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

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respective Alma Maters the more prominent and there exists to a greater or less degree a little prejudice on the part of the students of both schools. HBut to-nightt fellow graduates, we are invited to pm the Night High Sch001 Alumni, a society which shall eradicate all prejudice, if any exists, and which shall keep ever alive the clear friendships that have existed during our school days, and shall bring us together to meet new friends, friends that traveled and survived a common, lifticult path, although not without its joys and happinessest and after all, this is the medium which strengthens the tie that binds the two sister institutions; and we sincerely hope that the alumni will find in us, graduates of 1911, members who shall at all times take an active interest in its affairs and shall do everything that will conduce to the general welfare of the only Night High School Alumni in the United States. 30

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The Alumni Dance -;-e+e NE 0f the most auspicious celebrations of our social season was the dance tendered the Senior classes of the two Night High Schools by the Alumni Association, on Thursday evening, April 20, at Bottsl Dancing Academy. The cream of both schools poured out in large numbers to enjoy the hospitality of those who had gone before, and no one was disappointed. Addresses were made by Mr. Albert Schwartz, Principal of the East Night High: School; Mr. A. B. Warhlke, President of the Alumni, and August A. Siemon. President of the Senior class of the West School. The Ciceronian efforts of the various orators brought forth merited applause from all the merrymakers, especially the one of our worthy President, Mr. Siemon, which ran thus: Future Brethren Alumni and Fellow Gmduutes 0f I911: :lIt is with pleasure that I address you on this memorable occasion in the name of the Class of 1911 of the West Night High School; and, assuming for the moment the part of representative of our class, I desire to express our heartfelt thanks and sincere appreciation of the honor that our brethren alumni of the future do us hear graduates this evening. I feel reasonably certain that this most pleasant event will never be entirely effaced from our memory. HWe are assembled here this evening a body of graduates, and also near graduates of the Night High Schools of Cincinnati, who can justly point with pride to our respective Alma Matters that have made such enormous strides as educational institutions in the past eight years. This change in the efficiency of the curriculum of our Night High Schools is as from youth to maturity. They have become capable as never before of fulhlling their large and ever increasing duties to their students and through them. to the common- wealth and to the nation. HBut if perehanee all the students of the Night High Schools of Cincinnati be not worthy of their respective Alma Maters, if now and then some of them in after life do little credit to their teachings, this is but incident to the defects of human nature itself, and will allow no disreputable reflection to be cast on our Night High Schools. nIn our efforts to maintain the prestige of our Night High Schools that inevitable school spirit is bound to manifest itself and hence the pupils of both the East and West Night High Schools strive to make their 29

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Essay Contestants NAME. SUBJECT, BERTHA HART. . . ......................... HHigher Idealx. ' EMMA FISCHER ......................... . .HFor the Honor and Glory of Cincinnati? M.mI :L t'YCanule. . .. ................ . . . T7710 Essence of Character? Oratorical Contestants NA M E. SUBJECT. jOHN .X, MVJUYNT ......................... MTIIU Xiglzf High School Cr'adualv. GEORGE W. BURNS. . ....,. ........... 7713 Signs of tire Timc. MICHAEL NELSON. ..................... Arbitration. WILLIAM FURTMI'ELLER ..................... Thc Value of Personality in Busincsx. 31