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

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“CA DUCE U S Among those who have studied law are these four who are now successfully prac- ticing their chosen profession in the city of Springfield: James F, Egan, Vincent J. Panetta, Kirby S. Baker, and Vincent J. Zeo. Among those who have studied medicine are Frank B. Tompkins, 1924, who has a very successful practice in the city of Baltimore, Alexander Russell, 1922, who has recently opened an office in the city of Springfield, and Fannie Sender, 1920, a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, and who is now an interne in the Newark, New Jersey, City Hospital. The ministry has attracted one of our graduates, George A. Taylor, 1921, who is now doing a very fine piece of work as rector of the Episcopal Church at Easthampton. Business, of course, has claimed the largest number of our graduates, and the follow- ing are among the more successful: Raymond B. Shattuck, 1909, is president of Alexander Grant Son, Incorporated; Chester J. Chambers, 1915, is assistant trust officer of the Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Company; Alfred H. Hastings, 1907, is treasurer of the Springfield Institution for Savings; Stanley C. Hope, 1912, is vice- president of the Gilbert Barker Manufacturing Company; Frank A. Schlesinger, 1907, is treasurer of the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company; and William A. Hebert, 1904, is secretary of the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company. Two of our Alumni are successful public accountants in the city of Springfield. They are Jonas Heit, 1921, and Frank White, 1918. Among the young women who have been distinctly successful in business are Margaret E. Ganley, 1906, who is one of the officers of the Ellis Title and Convey- ancing Company, and Matilda Farber, 1918, who is in charge of the advertising de- partment of the Albert Steiger Company. Mrs. Esther Hall Snowdon, 1912, and Mary E. Woodbury, 1909, have attained distinct success as public stenographers. No record of the accomplishments of the graduates of the school would be com- plete without some reference to Florence Martinelli who was the prima donna of the Class of 1924. She has kept up her interest in music since she graduated, and has played the leading role in several local productions, among which are: ‘“The Prince of Pilsen’’, ‘‘Trial by Jury’, ‘“Chimes of Normandy’’, and ‘‘Sally’’. Two of the most interesting members of the alumni are Ng Pakying and Richard Eng. Ng Pakying was an honor pupil at the time of his graduation in 1924. After grad- uation he crossed the high seas to Hongkong, where he soon secured a position in a bank. He returned to Springfield a year later to manage the Canton restaurant for a period of two months. At this time he was also taking a correspondence course in banking, law, and accounting, and working hard for a C. P. A. degree. He returned to China in 1929, and has his old position in the bank. He hopes to come back to the United States and finish his education. The story of the other Chinese Alumnus is quite different, for Richard Eng, a grad- uate of the Class of 1926, married soon after his return to China in 1927. During the summer months he is in Alaska in charge of importing and exporting stations for China. He returns to Seattle, Washington, in the winter. The newspaper field has attracted a number of our graduates. Among these, we will mention one, John W. Colton, 1900, who is now the editor and proprietor of ‘‘The Independent’’, Bristol, Pennsylvania. There are others, of course, too numerous to mention who have carried out our motto, ‘‘Industry and Integrity’. We hope that in the future there will be still more who will accomplish big things and who will do their share towards making a better world Page Eleven

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ae CA es Ce ke Ue His Honor Dwicut R. WinTER - 1907 - Mayor of Spring field ait Commerce in the World 7 (i); four thousand young men and women have graduated from the High School of Commerce since the commercial department was organized in 1898. These young people are to be found in all parts of our country and in a great variety of vocations. Of course, the majority of them are engaged in business occupations, but several of them are occupying positions of responsibility in our municipal organization, A number are engaged in teaching and others are practicing the professions of law and medicine. Perhaps the most distinguished graduate now living in the city is Dwight R. Winter, 1907, who was recently elected mayor of the city. Clifford F. Smith accepted a position in the office of the City Clerk when he graduated in 1909, and has since been advanced to the office of City Clerk. George W. Rice, 1901, became a clerk in the office of the City Treasurer soon after his graduation and is now Assistant City Treasurer. J. William Cunliffe, 1905, is now serving his city in the very important capacity as chairman of the Board of Public Works. Quite a number have continued their education after graduation from high school and have taken up the vocation of teaching. We are particularly proud of the fact that three of the Alumni, Robert G. Elliot, Barbara B. Corey, and Genevieve M. Phelan are teaching in the High School of Commerce. Two other graduates, Eleanor M. Jefferson, and Pauline E. Lange are assistant typewriting teachers, and two others, Helen Humberston and Teresina Bianchi, are doing secretarial work in the school office. It is a fine thing for any school to have on its teaching staff graduates of the school who are thoroughly in sympathy with the spirit of the school. Others who have taken up the profession of teaching are Dr. Fred W. Maroney, 1901, who is in charge of the work in physical education in the public schools of Atlantic City, and who has recently accepted the principalship of the Arnold School of Physical Education in New Haven; his brother, Arthur C. Maroney, 1912, who is teaching physical education in the high school in Passaic, New Jersey; and Harold E. Cowan, 1907, who has charge of the commercial department in the high school at Dedham, Mass. A school of dramatic art has been established in this city by Esther Riner, 1922. She has frequently delighted the pupils in The High School of Commerce with recitals. Page Ten

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