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

Text from Pages 1 - 92 of the 1912 volume:

THE WINGED VICTORY Gift 0F Graduating Acldemic Class Io WEST NIGHT HIGH SCHOOL 'T'T' v rir:te:'7 4115 J WEST NIGHT HIGH SCHOOL H'hertjer I roam. whatever rmlm: I 592, Ah bear! unrrammelrd, fondly turn: to thee. HE Hnnual 1912 MR. E. W. WILKINSON OF MR. WILKINSON Sombre thoughts, occasioned by graduation, bring upon us more Forcibly than heretofore, an appreciation 0F our leader to whom we are about to bid goodbye. Our admiration of him is not the result of slow growth in the two years that we have known him, but through an attracr tion or in?! uence which we Felt so early in our acquaintance with him. The personal interest which he has taken in us, to, gether with his natural ability as an educator and leader, have won For him a host OF Friends. To MR. WILKINSON: hTis quite natural then, that when the dedication of our Annual is to be made we tum to you May we ask you to recognize our sincerity and grant us permission to dedicate it to you? THE STAFF The Faculty-A Grade MR. E. W. WILKINSON MR. MR. MR. MR. MR. BENJAMIN H. SIEHL GEORGE J. WINKLER STANLEY BAUER RICHARD BUECHLERS ALBERT I. MAYER MISS ADA WEBER Academic Department SENIOR CLASS 1912 C U L OR S-BLACK AND GOLD OFFICERS J. F. SUNDERMANN . . , . k . . . . President CARI. F. PIEPER . Viee-President ANNA HEY . . . . . Secretary ERNEST JAHNKE, JR. .. . . . Treasurer CLASS MOTTO Opera: prefium e1! HIt is worth while JOHN E. BAST Thou spzakest wiser than thou art aware of. Bast is true to his friends and friendly to all, His bubbling humor is exhib- ited in school and out, while as an athlete he ranks with the best. HERBERT T. BRADING Wizalmewr Vrv u'rmld 11ml men would :10 1mm you, do 5'3 Fi'FH .m 1'0 Ilirm. We are always careful when making a list of the names of our class to include that of Brading. Although a small boy, we count him a cunsiderable part of the class. E. J. CALLAHAN, J11. Laugh all your friends: and Uyonr friends are sort, So much Hm brim; yrm may Hm: laugh more. Callahan has frequently amused us with his droll remarks and actions which were oftentimes al The expense uf felluw-classmutes. He still retains, however, the friendship of his vidims. CLARENCE A. DIEBOLD An abridgmenl of all that is pleasant in man. Clarence was a silent, studious chap. Although quiet at other t-imes, he would not refrain from enjoying an occasionat laugh during Latin reeltatlon. ROBERT J. EVANS A noble aim, fathjulty kepl, is a noble deed. In the short time that we have known Evans. we have come to respect him as an A 1 student. ALFRED O. B. FEHLMANN, JR. Large was his bounty and his soul sincere. . ln Al .we have the mechanic of the class. We have found him to be deeply Interested In theory and know that we can expect him to put theory into practice. 10 EDWARD U. FREY I lmvc bang!!! golden opinions from all .mrls of people. Freg was one of the most popular fellows of the class. Our best wishes attend him in whatsoever he attempts. ALFRED F. GlEBHARDT He mu 1; gmm-muu on whom I bail! an aholulc Irml. A hardwurkinu. trustwurthy dassmate is Al, quiet but not muruse and well liked by all. CLARENCE N. GEBHARDT t .4 young man who bluslzw is brllvr Illan mm wlm Imus pate. Clarence possesses all the perseverance 0! his brother. with perhaps a little more love for society. that of the fair sex especially. 11 HARRY GEMBERG, Associate Editor nHis ready speed: followed fair and free. Harry is a good writer and an eloquent speaker. He is one 01 the brighte-st in the class in mathematics especially. He will undoubtedly be heard from In the future. ANNA M. HEY, Secretary of the Class Like a rose embowered in its own green leaves. Anna's quiet voice and kindly smile will ever be remembered by her class- mates. She was always conspicuous for her close interest in class affairs and for her diligence in studies. WALTER C. HIRSCHBERGER I do desire 'wr may be bch'er strangers. Hirschberger is a quiet, unassuming felluw. He is one of the persistent sort, however, and was never found wanting in his studies. LOUIS J. HOCK He bid: the merry cup go round. Till sense and sorrow both are drowned. Hock is a royal good fellow. No party or picnic is complete without his merry laugh. HARRY IMMERMAN His mind his kingdom, and 111's TI'IW his law. lmmerman is a quiet fellow with rarely a Word to say. He seemed to live in a world of his own. attending strictly to his OWII business. HERMAN JACOBS For just rxpcrience' fell: in rvrry sail Tim! Mose who think mus! govern those who fail. Jacobs hiled the position as Business Manager of the Voice! for the first four months of our school term. In this period he showed an ability to handle well the business of that magazine. 13 ERNEST JAHNKE, J17... Treasurer of the Class. Call me not fool till heaven hath sent me foriune. Ernest has been the faithful guardian of our finances for the past three yearS. His method of collecting class dues could not be improved; it seemed an easy task to him to make you part with your last dime. MARTHA KAELIN, Class Essayist Gentle of speech, benejz'cent of mind. It is not often that we meet with girls of the class to which Martha belongs. She is a thoughtful, studious young lady and treats her studies intelligently. BENEDICT KAUFMAN Thy purposefirm is equal Ia Hm Lived: Who does HIE hrs! his circumstancr allzm'x Docs well, acts nobly. Benedict's habit of serious thought will unduubtcdly raise him tu the pin- nacle of success. 14 FREDERICK H. KIPF i' Hix 1mm as far from fraud as heaven from earth. Kipf is a'siient. industrious chap: honest in everything he does. There is a certain rellability in Kipf which seems to plead for acceptance. CHARLES A. KLUSEMEYER He was a scholar and a ripe and good one. Charlie has proved his sterling Worth and has won a place among us. Our best wishes attend him. THOMAS LEO McJOYNT, Business Manager Whose in though! is wise. in deed upright, Tn'umplzanily 'gainst force and fraud shall jiglzt. Leo has distinguished himself as a staunch champion of whatever is right Not at any time did he allow anything to influence him to turn from and just. The world is in need of such men as the type that which he held to be right. to which McJoynt belongs. 15 CHARLES A NAISH When I became a man, fput away childish things. Naish is a manly fellow with a good stock of common sense.- We believe that he has the proper makeup and that we may expect much of him. LEO B. NIEHE, Assistant Business Manager. The true poet is all-knowing- He is an actual world in miniature. When not occupied with his Studies, Niehe could be found writing his thoughts in rhyme. He possessed a Wealth of ideas which supplied him with an abundance of material for verse. NATHAN OKUN Na farther seek his merit: to disclose, 0r draw his frailties from their dread abode. -The persistence and determination with which Okum struggled in order to continue with his course is praiseworthy. i 4 16 HARRY PASTOR An equal mixture of good humor, And semible, soft melancholy. At times Harry would act as a comedian. At other times he displayed a marked degree of seriousness and showed an intense interest in his studies. WM. C. PAUL 1, Hum neglecting u'orldb' ends. all dedicaled To closeness and flu: bettering of my mind. Paul is an intelligent fellow and a quiet student. He treasures words like diamonds. but stiil remains courteous to alL He is a living exempliflcation of the adage, Actions speak louder than words. CARL F. PIEPER, Vice Pres. of Class To be great! 1': 10 be mismiderslood. Pieper was the social leader of the class. He will soon be a prosperous busi- ness man, no doubt, but still sooner a ioving protector. ' 17 DOROTHY E. PLUCKEBAUM Thou hast no faults. or 1 no fault: can spy. Dorothy was one of the brightest girls of the class. Her prompt answers showed a careful preparation of her lessons. ROSE RASSELL, Class Historian Her modes! looks Hm collagr might adorn, Saw! m the primmse preps benmfl: the Mom. Her charming individuality has won for Rose the esteem of the entire class. A sweetness of disposition characterins Rose. EDNA M. ROME uWin? she had passed, it seemed like Ike ceasing of exquisite music. Many times during our course, Edna has furnished us with entertainment. She has shown eXCeptional ability as :m ehcutionist. 18 JOHN A. SCANLON, Class Prophet Yr! .vlmll thy name, cmzspimnus and submm Stand in 111:? spartan; firmmm-ni nj limg, fixed ax a S.Ear. John is a brilliant scholar. We will ever remember him as a genius whose reai worth lay hidden. Opportunity has not afforded him to rrwul his capability but we choose to remember him as highly meient. SAMUEL H. SCHAEFER, Class Editor He ln'rd rarll ail, reproved earl; dull delay, Allwed Ia brighter uvnrldS, and led Hm tray, A manly fellow who has given his best to the Voice and the class. Sam is a bright student to whom the class can point with pride. MORRIS SHOKLER A good man can suffer no disgracr. We are glad to number Morris among our classmates. Our acquaintance with him is not intimate as he was not with us in all subjects. 19 PHILIP SHOKLER iii dare do all ihat becomes a man: Who dares do more is none. Philip is a model student. He possesses a goodly stock of diligence and perse- verance which qualities are sure to contribute to his success. MAX H. SI LVERSTEI N Bu! lei my due feet 1mm fail To 1:11 : llze sludious doisfer's pale. Max seemed to be lost in contemplation. He wouid withdraw from his friends and content himseif in meditation. Though he sometimes seemed to lose sight of his classmates, they never inst admiration for him. WALTER SOLLER Full many aflnmir is born In blush unseen, And waste ifs sweetness an flu: deser! airi Seller is a good example of diligence being rewarded with success. He is a modest fellow and a very hard worker. 20 JUSTUS FRED SUNDERMANN, Class Orator. Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed. To Justus, failure Was a word unknown. Once his mind was set he was never known to falter till his object was reached. We doubt if there is a more popular fellow in the school. For four years he has served efficiently as president of his class; may he some day fill the same oiTlce for his country. ADRIAN LOUIS VANDERMUELLEN Truth from his lips prevailed will: double sway. And fool: who come 10 scoff, remained to pray. No amount of jests or jibes was ever known to ruffle even for a moment his steady, agreeable temper. Vandy is one of the type that reasons for himself and stands firmly for his convictions. He offered the opening prayer at the graduating exercises of his class. ALMA S. WERNER She once, perhaps, in village plenty H.951, Has wept a! late: of innocence dislresl. Alma showed a constant attentiveness to study. Her diligence should bring to her every reward in return for painstaking efforts. MARGRET F. WHITE Crmtenl Myself to by obxcm'tly good. Margret is a quiet pupil. Her lessons are well prepared and show careful- ness in arrangement. FRED D. WIESE, JR., Staff Artist For Ike love of lauglllcr, hinder 110! Jim Immor of his designs. Fredhs presence enlivens the dullest moments. He was ever ready to cause mirth by unique expressions or humorous cartoonsh We employ this means of expressing our thanks for his artistic work for the Voice and for the designs for class pin. ADELE L. WIRTH Helen's cheeks, but not lmr hcarl. A sweeter, better natured girl than Adele does not exist. Her friendly Ways and jolly disposition have made her a favorite with all. Ix. l. FRED E. WISSMAN Wise to resolve-aizd paiient to perform? 