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

Page 27 text:

x Uiikikiikikikii rvwr-vw THE GOOD MEN DO LIVES AFTER THEM Contmued over 1 vvrreless telephone the aehrevement of the genrus of Frernklrn and Edrson md 'Klexander Graham Bell In the polrtrcal vvorld consrder the figures of George Washrngton and Abraham Lrncoln What of the many who have drshonored themselves by unscrupulous practrcc rn publre lrfeh' They are forgotten and therr vvorl-ts are forgotten wrth them But Wash rngton 1nd Lrncoln lrve today therr memorres shorn of everythrng except the nohrllty vvhrch they personrhed and the glorrous uprrghtness of therr publrc lrves Somevvhere the story 1s told of a Chrrstran doctor spendrng hrs genrus among the Chrnese and rrskrng hrs l1fe to cure therr rll On three occasrons thrs Amerrean physrcran Dr C H Barlow delrberately exposed hrmself to death by swallowrng the germs of a malrgnant Orrental drsease He had no labor rtory rn Chrna whrch vvould offer the proper faerlrtres for studymg the deadl, germs and the rmmrgratron hws of the Unrted States forbade hrm to brrng over specrmens rn the body of a srck Orrental So he delrber ately swallowed a number of these germs and bror ght them to ohn Hopkrns Urrrversrty where they mrght be studred wrth the help of experts and the proper laboratory equrpment Thus do men render themselves rmmortal by elf sacrrhee to uphold the tradrtrons of noble servree rn the cause of humanrty Examples rn every day lrfe show too the everlastrngness of the good rn men Every parent sees hrmself perpetu1ted and rmmortalr ed so to speak rn the form of the chrld that rs brought rnto the vvorld Not a srngle ancestor of ours rs really dead because all of them lrve rn us over and above the exrsteme thev have rn the world of sprrrts And rfter the same fashron no man IS really dead to the race who has left behrnd hrmself the least achrevement of goodness The human rree rtself rs the greatest example of the perpeturty of goodness From generatron to generatron rt burlds upon foundatrons e tab lrshed rn the eras vvhrch have gone before eontrnurng forever whatever of good 1 left to rt as a legacy by the passrng denrzens of the earth It rs true that the smallest good deed of the most humble man never really dres Lrke an rndestruetrble force the good deed reacts on the doer md modrfies hrm flrst and through hrm all who come under hrs rnfluenee Lrke the povver that radrates from any mechanreal source the good deed goes on and out rn great vvaves and eddyrng crrcles of rnfluente reaehrng rn trme every place and every man Have you ever thrown a pebble rnto a pool of vvater and stopped to watch the crrclrng rrpples and waves untrl the entrre body of water was d1sturbed7 A good deed rn lrke fashron errcles the vvorld and rn trme reaches rts frrthest lrmrts The mm vvho rs concerned rbout perpetuatrng hrmself by havrng hrs name cut rn letters of granrte on a costly tombstone rs a fool The tombstone wrll not last and wrth rts passrng wrll hrs memory fade Even should he succeed rn ereetrng a mausoleum lrke the ancrent Krngs of Egypt what vvrll rt avarl hrm except as an attractron to the currous of later age 7 Let the man vvho would deserve to be remembered medrtate on the everlastrng Influence of the good vvord poken and the krnd deed done Nothrng rn the vvorld ever really perrshes It may change but rt never shall perrsh untrl the omnrpotent Creator wrlls t utter de truetron as He wrlled rts creatron -Kpply thrs commonplace observatron of the rmmortalrty of goodness The vvorld 1 1 temple of fame wherern exch man may be enshrrned throughout thc ages rf he has the Xl ron and the courage to lrve a lrfe that rs truly noble and good Lrves of great men all remrnd us We can make our lrves sublrme And departrng leave behind us Footprrnts on the rnds of trme Twenty thvcc r.44x.f ss.: Q.: 4.1 54: ss.: 4444 KJQJWSQ ESA ff , v-T4-vvv--v-v--- vvv- ---v- V 'w v r v P , - . v V , . . . . P r ' .r gf ' .' 1 t 2 r , 1 . . V . v . 1 , S , . C . .. ir , ,TK g Y n ,, V K K . V N 1 . . . K K . V 1 J , . . . . , I vs lx .5 .. X a V. ' 1 s ' V. . 5 1 f . , , '. 1 . P . , 4 . . . , s 1 3 s s , s ' ' ' , 1' Q .' , . p . . , . .. ' ., ' rr ' .. ', I ' .. 2 rf' , . ' . ' .1 ' ' 'Q ' ' . z 1 ' A .' 5 P t . . . . . , , 5 f P s , 5 r ' ' 1 . r ' . ' .' , 'K 1 A . ' . , , ' . '. ' ' . ' , . , , Vvk , . v v ' V, ' ' ' V V . V r , . . . , . v ' 5 , . , . , . P 2 . ' P v . . . . , . , 1 1 r 1 1 . 1 5 , , Q .g . p . , , K . . , . . Y K 1 . . V N . L - 1 ' ' - s I z s. r . g. . + , . . 1 K r , 5 - I - - , E ' '. ' , . . . rs K S I I. ' . 1 '. ,, 1 ' ' , . P . , . vt 1 sz 2' ' ' ' : 7. W JS. .V . . V A r ..- - P I , l Y 3 , . ,., sz 1 . l It . r Ag, Y -- .... ....... ........ - . ...... - -- ..... --- --- q V

