Elder High School - Elderado Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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IN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ELDER REV. FRANCIS J. ROTH gram. Besides classrooms in St. Lawrence, the 01d school buiidr ing on Warsaw Avenue just opposite the church was used. i In 1920. Fr. Louis J. Nau introduced a co-educational pm- As the school attracted more students. Father Nau, with eleven pastors, deciaed to erect a new building. Work was be- gun in 1921 at the present site. September, 1922. marked the opening of Elder High Sc11001. 11 continued to be a co-ed school unti1 1927. REV. GEORGE X. SCHMIDT GRADUATION CLASS 19f? Page Six

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HISTORY OF ELDER HIGH SCHOOL . TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ON PRICE HILL AT PRESENT LOCATION. school hr the parishes of Price Hill, twenty-five years ago. The school was named after William H. Elder, Archbishop of Cin- cinnati Horn 1883 until 1904. Elder had its beginning at St. Lawrence SCI'IOOI. A few Of the rooms served as class rooms for the high school boys. This school was intended just for the boys of St. Lawrence, but soon other stuclents from the hill Were attracted there too. i Elder High School was established as the central high ARCHBISHOP ELDER Page Firm

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HAS DEVELOPED AND EXPANDED In 1927 Elder became the central high school for all the boys in the western metropolitan area. In the beginning the boys and girls were taught by the Brothers of Mary, 51 Poor Brother of St. Francis, Brother Joseph Metz, C.F.P., Sisters of Charity, Sisters of Mercy, Sisters of Notre Dame, Sisters of St. Francis - and a few diocesan priests. Since 1928 the faculty has been made up of diocesan priests with the exception ot a few laymen. MONS. LOUIS NAU ARCHBISHOP HENRY MOELLER Page Seven