Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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JANUARY. 4. Picture of the entire school taken. Mr. Hoover breaks a few lenses. 5. Basket ball season opens. Commerce 16, West 7. (First Victory this season.) 8. The Commerce smile becomes a grin. Faculty picture taken. More broken lenses. 9. Zero weather again. 10. Ecremmoc meeting. The Kormaw Club had Some music. 11. Mr. Hoover takes his class to Halle Bros. (It beat Mother Goose “all hollow.”) 12. Scotch Rhetoricals, with Dr. Meldrum as lecturer. Best ever. COMMERCE 24, Glenville 8. (Second V-I-C-T-O-R-Y). 15. Basket ball boys got their sweaters. (Girls wear them.) 16. Freshy caught in the attempt to wear out one of the Remington machines. 19. East 12, Commerce 25. DEBATE. Commerce 2, Glenville 1. (TWO in ONE day.) 20. Senior candy sale. 23. Another of Mr. Gordon’s written lessons. 25. Florence Lamb loses 17 cents and four car tickets. (Therefore let us weep.) 26. Commerce 11, South 9. Fifth victory. 31. Announcements decided upon for Commencement. Nutting told to stop talking. FEBRUARY. 5. Youngsters galore make their debut into High School life. 6. New Seniors object to our calling the Flats, youngsters. Henceforth— infants. 7. Two Seniors' places at lunch usurped by the new comers. 9. Mr. Evans makes a speech, first hour. Commerce 11, Central 5. (Sixth victory.) 12. The Junior candy sale. Great demand for the water boy. 20-21. Exams. 22. Nine rahs for Washington. 23. Mr. Gehring loses seven of the fifty-seven varieties. 26. Several Seniors clean their desks. 28. Mr. Curry has another cold, and little white pills. 29. Leap year party. 151

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NOVEMBER. 2. Business Manager enlivens us all with speeches. 3. SPECIAL—Senior dance and lunch. Chicken. 4. Glenville 5, Commerce 0. “lie who laughs last, laughs best.” 6. The school needed fumigating. Where were you? 7. Election talk. 8. A foot ball game in the dark. St. Ignatius 18, Commerce 2. 10. Kormaw dance for the Ecremmoc and foot ball boys. 11. The Kormaw goes bankrupt 13. It dropped toward zero. Much fire. 16. A visit from the East Siders. The November graduates give an original play. ’Twas good. 21. The graduates received their diplomas. 22-23. Final Exams. 24. Holiday for the teachers. (They mark papers.) 27. A mix-up all ’round. Excused at 11:30. 29. Rhetoricals. Congressman Howland spoke on “Congress”. Foot ball boys make “little speeches” and receive their letters. The Senior class divided between Rooms 6 and 1. (Overcrowded.) 30. Thanksgiving vacation. DECEMBER. 4. Petition asking for the Reunion of the Seniors. (Refused.) 5. Try out for basket ball. 6. Music in the halls at noon forbidden. 7. Great commotion in Annual Board Meeting! (Messrs. Gehring and Grif- fith have a tongue-lashing.) 12. Divers changes made in lockers. 13. Kormaw initiated her new victims. 14. They appear bedecked with court plaster. (Rather cute.) 18. Foot ball boys invited to the Ecremmoc dance. 19. Seniors requested to pay their dues. 20. Motto decided upon. (Suspense ended at last.) 21. The Ecremmoc dance. 22. Heap much trouble. Excused at 11 -.50. And Christmas comes but once a year! 150

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MARCH. 1. 4. 5. 6. 7. 11. 14. 15. 19. 22. 26. 27. 28. 29. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 15. 18. 19. 9. 23. Abraham Lincoln “Recalled to Life.” Commerce 18, Geneva 13. (Seventh victory.) New regulations go into force. Permits needed for all irregularities. Class tardy bell. (NO MORE LOITERING.) Periods shortened for teachers' meeting. Spelling class meets under Mr. Weber. Senior meeting. Class day play decided upon. Speeches by Mr. Weiracr and Mr. Gehring. Mr. Gordon’s class in Local Industry excused. Cletus Graves returns from a special holiday. Blue—like all Mondays. Important Annual Board meeting. Cover selected. Mr. Weimer laughed real hard. (The speaker makes a joke.) Mr. Heald eats candy in class. Rhetoricals. Those awful report cards. Fee-fi-fo-fum—What is in the air? (Answer): Bell in Room 13. Vacation is coming. II is here. APRIL. Everybody dressed up. (Easter parade.) Mr. Gehring appears with spectacles. New typewriters in 13, and such CUTE ink-wells. (Several Seniors tamper with rubber corks and are reprimanded.) Great Sensation! Mr. Hoover is seriously affected by an Aereoplane hat. Symptons bad. But he may recover. Visit to Sherwin-Williams Paint Co. Mr. Gordon was anxious to get back for lunch. Arbor Day. Some had one—but most had more—Trees. Miss Amidon excavated from a debris of Annual work. Teachers give a banquet to Mr. McMylcr and the Debaters. Trophy presented by Mr. Lamar T. Beman. Songs by the Glee Club. ANNUAL GOES TO PRESS! MAY. Class Day. A Playlet: The Pan-American Congress. COMMENCEMENT. (Good-bye to Commerce.) (Finis.) 152