Woodward High School - Treasures Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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care for the life, health and welfare of man; it would substi- tute honesty for greed, and civic righteousness for corruption; ein brief, it would strive for the upbuilding of a true and real citizenship. This nation can not exist without a founda- tion of sane, strong, pure'men and women; it must be a nation of clean and wholesome homes. Therefore, realizing that the place next to the home and in many instances more important than the home, where alone such ideals can be accomplished, is the school, it has to-day intrusted to that institution this great opportunity of the countryis salvation. Furthermore, in recent years of our own lives there has been a great and marked progress along industrial lines and many branches of industry have arisen and developed. Consequently, educa- tional leaders have introduced into school, particularly high school, industrial, commercial and domestic training as nec- essary parts. The optional course, the course in which one can choose for himself what studies are best for developing the tendencies within'him, has been adopted in the high school. What, then, are the attempts and ideals of the new Woodr ward, under the new educational system, for to-day and the future? The first thought in this direction will show the ne- cessity of stimulating a civic consciousness. And this indeed is the work to-day and will be in the coming years of the new school, a work whose end is the making of a nation. Woodwardk citizens of four years will graduate as so- cially efficient men and women, ready for the greater citizen- ship. For not only will they have passed under its cultural influences, but they will have been given such learning and training as will enable them to make an honest and honorable living. For, through the vocational training, some may enter a vocational life and strive even for the highest office in this country, or may pursue a more advanced education in a higher institution of learning. The industrial training prepares some for a specific trade, for toil in the shops amid the busy hum of machinery and the noise of the hammer. Equipped for the intricate financial and business world are the commercial grad- uates; while entering into domestic life are they who have ful- filled the four years of the domestic science course, who must aid in making the home homef' and the institution it should be and the unit of our nation. All are members of one great body, the United States; but each has his own place and use, and is necessary to the perfection of that body. But above this matter of earning a living, Woodward places the teaching of unselfishness and help to others, believing that there must be a generous offer of what one has to bene- fit all with whom contact is made. To-day it is known how dependent men are upon one another for health, happiness and general welfare. Woodward has taken upon herself to impress this truth and to teach her students so to conduct themselves that their immediate community may be made better in life, health and citizenship, that thru these com- munities thlis benefited, the best principles of living may be extended farther and farther. And so does Woodward High School of to-day endeavor to fulfill her inspiring watchword and motto, tiEsse quam viderif, To Be Rather Than to Seem? FREDERICK FRANZ.

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