'We have made the acquaintance of Mr. Wissman within the last year. We admire his earnestness of purpose and congratulate him on his work. FRANK H. WULFHORST, Editor of Voice and Annual iiGood marrrmi oftm comes in small packages. To Frank was entrusted the marshaliing 0f sentiments appropriate to his classmates. He left this space blank. This act is commensurate with his mod- esty. Unassuming, dignihed, thoughtful, Frank deserved and therefore possessed the respect of his fellows. The Voice speaks for Frank. The Principal filled the space Frank left empty. JOHN A. ZIMMERMAN Alt'zmpl lire Md and nrurr stand Ia dtmbI: Nolhz'ng so hard but search will find 1'! mil. John has a valid claim to our attention We admire his determination to continue his studies in spite of discouraging conditions. Class History. ROSE RASSELL '12 T IS Class Night. The spirit of class night is felt by everyone. The Freshmen. Sophomores and Juniors view it With I great delight To them it means a step nearer to their goal and they look upon the Seniors. with envy. But the Seniors, huw do they view class night? For four long years we have studied diligently and tonight our hearts are full uf joy and happiness because we feel amply rewarded for our efforts spent in study. This feeling of joy. however, is mixed with one of regret. It means our last night as a class in our clear Alma Mater and pleasant associations that have been formed during our school life will be broken. However We brush aside these thoughts and give ourselves up to the enjoyment of the evening to hear what our kind prophet has to tell us of our future and to view the events of the past four years. As Freshmen 0r l'babies as the Evening School Voice :0 kindly calla us, we were a wonderful class. There were so many of us that we were divided into three classes under the tutelage of Mrt Siehl and the Misses Weber and Ashfleldi The first year was not a tedious one, for as you know babies are. always treated leniently. We entered into our studies. Consisting of Literature, Algebra. Latin or German, and Physical Geography with great zeal and finished the year with banners flying. The boys of Mrr Siehl's class were so lonely during their Freshman year that they were not satisfied until their class was united with those classes containing a goodly number of the fair sex. The number of babies having diminished we find only tWU classes consisting of 'lmore wise pupils, under the care of the Misses Kohnky arid Hoban. You would hardly think, my dear classmates, that at one time we Seniors were deadly enemies. but such Was the case during the Sophomore year. We were divided into a German and a Latin class. If the German class was victorious in a debate, its members would strut like peacocks for about a month, when to their chagrin the Latin class would be victor in the next debate. Through the entire year it Was war all the time, but in the matter of studies We stood on an equal footing. The first half of the year was easy. but. our troubles began with the opening of the second half. The horizon of every. one was marred by the thought of Geometry, which loomed like a specter in the distance. But like true Spartans, about whom we were studying in our History at the time, we buckled on our armor and went into the tray. As this study 24 occupied the lirst half hour of the evening. it was a pleasure to all to see the hands of the cloak move around to a quar- ter t0 Eight. We would then joyfully pick up our books and depart for our respective German and Latin classes. there to meet the smiling countenances of the Messrs. Mayer and Winkler, The opening of the third year brought with it quite a few changes. We no longer had with us as principal Mr. Wash- burn, up0n whose merits it is needless to dwell. but in his place we had our beloved and honored principal, Mr. E. W. Wilkinson. To those who had come in dontact with him in their earlier school life. it was useless to sing his praises, and ere a few weeks had passed. we all felt that we had met one who would be our friend through life. Another change that took place and which could hardly be overlooked, was the combining of the two classes. The hatchet was buried and our motto then was, 'tUnited we stand; divided we falle Such was the spirit with which we entered our Junior year. Indeed, we had great need of such a spirit, for the year was a strenuous one. The study of History brought with it Mr. Stanley Bauer and notes. To the Seniors alone is this word notes great with a mighty significance. With what rapidity Mr. Bauer dealt out his notes. no words can eXpress. Neither can words express the feeling of joy experienced at the end of that bell. Literature was a source of pleasure to all. With Mr. Samuel Bauer as instructor. we took quite a number of delightful trips. to say nothing of that memorable Sunday spent with Sir Roger de Coverly at his country home, Again we were confronted by Geometry. Here Mr. Siehl appeared in all his glory with a book in his hand and said: iiJuniors. you will have to devour five books of prOpositions this yeari and when you have accomplished this. you will have the honor of being the first class that has ever done so. We gained the honor. let me assure you. but at what cost we alone know. 'Twas a fortunate thing, however. that this study occupied the last half hour. or I fear there would have been nothing left of the brains of the Juniors. At last we entered our Senior year. To us the future was bright. We had so thoroughly mastered the study of Geometry that we were no longer afraid of it. We had with us again Mr. Stanley Bauer. but in a different study than heretofore. As a teacher of Literature it is useless for me to say how we enjoyed his instruction. But we met with another stumbling block in the study of Physics. As mighty Seniors. however, we pushed it aside and under the careful guidance of Miss Weber we came out victorious. The absence of a laboratory made it impossible to try experiments, but it was a pleasure to have Mr. Wilkinson drop in some evenings and try experiments on some of the boys. We are sure we will forever remember those experiments. The class meetings which were held each alternate week were a source of delight to everyone. The debates were always interesting even though the debaters sometimes became quarrelsome and in a rebuttal brought up the fact that the opposing side had gotten all of its information out of books. But abOVe all, we enjoyed the great mock trial' Which We attended in the Junior year. At that time our honest 25 and hard-working treasurer was accused of cmbezziing the school money of which crime he has never been acquitted. Mas: poor Sir, how can you live and carry such a heavy burden? The picnics held during vacation time, and our trip to California. Ohio, to inspect the waterworks. were pleas- ures we will never forget. But now our journey is at end. We have reached that goal for which we have striven patiently and diligently. A happy chapter in our lives is closed furever, and a new one lies before us, to be tilled with the best that is in us. From our dear Alma Mater we depart with a feeling of exultation mixed with regret. but As we drift and drift away From each other day by day, With us we will always carry Memuries of our four years' tarry. 26 Class Prophecy Jt A. SCANLON. '12 ache; after puncturing my forearm until it resembled a sieve, and after smoking opium till I felt something rising in my throat, I was finally forced to acknowledge that i could not get my inspiration in the old-fash- ioned way. : FTER eating combination mince-pie, ice cream, dill pickle suppers, resulting in nothing more than a bad head- Accordingly. I consulted that gifted lady known as Mary Von Java, mistress of the past, present and future . Preeenting her with a list of the names of my classmates, I requested her tu direct her powers into the future only, and predict t0 the best of her ability. Here follows the gist of her prophecies: Sunderman, Chief Justice of the United States, has spelled success for himself and doom for the trusts in his lucnity- year fight against unlawful combinations. Adele Wirth, the great Italian opera singer, is playing daily to crowded houses and crowned heads in the Old World. Herman Jacobs has accepted a position as President of the Correspondence School for Insurance Agents. It is believed his wonderful powers of persuasion were first developed soliciting ads for a high-schooi paper. After Obtaining an amendment to the Constitution, granting woman suffrage. Rose Rassell has turned her efforts to literature. Her success is assured because all her works are pervaded with her charming personality. Frank Wulfhorst is editor of One of our greatest magazines and his. salary is reputed to be greater than that of the President. Frank now takes places with the best writers of the day. Ed. Callahan has established a trading post at the South Pole and is busily engaged convincing the natives that glass beads and gum-drops are far more valuable than sealskins and diamonds. The country recognizes Harry Gemberg as one of the greatest statesmen, and his friends are confident he will be the next Senator from Ohio. Edna Rome has been leading lady in the best New York productions for the last few years. Every time she Visits t'Cincy her old classmates see the show as her guests. Drink Hock's, the beer without a headache, advises an attractive advertisement. Our old friend Louis now diVides his time between his race horses and his brewery. Leo McJoynt has decided that three years with the worlds champions is enough for any ball-player,and has accepted a position as manager of the Hi-Fli Aeroplane Co. 27 Pieper's Dancing Academy is known as the best in the city. The proprietor has originated no less than twenty popular dances. The sweet countenance and lovable nature of Anna Hey conquered the heart of her employer some years ago. remarkable success in business is credited, and quite justly, to his better half. Profi East has held the German chair in the University of Berlin for the last three years. back in '12 how, even the Faculty looked upon Johnnie as an authority in everything pertaining to the German language. Reverend Vandermuellen is showing the natives of Kururu how much more dignified is a dress suit than a breech- cloth; how great an improvement is breakfast food over crocodiles; and how much greater is the ability to find the His We can remember away volume of a sphere than the skill to bag an ostrich. Madeline Spinney is conducting a home for Disabled Volunteer Suffragotte leaders. Since the death of Harry Lauder, Paul is recognized universally as the greatest comedian on earth His ready wit and droil sayings led us to anticipate this in our schoot days. Klusmeyer is serving his third term as President of the Republic de Mexico. He has survived the battles with the rebels. and with the far more dnngerous senoritas, and bids fair to remain a bachelor. A friendship started in school has resulted in the firm of Buechler ti: Frey, printers to His Majesty, the Kaiser. The Kipf Detective Agency has been accomplishing wonders for the country. Their latest achievement is the cap. ture of the Air Pirates and the restoration uf the Kaufman jewels. Our friend Kaufman has been rated at seven flgures :ince he reduced the price of radium. Miss Werner is now one of the Futility of our Alma Mater. Mayor Niehe has twice led the Socialist Party to victory and promises to make Cincinnati 3 modern Utopia if his plans carry. We always did predict a bright future for Lee. Gebhardt Bros. have succeeded Tiffany :Si Co. After they perfected the method for making soft coal diamonds their fortunes were assured. Martha Kaelin has also figured largely in wunlnn's tights for equal rights and has the distinction of being the first female senator in the United States. Our friend Seller is now Commander-in-Chief of the Salvation Army. He has brought thousands into the folds through his eloquence Above the trumpet's binxt his voice can be heard daily cxhorting the multitude to abandon their evil ways. AI. Fehlman, inventor of the double-declc street cars and the ncver-miss fare collector, has proven to his employ L'i'S that he is a Valuable man, and iuls recently been appointed managen He has also persuaded Dorothy Pluckebaum tu embark on the sea of matrimony. With the efforts of his encouraging companion we expect still more uf Al. Zimmerman has perfected his purpetual-motion machine and has been dubbed knight by the Czar. in our minds eye We still st-c John's c-uger look when physics Wm being txpounded. When magazines icilr they are losing rtmlers they simply advertise that Sam Schaefer will have an article in the next issue and then enlarge their establishments. After much endeavor Sam has persuaded Jenny Wilzmsky that her mission on earth is to grace his hearth. Pustm has submitted his unabridged dictionary after seven yenrx' Iubor. It may revolutionize the English language, and no doubt will be :lL'CUpted et'crywhere as the standard. MciV Silverslein ilzlS been appointed Director of Public Service as :1 reward for his strenuous efforts in the last mim- puign. Diebold's Death Dclier cures all human ills. Dr. Diebold himself vouches for this rind can also furnish testimo- nials