Hughes High School - Hughes Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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n December The TwenTy-sixTh in l824, Thomas l-lughes died. lT was noT unTil aTTer his deaTh ThaT This lonely man was Tully appre- ciaTed. EmigraTing Trom English soil, Thomas l-lughes Tound neiTher close Triendship nor undersTanding in The counTry oT his adopTion. The soliTary cobbler had liTTle conTacT wiTh The children whom he was laTer To enrich wiTh The beneTiTs oT Tree educaTion. ln his will he begueaThed his properTy To The ciTy oT CincinnaTip all income Trom This properTy was To be used To send poor buT worThy sTudenTs To Woodward College. ln l845 a loT was purchased on NinTh STreeT beTween Race and Vine: no building was erecTed, however, and in l85l The loT was sold. The nexT loT purchased was on FiTTh STreeT opposiTe Mound. There, on January I7, l853, The TirsT l-lughes High School building was dedicaTed. Even- Tually The number oT pupils became so greaT ThaT The building could no longer accommodaTe The growing sTudenT body. By l9I0 There was a new and Tiner building aT The corner oT CliTTon and lvlclvlillan, and To iT an addiTion was added in l925. Since iTs dedicaTion in l853, l-lughes has been guided by only eighT principals. lvlr. l-l. l-l. Barney was The TirsT, and Mr. Charles OTTermann is The presenT head. ' Page I4

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CHARLES OTTERMANN, Principal This eagerly awaiTed producT oT The labors oT The Annual sTaTT and Their devoTed advisers, This Tine volume which you are now reading, The now being in IQ43, or perhaps TwenTy-Tive years laTer, serves To bring To your mind and hearT memories oT The days aT l-lughes. LiTe ouTside is reTlecTing The TerriTic global sTruggle Tor The conTinuance oT Tree and hopeTul living, while in corridor and class room many and varied acTiviTies, some sTrange and new To The aTmosphere oT The school room, are receiving earnesT aTTenTion and supporT. May The reading oT This cherished bools now or in The TuTure bring To you a warm glow oT saTisTacTion in The realizaTion ThaT l-lughes is sTriving To share The responsibiliTies ThaT living in Troublous days, such as These, imposes. GreeTings To The successTul producers oT These inTeresTing pages, and To Those To whom Their conTenTs are repleTe wiTh inTeresT and meaning. Charles OTTermann Page I5