Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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CONVERSATION AT COMMERCE. GRADUATES of Commerce have always gone out well equipped in business methods. Those graduating in February, 1914, have secured a new line of advantage, which, with their other acquirements, they count as an asset in life. Practical lessons in conversation have given the February graduates points of view from the side of both host and guest. The pupils in groups entertained each other, entertained instructors or were entertained, as the order of the day dictated. Added power and purpose in conversation, ability to hold their own in discussing every-day topics, in introducing new questions for consideration, in drawing out others and in keeping interest alive, are a few of the advantages the pupils gain by Conversational Practice. An Eastern college is considering a course in conversation, but Commerce has outdone this; while the college was planning, our school was already giving practical lessons in conversation. 66

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THE FRESHMEN CANDY SALE. THE Freshmen candy sale was advertised by artistic posters and by • the Freshmen themselves, who were decorated with the “Order of Sweets, a stick of candy. So much real home-made candy was donated that its sale lasted two days. The Freshmen were enabled to add to the Annual Fund forty-two dollars and five cents. “D” DAY. EXCITEMENT among the Freshmen ran high on the twenty-first of November, the evening we were to give the “Flat” Entertainment. We named our play “A Living Magazine, and the scheme was carried out in a splendid way. The spirit in which the boys and girls worked helped teachers to make the day a success. First came the magazine cover, consisting of the Pilgrims coming home from church. The editorial part of our magazine consisted of the five ages of the High School of Commerce. This was humorously illustrated by having five boys, varying in size, from the smallest flat in knee-breeches to the tallest and most dignified member of our class. This showed to the eye the growth of our school. The reproductions of many of the world-wide advertisements were our next features. The literary part of our magazine came next. This was varied by having a playlet entitled “A Lesson in Manners, the illustrated story of Miles Standish, and a Reading. Advertisements again came, among which was one of the Ohio Floral Company. This firm shewed their appreciation for the advertisement by sending the one representing them a basket of flowers, with autumn leaves for costume decoration. Although we have only started our career in the High School of Commerce, still we have shown upper class-mates and friends that Commerce “Flats can do great things when they try. EDNA BUESCH, '17. «5

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THE SENIORS’ SECRET. RUMOR says that the “Senior Girls,” next September, are planning- to adopt a uniform dress, the exact style of which is kept a secret. But we understand it consists of a Balkan, or a Middy Blouse and a dark skirt. The Junior Girls will probably follow suit, and, perhaps, the Sophomores and Freshmen also. In that case, the classes should wear different colored ties to distinguish the year. They say the Seniors will choose black, for being very select, dignified and solemn, they will want a tie which represents all they feel. It has been suggested that the Freshmen wear green, as they are very young, and, also, that it may attract some attention from the Seniors, for the Freshmen are seldom seen, and never heard. ONE IN THE SECRET. MRS. CLIFFORD CATLIN. GOOD luck wishes by the score are sent from the school to Tucson, Arizona, where our former teacher, Miss Pearl Palmer, abides. Her name is no longer Palmer, but Mrs. Clifford Catlin. The marriage occurred on Christmas Day, in the year nineteen thirteen. The fondest wish of the entire school is that Health, Wealth and Happiness shall follow the path of our well-loved friend and teacher. CLARENCE B. GIBSON. POST GRADUATES, 1914. REPRESENTATIVES of the various High Schools in the city—namely, graduates from Central, East, Lincoln, Glenville, and South, and a small body of students from several towns in Ohio, entered Commerce this year, for the purpose of fitting ourselves for positions in the business world. Inured to hard work by the training of our respective Alma Maters, a rather imperative discipline, and close application to study, we found in the High School of Commerce a spirit so akin to that of former school days that we hailed it with joy. The Lecture Course and the musical programs afforded us a relaxation from the more material demands of the school curriculum, and we tackled our studies with a zest almost excelling that of former years. The manipulation of the typewriter keys fascinated us, inasmuch as it was essentially different from former work—such a chasm between the parsing of French verbs and Latin declensions and the practical typewriting. We feel with regret the approach of spring, and the end of our pleasant relations with this school. We sincerely hope that in years to come, each similar class may be as successful in its chosen work and as grateful to the High School of Commerce as are w e, the Post Graduate Class of 1914. BERTHA LAPONSKY, Central High School. ’13. Commerce P. G., ’14.