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

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lh- tllf all the end of this continual striving Were simply to attain. How poor would be the planning and contriving. The endless urging and the hurried driving 0f body. heart and brain. But ever in the wake 01' true attaining There shines this glowing trail, Some other heart will be spurred on, conceiving New joy and strength, in its own self believing, Because thou didst not fail. Not thine alone the glory 01' the sorrow If thou shalt miss the goal; Undreamed of lives in many a far tomorrow, From thee, their weakness or their force will borrow. On! On! Ambitious Soul! Eight

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A History of Walnut Hills High School HE formal dedication of Walnut Hills High School on Friday, October 1, 1895, was the answer of the Board of Education to the demands of the people of Cincinnati for another high school. The two excellent schools which had supplied means of advanced secondary education for almost half a century were overcrowded and alto- gether inadequate for the cultural demands of greater Cincinnati. The school was opened in September, 1895, with a corps of twenty teachers and an attendance of 684 pupils under the principalship of Mr. J . R. Bishop. This number has never been greatly exceeded as an average enrollment during the thirty years of service which Walnut Hills has to her credit. The school has always been overcrowded. At this time the new edifice was one of the Finest public buildings in the city, both in appearance and in equipment. Mr. Bishop was succeeded by Mr. W. J. Harris, who was in turn followed by Mr. A. S. Henshaw. During Mr. Henshaw's period of super- vision came the entrance of our nation into the World War. It is greatly to her credit that Walnut Hills had five hundred and seventy-five stars on her service flag, of which twenty-five were gold. Throughout its existence college preparatory work had always predominated at Walnut Hills, and with this thought uppermost in their minds, the Union Board of High Sehoois reorganized the school in 1919 with the object of presenting a sixeyear high school course for cultural training and specialized college preparation. T hus, what was at first a tendency became the distinctive mission of the school. In September of that year Mr. G. E. Davis assumed the principalship of the newly-organized school. The seventh and eighth grade pupils, accommodated at hrst in the main building and later in annexes built especially for them, were received at Walnut Hills for the first time. That the ideals and aims of the Walnut Hills High School are appreciated by the public is shown by the number of pupils from all parts of the city and adjacent territory who attend the school. The overcrowded condition of the school has been felt more sharply than ever- during the last decade: To remedy this situation, the Board of Education has made provision for a more modern and adequate bullding which will, in the near future, become the new Walnut Hills High School. The most suitable wish that may he expressed for the future of the new school is that it may fulfill its purpose as splendidly as the old one has done. SI!!! B2'! l

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N i w Graduation is the recording of a stage reached in 0116s educa- tional career. True, it marks the end of the high school course. We have found at Walnut Hills it does not close the interest of our pupils in the old school. If past performance is to be taken as a basis for judging, we may be sure that no class will surpass the Class of 1929. We cherish the friendships formed. and we count on the bonds of school loyalty to help maintain the bonds of friendship.