from the leading citizens. Bratling is superintendent of the O. N. G. Preparatory School. lmmermnn has returned to his native land and is one of his HighnUxQ'S most favored courtiers. Juhnke hris puruhused the old Manhattan Restaurant and offers special mtes lo night-School patrons. Evans is chef at the Halldoor-Custorin, :md rt'Ct'in'S much able assistance from his wife, formerly Miss White, Shokler Bros. the great humorists, are making the world laugh with their one-act sketch entitled Two Hours at NightASchool. Brunsman when last heard from was demolishing a large fortune left by a Dutch uncle. Okun is proprietor of The $57.89 Clothing Co. with branches in all the large cities. Nuish has perfected an invention for communicating with the planets and connects us with departed friends for a nominal sum. The Hirschberger Wireless Telephone is now known and used in all civilized countries. Most people recognize Fred Wiese as the leading cartoonist 0f the day. He expresses his gratitude whenever pos- sible for all the practice the school bountifully gave him in creating cover designs, class-pins and cartoon material. Miss Nevitt recently nursed Mr. Astorbilt to health and her quiet intellectual manner so pleased him that he asked her to become his bride. Contestants for the oratorical contest now receive their coaching at Prof. Wissman's School of Expression. Under his able teaching our old school is turning out the best orators in the city. Unfortunately I neglected to place my name on the list and am therefore unable to render a prophecy concerning myself. If the predictions are unsatisfactory or fail to materialize, remember. fellow-classmates, you must deal with Mary von Java and not the class prophet. Class Will ACADEMIC GRADUATING CLASS 12 sound mind and disposing memory. do hereby constitute this instrument to be our last will and testament. That the class of 1912, in consideration of three years of faithful service to their Alma Mater paid by the class of 1913. do hereby give, devise and bequeath into the keeping and care of the class of 1913, the building situated at the southeast corner of Baymiller and Gest Streets; City of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, and being popularly known as West Night High School. The class of 1912 hereby bestows upon the class of 1913, all privileges. distinctions; fame, renown, etc., possessed and enjoyed by those who are called 'tMighty Seniors. We further intrust to the class of 1913 the honor and glory of West Night High, her flags and her banners. We place under their protection and guidance the infants known as Freshmen. or llbables, also the future graduates now called recruits. I : NOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, the class of 1912. West Night High School, being of We give over to the class of 1913, the editing and management of the Evening School Voice. The days of 1912 does hereby covenant and warrant that the titles above conveyed are clear, free and unincumbered and that they will defend the same against all lawful claims of all persons whomsoever. IN WITNESS WHEREOF we, the class of 1912, have caused this instrument to be executed this 24th day of May, 1912. 30 m WW .9 .MJw W aw W W pi x 4; 2562? 'WW . $9,, 24 giby 2M, 70. '7, . CE 5 U jjw $de 7Z2? ,5! thg 1- g$ MM w final; mij x M KM ?qu. de JAMW 8AM - WfML $3572;; j. ,M MKVZWWA W :5 ufWM CZMMM Q W1 $4$ i7 2 ZM Ogle 43W m4? WAQ.3QFMHLMW;M Aqu ' Q Stamed 13 DevkmoWlQQ. ed tin Hm; vesemqe 0 Wm ggfgmgMM 5W 1' W DERHAN x CLASS ORATOR RTHAKA .. . $3233655AY13W Xx. . mx CONTESTANTS DOROTHY PLUCKEBAUM EESAY-HIREAI Sunni FRANK H. VVULPHORST ........... URA'I'ION-A'Thl shut nf 1hr Timex MARTHA KAELIN ............... , . , . ESSAV Bn-hd m SeI'I SAMUEL SCHAEFER .......... URA'J mx- 'Tha Shame uf Ciuihzmran ANNA HEY . . . ............. . . . .EsRAY-HT'M Srlmnl of Life HARRY UEMBERG ..... ORA'rmN- Wha: u Suregu ROSE RASSF, LL v . . . ............. EssAY- The Madrm Wamnn J. F. 5U N DERMAN ................ OHATION PopuInr Gawrumzm EDNA ROME ---------------------- ESSAY-hounvdir Stboalx 32 Commencement Oration Popular Government J. F. SUNDERMANN. '12 HE prominent part populnr government is today playing in uur country run EilsiI-V be nwertnilied by a survey of our political centers and from public opinion. Everywhere, not alone in our uwn state, but throughout the Union, this spirit of popular government seems to have taken root. Why are our greatest statesmen today advocating popular government? What is it that has brought about this demand for a more genuine democracy? There are but three answers: ili change in conditionsh t2; abuse of official power under our present sys- tem, and tsi the old exploded theory that the people themselves are incapable of governing has been abandoned. Con- ditions have changed. Things that were deemed unwise and impracticable in the days of our ancestors have been proven by modern experience to be nise, practical and expedient. Looking intu vur industrial and scientific flelds we will find that wonderful strides have been made. But can we say that our political institutions have kept abreast with the advancement that has been made in the other two branches? This, I fear, will have to be answered in the negative. In our own State, the Cunetilutiunnl COHVCIIHHH in sewiun at llulumbus ha: been forced to face the Fire of this pub- lic den'land. The statewide question ix, What will Ohio do With the irwues of popular government? Ix She going to establish an example which her sister States will follow? An example to which every one of her citizens can point With pride, or is she going to maintain or establish a system similar to our present one? The answar is self-evident. Pop- ular government today is as popular as the Declaration of Independence. It is not only popular, it is righteit is imperative. It is imperative that the people should have the instruments with which to preserve the representative char- acter of their government. it is direct responsibility that breeds honesty and good faith, sustains the wavering, encourages the timid--cletects and defeats the unworthy, the incompetent, the corrupt. Bring to the people an increased responsibility and they will meet their duty with a degree of intelligence and patriotism that justifies a republican form of government. Up to the present time the fight seems to have centered about the Initiative, Referendum and Recall. But it seems as though the most important branch of our government has been overlooked. This branch is the most vital of all. It not only affects the people and States individually, but also collectively. It directly affects the nation. Since the people have taken the initiative to adopt a popular form of government in their respective States. they should remember that a change in their national government is also needed. This change pertains to the election of United States Senators. After a practical test of 125 years the present system of electing United States Senators has prover! a failure. E3Ch succeeding year vindicates this assertion. The House of Representatives and public opinion have denounced the pres- ent system, and nearly two-thirds of the several States have voiced their disapproval by petitioning Congress to amend the Constitution. With such a weight of opinion against the present system, the question naturally will be, Why is the present system still adhered to? This question we shall hereafter consider. Let us first contrast the conditions that existed at the time of the adoption of our Constitution with the pres- ent ones. At the time of the adoption of the Constitution, the conditions in this country were far different from our present ones. Our country then was not covered with a network of railroads as it is today. Then the telegraph Was unknown and present modes of travel and communications were not up to modern standards. The stage coach, canal and the mounted messenger were the main carriers and means of communication. Authentic statistics show that the majority of the population was not located in cities but scattered about on farms and plantations. As to the political conditions much could be said. During our allegiance to England we were confined to the limits of the laws enacted by the English Parliament. We had no voice in Parliament and no choice in the laws enacted by it. Before the Revolution we find very few public meetings and it was not until shortly thereafter that the people began to rec- ugnize the necessity and importance of these meetings. Public questions then were not debated With such frequency as they are at present. The people had had no experience with a republican form of government All of these con- ditions and inconveniences must undoubtedly have been taken into consideration by the framers of the Constitution, and they, being given somewhat to a monarchical form of government could not quite believe that the interests of the people Would be safe in their ovm hands. Hence, they established the Senate to act as the guardian of the House of Representatives. But what a wonderful change has taken place. Today One can travel from coast to coast in five days. A party in New York can converse with a friend in San Francisco as freely as though he stood beside him. Today we find more than a majority of people residing in cities. Public meetings and public debates are an everyday occurrence. Today we have at our command the experience of 125 years of republican government, experience in directly electihg Legislatures, Governors, the Judiciary and Presidents. With such experiences and accomplishments at our feet today and then to impute to the people that they are incapable of directly electing their Senators, seems quite illogical to most fair-minded men. Many people have been led to believe that the present system was adopted because it was the best and only one suggested. A research into the records of the Constitutional Convention will disprove that belief and show that more 34 time was consumed on this question than on any other and that this question occasioned some of the most heated debates that were ever delivered in the history of our country. These debates became so heated and acute that we Find Dr. Frankiin moving that the convention be opened and closed each day with prayer. At this convention quite Ll number of plans were presented. Some sUggested that the peopie should elect Senators, others maintained that they be elected by the State Legislatures, others suggested that the House of Representatives elect them, and still others. moved that they be appointed by the Governors of the respective States, and so on. All efforts of the Constitutional Con- vention to come to some agreement upon this question of electing Senators seemed in vain. Had the present sysv tem not been adopted, I dare say that that Convention would have had to adjourn with its task incomplete With matters in such a state, what was to be done? As in all similar cases where a number of plans are advocated, each lack- ing sufficient votes to adopt it and neither side willing to abandon its position, the last resort was in compromise, and our present indirect and un-American system of electing United States Senators is but an eleventhehour compromise of that Convention. Admitting for the moment for the sake of argument that the present system is best and should not be abol- ished, still the very ideas of the framers of our Constitution have been defeated. The plan as conceived by them was that the State Legislatures should be elected by the people and when assembled in their respective States, they should without suggestion or dictation choose from among themselves a Senator. But is this idea being uniformly adhered to throughout the several States? In Alabama, Arkansas, Flortda, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oregon, Texas and other States. candidates for United States Senators are nominated by the people through the direct primaries. Every candidate for the State Legislature in these States is bound to sign one or the other of the following anterelection pledges: tli t'l hereby bind myself to vote for the candidate for the United States Senate that receives the highest number of votes at the direct primaries ; tZi ht reserve for myself the privilege of voting for such candidates for the United States Senate as l deem best. If he signs the first he is bound upon his honor to stand