Woodward High School - Treasures Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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CLASS HISTORY r 0 great decisive battle, nor even a business K panic marked the year 1908, but in one way it remains memorable because, on a bright, sunshiny morning in September of that year, the class of 1912 came into existence. We shall not soon forget that morning, when, with anxious eyes, we waited, crowded in the Gym, to see the wonders of high-school life unfold before us. In about a week the novelty of the situation wore off and we settled down to the even tenor of things, which was interrupted only by frequent visits from and tol Mr. J ohnston and such novelties as demerits and examinations. Early in the year President Taft laid the cornerstone of the new Woodward building, and we then began to look forward to the day when we would occupy the handsome structure that was to rise above the stone. By the end of the year we had be- come full-fledged high-school students, entering into the affairs of the school with true Woodward spirit and vim, learning to root at the games and meets, and sub- scribe for the school paper, the Oracle. After the long vacation we became Sophomores. Owing to the crowded condition of the Ninth Street School, the class was divided, some of the members going to Ninth Street and the others remaining at the Third Intermediate. Somehow our importance was not at first recognized, and When our band of valorous and beauteous maidens entered into the life at Ninth Street, our upper classmen, accustomed to treating with chile dren, endeavored to lay upon us their law, and all we could do was to settle back and wish we were Seniors. 18 Many were the eye-openers presented those nrst few weeks, and such encroachments upon our peaceful en- j oylnent of things as were made through the medium of Geometry and Latin, were met and resisted only by stunts in the Gym and lunch room, and because of this, these two departments of the school have not since lost their attractiveness. During the second year we at- tended the Oratorical Contest, and a few were chosen to sing at Commencement. Everyone was impressed with the exercises, and longed for the time when he might walk down the aisle and walk, the observed of all observersi, in the midst of such another glittering throng. On becoming Juniors the full meaning of our privi- lege of attending a school like the new Woodward be- came clear to us. We felt its greatness and were filled with wonder over this grand million-dollar palace of learning whose existence caused what had been our mental picture of its shops, laboratories, gyms and auditorium to sink into insignificance. With the in- crease in facilities presented by the new building nu- merous organizations were instituted, and during our first season there we enjoyed a most prosperous year. because of our participation in things musical and athletic, through the medium of such as the Orchestra. the Choral Club, the Quartet, the Swimming Team and the Tennis Club. On the 24th of October, 1910, uNew Woodward was oflicially dedicated with impressive ceremony. On this occasion the cantata. ttWoodward a Past, Present, Future, by Mrs. Alice Brotherton, Mr. Shockley and