Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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If Harry Katz had been laid out in the Commerce-Glenville basket ball game, they would have taken him to Glenville hospital with other “cots.” Mr. H. in laboratory: And how do you know that the egg is at least five days old? Girl: Because it swam to the top. Comment (by Mr. H.): It must have been a duck’s egg. Mary Call (talking about a letter of recommendation): Tell anything you know about a person, but don’t tell anything you don’t know. Mr. McMyler to Sophomore girl in C III mathematics: Your voice is low and sweet but does not carry here. Mary Call: The two labor organizations in the United States are: The Knights of Brotherhood and the Federation of American Labor. Mr. Bonaparte: We will have some tomato bullion for dinner. Mabel: Mr. Gehring, I lost one of my buttons. Mr Gehring: No wonder you couldn’t get your spelling lessons. Obtained from Civics Papers on Examination: The House dissolves itself into a “committee of the whole.” A way of taking a vote is by ballad. The speaker gives a member permission to use the floor. The Bill of Rights is found in the first eight amendments of the Constituents. To how many people can you apply these: Some people are nothing more than a cipher with the rim knocked off. Leisure is a most beautiful garment which will not endure constant wear. Harry Hird in English: We haven’t killed Banquo in class yet, have we? When is a surplus undesirable? When it is invested in a double chin. A Sophomore: Fifteen hundred—No. One thousand five hundred. Mrs. Pardee: What have you in your mouth? Pupil: Nothing. Mrs. Pardee: Take it out. 120

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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

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What do you thing Mr. Gehring saw? A board walk. Speaking of Senses, Miss Bowie said: There is no sense in thinking. Mr. Z. in English: Boys, I oughtn’t to tell you this, but I'll tell you anyhow. Why can we not learn the deaf and dumb language phonetically? Why does every note-book come out when anything funnv happens in class? Mr. Heald: Open your books to where it says. Enter Lady Macbeth. In' comes Mr. Donberg through the door. Mr. Gehring: Those that can play any musical instruments at all please report to Mr. Hoover. George Leopold: I can play a fish-horn. Mr. Gehring: Are you planning to use that in your future business. Miss Anxious in Chemistry: Mr. Harsh, in English is an ox-hide an oxide? Miss Amidon: Lawrence, were you whispering? Lawrence: No ma’am. Miss Amidon: You were probably whispering and did not know it. Mr. Harrison: Please tell me what the speed sentence is? Pupil: Fifty dollars and ten days. Student: I don’t know how to do it. Mr. Evans: Well, if you don’t know anything why don’t you ask how to do it, that’s what the Lord gave you a mouth for. Mr. Johnson, talking about honey”: You fellows will have to learn to say that word better than that. Ray Kleinhart: Can you say it Mr. Johnson? Mr. Johnson: No, I never use the word Ray: What did you call your wife before you were married? Mr. Gordon, trying to explain discount in class: If I hire a horse and buggy to take a girl out riding and afterward return horse and buggy, what do I pay for? Martha: You pay for the girl. 130