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

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Foreword In pas? years i+ has been +he +radifion of Wes+ern Hills yearbooks +0 choose as a +heme some broad fopic oi public in+eres+ such as World Fellowship. School Spirit or Civic Pride. This year. however, some+hing 0T more material and pracfical in+er- esi +0 +he public and +0 sfudenfs has presenfed ifself. namely Jrhe School Survey. This survey is being concluded by Jrhe Federal OT-Fice of Educahon, which is a parf of Jrhe Deparfmenf of Jrhe Inferior. which in Jrum is a cog in +he federal execufive machine. Consequenfly +here is a? present a nafional spoilighf focussed on Cin- cinnafi schools. We 'Feel i+ almosf a du'ry, Therefore. +0 do our bif in bringing beTore +he eyes of +he public. a true pidure of whaiL Cincinnah schools are and whaf fhey do. as represenfed by our own Wesfern Hills High Schooi. In +he opinion of educaHonal aufhori+ies There are seven cardinal aims oi presenf day schools. namely: developmen+ of Characier. Coopera+ion. Civic-mindedness. Skills. Leisure Inferesis. HeaHh. and Vocaiions. Therefore. our book is divided in+o seven sedions, +0 correspond +0 The seven cardinai aims. Thus can be explained +he somewhaf unusual arram-zgemenarl for in order bes+ +0 convey our impression oi how We5+ern Hills aids in +he developmen+ of Jrhese essenfial facfors we have been forced +0 deviafe from The cus+omary plan. The organizaHon has. of course. been somewhawL arbifrary as fhe aims of mosi ac+ivi+ies overlap. The resulfs of our work we presenf +0 you in +he Term of an annual. We hope +ha+ in some way we may help +0 mold public opinion and +ha+k as an oufgrow+h. +he schools wiil receive +he supporf ra+her +han +he condemna+ion of The pafrons. and +ha+ +he public will come +0 The realizafion +ha+ while The blessed +hree r's represenfed a worfhy achievemeni in Hie lives of our grandTafhers. fhey are 5H nof negieded in The presenf school. Wifh changing days. however. have come other mefhods of fulfiiling The aims of education. programs which are nof fads and frills buf vi'ral forces in developing weH-rounded. happy. useTuI charaders.

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To our good friend. Rabbi James G. Helier. member of +he Board of Educa+ion. who received our Idea of a School Survey Number th sympafhy and assisfed ifs execu+ion by advoca+ing The Board's accepfance of our oFFer; +0 our superin+enden+ of schools. Mr. E. D. Roberfs. who likewise gave his approval and secured fhe oHiciaI sancfion of our underfaking; +0 Miss Bess Goodykoonfz. UnHed Sfafes Assisfanf Commissioner of Educafion. who so kindly coopera'red and suggesfed a me+hod of carrying ou'r our iheme: and +0 our own principal, Mr. B. H. Siehl. whose wise guid- ance makes possible +he carrying ouf of Jthe educafional aims picfured here. +he senior class grafefully dedicafes ifs I935 annual.

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Results of Questionnaire The following quesllonnaire was senl lo all parenls ol fhe presenl senior class and +0 lhe graduales of +he Class O1C I930: H is generally agreed +ha+ high schools should do +he following +hings for +heir sludenfs: I. Teach +hem how +0 keep well and s'rrong. lHeallhl 2. Make +hem mas+ers of +he common fools of learning, such as read- ing. wrifing. language. elc. lSkillsl 3. Help fhem +0 develop high slandards of +hinking and acling. lCharaclerl 4. Teach +hem ways of using leisure flme profi+ably. ILeisure ln+eres+sl Give +hem +raining in working and geHing along wi+h ofher people. lCooperaHonl 6. Help fhem f0 underslancl l'he problems of currenl' affairs. lCivic-mindednessl 7. Give +hem +raining which wlll help +hem in earning a living. lVoCal'ionl Pul A alfer +he ones you +hink schools ough+ +0 do for all sfudenfs. Pul B afler ?he ones you think your school did for you. when you were a sfudent Pul' C a'Her +he ones you Think Wes+ern Hills does especially well for your boy or girl. Pu+ D afler +he ones you +hink Wesfern Hills oughf +o do beHer. The resulls from fhe parenls and The same queslionnaire wlfh +he ex- graduafes were as follows: ceplion of B was pu+ +0 +he presen+ senior class, wifh lhe following resulls: Resul+s from Paren+s and Gradua+es Results from Seniors A B C D A C D I. 7504 3079 7476 2670 l. 9505 070 I001, 2. '77., 557., 6470 3m 2. 957., 5270 4870 3. 5670 2570 4879 5270 3. 977;: 3370 6770 4. 527.. I670 587., 427., 4. 947., 717., 297., 5. 6670 25?; 65 70 3570 5. 9570 3670 6470 6. 55yo 1870 6970 3170 e. 967,, 4770 537,, 7. 6670 I I70 487;, 5204, 7. 997., 33:70 6770