Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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CLASS OF 1917. Aichcle, Helen Baumgartner, Esther Behrend, Mabel Brooks, George Burras, Mabel Byrnett, Anna Cashman, Margaret Clark, Juanita Cockayne, Gladys Cohn, Gertrude Collier, Carmita Connell, John Covell, Frank Crandall, Viola Crawford, Andrew Crawford, Della Creter, George Dawes, Edith Dawson, William Dill, Eugene Dillow, Clifford Downing, Charles Eggert, John Erickson, Anna Farrow, Myrtle Fenton, Grace Freedman, Hilda Friedman, Elizabeth Gaub, Richard Gentile, John Gessner, George Greenwald, Melvin Grob, Eunice Haendiges, Anna Harper, Mary Harris, Margaret Harrison, Vera Haubach, Harold Higgins, Margaret Hogue, Edith Holler, Helen Hornyak, Steve Hutton, Gertrude Iavandittie, Bessie Jackson, Wendell Johnson, May Jones, Merritt Keller, Royce Klemperer, Miriam Kock, Irma Kraft, Helen Krahn, Ruth Krickow, Hildegarde Law, Ruth Lorentz, George Madar, Rose Madsen, Esther Madsen, Helen Maier, Norman McEldowney, Myrtle Meyer, Erma Miller, Walter Minke, Ruth Morunga, Walter Mowen, Gertrude Nosek, Lillian Okkerse, Elizabeth O’Laughlin, Elmer Osborn, Ethel Pariseau, Veronica Raybon, Charles Resch, Cecelia Rueter, Hildegard Rutta, Della Sankey, Harold Schoenbeck, Eva Simon, William Sistek, Anna Skultin, Marie Sladky, Frank Smilie, Maymie Smith, Edna Smolic, Andrew Steele, Thomas Steglat, Helmuth Stem, Philip Stokes, Ruth Strasser, Catherine Stuart, Jeanette Taylor, Alice Taylor, Edna Tronstein, Erwin Wagenbauer, Lottie Weinberger, Lena Willert, Harry Wolfe, Laura Wyttenback, Alma

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CLASS OF 1916. OH, the joys of being Sophomores! No more taunts or sneers! No more rude jokes about us, for we are now the oldest class at the East High School of Commerce! But part of the joys are crowded out by the fact that we have to be independent in our studies. There is no one to refer to when we get stuck in Mathematics or Bookkeeping. Again we are depended upon too much. How often we hear, “As II C's of course we look to you as examples of— ’ or, “As you are the oldest class in the building—” But our one consolation is the Flats. We have them trained to a very humble position. It is queer how a small number of Sophomores can terrorize a large number of Freshmen who come to school with an assumed air of importance. We enjoy ourselves very much at rhetoricals. Some of the noted men of the city speak to us on different interesting subjects. Those who are not interested at rhetoricals are stirred up by a prod in the back. The fourth period seems endless as our lunches are peacefully resting in our desks. When the dismissal bell rings at eleven-thirty, books are thrown aside, lunches are roughly grasped and we make a b-line for the lunch room. Eating is over within a short time. Then balls are gotten out, and for the next half-hour there is a lively scramble. The afternoon drags by. Then comes the usual interest in dismissal time. Aside from all the hard study, we have much fun. Never will we forget the good times of our Sophomore year. We hope to meet at West Commerce next year and remain until we graduate. Then we will go out into the world a great deal wiser and better for our four years of careful training. N the eighth of September, last year, a new class entered East Commerce. By the first of October, we were settled and everything was going along smoothly. In the room where the f'reshmen start, known as room six, the days passed very quickly. We spent our spare time getting acquainted, and soon began to know each other by such nicknames as, “Shorty,” “Curly” and “Shrimp.” The first high school party of the year was a happy time for us. We probably enjoyed the doughnuts and cider the most. The “tug of war” between the Freshmen and Sophomore boys was a great surprise. They were pulling with all their might, when the rope broke! This sent all the boys .sprawling on the ground. We Freshmen insist our side was ahead. Later in the year a D boys' basketball team was organized by Mr. Carrier, to play for the honor of our class. Our II D girls formed three teams, but, alas! only one has survived. The I D girls also have organized a team. CLASS OF 1917. HI