Woodward High School - Treasures Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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William Woodward, a young farmer. came from his native Connecticut to the shores of our own Ohio to huild for himself a new life. He was so deeply imbued with the ideals of Americanism--life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness -I that out of his own private means, he founded a school which was to give a free puhlic education to the young people of his community. Today, the graduating class of 1942, filled with the same deep enthusiasm for the American way of life, dedicates its Annual to all those who have gone forth from the halls of Woodward High School, and are today, directly or indirectly, serving to keep alive in a war-torn world the same ideals that inspired William Woodward to found the first free public high school west of the Allegheny Mountains. May the fine traditions of their school Fill them with cour- age and the high resolution that democracy shall and will rise from out of the turmoil of the present, to Hourish anew in a world which they have helped to make hetter hy their efforts. Page Five

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X During more than a hundred years, various buildings, each known as Wood- ward High School. have occupied the same location. The first school building was begun in the early spring ol 1851: Mr. Woodward himself hauled away the first cart-load of earth from the cellar. The building stood at the northeast corner of the school lot and was built of briclc, two stories high, with two rooms on each lloor. The building was surmounted by a belfry, containing the famed Woodward bell. This was the building that was opened on the twenty-fourth day of October in the year of 1831, with three teachers and forty-two pupils in attendance. Ten years later, in the summer of 1841. a third story was added to this building: it still remained very plain and unpretentious, without any particular architectural design. For fourteen years. this building echoed and re-echoed to the tread ol young Woodward feet -1 then in 1855 gave way to a greater structure, as distinctive and pronounced in its architectural design and beauty. as its predecessor had been laclcing in it. lt was three stories in height, and was considered the noblest speci- men of Gothic architecture west of the Alleghenies. For more than hall a century, the beautiful building ol 1855 continued its noble mission ol service and usefulness 1- for more than fifty years, it stood as the representative of high ideals of life, of loyalty to home and to nation, of strong minds and great names, of consecrated teaching and of high standards of scholar- ship. Then came another Woodward. the building of 1910 1- much larger and more spacious. rising in majestic dignity against the slcies. Even at its creation it was glorified by the sacred traditions of the Woodward of the past. For thirty-two years the present Woodward High School has continued its worlc lor the youth of our city-for thirty-two years it has lifted its head in conscious pride over the long years ol service and usefulness. May it continue to instruct and inspire the youth who enter its doorl PUQP SPIN-'ll