Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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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

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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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Teacher: Tell us about the two tellers of a bank. George Groman: They may be combined in one. Mr. Harsh: What is a characteristic of a base? Pupil: Dissolved in water it has a blackish taste. Teacher: Why would you rather answer a question you were asked by letter than by interview? Pupil: To avoid getting into a scrap. If at first you don’t succeed, let George do it. A drowning man is sure to get wet. A friend in need is your friend till he gets what he needs. The engineer tied himself to the locomotive, and setting his teeth, said, “I must save that girl on yonder track ” The train neared the girl, the engineer leaned forward, and then the rope broke. Mr. McMyler: I wish I could give prizes for ability to forget. Miss Amidon: In the phrase “exemplary millionaire” what is the force of the adjective? Lillian Zak: Exemplary means “free from paying taxes.” Lawrence Mayer, in English: Is the plural of fracas fricassee? F G. explaining the thirty minute penalty: All who come absent must stay thirty minutes. Mr. Hoover: John, where does the United States get the money to carry on business? John Vobornic: They make it. John Tobin, at a Senior meeting: I wish to propose to the class. January, does February March? No, but April May till June. Mr. Manville: If you ever wake up at night and find your mouth open, get up and shut it. Edward Libel tried to introduce beauty into the rather dry subject of Commercial Law by speaking of the “Statue of Frauds,” instead of the “Statute of Frauds.” 131