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

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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

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MESSAGES FROM OUR ALUMNI ow LET Us TURN oua ATTENTION to the students themselves. You might ask how we located these people who graduated so long ago, and how we induced them to write a message concerning such a long past occurrence. It might seem sur- prising, but it isn't. Through the aid of August A. Siemon, an attorney, J.David Jacobs, of the David Jacobs Company Department Store, and other sources, we con- tacted a number of former West Ni ghters who graciously and cheerfully responded to our request for a few words to commemorate the EcHo's thirtieth anniversary. In order to avoid partiality in presenting these messages to you, I think the best way to ar- range them would be in chronological order, or according to the year in which their writers were graduated. Let's see. Oh! oh! Here's one that doesn't have a date on it, so I guess we'll just introduce him first. It's from Leo B. Neyer, of the recently formed partnership, Cobb, Schott, Tieman and Neyer, attorneys and counselors-at-law, located in the Blymyer Building, 514 Main Street. Says Mr. Neyer: I have fond recollections of the years that I attended West Night High School and I made many friends while attending same. A number ofthe members of my class took up law after graduating and are at present in the same profession that I am in. The above partnership has been recently formed, having succeeded the hrm of Cobb, Howard 81 Bailey, one of the oldest established law firms in this city. Thanking you for your courteous letter and hoping that the 1935 edition of the Ecno will be even more successful than it has been in the past, I remain Yours very truly, Lao B. Nsvan. So, beginning with the chronological order, we come to Mr. Charles Tatgen- horst, Jr., now associated with the firm Tatgenhorst and Lytle, attorneys-at-law, in the Gwynne Building, and graduate from West Night in 1903. Before practicing law, Mr. Tatgenhorst was assistant solicitor for the city of Cincinnati from 1914 to 1919, and a member of the Seventieth Congress from 191.7 to 1919. That's quite a record and West Night can be proud of having his name on its Alumni list. As may be seen from his letter, he feels a keen admiration for anyone completing a course at night school. Every graduate from a night school is to be congratulated. These pupils attend and endeavor to make something out of nothing. They usually always succeed. They fulfill their ambitions and desires. They are made Out ofthe real stuff called character. They lift themselves above themselves, and by their own elforts and results spur others to do likewise. They help to make this world a better place in which to live. Respectfully yours, CHARLES TATGENHORST, Jn. The year 1905 is next represented, and brings forth none other than the first Editor of the Ecuo Cand also one of my aide-de-camps in obtaining this materiall, Mr. David Jacobs, as well as Dr. Giles De Courcy of the De Courcy Clinic at 7.10 16