Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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 atu r Alphabet A is for Albertson, friendly to all. Appleby, too, who does nothing small. 13's for Bartunek, a sturdy young lad, Also for Bett. He never feels sad. C is for Charvat, who’s mild and demure, And also for Crowe, in banking she’s sure. D stands for Dolan; for De la War too: For Delahunt also, kindly and true. E is for Evans, so modest and mild, For Eggleston also; she was wise when a child. F is for Fox; Earl is his name. He feels at home in a foot ball game. G is for Gabel, for Grosser and Groves, Guentzler, too, whom everyone loves. II stands for Heimberger, for Hedin and Heil, For Hoffman and Heupel. These people all smile. I is for “Ieh’ Christman’s his name, He closely resembles Ichabod Crane. J’s for Jares, happy and gay, Not an example of work and no play. K is for Kaplan and Korbel and Kirk, Katz and Koncana. They all love (?) to work. K’s also for Ivilfoyle, for Kramer and Krauss; Our K’s are such strong ones they bring down the house. L is for Lamb, a young girl who sings; For Lucht, it stands also; she hasn’t yet wings. L’s also for Lunte, happy and fair: For Long and for Loomis; their sayings arc rare. M stands for McDermott, a stenographer, he; For Murphy, who will a great orator be. 57

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Same. Discarded. Adopted Janet Riggs Winking New desk Eva Smill Baby dresses Belts Caroline Jams C 111 Math. Good looks Tillie Weiss Three months’ work A varsity sweater Sophie Charvat Meditation Nine hours’ sleep Florence lleupel Eating candy Grape nuts Emma Appleby Braids Rosy cheeks Irene Guentzler Being expelled Silence Joanna Irvine Loneliness Crowds Mable Groves Loud talking A megaphone Clara Loomis Her beau Second soprano Eva Horton Others' business Her own Florence Reilly Senior office Running Christine Eggleston Letters Business Bertha Kramer Dolls Long skirts Esther Crowe 8:30 bells Coming at noon Alliterations Emma Appleby always aims airily. Francis Bett, banker, bangs “Bach” beautifully. Esther Crowe can cut classes courageously. Gertrude Dolan desires daily “doings”. Florence Evans eats edibles every evening. Herbert Fix feels frigid frequently. Irene Guentzler gains goodness gradually. Eva Horton happily holds “His” heart. Johanna Irvine is improving immensely in industry. Caroline Jams just jabbers jokingly. Joseph Koncana cannot cook curly cabbage correctly. Florence Lamb loves learning little. “Bill” Nutting needs no nutty nutritive. Anua Oberg often overeats on olives. Walter Petuska punishes prunes prudently. Janet Riggs reaps remarkable riches rapidly. Lester Smith shows signs signals successfully. Arthur Thacker turns triumphantly towards typewriting. Tillie Weiss wanders wearily when walking. Merle Yesberger yawned yearningly yesterday. 56

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N is for Nutting, our senior so cute, Who came to the dance in a new spring suit. 0 is for Oberg, who can’t you see, Is trying a teacher of banking to be. P is for Petuska, without ever a care, He never even thinks of parting his hair. Q is for question, we all know it well. The one in our test we tripped on and fell. R is for Rosenberg, for Riggs, and for Rose, Raus, Rogers and Reilly as every one knows. R’s also for Raybon, the second team’s ‘cap’: Who made his team work with vigor and snap. S stands for Smill, a mild senior lass; For Smith, who a ‘stenog’ will be if he pass. T is for Thacker, witty and wise, For Tuma, whose worth ought to win him a prize. T’s also for Turney. Of them there are two; Of such handsome young people we find very few. IT is for UNION. In this we grow strong: With it as our slogan we’d never go wrong. V is for vacation, which soon will be here, The one best time of all the school year. W is for Wieck, Wlecke and Weiss. Also for Weel, whose hair looks real nice. X is an unknown. For failures ’twill stand. May its value be zero. It is much in demand. Y is for Yesberger, charming to meet. Also for Yeolson, in debate sure to beat. Z is for Zipser, so smart and so small He’s seldom seen ‘hanging around’ in the hall. THOMAS ALBERTSON, 1912. 58