Purcell High School - Cavalier Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Bro. Leo S. Rauscli Rev. Paul J. Rose Bro. Gabriel J. Rus Bro. Bernard l-l. Sclienlcel Bro. Francis W. Schneider Bro. William l.. Schroeder Facully Residence

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Mfr, Rev. Jushn Kennedy, C. P. Rev. Richard E. Kennedy Bro. Vicfor F. Knoer Bro. Joseph F. Lelcan Bro. Charles J. Leonard Bro. Jerome Mcfwoy J 'S Bro. John J. Pfaff

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mini! 6505014 Un+iI I926, CincinnaTi had The repuTaTion Tor TwenTy years oT being The worsT governed, The mosT corrupT ciTy, poliTically, in The UniTed S'TaTes. The cenTer oT polluTion lay in iTs poliTicaI boss, whose oTTice was locaTed, very appropriaTely, above a saloon. This man held undispuTed sway unTil The Time oT his deaTh, aTTer which his chieT supporTer sTepped inTo oTTice and calmly pro- ceeded To play greaTer havoc wiTh The ciTy governmenT Than his predecessor had ever done. The misgovernmenT was pracTically perTecT. ConTracTors' rings. uTiliTy rings, oTTice-holders' rings and vice rings all sTrove Toward a common end-To suclc every lasT drop oT blood Trom CincinnaTi Taxpayers. Typical oT This parasiTism were The condiTions ThroughouT The ciTy: planTs crumbling To ruin, sTreeTs iigsawed by ruTs a TooT deep: and yeT some TourTeen inspecTors were paid high salaries To see ThaT sTreeTs were kepT in good condiTion. During This Time cerTain unnoTiced, unheralded, yeT well-organized groups who had been planning The incipienT movemenTs To end This degradaTion began To come inTo prominence. The graTTers had planned an exTra Tax levy, in The hope ThaT They mighT be able To save Their now TasT-sinking ship. The CincinnaTus AssociaTion immediaTely obiecTed in no unmisTalcable Terms. and Murray Season- good, in parTicular, gave venT To his abominaTion. They baTTled The levy To The limiT of Their powers, and were rewarded wiTh iTs downTall. Thus, The beginning oT The end. NOT conTenT wiTh This, Henry BenTly and Seasongood were spurred on To TurTher acTion, The CincinnaTus AssociaTion conducTed a survey oT The enTire ciTy, wiTh a resulT ThaT decided Seasongood and BenTly ThaT The only remedy would be. noT only an enTirely new group oT poliTicians, buT a new Torm oT govern- menT. BenTly became campaign manager, and wiTh Seasongood as commander oT Their sTorm Troops They became involved in a Turious war which ended wiTh Their vicTory. A new charTer was adopTed, an elecTion was held, and a new Council chose Seasongood as Mayor, wiTh Colonel C. O. Sherrill, oT WashingTon, D. C., as CiTy Manager. And so a new governmenT began operaTions on January I, I926. CincinnaTi's governmenT is now operaTed on The CiTy Manager plan. lTs chieT execuTive and adminisTraTive oTTicer is C. A. DylcsTra. I-lis duTies are To mainTain peace in The communiTy, supervise The adminisTraTion oT ciTy aTTairs, enTorce ciTy and STaTe ordinances, make all appoinTmenTs in The adminisTraTive and execuTive service oT The ciTy, and To prepare an annual budgeT which he submiTs To The Council. CiTy Manager DylcsTra and his predecessors have made more public improve- menTs, insTiTuTed more municipal services, wiTh lower Tax raTes and smaller bonded indebTedness Than ever beTore. Thus CincinnaTi has changed Trom The worsT governed ciTy To The besT governed ciTy,