Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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Miss Allen, the ninth period: “We have a few spelling words left over from tomorrow.” It has almost been decided to furnish the penmanship classes with knives, “To cut that out.” Miss Beman to Elsie F.: “Elsie, stay on your own desk, don’t spread out.” Mr. Twiggs: “Irene, will you please answer the phone, I think it was the Cuyahoga “bell.” Carmita C. (to Mr. Carrier) : “I could not get the sixth example in yesterday’s home work.” Mr. Carrier: “Multiply the cows by the weeks.” Miss Pittis: “What is a hackney writer?” Carl W.: “A man who drives horses for rich people.” Miss Pittis: “What is a coffee house?” William N. (understanding her to say coffin house) : “A morgue.” Miss Allen: “What is the meaning of conciliate?” John T.: “To win over from a state of hospitality.” Miss Allen: “What is the meaning of laurels?” Helene D.: “Laurel is an evergreen shrub having automatic leaves.” A girl reciting on a chapter of Treasure Island said: “Jim sat down with a good appetite and ate it.” Mr. Carrier: “How can you tell the difference between cane and beet sugar?” Raymond S.: “The cane sugar resolves in water more quickly than the beet sugar.” Libby: “Do these essays have to be written on ink paper?” Mr. Carrier: “No, they’re to be written on chapter thirteen.” 148

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CANDY SALE OF 1914. THIS year, just before the spring vacation, we raised money for our school fund and the Annual by our candy sale. The II C Class had a candy booth, a fortune teller, bowling alleys, and a zoo. The I C’s sold lemonade. Besides selling candy the II D girls had a play and the boys a vaudeville show. In an elaborately decorated booth the I D’s sold candy, peanuts and paper bouquets. They also had a fish pond which they sold out very quickly. At two-thirty the classes were dismissed and the noise and fun began. Immediately there was a large crowd around the ticket booth. Then there was a rush for the different candy booths. The alumni of the school arrived just after the sale started. Wayne Temple and Alfred Wood, gorgeously dressed, acted as barkers. After the candy and lemonade were sold out, dancing began. At five o’clock the fun ended. Everybody enjoyed the sale very much. The net proceeds were forty dollars. R. E., '16. We take a peep At Mrs. Heap To buy a bag of candy. We're always there, To fill a chair, We think her store is handy. M. G., '17. Our boys arc proud, of new jerseys loud, To wear when they basketball play. It surely seems sad, few victories they’ve had, But probably they’ll win some day. Applied Arts is pretty slow, Bookkeeping’s about as bad, English, too, doesn’t seem to go, But Mathematics drives me mad. W. J., ’17. Libbey, Fanny and Ethel All sit in Room Two. If you should try to part them You’d have a job to do. 147 I. K., ’17.

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Miss Pittis: “Who may be classed as adult parasites?” Edna T.: “Cannibals.” When specimens of flax seed oil cake in brick form were passed to Esther B. she asked: Does the flax grow in this shape?” Miss Allen: “What is the meaning of tournament?” Ruth K.: “A contest for companionship.” Miss Pittis: “Name a by-product of sugar.” Myrtle Me.: Oxygen of hydrogen. Miss Pittis hearing a commotion in the basketball court beside her room sent Elmer 0. to see if those were “Our boys.” Elmer 0.: “No, they’re our girls.” Miss Kraft: “Class, I want you to draw a five-inch square.” John C.: “How long is it?” OURSELVES AS OTHERS SEE US. Our master here is Mr. Twiggs tall, Who stops all running through the hall. His office is placed way up so high He seems like a god looking down from the sky. M. B., ’17. There is a boy at Commerce High, And he has great renown. The reason for it—you know why— He never was known to frown. W. J., ’17. Our William Nash is very rash, One day in school he broke a rule To ask, “How do you debit cash?” There is a teacher in room number seven, The order she keeps reminds one of heaven, With her you don’t dare turn your head, Or sharpen your pencil if you’ve broken its lead. M. B., ’17. 149