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

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Miss Henrietta Reuschel has been transferred to the Woodward colony, The faculty now numbers six men and fifteen women, or, counting the special teachers of music and drawing, seven men and sixteen women. The principal, Mr. John Remsen Bishop, a Harvard graduate, who, in 1882-3, was teacher of Greek in St. Pauljs School. Concord, N. H., in 1884-7; principal of Princeton. N. J., Prepara- tory School; and from 1888 to 1895 instructor in Greek and Latin in Hughes High School, has strenuously labored to carry into successful opera- tion, in the new field to which his energies were assigned7 the pedagogical theory and practice suggested by the following words from his own pen: ttWho is it that said: iRemeniber that your discipline must result in a self-governiug being? It is the aim of this school never to forget this injunction of perhaps the greatest thinker in the domain of education. Dependence upon the will of others to force us to decision or action is vicious in its essence. The high school of to-day ought to be well enough established to put aside shams of all kinds'e to call to itself the hearty support of parents and school authorities. It should be strong enough to pursue its progress toward the only good worth reaching, self-gov- ernmeut and self-activity, although one in ten of its pupils Should thereby be declared, temporarily or permanently, poor material for Citizenship. This school stands for the freedom of the teacher and for absolute fidelity as the justification of that freedom. Conscience, and not force, will be here the ultimate appealt as soon as cireums stances will permit so radical a change from local tradition. I11 the meantime, progress is to be made in this direction as rapidly as possible. ll 'The need of having the feelings 011 the side of action has long been recognized as imperative,' says one of our well-knowu school men. This school aims to recognize this imperative need, With no shirking of temporary inconveniences caused by this recognition. Lofty aim, thorough- ness of daily work, honor and truth in all things. are the watchwords of our progress. We shall thus win to our support all who have good ethical impulses and give full exercise to these qualities. Many who are ethically weak we shall, through exercise, strengthen, No one will leave this school without an increased respect for right doing and high thinking. We shall teach love of learning, as well as learning, and shall hope to see the future of our work, not in school records, but in noble lives. In conclusion, a brief account of the material equipment of the Walnut Hills High School. Though a fine building does not make an excel- lent school, it goes far to facilitate the work of the educator. The light, airy, cheerful recita- tion rooms of this school, most of which are decorated with artistic and appropriate pictures, are themselves silent teachers. The gymnasium is one of the completest in the west. The lab- oratory, for practical work in chemistry and physics, is titted up in accordance with modern requirements. The library, though not yet large, is growing steadily, and it contains a very choice collection of standard books, in history, elementary science, literature, and especially in the Greek and Roman classics. There is also on its shelves a valuable series of works in German and in French. Add to all these a carefully

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Callister. Since the initial organization, changes have, from time to time, been made in the com- position of the committee, by the retirement of some members and the appointment of others, so that the body at present consists of Hon. Jacob Schroder, Chairman; John Schwaab, William J. Klein, Robert W. Stewart, and R. D. Barney. The Walnut Hills High School was opened in September, 1895, with a corps of twenty teachers and an attendance of 684 pupils. On Friday, October 11, the building was formally dedicated. The Superintendent and the several school omcers upon whom devolved the delicate and complicated function of overseeing the affairs of the great school their energy had created were equal to the responsibility. The organization and equipment of the school were completed with more rapidity than was expected, so that. within a very few weeks from the start, everything was in running order, and a zealous esprit du corps already manifested itself among the pupils. Necessarily the success of the school must de- pend upon the vigilance and fidelity of the teaching body. Six of the teachers were transferred from the older high schools: two from Hughes, Mr. Bishop and Mr. Venable; four from Woodward, Mr. A. S. Henshaw. Miss Rachel V. Wheeler, Mrs. C. D. Klemm, and Miss Eulaiie Artois. Other ex- perienced instructors were selected from various schools in which they had won reputation, or were chosen on account of high attainments in college. Mr. H. E. Newman, teacher of chemis- try and physics, had been instructor in the Uni- versity. ML Julius Fuchs was placed in Charge O 19 of the German teaching. Mr. Arthur Knoch was called to direct the athletic training of the pupils and to have charge of the gymnasium. Without specifying the grades to which they were assigned, or the particular branches by them taught, we here record the rest of the names of those who formed the teaching corps in the First two years of the history of the school. These are: Miss Mary E. Magurk, Miss Henri- etta Reuschel, Miss Helen Shrader, Miss Belle Woods, Miss Margaret E. Layman. Miss Agatha Hope Rice, Miss Jane S. OiHara, Miss Eleanor Passel, Miss Esther H. Hagen, Miss Mamie B. Walker, and Miss Alma Diserens, The special department of drawing was conducted by Miss Frances Kohnky. and the musical directorship 0f the schonl was intrusted to Mr. Joseph Surdo. Since the organization of the faculty, in 1895, several changes have been made: Miss Hagen and Miss Walker both resigned in 1897, and in January of the same year Miss Laura E. Aldrich was appointed teacher of elocution in the new school. In the following year, 1898, Miss Alice L. Betts, Miss Louise Spilman, and Miss Alma S. Fiek were added to the teaching force, and in 1899 Mme. Eleanor Peltier was appointed teacher of French. She resigned in 1900, and M. Nonnez was called to fill her place. Miss Diserens withdrew in 1899, and Miss Frances Kohnky was transferred to Hughes. Dr. W. H. Venable resigned in 1900, and his 5011, Emerson Venable, was appointed to succeed him as teacher of literature. Miss Magurk has gone to VVood- ward School and Miss Rice to Hughes, from Which Miss Frances Kohnky and Miss Nora Ettlinger have been transferred to Walnut Hills.

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selected assortment of cyclopedias, dictionaries, and other necessary reference books. Probably this library is the best of its size, and for its pur- pose, of any in the City. The school is supplied with a complete set of excellent maps. A good lantern, with numerous stereopticon slides illustrating various branches of study, has been made useful by some of the teachers. The school paper, a monthlypublication called THE GLEAM, has been condueted with zeal and vigor since the beginning of the year 1896. There has been an organized body of cadets maintained by the bays ever since the school was 0 founded. The Athletic C011m1ittee, the HGym Team, two associations to further the practice of foot-ball and other sports, have taken a suffii Ciently prominent part in competitive affairs to give the school a high reputation for systematic bodily training. The debating society is of vast benefit to its members and is a credit to the school. This association was the hrst in Cincinnati to challenge and encounter in public discussion a rival body of its kind from another city. f the Walnut Hills High School, 1 urszmz ad Szmzmm should inspire its little army 3 of stu en 5 0 113 most 6: worthier ends. persevering efforts or W. H. VENABLE.