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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