Hughes High School - Hughes Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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PARTING FROM HUGHES llhc clay ul' parting L-vt-r ncarcr clrawsg Tha- Curtain falls upon our high svlirml c lays: i The time has mlm- when Seniors all must pausc 'lio punclcr on thc parting of tht- ways. HN 'lihu stately lrcauty of thy tow'r that ax Thx' splcnclifl rucorrls of the Rod that In famcs for ViCt'l'v, winnin 1' loucl a JJ la . plays lausc, lVlakQ harclcr thc farewell thc St-nirn' says. ixllltlllg the many nictnorics of thot- lN'ill linger Nor thc lmcauty of thy halls: Ancl Hughes, oh, tlcarcr still. than all tu nic 'l'hc lasting lricnclships l,0I'l1lCll within t hy walls. 'l'lu-so lllL'l1llI'll'S nialcc it harcl to part lmnl tht't', 'l'hc incinorit-s, that Hughes to nic rcvallw. Cllil lNA RIVBIN

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THE CLASS OF 1921 OUR years! What an age that seemed to us!four years ago! But now, as we look back on our careers at Hughes, we can hardly believe that that time could have passed so quickly. As Freshmen, we entered the school with feelings of mingled fear and delight. Fear, because of the strangeness of our new surroundingsq and delight at finding ourselves part of the great student body of Hughes. Our fear disappeared, however, and our delight increased as soon as we entered into the activities of the school. We bought athletic tickets and subscribed to Old Hughes as enthusiastically as we bought Liberty Bonds and Thrift Stamps and sub- scribed to the Red Cross. For this was the War Year and we all tried our best to do our bit. We helped put Hughes Hover the top in the Book Drives and the girls of our class spent all their spare time knitting. This was also the year of the coal famine, due to which we received a month's vacation in january. Consequently, we missed the mid-year exams, which we didn't mind at all. On the whole, our Freshman year at Hughes was altogether a novel one. The following autumn we came back to Hughes as Sophomores, and let every- body know it, too, especially the Freshies. We began to wade through geometry, and just as Latin was beginning to seem like Greek to us, the schools were closed for two months because of the inhuenza epidemic. Mid-year exams were again omitted and all Hughesites sighed with relief. On November 11, during our enforced vacation, the Armistice was signed and rejoicing was widespread. In February Mr. Lyon left us to go to East Side and Mr. Merry came to Hughes. Our Sophomore year, though short, was crowded with interesting events. juniors! We had now approached at least a semblance of dignity. With the absence of war activities, our third year was not so exciting as the previous two years had been. Following the organization of the B-Grade class, however, with Carl Momberg as our leader, we managed to find some relief from the regular school routine. We were successful in everything we undertook, en- tirely because of the hearty co-operation of the whole class. Seniors at last, and real dignity! We have reached our goal and our stay at Hughes is almost over. How happy we are that we have attained our ends and yet how sad we feel when we think of leaving Hughes forever. We realize now how much we love her and how greatly we shall miss her in the future. Dear Old Hughes! May you ever have cause to be proud of us! During our four years we have endeavored to live up to the high ideals of our school. Let us now take these ideals with us in the future, so that we may always live up to the best that is in us. We have learned to play fair and to hitch our wagon to a star . Surely, if we keep these standards before us, we can never fail. May the classes following us carry on as we have tried to do, so that the spirit of Hughes will live forever. ANTONIE TACKENBERG, '21, 1161

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