German Township High School - Laureola Yearbook (McClellandtown, PA)

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C o m i b t v c mi p o e i1 ---—o------ Still sits the High School on the hill, Its clanging bell still calling. Around it still the Freshmen play And Sophomores are bawling. Within professor’s desk is seen Some very strange collections; Some red neckties, some battered hats, And apples bit in sections. The foolish hats upon their heads. The bright red hose, betraying Brains that once in Sophies’ heads, Are other places straying. The jaunty Seniors, with the-ir heads Chuck-full of brains and learning. Are naming now the salaries They think they’ll soon be earning. But yet another comes along, With eyes that burn and glisten. He’s full of business through and through. He makes you stand and listen. He talks in numbers high and low. Of profits large and small. He adds up figures by the mile, And never known to stall. He takes dictation by the hour. Sits down at the machine And typewrites letters for the boss. Without an error seen. He knows just how the business stands. The figures he can show. He knows just where to plant the seed To make the dollar grow. For he’s “Commercial.” Don’t you see He’s working on the plan That, when he grows up like his dad. He’ll be a business man. 29

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(Ummnrrrial Tiftstunj (By Harold O. Gadd.) -----------O—-—--------- O a student who is to enter upon a business career, the Commercial Course offers his sole reasonable hope of success. The student who understands Bookkeeping, or Shorthand and Typewriting thoroughly, need never be out of employment. There are a great number of opportunities for a person who has completed a Commercial Course. Th Gregg system of Shorthand is taught. This system is easy to learn, easy to write, and capable of the highest speed. The Palmer Method of Business Writing has been continued. Certificates in Bookkeeping are awarded by the Southwestern Publishing Company. Free assistance in securing employment is given by this company to a holder of one of these certificates. In athletics and music the Commercial Department ranks high, having contributed several members to both the basketball team and the orchestra. Our Alma Mater has always found the Commercial willing and ever ready to help in any of the High School events. One of the most notable events which took place during the past year, was a surprise party given in honor of I. N. Riffle by the Commercial Department. This was a grand success and was enjoyed by all who w'ere present. In the M. H. S. Commercial Department there were 24 students the past year; one post-graduate, five sophomores, and seventeen Freshmen. One of us was married, another secured employment, and so on until twenty good ones were left to carry on the work here. 31