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

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West 9th Street. These two gentlemen are excellent examples of what can be achieved b h' 1 . . . . . y art work and determination. Their letters follow in respective order: Permit me to offer my heartiest congratulations on this, the anniversary ol your thirtieth consecutive issue of the West Night High School Annual. As the lirst Editor of the Annual and founder of the Evening .Vrhaol Vain, I sincerely trust th h fi ' ' V ' ' ' ' at t e ne school spirit which has made both publications possible throughout these many years, will continue to exist in the years to come. Yours truly, J. DAVID JACOBS. C maintaining and carrying on the publication of your yearbook, the Eci-io. ongratulations, Seniors of 1935, both for completing your high-school course, and for Yours truly, Giuzs Da COURCY, M.D. Mr. Harry W. Quitman, who was graduated in 1906 and is now an attorney and counselor-at-law, with offices in the Second National Bank Building, writes as follows: My appreciation of attending and graduating from West Night High School is due to the fact that it laid a foundation by way of furthering my education. Upon receipt of my diploma I was bl k a e to ta e up the study of law. The ECHO was two years old when I graduated. I was one of the original contributors. I edited Spice ,Iumbles. Sincerely yours, HARRY W. QUITMAN. The next letter comes from Hickory, North Carolina It is from jose h H. - P Armbrust, President of his Senior Class in 1908. He is now pastor of the First Meth- odist Church in Hickory, and sends the following message, along with four lines of a poem of six verses which he wrote for the last page of the 1908 Annual. Greetings to all the West Nighters, especially of the years 1904 to 1908. Sixty enrolled in the fall of 1904, twenty-tive graduated in 1908. What of Etterer, Carr, Yeager, Rappoport, E h l P ' t e eters, and others? Those were great years! Other years will come and go, More trials will be overcome, But somehow we'll ne'er forget- These four years. Very truly yours, jossm H. Anmnnusw. We have next a few words from Dr. N. L. Saltzman, whose offices are located at 115 West Ninth Street, and who was graduated in 1910. I send my hearty congratulations to the young men and young women ofthe Class of 1 935- I believe that a group of young men and young women, who, undertaking such an arduous lt I tas ' 0 working by day and studying by night, and who persevere and carry the task to com- pletion, deserve to be complimented and congratulated. With best wishes for a bright future to all of you, I remain Yours very truly, DR. N. L. SALTZMAN. 17

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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

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Our other aide-de-camp in acquiring these messages, August A. Siemon, is next in line. He was graduated in 1911. Mr. Siemon's class has managed to stick to- gether throughout these past twenty-four years and four years ago celebrated the twentieth anniversary of their graduation. At this celebration were present their former Principal, Mr. Wilkinson, and former teachers who were not deceased. To the students of West Night High School Mr. Siemon writes: As an Alumnus of West Night High School, allow me to thank you for the opportunity of extending to you, through the medium ofthe Annual of 1935, my hearty felicitations. Many old graduates regard with mingled feelings of pride and gratitude, your efforts to maintain, under the tutelage of Mr. Franz and his staff of teachers, the ideals and traditions of West Night High. A volume could be written on the subject, yet it may well be summed up in two words, viz.: Carry on! Sincerely yours, Aucsusr A. Sumow. Carl F. Pieper, an attorney-at-law, whose offices are in the Keith Theatre Build- ing, was graduated in 1917., and sends the following message: As far as I am personally concerned my hours of labor, both in night high school, uni- versity, and night law school, were the greatest opportunity and privilege that could be given anyone similarly situated as I was, and my realization has far surpassed any ofthe wishes that I had while going to school. In other words, I have either been extremely fortunate and lucky or otherwise it pays to work hard. Very respectfully yours, C. F. Pmvan. Here is another out-of-town communication coming from Denver, Colorado. It is from Samuel and jenny W. Schaefer Cnee Wilanskyj, Jewish Welfare Workers in that city. Yes, indeed, we're glad to say that West Night played a vital role in our lives. We met there-ours was a real schooldays romance. We left CMr. in '11, Mrs. in '17D with a prepara- tion for the problems of life we could not otherwise have had. We are grateful for the oppor- tunities West Night gave us. Since graduation we have been Csometimes individually, more frequently togetherHand in later years with our two fine boysD in many states and several countries-France, Mexico, Alaska. Often we have gone back to visit the old home town, and always memories of the friendships of West Night crowd in upon us-of Principal E. W. Wilkinson C Wilky to usD, of B. H. Siehl, of the Bauer brothers-and of our classmates, many of whom, like our- selves, are now middle-aged, sedate mothers and dads. We envy the youngsters who graduate this year, and urge them to hold fast to the spirit of youth. This is written from Denver, Colorado, where Mr. S. manages the National jewish Hos- pital, and where Mrs. S. Cin addition to doing much volunteer social workj manages Mr. S., and where Louis S., aged 14, and Robert S., aged 3, manage both of them. Very sincerely, SAMUEL AND JENNY W. Scnmzrsn The Class of 1914 is represented by Mr. Edward H. Lemker, who is connected with the Photo-Type Engraving Company, 7.10 East Ninth Street, which has done the engraving for this year's publication of the Ecno. 18