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HIGH SCHOOL O school paper. Because of this previous experience he was chosen adviser to succeed Mr. Melville. Before Mr. Chatto came to the high school. Com- merced id not have such novelties as the columns Cubby Hole and Sialic, or the famous Commerce Kitty. Since then there has not been one copy without some unique feature for the readers to enjoy. Mr. Chatto also introduced a pictorial section which appears in Com- merce once every year. These pictures are in the form of cartoons and photo- gravures which present a resume of the year’s happenings at the High School of Commerce. Although issued by this high school, our paper is read by more people than by just the students. Each week many copies are sent out to high schools all over the country in exchange for their publications. Many of the Commerce alumni keep in touch with their alma mater by reading the weekly paper. Business men in Springfield have recog- nized the fact that Commerce can be used as a means of advertising their products, and the school can be proud of the many ads which appear weekly on t he third and fourth pages of every issue. In the twenty-one years since Com- merce was first organized, dissatisfac- tion, curiosity, and industry on the part of its producers have led to the paper which today is recognized as an excel- lent piece of journalism by all its readers. So keen has been the enthus- iasm of most pupils for the paper, that Caduceus, always dedicated to some person or activity outstanding in the school, has shown its appreciation this year by dedicating the year book to the school paper, Commerce. COMMERCE ADVISER As faculty adviser to the High School of Commerce newspaper, Mr. Clarence I. Chatto has developed a system of journalistic training that affords pup’ls unusual opportunity to study English through the medium of newspaper writing. The course he has worked out gives an intensive training, and the class is conducted on a plan which resembles, as closely as possible, the operation of a city newspaper. During the senior year any pupil may choose English IX, the introduc- tion course to English X. which is the more advanced study of journalism. All students electing to take English X, which is under the supervision of Mr. Chatto, must first be approved F COMMERCE — I cither by him or by Mr. Bclding F. Jack- son. who also teaches English IX. Thus it is important that the work of the student of English IX be above the average, if he intends to continue with the journalism course. Mr. Chatto has been intensely in- terested in school publications since he first became acquainted with them as a freshman in high school. Me was born in Sargent ville, Maine, and at- tended a small country school for a short time. College came next. Mr. Chatto received his B. A. and M. A. degrees from Bates and Harvard, respectively. At Bates he was active in the debating society and pursued his literary ambition as president of the Writers’ Club. Before he came to the High School of Commerce, Mr. Chatto held several positions in vari- ous schools in New England. He was principal for two years of the high school in Island Falls, Maine. For five yea is he was principal of the high school at Orono, Maine. Following this he went to Danvers, Massachusetts, as head of the English department in the high school. From there he went to Fall River, Massachusetts. Then in 1926 he came to Commerce as head of the English department. Mr. Chatto is not always engrossed in school work, for he plays a crack game of golf. He coaches the Com- merce golf team, and has often brought forth championship golf material among the boys here. FOUNDER RESIGNS This year Mr. G. Donald Melville is resigning as adviser for the High School of Commerce year book. Caduceus. He took over this work when Caduceus became the permanent year book in 1926, and has served as adviser ever since. Mr. Melville, or Doc”, as he is better known, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and was graduated from the Hyde Park High School there. Later he went to the University of New Hampshire, where he received his degrees. His college days were somewhat interrupted by the advent of the World War. Most of his war service was spent as a non-commis- sioned officer training boys in prepara- tion for lighting on the other side. He was well equipped for this work, as he had had four years of military training in high school and two years at college. ( 7 ) 9 3 8 CADUCEUS At the close of the war he resumed his college career. He was on the college track team for three years, and was holder of the quarter-mile record. Doc also played inter-class basketball and football at the Uni- versity. After he left college, he spent several months as cost accountant for a con- struction company in Boston. Follow- ing this work, he accepted a position as head of the history department at Cushing Academy. He then went to Manchester, New Hampshire, to a position as sports editor of the Man- chester Union and Lender. During his term as sports editor he was compli- mented several times by his readers because he had his reporters write their stories free from slang expressions, such as splitting the hoop, parting the drapes,” etc. Mr. Melville enjoyed his work very much, although the hours were long and the pay small. He would recommend newspaper work for a single man, but would strongly advise a married man not to enter it. Two years later, in 1923, he came to Commerce as a teacher of geography and history. Utter he extended his teaching to economics and world history. For six years Doc coached the track team. In 1929. as a reward of his efforts, the team received the interschool title. In 1926, when it was decided that the January and June classes should combine to bring out a year book to be entitled Caduceus, Mr. Melville became the first faculty adviser. This position he held until 1930, when he was relieved of the editorial adviser- ship. The 1938 issue will be the last published under his direction. TEACHERS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW 1. How some pupils can learn so thoroughly how to do nothing at all. 2. Why 4 E pupils must stay at home so often to rest. 3. Why the expert alibi pupils can’t write original compositions. 4. How some pupils have learned so little in so many years. 5. Where some pupils store their mental equipment during their senior year. 6. One teacher wants to know why pupils find history dates so difficult to remember, and social dates so difficult to forget.