by it. If he signs the second his chances for election to the Legislature are few. By this method we can see that in those States the Senators are prac- tically elected by the people. It is evident from the above that the original ideas of the framers of our Constitution are graduatly becoming exceptions. The best and most conclusive evidence that the present system is obsolete and untit to cope with present con- ditions lies in the results of its practical application. One of the main reasons for the adoption of our present system was to place all the States upon a basis of equality in the Senate. The Constitution provides that each State shall have two members in the Senate and that no State. without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage. But in how many successive sessions of Congress have all the States been fully represented in the Senate? An investigation into the Congressional records will reveal the fact that few have been so represented. Time forbids me to delve deeply into the shameful regularity with which many of the States have been confronted with this menace to public 35 policy and for the sake of brevity I shall quote but afew statistics. Between the years 189177-1905 there were 14 States but partially represented in the Senate. During this same period 31 State Legislatures were deadlocked from 3 to 114 days with from 6 to 217 ballots being cast, and many elections ending in a compromise 01' a hasty choice. During a lapse of 11 years, 180571906, Delaware Was but fully represented in two Congresses. The Legislature of the great State of Illinois was deadlocked for 5 months in an effort to elect a successor to Senator Hopkins. Often entire ses- sions of a Legislature are taken up in a senatorial election and quite frequently special sessions have been necessary, With such statistics can it be said that the States and nation are receiving justice at the hands of our present system? Let me ask, do we need State Legislatures? You will in all probability say yes. And why do we need them? Experience has taUght us that we need them primarily to elect Senators and secondarily to attend to State affairs. Experience has taught. further that this duty of electing Senators has rendered them less flt instruments for their impor- tant law-making duty for the reason that the majority of their time is consumed in electing United States Senators. Surely this was not the intention of our ancestors. This duty of electing Senators has brought more shame and disgrace upon our Legislatures than all of their other functions combined. It is not only that direct and open bribery often exists, but that which is equally as badibills and measures are traded or killed and the working harmony of the Legislature is often disrupted by dividing it into hostile sections. it would be useless for me to attempt to quote the many instances where Senatorships have been secured through bribery and corruption. 1 think that the mere mention of the Lorirner election in Illinois will be sufficient authOrity for the above statements. in this case. competent testi- mony has shown that as much as $1,000 was paid for an individual vote, this money being furnished by several large corporations and railroads of that State. This case has been under investigation now for three years, and during this time lllinois has had but one Senator in Congress. The total cost of this investigation up to January 18. 1912, was $140,000. This is but one of the many cases that cuuld be cited. It has been argued that State and national politics ought to be divorced. Experience has shown that under our present system, the States and nation are deleteriously influenced by combining them, in that the States have not had an equal representation in Congress and that these senatorial elections have seriously affected State business. Under the present system an elector is at times compelled to sacrifice his vote. Suppose that he be in favor of a democratic Legislature and favors a.Republican Congress. What can he do? If he votes for a Democratic State Legislature, it means a vote for a Democratic Senator. If he wishes a Republican Congress he must vote the Republican State ticket, and both the ticket and the vote may often be against his convictions and interests. Again, let us suppose that a State Legislature chooses a Republican Senator; two years later the Legislature goes Democratic; two years thereafter a Socialistic Legislature follows: can it be said that this Republican Senator would accept and follow instructions from either the Democratic ur Socialistic Legislatures? How then can it be said that a Senator represents the State unless 36 the State may instruct him at its pleasure and unless he can be held in obedience to its instruction. From this we can see that he is a body of himself free to act as he pleases and answerable to none. in the foregoing statements I have shown briefly that the Constitution was drafted under conditions unlike those of the present, that the public at large does not approve of the present system, that the very ideas of our ancestors have been defeated. that the present system itself has proven a failure and that it combined State and national politics. NOW. what is to be done? There is but one road open, and that is, Vest this power of electing Senators in the people; This will not only eliminate the notorious bribery, corruption, deadlocks, machine politics, etc,, but it will also restore our Legislatures t0 the positions for which they were originally intended -that of attending to State affairs. But in order to effect thiw an mnendinent to our Constitution is needed. This will bring dUWH a storm of condom nation from the watch dogs of our Constitution who argue that our Constitution is the greatest WUI'i-x ever urltten by an American and that this will form n dangerous precedent to future amendments, Admitting that it is the greatest work of an American, it still remains the work of man, subject to all his intirmities mid fallacies. Dr. Lewis Bontell said that if we were to judge the members of that Convention by their mistakes :lllti erroneous opinions we should not form the highest estimate of their nbilities. Article V of the Constitution is a testamentary device to the people Wholly unincum- bered, Which forms the liVing soul of our Constitution. If the people deem it wiw to amend the Constitution why should this, their privilege, be denied? Popular election would mean that the candidates for the Senate Would have to go before :1 convention for nomination. This. it Will be argued by the defenders of our present system will bring about more bribery, corruption and machine politics than our present system. But. selections made by such a convention would not be hnal. They would only be primary, subject to review and reversal at the leisure of eVery Voter. For this reHSun their actions would be more care fully guarded against imputations of wrong. It is also said that by adopting the popular plan it would change the personnel of the Senate. I dare say it WUHlti, in fact that is one of the basic intentions of the plan, Six years after the adoption of the popular plan, you Will find no Guckenheimers, no Lorimers, no steel, sugar or railroad Senators, but in their place you will find true representatives of the people chosen directly by them, Jefferson in his obServations on the corruption that had crept into our govern- ment in its earlier days, said that the only cure was the placing of final authority in the people, because not only the integrity but the good judgment of a vast majority could alwuss be relied upon. Lincoln said it there is anything that it is the duty of the whole people to never entrust to any hands but their own, that thing is the preservation and per- petuation of their own liberties and institutions. Allow all the governed an equal voice in the government. That alone is SeifigUVL'l'llliIL'llt ilIILI it is not until thL day arrives when we directly elect Senators that we can say that we have a true govermnent, u government for the people and by the people. 37 Commencement Essay Belief in Self MARTHA KAELI N, '12 with certain natural poWers that facilitate mental digestion with better effect. There is, as a matter of course, a great saving of time in this inherent power to arrive at true conclusions without the price of labor, but the trouble is that these powers to be valuable must bear the stamp of matured and weil-considered decision in the mind of the one who thinks, Whether acquired or natural, the power of wise decision is as the fruitless gift of the wicked fairy, if self-confidence does not go with that power. Socrates chose to call his instinctive perceptions the prompt- ing of his demon, and by the same kind of modest subterfuge, thousands of others since his day, have striVen to dis- guise the fact, that they were building their faith on a rock of self-confldence and asking others to do the same. That which is first demanded of every leader, man or woman, is a degree of selfeconfidence which gives the power to say to :my opposition, Well, gentlemen, the ayes have it, and to say this exactly as President Lincoln stated it to his Cabinet, neither harshly nor lightly, but with a pleasant humor. Such a stand taken with perfect confidence proe claims a settled faith in one's self. MOST people arrive at correct conclusions by means of laborious mental work but some have been endowed Self-conhdence does not mean mere selfeassurance 0r boastfulness. The braggart deceives nobody, often not even himself. He is usually making a loud noise to keep up his. own courage, to cover his own weakness. The Chinese army used to march into battle without guns, depending on the noise they made by beating on tin pans and blowing trumpets to scare the enemy. They made :1 most awful and terrifying noise but they seldom Won a battle. The power of the locomotive lies not in the tremendously puffing smokestack, nor in the shrill scream of the waste at the safety vaive. but in the unheard, unseen and silently working steam in the cylinder. The silent man is the strong man and the one who achieves success. SeIf-confldence means that you not unEy haw faith in self as you know yourself, but that you have faith in all your Godegiven powers. By faith in self you get at your best within the limits and possibilities of your perSonulity. Yul; get the best 38 out of the life for which you are fitted and you grow in grace to a higher, wider and more comprehensive knowledge of yourself, your position and rights in the struggle of life. Where you may in the past have been indifferent, idle or retro- gressive, you will now advance; you will not hold back because your ideas meet with rebuffs: you have faith in self to accomplish that which you have decided to undertake. Faith in self is no figment, but a powerful reality and through it you attain success. You have a right to demand success. It is your duty as well as your privilege to claim it, but sometimes you not only neglect to do so, but what is worse, you neglect to demand success in yourself. You have it in you to succeed, and do not succeed, because you fail to properly appreciate yourself and to bring into action that which is best in you. if nothing succeeds like success it is because success begets self-confidence and self-confidence begets the confidence of others. In whatever you engage, pursue it with a steadiness of purpose and a thorough determination to succeed. There is nothing like a fixed, steady aim: it dignifies your nature and insures your success. Cyrus W. Field went after the most stupendous undertaking of his time with tremendous odds against him, yet with firm faith in himself, in his ability and the accuracy of his calculations. he laid the first cable across the mighty deep bringing in close connection two great continents. it was that singleness of purpose which enabled him to succeed. Faith in self is a belief which honors the Creator and ennobles the man. it is faith that does and dares. faith which raises t'the banner of I can and 1 MIL It attempts and perseveres because it believes in the full and proper use of all the powers of your being. To him that believeth all things are possible. Where was Eadsl bridge before it was built? it was just a complete outline in the mind of the man who built it. He reached out beyond the general belief of his time and did what no other man dared to believe could be done. No obstacle is too great for man to overcome except his belief in his own weakness and this weakness consists in lack of self-coniidence. Mr. Eads did not begin his work in a hesitating way, with a doubt of his ability. but he was conhdent that he could accomplish the work Have faith in yourselfethe greater the faith the greater will be the accomplishment. A whole new philosophy of success has been built upon the theory that if a man believes sufficiently in himself and in his ability he can accomplish that which he sets out to do. Do not be afraid of being called egotistical. Fear of any kind is bad, but that kind of egotistical fear, which is eter- nally in operation about one's self, is the silliest and most contemptible of all hindrances. Do what you esteem to be right and let no self-consciousness hinder you in the accomplishment of your purpose. Almost without exception the great leaders have been equally great egotists. it is tactful, of course, not to make one's faith in one's ability conspicuous and unpleasant to other people, but the fact remains that the more a man has accomplished, the more profound confidence does he have in his own powers. it is fair to say that one may measure the extent of a great manls accomplishment by the height of his egotism. 