Hughes High School - Hughes Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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ff 5 k PRESENT ADMINISTRATION DR. CLAUDE V. COURTER SUPERINTENDENT OF CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLS One hundred years of continuous service to the youths of Cincinnati-this is the record of Hughes High School. It is a record proudly to be owned and one greatly to be treasured by all sons and daughters of Hughes High School, but particularly by those who win their diplomas in this epochal year of their school's history. Hughes High School has served our community dur- ing a remarkable period of our nation's growth. It has been a period of marvelous discoveries, of tremend- ous advances in the sciences, in health and human welfare, and in standards of living. Throughout this great period of the nation's development, Hughes High School has prepared young Americans for roles of dignity, honor, and responsibility. In doing so this school has won in full measure the respect of all thoughtful citizens of our community which is its due and which on its hundredth anniversary is paid to it with gratitude. Claude V. Courter , BOARD OF EDUCATION 1950 - 1951 f FRED W. HEINOLD, M. D., Presideni EDWIN G. BECKER, Vice-Presicleni DANIEL . LAURENCE STANLEY K. MCKIE SAMUEL P. TODD BENJAMIN H. SIEHL 2 3 F Page iourieen EXKTMV ., f. 'I K EDWARD WAGNER

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NCTABLE ALUMNI The Annual Staff, alumni, and teachers combed the files of Hughes graduates seeking names of those who have brought honor to their high school. VVhen we had ac- quired two hundred names that couldn't possibly be omitted , we knew that it was impossible to give even brief mention of all the Hughes alumni who have achieved success worthy of recognition. Religion, education, medicine, law, politics, the fine arts, business, engineering, drama, MR. SIMEON M. JOHNSON Page sixteen opera, literature, the newspaper, radio, and other fields all claimed Hughes graduates who have made outstanding contributions. IVe have chosen four unique graduates, each of whom holds an incontestable claim, to fame. IVe hope that the hundreds who are not mentioned know that the class of 1951 is proud of them, and may we in the future measure up to the standards they have set. Mr. Simeon Johnson, class of l875, is the oldest man living in Cincinnati who graduated from Hughes. In his ninety-second year he is still active in his law officeg he has practiced in Cincinnati since 1880 when he received his L.L.l5. from the Cincinnati Law School. IVho's IVho, I950 lists his many activities in city, state, and national af- fairs of legal and political importance. I'Ve are happy to print Mr. Johnsonls account ol' old Hughes, for we feel it is far more interesting to hear from a man of his caliber than about him. Hughes High School of Cincinnati, Ohio was situated on the South side of Sth Street opposite Mound Street. It was built in l85l, and in that year, opened for the reception of pupils. Its use as a High School ceased with the completion and immediate occupation of this very beautiful build- ing in l9l0, and then known as the New Hughes. The change in the location of the school was one imperatively required by the growth of the city and the migration of many of its people to the Hill-tops for residential purposes. The old build- ing some years later, became unsafe for any use, and was condemned and torn down. Although almost 80 years have passed since I en' tered Old Hughes at the age of 12, I still hold it in reverent memory. At that time a Hhigh school education was highly prized, and taken seriously, not only in promoting culture through study, but also in good manners and social conduct. In the language of old Rip Van Winkle Here's to the continued health of Our Hughes ever young and never old. May it live long and prosper. Simeon M. Johnson Graduated in june, 1875