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

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Commerce Firsts any of the memories we cherish most are memorable firsts in our lives: our first remembered springtime, our first day in school, our first long pants or party dress, our first dance, our first love. Firsts are pleasant memories to hold. The first High School of Commerce, as we know it now, might be considered to have sprung into being when what is now the old building was a new building moved from the Civic Center to its present site to house high school students. Commerce was one of the first public high schools in San Francisco. Since those momentous days of its birth, our school has been first in many things, but perhaps its most important first is its position in our hearts.

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Mr. Ralph H. Lehman, Principal Our Principal At the year ' s end, while we are saying our goodbyes to school friends, we have in our minds memories of the past school days: of our fine sports and interesting clubs; of our daily lunchroom companions; of our classmates in other various school enter- prises. We also have certain hopes of things to come that we have planned for during our three or four years in high school. While these memories and these hopes are so vital to us, we remember too that the record earned at school stands to support these future plans — whether it is a transcript to college, a letter of recommendation to an employer, or just a record to use when the occasion so requires. There is, too, the record that is left in the mind of every- body: the distinguishing qualities, such as clean standards and solid work habits; being friendly and reliable; having a fine skill in writing or in drawing or in sports. How happy are all of us when we can say goodbye to our friends with the satisfaction that we have benefited from the school, and that the boys and girls, and the teachers, too, whom we have known are a little stronger and happier as a result of our brief stay in high school.