East Night High School - Rostrum Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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1669 1689 1763 1763 1778 1787 1788 CINCINNATI The Athens of the West A RESUME HISTORY -Robert Cavalier de La Salle discovered the Ohio. -1756-Struggle between England and France over the West. --Treaty of Paris-territorial disputes settled. -1789-Period of American Revolution. -General George Rogers Clark with his 175 volunteers began to win the Northwest for the Americans. -Marietta founded by General Rufus Putnam and The Olfio Company of Axrociatcr. -Israel Ludlow, M. Denman, and Robert Patter- son laid off site which they called Lomntioille. 1790 GON'CfHOF St. Clair changed name to Cinrinmzri. Passing missionary referred to Cincinnati as Horzollver Sodom, 4 rmdegoour for rufanr and lau.'l:.rr. ' ' I794'M3d Anthony Wayne crushed the Indians of 1801 1817. 1819 1817 the Northwest at the Battle of the Fallen Timbers. -Cincinnati incorporated. -War of 1817.-Cincinnati answers A call on patriotism. ' ' -187.3-The Queen City in the throes of financial depression! -Miami Canal opened. 1839-1861- The greatest development of population 1861 and building within the history of the city. -1865-Period of Civil War. 1869-Cincinnati Southern Railway projected. IQI4-1918-WOYIG War-United States entered April, 1931. 1917. -Winston Churchill referred to Cincinnati as the most beautiful city in the world. 1934-Russell Wilson, Murray Seasongood, Charles P. Taft, II, Clarence Dykstra-leaders in civic virtues. CINCINNATIYH model city in municipal progrerr. EDUCATION 1790-john Reily established school at Columbia. Nathaniel Guilford, Micajah T. Williams, and Samuel Lewis-pre-eminent in early struggles for public education. 181.1-Guilford proposed that schools be maintained from taxes. ISl5'DF. john Locke's Cincinnati Female Academy established. 1851- 1833' 1847.- 1 847' Woodward Free Grammar School opened. The Model .frlaoollaourc Completed. Night school was opened. Central High School-First public high school. 1853-Hughes High School-H. H. Barney, principal. 1854 1855 1934 1 806 1809 1814 187.0 Thomas Hughes left lirst bequest for education on record. ' -New Woodward opened-Dr. Joseph Ray, n prinripal. William Woodward a Abigail Cutter, bmcfactorr. -Girls admitted to schools. -Cincinnati has a completely democratized sys- tem of education, with modern facilities, trained staff of teachers, and a non-partisan board of education. EDWARD D. Ro111m'rs, ruperintmdmr. HIGHER EDUCATION -A school association was formed as Cincinnati U niwrrity. -First university blown down by tornado. -Lancaster Seminary established. -Cincinnati College organized-Dr. Slack, prefi- dmr. Medical College of Ohio founded- Daniel Drake, principal organiqrr. 181.9-Ohio Mechanics Institute organized. Lane Theological Seminary established. 1831-Bishop Fenwick founded Thr Arhmrum. 1833' Cincinnati Law School-the oldzrt wut of the Allcglamicr. 1 840-St. Xavier College. 1843-Cincinnati Observatory erected on Mt. Adams. 1849 1859 Presidentjohn Quincy Adams laid corner stone. -Fusion of Cincinnati and Columbus branches of the Historical and Philoso hical Society of Ohio. Charles McMicken, Eenefactor of Uni- versity of Cincinnati C1781-18581. -University of Cincinnati organized-Rufus King elected preridcnt of board. 1870-University located on Walnut Street, near Fourth. 1873-Observatory erected on Mt. Lookout. 187S7HCbfCW Union College founded. 1893- 18964 1934- McMicken Hall, first building of University of Cincinnati, erected at Burnet Woods. University of Cincinnati incorporated. CINCINNAT1-on orlznowledged leader in higlarr education.

