Woodward High School - Treasures Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Another Pm dawns; lyre prest-nt school SlrlmIs roarly mfwrv flu: firs! Inns mlrz- ngun, In nruiosh' 1'! 11505: 10 NW Hutu A lHJ JII'HFI'II SrlII-II'S HPUII 0 work IUGH ifllliU. FCHARLFS V. Tlxcmaxnrann, N'00nwmzn'5 Huxnutn YEARS IN HISTORY AND PAmaANT. hum

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DEDICATION continued outskirts of Cincinnati can be visuatized when we remember ttml Broadway and Liberty Street were the boundaries of Cincinnati. No girts attended this first high school west ot the. At- tegt'lenies. but time brought new trends to the fore, VVomen began to take a more active part in the throbbing life of our city, and in ISSI, VVooctwarct admitted girls to its tmtts. Hour after tmun day after day, year after year. the tide of lite etabed and ttowect, always a tittte higher. Cincinnati tnecame ttte Gateway t0 the South and the Queen of the VVest. tn the trying years of our Civit War. Cincinnati wholeheartedly tmrked the Union. Regiment after regiment marched out of our city in :tefense of a united country unct among ttmem. our own boys, the erooctward Guards. In every phase ot the development of Cincinnati. our srtmot did its share. On VVomtwarcTs historic grounct arose Levi CoFtin's Underground Railway ; here the Good Samaritan Hospital was located. and our own UVVooctwarct Cottage was one of the roots From which sprang the University Of Cincinnati. tvoodward trained the best of Cincinnati's citizenry. sent its students out as teactcrs in every cuttumt. educationat. scientific and industrial activity, and produced in its atumuus. tVittiam Howard Taft. a President or ttie United States. The growth of interest in educational and intellectual ndvanvement necessitated targer amt m'ore modern tacitities. Wooctwarct kept abreast of the times, During the tast tmtt 0f the nineteenth century, our schoot occupied a buttding which was- considered ttae finest exumpte of Gothic scttoot architecture in this country. Twenty-seven years ago. our new building was completed, the First of Cincinnati's modern high school structures. Spacious corridors. numerous rooms we actaptect lo a great variety or studies, ample suppties 0F tiooks and materials, and able instruction entourage and stimulate ttte boys amt girts of downtown Cinfinnati to do- x'etop ltwir minrts and tnutivs. Cinrinnati may wett be proud of ttae service that tkf'nottwartt tins rendered. VVooctwurtt. in turn. vatues the support of Cintinnati. Just as tong: as the city tennis a kind tietgjing hand t0 the schoot, ttte sct'loot wilt do its share in Building a Better. more prosperous Cincinnati. Sinre gooet government depends on proper anct adequate mturation, srtmots with modern equipment. progressive books. and a high tevet ot tcarhing are a vital part in our community. As tone: as tjottl exist. Cincinnati with its background of traditions and history. Witt remain true to herself. a city of high icteats. anct VVoodward. steeped in memories and ttm gooct inten- tions of its founder. will Continue to tyuitct a Citizenship worthy of ttu: Queen of ttm VVest Pay a Six

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