High School of Commerce - Caduceus Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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During our stay at Commerce we have watched with interest our various athletic teams grow from a weak stage into a powerful and formid- able one. Even Springfield’s severest critics have declared that the Com- merce teams this year have made a better showing than those of our two greatest rivals. We are proud to have represented on these various teams Louis Greenberg, an all-round athlete, playing star football, basket- ball, soccer, and baseball, Franklin Sylvester, basketball, baseball, and soccer, Samuel Zandan and James Izenstein, basketball, and baseball, Raymond Feiner playing baseball and also being basketball manager, with John Fitzgerald on the Commerce crew. Of no less worthy mention are our many class celebrities. Florence Martinelli, Teresina Bianchi, Astrid Christofferson, and Marjorie Hanson are singers of no small merit and we are sure to hear much of them in the near future. No doubt, many of you have heard Miss Martinelli and Miss Bianchi sing over the radio from the Westinghouse Station. Mary Marchetti has proved to us quite frequently her talent in playing the piano, and Henry Parker, the violin. We almost envy Margaret Anderson who has twice traveled around the world, and Blanche Gutfarb who speaks fluently many different languages. Dorothy Brooks, we shall yet hear, is the international champion woman swimmer and has successfully crossed the English Channel. Judging from their dramatic ability displayed here at school Helen Deane, Doris Kearns, Rose Klein, Myrtle Bunnell, Irene St. Germain and Aileen Provost will some day be successful actresses. We are proud of these three years spent here for we can truthfully say that each and every one of us has done his or her part to make every affair of the school a successful one. And now, dear under-graduates, we sincerely hope you will not hesi- tate to follow in our footsteps for we expect to be long remembered by each and every one of you. We earnestly hope that your years at Com- merce may be as pleasant as ours have been. To Mr. Ellis and all the faculty we bid a fond farewell. 9

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r (Class I'nstnni ( r Agnes L. Moynihan Just three short years ago the present class of February 1924 entered Commerce. Scared, green, helpless little freshmen we were. However, we felt very important to think that we had at last entered high school, the greatest high school in Springfield, Commerce. How the great corridors appealed to us and how we would welcome every chance that came to slide along their slippery surfaces. Then came the event we had previously heard so much about, the event to which we had so eagerly looked forward—our very own freshman reception, given to us by those ever-mighty seniors. But good times don’t last, even the Freshman year, and we soon became IA’s. My! how important we felt for were we not now about to organize as a class? Our first class meeting was held in Room 132 with Miss Mabel Peabody as our faculty adviser. We got busy right away and at the second meeting elected the following students for class officers: President—Louise Stone Vice-President—Joseph Labelle Secretary—Katherine Hackett Treasurer—Margaret Anderson Auditor—Doris Kearns Student Council—Thornley Gridley Our class stood out as being one of action and while we were still lA’s we planned for our I1B Social. This, as we all remember, proved a decided success. During this year the American History Medal was awarded to Louise Stone, and honorable mention was given to Lillian Modig. Before we realized it. another semester had gone by and we became IIA’s. As a result of our class elections this year Teresina Bianchi was elected president, Astrid Christofferson, vice-president, Helen Deane, secre- tary. Adeline Slattery, treasurer, Irene St. Gemain, auditor, and Paul Sullivan, Student Council. Last year both Junior classes had sole charge of the Christmas Assembly. Several beautiful tableaux representing “The Three Wise Men,” “The Babe in the Manger,” and the “Yule Log” together with a program of delightful Christmas music were given. We had as our guests the members of the Home for Aged Women and each received candy and a little Christmas gift from Santa Claus. Judging from the letters we received afterwards they must have had a perfectly wonderful time. We established a precedent when we were IIIB’s by having a “Senior Hop”. This was the first of its kind ever given at Commerce and, like all of our previous affairs proved most successful. For the first time too, class colors were used in the decorations, ours being Old Rose and Gray. So you can see for yourself how original we are. The special features of the evening were a mirth-provoking impersonation of Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean by Florence Martinelli and Helen Deane and the rendering of several beautiful piano selections by Mary Marchetti. We even had cute little dance programs just like those given at a Prom. For our IIIA year we have as officers, the ever popular Teresina Bianchi as president, Aileen Provost, vice-president, Glenna Sunderman, secretary, Margaret Anderson, treasurer, and Gertrude Morin, auditor. 8

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Until of Jfaitu' C. J Raymond Feiner Most Popular Boy Helen Deane “Miss High School of Commerce” Thornley Gridley Most Brilliant Bov Louise Stone Most Brilliant Girl Louis Class Athlete Teresina Bianchi Most Popular Girl 10