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

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It was a great sight to see the blond haired youth, with his head-guard hanging on one ear and his jersey ripped in the back elude one after another of the ackson tacklers and speed down the field. But the man carrying the ball loses speed and slowly a blue jersey gained on him At last the blue jersey shot out grasped the red legs and onn ulncy Adams collapsed in a heap just one white line away from the goal fhe teams jumped into place quickly and Crawford carrying the ball on the next play took it over the line The game was tied Shadows were descending on the field as ohn uincy Adams carefully held the ball and adjusted it at the proper angle for the kick Truck Mills kicked slowly And then the whistle blew North End went into frenzy eaos banners megaphones yes even shoes were flung into the air For Mills kick had been true and North End were victorious by the slim margin of one point ohn uincj Adams was gathered up in the mob that surged out on the field Breaking loose he dashed for the showers and bumped into Oh said Milllcent Bennett I wanted to see you ohn uincy Adams rubbed his eyes Huh3 he said feebly I that is we re Giving a party tomorrow night and Id like you to come I meant to ask you before Suddenly john uincy Adams felt ill at ease His eye was fast closing and he positively didnt know where to put his hands Ill come he said hurriedly looking about for escape And rf you re not doing anything this evening perhaps youd like to come owen and help decorate ohn ulncy Adams surveyed himself ruefully and felt of his nose I look like a tramp he said slowly but Ill be there with bells on And then Coach Foster s massive frame loomed up in front of ohn uincy Adams I wonder said that worthy to himself if hell give me But he didn t ALBERT CASTLE Just H lppy Alvardtrl a Pri There s a hne br earth to live on with pretty thin s to see It s just the place for happiness yet it appears to me That folks dont seem t preciate some thin s the way they could Trey kind of loo at thin s wron side no ri htside as iey should How can a human bein countrybre or raised in town lxeep a run wearin daily just one lon contin al frown3 Vlfhats the matter with these people3 Cant they lwse their rouch a N3 Cant they smile today tomorrer tll they jut lose all 0 lt Some just cant a keep from smilrn or a keep frwm fcelln C u e they re lad to be a luv n workin n fr m day to dav Wlien they hear the birds a sin in watch the plants a rowin new eel the x arm and comfj sunshine then they re lad with Nature too o you folks who re aways rumblin dont xwu know it aint no n o open up your mouth w ith lau hter pleasant words or even rin3 hou h you may hate had your rouches almost from your time of birth l owe em some-hm qmile be happy' let God knr w you like llls earth Ct RISSIII COMMERCE 1970 Pau Tlffft ff t J D . J I ' ' 1 Y 7 ! Y A , . O . O . . . , , . , , Q J Q . V . , 1 an N - - - ns H , . - J Q - - U it - .t - , - V- - , - U U 7 ' 4 U . . . , . tr . ., Q - - . . - rt - , - - - - ' - , Q U 3 5 H C 1 . . . rr - ,I Q . - H - V rt , . H . . - ' Q ' J Q ' - 4. ty - - tr- , - H . , 1 - , I . f C f ' 101 r ' ' in I 'A I 41 , , f, I - h A . 0 . . . Q j i I 4 k - g rr g . '.. ' .. -it 54 -- tj 1 Q 0 - rf I . ' ' ' . . ' ' f' , 1 Q, b , , ' ' - 'i A s 2 I ? ' .V , gay ' a s j' fl 1 o 0 1. . . Q. . V V Q Y' IA. V V . , 2 Y, j S ' I ' g -v jr ' 4 si . T v Q . ' - 2 A T Q ' ' 2 - .5 i ' V. - I . . . m ' 1' ' . ALI 'Z . .. '20, ,U 1' z-nt ,,, . ,

