Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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CLASS OF 1916. BENNET, BLANCHE “Cutie.” “You think just because I am small you can ‘boss’ me.” CARLSON, MINNIE “Minn.” “Oh, Great Heavens!” COHEN, FANNY “Oh, beby, ain’t you coming?” DELANEY, HELENE “I don’t care.” DUNBAR, KATHERINE. Quiet but wise. ENGEL, RICHARD “Engel.” Our noise-man. FOOTE, JAMES “Jimmy.” Small, but talkative. FOSTER, GLADYS She never says anything. FROELICH, ELSIE Her eternal smile. HOFFMAN, ALVERDA “Huffy.” “Yes, my dear.” JAMES, GARNETT “Kill it, don’t let it suffer.” JENKINS, ETHEL “Listen.” JENNINGS, RUTH “Well, I should smile.” ELEMENTS, MARY “That doesn’t worry me.” KOCH, IRMA “Sure.” KORABEK, LOUISE “Bets.” “So silly, no sense to it.” KUS, LADIMIR “Fat.” “I should worry.” LEWIS, GLADYS “Yes’m.” McHUGH, THOMAS “Tommy.” Thrifty, wise and mischievous. MCINTOSH, ELEANOR “Don’t ask me, I don’t know.” MOORE, ALMA “Sure, I have my Math.” NASH, WILLIAM Bill.” “Go on.” NUSSEL, CLEMENCE “Clem.” “Get him at second, Mr. Carrier.” OSTER, MILDRED “Milly ” “Oh, I bet my hair looks two sights.” PORTER, FLORENCE “Gee, I don’t know what to do.” PURMA, ALFRED “Al.” “Shoot the ball.” RAMAGE, BESSIE “Oh, dear, what’s the use?” REIMER, EDITH “Edie.” The horror of the flats. ROTHENBECKER, WILMA “Billie.” “Oh, ding it!” RUNKLE, NADEAN “Do you Tango?” SCHAUB, DOROTHY “This is my tin ear.” SMOLIC, FRANK Good in his work, but slow to respond, STANG, IRENE “Oh, forever more.” SWAFFIELD, RAYMOND “Swaffield.” “I've got my lesson, but—” . TEARE, WINIFRED “Win.” “Now, wouldn’t that jar you?” 137

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ANNUAL BOARD. Thomas McHugh .. Wilma Rothenbecker Richard Engel William Nash Esther Baumgartner .. Editor-in-Chief Assistant Editors ANNUAL COMMITTEES. LITERARY. Katherine Dunbar Wilma Rothenbecker Richard Engel Alma Moore Esther Baumgartner John Gentile JOKES AND RHYMES. Floyd Lease Thomas McHugh Ethel Jenkins Gladys Cockayne Helmuth Steglat Alice Taylor ATHLETICS. Eleanor McIntosh William H. Nash Erwin Tronstein 130

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TEMPLE, WAYNE “Temple.” “You’re a bear.” WHITE, CARL “Oh, yes.1 tt THOMPSON, EDNA Quiet and meek. WILSON, ELBERT “Yours is wrong, mine’s right.” “Tobin.” “Duck, you.” TOBIN, JOHN “Isch ga bibble, safety first.' WOOD, ALFRED Q KiKKln caffilxr fil'd VAN DE MOTTER, JOSEPHINE “Jo.” “Why-a” ZWICK, LIBBIE What do you mean? ALPHABET. A is for Arts in which we have fun. B is for Bennet and Blanche the same one. C is for Commerce, Carlson included. D is for “Flats” who should be excluded. E is for Engel, our new cheer leader here. F is for Foster and Foote who are timid, I fear. G is for Games which we all attend. H is for Hoffman, her grades we commend. I is for ink, in room seven ’twas spilled. J is for James and Jennings both skilled. K is for Korabek and Elements in brief. L is for Leighton our janitor-in-chief. M is for McIntosh and also McHugh. N is for Nussel, who is Business Manager, too. O is for Oster, to dance she would choose. R is for Riemer and Ramage, Gym is their task. Q is for questions our Wilma doth ask. R is for Riemer and Ramage in Gym it’s a task. S is for Schaub and Smolic both workers. T is for Tobin and Temple, some shirkers. U is the grade Miss Teare never gets. V is for Van de Motter, the maid who forgets. W is for Wilson and White all alone. X, Y, and Z in algebra the unknown. T. McIL, ’16.