Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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Mr. Creig: When will a note be due if it »s made on Dec. 31, and is payable two months after date? Robert Morehead: On February thirty-first. Mr. Dutton let some electric current pass through Abraham Shochtowitz. Therefore, he put the “Shock” in Schochtowitz. Jake: “Why isn’t “Zeit” masculine? Mr. Gehring: Why isn’t “Maedchen” feminine? Jake: Well, it means Grandfather time. Mr. Gehring: Maybe it is Grandmother time. Mr. Gordon (in economics class) : In 1830 a man bought a quarter acre of land in Chicago for $20, and now it is worth over $1,000,000. Albert Mendclson (aside): Is there any more of that land around there? Win. McMillen: I want a nickel’s worth. In salesmanship class of thirty-five. Mr. Hoover dictating, “Let us stop a moment.” Thirty-four pupils put thirty-four pens down, the other had a pencil. At the senior meeting. Ed Day makes report of the financial condition of the senior class: As far as the report is concerned only six seniors have paid their dues and they are all boys except two, who are girls. liii

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weights, causes the scale to tip instantly and the other end rises. A cap, governed by the tipping of the scale, covers over the pipe stopping the flow of the varnish, and the can is replaced by another to be filled in like manner. The varnish is stored in an aging room, where it is kept until ready for use. Then the tanks are emptied and new material placed. For this reason, there is approximately one million dollars’ worth of varnish stored all the time until properly aged for market. Though not as great as in the varnish department, provisions are made throughout the entire plant for the protection against fire. There are pails of sand and water, fire blankets, hand and automatic extinguishers in every convenient place in the establishment. An engine in the engine room furnishes power to pump water through the automatic extinguishers. As we were walking through the various rooms, our guide stopped at a little steel, fireproof door and rapped to be admitted. Upon investigation, we learned that the walls, too, were of steel, and the guide explained that this room contained eighteen thousand formulas for paints and varnishes, and that if these should be destroyed, they could never be replaced. They therefore had to be entirely protected from fire. In addition to these departments, a printing department and a can factory arc in constant operation. The tin comes to the company in sheets, where it is cut, shaped and soldered, tested, dried, and carried away by a shaft to the filling rooms. Nowhere is systematic labor more evident than in the can factory. Not one step is wasted by the employees in carrying the article to the various divisions of labor, for the men are seated according to the position their particular work bears to the completion of the can. Where this is impossible, great shafts are put in operation that carry the cans to the next workman. Division of labor as explained in economy is clearly demonstrated in this can making. Theu there is a department where all the printed matter necessary for the business is printed. Various kinds of magazines for the staff, agents, architects, painters, and the public are published here. Much of the raw material comes from the Sherwin-Williams’ mines in -Missouri and Kansas. No child labor is employed, and only two women, who we were told had begged employment, are in the company shops. The company has been able to bring manufacturer and consumer together and to secure changes which have been to the advantage of both parties. This company has recognized the importance of the employees’ recreation, has established the club room and organized clubs, and has installed lunch rooms, etc. They believe that the success of the company rests with the success of every individual person in their employ. Politeness and gentlemanly conduct among employees, toward one another, and toward visitors were everywhere in evidence. Each man seemed interested in producing his best, and in doing the things that would best conserve his firm’s interest. ELEANOR MATCHETT, ’13. 115

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Mr. Gordon: What would you do if you had a million dollars? Harvey Noss to Arthur Haas: Match pennies. Mr. Gordon: What kind of utility does a sculptor produce? Dorothy Decker: Form Utility. Mr. Harsh was asked by one of his Junior pupils, “'What is chemistry, a fruit or a vegetable,” and he came back with this witty reply, “Neither, it is a plant, a chemist-tree.” In chemistry test: What is the product of melting together two or more metals called? John Mayer: Bi-metallism. In the IA Physics Test, two different kinds of pumps were to be diagrammed. One of the boys drew one puinp, but couldn’t draw the other, so he raised his hand and said, “Mr. Dutton, I’ve got one pump drawn, what kind shall I draw for the second?” Mr. Dutton replied, “Joe, I really ought not to tell you, it being an examination, but you can draw a dancing pump for the second.” In Commercial Law: If a farmer delivers to a Railroad Co. a lot of chickens and a strike should break out, what should the company do with the chickens? A thoughtful boy: Send them to a pasture. Boy: Do stationary engines go? Mr. Johnston: What does stationary mean? Boy: Writing paper. Mr. Dutton: Once I thought the ice man was giving me short measure. I weighed the ice and found that he gave me over-weight. Joe Smolik (who is honest) : Why didn’t you return it? Mr. Gordon (Commercial Law) : What is an affidavit? Rose: Why, it’s swearing. (Followed by an uproar from the class). Mr. Johnston (to a class in American History): Do you know that these desks are the same in Congress? Well, they are, only different. Mr. Heald: What’s the difference between willingly and resistingly? Jim Donnelly: Why, a girl might be willing, yet resist. (An uproar). Mr. Heald: James, your knowledge is way beyond your years. Mr. Weber ( in municipal activities): How can you make a street more attractive ? Celia Friedman: By putting all the poles and wires underground. 117