High School of Commerce - Commerce Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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serw ice When Madame appeared I could not restrain my mirth for lt proxed to be no other than Miss Gertrude Thors ou school friend She was de light ed to be o seruce to us Before leaunv we experienced a pleasant surprise upon the arrival or Sarah MOSCONII7 who was also in quest of un chapeau She told us she was now l 'OldlIlg a responsible position as nrlvate secretary to the President of the Wells Fargo lNex ada Nat1on1l Bank We bade adleus reluctantly after recountlng many interesting experiences Charlotte ind I finally arrived at our destination At the Information Desk a cap able young woman was Luslly engaged with her duties As we approached she glanced up and instantly we three exchanged glances of recognition After the first greetlnfs Miss Dorothy Clark for she it was told us that we had just missed meeting our SlUdl0lla friend Irene Bedford who was now teaching in one of the city schools She then told us that aside from receiving 1 xery bad shock Angela was entirely out of danger and would soon be her cheery self You will find her in the East Wrrig of the Private Wllig bection and she added with a curious smile be prepared for a pleasant surprise It certainly was a pleasant one for us when the tall sweet faced nurse in white cap and apron responded to our gentle tap on the door There stood the surorlse Miss Olga Gibson now head nurse in the East Wlllg of the St Francis Hospital Under her skill ful management the patient was progressing rapidly Our pleasant visit ended all too soon the head nurse saying that too much excitement was not good for the patient Portrait Studio Since graduating Fat had Gone through College and was now 1 successful pl otoviapher as well as the proud father of a family of two That duty accomplished Charlotte and I turned our faces homeward Arriving home l oroceeded to open the afternoon s mail which consisted of but one letter In lt I learned that Francis Burke our former classmate is teaching at Stanford as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics After dinner that exening I decided to call on my friend and neighbor Mr X nee Catherint Begley Having graduated with the class of Dec 20 from the High School of Commerce the occurrences of the day would certainly be of lnterest to her A KELLY 20 Class Hlstory, 1919 At last' XVe have arrived' We are now the mighty seniors' Ah' but such a long weary trail to re ch this exalted height' I shall tell you all about it ln anuary l9l6 we entered Commerce and passed our Scrub year as all Scrubs do Ill study and oblivion We did our share lll making the Senior mx and Candy Sale a success as we rightly should after the splendid reception they gave us But at las' we were rid of our greenness and had become the allies of the Almrghtt Seniors As a class we were a great success contributing more than our share of bovs and girls in all school activities Christmas l9l8 saw us enter our unlor Year with greatly reduced ranks But lf we didnt have the rumbers we had the pick of the old Soph class and the spirit Our members were in every school activity and Room 4 the High unlor Class won the school basket ball championship And then we became Seniors Our members were the leaders in school actlvitie and our scholarship as a class was good Many successful dances and hikes were held We are sorry to leave our school but we shall always keep a warm spot 111 our heart fo er Best luck and wishes to our successors F BURKE I9 H121 Tm COMMERCE 1920 V. ,, .. ,, - - - . , ' . - .. - ,, I , r , - - f . g, V- V - .. ,, V V .. M, , . 'A' I 'n D 3 z ' ' ' ' . ' 5 - y y - . vi ' . v , v i ' - I I - V I -I' A Q n I I - 4 L I ' 9 9 W ' Y, K ' I ' ' EK ' I! I - 9 .. A ., - . . ., , T, CC Y! ' ' I V ' Upon leaving the Hospital I decided to go for a long promised sitting at Ebert's - . - - .. ., . g V 1 g' , ' ' ' . .. ,, . V . . I , . . . ' X , ,I c . ' . C O I . I 1 . . . , . , , 2 D . . D Q I I I - , . . ' ' D ' U ' O9 ' a J . . , I o Y ' I Q r , . Y . . V W .- v u , - ' . V Y l , . , .

