Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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We believe that the High School of Commerce is the medium best adapted to the development of talent for the business world. We believe in hard work and honesty as great factors in attaining success. We believe that these and other traits tending toward success are best developed in the High School of Commerce. We believe that a healthy body and mind are the foundation of a lifework, and that to secure them, athletics and mental training go hand in hand. But we believe that business success is not the whole object in life. There are higher ideals. Social life and civic duly should command even more attention. We believe that it is the duty of each citizen not only to take an interest, but to participate in public, as well as in social affairs. Above all, we believe in the growth of democracy, in which all have equal chances to develop, along different lines, the various talents that God gives. We believe that the High School of Commerce is well able to inculcate the spirit of democracy in our future citizens. The many types of scholastic, as well as interscholastic activity, afford equal opportunity to all to develop talent along various lines. This is the carrying out of the true spirit of democracy. We believe that the best part, of man is a sturdy, upright character. We believe that the character development of the people in the past and the growth of democracy in the past have combined to give ns our present manner of living. We believe that the continued growth of these two forces will give us the mode of life of the future. We believe that our future life will be nearer the true spirit of democracy, nearer the Right Life, than it has been in the past. ON the night of December the twentieth, the Seniors held their Formal Dance at Kasermairs Academy. Everybody was there! Or almost everybody, and those that were not there, were very sorry that they had stayed away. Some came in machines, some in cabs and some in street cars. At eight o’clock the Grand March started, led by the president, Henry Reich. During the march, as customary, the programs, little yellow and white affairs, were handed out. They were soon filled and the dancing began, dreamy waltzes and lively two-steps. There were sixteen dances and four extras, and even then there were hardly enough. At ten o’clock ices were served, and when the music started the home waltz, all were sorry that the end of such a delightful evening had come so soon. THE SENIOR FORMAL DANCE. ALICE MERKT. 15

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deliberation, had decided that we were not capable of publishing an Annual, but after they had made known their decision to us, we immediately arose and declared ourselves ready and more than fit to put out an Annual that would surpass anything that had ever been seen in this school. Some hard and exacting conditions were laid down to us by the Facility, and it was only after meeting these conditions that we were allowed to go ahead with the publication. How well we have succeeded with our work may be judged by the pleasure that you derive by the reading of our Annual. Although apparently doomed before we had even a chance to start anything. by the fact of the numerals “13” after our class, we have succeeded in accomplishing more than any other Senior Class ever did. So once more the fallacy of “13” is shown. We were doubly doomed, for were not the rooms assigned us Nos. G and 7? 6 and 7 equal 13. Think for yourself what things might have been in store for us and the merry time we figured on having while trying to keep Old Man Hoodoo down. He was downed, however, and we went on our way rejoicing and conquering. Our Basketball Team, which was the representative of the school, and ours because of the fact that it was composed of Seniors, was followed for a time by this Old Man Hoodoo, and consequently was the victim of much hard luck in the shape of injuries to its stars, but the Old Fellow was finally downed, mainly because of the sticking powers of the brave boys, and the last two and the hardest two of the games of the year were captured by our team. Hoodoo 13 recovered partially and followed the Debaters for a short time, but they too. had some of this determined spirit, and Old Man Iloodoo was put down and out for all time. The Girls of the Class organized a basketball team and won the Girls’ Championship of the school. They have organized and promoted Candy Sales and bid fair to become very capable sales-ladies when they leave here. They have entertained the hoys liberally with parties and dances, and whenever one of their clubs had “open house” the boys were more than willing to lie found waiting at the door until it was opened for them to enter. Much of the regret we have in passing from school is counterbalanced by the joy we find in leaving behind us a record in all things that will endure the attacks of the undergraduates and the coming Seniors for many years. We bequeath to the incoming Seniors all the joys of the aforesaid Banking and Economics and the happy smile and greeting of Mr. Gordon, and may they meet those smiles with smiles of their own. Our last and fondest wishes are that we leave behind ns only pleasant memories of ourselves with pupils and teachers, and also that success may finally crown our efforts as it did when we were E believe that a high school education is essential to success in public and business life. We believe that, since the majority of the boys and girls who graduate from high school enter the business world, they should have a course of study which will train them in business methods. members of the Class of 1913. LIONEL RUSSON. ’13. OUR CREED. 14

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ESTHER STMONDS “She needs no eulogy, she speaks for herself.' AI BERT MENDELSOX “This to thee—elegant scholar, To thy grace of speech and skill in turning phrases. Thou hast Languages for all thoughts aud feelings. HELEN COLD}IAN ‘ Her words were simple and her soul sincere. WILLIAM McMILLEX “Brother to a Prince and fellow to a beggar if he be found worthy. ' ANNA SHEPHERD “She knew not what she could do till she tried. ’ 1G