Page 26 text:

F55 yi' UIZXBZXZSQQEZXQS I - 5, sal P 3 .,,.,,.. lr if P v 5 ggi-+,.e,L'f , WvvvY-Yvv--YvYQ-vvvv-v--vvv-vv,-vv'?afv-vv-n,-m--fwvv-vvv-vvvvv P A M BOEX The Good Men Do Lwes After Them T WAS the lmmortal Shakespeare who sald the evil that men do lrxes after them whrle the good IS oft mterred wlth therr bones Thrs statement rs true rn sense that the great dramatlst lntended but lt cannot be establrshed as a prrncrple of lrfe There rs ample evidence ID the worlds of art screnee polrtrcs and human relatronshrps that the good men do lrves after them whrle therr farlures and exrl deeds are forgotten Thousands of Instances of heroism could be clted rn tracrng the story of human progress through the ages Present crxrlrzatron culture strente and art rest on the foun datron of self sacrrhce and personal serxlce Exerythrng, that rs good and true rn our xxorld today rs the drrect outgrowth of the goodness and truthfulness of men who have hxed before us Those classed by the world among the rmmortals are the true benefactors of the human race The Hood they accomplished rn the course of therr lrxes trll remarns vtrth us and renders therr memorres a blessrng Art and musrc probably come Hrst to mxnd when we speak of men xx hose deed hve after them, for most often do we hear the word rmmortal applred to the artrsts and muslclans of the world The parntmgs of Raphael the statues of Mrthacl Angelo the plays of Shakespeare and Dante the operas of Wagner all these tonstrtutc the xery substance of the lrxes of these rmmortal artrsts They are the thrngs of good uhrth crvs tallrzed from therr souls and whrch will remain as long as men lrxt upon thrs errth It rs, also a fact rn the Held of scxence that the gr od men do rs ncxtr rntcrred wrtm then bones Vvhth the lrglrtnrng of the clouds dr mn down to earth by grrnt mrehrne md harnessed for the well berng of the rate the sprrrts of Benjamrn Frankhn md Thomr Edrson wrll hve always rn thrs marvelous achrexement Prrnkhn brought the tlcttrre forte from nrture Edrson hrs harnessed lf for the progress of crvrlrzatron And some future gcnrus burldrng on the h rrd work and contrrbutrons of these tvto proncers vxrll Gnd .1 wrx to tontrol the destruetrxe fortes of the tloud to serxe manlnnd rn trll more rnrrxelous xx my In another decade xxe shall be able to srt at our de k and trllt xxrth lrrend rn Europe 'fu urty lun E EERE 5 TP v l I r r gb r 'F n l. r P 5 r v l s 1 r r 5 l b , P s . . 5 r 1 r b - , b Kr b . ,. . .V A lv , s - Q, , . . . A., .- , . 4 rr X' ' L M a s - rr . . . .. 1 - k lb s K s lr t ri i , V . Q. x Q 1 , -- 1 , - 1 - ab . K is . L I V, U V . , 7 .x Y . , . . 1 1- 1 P v . as , V n K e 'I I , Ah I v' ', .- ' Q: v , A 5 ' 1' ' - ' .' 5 ' P ..- .1 . 1 r ' . ' .. P . . , . .1 .' 1 r s - - 1 s - 1 b 1 . V , . Q . V Q - ' t I ' ' -Q I b 'Q ' l' ' f' , a ' - f 1 ' ' . ,' . .. I I. . 1 , x . Vx - L . ' -' , n 1' ' Q ' 'l - ' ' ' . .. , . ' ' ' .. . . 1 1 R 1' 5 : . U. , , .. , A. .'k. '. ' , ' 1 is ':, 1 ' ' ' .1 ' s, V ' gl' - J '. ' s t ' ' ' s' 1 . '1 rs. 1 1 r. ' J 1 ' ' ' s 1 1 ' s' - s 'Nb fr 7 ,. ., . wi P A, Ria-.i.v---:5:-ffitia:-:-::W.----A-1-Ag.-- Af:-5V--Y----t--i1.::5-A------ 'J Q E I I

