Woodward High School - Treasures Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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After we had thus far organized, we were ready to give a return dance to the A Grade. This dance Was given in June. We gave our Senior friends the finest time possible, for they were about to leave this school forever. Suddenly we were reminded of the deer flag that had waved overhead at the entrance so many mornings. The members of the color guard, whose duty it was to care'for and to protect this hag, were chosen for the next school year, The hag was intrusted to the kind and loving care of Reynelds Ekstrom, .Toe Davidson, and Edmund Schraffenberger. And then, to close this successful year, how well we remember sniging Fan'well te Tiwei! t0 the Senior class! And how well we remember bidding them, who were leaving, good-bye! They were leaving the joys and friends of Woodward; we still had unoihc'r year to enjoy these dear things, We entered the halls of Woodward in September, 1923, as Seniors. There were 148 pupils in our classr Mr. Jones, our prixrcipai, deciding to try student government in Woodward, formed a council consisting of representatives from the respective grades, who attended the meetings and then reported in the home rooms on the discussion of the meeting. This worked very well, for everybody took a keen interest in it. We were rather slow in having our Senior election, for it was not until November that this one was held Ashton Welsh, presi- dent; Lydia Bryant, vice president; Boris Zemsky, secretary, and 23 Reynolds Ekstrom, treasurer, accepted the proffered reles as leaders of the Senior class. At Christmas, one month later, we spread cheer and greet- ings to the hospitals and sanetoriums, as has been the custom for a number of years. We also hath a program in the school auditorium, in which a masque, given by the Dramatic Club, was produced. This was a. very rare play for Woodward, for 3.11 the merits parts were taken by the girls. After the Christmae holidays, preparations for the A-B dance were immediately begun. This dance was given on February ninth. A program, games, favors, and punch were provided for our Junior guests. As we look back over our school days at dear Wood ward High, we see not only the schoolmates who wandered the halls with us, but we also see the teachers who took a great'interest in our class. Of 0111' accomplishments we can be justly proud. We have added to the beauty of the school by the Art League contri- butions; to the welfare of the school by contributions to the Wel- fare Association; and to the athletic department, by two new cups, won by our swimming team; and when, in the future, we look over the ORACLE of our Senior year, we shall have in our hands one of the finest ever published in Woodward High School. We attribute these accomplishments to our endeavoring to live up to the injunction of our motto: Esxr 01mm Videri. NELSON MURPHY '24A

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EE? Rh The bitter must come with the sweet, and so it was with our school life. When we first entered this building, we had many hard experiences before we got into the stride of things. Every- thing seemed hustle and' hurry to us poor Freshmen, who were trying to find 0111' way about this, our future home. But even at this very early age. we showed great promise We were better able to find the lunchrooms than some Seniors and Juniors seemed to be. Wondering whether they knew what was happening, we would shout to them to hurry up and get in line for dinner, We were very studious. often spending as many as eight Dolls in school every day. We showed great promise in the literary line, as a. result of so much study. for many nursery rhymes by the Freshmen appeared in the ORACLE of that yeart How fast time Mes! At last we were Sophomores! We were not as cruel to our smaller sisters and brothers as the Sophomore Despite the fact that We sent many Freshmen to the fifth floor to find the auditorium, class of the year before had .been to us. and that we gave them free rides on the elevator, we did not have a complete year until we had had a successful dance. That dance, the talk of the year, may have been the cause 01' Class History 22 'u' isij ei? the great derrease our class suffered in our transformation from Sophomores m Juniors, But what is life without a dance? What joy it was to see our schoolmates after the Summer Yet Juniors Cannot sorrow forever, and soon we settled down to our vacation! And what eormw for those who had left us! school work But fully realizing that hall work and no play makes Jack a 0.1111 boy, we gave an A-B dance. which we enjoyed to our hearty runtent. after an entertainment and EL welcoming address; by the A-G-rade president. In'March. our Junior ciass organized, electing Albert Huse- man, president; Marcella Srhott, vice-president; William Ranch, secretary. and Pauline Wagerman, treasurer. This was not the only election we had in our Junior year. We did not then realize what a fine ORACLE we were going to have published by our Senior Class; but we chose our editor. John Rivers. and our business manager, Boris Zemsky, with wonderful resuits,

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ROSINA AHRICU WlecnicU . General Course. AHLETTA BAIHD HHow her fingers men! when Hwy WW ? n nwricd by note, General Course. Ihrongh the measures line as $1 , Wit S'IIC lmlh without desire to nmrchcd them WW I l 1 I I The yividing flank of lhv Ivory giggile mown mm mm 1 .s n n . floor. ' Uirly Glee Club, Botany Club. Girls Glee Club, Dr'zumltn- Club. Orchestra, Dramatic Club. ALICE BAHNWEI.L f'tBarm'ng Household Arts Course. $12633 mndvsl us any, as blithc as SIMS bonnie. Traffic Ollicor, Spanish Club, Dra- matic Club, Dnmcslic Science Club. RUTH lMTSCHl-J ! Dunlr j Gcnvral Cnurse. Laughing, lrlllciny and mum:- stiff. Dramatic Club, Studt-nt Gunm-il, Contm'hull Team. LYDA BRYANT NlieansU Commercial Course. Whmu'm-r she passed, it xrmnwd Him Hm ceasing of qumsilv music'. Dmmaiit- Club, Conmmrciul Club, TI'ulTic UlIiccx'. Tl-lliLMA BROOKS F'Tlu-I'U ticnm'ul Course. HHPI' world was t'lH'J joyous.