39 Single-handed and alone, Napoleon Bonaparte probably did the biggest thinghfor good or illithat any man ever accomplished. He was also the most colossal egotist in history. Believe in yourself! Pick out a high goal and march straight to it. You will fmd a hundred difflculties in the way. They are there only to prove your strength-to test your self-confldence, Do not waste your time. Do not scatter your energies: concentrate your mind on the one great object. One by one clear the difficulties out of the way. If you are ignorant, study. If you are awkward, observe and imitate the manners of those who are graceful. The world is inhab- ited by many timid and frivolous people who have no real object in life. They are always lost in the struggle of the survival of the fittest. Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt. 4O A Parting Word to ll2 E. W. WILKINSON You have been more or less active participants in the preparation and issuance of three ANNUALS. You have now come to what is preeminently 'lYOUR ANNUAL. This book is more than largely yours: it is almost wholly yours. I find myself wondering what will be the substance of your retrospection in the years yet unborn when as elders you scan these pages. I fancy I hear you say: Why, yes, there is Jim Jim was a careless happy-go-lucky fellow whom no one would suspect of concealing sparks of genius the brilliancy of which has since dazzled both continents. And here is Susan; plain, plodding Susanl She was the envy of all her classmates in the possession of a rare ability to absorb and retain. What has become of Susan? The bright face of Tom peers at you from the open page. Honest Tom you called him then. As you look, mem- ory is forced back to the times when you sat as classmate with Tom and shoulder to shoulder with him you fought the battles of mathematics, of science, of history or with him you took those delightful excursions into the fields of literature. Thus through this book will you browse at times when recollection lends her aid in conjuring brick to life tht- many. many events with which the past four years have been crowded. What will be the form retrospection will assume as I con these pages in the decades to come? Leave that to me. My final message to you would fall far short of what I feel, did I not in this place and at this time assure you of a firm belief in the future success of each and every one of you. Has it all been plain sailing? Have there been moments when you were strongly tempted to say, ttWhut's the use? Have there been times when even I, old campaigner against ignorance that I am. have been similarly tempted? Yes. such times have come not once, nor twice, nor even thrice, but many a time and oft. My keenest recalling of you will be the many times I have seen the light of battle rekindled in your eye: will be the many times i have seen you rally from the languor of legitimate fatigue and right mantully reassume Wllh inereuml vigor your self-appointed task of scaling the heights of Parnassus. All honor to you, Class of '12. To you is the glory of conquest well attained. To you belongs the credit of a victory well won. To you go the well wishes and highest esteem of 11 at whose feet you have sat as learners. In the years to come, when you and we sit far apart and idly thumb these pages, may mutual recollections of many hours spent in close association annihilate both time agone and distance real and reassemble teacher and taught as was wont in the days of yore. We have met and now separate. We have learned to know and respect each other. May our parting cause a ripple to protrude on the surface of memory which the destroying hand of time may leave unmarred. I tOUR years ago, as Freshmen, you enrolled in the ranks of The West Night High School Academic Brigade. 4-1 EDITORIAL STAFF FRANK H. WULFHORST. HARRY GEMBIERG A. Vnndermuellen . . Cur! Pieper. . . C. Klusmcyer .. E.J.J0ests.., .... Ernst Jahnke. . .. Louis Hock. . .. ............ Edna Rome.,.s...........,, EdALehr.s..., Tress Silber .....s Charlotte Storm ELI. Sheehnn .. s Leo B. Niehe ,. Wesley Wehrung Matthew Muloney .. ,s F H.Cerdes.,.. Erwin Hein E F. Smith.... W. W. Silber s. J. Fitzpatrick. ,In and 0th of Town J. The Staff Eclitor-in-Chief LEO MCJOYNT ...... .. . Associate Editor FRED WIESIE,.Jla,s.....,s.St;1ff Artist Contribu ting Editors Educational Fiviis and Science Samuel EL Sclme-fcr, . .. Herbert A. Nieman. H E. Stuffan H s .. Ernest W. Stockmcit-r, Robert Nnish Eva Chnsson ..... A. Hennun ....... s. Emhzmges .VSpice Jumbles . Persormls Feminine Chatter .Stenogmphy R. Harris Stenography Ed Thorhurn N.Stenography Louis Begmw s ..STenogrnphy G. H. Wolff, Assistant Business Managers .HSenior Mathilda D. Balm s ..... Junior F. McGrane ... Sohpomoro C. Arhogust . Sophomore C. Hennurd .. . Freshman Edw. Wulfhorst .Freshmun E. L. Langston Howard M. Wilson, G. M. Lourence ..... Commerc ial Commercial 43 PRIN. 13. Ws WILKINSON. s Business Manager ..... Staff Adviser ....... Senior . Junior . ,VSophomore s .Sophomorc- Freshman Freshman Commercial Commercial ,.Commercial sCommercial H . Alumni Notes , .Stenogmphy .AStenogruphy s Stenogmphy . Stenography ...Commerciul ..... s ..Commerciul ..... Commercial ... . . Spanish Class ENIOR C LASS S KWJI 1'th art J 44 SENIOR CLASS f A: titty wcre J 45 JUNIOR CLASS 46 J unior Class MR. FRED SCHNEIDER, President MR. JOS. STOECKEL, Secretary MISS MARY FREDERICK. Vica-Presz'a'enl MISS PAULINE LAIB, Treasurer few years, and it is perseverance that will carry us through our final term. Though we may often become dis- couraged, because we cannot obtain better results, and trials and temptations cross our path, let us not forget that if we would succeed we must persevere to the end. It is hard to realize that three years of our course are SUCCESS is the crowning result of perseverance. It was only perseveranx that brought us through these past finished but as time and tide wait for no man, we must seize our present opportunities now, while it is tinfe, and when new opportunities do come we will be able to make use of whatever knowledge we may have gained. 47 SOPHUMORE 48 Sophomore Class History DORA MILLER. '14 been spent in vain. Trying to prove triangles equal in all respects has broadened our minds and made us more capable of absorbing the knowledge that we have yet to grasp. Our study of ancient history has been so vivid that we seemed to be in old Greece and Rome in the times of Alexander and Caesar. instead of merely studying about them centuries Eater. The hours passed in studying German have been very pleasant, and last, but not least, was the delightful study of Eng lish Literature. How we sympathized with fair Ellen in her misfortunes, and how we enjoyed the witty and humor- ous sayings of Shakespeare's actors in As You Like It. Not Only Was it pleasant, but it was profitable as well, for we derived many good morals from it. Our struggle over the rugged path of knowledge would have been hard indeed, without the encouragement and help ing hands of our kind teachers, Miss Thorndike, Mr. Mayer, Mr. Stanley Bauer, and Mr. Samuel Bauer. We extend to them our grateful thanks. If a task is once begun, never leave it till it's donef is our maxim for this term. and we mean to stick to it until IN LOOKING back over the two years which we have spent in striving for knowledge, we End that our time has not we come out at the top with high honors. We depart at the end of this term, only to spend a pleasant vacation and to meet again at the opening of the next term with light hearts mot heady, cheerful faces, ready to take up our tasks and reach the goal of becoming 1014 graduates. 49 CLASS FRESHMAN SO Freshman History EVA M. CHASSON. '15 S THE close of school approaches, we realize the value of our well-spent time and regret we are so near the end of the term. We hope all who were regular thus far will continue in the good work, and return on the next opening night of school. Many a pleasant hour have we spent in our English and Algebra. Together we be- came acquainted with Latin as Caesar spoke it. Our Physical Geography has also proven to be very interesting. Now, let us part happily, with many thanks to our teachers. Misses Ashfleld and Weber, and Messrs Bauer, Mayer and Winkler, for the great good they have done for us It has been Isuggested by Bob Naish that our vacation be somewhat lengthened over the time given to Sophomores and Juniors as we are so young and tender it takes longer for us to recuperate. 51 1 ID CH 0H m C60 m $ 09 Um UM UPJ 0-D UM US Program of Commencement Exercises 'Pageant March ....................................................... -- ----M05Wm1 Entrance of Graduates. The Mountebank's Song' ,.A..,....... ...............-M1kdlafl W050 Night School Chorus. Invocation ........................................ Rev. Adrian Vandermuellen, Ac. Class, '12, West School Essay7 The Problrem of Our Alien Popuiation . . . . . .. .......... , . . . . . . .Miss Alice J. Zopf, East School Estudiantind' ...,. .,,Wald.leufz1 Night School Chorus. Orationi PopuIar Government . ,, ,....A. .. . . . . . .. , .. .......... .AMr. J. F. Sunderman, West School Violin Solo: U0 T0 Spring .................................................................... Grieg an Souvenir .................................................................. -. .Drdla Mr. Emil V. Stemler, Class '12, East School. Miss Lillie V. Weist, Ac. Class 12, East School. Essay- Belief tn Self ............................................... .Miss Martha Kaelin, West School Vocal SolorNThe Storm King .......................................................... Andrew J. 3069: Mr. Gustav W. Retzsch, Night Choral Class. I. Mr. Louis F. Sutz, Accompanist. Orationi Responsibilities of Citizenship'i . .... . . V . . . . V , . . .. .1 . . .Mr. Alphonse G. Reisenberg. East School Soldiers'Chorus'WFausU .......Ch.Gou1wd Night School Chorus. Annual Address4'Education for Service .. . . .. , . . . ,. . . . ,.,....,....., .Hon. O. T. Corson, Columbus, Ohio Toreador Song marmem ................................................................ bronze: Rizal Night School Chorus. Conferring of Diplomas... .. .. . . . . 4 . . ... ...V....... .LDr. S. B. Marvin, President Board of Education America ...................................................................... Chorus and Audience Presiding Officer, Dr. CHARLES GREGORY SMITH, Chairman Committee on Evening Schools, Board of Education. MR. WALTER H. AIKEN, Musical Conductor. PROF. FREDERICK J. HOFFMAN, Organist. MISS FREIDA WINTER, Pianist. Com and Steno, '12. E. W. WILKINSON If you have not read the things that were said Of the Academic folks, Turn back, I pray, and read what I say. Would you call those statements jokes? 1 hope you don't and I know you won't Un fact you'll pronounce them trueJ When I say, what was said back there where you read, Also applies to you This difference I see 'tWixt them and thee I believe y0u ll grant this trUH It took them four long years to score ; You turned the Htrick in two. So close your books, lay aside your hooks : It's time to GRADUATE. l ll end this rhyme by setting the time; May twenty-fourth, at eight. 