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

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Vol, CA DUCEOD March of Time Edition Spring, 1934 SC IBEO QB TIE IE AIR IK) oe PRINCIPALSHIP Choice Change No. 1 Principalship honor goes to tall, slim, vandyked, dynamic Carlos B. Ellis, [now retired], as father and founder of the school. “He looks like a millionaire, even if he isn’t one. School-teachers have rewards, but not in money,” said Bishop Hughes in an address to the pupils a few years before Principal Ellis’s resignation. Instructor and head of the com- mercial department established at Central High School in 1898 and transferred to Technical in 1906, in 1910 C. B. Ellis became principal of the separate commercial high school before it had a building of its own. The sessions were held afternoons at Central until 1015, when the present High School of Commerce was first occupied. To his foresight, Springfield owes a debt of gratitude, for without it the High School of Commerce would have been housed in a smaller building, with equipment totally inadequate for the great increase in enrolment. With dignity, honor, and the re- spect of all, Principal Ellis created a wonderful school spirit. He had an idea. He dreamed a dream, and it became reality. Gn 1930, Jerome Burtt, friendly, sympathetic man from Maine, Massachusetts, and Michigan, be- came the new principal. Innovator, he introduced Boys’ Patrol and General Organization, both in good working order. Popular principal, in 1933 he left Springfield for a higher position in the state educa- tional department. G.Erstwhile penmanship pedagogue at Commerce, and later principal at Evening High, Armory, and Van Sickle schools, Stanley O. Smith, business-like, forceful, took over the reins of administration in Sep- tember 1933. He “knows the ropes” and is in sympathy with the aims and ideals that have belonged since its be- ginning to the High School of Commerce: “to give students an education which shall fit them not alone for business life, but also for intelli- gent and useful citizenship.” —%e — O eee PACE LY Some Splendid Standbys In 1898, the commercial depart- ment had 2 teachers; in 1906, 9; in 1910, 16, including French-In- structor Bigelow, Stenog-Chief Campbell, Drill-Mistress Dearborn, Prime-Minister Kelly, Accountant Macalpine, Councilor Roberts, and Book-keeper Sinsabaugh. When the school marched up the hill into its new quarters, numbers grew. In 1915, 44 teachers sat at or on the brand-new desks, or stood professionally before them. These included, of the present faculty, be- sides the above-mentioned, Drama- Coach Allen, Office Danforth, Sten- ographer Danforth, Economist Hal- ligan, Placement-Man Masters, Areop-Adviser Miller, Rankster Pot- ter, and last but not least in the minds of Commercites, Cateress Campbell. At present, faculty roll-call stands at 82, with 7 on the list of adminis- trative officers. SS O STUDENTS Interesting Increase 1898—37 pupils 1906—3 10 1Q1O—4I10 1916—1058 1934—2277 7 ——“e ——— THE BUILDING Scenes © Statistics Years ago, children could sail their toy ships in a miniature sea of fresh water on the site of the High School of Commerce. The pond dwindled, became swampy, and then was used as a dump. In 1910, year of purchase for school- site, it was filled with all sorts of rubbish. To furnish firm founda- tion for the new building, into this bog husky workmen drove 1236 concrete piles. The 220 by 275 feet, red brick, limestone-trimmed edifice, in an adapted Collegiate Tudor style, was completed May 1, 1915, at a cost of a million dollars for site, building, and equipment. Each gym. has 3350 square feet of unobstructed floor space. But most of the school day, it is very much obstructed. It takes fifteen gallons of ink to satisfy the thirsty inkwells, each time all in the building are filled. A new supply is always expected. Fans draw in at the roof 141,000 cubic feet of fresh air every minute, believe it or not. No. of rooms: Basement—38 First floor—38 Second floor—36 Third floor—32 Total—144 The building was planned to ac- commodate 1500 pupils. Stairways at passing time are mute witnesses to the fact that conditions have changed since the “good old days.” Walking once around the inside of the building gives an eighth of mile hike to the walker. A nation-wide inspector of high schools a few years ago called it the “cleanest high school in the United States. That is a splendid repu- tation to live up to. — e-— — AND TIME MARCHES ON Page Seven