Page 28 text:

E Q Kiki ikikikikikikii 1927 SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER OCTOBER OCTOBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER NOVEMBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER DECEMBER 1926 IANUARY IANUARY 20 l ANUARY FEBRUARY FEBRUARY FEBRUARY MARCH VI ARCH APRIL APRIL APRIL APRIL APRIL APRIL MAY MAX MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY JUNE 'Twe :ty four Memorable Events of 1925 26 Openmg of School Electlon of Charles Stelzle Buslness Manager to Edltorshlp of Evemng School Voxce and ANNLAL to succeed John Kelly reslgned Elect1on of Al M Boex to Buslness M3n3gCfShlP of Evemng School Vmce and ANNUAL to succeed Charles Stelzle Flfgt meetmg of Stall' of F1 emng School Voxce Fnst Staff Dance Fnst Aud1tor1um sessxon leatulcd hy addlesses hy M1 F m md H1 Honor udge W Meredltlm Yeatman F1rst 1ssue of the Evenmg School Voice Carl Nennmger elected Pres1dent ol Sen1o1 Cla East Nlgllt defeats West N1ght 111 'I'hanksg1v1ng Day g, me 7 0 The A B Reeeptmn was held 111 the G1rl Gym Dehghtful tune had by all School elo ed tm the Chmstmas ho 1d1y School reopen Mld yean exam The annual et together party of the Clee Cluh wa held 111 the Gul Gym H1s Hono1 sludge Darby addresses West N1ght tudent Clee Cluh entertams 1n 1 splendld manner Popularlty Contest Won hy AI lvl Boex Electlor' of Clifford Stegman to Ed1to1sh1p ol Etenmg School Yone and ANNLAL for 1926 l9'7 The f11st outdoor exent ol the sea on wa held v11th a luke to Vxlhltc Oa A most dehghtlul tune wrs had hy the Pllflclpllit xxhf nu1nhe1ed close to one hundred Receptlon accorded Cmdulte of 1976 hy We t lvght Alumnrl A 4 C13.flOl1 Glee Club luke to M1am1to XII Last Staff Dance of season Athlet1e Banuuet held Letter vxere d1 tnbuted to athlete Stall members luke to Deul Backbone Last meetlng General Staff Staff n1e1nbers luke to Port Mltehell O1ato11cal Contest Wmner Celeste Rennc1 E lyl t and Al 'VI Boex Olator B A RQLCDKIOII was held ID tl1e GIFIN Gym A yoyou end off wa glven the SCDIOIQ hy the1r lumor host Clee Club glxes concert 111 llldltUI'lUIII Last nlght for YCCICHUOII F1nal CX3l'I1lD3tl0l'!S Reports gxven out to student Commencement CXCYCISCS of both West N1ght and East Nhght H1gh Schools held at MUQIC Hall 1 5 1 P 1 1 1 P P P . , - 14 . H . . . . 1 . , c. ' , P Q 1 7 ' P . . . P 30 . . P A . y , . L . , . . , . , I . V ' .1 . P 1 -I , 17 r ., , -2 . . , ' 1 . It 2. s : ,J . ' ' '. 1 A' 5 ' ' l v . . ,- . , 1 1 I0 ' I - ss. 1 1 1 26 . r . ' . ' 1 '11 , f, 1, 10 f .Y VL . .S. Y I . . E 1 . , , . i 10 A - S ' - 1 . 1' P 1 1 1 P , , 4 S. 1 . 1 . '21 - H S. I .A A ?-O ' 1: f ' J A S ' 1 4 . ,I 10 I ', , ' s. ' IO , A . . A '. 1 I Z4 '1 3 . . 1, ,7 . . I Y . I . - ' , , ,- P - . . V, AY I r - . W, 1 . 1 I4 . 1 ' 1 ' 11s f 1' ' ' '- : 'k. : ' 4 ' if ' 1 : z s, 11 L - 1. l 1 P , v. l1 1 8 ' ' '. Y s .. 1 's 1 41 I 4 1 ssr- , . . P : I1 , ' s ' ' 1.'. b 1 I7 X' ' . . ' 24 , A . S ' 'S ' ' S. 25 . Y I 1 1 -1 ' P -9 . Q- . 1 2 ' ' . D . . . . ' 3 ' -A J .- s, . , ssajsy 1.1, 6 f '- 5 1 . . 1 ss - 1s I - --. 1 A ' YS, P , , ', . 1 S 1. 1 . I I0 ' ' ' S. y 13'I7 ' ' ' . 1 27 . ' - s. 1 1, V 1 1- , , - - , I.. D - . . . P n . . 1 31 1 V ' '51 IL.: ..... ty: ..... - ..,..,,.,..,.... :L:,-:A:--tL .... -M ........ -- 'J