Woodward High School - Treasures Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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WOODWARD The First High: $chooi VVesl of Hm Alleghenies Nova ' 1831 . 1841 ' 2 VVOODVVARD Grown f0 Serve a Growing City NOV? 18-11485 XVOODVVARD A Nobiv En'r'ffre of Gothic Design OVM 1833-1908

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K DEDICATION T0 Cincinnati. in honor of her one hundred and tiftieth birthday, we. the pupils of her First high school, dedicate this Annuai. During the greater part of Cincinnati's century and a half of social, cultural. and economic progress. VVooctward and Cincinnati have worked hand in hand. XWoociward is proud of its city, and Cincinnati might welt be proud of VVoodward. On December 28, 1788. the first group of permanent settiers landed at Yeatman's Cove and began to huiid the rurie cabins, which for them became uhome. The land heionged to John Cieves Symmes, and was a part of iand which he had acquired even hetore the North- west Territory was formally created by Congress. Among the men who stepped from one of the hroadhornst as the Hathoats were then called, was John Fiison, a schooi teacher. who devised our city's first name. Losantiviiie. General St. Clair changed this name l'ovCincinnati in honor of an association of Revoiu- tionary VVar veterans and governed the vast Northwest Territory from a fort iocated 0n the site of our present Lytie Paric. in other words, Cincinnati was the capitai of that vast expanse from which five states were inter carved. Here was conducted the first treaty on Ohio soil. The first independence Day celebration in the territory was celebrated here on July 4. 1784. and as an outgrowth of irisheEngiish animosities which were acute immediately after our Revoiutionary VVan the same year saw the first authentic ceieinralion of St. Patricies Day in the Northwest. Fort Finney arose just north or our present Ciowntown district, and From Cin- cinnati went forth indian Fighters that drove the fierce Shawnees out of Ohio. The numerous mounds and prehistoric fortresses which were scattered all over our region show that the indians had recognized the importance or our iocation. One of our euriy Presidents, hViiiiam Henry Harrison. was a Cincinnatian. it is possihie t0 aiiude here to oniy a few 0i Cincinnatiis earliest achievements. A great iniiux or German immigrants gave Cincinnati for many decades its Chararterislic Complexion. The soiiciity of her downtown churches. her interest in art. music. and education. her efficient hospitais, anti charitahie institutions, her excellent zoological garden, her secure Financial and commerciai institutions, attest to their activity. One avhievement. however. we cannot overiook. Outstanding among our earliest settiers was hViiiiam VVoociwarLi. a staunch heiicver in education for hoys ami giris past the readin' anti ritin' age. His ambition to establish a free high school was reaiizeci in 1831, when a iour-room schooi house was built on our schooiis present sight. How Close this was to the Pngu- Funr 2;,

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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