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1934. The achievement of modern engineering as revealed in the Western Hills Viaduct, compared with the old Wood Covered Bridge about 1900

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MUSIC 18oo-Singing School organized-Cincinnati's Hrst step in musical education. 18Io-Fort Washington Army Band organized. 1814 -Harmonical Society Brass Band began its career of usefulness. 1819-Haydn Society founded. 182.5-Apollonian Society. 1834-Eclectic Academy of Music incorporated. 1844-Handel and Haydn Society formed. 1849-Saen erfest-Germans brought about higher devefopment of music in Cincinnati. 1857-Lildtffdffl, Saengerbund, and Germania, a mag- nificent body of singers brought together under name of Maennerchor. 1867-Cincinnati Conservatory of Music founded by Miss Clara Bauer. 1873-Cincinnati Musical Festival Association. 1878-College of Music-Endowed by Reuben R. Springer. 1883-Apollo Club-young men'.r chorur. 1886-College Choir-choru: of female voicer. 1893-Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra organized- 192.5 1930 Frank Van der Stucken, director. Orpheus Club-young men. -Cincinnati Zoo Opera. -Cincinnati Civic Orchestra originated-Arthur Zack , conductor. 1933+200 Opera-Isaac Van Grove, conductor. 1934-Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra-Eugene Gooscns, conductorf Vladimir Bakaleinikoff, arrirtant conductor. ART 182.6-Academy of Fine Arts founded by Frederick Eckstein. 1818-Gallery of Fine Arts opened by Frederick Franks. 1838-Cincinnati Academy of Fine Arts established. 1869- School of Design founded. 1880-Rockwood Pottery opened Qon Eartern AuenueD by Mrs. Maria Longworth Stover, a prominent artist. 1 886-Cincinnati Art Museum. 1887-Cincinnati Art Academy. 1899-Rockwood Pottery-a picturergue building erected on Mt. Adamr. 192.7-Taft Museum of the Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts incorporated. 1937.-Taft Museum opened to the public. THEATER 1814-Shell-birk Theater. 181.0-Columbia Street Theater-Later called The Glohe. 1832.-Third Street Theater. 1837-National Theater. 1859-Pike's Opera House. 1934 The decline of legitimate theaters. -Legitimate-Shubert, Cox. Burlesque-Empress. Movies-Albee, Caapitol, Keith's, Lyric, Palace, Grand, Stran , and Family. THE LIBRARY 1802.-Subscription List Library. 1813 -Library Society organized. 1835-Ohio Mechanics Institute Library. 1837 1847 1851 -Apprentice Library and Circulating Library Society combined as semi-public institutions. -Cincinnati Law Library incorporated. -Cincinnati Medical Library Association founded. 1864-Lloyd Library of Botany and Pharmac -its founding dates from the purchase of tworliooks by john Uri Lloyd. A world-famous library, but unknown in Cincinnati. 1870-Cincinnati Public Library opened. 1933 1934 -Unfortunate failure of bond issue for new SEFLICCUFC. -CINCINNATI PUBLIC LIBRARY arrumed new role in education. THE NEWSPAPER 1793-Centinel of the Northwertern Territory. 1796-Freeman'.r journal. I799'WlIffYH Spy and Hamilton Gazette. 1804-Liherty Hall and Cincinnati Mercury. 1814-Spirit of the Wert. I 8 I 5-Cincinnati Gazette. 187.6-Die Ohio Chronik. 1837-Cincinnati Advertiser and Ohio Phoenix. I 84 I-Timer-Enquirer. 1843-Cincinnati Commercial. 1 87115, tar. 1 875-Freie Presse. 1 880-Port. I 8 97-Commercial Tribune. 1 934-Modern Newspapers-Cincinnati Port, Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati Timer-Star, and Freie Prerre CGermanD. THE N Iswsrmvmz-A promoter, arbiter, and an open 19341ClNCINNATI1d center of painting and fne artr. forum for its readerr, whore number ir legion