Washington Night High School - Annual Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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FACULTY CLYDE v. ZIMMERMAN MINNIE LOUISE WILSON EMERY ELLSWORTH ELLIS Principal CARL W. BINGMAN CLIFFORD W. ELLIOTT J? MARY LOUISE PERKINS 1'- FREDERICK K. BURGHARDT

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JAMES PERLEE CUMMINS ARIES PERLEE CUMMINS was born in West Chester, Butler County. Ohio. He was a graduate of the National Normal University, in Tiebzmun, Ohio, and was offered the Presidency of his Almallater only a short time ago. 111 his early life he taught in a number of country schools. He nae Principal of Riverside School for a period of ten years: the Same number of years in Clifton: and served in like capacity in the Twenty-sccmul District for seventeen years. This school will no longer be known as the Twenty-scconcl District, the Board of Education having honored the memory of Mr, Cumming by naming it the j, P Cummins School. He was also Well known by the county teachem. having served many years as County Examiner. He tecame our Principal i1? September, nineteen hundred and thineeni it was decreed his stay With us be short. he having passed to the greal beyond 0n the anniversary of the birth of Lincoln, the humble patriot he so dearly loved. His death came as a great shock t0 his many friends in school and church circles, He was buried at lYest Chester. the cemetery being a part of the farm owned by his father at 011C time. and he rests there, where often as a farmers youth he turned the furrow with the plow.

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APPRECIATION RANDALL J. CONDON, Superintendent EXTEND hearty greetings to the Washington Night High School and con- gratulate its members upon th fact that the school has reached its majority and will present its first academic graduating class at Mmic Hail upon the evening of June 4th. Three years ago 'this new school was organized and made its appeal to the people Of the neighborhoodhto the young men and women who had been obliged to leave. school and enter into industry without a high school education. XVhat had been denied them in the clay schools, the night schools supplied. They eagerly seized the second Chance, and by adding to their days of toil nights of study. they have obtained that education which will Open up new views of life with new hopes and aspirations. and will bring new oppltuttunities and new possibilities. Because they have been willing to sacrifice present ease to future gain; because they are determined to succeed where others have failed: because they are becoming strong through difficulties overcome: because they are the type of citizens to whom the city must look for the maintenance of its homes and industries. and its social and civic ideals. it gives me genuine pleasure to extend, through their Annual, these words of greeting and appre- ciation tn the students of the Washington Night High School. RANDALL J CONDON 16