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

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CLASS HISTORY By EDWARD P. SARGEANT. m HE NIGHT we Seniors have been looking for- D :3? ward to for four years, is now at hande we amt Class Night? M Four years of hard work have success- fully passed, and we are about to leave the place that has grown so dear 'to us. Let us review the many hours spent on the Good Ship nSuccess, namely, Education! The first scenes that come before us are those of the Freshman year. We were welcomed heartily by Mr. Wil- kinson in the early fall of 1911. Since that time we have learned to Love and Honor him as our guide. We started the Freshman year with a class of eighty, and few realized that it would dwindle down to a small group of thirty. Most of us found Physical Geography very interesting. Finding the value of ttxh in Algebra soon became an easy matter. The study of English ac- quainted us with Shakespeare. We read ttThe Merchant of Venice, a very interesting play; Irvingds Sketch Bookft Evangeline? and Thanatopsis were liked by all. German and Latin were mastered. Those studying Latin were put in one class and the German students in another. This separation seemed to cause a feeling of do something better than the other class.

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w , Commencement Exercises-Night High Schools 0 Overture-JCoronation March . . ...... ' .................. Thiere Orchestra. CD Chorus- Honor and Glory .................... Sir Michael Costa Community Night Chorus. cm Invocation ..................... Canon Reade, St. PauPs Cathedral 0D Essay-WVOrk and Its Signiiicance in Human Life,, .............................. Antonia Wiersch, West School 63 Chorus-JThe Wanderelm ........................ Franz Schubert Incidental Soler. H. L. Cress. RD Orati0n PerS0nal Aggrandizement . .Mr. Cecil Striker, East School 7 Choruses m KAida March, ........................... G. Verdi ' 0W Gypsy Life ................... Robert Schumann G9 Essay- It s Hard to Pull Against the Stream ..................... Miss Estella L. McConnell, East School GD Vocal 8010- The Seasony ..................... Alex. Mac Fadyen Miss Rose Pushin. um 0rati0n AmeI-iea, Godk Country ...................... Mr. Joseph A. Einspanier, West School an Chorus-Jmovely June ................................ 'L. Arditi um Conferring of Diplomas ......... Supt. R. J. Condon, Public Schools U3 America ................................. Chorus and Audience Presiding Officer DR. J. M. WITHROW, President Board of Education. Musical Director SUPERVISOR W. H. AIKEN. . : -27Au '

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CLASS HISTORYeCOntinued Such ambition was the best inspiration that could have come to us; it brought forth debates which were most educational. After the Christmas vacation quite a few faces were missing. The examinations frightened a few, thus making our two classes much smaller by the time we finished our first year. After a pleasant vacation, most of our class returned to take on the work of the Sophomore year. As the class- mates had gained the acquaintance of each other in the Freshman year, the second year was considerably more pleasant than the previous one. We felt more like broth- ers and sisters. Our studies seemed more intersting be- cause they were more difficult. Everyone liked Ancient History and we learned of the seven kings of Rome. We also took a great interest in Geometry. When we could prove two triangles equal in all respects we considered ourselves great mathematicians. We gained a knowledge of the English language, though itDavid Copperfield,, and ttThe Lady of the Lake, were the most interesting books. Progress was made in German and Latin. The German class organized a club and adopted the name of Arconsf, This club was given permission to hold meetings the first and third Thursday in each month. These meetings were very interesting and educational. Arguments came up in the meetings that had to be thrashed out, hence giving us an opportunity to talk before an audience. Debates were held between the Latin and German classes, one of which was, nResolved, That Capital Punishment Should be Abolishedfi the tiArcons,, taking the affirmative and the Latins the negative. The Arconsi, proved the bet- ter debaters and convinced the judges that Capital Pun- ishment should be abolished. We then entered the Junior year and combined the German and Latin Classes. We were given the privilege of studying Spanish instead of German or Latin, most hzgh.