Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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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

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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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Oh, Mister Leighton, with your brooms, Your dust cloth and your ladder, And with your presence in our rooms, You surely make us gladder. M. S., '17. Over at the lunch room Where the students crowd at noon, There are mince pies, and bread and ham, And also beef, and veal and lamb, Pie-plant and huckle-berry pie, Pears, plums and grapes, oh, me, oh, my! G. G.. '17. The walls were painted tan and brown, And Grace got paint on her new gown. All the woodwork was newly varnished, And the boys’ hands all looked tarnished Because they didn’t see the sign Which hung on the wall from five to nine, Telling them that the paint was new. Did I see it? Say, did you? M. Me.. ’17. There is a young fellow called Jim, Who is rather inclined to be slim. We lost him one night When he dropped out of sight Through a crack in the floor of the gym. T. McH., ’16. Elbert Wilson is taller than Jim, But is not a bit thicker than “him.” It would take three shoe ties To make one of his size And a hat-pin would do for each limb. T. McH., ’16. You’ll agree our strong man is Purma, Than whom none are stronger or firmer; His playing’s a treat, Yet he can take a defeat, And from him you’ll ne’er hear a murmur. T. McH., ’16. 150