Hughes High School - Hughes Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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CHARLES OTTERMANN, Principal IT is a common experience ThaT no maTTer whaT one's age may be, our high school days are remembered. This seems especially True when These years include evenTs oT greaT emoTional or naTional imporT, such as a war. Our ediTors, wiTh a Tine sense oT Timeliness, have caughT wiTh picTure or descripTive word, scenes which in laTer Time will malce vivid Tor you or any TuTure reader The memories oT The many acTiviTies aT our l-lughes in This TaTeTul war year. May iT always bring a sense oT graTiTude ThaT we were able To help a liTTle in The greaT cause in which so many oT our boys and girls are serv- ing in all parTs OT This war Torn world. gm

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MANY years ago a nondescripT IiT+Ie man leTT his naTive land oT England Tor The UniTed STaTes. This man, a cobbler by Trade, seTTled in CincinnaTi, and lived his unevenTTul span oT liTe, alone and unbeTriended. AT The Time oT his deaTh in l824, he probably never dreamed ThaT ouT oT his eTTorT To TurTher The cause oT public educaTion, would resul'T The sTaTely building on The hill, vasT and well equipped. Thomas l-lughes leTT, by will, all his properTy To The ciTy, requesTing ThaT iT be used To TurTher The public educaTion oT youTh. AT TirsT This money helped send sTudenTs, poor buT eager To improve Their minds. To Woodward College. ln I847, CenTral l-ligh School was organized in The basemenT oT a l.uTheran Church, wiTh Mr. l-l. l-l. Barney The principal. Thomas Hughes' dream oT Tree educaTion was Tinally realized in l85l when, as Tree public high schools. Woodward and l-lughes were esTablished by The Union Board oT l-ligh Schools. From Greenwood l-lall aT SixTh and Vine STreeTs was graduaTed The TirsT class oT l-lughes l-ligh School in I852. On January I7, I853 was dedicaTed The TirsT Hughes l-ligh School building, locaTed on FiTTh STreeT opposiTe Mound STreeT. A sTeady increase in The number oT sTudenTs broughT abouT a realizaTion ThaT a larger and a more modern building musT be erecTed. As a resulT, in l9lO aT The corner oT CliTTon Avenue and lvlclvlillan STreeT, a building in The Tudor-GoThic sTyle was compleTed, cosT- ing Sl,OO0,000 and accommodaTing TiTTeen hundred pupils. ln l925 a large wing was added: iT is sTill lcnown as The new building. Today l-lughes l-ligh School boasTs an illusTrious hisTory oT almosT a cenTury. EighT compe- TenT men have held The posiTion oT principal, and have become loved and revered in The minds oT many. LeT us noT TorgeT, as we leave l-lughes l-ligh School, an Ameri- can insTiTuTion, To malce our way in The world, ThaT we owe a greaT debT To ThaT humble cobbler, Thomas l-lughes, who had a vision oT Tree educaTion Tor The people. AT his deslc. Mr. OTTerman is always ready To help sTudenTs seeking wise counsel, ad- vice or encouragemenT. I2

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STudenTs who are graduaTed This year will go Trom l-lughes To a world which will demand all Their loyalTy and capaciTy Tor selT-sac- riTice. Remember your school has TaughT you To serve God and CounTry, and To keep your Tree- dom by accepTing responsibiliTy. ArThur J. l-lavlovic ,... WiTh high hopes Tor The TuTure happiness and useTulness oT The class oT nineTeen hundred and TorTy-Tour. Sincerely, Elma R. Robinson I4 SLM-ff? Mrs. Elma R, Robinson, Dean oT Girls Tearing OTT excuse blanks, chuckling over a noTe oT doubTTul origin, and sharp- ening pencils To conTinue The necessary slip Trom The oTTice keep Mrs. Rob- inson and Mr. l-lavlovic busy every morning. Long lines oT Tardy and absenT sTudenTs sTand waiTing Their Turn To enTer Room I IO, and TourTh door, leTT, main hall. Mrs. Robinson, dean oT girls, has The responsibiliTy oT helping The girls solve Their perplexing problems. She keeps in conTacT wiTh all oT Them and counsels Them wisely. She Takes care oT scholarships and gives helpTul advice To senior girls concerning Their lives aTTer graduaTion. WiTh a smile +haT radiaTes kind- ness, Mrs. Robinson Tackles each iob. AlThough The TiTle assisTanT principal suggesTs digniTy, Mr. l-lavlovic is The genial Triend oT all. Being adviser To Treshman boys is one oT his imporTanT Tasks. The senior boys all know him as Mr. Gus, sponsor oT The l-lughes Club. Added To This burden is The re- sponsibiliTy oT The imporT- anT VicTory Corps.