Walnut Hills High School - Remembrancer Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

Page 11 text:

T0 knit the garments for the soldier lads. Brave fathers, brothers, even classmates, went To flght against the tyrant, and to win. As February days were drawing near, A thrill of glad excitement, felt by all, Passed through the school; there would be no ttexamst, Because of an enforced holiday, Due to a shortage 1'11 the coal' supply. Enjoyment soon was lessened when we learned That all would have to take the final tests. The war activities had taken up A great part of the time of all the Class. War Savings Stamps, Thrift Stamps, and Bonds were sold; A11 calls for aid were answered with a will. The year passed quickly by, and some were glad, For Cicero, and Pilgrimts Progress too, Were growing tiresome and monotonous, Except to those enthused, enlightened ones To whom the sight of work meant happiness. IV September skys were smiling once again; Our country's flag waved gaily in the breeze Before the Schoolhouse, when we gathered there. But scarce had we begun upon our tasks, When school was forced to close its doors again. An epidemic of the Spanish HIiu Was spreading far and wide throughout the land! Five weeks passed thus, and then glad tidings came: t9! An armistice was signed, peace reigned once more! The world went mad with joy, ttfluh was forgot For exhibitions of unbounded bliss. The doors of school again were opened wide; Once more we started in to gain success; But just before Thanksgiving Day, the Win Broke out again, and we were quarantined Until the last days of the waning year. The January days were filied with work, But pleasure, too, found time to linger near. There were parades of boys returning home; Debates were held, and plays were given, too, To benefit those destitute in France; Class parties were enjoyed by everyone; The A-B Dance was given with success; And so the ball of school rolled merrily, Until examination time came 'round. And then the faces heretofore so gay, Were wrapped in gloom and saddened with despair; For we must take a test on what we knew! t'Exams were over soon, and we had passed, And then Commencement! What a time was that! The goal toward which we struggled for twelve years! Commencement night soon passed, and we were free To struggle, and to stumble as we might, Up lifets steep path, to gain or lose at will; Nor knew we then how 0ft' in after years We,d long to have those school days back again. EMMA FREERICKS, 19.

Page 10 text:

I ORE timid Freshmen never were enrolled at ttWalnut Hills than we, when in the fall Of nineteen-flfteen we assembled there. We soon began to study hard and strive To master subjects difhcult to us, And thought, ere long, our knowledge was suk- preme. Examinations proved to us our fault; Though disappointed, we survived their shock, And studied on until the sun of J une Beat warm upon our heads, and we all sought Escape from the cityts heat and school bths clang. 11 Vacation slipped by quickly, and we soon Were back at school once more-had started in GLASS HIETDRY To work, light-hearted, as young people should. Examinations, after Christmas, came, Nor did they frighten us so much that year, For had we not lived through them once before? Then, after weeks of patient tolerance, The message sped throughout the land, one day, That war had been declared to rid the world Of Prussiats autocratic government. A thrill went through the nation; manly hearts Awake and soon responded to the call To help their country fight and Win the war. All through the summer months, the busy hands Of women, old and young, their needles plied, Equipping men for service at the front. III When school was opened, all the girls had learned

Page 12 text:

CALENDAR, SEPTEMBER 1-Getting ready for school. 9-The day has come! We renew our old acquaintances. lO-We are divided into classes. 13-Service? They've got us working like sixty, already. 16-The J unior Debating Club organizes. 177The Senior Debating Club organizes. 18-The Dramatic Club organizes. Ye gods! Any more? 20;On1y 19 more weeks until exams! 27-Good night! The cops go on a strike! 28g And a little child shall lead us? The boy scouts are traffic cops. The home guards look very important. 3078trike over. The fellows are back in school. OCTOBER 29An epidemic of inHuenza is started. 39The flu is getting worse. 77Whaddya know about this? down on account of the flu! lliNo school all week. Shows are closed too, alasl9also soda water and churches. 18mN0 school all week. 259N0 school all week. Schools shut NOVEMBER 19N0 school all week. SiNo school all week. This won : last forever. l10l 1918-1919 lliThe Germans throw in the sponge and peace there is. Grand blowout downtown. Parade and superfluity of noise and con- fetti. 139We knew it! School opens up again. 14iHoly smoke! This is fierce. 219We hear a lecture on Siberia. 289-Still hard at work. DECEMBER 69What the deuce! uflufl 13rNo school all week. 209No school all week. 23eThe Dramatic Club entertains the soldiers at Ft. Thomas. 259N0 school. 3OwRev1'val meeting at school. books! 317D0n Raymond and Willie Flye are back from the army. No school all week; To books, to JANUARY 19Even Abe Davis makes good resolutions. 29Seni0r Class Meeting9lirst of the season. 3-Pettit is elected baseball captain. 59AM N. Y. resolutions declared void. 13-Elocution exam. Wow! 17 ?Dramatic Club gives an entertainment. Admission, two-bits. 22-7Dramatic Club adopts two French Or- phans. 23-Class Meeting.