Commerce High School - Reveille Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Administration HE Detroit High School of Commerce was tirst organized in 1909 as a department in the Cass Technical 'High School. It remained as a part of this institution until 1918 when it was moved to the Vvilkins School Building on Porter Street and organized as an independent high school with an enrollment of 541. The enrollment increased rapidly and soon outgrew the capacity of the Wilkins Building. 1n 1922 it was moved to its present location and grew amaz- ingly, so that four years later it was found necessary to organize an East Side High School of Commerce in the Ioyce School Building, 8411 Sylvester Avenue. This school hegan with ninth and tenth grade students and now has the eleventh grade as well. East Commerce High School is a division of the High School of Commerce and occupies the entire Ioyce School Building. In 1928 the main building hecame a senior high school with grades ten, eleven and twelve. A post- graduate secretarial course for high school graduates is also offered at the main building. The total membership of the entire school this year was well over thirty-tive hundred. Courses of study are offered to meet the needs of various types of students. Approximately seventy-live per cent of the students choose the four-year course, which offers well-rounded preparation for a husiness. career. More than two hundred and fifty high school graduates have enrolled in the post-graduate secretarial course during the past year and have received intensive training in the secretarial subjects. Definite two and three year courses are offered to those students who must leave school before completing a regular high school course. The High School of Commerce is on the accredited list of the University of Nlichigan and the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The graduating classes this year are the largest in the history of the school. To them 1 extend heartiest wishes for success in commercial fields, and gratitude for the fine spirit shown at Commerce. To the undergraduates, 1 can only say, Carry On. I. L. HOLTSCLAXV Page Eight