Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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“® )! gou (East iber” You leave the house at five to eight Determined that you won’t be late, So down the street you gayly trot Humming a song, but thinking not. You start to step aboard the car, When your poor head receives a jar, Recalling the dismal fact to your mind That all your books are left behind. So back you go, and on the run, To fetch those books, which weigh a ton, But when you get there you recall That—you brought home no books at all. Next when you wish to board the car Your eyes they wander near and far, Trying the best they can, to see If a car, on the track, might possibly be. And when your car does come along You hurry in, mix with the throng, And to yourself with triump say, “Surely I’ll not be late today.” You arrive down town sometime to the good Surely you’ll make it if anyone could. The car goes so fast it dances a jig, And now you have reached the viaduct big. Your mind goes back to the day before When—the thing was swung for an hour or more. This thought alone makes your heart beat high, From your lips escapes a long drawn sigh;— “IT’S SWUNG.” -ARTHUR THACKER, 1912. Co a (KMoulb ?8e Senior Respect your teacher, Mind your P’s and Q’s, Be pleasant when you can, And pay your senior dues. 126

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JoferS The “Societies” design for this book had been handed in for credit. As is his habit, the instructor had picked up the paper to see if it had the name of the owner on it. And over that innocent, nameless drawing the following conversation took place. “This is too good a drawing to remain unclaimed. Furthermore its credit would certainly swell the monthly mark of its owner. I regret that it must pass unmarked.” (A look of concern spreads over the face of the girl in the front seat). “Oh, Amanda, is it yours? Well, never be ashamed to use your name. It may be the only one you’ll ever have. This was the reply: “Why I know it Mistah Griffith, that’s why Ise so savin’ of it.” Mr. Harsh was asked why a certain thing was so. He made thorough but vain search through his head, for an answer, and finally said hurriedly, “I really don’t know myself, but I know a man that thinks he knows.” Mr. Hoover: Where do we get the weather reports from? Ethel Krewson: We get them from the weather brewery. Report says that Andrew Carnegie may be a witness in a “Trust Company” investigation. That is nothing, Ferdinand Meier witnessed the basket ball game between the faculty of High School of Commerce and the Varsity team. He claims that neither side really won, but the Faculty gave the game away. The “ ‘sane’ Fourth” has so reduced its volume of trade as to cause a big fire-cracker firm in New York to go out of business. What would happen to the chewing gum factories in Cleveland if Tim Mahoney and Ross Wilson should stop chewing gum? John H. (meeting Mr. Zechar) : Mr. Zechar, will ycu please give me a permit to go to the library to look up some English work? Mr. Zechar: Certainly, my dear boy. Who is your English teacher? John H.: You arc. Mr Hoover: What is land? Madge Barrett: A place where a person puts his feet. Mr Gehring (to Senior girl): You may not know it, but you’re talking. Mr. Gehring: I could go days without opening my mouth. Anna Lucht: O Go-wan, you would starve. 128