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

Text from Pages 1 - 148 of the 1939 volume:

CADUCEUS 1939 VOLUME 14 PUBLISHED BY THE SENIOR CLASSES. OF THE HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE — SPRINGFIELD - MASSACHUSETTS - Sag te ; ihn o5° f ci ; : h core ’ m on ar eta! : oe a i F | | =. at oe So i 7 - - - es a . ea 7 ao J =i q ad ‘ a Fi | « aa [ae ine rece || | “ j== i —— vx NS Mr. G. Donald Melville [IN APRPREGTA TION The January and June Classes of 1939 wish to extend their appreciation to Mr. G. Donald Melville for his outstanding efforts in bringing the yearbook, Caduceus, to its present high standard. In 1926, Mr. Melville became the first faculty sponsor of the newly formed Caduceus. He was the sole counselor until 1930, when he was relieved of the editorial advisership. Mr. Mel- ville then became manager, a position he held until his resignation last June after twelve years of service. Last spring an editorial page of the Springfield Union contained a paragraph eulogizing the Page 5 originality and scholastic standing of two differ- ent issues of Caduceus, those of 1934 and 1938. The first of these was the Time Magazine issue, in which Mr. Melville collaborated with Miss Harriet M. Johnson, literary adviser for seven years. The second later received one of the highest literary awards that is given to a school yearbook, a rating of first place in the Columbia University Scholastic Press Association. We feel that a great part of the success which Caduceus has attained is due to the unfailing interest and the long hours of work contributed by its founder, Mr. G, Donald Melville. MR. A. ABBOTT KAPLAN During thelatter part of our stay at the High School of Commerce, it has been our privilege to welcome cordially our new assistant principal Mr. A. Abbott Kaplan. He has proved himself so great an asset to the school that now we do not see how we ever sufficed without him. Hiskeen understanding, his pleasing personality, and his initiative have made us sincerely ap- preciate his guidance. Wewish him a long and successful stay at the High School of Com- merce! MR. S. 0. SMITH Our principal, Mr. S. O. Smith, has been responsible for the success of our senior classes. Working both with the groups as a whole and with many of the individuals, he has made our stay here at the High School of Commerce as pleasant and profitable as possible. He has aided us unceasingly with program difficulties, questions of employment, and even with domes- tic problems. When we have asked him for aid in times of trouble, he has given his assistance most willingly. We hope that we have shown him how much we appreciate his efforts, for his sincerity, honesty, and frankness have made us regard him as a true friend. He's very firm and steadfast; He stands with chin outthrust, Aggressive in his purpose, Determined in his trust. He's here to make us finer In thought and word and deed, To stand with him in triumph Before his noble creed. He's very stern and rugged, His eyes a chilled, blue sword, Yet gentleness and humor Lurk glinting in each word. Page 6 Miss DANFORTH REAEBS TIONS PROM THE sslOB DINE Industry, integrity, and good cheer— these seem to be the watch- words of the efficient office force of the High School of Commerce. One of the secretaries, typing a letter, sends out sounds like those from a toy drum. Another, with concentrated brow, may be registering the attendance, or scenting a possible truancy. The third appears always to be calculating expenses —or is she adding credits on our program card? Occasionally a merry word or joke passes between them. ‘They pause; laugh; then cheerfully return to their jobs. They do, indeed, make an excellent example for those of us con- demned to the penal bench! Mrs. MOAKLER Miss HUMBERSTON Page 7 FOREWORD Our alphabet, once merely the insignia of an infant stage of education, came into national adult prominence about 1933. Soon thereafter American citizenry, fas- cinated by the possibilities in letter com- binations, turned to crossword puzzling over these ER eee Nene es ViAed car crale Fab alae sn iy Wat MC AKC KC etc. Commerce, loath