Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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FLORENCE REILLY This little girl is Irish! No! But why then call her Pat! Because some person in a freak, Got up and named her that. CLYDE ENABLE He keeps bis eye on everything That happens 'round about, And always helps when needed As becomes a good Boys' Scout. EVA SMILL When she gets home 'ere six o’clock (With no exaggeration) Her mother thinks that Commerce High la out on a vacation. ELROY CRISTMAN To use bis head for big, long words This tall youth cannot bear So he needs must scratch upon his ear And muss his well-combed hair. ETHEL DEWAR As with a characteristic shrug She answers every query, Her tougue is given time to rest And so does not grow weary. 23

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Besides these gifts, we leave, not of necessity, but of our own volition from henceforth, to the High School of Commerce, our blessing and pledge of friendship. If “Thirteen” gains half the profit and inspiration that we have found with Mr. Gehring in Room 6, this will be their precious possession, as it is ours. The remainder of our property, if any, we bequeath to Mr. Gehring, in return for the advice so often rendered. And we do hereby constitute and appoint the said Mr. Gehring, sole executor of this our last will and testament. In Witness Whereof. We the Class of Nineteen Twelve, the testators, have to this, our will, written in this book, set our hand and seal this 24th day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred twelve. SARAH YOELSON, 1912. iFirst g rmor Sanrp ON the Third of November all senior girls appeared in light airy dresses, and the boys all had their suits pressed (some even had new ones.) The “Magic Hour” arrived, and we betook ourselves to lower regions (the gymnasium) with more speed than ceremony. As a warming up, several games were played. Among these was numbered “Progressive Peanuts.” This game was greatly enjoyed by the members of the Faculty who participated, but the younger portion of the crowd enjoyed eating the peanuts far better. Six o’clock and Supper seemed such a 1-o-n-g way off. Chicken, banana salad, ice cream and cake were very welcome by the time supper was announced. We marched to the prettily decorated dining room and were waited on like kings and queens, by charming waitresses, daintily attired and adorned with little white aprons. What happened next is hard to describe. The gymnasium floor was transformed from sticky wood to polished glass, and presently numberless forms were circling around and around. Perhaps Mr. Gehring’s left reverse might be mentioned here, as the cause of dizziness on the part of all of his partners. To speak in the mildest terms of this dance, we all had the “best time of our lives” as is proved by the fact that we needed all of the following Monday to talk the function over. FRIEDA LUCHT, 1912. 22

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FLORENCE LUNTE A champion in several ways, Not typewriting alone. For oft as champion skater, she’s In Sunday papers shown. JOHN KOZMINSKY “Hard he laboured, long and well. META MOLITOR “They only the victory win, Who have fought a good fight. COURTNEY TURNEY In helping decorate the Gym, (Before we had a dance) He always got to cutting up Whene’er he had a chance. RUTH OSBORNE It really is a hopeless task, Or so it still appears, For her to train her willful hair Over her willful ears. 24