Business High School - Commercial Record Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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The Commercial Record 33 While there, you learn the different kinds of business papers, what they are used for, and who uses them. For ex- ample, you learn how to write a contract, what the essential parts of one are, the importance of accuracy in them, and at what times and under what conditions to make them. You learn how to write legal documents, their wording and sub- stance, filing, stencil cutting, mimeo- graph and dictaphone work, compto- meter and bookkeeping machine operat- ing and many other things that will help you after you have graduated. Dictation is given you in practically the same way as an employer would give it to you. This is an advantage, be- cause you become accustomed to having dictation given you with frequent stops, changes made both in the speed of dic- tation and the dictation itself. You also learn about the care of your machine, your desk, and your own self. And the teacher, Miss Dowler, well- everyone will tell you she is A number 1. Marie V. Murphy, 10-A-2. RED CROSS Old men make wars, young men tight them but always the children suf- fer most. The little innocent children are the victims of men's cruelty, greed and lust for power. They are perfectly helpless, and live where local aid and assistance are utterly impossible. I Their comfort, health, and happiness depend upon the American People. No worthier cause has ever been brought to the attention of the Ameri- can People. At this time of the year when our children are looking forward to the joy of the coming holiday season these little unfortunates in Europe are lacking even enough food to sustain life. We can help these millions of starving children by contributing our share to the RED CROSS. Amelia Metz, 10-B-1. 'PHE NVILI. 'PO Sl't't'l'Il'IID The will to succeed is a rock bottom on which must be built the founda- tions of achievement in any line. Without the Will to Succeed notning can be accomplished in Shorthand or in anything else. With it everything is possible. The Will to Succeed means among other things the ability to spend hours of concentrated study upon the sub- ject you have on hand, and to do it willingly and cheerfully and not mere- ly just to get by with it. This requires thorough practice. The secret of this kind of practice lies in conquering one thing at a time. If you try to conquer all your defects in your Shorthand or Penmanship at once you will lose your patience, waste your time and gain nothing. If you are trying to accomplish any- thing always start out with the Will to Succeed and you surely will succeed in what you are trying to accomplish. Blanche Piotrowska, 10-B-1. A VISIT T0 TH IC Sl'l'RlCMl'I COURT About one hundred pupils of our school visited the Supreme Court, De- cember 20. Mr. P. Daniels, Prothono- tary of the Supreme Court. told the pupils about the proceedings of the court. He called their attention to the picture of Moses. the first law founder: .Iustinian the coditier of the Roman Law, and King Edward II the coditicr of the English Law, from which most of our laws have been handed down. After explaining thc proceedings of a case from the time it came into the Court of Common Pleas until it reach- ed the Supreme Court, Mr. Daniels showed the pupils the consultation room in which the justices sojourn to decide the cases.

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32 The Commercial Record THE NOISE IN CHAPEL When we have chapel in special period there is no need of rushing up the steps like wild animals to get a seat because there are plenty of seats for all. After sitting down keep quiet until Mr. Austin calls for attention. While the speaker is talking do not whisper or make any unnecessary noises. When the speaker finishes talking do not keep on clapping until Mr. Austin has to call for attention. We can show our appreciation without this noisy clapping. Rose Hoffman, 10-B-2. KEEP TO THE RIGHT Almost every student in Business High School at one time or another, has been pushed and crowded while chang- ing rooms. If you are caught in a jam, especially in going into or leaving the annex, you may be a few minutes late for your periods. This could very easily be avoided if every pupil would keep te the right. The students who most dislike being crowded or pushed are the ones who push or crowd other people. Traffic policemen are needed in town because there are people who drive cars who are under the impres- sion that every one should make way for them. They dart across the street and do not worry over how near they came to hitting a pedestrian. This is the sort of people who usually end up with a serious accident. Has Business High School any pupils who belong in this class? The students who belong in this class know it, and they can help themselves and others if they will keep to the right in passing through the halls. Roy Verret, 10-B-2. st S ELF-CONFID ENCE No man can achieve anything with- out expecting, without demanding, or without assuming. He must have a strong faith in him- self at first, in order to accomplish great things. He must have not only a cause, but an efficent cause. The man or woman who is self relied, who is optimistic. is the man or woman who will ever achieve anything worth while. A race horse can not win the prize after it has lost self-confidence. 'So it is with a man who has lost his con- fidence. He will not win the prize of greatness. Many men fail in business, because they do not commit themselves to self- confidence. If a man doubts his ability to do what he sets out to do, if he thinks that others are better fitted to do it, if he has a timid, shrinking nature, he can never win anything great until he changes his mental attitude. He must turn fear, doubt, and timid- ness out of his mind, if he wishes to succeed. His own mental picture of himself is a good measure of himself and of his possibilities. If a man has no outreach in his mind, no spirit of daring, you may be certain he will never be of much importance in this world. He must have self-confidence. Frances Stone, 10-B-3. OFFICE PRACTICE What good is Office Practice in school? In Office Practice you learn what a business office is like, the kind of work you may expect to have. It gives you practical lessons that will be invaluable to you after you are out working.

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34 The Commercial Record lattice W BOYS' ATHLETIC NEXVS The old boys of the Business High Alumni can feel very proud of the work of last year's Baseball team. After playing through the season, they lost one game to Riverside and two games to the Irwin Ave. High, which team was composed of members of the Douglas Club of the North Side. The games with Irwin were ruled out in favor ob business, therefore Riverside and our team had to play an extra game to decide the championship which was played at Washington Park and you should have seen those Business High boys play that game. They play- ed the best game of the season, winn- ing by the score of 10-5, and as this is the third time that our team has won the championship our school has been awarded the big SILVER TROPHY that some of the old boys helped to win in former years. The trophy has been engraved and will have a permanent resting place in old Marble Hall. Honus Wagner, the old Pirate stand- by, a Favorite with all the people who ever talk of Baseball, now in the Sporting Goods business on Wood Street, has presented our school with the beautiful SILVER TROPHY for winning the Junior Championship last year. SOCCER When Coach White started the boys practicing Soccer nearly every boy in school wanted to- play. After several days practice they began to find the work getting hard and the squad was soon reduced so as to give the boys who were out to make the team a chance for some real work. Morasco, Souse and Balquist were the only play- ers from last years championship team who were back at school and had no trouble getting on the team. The team was not just as strong as that of last year but they made the other schools hustle in all the games played. The boys who made the team and played in the games are Beigle, Balquist, McMahon McClelland, Mc- Vicker, Childs. Lifsitz, Morasco, Pal, Sederh Souse, Litfin, Ayoob, and Savage. Bad weather was the cause of many postponements. Several games on the regular schedule could not be played because of the muddy condition of the field. Our team lost the opening game of the season to Ralston by the score of 1-0. This was what they needed in order to let them know that some other school could play Soccer. The teams record is as follows: