Hughes High School - Hughes Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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,,..,,,, .,.,.,. THOMAS HUGHES MONUMENT IN SPRING GROVE CEMETERY. The remains of Thomas Hughes were removed from the old burial ground on Twelfth Street to Spring Grove Ceme- tery where the Hughes Alumnal Associa- tion erected this monument. Every year a group of Hughes students place a wreath on his grave on Decoration Day. THOMAS HUGHES TABLET This stone tablet honoring Thomas Hughes was taken from the old Hughes building and now hangs in the front hall on the first floor of Hughes High School. Page six THOMAS HUGHES If it were possible for us to send a beam of light racing back through the years to spotlight events of the history of our school, the beam would undoubtedly reveal several intensely dramatic scenes. We doubt, though, that our searching beacon would pause for more than an instant at the humble cabin that was both dwelling place and workshop for the solitary cobbler, Thomas Hughes. Thomas Hughes was born in England of Scotch parents. He came to America and settled in Cincinnati. Little is known of his early life. He owned a farm of thirty acres located north and west of what are now Liberty and Sycamore Streets. He lived entirely alone as far as human companionship was concerned, but was surrounded by pets which he addressed in affectionate terms as he worked. His dream of free education was made a reality by the provisions of his will. A few weeks before his death on December 26, 1824, Thomas Hughes made a will leaving the bulk of his property to Mfilliam Woodward, Jacob Williams, Nathan Guilford, Will- iam Greene, and Elisha Hotchkess as trustees of a fund to be applied to the maintenance of a school or schools in Cincinnati. For many years the proceeds from the estate paid for the educa- tion of indigent students of Woodward College, In 1851 the trustees and the City of Cincinnati made a contract for the establishing of a new school. In that year Hughes High School was established in the old Central High School Building. If Thomas Hughes could be carried forward through time, he could see for himself the majestic castle which now bears his name, and, somehow, we do believe that Thomas Hughes is actually watching us in this, Our Hundredth Year. Unlettered, lowly, modest, and obscure, And yet, his name through ages will endure. ' 1 ,.,,,.,,., .l........a i , .,.,

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,H ,M , ,... V, ..,,, iv- --V V - Y.-. --v Old Hughes was located on Fifth Street, opposite Mound, in one of the best residential sections of the city at that time. The building was an imposing example of Gothic architecture and afforded excel- lent accommodations for the school of its day. Architect and builder for Old Hughes were John B. Ernshaw and Daniel Lowery respectively. The build- ing was formally accepted from the contractor on OLD HUGHES January 5, 1851, was dedicated with public cere- monies on January 17 5 and the school immediately moved into the new quarters. Old Hughes served the community from that date until June 20, 1910. The name Hughes High School was given to the Central School from the date of the organization of the Union Board of High Schools, September 16, 1851. Page five

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LAYING THE CORNER STONE, OCTOBER I6, I908 The corner sione as ii' looks loday, afier forfy-fhree years' exposure 'ro all kinds of wea+her. THE CEREMONY Qljxcerpts from a Cincinnati paper, October 17, I908.j Amid the cheering of hundreds of present and former pupils, and the waving of Hughes pennants, the corner stone of the splendid new Hughes High School Building was laid yesterday. The formal laying of the stone followed addresses by Judge Jacob Bromwell, class of '64, Dr. M. Mfithrow, Chairman ol the Building Committee, and Dr. F. B. Dyer, Superintendent of Schools, and a program of music. The pupils of the school, teachers, mem- bers of the Board of Education, and members of the Union Board of High Schools, with a band, marched from thc University to the site of the new school. The exercises concluded with the laying of the stone by Albert D. Shockley alfter he had deposited a copper box under the stone. Among the interesting items in the box were an autographic list ol' pupils of the school, a picture olf Dr. E. W. Coy, principal, copies ol daily newspapers, and a list of Hughes teachers with the amount of their com- pensationsf' Page seven