Woodward High School - Treasures Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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'PHE ORACLE scores it ever attempted. The Orchestra brought its season to a close by playing the Class Day and Commencement prof grams. The members of the Orchestra are as follows: First Violins- Clarinets- Robert Nuhring Walter Beckmann Carl Pieper Nelson Tait Helen Craigin Stanley Wong Vito Virzi Robert Rueppel Second Violins- Trumpets- John Hall Charles Callahan Sam Sonenshein Jack Conley Marion Anastas Tmmbone- Cello- Herschel Clingerman Andrew Wolf Percussion- French Horn- Allison Driscoll Kenneth Klaiber Norman Thullan Piano- Ling Wong THE LATIN CLUB The Latin Club, Discipuli Anti' quorum, is composed of about fifty Latin students who have successfully passed at least one year of Latin. Meetings are held once a month immediately after school. The programs consist of Latin songs and of talks, dialogues and plays, either in Latin or in English. By taking part in the programs we def velop initiative, responsibility and qualities of leadership and gain an increased knowlf edge of parliamentary law. We have made friends with our classmates and have learned to cooperate with them. We have found out more about the customs of the ancient Romans and their farfreaching inf fluence on modern civilization than the limited time of the class room permits. Miss DeVore is the sponsor for our club. Jessie Frost is president, and Doro' thy Schmidt is secretary. THE WELFARE ASSOCIATION In any large school there will be found needy pupils. As far back as 1914, long before depression was so general, there were found many pupils in Woodward High School who required assistance. To meet this need an association was formed, known as the Woodward Welfare Asso' ciation. This is supported both by teach' ers and pupils of Woodward. Voluntary contributions of pupils of one cent per week and donations by teachers of diff ferent sums, have enabled us to help many students to acquire the necessary school supplies. In addition, we pay for lunches and supply milk to undernourished chilf dreng we supply spectacles, shoes and clothing, and pay for the transportation to and from hospitals for children who can' not afford the carfare. A number of pupils who would otherwise have been deprived of the joy of graduating with their classes have been clothed for the occasion through the Welfare Fund. If the Welfare Fund is supported in the future as it has been in the past, no worthy student in Wood' ward need suffer for the necessities. THE GEOLOGY CLUBS The geology classes formed a Geology Club composed of two sections. The one is known as the Geologians, the other as the Kappa Gammas. The purpose is to create a greater understanding of geology. The olhcers of the Kappa Gamma section are as follows: President, Joe Pieperg vice' president, Bill Roberts, secretary, Jose' phine Stieng treasurer, Elmira Hannaford. The officers of the Geologians are: Presif dent, John Achzehnerg vicefpresident, Norma Stuhlmang secretary, Muriel Kuyf per, treasurer, Joe Iacabucci. The two chapters united and went on two hikes, the first one to Ault Park, and the second one to the gravel pits at Red Bank. Miss Sanders, the geology teacher, acted as our guide on our hikes. 30

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H IDPGBANIIZAGIIIIDNSJ' GLEE CLUBS IN THE PUBLIC Recently the following article appeared in the Cincinnati Post: The Girls' Senior Glee Club of Wood' ward High School is to sing two numbers, in celebration of Girls' Week, at the new Walnut Hills High School tomorrow afternoon. Play Day is being celebrated, and there is to be a program that will be of interest to all girls. The Girls' Senior Glee Club of Woodward High School has over one hundred members, consisting of girls in the tenth, eleventh and twelfth rades The director Miss Wisenale is g - , A , well known throughout the music centers of Ohio. We see many articles, in these days of depression, that criticize the cost of pub' lic schools. People claim that there is too much money spent for unnecessary things. It is true that musical training in public schools is not absolutely essential, but does it not brighten the outlook on life for the coming generation? Does it not lift the ideals of students? We are living in the twentieth century, during a time when there is plenty of trivial music. In many cases, the only time the students have the opportunity to come in contact with the fine master pieces of music, is in the schools. We believe Glee Clubs are an imporf tant part of an education, because they help the students develop their voices and gives them some of the musical side of education. We believe that the money spent for Glee Clubs is well spent. THE RECITAL HOUR CLUB The purpose