Western Hills High School - Annual Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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gELDOM BEFORE INIHISTORY HAS THE AD- MINISTRATION OF THE SCHOOL FACED SUCH A SHELL FIRE OF CRITICISM AS IN'THESE DAYS OF STRESS. IS THE SCHOOL FUNCTION- ING? IS THE HEAVY EXPENSE JUSTIFIED? ARE THERE FADS AND FRILLS IN EDUCATION? NAT- URALLY WE WERE INTERESTED IN YOUTH'S OWN ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS. WE BE- LIEVE T HAT IN OUR QUESTIONNAIRE THEY HAVE SPOKEN FRANKLY, THOUGHTFULLY, CONVINCINGLY. ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY ARE BETTER PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL TRAINING. THINKING LOGICALLY AND CLEARLY THEY HAVE 'ANALYZED THE VALUES. THEY HAVE GAINED A BETTER PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE, A KEENER KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN NATURE, A GREATER SENSE OF THE OBLIGATION OF PUB- , LIC SERVICE, AN OVERWHELMING CONVICTION OF THE NECESSITY FOR THE ABOLITION OF WAR AND REFORM IN POLITICS. THEY HAVE JUSTIFIED THE SO-CALLED NON-ESSENTIALS SUCH AS ART, MUSIC, DRAMATICS, ATHLETICS, PUBLICATIONS, BY DECLARING THEM ABSO- LUTELY ESSENTIAL IN VOTES OF NINETY-O'NE TO NINETY- SEVEN PER CENT. THEY HAVE RECOGNIZED THE 'WORTH AND ADEQUATE TRAINING OF THEIR TEACHERS BUT HAVE PLEADED FOR STILL GREATER SYMPATAIHY, T OLERANCE, JUSTICE, AN D INTEREST IN THEIR GENERAL WELFARE. WITH AMAZING PENE- TRATION AND INSIGHT YOUT H HAS 'IfROBED THE HEART OF T HE SITUATION, RECOGNIZED THE FAULTS, BUT PRONOUNCED, IN OVERw WHELMING EVIDENCE, THE VIRTUES.

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AJIDMHI1N 1.1611? IIQATF ll iIDN 'DIIUIIEMUM 1DN NAIIUIQlIE Do you feel rim! your high Jclyool twining 1155 been worth while? Yes 99 per Cent. No, 1 per cent. When you berome of age do you intend to take an active. part in politic; and go: emmenr? Yes, 39 per cent. No, 61 per cent m Do you think you are a diferent. penon from fly? one york were when you entered Wexlem Hilh? m Do yak tbmla you me a belie; perm ? - 00 Yes, 85 per cent. No,15 per cent. 6M Yes, 81 per cent. No, 19 per cent. Do you look upon war at a gloriou; adventure? Yes, 9 per cent. No 91 per cent. Are you a pactht9 Yes, 65 per cent. No, 55 per cent. Would yon refme Io fgbl exrept to protect your fotmlry from immm'on? 1 AYes, 53 per cent No,l47 per cent. 1 Whine wow: greater patriotinn? m To give one's'life for his country;29 per cent, 12y To spend 6:165 life in political service maintaining high idealsAH per cent, AI 4 valor will you be influknred by pm'timiz Jpz'rit or by the qlmlitiex 0f the wmlidotex? Partisan spirit, 4 par cent. Qualities of person, 96 pg: cent; Have you given any thought or mxdy to Md: quejtiom 4r: 6 Municipal Ownership-iYes, 54 per cent. No, 46 per cent. . - . Liquor Cont:01--Yes 65 per cent N0, 35 per cent, Civic RCSPOHSibiliIiESF-YBS, 77 Per cent. No, 23 per cent. WarFYes, 91 per cent. No, 9 per cent Thrift-Yes, 65 per cent. No, 134 per cent. HealthAYes, 78 per cent. 1 No, 22 per. cent. Safety--Yes, 62 per cent. N0, 38 per cent. . Principles of VotingAYes, 84 per cent. No, 16 per cent. Voters' Responsibility for Good Govcmment--Yes 89 et cent. No,11 per cent Re ation tb ParentsAYes 69 per cent No, 51 per cent. Old Age PensionsAYes 51 perlqent No, 4.9 per cent Law Obsewance4Yes, 73 per cent. No, 27 per cent. 1Contirmed on page 16D