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

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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.

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Miss Mary T. Clarke, Dean of Girls Congratulations to the Graduating Class of June, 1947. Your page of High School history has been well written. Your many fine scholar ' ship records, and your outstanding contribu ' tions to happy school living through your as- semblies, clubs, school paper, and games, may rightly give you cause for pride and satisfaction today. Tomorrow you become world citizens. Your horizon will cover the whole world. You will 6nd that the avenues to success radiate to all parts of the world; and you will find, too, that your obligations will be broadened to include the welfare of all men as well as your own. You go out into an unsettled world of con- fusion. Your contribution to its betterment will not be unlike the contribution you made to happy school living, and the supreme effort of right doing — for yourself and for your fellow- man — are your only guide posts to success. ' All for one, and one for all ' is a grand motto for a shield. Will it be on yours? AUss Mary Clarke The Deans ' The whole is equal to the sum of its parrs. This familiar axiom is accurate when we are dealing with mathematical quantities. But when the quantities are human the axiom fails; for with human quantities we can make a whole that is far greater than the sum of its parts. Consider a basketball team for example- Five individual players on a basketball court, each playing for himself, would be a weak team no matter how good the players. But five men playing together, each supporting the others and working in combination with them, make a team that is full of power. You graduates have, by working together, made at Commerce a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. You will continue to find that whatever your field of activity you can multiply the results of your efforts by team- work and cooperation. We wish for you the best of success, and continued membership on the team. Mr. Joseph Hill Mr. Joseph B. Hill, Dean of Boys