Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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fflfjrrr ffiur (£raimat?fl are Emplagrb Banks— Union National Bank Equity Savings Loan Co. Lorain St. Savings Bank First National Bank National Commercial Bank Peoples’ Savings Bank Cleveland Trust Co. Society for Savings Cleveland Savings Loan Co. Businkss and Manufacturing Concerns— Winton Motor Car Co. Brown Hoisting Co. Arcade Piano Co. Bankers’ Mortgage Trust Co. Wheeling Lake Erie Rd. Co. Standard Oil Co. Ranney Fish Co. Boehmke Co. Cleveland Knitting Mills Sherwin-Williams Co. J. E. Sickman Co. National Carbon Co. W. E. Hamlin Co. Ernst Ernst Atlantic Refining Co. Fowler Slater White Sewing Machine Co. Lake Shore Saw Mill Lumber Co. Grasselli Chemical Co. Schwegler Co. High School of Commerce Newkirk Forest J. C. Hub Mfg. Co. United Shirt Collar Co. Myers. Weil Co. Silbert, Morganstern Co. Atlas Oil Co. Board of Education Brierley Machine Co. Harry L. Davis Cleveland Leader Brown Bros. Great Western Oil Co. Cleveland Engineering Society Bingham Co. Atlantic Paint Co. Sherwood Drug Co. Penton Publishing Co. Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. Atlantic Refining Co. Patton Mfg. Co. Bradstreet Mercantile Co. National Refining Co. Cleveland-Akron Bag Co. A. G. Spaulding Co. Bortou Borton Excelsior Candy Co. Bailey Co. Leopold Furniture Co. N. J. Rich Co. Halle Bros. Baker Electric Printz-Biederman Co. Columbia Mutual Lumber Co. Friebolin Byer Richmond Co. A. G. Gibson Co. Land Title Abstract Co. Mechanical Rubber Co. Cleveland Household Supply Co. 18

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(Class ISjistnnj 1912 'TMIE history of our class dates back just three years ago, to the time when the High School of Commerce opened its doors to its first pupils. Prior to that time, we had been merely the scattered members of various high schools. The opening of “Commerce” meant much to us, as in this building, because of unity of purpose throughout the entire school, our special course of study would be emphasized. That disagreeable year of “Flat” insignificance most of us never experienced at dear old Commerce, hence our remembrances of school life here are all glowing with satisfaction. ITow important we did feel to be sure that first year, for now we were “sophs” and could look down on such mere infants as the “ freshies. ” We were not too over-bearing, however, for had we not once been “freshies” ourselves, but that day, of course, seemed a long time ago. Still the second year at high school is not altogether one of ease and our class, even as Sophomores, had trouble to meet. But after undergoing the tortures of Geometry and Essay Writing we finished our second year and then became full fledged Juniors. Our class has, however, among its numbers some who entered as first year pupils, but they are people of the ultra ambitious class. These by virtue of attending school four terms every year, will successfully finish the full high school course in three years. They never minded being called “Flats”! They were too busy to notice anything save their studies. When school opened in the fall of 1910 our class was there in full force, and my! what a proud feeling we had, for we were almost Seniors. As we were all deep in the mysteries of shorthand and the fascination of typewriting, the third year passed all too quickly. On February 16, 1911, we gave our Junior Informal, which proved a great success. In February of this year we lost seventeen members of our class who became seniors, but in turn we received a greater number of Sophomores who became Juniors. W’hen the year ended and the reports were received, many a time could be heard the question, “How many points have you got?” “Must you carry an extra subject?” and so on. Soon the records were all cleared up and those who had received forty-four credits were now Seniors. Seniors, the Class of the School; How much the word means, and how much the position demands! Work and more work, this year, has been our lot. After the Senior Class was organized, however, work was not everything. What times we did have in Senior meetings! The Kormaw and the Ecreinmoc Societies now became our special care, and in these we developd originality, especially during the initiation of new members. Informals and parties came in bunches. One party was hardly over when we heard rumors of the next. But Oh! those Senior dues! How absent-minded we became when they were to be collected. 20