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

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PREFACE s You PROBABLY KNOW, or have heard, this year, 1935, the Ecuo celebrates its thirtieth anniversary of active publication. Usually, when a married couple celebrate a wedding anniversary, or an institution or organization has been in operation a decade, it is the common custom for such person or persons to stage a reunion. Well, that's just what we have done. Only ours is a correspondence reunion, in the form of messages and felicitations from former principals and graduates of West Night. Our collection is neither numerous nor limited, but an example of true patriotism and school spirit. First of all, along with the pictures of the old and present West Night High School buildings, you will find a short message from each of the three living principals. First in line of which is dear old Wilky, as his students used to call him, more formally known as Mr. Ely Wilkinson, Principal of West Night back in 1911. Anyone looking at his picture which appears on the next page with his message, can readily see the reason for this informal nickname. He's everything the name implies-good-natured, jolly, active, and one of the grandest sports living. At present he is retired, but spends his leisure in working for the Community Chest, which goes to show you that you can't keep a good man down. Next we have Mr. Siehl, who also earned the affection of his pupils while acting as Principal at West Night from 1916 to 1915, and who is now Principal of Western Hills day high school. Then there is our present principal, Mr. Franz, to whom this book is dedicated. We, the graduating class, feel particularly grateful that we have been able to attend West Night during his principalship, for his excellent and kindly guidance has done much to make our path easier, even pleasant. Our only regret is that future Classes will not have the privilege of knowing him, since he is this year retiring from his night-school work.

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FAREWELL, MR. FRANZ HALL WE FORGET You, dear principal, How gentle to us and affable you've been, As you ploughed in peace and in truth Your glorious Way, And by willing words conquered willing hearts? Like the sun that gives us light and choice You touched our hearts with your artful voice- A voice guided by faith and skill, Always so amiable and kind! You bore the burden of a decade Within these splendor halls And acquired friendship with all nations. Yes, it is a transient world, a race of time Controlled only by destiny. Hence, we shall depart greatly instructed, Greatly in peace of thought And have our Hll of knowledge. With goodness and paternal love You leave us in charge of posterity: To teach all nations what us you taught, To learn true patience and become Sole partner and sole part of all your joys. 'RUDOLPH YOUKILIS

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MR. E. W. XVILKINSON Printijmf, 1911-191i To XYl.s'r lXilUH'l'liRSI ECHO! What thoughts that wortl hringsl The return of wortls once utteredg the rethinking of thoughtsg the reliving of experiences wrestetl from the real antl flung into the realm of the rememheretlg the visioning of events of the pastghut why this verlwal rhapsotly? Of all the schools that now exist l am convinced, that if you want l really think the Night School, To make a list Of-il1LIlNl11CI'S,H Cfoinparetl with all the other ones, You'll not go wrong hy looking lirst Can well he called the Right School. Amongst the Night High comers. The stutlents who are there enrolled And, may I atltl, shoultl l he asked lnsteatl of heing 'Asent there, To nominate the hest school, llewailetl their lack of larnin' Without a clouht l'tl rise antl shout- Antl just got up and went there. I nominate the 'West' school. To the 1933 Graduates l say, my experience with West Nightersu leatls me to close with the statement that the night hrings out the stars. Shine on!