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

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W15s1' Nuam' Hum Scllool. 1905-1915

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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!

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MR. B. H. Smut. Principal, 1916-IQZI I' Puvits or Wrsr NIGHT: Although the night high schools for many years have heen an important factor in the educational life of Cincinnati, it was not until their struggle for recognition hy the University of Cincinnati and other institutions of higher learning was finally won, that they came into their own. Thus a goal was attained. But not alone to gain en- trance to college do students go to night school. While I was principal of West Night High School I made a survey of the reasons for attendance at night school. I learned that many students attend in order to gain additional knowledge that will he helpful to them in their husiness, or are using the night school to pre- pare detinitely for some vocation. I found that an employer looks with distinct favor upon employees who go to school at night. This is easily understood. There is no better developer of character that I can think of than a comlwination of work and school at night. Often we were surprised hy the success which crowned night school work when the hoy or girl could or would not function at day school. Tensity of purpose, stick-to-it-ness, real bulldog spirit must be there for success. With shorter working hours, and more leisure time coming into vogue, the role of the night schools in preparing young men and women for a more worthy, useful Citizenship should he constantly more im- IWOITZIITK. QW I4