Hughes High School - Hughes Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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-an fy Q Sr 0 X 'XXX MI 'Zf Q' r f f I 14 3.117 4 'wwf ,J fe. ,f 44 Editors Virginia Maxwell Richard Vilter Staff Adviser Miss Koppenhoefer Business Manager Jack Trude Eleanor Brill Eugenia Benedict Naomi Koppenhoefer Bessie Johnson George Stimson y A Herman Schottenfels Reporters Robert Johnson Alfred Katz Sam Passell Mary Murray Wanda Bath Bess Humphries Martha McClure Circulation Manager Grace Fels Cartoonist Virginia Craig Typists Charles Patton Frieda Brownstein Warren Staebler Edwards Murray Benjamin Glober Carl Vilter Al Weiner Bill Raines OME time during the latter half of the first semester. two Juniors urged the publication of a weekly newspaper at Hughes, containing all the news of Y the school, and carrying notices of club meetings and coming auditoriums. Thus, it would serve a distinctive purpose in the school, and probably, in time, become as valuable to the student body as are Old Hughes and the Annual. Two Juniors approached Mr. Merry and gained his consent to their plan. Miss Koppenhoefer, the sponsor of Old Hughes, agreed to supervise the paper: and with her assistance a tentative staff was chosen. This staff met the first Monday after examinations, and elected the editors and business manager. At the next meeting, the name, The Gargoyle, was chosen, because it was thought to represent a distinctive feature of Hughes. For the first seven weeks, The Gargoyle had to be mimeographed because of lack of funds. To the inexperienced, this is nothing, but to the Gargoylers it meant giving up two afternoons a week and spending every Saturday morning turning a heavy, groaning wheel 4,000 times each week and punching 2,000 copies with an inefficient punch, which clamped their fingers as often as it did the papers. Much to the delight of the staff, enough money was made to pub- lish the eighth issue, and circulation has been improving steadily because of this. It was a long hard pull to put The Gargoyle on its feet, even with the en- couragement of the faculty and student body. Without the splendid coopera- rion of the girls of 112, who acted as circulation agents, the newspaper would be but a dream. THE EDITORS. One hundred sevenleen

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'haiku 1 3? I A Sis P 0 F A il MII . . . FTS? - N 4 M VH .A . Officers Frank Neufferm A ,.,V A . President Earnestine Bacon. A A A AVz'ce President Ellen Peters. A . A Sccre1'ury Frank Breen .....,, Treasurer Miss Kruckemeyer. . A A A A . AAAA .Sponsor HIS year the Senior Sages have tried out a new plan. The entire Sage membership was divided into four groups. Each group had its own leader. Every member was required to serve in some capacity of the work. Our aim was to have a play contest,employing every Sage member, not only in acting, but also in stage settings, costuming, lighting, and ticket and program manage- ment. Witli this competition, the interest of everyone was aroused. In the contest were entered four one-act plays, The Far-Away Princess, by Sudermann, Habits, by Steward, The Valiant, by Hall and Middle- mass, and The Clodf' by Lewis Beach. Our regularly monthly meetings were given over to Work which would aid in the production of these plays. We were fortunate in having Mr. A. Smith, the dramatic critic of the Commercial Tri- bune, Mrs. E. Backus, with her interesting knowledge of costumes, and Mr. F. Byers, of the University of Cincinnati, speak to us at our meetings. From them we received many good suggestions which helped us to make our plays a success. Mr. John R. Froome, of the Dramatic Department of the College of Music, gave us his criticisms of the plays. With Miss Kruckemeyer as our leader, and with the cooperation of all the members, we feel that we have had a very successful and profitable year. EARNESTINE BACON, '28, Vice President. One hundred ninleen