Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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Kuhn, Pearl Sehreiber, Henry Lease, Carl Schulmau, Alexander Lease, Floyd Sebesta, Martin Lesser, Harry Strout, Elsie Lichtig, Leonard Slater, Violet Maybury, Adelaide Scroden, Ralph McBride, George Spira, Jacob McCormick, Lawrence Strasser, James AlcKeon, Anna Tapp. John Millman, Rose Terry, Bernice Molnar, Mary Thompson, Matilda Morgan, Ahvyn Tiffany, Edith Novasel, Hyman Torry, Elsie Orgel, Rupert Vitetta, Rose Oster, Altissa Vom Ende, Hilda Palmer, Alta Weber, Harry Peek. Walter Weiler, Eddie Peterson, John Weisberger, Abraham Prendergast, Harry Weizer, John Prives, Rhea Wells, Florence Proctor, Cecil Wettrick, Myron Prosser, Dorothy Wilson, Naomi Roy, Alexander Wiseman, Perry Sackett, Clyde Wuertz, Harriet Scarflf. Ella Zeidler, Elmer Schlabach, Tom Zid, Joseph Sehmieletsky, Walter Zwemer, Frank Afctrirr to iFrrsfjmrn Take heed now little Freshmen And hear each word I say; For if you don’t my little ones, For this you’ll dearly pay. Be you a hoy, then raise your hat When Seniors you do pass. For if you don't, beware now son They’ll follow you to class. If girl you are, then nod your head And dainty let it be, For if you don’t, you may prepare For your dear life to flee. So now each little Freshman With Seniors you be fair, For if you don’t, now take my word, You’d better all beware. 116 GOLDIE THOW, 1912.

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aljr IFiital Btrtory HELLO, old man, congratulations again this morning. We did shake hands over it last night, but the fellows’ cheering drowned anything we might say, so shake again. We won the debating championship, all right.” With these words a tall, muscular lad of about seventeen years, greeted his chum, a handsome youth, about the same age but somewhat smaller and stouter. “Thanks, Will, we did the best we could and we won. They gave us some sound arguments, all right, but our rebuttal weakened them at every turn.” “By the way, Frank,” and the speaker glanced inquiringly at his friend, “I heard some of those Judsou Academy people were up to a little crooked game. Any truth in the report?” “Yes, I’ll tell you, but keep it on the quiet. When I got home last night, I called up the “Daily Mail” and told them 1 wanted to report the championship debate between the York High School of Commerce and Judson Academy. They told me they already had the report that the negative had won unanimously, and that Judson had the negative. I was astonished beyond expression, I told them that the report was not true at all, that I was one of the speakers of the High School of Commerce, and that we had the negative and had won.” “What do you think of that for nerve?” Will exclaimed in astonishment, which quickly turned to indignation. “The man on the Daily Mail said to me, ‘Is that straight goods,’ and I answered, ‘Yes,’ and they kindly took my word for it.” “Sounds like the villain in a melodrama, doesn’t it?” said Will. “Indeed it does and I couldn’t believe my own ears; I thought that the newspaper office might not have heard the report correctly as it was over the telephone. So I called up the other morning paper and it was the same story there; but they would not take my word for it and as a result, as you must have seen by the papers, the Daily Mail has only a small report while the other has nothing.” “Some mean work, all right,” his chum indignantly said. “Of course, their school is in no way directly responsible for it. It was probably some outsider or some mean cad that may have done it for pure malice.” “Say, Frank, I have my suspicions about that,” Will said as he suddenly raised his head and looked questioningly at his chum, “I think it was that cad leader of theirs who made that very gentlemanly remark last night at the debate. He ought to have been made to take it back there and then.” “Well, I don’t know. He probably isn’t responsible, but I believe that he is capable of doing such a thing,” Frank reluctantly admitted. Anyhow, we won fairly and that’s all we want. I have to go home now and get to digging into my Law, for I’ve got to pass those exams. So long.” “So long. I’ll meet you at school Monday, old chap.” “All right.” 118