Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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RHYMES. There was a young teacher in room number seven. Who ever and ever taught math to eleven. From morning till night she would draw and construct Till into your brain some knowledge she stuck. When La Verna was a little tot, We used to call her “Flat.” But now we think e’en less of her, Because she wears that rat. There is a lad whom we all know, Who to Commerce High does go, That later wise men he may show. How to make their business grow Ili-diddle-diddle the cat and the fiddle. The cow jumped over the moon; The students ran to see the fun. The orchestra’s getting in tune. There was a young lad named Wayne. Who went up in an aeroplane; He went to see Mars, And the rest of the stars; But. alas, he came back in a train. There was a young lady called “Dutch,” Whom for looks no one could touch. When she went away, For a short time to stay. Every one cried very much. There was a lady from Commerce, Her Spelling she did rehearse. But Math she deplored. While Arts she explored. And delighted in History of Commerce. 147

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An English class, reading “Franklin’s Autobiography,” was told to memorize a certain quotation. A boy asked, “Shall we learn it by heart?” Teacher: “I don’t care; you can learn it by liver if you want to.” Miss Richardson (in History of Commerce) : “Frank, what is the depth of the modern steamship?” Frank (dreaming) : “Why—the vessel is as deep as the highest building is high.” Student: “May we use our arithmetic for the tables?” Miss Beman: “No, use the tops of the desks for tables.” Mr. Warfield: “How does the dog regulate the heat of his body?” Frank Zwemer: “By shaking himself.'’ Miss Beman to Josephine, (who is trying to give a mathematical definition): “Well, Josephine, what is a book?” Josephine: “It is a thing with two covers and some leaves inside.” Forward to her guard, (during a basket-ball game): “Get out of my way, I want to shoot a basket.” Heard in Arts: “Put your center in the middle.” Myrtle Behrcnd is German, but Myrtle claims she made herself an Irish crochet collar. She also said that her mother made “Welch’s Grape Juice.” Now can you make out the combination? 146

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There are some bright girls in Boom Two, Of friends they have quite a few, When in a great hurry, They said. “We should worry,” These very bright girls in Room Two. Frank Zwemer is quite a smart lad, He is never lazy or sad; If in English you spy him, Or in Math you try him, You will find he is not at all bad. The girls of East Commerce High, At basket-ball cast their eye. They played a good church, Which was left in a lurch By these girls of East Comerce High. Sing a song of English, An ocean full of fun, Five and forty minutes, Before the work is done. There is a subject called Math, But lead me from its path. For it is to me, As Greek might be, This lovely subject called Math. Bring it in a bucket, Bring it in a pail, Bring in your money For the Candy Sale. 148