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

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Mrs. Henriette Ashbrook University of Cincinnati Miss Irene A. Steinau University of Cincinnati Mrs. Marie-Louise Creelman Ohio State University, University of Chicago Miss Norma Stratemeyer University of Cincinnati 20 EIIISUEISCS French l The French course offered at Walnut Hills is nationally known to be outstanding and thorough. But the best part of our French class was the good times we had. Greeting our teacher with a daily Bon jour, Madame Ashbrook , we received a hearty Asseyez-vous, mes enfants, -and the period had begun. After two hard years of clam- bering over grammar, we reached French Ill only to be informed at unbelievably frequent intervals that, You learned that in French ll Of course, the members of French Il were subjugated by, Oh, ye gods, won't you ever learn! and the novices were terrified by an icy stare. But 'never will anyone forget those wondrous days when Ivlrs. Ashbrook reigned supreme in 217. Spazmsb Some of our students will be able to look back at their thorough study of Spanish as an important bit of their education, especially if their future businesses demand letters and transactions with Spanish-speaking customers. Because of the swift advancement of the airplane, countries heretofore thought of as being remote and unimportant have suddenly become valuable locations for trade and travel. lvlany of us are interested in our South American neighbors, our curiosity in them has led us to study and to visit them, that explains the tremendous undertaking of our Spanish Depart- ment in cultivating this interest. Most of us, however, will iust want to know why we didn't take more of it since its study promotes a more cosmopolitan and cultured background. After a year of this course one can tune in on short-wave broadcasts and grasp complete ideas from fast conversational Spanish. He also gets a thrill from this modern language by actually using what he has learned, for example, they talk in el espagnol to their friends in order to keep certain matters strictly confidential. German ' The cheerful Guten Morgen of the Frau , the daily answering of the Fragen, the teacher's theme song- So dumm, so dumm , the fluent speaking of German by the teacher while you stared at her with a bewildered look-do you remember? Remember all the long hours spent trying to master all the irregular verb forms, at least until you came to the conclusion that you might as well make up your own irregularities. Will you ever forget all the fables that iust had to be read and their contents remembered? Perhaps you can even recall the meanings of a few German words. 9 O l I

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Mr. Thomas E. Welsh 'Xavier University, University of Cincinnati Mr. Ray Lambert Ohio State University, Mount Union College, Kent State, University of Cincinnati Miss Christine Heis University of Cincinnati, Cornell University CiCI1CC . . . . More deeply imbedded in the memories of the students of Walnut Hills than mere scientific facts are certain incidents, peculiar odors, or particular sights which they have experienced in Biology, Botany, Physiology, Zoology, Chemistry, or Phys- ics. The stench of HQS, the first awe-inspiring glimpse of an amoeba, multicolored prisms, Os- car dangling from his hook, lab specimens pre- served in formaldehyde-these are some of the memories common to science students. You can easily recall the days of routine class- work-the unexciting memorization of hard, cold facts, and the more interesting demonstration les- sons. Perhaps the most clear-cut image in your memory album is the fascination of lab assign- ments-the opportunity to be on your own to probe, to study and draw your own conclusions. Who will ever forget the tenseness of the moments when you attempted, oh so gently, to dissect the brain of an earthworm? Do you remember the nights when you burned the midnight oil in order to have your drawings, properly inked and labeled, ready for inspection in the morning. The chem- istry lab is firmly fixed in the memories of all of us. The painstaking preparation of the materials according to the directions in the workbook and the hope that the correct results will be obtained are experienced by many anxious students. These are a few of the unforgettable memories of the would-be scientists. Miss Etta L. Elberg University of Cincinnati Mr. Stanley Leeds Miami University, University of Cincinnati, Bucknell University 22