Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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ECHOES FROM THE LECTURES. The golden days are ahead and not behind. Be never members of the idle class, nor loafers of the community. —Mr. Peter Witt. Thunderstorms move from west to east, generally, never from north to south. Six and one-half miles above us, the temperature becomes apparently stationary. Every man, if he prays at all, prays for a change in the weather. —Mr. Alexander. Mr. Weimer, in speaking of the crowded condition at Commerce: The' little hardships that come into our lives, by being overcome, give us strength. If you stop school now, you will spend the rest of a very long life in explaining why you didn’t come back. By a true education you will learn to shift from the egoistic to the altruistic motive. Cleveland has spent money to send you to school. If you don’t do something worth while, in payment, Cleveland will lose money. What you’re getting ready for is to do something. Education is a process of fitting people to employ their leisure time profitably. Tell me what you do in your leisure hours, and I will tell you what you are. Honesty is that quality which enables a person, when alone, to lay out a course of conduct that is absolutely right. “She’s a sensible girl,” is the finest thing that any one can say. —Mr. Pearson, of Ohio State University. The reason the lions didn’t eat Daniel when he was thrown into the den was because they couldn’t . He was all backbone. Every tub must stand on its own bottom. Learn right now to think for yourself. Be independent, mentally and physically. Be yourself. — Mr. H. T. Williams. Let it be our aim. not to kill criminals, but to kill crime. Our prisons are universities of crime, and some of them give the criminals a post graduate course. One cardinal thought in dealing with the criminal is tq find the cause of crime. Eighty per cent of people brought to the criminal branch of the Municipal Court are victims of ignorance. —Judge Levine. The live stock business is the largest in the world. It is larger than the coal, the grain and the lumber business combined. 53 —Mr. Murphy.

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THE HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE LECTURE COURSE. WE have had the pleasure of listening to a greater number of prominent and famous men, who lectured to us from our small and unpretentious stage, than have many of those who attend school in the newer buildings. We were not able to recompense any of them for their efforts other than by giving them a resounding cheer and our applause, but in this we did our best to show them that their talks were highly appreciated. We have had speakers on a wide range of subjects from all parts of the middle west. They have come from Chicago and Columbus; they have come from all walks of life and have illustrated the value of highly trained people in the world of today. Even the original settlers of this country were represented by one of their number, Chief Thunderwater. We also had an evangelist speak to us, and we appreciated all that he said, for it was the deepest truth. Among the noted speakers who appeared were our honorable Mayor Newton D. Baker, and Tractioner Peter Witt. We are greatly indebted to our Principal, Mr. Weimer. for it was only by his untiring efforts and his continual seeking of these men that we were given the pleasure of listening to them. June 28. July 12. Oct. 11. Oct. 18. Nov. 15. Nov. 22. Dec. 6. Jan. 10. Jan. 17. Jan. 24. Feb. 7. Feb. 14. Feb. 21. Feb. 28. March 7. March 12. March 21. March 28. April 18. April 25. May 2. May 9. May 14. May 23. Mr. W. G. Rose—“Humor in Newspaper Work.” Mr. A. J. Himes—Construction Engineer of the Nickel Plate R. R. Mr. Ed. J. Hobday—“Relations of Employer and Employee.” Mr. John A. Cline—“Personal Reminiscences.” Mr. Mayo Fessler—“Voluntary Public Service.” Mr. Harry N. Clark—“Common Honesty.” Prof. Emma Perkins—“Ideals of Americans.” Mr. D. C. Westenhaver—“Our Schools.” Rev. Dr. Lyon—“Triangular Man.” Mr. Newton D. Baker—“The New Municipal Charter.” Mr. Peter Witt—“Municipal Ownership.” Mr. F. B. Pearson—“Higher Education and its Purpose.” Judge Levine—“The New Municipal Court of Cleveland.” Mr. F. A. Murphy—“The Cleveland Stockyards and Our Meat.” Forecaster Alexander—“How the Weather Predictions are Arrived at.” II. T. Williams—The Best Things. Postmaster Floyd—“History and Development of the Present Day Mail System and the Parcel Post.” Supt. Lynch of the Lakewood Schools—“A Camera Trip Through Europe.” Mr. Feiss—“Skill Needed for Entering a Textile Industry.” Col. J. J. Sullivan—“How’ to Become a Failure.” Clarence J. Neal, “The Panama Canal.” O. M. Miller. “How It Pays to go to School.” Dr. Daniel A. Huebsch, “Fine Arts.” Ecremmoc Play. 54

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THE SCHOOL SYMBOL. SINCE the founding of the High School of Commerce it has been felt that we needed a school symbol. Something that would be recognized by every one as representing the High School of Commerce. This feeling has grown until this year we have finally had our desires satisfied by a design made by one of our own people. Many of the students in the art class competed for the honor, all using the old forms of ship as the basis of their work. Some used the Viking ship, some the galley, and some the form of ship used in the time of Columbus. After the designs were finished the best was chosen, the work of Libbie Rivkin. and is to be our symbol as long as the school exists. It is to be used ou the school stationery, programs, on the title page in our annual, in decorations, and in other ways, so that it will become generally recognized by the public as belonging to “Commerce.” In designing the symbol the first thought was to choose something which effectively expressed the idea of our school, and it was immediately decided that the ship, more than anything else, suggests the thought of trade and commerce and the spirit of courage and progress. As every one knows the ship was the first means of intercourse in trade between distant points, and the ships such as tin- Viking and galley, were the earliest to carry on trade to any extent. Another reason for the choosing of the ship as the symbol is that it suggests to the minds of every one the idea of inspiration and of pushing out into the unknown. When we look at these ships they bring into our minds the daring and the courage of the old sailors who, even before the time of the compass. sailed out cn the uncharted seas not knowing what there was beyond: then we think of the young people who are pushing out into life, and facing with equal eagerness and courage its unknown possibilities. ALICE WINSPER. ’13. SOME DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. AMONG the numerous visitors to the High School of Commerce during the past year, have been the following distinguished educators: Mr. Ralph Stillman Garwood, General Superintendent Department of Education. Porto Rico. Mr. Bryan, Asst. Snpt. St. Louis Mo.. Schools. Principal Bogan Lane, Technical High School, Chicago. J. E. Downey. Headmaster High School of Commerce, Boston. Hon. S. D. Shankland, Principal Andrew’s Institute. Willoughby. Joseph Mar Gwin, Superintendent Schools, New Orleans. Principal Confort of the Cass Technical High School. Detroit. Principal Bliss of the University School. Detroit. 56