Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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Teacher: “Fanny, you may tell us all about the county seat.” Fanny: “Well, the county seat is a board—” Civics Teacher: “Why are all citizens not voters?” Pupil: “Because they do not go to the polls.” Mr. Weber: “Meta, what is a Public Utility?” Meta: “That’s what I was going to ask.” History of Commerce 6th hour: “Arthur, how do cauals abridge distance?” Arthur Haas: “Well, take the Erie Canal for instance, if you wanted to go from New York to Cleveland you would have to go around South America if the canal wasn’t there. Mr. Harsh (to Maurice Kolinsky) : “What is specific gravity?” Maurice: “When a gram of cement weighs 3.5 as much as water, the specific gravity of the cement is 3.5.” Mr. Harsh: “How much water?” Maurice: “Well—er—um— the same weight as the cement.” Mr. Harsh: “Anna, how is petroleum formed?” Anna Oberg: “Well, nobody knows that.” Mr. Harsh: “Yes. I’ll admit it.” Mr. Weber: “Does any one know the depth of Lake Erie?” F. Palevsky: “I think it is fifty feet.” Mr. Weber: “Well, if you are not sure, drop in some day and find out.” John Kozminski: “What are we going to do on our next laboratory day Mr. Harsh?” Mr. Harsh: “I think I will show you how to dye (die) or the like of that.” Miss Arnidon: “Girls and Boys, I will allow one minute for your speeches, so that every pupil may get a chance to recite.” Isaac Lifshitz (in a speech): “Hon. Chairman and worthy classmates: Inasmuch as the U. S. Government has tried to solve the problem of imniigra tion for the last decade. I’ll try to solve it in one minute.” Mr. Curry: “What is the speed sentence, Marie?” M. Casey: “Ten dollars and costs.” Louis Zaks favorite saying: “I am glad I am married now.” Teacher: “What are the four forms of compositions?” Soph: “Exposition, Simile. Metaphor, and Synonyms.” 143

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Mr. Johnston (taking attendance in study room): “ Everybody who is not here today raise their hands.” Mr. Curry: ‘‘Those of you who were here yesterday, and are not here today will please stand.” Mr. Curry (speaking of the absence of ink): “Several districts have gone dry recently, this and the neighboring ward,” and he’s a temperance man. Heard in the region of a Soph home room: E. M.: “We had a test in bookkeeping today.” M. B.: “Did you, what did you have?” E. M.: “Questions.” Sporiirra’ agings Mr. Weimer (In Rhetoricals): “Mr. Hoover is looking for some one he can’t see.” Mr. Weber: “Now in Madison. Wis.” Mr. Harsh: “And the like of that.” Mr. Curry: “Ready, write.” Mr. Heald: “Quit, quitting.” Mr. Ditmer: “Now let’s get still, class.” Mr. Gehring: “Vass iss dass, Anna.” Miss Amidon: “Now pupils.” Mr. Craig: “Up on 3 and 4.” Mr. Warfield: “Foh-wad, ma(r)ch.” Mr. Harrison: “Time.” Miss Bandeen: “Girls.” Mr. McMyler: “Go to the board, class.” Miss Hildreth: “Does every oue know the lesson?” Mrs. Pardee: “What have you in your mouth?” Mr. Mauville: “Now, everybody sing.” Mr. Evans: “What did the Lord give you mouths for, anyhow?’' Mr. Hoover: “It takes some of you all day to get ready.” Mr. Dutton: “You get the idea, don’t you?” Miss ITadlow: “Now turn with me to page 27.” History Teacher: “Frank, who was Americus Vespucius?” Frank (without hesitation): “He was a Portugese salesman.” Mr. Weber (talking of hours of sprinkling): “If any of you doubt Lillian’s statement you might drop into the water department and find out.” 142

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A bright Junior said: “A good bookkeeper may be able to keep some kinds of books, but he can’t keep any that belong to me.” Mr. Harsh: “What is chickory?’’ Julia H: “Something pertaining to chickens.” Miss JPittis: “Ralph, what is a vegetable?” Ralph: “Something that grows.” Clarence: “Well I grow, but I’m no vegetable.” Mr. Griffith (to Mr. Gehring, at annual board meeting) : “Say, little boy, ke6p still and let me do some of the talking.” Mr. Harsh: “What is the formula for water?” Beginner in Chemistry: “ILO,.” Esther Gorie: “Oh dear.” Clyde Enable: “Are you talking to me, Esther.” Mr. Creig (to a student who is busily chewing gum): “Please take that wax out of your mouth and stop making a moving picture out of yourself.” Mr. Ileuld: “Margret, what is an archipelago?” Margret: “It’s a kind of animal that lives in the mountain.” Mr. Weber: “What good is derived from a corporation?” John Mrohaly: “One of the partners supplies the capital while the other does the work and in this way the single man does not have such a large loss.” (An uproar.) Heard in a Commercial Geography class: Miss Pittis: “What are some things not named in the book which are made from corn?” Bright Girl (in a murmur): “Corn plaster.” Sniffles, giggles and gulps from the rear of the room. Arthur Thacker insulted our Joke Editor by pronouncing his name Mr. Rale Gaybon. Arthur, you must be more careful next time. Mr. Dutton: “There is a machine which enables us to hear a fly walk all over the room.” Did he mean that the people all over the room could hear the fly walk, by means of this machine? 144