Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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Albertson, Thomas Albert. Althoff, Helen Marie. Appleby, Emma. Bailey, Spurgeon. Bartunek, Otto. Bentley, Margaret. Bentley, Ruth. Bernstein, Joseph. Bett, Francis George. Bushman, Harold Benjamin. Burke, James Earl Franklyn. Burns, Wilfred John. Browand, Eva. Charvat, Sophie. Christmann, Elroy Merkel. Crowe, Esther Marie. Delahunt, Pearl Ernestine. Dolan, Gertrude. Egleston, Christine. Foulds, Lloyd Arnold. Friedman, Philip. Gabel, Edward. Gottfried, Idella Hilma. Gottfried, Henry Samuel. Grosser, Margaret May. Groves, Mabel. Guentzler, Irene Emma. Haviland, Nelson Walter. Heil, Otto Henry. Harrison, Samuel James. Hill, Irene. Irvine, Johanna Beatrice. Jannovsky, Frank. Jarus, Caroline Cecil. Katz, Harry. Kegg, Robert J. Kilfoyle, Ethel. Klose, Rudy. Kohl, Edith Marie. Koncana, Christopher Joseph. Kramer, Bertha. Lamb, Florence Malvina. Levine, Ida. Long, Wendell Irving. Luekens, Walter Fred. Lucht, Frieda. Lunte, Florence Elizabeth. Mahoney, Timothy. Mayer, Lawrence. McAlpine, Harold Mac. McDermott, Edward Michael. Miller, Idella. Mohr, Marie. Morman, Beatrice Irene. Murphy, Thomas Vincent. Nutting, William Eugene. Oberg, Anna Matilda. Osterland, Viola Elizabeth. Pike, Eugene B. Radcliffe, William James. Raus, Howard. Raybon, Henry Gale. Reehorst, Raymond. Rees, Helen Lucile. Rezac, Frank. Riggs, Muir Janet. Savcland, Lester. Schachtcl, Arthur. Semple, Robert. Sihlcr, Ruth Dorothy. Smill, Eva. Smith, Lester Henninger. Teed, Charles. Thacker, Arthur Clyde. Turk, Julia Alberta. Turney, Courtney William. Van Dellen, Ralph. Weidman, Mabel Bee. Weiss, Tillie Cyril. Wieck, Hazel. Yesberger, Merle Margaret. Yoelson, Sarah Rebecca. 09

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®l)t Clads of 1912 HISTORY pre-supposes a past and some degree of development. Now the babe and tribe have but scant chronicles; still as times change the babe becomes a man, the tribe becomes a nation, and new events arc being constantly recorded in their histories. Thus it is with the High School of Commerce and the Class of 1912. We may picture the school as the tribe and our class as the babe. The history of the school we will pass by, and look into the history of the class, which, summed up, consists of an uneventful past, a busy and happy present, and a hopeful and promising future. A memorable date in the Class History is the fourth of October, year nineteen hundred nine, for on that day we entered the High School of Commerce as its first Sophomore Class. When the thirty-eight girls and thirty-five boys which form our Class met for the first time, we were greeted by our principal, who delivered a short talk, describing the aim of our school, its courses of work, the school colors, and the honors for which we should strive. In the course of a few weeks after the beginning of the school year, we had become settled and had pledged our honor to the White and Gold, which, as you know, are the school’s colors. As the year went along we mastered our work and enjoyed the good times, but we own that we have had our sorrows. One of these is the disappointment that comes in many cases after the Mathematical Examinations. So much for the sadness; now let us look toward something brighter than an examination. In athletics we put forward several strong men, one of whom was the captain of the basket ball team. This stands to show what we shall do when we are seniors. We have had a few debates among ourselves during the year, and flatter ourselves that we are pretty fair at the business for beginners. At the Bazaar we had a booth, where candy and novelties were sold, and we did our part in making the affair a success. This proves that we are ready to take part in any of the school activities. Let us hope that in the future we shall strive as hard as in the past in aiding Father Time to bring about the object of our ambition—graduation from the High School of Commerce. 6S THOMAS MURPHY.

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Z )t Class of 1913 U A-T, cat; b-o-y, boy; d-o-g, dog;” hear us spell. Yes, we can read, too. Just listen. “O see the cat. Is this my cat? The cat has four paws.” We had to read and spell before we came to this big school. Now we have to spell longer words and write letters too, because we are going to work in fine business offices, when we get through the High School of Com- We don’t mind telling people that we are proud to be members of the class of 1913. This is the first real class of our school. The three higher classes are merely adopted children, since they have been taken from other high schools, while we have known no other, but have been students of the High School of Commerce from the first. We are 242 strong, which promises a fair size for the foundation class. We come from all parts of the city, and there are some of us who have been out of school for some time and have come back to take advantage of this school. We lose a comrade now and then, but an occasional newcomer keeps our register balanced. In our big study hall, we hurry up and get our work done, the work that must be done, and then we busy ourselves to find what amusements we can discover. These are numbered, however, but some of us have actually learned how to sharpen pencils. We are also learning to make a pastime of practising the different forms of penmanship. We do so like to get a chance to whisper, but we seldom do that, because it seems as though our study room teachers have as many eyes as “Argus” that we read about in the fairy story. And if you are caught “beware.” But we do get a chance to talk between bells, they even let us whisper going through the halls. On the girls “gym.” days, we have especially good times. The boys too seem delighted when it is their day to occupy the Yes they call us “freshies,” but we are not so green as they think we are. Our adopted classes are doing nicely; we are not complaining about them. They let us have green carnations at the “Bazaar,” for our class flower. Indeed we were quite pleased. These flowers represented us perfectly, being green because they are fresh, and fresh because they are green. Now that is what I call good reasoning. We are not slow, either. Why we have the Senior girls beaten in hairdressing for one thing, and large hats for another. Senior girls should wear their hats smaller though, because they are real old and their hats merce, gym. 70