53 Commercial Commercial Faculty COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT BUOKKEEPING Mr. FRANKLIN SMITH Mr. J. K. DUNN Mr. C. R. TATE Mr. J4 W. EULER STENOGRAPHY Miss MARTHA JOHNSTON Miss ELEANOR SCHIEL Miss FLORENCE MARSHALL Miss GERTRUDIS B. MOSBY Mr. J. B. JOHNSTON Miss HELEN LITTLE Miss ELIZABETH THORNDYKE 55 GRADUATING COMMERCIAL CLASS 56 Graduating Conhmercial Class, '12 A. H ERMANN, '12 THE knOWIedge which we have acquired through the earnest, faithful instructions of Messrs. Tate and Smith, our well-appreciated teachers, has helped us to strive for something which is of value: tor everything which is prOper. It was under their guidance that we have gained the reputation of constituting a Class Of bookkeeping graduates that Stands second to none. We are indebted to them for the aid given us; for their steadiness in purpose, and patience. It is with deep appreciation that we tender them our thanks. Two years ago while walking Up the stairs of the school building, we were conscious of the fact that the path on Which we must walk to achieve the goal was not strewn with roses, and were aware of the fact that many difficulties must be fought and conquered. Difficult as our undertaking seemed, Obstructive as the path Which We chose appeared, we, like warriors brave, threw ourselves into the strife. Battling for success is inherent in all human beings, and it is through incessant struggling that we obtain it. Armed with faith and energy, we have removed all the obstacles that threatened our future success. Today we are about to graduate. How differently we now look at the world. with all its troubles and joys, with all its pride and censure, fortified with the stability and confidence acquired at school. Two voices now speak within our souls, both with the same distinctness. One says, 'Now ye children, go out and make good: do all the good you can, for all the people you can, as well as you cani' The other says, Now, when you separate and take your various places in life, forget not the spirit that aided in putting you where you are. Apply the same spirit throughout your life and success will not desert you. 57 Personnel of Graduating Commercial ClaSS, h12 YOUNG MEN BAUMERING, SAMUELih'An aspirant to a good business careerf' BROSSART, ALFRED G.- An attentive, studious young man. COLEMAN, GEO. E.h A steady, upright young fellow. ECKELMAN, HARRY.7 A student with a vast amount of stick-to-it-iveness. FRIEDMAN, NAT- An industrious young man. GOEPFERT, ALBERT- Good-natured and business-Iike. GOLLER, WlLLlAM- He is a zealous, intimate friend. GROENE, GUS- The blonde boy of Room Threa HANDEL, H. G.;'hStrictly business. HAVLIN, EARL-h'Faithful and energetic. HERMANN, ABEi'hThe editor of the class. HOLTMAN, ALPHONSE-HAn assiduous worker. KASTING. HARRY-- A capable young man. KUHN, ALBERT H . . . . ,h , ,. KUHN, WALTER With frlendshlp for all, Wlth mallue touard none. LANGFELS A . G.h ln word and deed a true classmate. LANGSTON. E. L.- Business manager of the class. Can give advice on any subject. LINHART, FREDgthaluable things come in small packages. MCGI NN, EDWARDi'hMakes sorrow oblivious. NEAL, EARL M.h A quiet genius. NEAL, RAYMO-N th'A true friend is he. PARRY, E. HhhAppreciative and obligingf WARD, ROYhh'The 'George Cohan' 0f the class. WELSCH, ELMER7 The interpreter of the stage celebrities' art. WHITE, HAROLDhHHe may yet he engaged as star-clown with the Ringling Bros. circus. WILKE, HARRY HHe is the symbol of peace. WAHOFF, VALENTIVEihhA true valentine and good-natured is he. 58 YOUNG WOMEN BAUER, ANNAih'Clear in her words: particular in her deeds. BOYS. IOTA BOYS, LEOLA zh'Model pupils, quiet and diligent. BEC KMAN, MARYh'hMagnetic is she, and vivacious? BRESNAUER, ERNEST! N E- It may well serve to take a few lessons in smiling, from this student. BREWER, MERLENhFew words can not describe her merits. CHASSON, JEANhh'Sufflce it to say that in pursuit of education she stands first. CONRAD, AMANDAtl'With a pleasant smile and gentle disposition. she captivated everyone. DUNSKER, IDAa'To have a better classmate than Shel would be impossible. EDMEI R, LOUISE- She does well who does her best. 7 EYSTER, JEANETTEhh'Modesty often gains more than pride. HELMS, LOUISA .. . .. HELMS, STELLA Stlll waters run deep. OSBERG, CELESTI NE- Full of spirit and energy is she. ROEHLING, ADOLPHINAhHA capable, energetic miss. SOLLEK, MATI LDA- ln her the ciass has found a true friend. 59 CLASS, '13 COMMERCIAL History eCommercial Class, t13 l'lt'JWARD M. WILSON on our voyage through Primary Bookkeeping headed for HAdvance Class. We got away with a good start, but a number of our crew were obliged to give up the journey owing to the responsibilities of their daily work. However. the majority of them decided to travel the full distance, and they have shown by their h h 7 1TH Messrs. Simth and Tate at the helm of Ship Room 2 and with her passenger list ncll Filled, we started work while on board that they have benefited h; the trip. Their drills through English Literature. Spelling and Arithmetic, under the able leadership of Mi. Smith, have greatly increased their knowledge in these respective studies, Mr. Tate had charge of the crew an hour before Mtaps was sounded each exioning, and drilled them ill Bookkeeping. However, when we had made about two-thirds of our trip, Mr. Tate was transferred to another ship, and it was with regret that the crew of Room 2 listened to his farewell address. Mr. Euler was appointed as Mr. Tatels successor, and his kind advice and pointers while going through the Book- keeping drills have helped us a great deal. All good things have to end some time, and it is with regret that our journey through ttPrimary Boukkeeping'l i: like other things in this respect, and as we pull ashore at Vacation Point, we all feel sorry that uu'l' journey is at an end; that our little family will be broken up. So here's to you, '12, as well as to yuu, '13, huphlg that all who made the trip thmugh 'tPI'imm'i Bookkeeping will make the journey through Advanced Bookkeeping. The crew wishes to thank Messrs. Smith, Tate and Euler for their kind 4155IELHIICC while on this trying voyage. The final Word is generally good-bye, but that sounds too much like we'll not see one another again; and We all want to come back for our journey next year, so we'll just say HAuf Wiutlersehnf 61 GRADUATING STENOGRAPI-IY CLASS 62 Graduating Stenography Class, 12 CATHERI NE PELLMAN, '12 we realize that our efforts and persistent struggles, accompanied with a great deal of sacrifice, were not in vain. When we think of the many toilsome hours spent at the night school, we cannot help but think of the unceasing and tireless efforts of our kind teachers, Misses Johnston and Marshall and Mr. Johnston, who. with their unlimited patience and unselfish interest, have so ably assisted us in attaining this much-coveted goal. Bravely have we worked and nobly have we been rewarded for our efforts. One of the principal features of the stenographic class is the organization made up of its members known as the Marshall Steno Circle. We look back to the many interesting meetings held by this Circle and feel justly proud of its success. We shall always remember with fondest recollections the interesting debates and essays Which Were always a source of helpful knowledge and true enjoyment. We have a standard class-pin, very unique and pretty in design, made Up of our colors, gold and black, with nW N H S inscribed thereon. It will be a pleasure in the years to come far us to meet someone wearing one of these pins. as it will bring back happy memories of the pleasant evenings we have spent together. Our class is the largest in the history of the W. N. H 8., and we hope that future classes will grow in the same It is with much regret that we leave the W. N. H. 8., and we will miss the Q- 5 WE bring to mind the experiences and happenings of the past two years spent at the West Night High School, proportion as they have done in the past. many pleasant evenings spent in each others' society. 63 Class Will of Steno Seniors BE IT REMEMBERED THAT WE, the Graduating Stenographic Class of 1912, being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, and considering the uncertainty of our school days, do hereby make, publish and de- clare this to be our last will and testament, in manner and form following: We direct the payment of all our just debts and graduating expenses out of our over-flowing treasury. We hereby give, devise and bequeath all of the rest and residue of the funds remaining in the treasury and any personal prbperty of which we may he possessed at the time of graduation t0 the Class of 1913. To members of our class we bequeath: To Miss Pelman: A book on Commercial Law. To Miss Flannery: A year's subscription to the latest Paris Fashion Book. 'To Miss Babst: A'throne. To Mr. Beddinghouse: A young lady as good looking as himself. To Mr. Young: A Leap Year Proposal. To Miss Longland: A talking machine. To Miss Shuckman: A pair of rubber heels. To Mr. Miller: A compressed air machine to force the words out in Spelling. To Miss Schneider: A recipe for getting stout. To Miss Hericks: A new walk. To Mr. Sedler: A set of military brushes for his pompadour. To Miss Coors: A noise maker so that she may he heard. To Miss Johnston: A barrel of patience. To Miss Butler: Plenty of sharpened pencils. To Miss Huttenlocker: Wider aisles. To Mr. Sander: A baseball guide. To Miss Wendt: A box of menthol cough drops. To Mr. Wierhake: A ripplng good time. To Miss Green: Unlimited confidence in herself. To Mr. Wilkinson we leave a large class of obstreperuus Juniors With the hope that the end of next year may Find them as polished as we are at present. To Miss Johnston: An able assistant who will watch the Senior Steno girls that they do not make eyes at the handsome Bookkeepers. To Miss Mosby, Miss Schiel and Miss Thorndyke: A course of treatment in one of our best hospitals, for nervous prostration, superinduced by arduous labor in typewriting room when instructing Room 6. To Miss Marshall and Mr. Johnston: Our deepest gratitude for enduring all the trials and tribulations we have caused them during the year or 1912. We do make, constitute and appoint Miss Marshall executor of this our last will and testament, hereby revok- ing all other former wills and testaments, made by us at any time heretofore. In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our name and affixed our seal this 24th day of May, A. D. 1912 ESmlJ STENO SEN IORS, 1912 64 Graduating Stenographic Class, 12 FANNY SACHS, '12 At last the time has come which we have all looked forward to, With pleasure and expectancy we've held this time in view. Our studies now completed, examinations o'er, At last we're at the threshold of this hard, but sweet, life's door. We yearn to get into the fray that goes on lmongst mankind, T0 conquer many obstacles which in our path we'll flnd, To do the right, to be beloved, to be honored more or less, And in the strife we see ahead our hoped-for goaleSUCC ESS. ln shorthand and typewriting we are experts, there's no doubt; Our instruments just clatter as the letters are knocked out. With accurate and speedy work, we set the world afirel And look down on the grumbling boss as one's who's in the mire. With carriage well adjusted, with spacer just right too. With type as clean as any pin, we'll be a model crew. And if our dream should e'er come true Of my mind does not lie., We'll give the credit for it all to dear old West Night High. And as we strive, and find perhaps, SUCCESS, our longed-for goal, Dear West Night High will head the list of our mental hon0r roll. As long as we, her graduates, on this old earth shall dwell, Our constant wish for her will be, Dear school. we wish thee well. 65 STENOGRAPHY CLASS, '13 66 POST GRADUATES 67 FOOTBALL TEAM AND MASCOTS 68 Athletics. CARL F. FlEPER, '12 NE 0F the most marked characteristic developments of the West Night High School this year has been that O of school spirit. This is shown by the classes having clubs, literary and debating societies, which held meetings after School. This organization of the student body has culminated in the beginning of a West Night High School Ath- letic Association, to which any active school member is eligible. It was perhaps the school spirit combined with the helping hand of Mr. Wilkinson that caused our football team to win such a glorious Thanksgiving Day victory with a score of 21 t0 0, which placed them as the gridiron champions of the Cincinnati Night High Schools. 