Hughes High School - Hughes Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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nah,- :4 $ if Till 129:; mm. 1 - H. H. BARNEY 1851-1354 ELIAB WASHBURN COY 1873-1913 C. M. MERRY 1919-1940 Since its beginning, in 1851, Hughes has had only nine principals. Mr. J oseph L. Thornton headed the School when the first Hughes Annual was published. Mr. Elmer Kizer was principal at the time of the Centennial, in 1951. Mr. H. H. Barney inaugurated the Present high school system, and Dr. E. W. Coy CYRUS KNOWLTON 1854-1360 CHARLES OTTERMANN 1940-1945 1'2. JOSEPH L. THORNTON 1860-1873 EDMUND D. LYONS 1913-1919 ELMER W. KIZER 1945-1958 served Hughes for forty years. Mr. Edmund Lyons was principal during World War I and Mr. Charles Ottermann, during World War 11. Dr. Cyrus Knowl- ton and Mr. C. M. Merry earned deep respect and love of students. The present principal, Mr. EdWin C. Sutton, Jr., has held his post for eleven years.

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Hughes High School Memorializes Cohbleris Dream The field of education is often considered to be the most important of all domestic issues. Nowadays, however, there is very little sentimental attention given by individuals to the appropriation of grants meant for the purpose of erect- ing and supporting new schools. There was a time, though, when the generosity and foresight of one humble man pro- vided sufficient capital for the construction of a school build- ing. Thomas Hughes was born in England of Scotch parents. Although little is known of his early life, he later owned a farm of thirty acres located northwest of What is now Liberty and Sycamore Streets. Aside from an early marriage, which ap- parently ended in failure, he lived entirely alone as far as human companionship was concerned. Although he was an excellent horseman and made a good living off his land7 he was a shoemaker by trade. It is ironical that this, the year ending a century of Hughes Annuals, is also the two-hun- He came to America and settled in Cincinnati. 611 ; wins mu; Aqua: or emcumb IDIID IN CINCINNATI, A. D. .1824. 11 dredth anniversary of the birth of Thomas Hughes. The last will and testament of Thomas Hughes, dated three weeks before his death on December 26, 1824, pro- vided that the iiresidue of my land and property aforesaid shall be appropriated and applied to the maintenance and support of a school, or schools, in the city of Cincinnati, for the education of poor destitute children, whose parents or guardians are unable to pay for their schooling: the said property, the management of the funds arising therefrom, and those who are fit subjects to receive the benefits thereof; are to be placed under the control of a Board of Trustees . . . . The land $tto be by them kept and rents used for the purposes aforesaid, or to be sold, land the proceeds fundedfl Because of one manis generosity, Hughes High School stands today, and the Cobblefs Dream of free education has become a reality. I Wes $4

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N inth Principal When Mr. Elmer Kizer retired as principal in J une, 1958, Mr. Edwin C. Sutton, Jr., an alumnus of Hughes High School, took over the leadership of his Alma Mater. In the last eleven years, he has given wise and efficient direction to all the educational activities for students of Hughes' High School.