West Night High School - Echo Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Class Poem Dedirahd to file Clan of '10 HENRY H. anF. I lYe part tonight, perhaps luievcr, For Life's path is dim, uncextuin, And none can trace its slender skein, Past the Futurels mySUC curtain, Thm' varyings uf joy and pain; E'en the lightest breeze may sever, Or fluctuate the even trend Of the courses of our best endeavm 11 Four years of Life's greut rugged mce We've run together, hand in hand: But same may forge ahead apace, 0r fall upon the burning Sandi Others may languish in the shade, Too timid to tempt fickle Fate. Or by a crooked mute evade The road that leads to Heavenls gate. III For 11: the Academic Sun, Alas! Will never rise again; All nevermorel Them is lmt 0110 Class of nineteen hundred Lcn And nevcrmnre will these lov'd walls, Reiucho to our verhram tread; The cloud that like a shroud doth fall. Obscures the past with woven shred. It' lint spend 110 time in min regret, Let the dead past hury its dead;H There is work to do ere our sunset, A woild unconquered, lies ahead: Anrl tho' we cannot Well remold The ruined bronze which Fills the past, There lies in Nature's lavish fold Ute. just within Tuil's earnest grasp. 24 V' Then let us. search in Natures mountain, For the marble hidden there, And the living, gushing fountain, Must be hewn with toil and care: But reject the useless sandstone, Which fills the pleasant. Howervstiewn nay, For its conglomexated loam, Will crumble surely and decay. VI And it with others we compete In lifels blue vaulted studio Then slIike, although the blinding tears Bedims the sledgels measur'd blow: Strike we then with all our prowess And win a smile horn feted Fame, And consecrate VVl N. H. 5., Who honors us with her C1681 name. VII And dedicate our lives to toil, For after all is dom- and said And at the Close of this turmoil Let this terse epitaph he read: Hmein lies dust that once was life, And under this faint inscn'ptilm: His monument will live through strife In deeds that stand beyond description. VIII Nuu' Cumrudes, if my wards be weak, And my verse of pom invention, Forgive them in the cause they seek. And for their purposed intentirm: Now classmates. teachers. EVely friend. I bid you all a last gond-bye, XVe may neier meet this side Life's end; Farewell, to Thee, HOld. West Night High,

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WARNER PISTOR MEMBER 0;: STAFF Still watch Hm deep. Warner is in earnest with everything he undertakes. ranks first, and has been truly an executive spirit in our class organizations. SAMUEL H. BERMAN H! am constant m a northern iiur You can look to this chap, when in vain to all others you have turned, for a correct solution in Geometry at all times. He is one of the brightest boys we have known, and he is sure to achieve success and high honor in whatever calling he may choose. JOSEPH DECOURCY Hail to our lowr of lesions. This is another of our medical boys and a very line fellow he is, Though with us only a. brief time, we are assured by his indomitable spirit, of his success in his favorite calling. As a student he WINFJELD CORDANO For genilr 1111qu are 17ml, and keep aloof from Jharp confenh'mrji In all places we find all kinds of people. There are always the quiet ones and Winheld is one of this sort. We predict a successful end to his untiring efTorts in his all, his chosen work CLINTON STAATS He loved chlrah'jra Staats is one of the late corners to our class. We are glad to make his acquaintance, and his congenial spirit has endeared him to every member of the class. 23

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The Class History W, .-L C. ,10 HERE is born with every one, so it seems a desire to seek beyond the bounds of our environment. This is but faintly felt at first, an impulse that is not clear, making us creatures of varied natures, according to the influences which are brought to bear upon us. Then our natures broaden, new forms and fancies struggle to express themselves, a larger vision is unfolded to us, and who can say that any one has never felt the desire to seach out those things that shall bring to us something better than we have yet attained. the desire to achieve greater success, to command a higher place among our fellows and make our influence more strongly felt. Such is the feeling that has caused us to strive harder to master those things we have come in contact with along the way, and as the love of success is strong with us all, We hope that all that has been accomplished has been successfully done and with much profit to us. It was with a feeling of hesitancy that we approached the beginning of our work, and the ultimate end and goal of our ambitions was not at all clear that the numerous branches of study It is possible that at that time we did not wholly realize just how much elTurt and hard work was necessary to a successful ac- complishment of all, but each succeeding year, with the inspiration of things accomplished and the knowl- edge that waiting to guide us to a most successful end of all our efforts, was the school faculty, which has proven to be individually and collectively to us in our four years, a wonderful source of help and strength. We believe that to them, in the unfolding to us each succeeding year, the stores of knowledge we gained much that caused us to more readily and gladly continue the studies which we had chosen. In the pursuit of learning, an early acquaintance was made with Algebra and shortly afterwards with Geometry. Many were the perplexing problems that we met with, causing untold disturbance to 0111' state of mind and much toil to grasp their intricaties. But with perserverence these mazes of mathematics were made clear to us and it was with a feeling of relief that the end was reached. The field of literature, always abundantly filled with Choice and wholesome works by men whose expressions made at times long ago upon the world are still felt, afforded us numerous opportunities for a Cleaner knowledge of the good that books contain, we can all most gladly profess that the hours spent thus, will remain among those we like most to recall, and which mean most to us. But tonight at the close of our work, we feel that each of our studies was necessary to make the whole of them, a delight to us, and that in having explored the side-paths, and the main branches of study, we have become richer in experience, and of a greater and better development. And also quite clearly know, that this has been just the beginning, that life is ever an education to us, and that to take a prominent place among the men of today we must be ever learning new things and struggle each day to be better men and women. 25