Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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CLASS DAY SPEAKERS. Prophet....................Evylene Young Historian ..........................Homer Twitchell Poet ...............................Ethel Lyon Orator....................Melania Cadisch Musician...........................Amanda Randolph Humorist .................... Doris Cave Class Will ................Arthur Xavier COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS. Flora Bratburd John Mayer Edna Henning Ralph Mullen Ben Goldman Yetta Weiss Ethel Nygren OFFICERS OF SENIOR CLASS. Fall Term. Ralph Mullen .. Melania Cadisch Homer Twitchell Yetta Weiss ... Clarence Barber ... President ... . Vice President . ... Secretary ... ... Treasurer ... Sergeant-at-Arms Spring Term. .. Ben Goldman Flora Bratburd . Arthur Xavier Evylene Young Harry Thomas EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Carl Groth Flora Bratburd Gladys Bolton John Stark Ralph Mullen Anna Herwald Grace Curtis Helen Peach FINANCE COMMITTEE. Emily Gaiser Ethel Lyon Louise Brown Clarence Gibson Mildred Kraus Adelbert Smith ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE. Dorothy Prosser Eleanor Murphy Evylene Young Ethel Lyon Louise Brown Isabelle Oviatt DECORATIVE COMMITTEE. Nellie Palmer Anna Herwald Arthur Xavier 52 Clarence Barber John Stark Walter Krauss

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M stands for McDowell, she’s saving of dimes, Next Michael and Murphy. We mention betimes, Mrohaly and Mullen, a name heard three times. M’s for McDonnell, McCorkindale too; McTigue, Mayer and Menger now come into view. M’s also for Moskovitz, Mettel and Minch, Miller and Molitor, who do well in a pinch. N is for Newberger, his first name is Max, Nygren and Nehls, who learn Salesmanship knacks. 0 stands for O'Connor, Patsy for short, lie always is willing and ready for sport. P’s for Palmer, Puska, Prosser and Peach, Four little girls who are easy to teach. Q is for quiet, the study room word, Though to one class of pupils, it seems very absurd. R is for Randolph, for Rayner and Rife, All wise, and all able to meet the world's strife. S is for Snyder, whom we know very well; In her seat she is found at the ring of the bell. S starts Selmanovitz, Shannon and Stark, Solomon and Soskin, who should sing like a lark. Then, too, Schwartz and Schmidt in the S’s must come, Smith and Snider, two people who sometimes chew gum. T’s for Thunhorst and Todd; two more of the bunch, Twitchell and Thomas on pretzels will lunch. U is for ugly, the way we each look, When it comes time to open some bothersome book. V is for virtues which all must possess, In order through life, to meet with success. W's for Weinberg, two Weiss’s, Wiseman and Weil, Woldman and Weiner, these are always in style. X is for Xavier, whom strangers admire; To finance this Annual’s his earnest desire. Y is for Young, who collects Senior dues, And helps with the Annual by bringing in news. Z’s the last letter to appear; since, in fine, None claim it, I’ll use it to fill in this line. LELAND WISEMAN, ’14. si

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“VISITING THE GEYSER—A SENIOR SCRAMBLE.” EVERYBODY has heard of a geyser, yet few have seen one, as most of them are fixed features of the earth; but at Commerce we learned of a geyser (Gaiser) that at stated intervals could be heard spouting and seen in action. In search of this phenomenon, accompanied by Twitchell, Prosser, Brady and a small number of other Commerce Seniors, I walked to a station of a little western town and asked the ticket agent to direct us to the Gaiser, which reports said had last been seen near Gilli-land. A little boy who was standing near, said with great Curtis-sy that he would go with us. He took pleasure in pointing out the new buildings which showed the Groth of the town. A statue of a pioneer who had been a great Bowman, stood in front of one of these buildings. We came to a Black Cave near the edge of the town and he eagerly told a story of the time when a big Lyon went through the streets terrifying the inhabitants, and then hid near the Cave. After three weeks he came out and walked across the Heath (as the boy called the prairie) and disappeared. Near the Cave was a little Greenhut where a Freedman who was now a Fischer, lived. After being Fried, he proved to be a Goodman and gave the boy a Peach as we passed his hut. We soon came to the hotel, in front of which stood a Brown Buesch. I was told that the hotel belonged to a rich Burger whom the people called Goldman. Before the boy left us, he said, “Wait a Weil and you will see a wedding.” We walked into the hotel and asked for rooms. I was taken to one which was situated over the dining-room, and when I opened the door I saw that the Mettel Fawcett had been broken, and the room was filling with water. The wedding party had just arrived and every one was busy down-stairs, Knorr did they answer my call. I closed the door and went down also. The Young daughter of the Mayer had married Thomas, the Baker. The wedding party sat at a private table and were surrounded by the guests. The Miller, the Barber, the Wiseman and a Palmer were honored guests as they had helped at the wedding. The Miller ground the flour for the cake, the Barber shaved the bridegroom, and Solomon, the Wiseman, gave them much advice. The feast went on merrily until suddenly some water dropped from the ceiling and fell on the cake. Fear was Rife until people went up-stairs to see what was the matter. There my entire room was full of water, and this had leaked through the floor. The landlord blew a Horn (he had no bell), and in answer to the summons, a bellboy came running to the room. He was told to find the Smith and have him bring a Hammer, Nehls and other tools to mend the Fawcett. In the meantime, one of the guests suggested putting a Bolt-on the Fawcett, but this proved of no avail. We heard the bellboy shout Hoh-man” (as he could Cald-well), and saw him running after the Smith. After a few moments both came back to the hotel. The Fawcett was quickly repaired, and the guests went down-stairs again to finish the dinner. 63