OiPe1 '879-1590 the convenience of teachers and pupils. This unique present was removed in the nineties. By the eighties three courses had developed in the High School: the Latin Course, the German-English, for those pupils who had had a A. G. FARR, '70 CLASS OF IBBI Mrs. Lizzie Alexander Ridenour, Mrs. Jennie Armstrong Thompson, Mrs. E. Lovisa Bainter Rodgers, Tirza Barnes, Ella Boyer, Ada Charters, Mrs. Mae Cherry Wray, Mrs. Emma Clark Wagenhals, Ottilie Clemen, Mamie Cornell, Emma Dietrich, Alma Dresel, Lizzie Earl, Mrs. Florence Eberly Rodgers, Bessie Edgar, Mrs. Mae F. Elliott Cherrington, Flora Engeroff, Mrs. Eva Ewers Garrett, Anna Finn, Mrs. Lottie Geren Borton, Mrs. Mattie Glover Mickle, lda Cottschall, Marie Greenleaf, Mrs. Ella Grove Taylor, Augusta Haberstich, Mary Haig, Emma Holton, Laura Hughes, Addie Johnson, Mrs. Minnie Jackson Shinnick, Carrie Houck, Mrs. Mattie Kershaw Fiesee, Annette Lakin, Jennie Lee, Mrs. Mignon Loechler Poste, Mrs. Olive Loeifler Bradford, Nirna Loomis, Mrs. Lydia Mahlmann Berger, Mrs. Harriet Marple Spahr, Mrs. Carrie W. Martin Stimmel, Zetta McConnell, Mattie E. McCrew, Alma McKenzie, Jennie Merion, Clara Miller, Louise Mulligan, Mrs. Mary Nagle Bliss, M. Helen Osgood, Willie A. Phelps, Mrs. Louisa Piersche Mutchner, Nettie Poindexter, Mrs. Sallie Price Welsh, Lena M. Schoedinger, Alice Sells, Lizzie Shoemaker, Mrs. Mamie Taylor Freeman, Alwina Turkopp. Mrs. Emma Uhlmann Aeby, Lulu Stelzig, Mrs. Mary Vercoe Legg, Mrs. Caroline Viet Hassler, Adelia Waring, Dora H. Weis, Carrie Williams, Mrs. Nellie Wilson Wentzel, Mrs. Jessie Zigler Brooks, William Benbow, John Davis. Clyde Farrell, Theodore E. Glenn, Arthur Cemuender, J. N. Koerner, E. J. Montgomery, Charles A. Pryce, John I... Pugh, and George R. Twiss.