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,lltun ill 1 'WU' n llll ', ' 1 1 94 lt 'ag D is 322 ll oi 9 PQI,- I Q9-aff, lun I lmll l sgjg I Nl 5 U A I I :fp In ' 0 l I l l l S l l , '5. 320 Pl ,I CLASS PROPHEC Gill, lN1ne forty Fve' And I had an appointment wrth my dentlst at ten' I consoled myself with the thou ht that bemv 1n old schoolmate Dr Albert Enderhn would under stand my tardrness B r rln ' B l'lI10'l That horrld telephone a am' My somewhat lmpatlent Hello was answered by a famlharly sweet VOICE' I want to remlnd you to stop at the florl ts on your way to the studro Ahce Goodbye It was Charlotte Swan my school diy frlend Two ye rs previous she had opened an art studio after havmfr successfully com pleted a course at the Hopkms Art Studlo That afternoon we were to o and see Anffela Bellanca who was Ill the hospltal as 1 result of an automoblle accrdent Noted SIIIUCI' Hurt rn Crash So the newspaper report had read After a pleasant hour at the dentlsts I hurrled to a nearby IIIOYISIS A Slgll c1u ht my eye as I entered Samuels Flower Shop Mllton S1muels Proprietor I wondercd lf lt could be yes lt was he 1 member of our raduatmg class greetrnv me ln the old frrendly way We chatted pleasantly of the old days 1nd the old frrends I-lox quickly fue years had passed I-Ie lIlf0ll'IlCd me that he had that day recelved 1 lette from Alan Herrnvhr who had Graduated wlth honors from the Umverslty of CTIIIOTIH' both are dru tts Before partm he wrshed me success rn my new IIOSIIIOII 1s heal steno rapher for 1 leadlng manufacturrn concern rn the Last To my revret I x to leave dear old San FVIIICISCO ln one short month I boarded car and was hardly seated when I heard 1 sweet chlldrsh volce 1t m srde S'lylll Oh muvver look at the pretty Howers Ixuflllllg I rero nlzed rn Muvwer to my surprised delight my old school frrend Anna affee After exchan ll what to the onlooker would seem frantrc reetrn she informed me that she was takin httle Dorothea to Miss Bernice Delano s Select Dancrn School for her first lesson W parted reluctantly chldxnv ourselxes for havrn been stran ers for so long and wnh promlses of a renewed frlendshlp rn the future When I ar rved at the studio Charlotte falrly flew to me exclarmmfr What do you suppose I received Ill thls IHOFHIIIU s ma1l3 Look' Read lt' And wrth rown excitement I read the announcement of the weddlnv of Mr Alver McLean and N119 Fannle Frledman whlch was to take place on the IOIIOWIIIU Tuesday Alder and Fannve to be married' Some people are born lucky and others marry husbands luke AI er and vlce versa Mr McLean was now head cashler Ill a local bank wrth brrght prospect for the future At our transfer pornt on the way to the hospital Charlottes artlstlc fancy W1 captured by a dream of a hat ln a fashionable mrlhnery estabhshment She must haw lt' A pleasant faced gurl lnformed us that Madame would rmmedlately be at our COMMERCE 1920 la Af Witt M 'I'l 'l1UlIlt!ll!lI'Zlflglliilutlmml, :illwf Mlm L IIIIIII. t ' ' 1 1 'tilt ' ' uiwr12111l:l1vl 1''I' I' W .ppp 'I' Ivl:rrln,:1rglgll,l-ymwwlwI - I.l44HW NWI! wi ,,., tv i 4 K b. , -'rIIr.lrr1rl2',W2V1 l W i r ll lllll'lll'l'lll .'- . rrt -fe - 'Ill 1'l.llllll'll llllx. ll l . .r I I .X Q l I l 1 ll w lll. . 0 , at - ll I Il l ll , 9' ,f Q .P - , ym ill . ull. ,Q 5 . ,. ag n IMI 1 Ill lt-l I 1 alll I ltr all fl is . Q 'lllll I Us f-' Q. I '!'- ' 2. Ill I 1 A . Ie . .. I QQ h , lvl I 5 1 ' 3 I . - I I l 4 ., S' , , 5 V,,' :JDJ - 1.

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