Woodward High School - Treasures Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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VnslIinu'lun's lriml Cnlmwt Henry Knux' Tlmnms .lt'l'FCI'SOH Emlmuml Runduhull Alvxundcr llnmillun ;001'2'0 VuslIinu'ImI le .XHI'ILIUIH reproduces tllis rarc picture of our Nutimfs builders in rmlmlmnurutinI1 ol llw one lmndrml 11ml HlliPtEl anniversary 0'. the following vu-nix: our Nkliillllill Vrm'vrnmonl under the Cnnslilulion. our Firsl Congress. llw Inuugumliun 0f VnslIing10n, lllc Propusnl 01 01 Bill 01' Rigllls. Paw Five

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DEDICATION tn esteemed recognition or their rtnunltcss endeavors. the Annual of 1030 is dedicated to the Builders of the VVortct. Our present civitization is a priceless heritage hoqueathcd to us by the builders 0t past ages. There are two invariable inctices to the progress of civilization; First, the achievements 0t man in rcmoutcting nmt remaking his environment; and scconct. the appreciation of the ttisrovorios invotving the unsoon forces at the uni- verse. The earliest huitdcrs wore the architects of Brick. slono, and marhte: but as civilization in various parts at tho, mrlh hcgan l0 rtovvtop amt expand. roads. aque- ctucts. canats and tunnels were huitt amt pmpte hccamc united, and mutual co- operation sprang up among them. Tho social existence of mankind of necessity brought htmut more complex social organizations; Customs became laws and moutrters nt sociat conduct, and as a result political states were evolved. In these various fields or human activity, great mcn have arisen who have huitt empires encompassing and unifying the diverse peoples of the earth. However. history revents eminent builders in the other fields or human en- rtom'nr. tn the realms of knowledge and hcnuty. indeed. our Civilization would he imperfect and incomplete withOLIt tho uptitting fnnuoncc ot the artist. the musician. the poet amt the. scinntist-ttmsc men have contrihutccl to our heritage nohte treasures that shatt ever exalt amt enrich human tirc. The hufttters in the routm of tho purrtty spiritual utso ctaim nur recognition. for their endeavors: have stimulated the highest motives of man and have moved him through tho. imagination or the Ltromnvr amt visionary to a longingf tor the realizau tion 0t litefs ennnhting ictcnts. In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the cstahtishmont or the Amer- irnn Government in its present form. thv yrnr I030 rncatls the Builders ot the VVortd. The events which transpired within the year 1780 are inscrihed forever in the tahtcts or history: it is not likely that the political ideals of mankind will ever again accomplish so much iii the hriot spare ot a singtc year. On the first Wertnes- day of tVlarch or that year or 1780. the Constitution wont into ottect: democracy. long the ideal political state to transcrntt the tyranny of monarchy anrt autocracy had heen established in a vast. unsotttmt continent which was to hocomc a nation more powcrtut and more democratic than any western Europe had ever seen. The Following months or that year saw a succession of events n or equal significance: On the Fourth of tVIarch, the First Congress assvmhtcct in New York: on the twen- tioth clay of April, George tVashington was innuguratort first President of the United States: and finally. on the twenty-tirst ctny of September. Congress Suty mittect the ten original amendments to the States tor ratification. tCurltiriur-lt on page 6, Page Four

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DEDICATION ' Here was a momentous event in history. for the Bill of Rights represented the result of a struggle of free souls of all ages and all lands; it avowed protection of individuality and personal freedom: it was conducive to the development 0F long suppressed personalities and it established untmmmcled enterprise, For America and for the world. it is a bufwark of freedom. In this year or l939. thoughts and aspirations are still directed loward building a hetler, more perfect world of the Future. On our Atlaniic and Pacific coasts, two great fairs. symbolic of modern progress. are dedicaled lo the erection of lhe VVOrId of Tomorrowh The New York VVorIdS Fair is built upon this theme: to promote a happier way olv American living through a recognition oi, the interdependence of man and the building 0 u better world of tomorrow with lhe tools of today. Grover Whalen. president of the Fair Corporation. expressed that purpose in these words: We must improve human relations. VVc must roster peace in the worIcI by encouraging amicahle contacts. XVe must huihl for a hotter world of tomorrow by educating the average citizen not only in the use of the best material accessories of today, but in those lyorward-Eoolcing principles which have been envisioned by the genius of the American nation. On the Pacific coast, on an island dredged from the sea, the Golden Gate Exposition, an islandicity OI rare and majestic heauly. rises as the symbol of peace and understanding which must eventually ameliorate humanity and civilization. The modern world is, for the most part. a product of man's efforts and labor of the past; hut the construction all an improved and enlightened VVorld 0f Tomor- row devolves upon the youth 01' every country VVe. the graduates olv VVoodwurd. have as our noble mission the continuation of the struggle of our predecessors: to erect not only a nation, but a world built upon iclouls 0F understanding. cvopera- lion and human brotherhood. VVe urv among the huildvrs 0f the Worm 0f Tomori row. n-um... . Page Six