Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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JUNIOR CLASS OF 1914. II B. CELIA ABRAMSKY They say she is some dancer, a piano player too. She’s little, but oh my! what trouble she can brew! But this charming little lass, won’t be absent from her class, Anymore! MARGARET APPLEBY Margaret, a blue-eyed maid, after sixteen years, haa reached the height of four feet eleven inches. The Appleby family haa a good reputation at Commerce and it is safe in Margaret’s hands. She shows some unusual tendencies—marks of 100 in Spelling, K’s in English, punctuality in her work and very brilliant blushes when embarrassed. KATE BAKER President Wilson 'a victory is not yet complete, for he has a formidable adversary in the person of Kate Baker. Her enthusiasm at basket ball games surpasses that of the boys, and with her as leader of the proposed Girls’ Hooters’ Club, our victory over an opponent would be a foregone conclusion. CLARENCE BARBER Clarence Barber keeps one guessing! Is he teasing or is he sincere? Judge by his actions. He certainly has great ability in the short-hand method of speaking,—some call it slang. No matter how deeply in be may go, Clarence is always an expert at getting out of trouble. Everybody likes him. LILLY BERENBAUM As a musician, Lilly Berenbaura is most enthusiastic. Music and more music is her delight. She even chooses her friends because of their musical inclinations. Hor calm face shows that to her, the world is one harmonious song. AMELIA BLACK At Commerce, known by many is Amelia Black. Her preciseness is shown by her carriage and manner of speech. From her closest friend, the dictionary, she has acquired such able use of words as to amaze the English class. She has strong characteristics which in the future must profit her greatly. S9

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COMMERCE JUNIORS. ONE DAY, sez I ter Miranda, sez I, ‘‘I’m a-goiu’ ter town an’ visit that thar High School of Commerce. So up I jumps an’ hitches up old Kate, an' away ter town I goes. I ties old Kate up by the waterin’ trough an’ hikes inter the school. I meets the principal an tells him I’d like ter see some of them thar Juniors. lie sez he reckoned he could fix me up au’ tuk me ter room three. Thar war a lot of good lookin’ boys an’ girls in thar, but in the second row thar war sartainly some right smart lookin’ gal. She war right tall, an’ I reckon nun of them thar studies war too hard fer her. I used ter think them gals ter hum war right smart, but they don’t compare with that thar gal. Why, I vum, every time that thar teacher would ask a question that thar gal would have her hand up fust thing. Sez 1 ter the teacher, What be that gal’s name thar. the one with red hair? I reckon she’s a right smart gal.’’ Sez she, Stands 90 ter 100 every day.” Then I sure did look at her. 1 was goin’ ter ask some more about her when, I vum, a bell started ter ring, an’ everybody jumped up an’ hiked out. Well, I just kept on settin’ thar an’ a man with glasses come in. I told him who I be. an’ he invited me ter stay an’ hear a chemistry lesson. Thar warn’t as many gals in the room this time, so 1 thought I’d look them boys over. But the teacher begun a-talkin’; he sed, I will experiment with Hv Drogen to-day.” I never did hear of that stuff before. Well, he made some an’ put it in a bottle; then he sed he’d show them how the Hy Drogen gun worked. T didn’t stay ter see, ’cause I reckoned he war a-foolin’ them thar kids, hut he warn’t goin’ ter fool me. Thar warn’t nothin’ in that bottle, an’ I could see it. I had come ter see them Junior boys an’ gals at Commerce High, an’ not bottled up nothin’. Well. I went ter some one who could tell me all about them Juniors, and who do yu think it war? It war that eddicated farmer, named Hoover, and I sed. Get them ter write me down what they are saying’ so T can take it hum, ’cause yu know nun of them folks ter hum will believe how smart them Commerce Juniors he.” Sez he, I’ll git the boys an’ gals ter write about one another; an’ this is what they writ. Now, I vum, I’m a-goin’ ter have it printed in our Centerville Weekly.” ARTHUR XAVIER, ’14. 8S

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GLADYS HOLTON If there is a more pleasant girl than Gladys we have not found her. She may have acquired her jolly, good nature at East Commerce; but wherever found, it is distinctly hers. Her voice in recitation is like Annie Laurie’s, “low and sweet, and it remains musical even on the playground. RUBY BOWMAN Ruby Bowman, worthy of praise and one of the few who profitably uses spare moments. She never loses her temper. When she talks she says something worth saying, and holds to her opinion until proven wrong. She is a fine type of girl, one of the kind who will make famous the High School of Commerce. MARY BRADY An Irish maid and proud of it. Now merry, now serious, never disagreeable: Often puzzled but never peevish,—always— Mary Brady. EDWIN BRATBURD A member of our English class, named Edwin Brathurd, differs from the rest of us. He is only about sixteen, but judging by his actions, you would think him sixty-one. He believes himself a great debater. Full of inspiring thoughts, lie springs them on us and makes us light to refute his impossible arguments. FLORA BRATBURD Flora goes serenely through the most difficult tasks as though she were a maiden blessed with magic slippers that carried her without effort along the paths of the sea. There’s a quirk of her eye and a curl to her lips that is hard to define. She is herself, that’s all. LOUISE BROWN Captain of the basket ball team and worthy of it, for “Basket ball is her middle name. She dreams it, talks it, walks it, eats it, and plays it. She can invariably be recognized by her lofty bearing and by her blue sailor suit. Her love for blue is strange, for it certainly does not agree with her humor. MELANIA CADISCH This vivacious little maid has dark eyes and shiny braids, and is usually clad in a neat little sailor suit. She enjoys great popularity, some of which she gained at the exhibition debate. Her ability to question as well as answer is manifested in class, where she is the last one to arrive, and usually the last to leave. LENA CAMINGCOVICH Lena Camingcovicb, easily described. “Jolly Junior, carries her modesty to extremes. She often says, “Oh. I am a regular dummy, and then makes a star recitation. Circumstances, or her mother, will not allow her to use powder, so in blackboard work, she embraces opportunity to use chalk on her face or hair. DORIS CAVE A black-haired, black-eyed maid with a smiling face, and her smile expressive of kindness. She is fond of the expressions, “I don’t care and “I am not going to do it. These make clear two of ber traits, independence and an easy-going disposition. MINNIE CON FI ELD Minnie Confield, or Minnehaha, as she is generally called, is always laughing. She is so very small that she is seldom seen, but always heard. According to the above de scription one might think that she is all fun, but as a matter of fact we find her a bright student in her classes. IDA CROSSMYER It does not disturb Ida Crossmyer in the least to come tardy in the morning with her happy good morning for the teacher. She sits quietly in her scat. Occasionally a murmur can lie heard when she addresses her side partner. When called upon to recite, she is quite ready to argue upon the subject GRACE CURTISS She does uot lack for opinions nor for the words to express them. It is impossible to say why she blushes so vividly; we only know that she doesn t mean to do it. 00