Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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24. Thanksgiving rhetoricals. School closes four days to give pupils a chance to eat turkey. 26. Completion of Chemistry Laboratory. Mr. Heald receives anonymous letter endangering his life. 30. Edmund Kirby massages table on stage. December 2. Organization meeting of the Annual Board. Blackboard substituted for yellow wall in Mr. Gehring's room. 3. Mr. Parker, of Rochester, N. Y., addresses the school. Senior Class selects class pin and colors. Presentation of flag and picture by President of W. R. C. 16. Mr. Weimer gives Ecremmoc Society a talk on expectations. Question for debate with South High received. Negative chosen. 17. Piano solo by Miss Sylvia Kirian. Piano solo by Miss Haidee Hoover. Battle of Gettysburg and War Stories by Mr. A. T. Brewer. 20-21. Midyear exams. 22. Senior Informal. 23. Piano solo by Miss Haidee Hoover. Vocal duet by Mr. J. Powell Jones and Mr. J. Olney Manville. Christmas Greeting by Rev. Father Moran. 23 to Jan. 3. Christmas vacation. January 3. First term averages go home. 4. Received Class Pins. 7. West 66, Commerce 17. 14. Glenville 20, Commerce 10. 21. East 26, Commerce 16. 26. Dr. Hall, of Chicago, gives boys a talk. Jfebruarp 4. Lecture on Yellowstone Park by Mr. Hoover. Technical 46, Commerce 14. 8. Kirby, Sinek, Nichols and Buzek on time to English Class. 9. South 54, Commerce 3. 10. Kirby, Sinek, Nichols and Buzek on time to English Class once more. 11. Debate with South High postponed to Feb. 17, 1910. Lecture on Europe by Mr. Weimer. 16. Edmund Kirby came to school ten minutes early. 75

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Calendar ©ftoter 4. School opens with everything in confusion. 18. Dismissed at 3:15. 19. Oh! you lunch room. 20. Etc. Ditto. 25. Exhibition by Miss Kanka. 29. Senior Class organized. 30. Election of officers for Athletic Association. 31. First lap of race is ended. J2obcmber 3. Kormaw Society organized. 5. Exhibition by Miss Rose Fritz. 9. Arrival of chemistry desks. 10. No carpenter around. 12. Ecremmoc Society organized. 15. Arrival of basket ball. 16. Piano appears in Room 20. 17. Mrs. Waterman gives talk on cigarettes. 19. Calendar appears in Room 20. 74

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17. Kormaw Society entertains the Ecremmoc Society. Debate with South High. Resolved, That cities should own and control all the public franchises now conferred upon corporations. Affirmative: South. Negative: Commerce. Decision in favor of negative. 23. Senior Class meeting. Excessive debate between Mr. DeForest and Mr. Madigan. 25. Central 46, Commerce 7. First dancing lesson for Seniors. iHartf) 4. Lincoln 47, Commerce 7. Lecture on “Success by Mrs. Pardee. 5. Mr. Hoover read to seventh hour Economic Class all hour. 8. Mr. Curry tries to get a car. Mr. Hoover tells a real joke. Visit to blast furnace. 9. Second dancing lesson. 10. Clara Vietz wears her hair new style. 17. Irish Day. Oh! you green ties. Clyde Downing and Bessie Martin late as usual. Photo of Chemistry Class taken. No Homework. 18. Bazaar. Great success. 25. Debate with Technical High. Resolved, That the federal government should appropriate annually for the next ten years fifty million dollars for improving and constructing inland waterways. Constitutionality conceded. Affirmative, Technical. Negative, Commerce. Decision in favor of negative. 26. Easter vacation. april 4. Second term averages go home. 6. Trip to steel mills. 7. Harold Nichols loses his hat while on car. 76