of the Recital Hour Club is to afford pupils of the piano depart' ment an opportunity to play before an audience. This experience is of great value to a young musician, it helps him over' come the nervousness arising from playing before others, it is an incentive to earnest effort, and it shows that there are people who are interested in his progress in music. While there have been fewer concerts this year than is customary, the programs were unusually fine and the playing ex' cellent. On May 29, there was given in the Woodward Auditorium a piano concert with a program of great diversity. It conf sisted of four parts: Something Borrowedg Something Blue, Something Old, and Something New. Of particular interest was Part IV, in which we were privileged to hear some of Mrs. Evan's own com' positions: The Rose Song, sung by Miss Agnes Somers, and a theme of Wagner's Sweet Evening Star used as the basis for a lullaby, a mazurka and a lyric etude. This was played by Lee Anderson. Mrs. Evans deserves much credit for her conf scientious, highly artistic work. THE WOODWARD ORCHESTRA This year's Orchestra has been the most successful in years. It participated in the Opening and Founders' Day Celef brations, and the Dramatic C1ub's presenf tation. It accompanied the Glee Clubs in their Christmas pr-ograms and in the Chauve Souris had one of the largest 29

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THE ORACLE SPECIAL STENCGRAPHY CLUB At the beginning of the year a Special Stenography Club was organized, consist' ing of two divisions-one, the third bell class, the other, the sixth bell class. The purpose of the club this year is purely social. We held joint gatherings in the form of parties, dances and hikes. Our unusual success is due largely to our leader, Miss Callahan. We are anticipating more good times before the end of the year, as a hike to Mount Airy is now under dis' cussion. The ofhcers of the third bell section are joe Chiarantano, president, Dorothea Bock, vice'president, Dan Alexander, sec' retary, and Elvi Elo, treasurer, while those of the sixth bell section are Muriel Kuyper, president, Leslie Hutchinson, vice'presi' dent, Helen Beehler, secretary, and jean' ette Schenk, treasurer. HI'Y As the school year draws to a close, the graduating members feel that their associa' tion with the Hi'Y was most enjoyable. Many projects were undertaken by the club this year and all were successful. Parties, hikes, dances, and council meet' ings are some of the activities that all the members have enjoyed. Our alliliation with the Girl Reserves has afforded us many good times, and we hope that the club next year will continue this practice. ' The ofhcers for the year l932'33 were as follows: President, Ed. Rotte, vice pres' ident, Bob Brinkmeyerg secretary, Harold Douthit, treasurer, Frank Street. A great deal of credit must be given our advisors, Mr. Horrocks and Mr. Strothman, who have given much time and valuable advice to promote our club activities. After the Hi'Y Spring Prom, given May 27, 1933, the club adjourned. GIRL RESERVES The Woodward Girl Reserves have had a most interesting year. With an attend' ance of over seventy'five girls at the first meeting and an average of forty'five girls present at the other meetings, they accom' plished much service work and enjoyed many social activities. The members of the Service Squad, led by Miriam Black and Dorothy Moehringer, showed great ability in giving aid to the school and the community. Many enjoy' able parties, hikes, and dances were given during the year. The Program Squad, led by Helen Davis and Ruth Rubley, and the Entertainment Squad, led by Jean Schenk and Florence Maiers, provided excellent programs for each meeting. The Finance Squad, led by Elvira Diers and Evaleen Nelp, and the Publicity Squad, led by Helen Beehler and Muriel Kuyper, also were very successful in their undertakings. Much credit must be given to our ad' visor, Miss Bowie, who gave both time and service to aid Girl Reserves. The ofhcers for the year 19324933 were as follows: President, Dorothea Bock, vice president, Muriel Kuyper, secretary, Evaleen Nelp, treasurer, Elvira Diers. FRENCH CLUB Les Echos Parisiens, the Woodward French Club, was organized last year, and its membership consisted of all the pupils taking third year French. At the begin' ning of this year, we took up where we had left off, and broadened our member' ship to include pupils taking both third and fourth year French. All of the meet' ings have been conducted in French. This made them both interesting and of great practical value. We ended the year with a social event in the form of a picnic'hike. Our success was due largely to the efforts of Miss Valerio, the faculty adviser. We extend our best wishes for success to the French Club of '34. V 3 1