Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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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

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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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Contents (Design by Frank Zwemer) ................................ 129 Dedication, Editorial ..............................................130 Boost E. H. S. C. Candy Sale........................................131 Tail Piece (Design by Edna Thompson) ...............................131 Faculty of E. II. S. C. Orchestra ..................................132 Winning Basket Ball Team ...........................................132 Annual Board Picture and Names .....................................133 Sophomore Class Picture ............................................134 Alphabet ...........................................................136 Freshman Class Picture .............................................138 Freshmen Names......................................................139 Class Histories (Design by Ruth Fay) ...............................140 Did It Ever Occur to You (Design by Myrtle Cane) ...................142 Don’ts for the Flats................................................143 Jokes (Design by Altissa Oster) ....................................144 Tail Piece (Design by Thomas McHugh) ...............................146 Rhymes................................................................. Tail Piece (Design by James Foote) .................................148 320