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= EP DRIDGE IVER ADEN: Eat FISHER, BESSIE L. TE ThAGG. REBECCA TOM Dao: FLYNN, HELEN G., A.B. HALLIGAN, Atice L., A.B., A.M. Harris, CATHERINE B., B.S. HILLMAN, SARAH A., A.B. HorrIiGAN, IRENE M., B.S. Hunt, MADELINE C., Mus.B. INGHAM, Mrs. ISABEL B. JACKSON, BELDING F., B.S., A.M. JEFFERSON, ELEANOR M. JENKS, MILpreED B., A.B. JOHNSON, Harriet M., A.B., A.M. JONES, Harotp W., B.P.E. Jupp, Martua B., A.B., B.S. KeELLy, Howarp C., A.B. KENDALL, Mrs. Rut J., A.B. Lewis, CHRISTINE L., A.B. Lippy, Winona F., B.S. IyNcH, HELEN M., A.B. MACALPINE, WILL W. Mapsen, Mrs. HItpa H., A.B. MARSDEN, EpITH F. MaAstTERs, WILLIAM C. Maurer, MADELINE E., A.B., A.M. McKeErtey, STILLMAN E., B.S. MELVILLE, G. DoNALD, A.B., A.M. MILLER, Guy D., A.B., Ed.M. MILLER, Haze K., A.B. Morrow, Dorotny L., B.S. Myers, ELBRYN H. B. NELLIGAN, Honora F., A.B. NorrGArbD, HELEN, B.S. OSWALD, CHARLES H., B.S. PALMER, Mrs. MARGARET O., A.B. ParkKER, HELEN E., A.B. PARMENTER, RALPH C., A.B. PEABODY, MABEL F., A.B. PEASE, THEODORE M., A.B. PERKINS, WILLIAM L., A.B., A.M. PHELAN, GENEVIEVE M., B.S. PHELPS, H. ELIZABETH POTTER, WARREN E. RANKIN, HELEN E., A.B. RoBerts, JENNIE M., A.B. Savoy, PHYLLIs, B.S. Scott, JANET E., A.B. SHIPWAY, LESLIE S., A.B. SINSABAUGH, Etta, A.B., A.M. SMITH, AuGustus H., A.B. TAYLOR, Harotp E., A.B., A.M. TIERNEY, HELENE G. TOLMAN, HELEN I., B.S. ToURTELLOTTE, L. FRANCES, A.B. ULLErRY, Mrs. ELIZABETH S., A.B. WALKER, ELEANOR M., B.C:S. WALKER, GILBERT C., A.B., Ed.M. WaTKINS, WILLIAM J., B.M. IN Ep. WHite, Bernice, A.B. WILLIAMS, RUSSELL L., B.B.A., M.B.A. WitiiaMs, Mrs. THERESA W., A.B. Second Semester Only BIANCHI, TERESINA C., CAMPBELL, Mrs. Mary C.. B.S. CHESSON, Mrs. MariAN C., R.N. DANFORTH, ALICE F., A.B. HuMBERSTON, HELEN M. MANSFIELD, AGNES WARD, WINIFRED M. English Physical Educ. [Girls] Foods, Clothing History Civics, Economics Typewriting Office Routine, Bookkeeping History Typewriting Foods English Assistant, Typewriting English English Asst. Physical Educ. [Boys] Head of Home Economics Head of Science Dept. History Educational Counsellor Penmanship, Office Routine French, History, Algebra Accounting History, Civics Commercial Art Law, Bookkeeping English Bookkeeping, Accounting History, Economics Head of Business Dept. History Bookkeeping, Stenography Physical Educ. [Boys | Typewriting Commercial Art Bookkeeping English Salesmanship History Stenography English History Asst. Physical Educ. |Girls | History Bookkeeping English English Assistant, Typewriting Clothing History, Economics Librarian, Civics Head of Social Science Dept. History, Economics Penmanship Foods Foods, Home Management English Typewriting Law, Bookkeeping, Accounting Music Clothing Bookkeeping English aE SS SET ERE Se ty ce RR PR SNE RE EE A A TL EE SE ET NST! CYA UD2Us GE Ue Se 103 Federal Street 64 Federal Street 896 Longmeadow, Long. 129 Westford Avenue 49 Northampton Ave. 27 Myrtle Street 20 Stebbins Street 24 Rupert Street 33 Massachusetts Ave. 229 Norfolk Street, Belchertown, Mass. 47 Virginia Street 320 Union Street 165 Princeton Street 232 Fountain Street 161 High Street 80 Rochelle Street 59 Wexford Street R. F. D. 1, Springfield 31 Thompson Street 60 Court St., Westfield 10 Dorchester Street Ridge Road, Wilbraham 327 St. James Avenue 199 Massachusetts Ave. 155 Belmont Avenue 15 Kimberley Avenue 20 Northumberland St. 143 Maple Rd., Long. 60 Northampton Ave. 407 Union Street 15 Rollins Street 79 Spring Street 854 White St., R. F. D. 2 68 Maryland Street 214 Williams St., Long. 485 White Street 72 Marlborough Street 161 High Street 133 Middlesex Street 52 Westford Circle 162 Eastern Avenue 14 School Street 40 Byers Street 408 Union Street 304 Union Street 40 Woodside Terrace 30 Avon Place 24 Berlin Street 191 High Street 86 Westford Avenue 154 Westford Avenue 30 Firglade Avenue 40 High Street 149 Maple Street 39 Lafayette Street 33 Massachusetts Ave. R. F. D. 1, Springfield 425 Central Street 75 School Street 73 Whitman Street 56 Forest Street First Semester Only T eave of Absence, Second Semester ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Clerk Director Lunch Dept. Nurse Office Supervisor, Secretary Clerk Asst. Director, Lunch Dept. Asst. Director, Lunch Dept. Page Six 98 Lincoln Park, Long. 123 Thompson Street 161 Sumner Avenue 80 Buckingham Street 63 Kensington Avenue 231 Belmont Avenue 254 Pearl Street

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; Dee WA Ee DEUS s Ba. sume tre: ANNA S. DANFORTH Class Adviser CHARLES H. Oswa p, B. S. CATHERINE B. Harris, B. S. Assistant Class Adviser Assistant Class Adviser Page Eight