Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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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

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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. Dutton: “When the switch is off. the circuit is broken, and the lights go out.” Bartunek: “How cau you tell when the lights are out?” At the Kormaw Party. Joe Koncana was endeavoring to carry a knife full of beans around a number of chairs, when Mr. Weber, pushed a chair in front of him, causing him to spill the beans. He looked around at Weber and thinking he was a student instead of an honored member of the faculty, he said to him in angry tones, “Get out of the way, you schrimp, you made me spill all of those beans.” If Wendell Long fell across two wires, would he be a short circuit? Mr. Curry: “I am going to dictate to you a while ago.” Mr. Gordon: “What are the two sides of assent?” Courtney T. (on the side): “Head and tail.” Mr. Gordon: “What constitutes the beginning of the government of our country?” Merle Y.: “The ten commandments.” Mr. Gordon: “Do you think the American people have enough leisure?” Elroy C.: “There are some classes in this School that could stand a little more.” Bartatuma from tlje School of S’orratra If Mr. Weimer saw Mr. Geh-ring the bell twenty minutes before time, would he act Harsh about it? When Mr. Weber hurt his knee in the Faculty-Varsity game, was he Heald? If Miss Ely designed a blue, purple, yellow, violet and pink bonnet, would Miss Ami-don it? When the debating team is working hard on the debate, I wonder if Miss Olive Pittis them? If Mr. Hoover saw an error in a problem in algebra, would Harvey C. Ditmer? HARRY GOLDMAN, 1912. 145