Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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THE GIRLS' GLEE CLUB. PROMINENT among the many organizations to be found in our High School is our Girls' Glee Club. This society has accomplished much during the past year. The first task of any importance to be undertaken was the writing of a constitution. The next project was the selection of a suitable pin, and many words of praise were showered on Nellie Palmer, the vice president, for her cleverness in designing an emblem so suitable. The constitution confines the number of members to thirty-two, but this is not thought an obstacle but rather a stepping-stone to successful entertaining. The Glee Club has shared the responsibility of the clubs of the school, and on January nine gave a delightful party in the gymnasium. Social functions naturally are not our chief aim, but rather the reward of patient, weekly rehearsals. The direct result of our work was shown at rhetoricals and at the Annual Concert, which was given by the Glee Club and Orchestra. The girls were extremely sorry to learn on their return to school last fall of the death of their former instructor, Mr. Manville. It was through his suggestions and help that the Glee Club was first organized, and his efforts to make it a success were untiring. We realized, however, that these things must come into our lives, and began once more the rehearsals under the direction of Mr. Montgomery. As we became accustomed to our new director, work went on in a uniform way, and it is because of this that a great amount of excess energy is turned into a valuable product. EVYLENE YOUNG, ’14. 81

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DEBATES. A CALL for candidates for the debating team was issued by Mr. McMyler late in November. After the team for interscholastic contests was chosen, the members immediately set to work preparing for our debate with East Tech. On January the twenty-third, the first debate of the year occurred in our own auditorium. The question was: Resolved, That the United States Congress should adopt House Resolution 22143, a bill providing for Philippine Independence in 1921. Our representatives, Ralph Mullen, Emil Greenhut, and Ben Goldman, upheld the affirmative side, as East Tech had chosen to maintain the negative. The crowd that assembled was all that could be desired, as nearly 500 people were present. The audience was keyed up to a high pitch of expectancy, and enthusiastic school yells of both schools, were heard in all parts of the auditorium. Each team made a good presentation of its position, but in the rebuttal Commerce was decidedly in the lead. The East Tech boys could not penetrate our defence. The result was a unanimous decision in favor of the affirmative. Having vanquished East Tech, the team set to work again, preparing for our next debate at West Tech. It was up to Tech to submit the ques- 82