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

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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

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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.

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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