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

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Che walnut Bills Digb School 'EeE'WWW -IIE two excellent high schools, which for nearly half a century hf supplied means of advanced see, KN ontlary education to the ambi- tious youth of our city, becoming overcrowded and altogether in- adequate to the cultural demands of greater Cincinnati. had to be supplemented by another institution of their class. The urgent necessity for establishing another high school was felt most pressingly by citizens of that part of the city spreading northward t0 the attractive hill-tops in the townships of CO- lumbia and Millcreek. and taking in the urban localities of Walnut Hills. Mount Auburn, Avon: dale. and Clifton. As early as the year I890 active members of the Board of Education and of the Union Board Of High Schools were practically considering proposals which led to the erection of a commo- dinus and really magnificent new high school building, on a lot two hundred feet square, lo- cated 0n the corner of Burdett and Ashland Ave- G t nues, in the midst of a population eagerly desirous of the best educational advantages. The school ediflce. one Of the most elegant jmblic buildings in the City. admirany designed for the aecmnmodation of a large schooL was completed in the Autumn of 1895, at a cost of $120,503. the lot costing an additional $24,000. The house contains seventeen light, airy recita- tion rooms, a spacious assembly hall, a fine gym- nasium. a good chemical and physical laboratory, and a biological laboratory. besides a general ofhee. a library. and various lavatories. The committee having in charge the construc- tion of this noble building was composed of the following gentlemen: Jacob E. Cormany. H. II. Mithoefer. Joseph J. Parker, H. W. Allense and Charles Weidner. Jr. The local committee selected from the Union Board of High Schools to exercise supervisory care over the newlyeorgauized high school con- sisted. at hrst. of H. H. Mithoefer, John Schwaab. R, D. Barney. Drausin VVulsin, and William Mc- Callister. Since the initial organization, changes

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WALNUT HILLS HIGH SCHOOL CINCINNATI, OHIO Faculty J. REMSEN BISHOP, Ph.D., Prz'mzjtal. ATLEY S. HENSHAW, H. E. NEWMAN, JULIUS FUCHS, EMERSON VENABLE, R. V. WHEELER, CLARA D. KLEMM. ESTELLE BODY. MARGARET E. LAYMAN, BELLE Woons NELLIE PASSEL, JANE S. O'HARA, JOSEPH SURDO, JEANNETTE CIST, A. A. KNOCH, M. D., ALFRED NDNNEZ, PAUL F. WALKER. A. M. CRANE, HELEN SCHRADER. LAURA E. ALDRICH, FRANCES KOHNKV, LOUISE SPILMAN, ALMA S. FICK, ALICE L. BETTS, NORA ETTLINGER. AGNES L. BROWN.

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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 John Schwaab, Chairman; Jacob Schroder, Xt'illiznn j. Klein, L. J Dauner. and Dr. Robert W. Stewart. The Walnut Hills High School was opened in September. 1895. with a corps of twenty teach- ers and an attendance of 684 pupils. On Friday. October II. the building was formally dedicated. The Superintendent and the several school Officers 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 dit 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 Mt. Venabie; four from Woodward. ML: A. S. Henshaw. Miss Rachel t Wheeler, Mrs. C. D. Klemni, and Miss Eulalie Artois. Other experienced instructors were selected from vari- ous schools in which they had won reputation. or were chosen on account of high attainments in college. Mr. H. E. Newman. teacher of ChEINiS' try and physics. had been instructor in the Uni- versity. Mr. Julius Fuchs was placed in charge of the German teaching. Mr. Arthur Knoeh was called to direct the athletic training of the pupils and to have Charge of the gymnasium. W'ithont specifying the grades to which they were as- signed, 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. Magnrk, Miss Henrietta Renseheh Miss Helen Shratler. Miss Belle H'nurls. Miss Margaret E. Layman. Miss Agatha Hope Rice, Miss Jane S. O'Hara. Miss. Eleanor PasseL Miss Esther H. Hagen. Miss Mamie B. H'alker. and Miss Alma Diserensi The special department of drawing was conducted ln' Miss Frances Kohnky. and the musical directorship 0f the school was intrustcd 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 elocntirm in the new school. In the following year. 1898. Miss Alice L. Betts, Miss Louise Spihnan, and Miss Alma Si Fick 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 Disere ens withdrew in 1899. and Miss Frances Kohnky was transferred to Hughes. Dr. XV. H. chahlc resigned in 1900. and his son. Emerson Yeuable, was appointed to succeed him as teacher of literav tnre. Miss Magnrk has gone to tYuurIwm-il School and Miss Riceto Hughes. from which Miss Frances Kohnky and Miss Nnru Ettlinger have been transferred to Walnut Hills. Miss Henrietta Reuschel has been transferred to the Woodward colony. Since 1901 the department of drawing