Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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listen to tfjc itlocfeing JStri) I’m dreaming now of Johnnie, of Johnnie, of Johnnie, I’m dreaming now of Johnnie, For the thought of him is one that never dies; He’s sleeping in the valley, in the valley, in the valley, He’s sleeping in the valley, And the orchestra is playing where he lies. Chorus. Listen to the orchestra, listen to the orchestra, The orchestra still playing o’er his grave, Listen to the orchestra, listen to the orchestra, Still playing where our Johnnie died so brave. (Day of the Fatal Exams.) •M QEfjings ©He 2Uoulb like ®o noto Why Buzek is afraid of a telephone. What Joe Martin knows about moonshine whiskey. Why Bessie Hafemeister wears green on St. Patrick's day. Joe Martin’s nationality. When will Julia Creer find her wandering boy. Where Nichols got the megaphone voice. What a front seat in Mr. Harsh’s room signifies. Why Sinek calls E. C. the “pride of his dreams.” Why somebody is always stepping on Madigan’s feet. •Jt iBooks Wit fefjoulb noto The Reign of Terror. The Man of the Hour. Comedy of Errors. Much Ado About Nothing. All’s Well That Ends Well. House of Mirth. Old Curiosity Shop. Won by Waiting. •M Exam Week. Mr. Weimer. Junior Class. Class of 1911. Senior Class. Room 16. The Halls. A Diploma. Wanted:—A bright person to invent millinery to fit the lockers of the High School of Commerce. 134

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©Hfjat a Sleeper? HERE is a definition which is as difficult to read rapidly as, “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,” and is much more sensible. In fact it is an unusual statement of facts, which you will admit when you read the facts, if you will read them slowly. A sleeper is one who sleeps. A sleeper is that in which a sleeper sleeps. A sleeper is that on which the sleeper runs while the sleeper sleeps. Therefore, while the sleeper sleeps in the sle eper, the sleeper carries the sleeper over the sleeper under the sleeper until the sleeper which carries the sleeper jumps the sleeper and wakes the sleeper in the sleeper by striking the sleeper under the sleeper on the sleeper, and there is not any longer any sleeper sleeping in the sleeper on the sleeper. v THE first diction meaning for “presently” is immediately. Today, when any one calls us we say, “presently,” when we mean in a minute, soon, after while, when I get to it, pretty quick, after a little, in a second, wait a minute, pretty soon, when I get ready. Owing to this bad habit of putting off things, the dictionary has revised the meaning and now uses presently in a dilatory sense. Mother said to her little girl, “Helen you must never say, ‘When I get ready,’ but say ‘presently’ when mother calls you, because ‘presently’ doesn’t sound so saucy as ‘When I get ready.’ ” Little Helen thoughtfully replied, “Then, mother, ‘presently’ is only a polite way of saucing.” Can »ou Smajjine? Stella Beck a blonde. Edwin Krauss in love. Harold Nichols 6 feet, 2 inches. Richard De Forest bashful. Clara Vietz in school every day for a month. Bessie Hafemeister with a pug nose. Fred Johnson with black, curly hair. Mabel Hummell a suffragette. Walter Madigan as the living skeleton. Clyde Downing in school on time. Laddie Lustig playing Basket Ball. Harold Romanis managing the Naps. 133

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 Snorts or ©do Downing:—Let me sleep, and do not wake me yet. Louise Housego and Emma Emde:—Two souls with but a single thought. Pearl Maxwell:—Her hair has rusted. Julia Z.:—Perhaps she’ll grow. Johnson:—I’m devoted to study. Ora Lampus:—A rosebud with willful little thorns. Kirby:—If I’m so great while yet a boy what will I be when a man? Mabel Hummell:—Who thinks too little and who talks too much. Romanis:—Successful in getting U’s. De Forest:—Broke the camera. Ten little freshmen marching in the line. One little freshmen with very good traits, One played hooky, then there were eight. Eight little freshmen playing with the Eleven, One got hurt and then there were seven. Seven little freshmen cutting up tricks. One. sent to the office then there were six. Six little freshmen out catching flies. One got hit, then there were five. Five little freshmen studying ancient lore. One fell asleep, then there were four. Four little freshmen agreed to disagree. One went to his home room, then there were three. Three little freshmen with nothing much to do, One left disgusted, then there were two. Two little freshmen out for a run, One took a tumble, then there was one. One little freshman with the aid of Profs, Passed examinations, thus became a Soph. NELLIE KING, 1910. Alas! Alas! a dog, a cat, a rat, But who would win the race! The dog ran after the cat, The cat ran after the rat, And all kept up the pace. 135