69 Dreams of Life SAMUEL H. SCHAEFER, '12 tteWe are such stuff As dreams are made of: and Our little life Is rounded with a sleep? The Tempesl. HERE had been a great disaster in the city: a disaster entailing the loss uf the savings and the happiness I of thousands of people. The City was in a tumult; banks were failing; the value of the stocks and bonds had drOpped far below par; money was at a premium; panic reigned. The disaster was felt most, of course, by the poor, those people whose small savings, whose weekly dime and quarter had gone down in the slump. One man, in particular. it seemed to affect more than the others, He was of the ordinary type of the city man; he did a bit of clerking in a downtown office which netted him a comfortable living; he had led a happy life in the midst of his family. But recently troubles had comeesickness, less work, and now-this-the climax. The man tried to bear up under his misfortunes, but he was blinded by his owri selfishness and could not see the light. And so with blasphemy in his heart, he had gone home, after the crash had come, to tell the story to the woman of the house With the keen perception of her sex, the woman had seen what ailed the man, and had tried to console him. But no mere words could give consolation. Far into the night the man sat thinking, thinkingethinking 0f the innumerable years of labor, of hard, uncease ing toil that had been spent; and now to have had the fruits of those years swept away in one day, because some Croesus, in his desire for more wealth, had squeezed the money market dry. Thus the man thought, and there entered into his mind another thought: What is the use of it all? To what end is it? Finaliy the man retired and, weary from the day's exaitement, quickly fell asleep with this one thought uppermost in his mind. And as he slept, the dreams left their palace, in the land of sleep, and visited him. Strange creatures are these dreams-things of air and light and nothing. They are all under the control of a master, at whose bidding they do their work. Sometimes they work in darkness, not knowing what they do or why they do it. At other times their Work is illuminated by a brilliant light which their master sends them and which makes clear their whole duty. At such times they work as if inspired. But at all times they are happy in their work because they know it is toward some defi- nite end. 70 So, at the bidding of their master, the dreams visited the man. They came to him just as he was settling into peace' ful slumber. He saw first a crowded street of the city. Dreams. in the forms of people, were hurrying back and forth. run- ning here and there, each one seemingly intent on his own business. As he gazed on the scene he noticed that. not- withstanding the hurry and bustle of the crowd, each member of it had time for a cheery good-morning' to an acquaint- ance or a penny for a beggar, or a thought 'of pity for a cripple. Suddenly the man found himself gifted With the power of seeing the hearts of the dreams. And he saw that the dreams that were not cheerful and joyous were so against their own wiil; it seemed as if years of constant hurry and worry had made them swthough their hearts were strive ing to do the things the cheerful dreams were doing. Then the scene Changed. It was a scene in his neighhurs living ruum. His neighbor was discussing with his family the recent disaster in which his small savings had also been swept away. Yet he expressed his sorrow for the man's 1053 Although, he said, the man has lost less than i, i know his loss means as much as mine. And the man gazing on the heart of the dream that was his neighbor, saw it broaden and grow full as he expressed his sympathy: indeed this Charity seemed to lighten the neighbors own load. Again the scene changed. This time there appeared the Croesus who had done all the harm. The man did not see the faCe of this dream, he saw only its heart. it was a very young heart, a heart that was full of ambition. But alas, it was ambitious only for its own gain, and in that selfishness the dream had sinned-it had disobeyed one of the rules of the master. And now it wept, for it realized its sin and was determined to redeem itself. And as the dream made this determination the man saw its heart expand and seemingly light up as the dream went off to do the master's bidding. The scene changed again. The man saw his own home. It was long after the panic and things had resumed their usual course. The man saw his children and his neighbor's children attending the schools which Croesus had built, enjoying privileges which he and his neighbor could never have given them. He saw himself going about his duties, trying to make his dependents happy. And he was happy in their happiness and in his hard work well done, which promoted all the happiness. And the heart of his dream was happy in its Work. The dawri came and the man arose, tired in body but refreshed in spirit. With cheery words of hope. he went about his duties as before, and as before he was happy in his work. And the master of dreams and men, from his throne room in the soul, saw and understood. 71 What is Success? HAR RY GEMBERG, '12 some cherished end. Whatever the ideal may be-whether high or low, good or bad iwhatever the nature of the ambition, the common mm of all mankind is success. Man strives to live and :mmin to succeed. The great problem of all ages and the most perplexing question of to-day is how to succeed Since success is a relative term, the principles Which must govern the hearts and minds of those who would be successful depend upon the answer to the question, uWhat is success? REGARDLESS of aucial position or vocational engagement, every man is living by some ideal 0r striving to attain in this hustling, buatling world ta world of contpetitiun and strifei, where almost everything is reckoned upon a monetary basis, the term success is usually hiterpreted to mean material prosperity: the :iltniiiment of ii comfortable fortune and the acquisition of the assured position which money generally gives. American society, in fact the world at large; does homage to material prosperity. The material man ha: become the ordinary modern example of a successful career. While the attainment of material prosperity has always been the immediate aim of the average man, it stands today. the ultimate aim of an overwhelmingly large majority. The world is full of men who idealize and deity wealth. To them there seems tu be nothing greater than money and nothing more essential than its :tt't'umulation. Blinded by this insatiable Craving for material advantage, they disregard all noble desires and human N'ntimentsz they brush aside the opportunities of their fellowmen and overlook the posmbilities for their own improvement. They sacrifice all their powers for the sake of gain and upon the realization of their hopes, they pose before the eyes of the multi- tude as succesaful men. Oh, what a delusion is th'b so-callcd success? il'hough material pl'tk-Pt'rlty reigns in the Iiiztteriul world. does its mere possession constitute real success! Does stlccesx iliezm the IICCUJIILtlaliOIl of wealth? l5 afflucncc its crowmng glory? Is there nothing better or noblei' than money or position? Experience of ages has demonstrated that it is never wise to regard the mere possession: of wealth or of power as the true standard of success in life. While material prosperity is wmetimes the outward expression of a worthy exis- tence. it usually represents the exercise of the lowest human faculties, the coarse side of man, in Which the liner instincts have played no part. The struggle for money or for place suppresses all noble thoughts, stitles all aspirations for the good mid dries up the luxuriant springs of life. Wealth attained in this manner, at the cost of all that which sweetens and beautniius lite, and :my other term of achievement which results in thc degradation of mun. is not wortln of con- .4 'v sideratiun. for all outu urd and visible forms of suctess are mere mockerics unless accompanied by the proper development of the inner man. A man of wealth and influence may be considered a success in the business world according to the ordinary accep- tation of the word, but, if all his energy has been expended for the sake of needless acquisition, if all his power and influence has been acquired at the expense of his intellectual and moral development. his life has practically been a failure. l'Life is for itself and not for a spectacle. The only form of success worthy of the appellation is that which comes from the consciousness of growing wider in mental and moral powers as the years go on. Noble achievements and righteous deeds outglitter all gold; manhood ranks above wealth, for ttthe merits of our own worthiness give preemineme. The essence of success lies in making the best of une's self and doing with steadfast, unremitting fidelity. the homely duties of everyday life. Success in its true form is attained through the exercise of the commonest, most everyday qualities. and is possible even to the humblest man and the poorest woman. It is by trying to do everything one attempts to a complete flnish, by trying to be scrupulously honest in every transaction, by holding a helpful, accommodating hand toward those about us, and by trying to be the best possible citizen, that we make successful lives. The leading of a. noble and unselfish life tends to the unfolding of all 0m s faculties, and the development of the whole man-body, mind and soulein harmonious strength. This is the only ultimate and satisfying form of success. To this end all lives should converge; for . . the soul that Renders an honest and Li perfect man. Commands all light, all influence, all fate. '13 A Message From Bony SIDN EY H. BLOCK he said they usually called him, except a few who shortened it to I'Bony, Bony was an appropriate title for the little fellow. As he lay back on the pillow in the hospital ward he looked little else than bonesi Dark rings encircled his eyes and his pale, pinched face told of great suffering. He is a great deal more than ordinary, said the nurse of that ward 0n visitor's day. and patient, ma'am; there never was anything like it! He's pretty cheerful, too except when I tell him I hope he will soon be well: then his face SHOWS long and sad, and he always says, 'I want to die.' Poor lad, he'll get his wish soon. I'm thinkin'. The doctors I I 18 name was Johnny-Johnny Bohn, if there had been any record made of it, but RaCk-O Bones is What 5215 he wiII never go out alive. t'Poor little fellow, the visitor said, approaching him. And then Johnny turned his great eyes on the lady and exclaimed: 'tMother used to say that 'fore she died-'poor little fellow,' and what's guln' to become 0' you? I don't know which she said the most. but 'twas aItys one or t'uther, Then as the lady seated herself beside him. and put a bunch of roses in his trembling hand. he added: She never dreamed I'd have a bed all my own and folks a-steppin' SOI't around me and giviri' me med'cin' like I was worth savilf! Mother never dreamed 0' that! I s'Dose if I hadn't been so lame, 2111' could 'a got out 0' the way of horses that day I'd never 'a come to this! But, oh, ma'am, it's nice when yer bones is achin' to have a bed to lie onI Seems like I'd been tired ever since I cuuid think, just ever so tired, ma'ami I'm gettin' rested now. Oh, don't say yuu hope IIII be Well soon, I hain't no call to git well, at alleno call at all. Izln'i'lmiarl' I'd rather die than riot. Yes, nia'am, I've heard about God and about heaven che man at the funeral told us, 311' I've been tu them mission schools sometimes. It was a full half hour before the lady rose to go: she sat talking lovingly and tenderh- to the hey, who lay there drinking in eagerly every Word she uttered. a bed with sheets on a r W'es, ma'am,' said Johnny, replying to her parting words, I'II be sure to remember what you have said. I can read a liIlIe, and I guess I can read this 'ere card better when you come agin. Thank you, ma'am, you was kind to explain it. I didn't get the meaning at first. but It's clear enough new. Guod-bye. Please, ma'am, before