Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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MARCH. 3. Junior Candy Sale. The consumption of water in Cleveland was increased by twenty per cent during the day. 7. Forecaster Alexander spoke to us. Told us that the weather could be forecasted by anyone with red hair. Don’t you wish that you were a redhead ? 10. Coach Evans appeared wearing a little green hat with a bow in the back. He looked real cute. 11. Ecremmoc given a new lease on life by Joe Smolik, who moved that we exist. Great projects are immediately undertaken by the new members. Sophomore Candy sale. Someone left a box of cinders on Mr. Curry's desk and he couldn’t eat it all, so he passed it around after we had all had our dinner. 17. Commencement speakers chosen. Mr. Heald reads Macbeth. Why pay a dollar to see it at the theatre when we have him as a teacher? 21. Second debate. Commerce 3—South 0. 24. First lesson in Salesmanship. 25. First joke cracked by Mr. Hoover. It was a pippin. 26. He has decreed that we take down the lesson in shorthand. Still we are unfortunate. APRIL. 6. All the students back safe from their vacations. They must have refrained from cracking “fool jokes.” 9. Hot session of the Annual Board. Result, Fire Drill. Tim session became hotter, the Board fighting fire with fire. Debating club organized. 10. Annual Concert. “Music hath charms, etc.” 11. Frank Cullen made his debut as a platform speaker when the basket ball team were given their rings. You did very well. Frank. Kormaw girls have charge of rheloricals and furnish an interesting and pleasing program. 14. Flat Candy Sale. The candy was just like the flats, themselves,—rather immature. We ate it through loyalty to the school and the Annual 16. Class day speakers chosen. 17. First baseball game of the season. Commerce 3— Lakewood 2. Also the first baseball victory in years. 127

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JANUARY. C. Mr. Dutton hangs up a new record right at the start of the year. He said, “Get the point,” 51 times in 35 minutes. Greenberg, timer, and Cullen, scorer. 8. More and lots of it,—pestering for those who have not subscribed for an Annual. 10. Commerce 27—Lincoln, 0. We have at least established this record which will never be broken. East victorious in our debate. “There is never the sweet without the sour.” 16. Senior Candy Sale. One of the latest revised sayings, “Sweets from the sweetest. ’ 18. Commerce 13—East Tech 21. We did our best, but it wasn’t good enough. 22. Annual Board members elected. The 1913 Annual assured. 23. First meeting of the Annual Board. Very much business to transact. 24. Commerce 21 —West 13. One more scalp. 27. Mr. Curry’s annual cold puts in its appearance and causes him very much embarrassment. 28. He is still incapacitated. 30. Commerce 12—East 15. It seems as if we .just can’t beat those fellows. FEBRUARY. 7. Commerce 13—West Tech 16. The poor, crippled team worked hard, but it had no luck. 9. Two jokes found in the joke box. This is just two more than usual. 11. After a long and painful illness the Eeremmoc expired. Weeping. 14. Commerce 21—Central 26. Russon hurt. 17. Mr. Weber and Mr. Dutton appear in new suits. The lower hall was jammed by curious sightseers. 18. Embryo politicians make their appearance. 19. .Senior elections. Some of the politicians are rejoicing. 20. Adam Smith had better look to his laurels or Isadore Samuels will over- shadow his best efforts along the line of Economy. Commerce 20—South 16. 21. Great rejoicing at school. Mr. Curry rewarded the fellows by excusing them from his shorthand class for the day. Generous Man! 26. Commerce 20—Glenville 17. We always did rejoice in doing the seemingly impossible. Great was the joy that prevailed among the students at this result. 126

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21. Miss Amidou absent; her English classes taught by able students. 24. Editors working double shifts on the Annual. 25. Very many sly looks from the Ecremmoc boys and some vague hints of what they will do when they have charge of rhetoricals. We have Lincoln’s goat. They failed to put in an appearance for their game with us. 30. At last it happened. The Ecremmoc entertained the Kormaw Club. Nice time while it lasted. MAY. 1. Members of Local Industries class go out to learn how to become the managers of the future business world. Mr. Hoover reads a funny story to the two members of his depleted class. The six members left in Miss Amidon’s English class go for a walk. 2. Debaters rewarded with neat pins. 3. Commerce 6—East Tech 7. Another evidence of Tech Luck. 29. Class Day. JUNE. 18. Commencement. 128