Withrow High School - Withrow Annual Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Page two A little black and orange switch engine, being almost of high school age, decided to see what school was really like. Upon passing Withrow's campus, he jumped the track and landed at home plate on the baseball field. Slightly confused, he ran the bases twice and found himself in the midst of a football scrimmage. Mr. Gilliland told him he wasn't big enough for the team so he dejectedly wandered over to the hockey field where a group of girls was playing. Since Little Engine was a male choo-choo, hockey just wasn't the game for him. Consequently he decided to join a mixed doubles match which was in progress on the tennis court, but as soon as he arrived the game ended. While wondering what to do next, a golf ball hit him on the cow catcher. Little Engine went to the garage to rest. After his boiler plate had been patched, he chugged to the gym for some exercise on the indoor track. But he had not speculated on the small size of the track and became so dizzy that he fell down the steps, out the door, over the stadium wall into the cinders. He puffed across the football field and decided to look into the Junior High. It was time for lunch so Little Engine gave the kids a ride to Senior High. There he helped them sneak to the front of the lunch line. Mr. Knost didn't approve of the little switch engine's antics so he started to chase him out of the lunchroom. Little Engine manag ed to elude him by entering the iirst room he saw. The class was out to lunch so Little Engine amused himself leaf- ing through the books. When the teacher and the class returned, they were amazed to find a switch engine gaily drawing pictures on the blackboard. Although the pupils

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cet ! Facets! Follow us through these pages to find how you make Withrow what it is and how our many- sided school determines a major portion of your life and character. Our interpretation of With- row involves Facets-plane minute surfaces of a cut gem. These surfaces are numerous, each re- flecting light in a different manner. All of these Facets, or sides, unite to form the sparkling gem in its entirety. The Annual Staff is paral- leling Withrow with such a jewel. Many of you fail to respond to the manifold facets of With- row whether they be material or emotional. Every- thing at Withrow makes up her Facets-the ac- tivities, the faculty, and you, the most 'essen- tial part-perhaps a glimpse of the passing scene, a moment of elation, of triumph, or a moment of sadness, or defeat. The separate Facets of your school are here waiting for you, the student body, to help formulate them into a complete, intricate mechanism. All our Facets are derived from you, the individual-achieving, combining, and uniting. The impact of these Facets can be strong, the delight, intense, depending on how you, the crafts- men of Withrow's Facets develop them. In select- ing the word Facets as the theme we hope that we have succeeded in relating it so that you will be aware of these Facets, and many years from now when you take the book from its dusty hiding place, it will renew all your memories of Withrow.

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were delighted the teacher was quite annoyed with his presence in her once tidy room. Little Engine realized this, so he ran out of the room before the pow- ers that be had a chance to send him away. He steamed down the steps into the auditorium where he had great fun aceing up and down the aisles. His mischievous fun was abruptly interrupted by Mr. Mathias' entrance. The prin- cipal explained to the little en- gine that Withrow wasn't the place for a switch engine. He proposed making an exception to the rule to permit Little Engine to study with the Withrowites. Little Engine appreciated Mr. Ma- thias' concern but refused his offer and chugged out of W. H. S. He passed the tower and rolled over the bridge, concluding that the whirl of school life defi- nitely did not agree with him. Page thiee