Woodward High School - Treasures Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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far-off Plainfield, Connecticut, where Mr. Woodward was born on March 8, 1768. Another object of interest is a window from the guest room. It has a pretty scene behind it to represent an orchard and meadow with swaying Bowers, giving a View similar to the one Mrs. Woodwarde guests were accustomed to see whenever they looked to the south The white Swiss curtains were made by VVOodward third year Industrial girls. They are in the style of those used in the time when Mrs. Woodward was living. Separating the fireplace and the window from the rest of the room is a railing made from part of the balustrade of the W ehstcr Street home. Within the balustrade are three chairs from the Woodward home, one from the kitchen, another from the diningeroom. and the third, at parlor chair. The former two are certainly durable, for they were made in 1803, from wood Cut from the original forest 011 Third Street Two antique cupboards, each in different style from the other, are placed against the wall in separate parts of the roam. That much of the stairway leading to the Hrst landing is at the southwest side of the museum. A showcase holds small relics, such as books, a hand-painted vase with the 1841 building on it, the trowel used in the laying of cornerstones of both 16 Hughes and Woodward, and also the cornerstone of the Woodward monument. The handle of the trowel is made from part of a balustrade of the Woodward which preceded our building. The gavel is also part of this piece of wood. In the case there is an immense hand-made lock from a door of Mr. Woodwardss house, besides two pocketbooks and two coats and a waistcoat belonging to our foundefs brother, Lemuel. Looking around from the mysteries of the glass case one sees the herce-Iooking gargoyles; these were on the school of. 1855, but became so dangerous, by their tendency to fall off, that they were not left 10mg in place. These Objects of interest were the first exterior tetra cotta decorations used in Cincinnati. One might think that these two gargoyles were guarding the precious bookcase that stands nearby, for in it are many thoughts of Woodward teachers and pupils, along both literary and musical lines. Although it is not yet tilled with books and pamphlets there is here a collection worthy of the schoo1. In it are still to be placed books written by W oodward teachers and pupils since the opening of the school in 1831. Art, poetry, essays, music and the sciences are there now; may the class of 1913 keep up the good work begun in these lines, and may 'Woodward some day be as proud of us as we are of her.

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