Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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room that had no existence except in a Sophomore’s brain. It took our thoughts back to our first day in high school. Next year we shall be Seniors, and the aim of our endeavors will be reached. Seniors, let us then say farewell to Junior habits for we will have to appear dignified, as is becoming to Seniors. THOMAS V. MURPHY. 1912. Juniors—Class of 1912 Albertson, Thomas Lamb, Florence Appleby, Emma Long, Wendell Bartunek, Otto Lucht, Frieda Bett, Francis Lunte, Florence Charvat, Sophie Lusk, Joseph Christman, Elroy Mahoney, Timothy Corry, William Martineau, William Crowe, Esther Marie McCormick, Howard De War, Ethel McDermott, Edward Dolan, Gertrude Murphy, Thomas Egleston, Christine Nutting, William Evans, Florence Oberg, Anna Fox, Earl Palmer, Nellie Gabel, Edward Petuska, Walter Grosser, Margaret Raus, Howard Groves, Mabel Raybon, Gale Guentzler, Irene Reilley, Florence Hedin, Esther Riggs, Janet Heil, Otto Rogers, Ada Heimberger, Amanda Rose, Sage Heintcl, Gustave Rosenberg, Ethel Hird, Harry Smill, Eva Hoffman, Edith Smith, Lester Horn, Vera Streeter, Harvey Heupel, Florence Thacker, Arthur Irvine, Johanna Thauvette, Charles Jacobs, Albert Tuma, Edward Jarus, Caroline Turney, Courtney Kaplan, Herman Turk, Julia Katz, Harry Wcel, Walter Kilfoyle, Ethel Weidman, Mabel Kirk, Howard Weiss, Tillie Koncana, Joseph Wicck, Hazel Korbel, Anna Wlecke, Olga Kramer, Bertha Yesberger, Merle Krauss, Helen Yoelson, Sarah 79

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“Ctjc Class of 1912” WE have reached the third milestone in our journey through school life. The first mile was completed in the various high schools of this city, but the two miles last covered have been along that grand highway of learning, the High School of Commerce. Many have been the enjoyable times while on this journey, although obstacles have been encountered, to be sure. One more milestone must be passed ere the journey is ended, then the party will disband, each taking his own course through that longer journey, the journey of life. What joy filled the hearts of the members of this illustrious class, when the tidings that school was to open on September the sixth, instead of in October, spread broadcast. On that day everyone was happy for old friends were greeted and new ones found. Our work was taken up with a vim and it was evident that the seventy-eight boys and girls of this class meant business from the start. When it came to sports and other school activities this class was always found to be one of the foremost. As this was our second year together, we felt and displayed more school spirit, more push for the school and the class, than ever before, and as a result several of our football “stars” are 1912 men. In the Orchestra the class was represented by several apt musicians, and the Edaudivid, which we helped toward success by hard work, also afforded us all a good, jolly time. Debating! Let it be known that one of those sturdy wielders of “argument” was a 1912 man, who represents the Juniors very fairly and hints what we are going to do to sustain the school record during the coming year. Every participant remembers the sixteenth of February, nineteen hundred eleven as a great day in the history of this class, for on that evening the Juniors held their first party at which they entertained the Seniors. The affair was a great success from which all concerned derived a good time. In typewriting this class is proficient, and several of its members have made brilliant records for novices. A source of entertainment and excellent drill were the Literary Societies formed in the different English classs during the year. Thus record after record could be given to show where our class is excelling in other branches, but the few cited will suffice to show how we stand as regards school activities and school honors. On February the twenty-seventh, seventeen boys and girls left us for the land of Seniority, but compensation came, for at the same time even a greater number of Sophs decided to turn Juniors. On that day with glee did we watch the “freshies” as they made their way through the halls in quest of that “elevator” or in vain search for some class 78

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“Class of 1913“ THE annals of this famous class date back to October 4, 1909, when we entered this High School of Commerce to make names for ourselves that would last forever We arrived when the building was in great confusion, but we settled down to hard work. The one hundred and thirty-three members who survived that first year, feel that they would willingly again endure the things they did for the pleasure of at last becoming Sophomores. If we judge a man’s success by the amount of energy he expends in trying to become proficient in his work, the members of this class will some day become great men of the world. It is seen even now that the Sophomores are among the hardest working classes in this school. They are always willing to try to do their best in everything they undertake. Many of our number were so unfortunate as to be unable to carry on their work after their first year, but because of the new plan, whereby the pupils are promoted every term, their loss is not ielt as severely as it would otherwise have been. Those members of this Class of 1913, who are left, are the staunch ones and their influence is felt by all the pupils in the school. Our becoming Sophomores has made us more serious and it has also made us more proud of our school. Our members have made the class famous because of their standing in athletics. If investigation were made, one of the main reasons of the success of athletics in this High School of Commerce would be the fact that the Class of 1913 has stood behind all things with might and main. Some of the best athletes in the school belong to this great class. In our different classes, debates have been held at regular intervals with Mr. Weimer and Mr. McMylcr present as interested listeners. Mr. McMyler has an eye open at these times for material for the Inter-Scholastic Debates. This fact encourages the pupils to do their best and as the subjects are always interesting, the debates are well worth hearing. This goes to show that our class is good for something besides athletics. At the Edaudivid our members were again prominent, and they took parts in the different events. At the “candy sale” we further increased our popularity and we did our best to make it a success- Taking all things together, we think and hope that we have left a record behind us that will endure forever, and we hope that this class shall be able to keep up its fine record in the years that will follow. We also hope that the classes that follow us will keep up the record of the Class of 1913. 80 LIONEL RUSSON, 1913.