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gathered the ball up and was off down the freld At mrdheld he was tackled but rt was North Ends ball and the touchdown had been prevented The game seemed to favor ackson Therr lrne was stronger and therr backs were heavrer ohn urncy Adams playrng left half found the brg game rather worse than the scrrmmages wrth the scrubs Already he could feel a swellrng on hrs eye whrch bothered consrderably A few mrrrutes before half trme ackson went over for the hrst try but farled to krck the goal The half ended wrth the score 6 0 and a weary buch of North Ender dragged themselwes over to the North End slde of the held urncy Adams was the most weary of the bunch and he knew he had a black eye The second half began rn much the same manner as the frrst North End farled to make a down and krcked And then began the ackson march once more But they drd not go far for the North End lrne began to hght desperately and held ohn ulncy Adams however got mrxed up rn the middle of a scrrmmage and when he woke up he was on the rde lrnes and Merrrt was playrng left half Wha s s matter groaned ohn ulncy lemme carry the ball Youre all rrght Adams sard Coach Foster just lle down and rest a whrle you re through for the day And then ohn ulncy Adams realrzed that he had been knocked out and the game was over as far as he was concerned He gazed blankly at the North End rootrng sectron rn front of hrm and then drscovered that rn hrs hand he held a crrmsorr colored sponge Oh yes hrs nose was bleedrng he drdnt know that North End drove to wrthrn ten yards of ackson s goal and then farled to make therr yards ackson took the ball and began to push therr way out of danger Trme and agarn they make therr down and carrred the ball down the held once more And ohn ulncy Adams on the slde lrnes was forced to watch all of thrs The North End rootrng sectron was strll urters thought ohn urncy as he looked at them and rubbed hrs sore nose son found hrs mrnd agarn She had smrled at hrm Two jumps took hrm over to the Coach Put me rn wrll you3 he asked Im all rrght now Foster looked at hrm I should say not he answered So ohn urncy Adams went back to the srdelrnes and moped Lrttle by lrttle ackson was approachrng the whrte lrne that meant another touchdown At last ohn ulncy could stand rt no longer He ran out on the field Coach Poster stared at hrm rn astonrshment and then drd some raprd thrnkrn He let Adams go Substrtut for left half reported ohn ulncy Adams to the referee not darm to look back at the North Eno slde Merrrt llmped slowly off the held ackson wa only five yards from the goal lrne Lets hold em guys shrrlled ohn urncy Come on stop these bums we can vwrn yet Ten mrnutes to go' But ohn urncy Adams knew that rn four mrnutes the whrstle would blow and the game would be over North End te m drd not know thrs however and serzed the fact that they tlll had a chance to wrn The lrne held and once more a touchdown was averted North End took the ball on therr two yard lrne Langford trred a run around the left end and got away clear Forty yards he made and North End was out of danger lhen ohn urncy heard the sr nal for the crrss cross mth hrmself carryrng thc ball Mechanrcally he ran back felt somethrng Jabbed rnto hrs chest and then dashed off madly f . J . ' ' ' 1 - J Q . ' ' H , . ' . . . . - J Q .. . , Q ,,, J r Q . , .. l .,, Y , .jj , J Q n ' . , , - J . r , - A . Q , J Q Someone saw John.Quincy at that moment and smiledhat him. And Mrs. Adams' 1 q . - J A Q ' 2 . . ' . . . . ' e ,T 1 Q l , , Q Z .I s I ' . U ' j J Q , . . Page Thfrzy COMMERCE 1920

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Even as You and I No the case of Sadle Brett was not like the case of the Ugly Duckling far from 't Her future ID a sense of faclal beauty held no promlse It drd not beckon rt lay cold before her Oh she lsnt pretty now and shes rather frall but just walt tlll she gets old r Wont she stun em then3 Even now you can see It coming Such words could not be sand of Sadie Brelt I-ler case was dlfferent like yours or mine She wasnt frail bv any means no not Sadie Her brother and slster can bear me out on that She wasnt pretty elther and moreover the looks she was born with raised with and wrth whlch she was always acquainted gave promise of always staylng with her I dont want to lmoly that Sadie Brett was consplcuously ugly not at all she was not pretty that s all I-ler appearance was lrke that of the average llke yours and mme I am not holding Sadle Brelt up before the publlc gaze elther as the Goddess of Beauty or the Goddess of All that Is Good Sadle Brelt was sometimes very grouchy and her ways were sometimes very lrrltatrng she dnd not make the acquaintance of all the Virtues have you and I3 she was sometimes exceedingly and dllrgently lnactlve again as you and I her mother was llVll'lg and able and dnd all the housework and Sadle drd nothlng as you and I No Sadle Brent was not the Goddess of All That Is Good Sadie Brent was human Sadie dld not have the appear nce she dnd not have the money she drd not have the vlvaclty or the audacity that we sometimes llke to see 111 a gurl but she dld have bralns Two thmvs characterlzed Sadle her lack of a pretty face which was nothing mg along senslble lxnes that a balance was lll Sadle s favor Perhaps It was but Sadie drd not think so no not she I-laung lntelllgence she dld not care for lt Not having faclal prettlness she wanted lt Undervalulng intelligence she lost its benefits Plll sulng beauty sne never gamed lt Poor Sadie Brett I-le came she saw he conquered I-le came to school where Sadle and I were class mates She saw hlm the handsome Innocent freshman boy he conquered my class mate Sadle Brelt It was not a mutual conquerlng he conquered Sadle Brelt what lf he was a freshman3 Sadie Brent dnd not conquer hlm for he was not susceptlble He CI Il call hlm he What more do you wish to know3 liked to talk to Sadie Who drd not3 Sadie was the kind of gurl to whom a boy llkes to talk Ill a classroom She could talk hlstory or mathematics or school polltlcs she was not the kind of gnl wlth whom he NVISIICS to dance Sadxe knew lt and lt hurt her but as long as she drd not meet the one she dld not thrust herself on the boys soclally But now she was on a m'1n hunt and Sadie was golng as she told me to toe the mark She succeeded ln toelng the mark but thele the succeedmg part of the affarr came to an end Of course he danced with her he d rced wlth her because there was nothlng else to do When a gurl lnslsts on staying near you and talklng to you never lettlng you go out of her sight what IS a fellow to do3 Besrdes dldnt she help hlm Ill hrs h1story3 Page Tlnrlu Inu QQ 79 , ' l - . . ,, . , , . . . . , , 1 . S . . . - - ,, V s 1 A - D - , - .. ,, . . . , . , . . . . - , . , , , . Y . . , - , ,. Z . . 1 Y . . . , . . . ' 4 , . and her abundance of intelligence, which was something. Then one would say, reason- . - , 9 1 ' 7. . - I - . ' . . ' I . - ' D V . . A' . , . . , , 2 ' - ' . 9 9 . l A - . . .. ,. . Y J . - ,, . . . . . . , . .. ., . . 9 ' ' - V .. ,, f - g Q . . . M , . . I - Y