Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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FACULTY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE. Mr. Solomon Weimer, Principal. Mr. S. R. Hoover, Assistant Principal. Baldwin University. B. A.. M. A. Miss Nellie M. Amidon, Assistant Principal. Geneva Normal School. Belmont College, B. A.. M. A. Mr. James S. Curry, Upshur Academy and Normal School. Spencerian Business School. Department of Shorthand. Mr. E. Wilbur Harrison, Pernln Business College. Michigan State Normal School, Shorthand and Typewriting. Mr. Harvey C. Ditmer, Oberlin Business College. Department of Bookkeeping. Mr. J. 0. Gordon, Ashland University. B. K., Penmanship and Business Forms. Mr. J. L. Heald, Indiana State Normal School, Cleveland Law School, Northwestern University, Department of English. Mrs. Lillian R. Pardee, Buchtel College, Boston School of Oratory, English. Mr. Anton Fx. Gehring. Western Reserve University, Ph. B.. Department of Modern Languages. Mr. Joseph M. Johnston, Indiana State Normal School, Indiana University. Department of History of Commerce. Miss Jean Corser, Minneapolis School of Fine Arts, Teachers' College. Columbia University, Department of Applied Arts. Miss Alice Constance Hagan, College for Women. W. R. U.. A. I .. English and Penmanship. Mr. H. T. McMyler, A. B. Western Reserve University, University of Wisconsin. Department of Mathematics. Mr. D. M. Evans, Ohio Wesleyan University. Department of Mathematics and Faculty Coach. Mr. Charles F. Dutton, Jr., Oberlin College. A. B.. Department of Physics and Commercial Geography. Miss Olive Pittis, Valparaiso University, B. S.. Harvard. Western Reserve, and Cornell Universities, English, and Commercial Geography. Mr. John M. Harsh, Ohio State University, A. B., Graduate School, Western Reserve University, A. M.. Department of Chemistry. Miss Mabel D. Ely, Western Maryland College, Westminster. Maryland. Maryland Institute School of Art. Graduate Normal Art and Manual Training Course, Pratt Institute. N. V.. Applied Arts. Mr. Orson E. Warfield, B. P. E., International Y. M. C. A. Training School, Starling. Ohio. Medical School. Department of Hygiene and Physical Culture. Miss Alice Bandeen, Cushing Academy, New Haven Normal School of Gymnastics Department of Physical Culture. Mr. John W. Creig, Rochester University, Vorlea Business College, Penmanship. Mr. Manville, Private Tutors in Music, Music Department Dr. Minna Mary Roliu, Michigan State Normal College. University of Michigan, Department of Biology. Miss Lillian M. Hildreth, Mansfield Normal School. Business course with private tutors. Nine years’ practical business experience. Penmanship. Bookkeeping and Shorthand. Miss Etta Frcedlander, College for Women, W. R. U.. A. B.. University of Chicago. Teachers' College, Columbia University. Mathematics and Commercial Geography. Miss Florence A. Heal, Syracuse University, Teachers' College, Columbia University. New York City. Department of Applied Arts. .Miss S. Gertrude Hadlow, College for Women. Ph. B., Post Graduate Chicago University. English and Mathematics. Mr. Earl Sydney Weber, University of Wisconsin. Department of History and Civics. Miss E. Laura Satava. Secretary. Miss Sophie M. Charvat, Stenographer and Typist. Frederick C. Donberg, Custodian.

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CLASS OF 1913. S I begin writing this history of the class of 1913, regret stares at me with sorrowful eyes. The completion of this history brings us one step nearer the time of our leaving the High School of Commerce. What wonder that the phantom regret should appear! Our Class of 1913 has been the real pioneer organization of the High School of Commerce. We entered here when the school was a new field of learning and have blazed a trail for the many who come after us to follow. Wc withstood the trials and hardships encountered with real pioneer stoicism. The building was only about half equipped: the school was at its beginning; but we seized with ardor the rough materials on hand and have given the world the Class of 1913 as the finished product. Some of our number completed the course in three years by attending summer school, but we arc- the first class to spend the entire four years withiu the school, and the days it has taken us to do so are numbered among the happiest of our lives. Can anyone wonder that we regret exceedingly the very thought of leaving behind all the joys that it has held for us? We have watched the school grow, and our ambitions and aims have grown with it. Although nothing very beautiful is noticeable about the High School of Commerce, except the ivy that adorns its walls, 1913 has taken a pride in everything connected with it that is felt iri the very atmosphere of the place. The memory still lingers with us of the days when we were poor little “Flats,” who swelled with pride whenever a mighty and sedate Senior saw fit to condescend to notice us. We also remember and treasure the thoughts of our Sophomore and Junior days, for it was then that we began to acquire the manners that later made us the dignified Seniors that, we now are. It was then also that we got our first taste of the social side of the school life. Who is there among us who will ever forget the day we gathered in the Gymnasium after school for our first Junior Dance, and who is there who will ever forget the way we strutted around and looked at the Senior with disdain, for was he not barred from our Dance? For three long years, we strove, with the goal marked “Seniors” ever before us. We seemed never to get any closer to our aim, but wc strutted around and did our best to imitate the mighty men above us. Now, that we ourselves have at last reached our goal, after a little hard sprinting on the third lap, we have not only acquired, but have improved upon the real manners of our former deities. The organization of the class was accomplished after much hard work, but we were immediately brought face to face with harder problems of school life than wfe had ever faced before. Banking and Economics were to be mastered, and they were the bugaboo of many a young Senior’s life for some time, and they were conquered only after many a session with the midnight oil. But by far the largest problem we had to solve was the method of bringing this Annual before the school in a successful and pleasing way. The Faculty, after mature 13