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CADUCEUS — I THE COMMERCE For twenty-one years Coininirct lias provided for the students news of school activities, given encqur$ gemerit for do- ing bettes work‘by means Of its edi torials and success stories of alumni, acquainted fellow students with each other through the medium of personal columns, and offered an opportunity for the contributions of feature stories and poems. Now. however, Mr. Clarence I. Chatto, who has been connected with the paper for the past eleven years, states that more improvement could and should be madeto promotea larger circulation. According to Mr. Chatto, the pupils of the future should aim to improve the writing and printing of all stories and articles. Accuracy in spelling, espec- ially of proper names; greater use of humor in editorials; attractiveness of editorial and special feature headings; and greater competence in getting out the paper — these would lead to a superior newspaper. Besides the above suggestions, it is thought that greater encouragement could be given students to contribute more of their own original writings, for these contributions add to the interest of schoolmates in reading the paper. Several former students from the jour- nalism classes of the High School of Commerce are now working on promi- nent newspaper staffs, or doing some other outstanding work in the held of journalism. Norma Aronson, a con- tributor of original work, has had a brilliant writing career. She has written stories for newspapers and maga .ines, won several prizes for short stories for the Scholastic Magazine, won the Zona Gale Scholarship which is awarded to only three girls in the United States, prepared one hundred human interest stories for newspapers to aid the Com- munity Chest Drive, and has done many other such pieces of work. Roy Dykstra. Billy Cavanaugh, Steve Lem- anis. and Paul Krause are other ex- amples of Commerce staff students who have distinguished themselves in the newspaper world by doing good work on the city staff of the Springfield Union, sports writing for the Daily Neu-s. outstanding jobs in the business department of the Springfield news- papers, and notable work in the field of news photography. Today we have in our midst Henrietta Decker, a promis- 8 — HIGH SCHOOL mg poet and short story writer, who has kept the Pensive Poet column of Com- merce filled during this last semester, and .wild has contributed generously to the Magazine Section of Caduceus. A very favorable career is forecast for her. In addition to these improvements, Mr. Chatto has stated that he should like to make Commerce a daily paper, thus eliminating the daily bulletins. He would divide the staff into five sep- arate groups, each division having an editor for each department: News, Sports. Features. Editorials, and Col- umns. Every group would l e given a specified day for getting out the paper; thus, the staff appointed to get out the paper on Wednesday could start right in working Thursday on the paper for the succeeding Wednesday. In this manner, each division would have one whole week in which to do its reporting, writing, printing, and distributing of Commerce. The only drawback at pres- ent is that the cost would be too great. However, a change in the student mone- tary system could be arranged if the pupils were willing to give a few extra cents toward promoting their paper in this way. All these things, then, would build up Commerce to the extent of making it one of the most eminent school papers in Western Massachusetts, if not in New England. Naturally it would take much time to carry out these suggestions, but they are well worth considering. IN RETROSPECT In October. 1037. the editorial board of Caduceus, the year book of the High School of Commerce, met with Miss Helen Rankin, the adviser, to make plans for the new book. It was unani- mously decided that the January-June 1938 issue should be dedicated to Com- merce. the weekly publication of the school. During the past twenty-one years students and members of the faculty have devoted much time and energy to Commerce. They have built the paper from a small, monthly magazine to the large and well-written weekly newspaper now printed. Before 1917, Springfield’s three high schools, Classical, Technical, and Com- merce. issued a monthly magazine called the Recorder. After the High School of Commerce had been trans- ( 6 ) OF COMMERCE ferred to its present building, the stu- dents and faculty decided that such a large institution should publish a paper alone; and in 1917 Commerce was founded as a student council project under the advisership of Miss Dorothy Bcldcn, who served for three years. The task of being adviser of the paper was then passed around at regular in- tervals to teachers in the English De- partment. among whom were Miss Bernice Dearborn, Miss Genieve Allen, Miss Lucille Flag, and Miss Roberts, t he council director. The first issue was dedicated to the late Carlos B. Ellis, then principal of the High School of Commerce. The paper boasted eight pages; the sheets were no larger than the loose-leaf note- books which are used in schools at the present time. The paper remained the same in size and makeup until 1921, when Mr. Ham- ilton Torrey, a new teacher at Com- merce, was appointed adviser. He in- troduced the subject of Journalism as part of the English Department during that year, and applied the teachings of this course directly to Commerce. From then on the paper improved immensely in its journalistic qualities, as it was transferred to the hands of the students taking journalism. As a result, many changes were made. The new adviser cut down the number of pages from eight to six, enlarged the sheets to the present size, and introduced the little news boxes, known as ears, which ap- pear in the upper corners of the first page. A single copy then could be pur- chased for eight cents, although the price for one semester was seventy-five cents. In 1924 Mr. Torrey was forced to leave because of illness, and Mr. G. Donald Melville took active charge of the paper. He was chosen because of four years of newspaper experience previous to his entering Commerce. Mr. Melville started the system of using selected pupils to work on the paper. He made two other changes, by reduc- ing the pages to the present number of four, and charging three cents less for one copy. Cow wcrcc experienced another change in advisership when Mr. Clarence I. Chatto came to the High School of Commerce from the Fall River High School in 1926. Ever since his high school days he had been connected with a school or college newspaper. At Fall River High School he had organized the
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