you go won't you say 'pour IittIe felluw' once more: it sounds so like mother. You needn't say the other, 'I wonder what'll become 0' you'ethc kick 0' them horses has settled that; and a wane little Smile crept out on his face and softened its angles, My setk, oh, yes, that's strength, said Johnny. trying to read in his poor little way the text on the card the lady had left. My .strength is m -a-em:ide neceltefee-cet, perfect in wriewaeuh, yes, weakness. That weakness means me, he said; t'the strength is Him; I wish I'LI aiknuwn ithfore. he murmured; t'why didn't sumo one tell me! 74 And then the nurse came Hear and said. WK cll,1ny Iittleman, here's your medicine. And though she was always kind, Johnny W85 glad she had said. my little man. instead of poor little fellow, for no one had ever said the latter with just the mother tone in it, until this. day, mid it was still like music in his ears. Alld When ilt: had taken the medicine, Johnny put the card with the great word 'tstrength on it right under his little tired head and thus he fell asleep. He had grown very weak when the lath called again, and she said poor little fellow a great many times. because she felt 50 SOFUH But Johnny's face was very bright, and the pain was gone out of it. He could still speak, but his voice was faint and far away! l'l'm gittin' better, I guess, he whispered; but he failed to add, I want to die. til dreamed last night I went to heaven, ma'am; it Was full of them beautiful flowers you bring and folks was there with faces sweet like yours, ma'am! He came up to meathe ullC you told me abouti'the man 0' surrows,' you said, 'acq uainted with grieft' His face was all sort 0' sunlighty around it, and tender-like and full 0' love. He just come ever so close to me, and says He: tBony, what do you want? said He. Says I, tl want to die.' How's that,' said He. Then I made a clean breast of it, and told Him all, just as you said I should. 'Hain't no call to live,' says I; tl've al'ys been tired, al'ys been lame, al'ys been of no account. an' now the horses has run over me an' broke my legr that was straight. ant smashed my only decent arm. 1 hain't no home to speak ofino place- --an' folks as don't know me find me unpleasant to look upon, an' turns their heads awayf HThen He comes still closer to me, and He takes my hand, and says He: lBony, I know what sorrow and suff'rin' is. I know what it is to have no place. I know what it is to be without friends. I've come into great glory and pUWer now, Bony, but I haven't forgotten what earth's sorrows are and I'm full 0' great sympathy, Bony, for them that suffers. You are about as miserable as a little fellow can be; but don't say you haven't a call to live. It ain't for the poorest creature on earth to jedge that. As long as life is yours you are wanted on earth, and it ain't soldier-like to lie down and die in the midst of a battle. You are just the one to go back to earth and live for me: just the one to tell the tired ones, the suff'rin' ones, the folks as is battlinl for their lives, not to lay the trouble too much to heart. Tell them to take hold oi Me: to lay hold 0' My strength, and say that l have great love for them; iBonyf said He, sort 0' soft like, 'fight it through, then you too shall come into glory.' I thought I had hold 0' His hand, ma'am. and I held it tighter and tighter, and just then I woke up, and I had hold 0' this card instid. But it's like takin' hold ot His hand to read them Words since you told me about 'em! And I'll go back to where I came from, ma'am, if He wants me to, and it won't be so hard again, since He is lookin' 0n, and a-reachin' out help an' a-lovin' me. But dear God never asked Johnny to go back, except in the dream, The little fellow grew weaker, but he never knew it. The arms underneath him were so strong, so tender and loving, so full of sweet comfort, they soothed him u, sleepibut it was to the sleep God gives to His beloved, 75 The Modern Woman. ROSE RASSELL, '12 e e 7 E LIVE in the age of a great social revolution, that makes progress every day. A powerful intellectual stir and unrest is noticeable in the orders of society, and the movement pushes towards deep-reaching changes. All feel that the ground they stand on shakes. A number of questions have arisen; they occupy the attene tion of everyone, and discussion runs high on their solution. One of the most important questions. one that pushes itself always to the foreground, is the so-called Woman Question. Many are heard claiming that there is no hWoman Question, because the position woman formerly occupied, occu- pies today and will continue to occupy in the future, is determined by her natural calling, which destines her for wife and mother and limits her to the sphere of her home. Accordingly, what lies beyond her four walls, or is not closely and obviously connected with her household duties, concerns her not. It is necessary to treat the so-calied Woman Question separately. What the former position of woman was, what it is today and what it will be in the future. ' What woman has done may pithily be described in the expression, everything which stands. Boundaries of countries vary, laws change, tribes disappear, but there are certain things which survive. These mute memorials are evidences of woman's achievement in the past. The very fire, was, if- not her actual discovery, con- tinued and kept alive by here From the earliest days of history it was womanls work to tend the fire. even as it is her work today: Pottery, one of the great inventions, was probably the invention of a squaw, who found that by daubing mud on the grass, a vessel made of the mikture would hold water, and one day, having left the vessel so long in the fire that all of the grass burned out of it, discovered that the grass was not needed, and the First earthenware was a fact achieved, never to be lost by succeeding generations. Sewing and weaving, spinning and the making of leather were all the work of women and are invaluable to the stock of human possessions. These were found out by experimentation. when their lords were away at war or hunt- ing, and they remained at home taking care of the sick and wounded and bringing up the young. Those who praise Christianity as a great achievement of civilization should not forget that it owes a great part of its success to women. Woman entered with her whole heart and soul into Christianity, because it preached freedom and justice for all. in Christianity she saw a relief from bondage The mightiest were converted by her to Christianity. It was Clotilde for instance, who moved the King of Franks to accept Christianity: and it was Bertha, Queen of Kent 76 and Gisela, Queen of Hungary, who introduced Christianity into their countries. But Christianity rewarded woman poorly. Under Christianity she still remains the obedient servant and property of her husband. In general. there can be no difference of opinion as to the mental inferiority of the female to the male. The woman who receives a male education possesses in fact the most brilliant and fruitful qualities for the building of her own hap- piness and that of her husband's. Goethe says. Learned women Were ridiculed, and also the educated ones were disliked, probably because it was considered impolite to put so many ignorant men to shame. Nevertheless, the fact is in no wise altered that women in general stand intellectually behind the men. The difference exists because woman is that which man as her master has made her. The education of a woman has been neglected since time immemorial nor are Iater-day improvements fully sufficient. When woman endeavors to penetrate into the higher professions. as the higher departments of instruction and of civil service, the medical or legal careers, the phrase, t'natural calling of woman is heard the loudest, assigning her to her domestic duties and family. The most laughable and absurd objections are brought up by men who pass for learned, who appeal to this as in so many other things to science, in order to defend the most absurd and untenable objections. New ideas will ever meet with stubborn opposition, and at the start will win over but a small minority and this will be scoffed at and prosecuted. But if these ideas are good and sound, if they are born as the necessary consequence of existing conditions, then they will spread and the one-time minority becomes a majority. Were not the believers in Chris- tianity a small minority at one time? And yet they triumphed. So it has been with all new ideas of history. The idea of establishing the complete emancipation of woman presents the same experience. Women aspire to measure their power with men, not onlyton the industrial field alone. but after a tree and more independent position in the family, and they also aspire at turning their mental faculties t0 the higher walks of life. A German professor claims that women are not fit for science and philosophic studies, because up to this time no genius has arisen among women. Geniuses do not drop down from the skies, they must have opportunity to form and develop. This opportunity, woman has lacked. For thousands of years she has been oppressed and has been deprived or limited in the opportunity and possibility to unfold her mental faculties. There is not a person who in his walk of life has not become acquainted, some with more. other with fewer persons, of whom it has been said. that they would have been of benefit to society and men of genius had they been able to during: under favorable conditions. It is with mankind as in the vegetable kingdom. Millions Of seeds never reach development because the ground rn which they fall is unfavorable, or is taken up by weeds thzit rob the young and better plants of air, light and nour- ishment. The same laws of nature hold good in hunmn life; If a gardner or planter maintained with regard to a given plant. that it could not grow, although he made no trial, perhaps wen hindered its growth by wrong treatment, such :1 man would be Dl'OlIOUIICL'ti ti tool by his more intelligent neighbors. Only with regard to human beings, do even men of learning deny the force of that which with regard to other matters is considered an established law. it is absurd to speak of the equality of all and yet seek to keep one-hulf 0f the human race outside of the pale. Woman has the same right to unfold her faculties and to exercise them freely as man. She is human as well as he; like him she should be free to conduct herself as her own master. The accident of being born a woman makes no differ; ence. To exclude woman from equality, on the ground that she was born female and not male, is as unjust as it would be to make rights and privileges dependent upon the accident of religion or political bias and as senseless as that two human beings must look upon each other as enemies on the ground that the accident of birth makes them of different stock and nationality. Such Views are unworthy of a being truly human. The woman of future society will be socially and economically independent. she will no longer be subject to even a vestige of dominion and exploitation, she will be free, the peer of man, mistress of her lot. Her education will be the same as that of man. Living under natural conditions she will be able to unfold and exercise her mental powers and faculties. She will choose her own occupation on such fields as correspond with her wishes and education and she will work under conditions identical with man's. 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Of these ten companies four are located in New York, one in Boston, two in Newark, one in Philadelphia, and two west of Philadelphia- Nlilwaukec and Cincinnati. In moving up a notch last year the Union Central displaced one of the oldest New England companies. estab- lished seventeen years earlier. The Union Cen- tral is another one of the Made in Cincinnati products that is known in every state in the Union. THE UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY duel: $87,000,000 Imuranre in foam $321,000,000 JESSE R. CLARK, PRESIDENT NET RATE LOWEST OF ALL. 81 NIGHT LAW SCHOOL Y.M.C.A.,7tl'1 3: Walnut, Cinlti, 0. W AKE inspiration from the lives of great Ohio lawyers and judges- Chief justices Chase and Waite, Ewing, Stanberry, Mathews, Thurman, Ranney, Hoadley, Hunter, and many others. 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