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

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StudenTs discover great wealTh of To oTToin The goal Toward which WainuT Hills is conTinually sTriving, sound college preporoTion, emphasis is placed on The sTudy of Engiish. Involving more Then mosTery of grammar and ebiiiTy To follow The ploT of c: sTory, This course oTTemst To familiarize sTudenTs wiTh The vosT sTore of IiTeroTure and develop evoluchion and expression. The world OT liTeroTure is unfolded in The form of poeTry, biography, drama, essays, and The novel. The lower grades sTress The sTUdy of such cies- sics CiS Treasure lslondu and Robinson Crusoe , while The freshmen ore inTroduced To Arnold's Sohrob 0nd RusTum cmd Shokespeorels A Midsummer NighTIs DreamH DiscriminaTion in iudging conTemp- orory liTeroTure is The aim of The sophomore sTudy 0T chwlingsr HThe Yearling; 0nd Sandburgis Abe Lincoln. The iunioris horizon is broadened by The Tragedy of MacbeTh and The descripTive beouTy of Green Mansions? The TrociiTionol source Theme, The poeTry of Browning and WordsworTh, end The melodious lines of Chaucer ciimex The high school IiTereTure sTudy. BELOW, ROW 1: Miss Jane Acomb, English; Miss Esther Cohill, English. ROW 2: Miss Wilma Hutchison, Eng- lish; Mr. Alexander M. Glesen, Eng- lish. RIGHT: Mr. Harold Inskeep, Eng- lish; Miss Martha Keegan, English; Mrs. KaTherine Lappo, English. BE- LOW: RIGHT: STudents enrich Their study of literature by reading ul0ud. 14

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and undersTanding in Few sTudenTs realize how much our ossisTonT prin- cipal, Mr. Howard L. Luedeke, conTribuTes To The or- gonionion of The school. In a quieT 0nd efficienT manner, Mr. Luedeke handles such specific respon- sibiliTies as managing The Traffic Squad, Studenf AThleTics, The Supply STore, The Book Room, and STU- denT CourT. As ossisTonT principal, he is in charge of boys CITTendGnce and discipline. His services have also proved invaluable To our new principal in help- ing To acquaint him wiTh The inTricocies of WelnuT Hills. This pasT year, Mr. Luedeke hos porticulorlv apprecieTed The fine school spiriT and hopes ThoT iT will conTinue in The fuTure along wiTh our high scho- lesTic sTondcsrd. Serving always as c: cheerful, capable adviser in all The problems of WalnuT Hills girls is Miss Olive M. Clarke, The Dean of Giris. To The hopelessly con- fused effie she is o guideposT in 0 maze. To The sen- ior puzzled abouT college she is c: wise counselor, who arranges group inTerviews for sTudenTs with CO!- iege represenTcTives. Miss Clarke helps oil girls Troubied by grades, program planning, or crcTiviTies. Each Tuesday 0T noon she meeTs wiTh Senior Coun- cil. She supervises STudenT Aid and Big SisTers, cmd wriTes endless recommendoTions. Thus Miss Clarke greole influences The fuTure of each girl at Weinuf Hills. adminisTraTion ABOVE: Mr. Howard Luedeke, AssisTonT Prin- cipul. ABOVE: Miss Olive M. Clarke, Dean of Girls. 13

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ancienT and modern IiTeraTure As we applaud cs greoT ecTor or praise a famous wriTer The ThoughT occurs ThoT They may have received Their first Training in ceurses sim- ilar To our speech and journalism classes. Perhaps This idea will serve 05 cm inspiration. Since oral expression is essential, we can acquire valuable experience Grid skill Through precTice gained from our fine speech deperTmenT. Radio Guild and our several plays are only Two of The opportuniTies To use The knowledge herein acquired. For Those inTeresTed in wriTing, G iournolism class is The place To obTGin pre- cious experience and informGTion which will be invaluable in 0 career along This line. Second year iournolism sTUdenTs wriTe for school pub- licoTions, puTTing The iniormciTion They have learned T0 pchTicol use. Even if 0 sTUdenT is not planning 0 dramofic or liTerory career, The knowledge Obtained will be of greOT ossisTence in daily life, for DC- cosions censTontly arise when The CibiliTy To speak before 0 group or To wriTe in any form is Cl disTincT odvonToge. LEFT: Miss Eleanor McDeviTt, English; Miss Vivian Ross, English; Dr. Edwin H. Sauer, English. BELOW, ROW 1: Miss Mabel SchweikerT, English; Mr. Wayne Gregory, Speech. ROW 2: Miss Frieda LoTze, Speech; Miss Mary Louise Schrofh, Journalism. BELOW, LEFT: Special Speech students gain valuable experience by purficipating in a radio play. 15