Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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There is Louis Zak, so strong and so hearty, Who is in his own sphere when attending a party; At basket ball, too, lie always wins fame; At baseball and football, he plays a good gam . CAN YOU IMAGINE: Russon in Mr. Gordon’s suit Joe Smolik wearing No. 5 shoes? Ed Day coming to school at 8:30 ? A New High School of Commerce? Joe Smolik in love? The orchestra playing ragtime? Isadore Samuels doing anything but studying? “Lou” Zak with the laugh of a civilized being? “Red” Cullen with black hair? “String” Russon being four feet tall? “Billy” Hilberer being six feet tall? “Jim” Donnelly with his hair combed? “Coach” Evans standing around with his mouth shut? “Gene” Broz with his hair mussed up? “Patsy” O’Connor feeling blue? Mr. Weber not assigning a lesson over vacation? Talking in Mr. Hoover’s class? Mr. Heald crabby in class? MR. CREIG’S MOTTO: A note, draft, or check, without cents, is nonsense. A bookkeeper without sense, is a nuisance. Question: Do you think we will have a new viaduct? Answer: I will have to draw on that. Mr. Dutton (in physics class): Now my grandfather has an old watch that is as good as mine. Russon (girl-like voice) : Maybe yours is an Ingersoll. 122

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We all know a young lady named Decker, From getting ads, no one could check er. She’d get them all right. Without making a fight, This famous Miss Dorothy Decker. There is a young lady named Bratburd, Who is neither bashful nor backward. She has lessons all right, For she studies at night, She’s a worker, this same Flora Bratburd. Said Griffiths: Did it appear, We tackled South High with great fear? We knew they were right, And had a hard fight, To make victory real and not “near.” Said Mendelson: Was 't ’13 and fate, That gave us the wrong side in debate? Whatever the reason, Out of and in season, We must study right early and late. RHYMES. There is Homer Twitchell who’s long and lean, Who never would think of doing things mean, At basket ball, he plays a good game, In work at school, he will also win fame. There is Dave Kamnetzky, who’s not very tall, But he worries not when he chances to fall; For don’t you see, because he’s so small, He falls not as far as those that are tall. There are Weinlraub and Lebowitz, fine players they, Who a great many people will readily say, In basket ball playing , cau hardly be beat; Who gave us oft victr’y, our opponents defeat. “Gene” Broz is fair to look at you know, But how would he look seen wielding a hoe? Athletics ’s his specialty beyond a doubt, When considering the fair sex, please leave “Gene” out. 121

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NAMELESS QUERIES. If Amundsen would call, would llilberer be a Fried-man? Has Helen Swan-cott a Red-fern ? If Bertha Ap-fel, would Fanny Bomstein tell Rose Edelman? If Charlotte Pannackel let Pleasance preside, would a Gold-man object ? If Rus’son could bring: back a lost Day, would Dun-bar him? If a Shepherd would Se-bek the Wolf, would a Wagen-bauer her flight? If Eleanor Aults would Deck-er friend Anna Krivets in a beautiful gown, would a Glick-man protest! Would Florence Ott Madden Eleanor Matchett? If Kathryn Spidell saw Helma Gai-ring the fire-gong, would she lose her Apathy ? ADVERTISEMENTS. For Sale: Ink spoiled in the making. Inquire of Study Room Twenty, High School of Commerce. For Sale: Spelling lesson. Injured in attempt of Junior to write it. A few words only unrecognizable; others could easily be made perfect by omitting, supplying or changing a letter here and there. For Sale: A first class Junior memory. Slightly rusted and out of repairs from lack of use. Could be easily brightened and restored to normal condition by a lengthy, electrical over-charge of study, reduced to the form of learning selections from great authors. For Sale: A good mind. Slightly balky. Refuses to be held to study. Never driven by its owner. Wanted: A teacher who will give good grades, lesson or no lesson. Found: The following expressions, which have been picked up at sundry places: The owner will please claim property and pay for this advertisement. Try and go. The teacher failed John in math. I left my book lie on the desk. The second last word in the sentence. The teacher left me go home. May I loan a book off from James? That is all the further I got. The ten last easiest. 123