to presume to com- petition in the New Deal game, at first resisted the fascination. In time, however, caught by the spirit of competition, and stimulated by the influence of a Commerce photographic club, the school became cap- able—that is critical, if capricious—con- noisseurs oj .G.sijor the GCC aissicvon Caduceus, the Commerce Candid Camera. Page 8 ROBERT WELCH ELEANOR NICHOLSON Editors-in-Chief BOARDS OR DDR O ls January Class RoBERT WELCH, Editor-in-Chief Assistants KATHERINE CULLINANE JOHN COLBY ELINOR HINRICHS IRVING SCHNIDER ADWILDA CoRRIVEAU RutTH ZACK WILLIAM JAMES GENEVIEVE KoszyYK June Class ELEANOR NICHOLSON, Editor-in-Chief Assistants FLORENCE LEVEILLE RAYMOND WHITAKER FLORENCE STEINBERG BERTHA TOMCZAK SHIRLEY STEINBERG ANASTASIA FRANGUS RoBERT McCGovERN EUGENE ZACK Advisers HELEN E. RANKIN THEODORE M. PEASE, Assistant EDITH F. MARSDEN, J ee inkis: Art Business O UR Bel CC ae ; Left to right—Fifth Row: Alice L. Halligan, Hazel K. Miller, Madeline C. Hunt, Marion H. Davis, Mildred B. Jenks, Madeline E. Maurer, Winona F. Libby, Hilda H. Madsen, Christine L. Lewis, Marion C. Chesson, Rena P. Bartlett, Helen E. Parker, Genieve M. Allen, O. Jean Bell, Mildred Levi, Helen Norrgard. fourth Row: Helen G. Flynn, Edith F. Marsden, Theresa W. Williams, Sarah A. Hillman, Natalie Clark, Phyllis Savoy, Eleanor M. Walker, Mildred Dobbs, Etta Sinsabaugh, Jane M. Roberts, E. Pearl Davis, Helen M. Lynch, Alleen E. Hills, Bessie L. Fisher, Ida A. Ryerson, Elizabeth S. Ullery, Grace Bigelow, Bernice White, Florence C. Moakler. Third Row: Honora F. Nelligan, Anna G. Carmody, Catherine B. Hayes, Dorothy M. Magraw, Ruby V. Carmen, Margaret O. Palmer, Helen E. Rankin, | Anna S. Danforth, Augusta Colby, Emma G. Nickerson, Rebecca S. Flagg, L. Frances Tourtellotte, Harold W. Jones, Belding F. Jack- son, Leslie S. Shipway, Harold L. Taylor, Helen M. Humberston, Alice F. Danforth. Second Row: William C. Masters, Susan C. Dowd, Janet E. Scott, Grace L. Bulkeley, Dora M. Briggs, Elizabeth Phelps, Frances C. Blakeman, Martha B. Judd, Catherine M. Casey, Clarence I. Chatto, Sidney V. Doane, F. Anthony Viggiano, Augustus H. Smith, Will W. Macalpine. first Row: Ralph rer Parmenter, Russell L. Williams, G. Donald Melville, Charles A. Speer, Theodore M. Pease, David H. Reid, Howard C. Kelly, Joseph J. Pinkus, Stanley O. Smith, Charles H. Oswald, Charles A. Campbell, Guy D. Miller, Elbryn H. B. Myers, James L. Clancey, William L. Perkins, Jr., and Gilbert C. Walker. TEACHERS Men and women, cheerful or cross, tall or short, thin or not so thin—these comprise the staff of teachers at the High School of Commerce. Their knowledge, if put down on paper, would fill dozens of books, hundreds of books—whole libraries! In fact, we at Commerce have teachers who have written books; those who will write books; those who would like to write; and still others who prefer merely to read. Our teachers seem to be authorities in all imaginable subjects; art, business, English, science, modern languages, home economics, social studies, stenography, music, and physical education. Ah, the y are such an inspiring group to dream about; if only they wouldn't ask us to think! Arlene Bartels THE OMNIPRESENT TEACHERS Teachers! Everywhere you go, from the rock-bound coasts of Maine to the sunny shores of California, in Timbuctoo—perhaps in Tibet— there are always teachers. Why? Did you ever see a class of children in the first grade, and later watch the same pupils when they were seniors? The twelve years that have elapsed seem to have transformed youngsters, humble and conscious of their ignorance, into lordly beings with self-confident demeanor and un- limited knowledge. And teachers have wrought this metamorphosis! Omnipresent, even though not omniscient, these instructors are in every school. In spite of a senior’s belief in his own importance, the school could operate without him. But could it do so without its teachers? Mary Brogan Page 10 After Hours Clever Clowning Comedians Rank-in-Pants Reflected Glory Canin Canine Coumle: Camera’s Crowning Catch Another Fish Tale ae A Ae . This is Art Hobby-Horses Teachers off Guard EDITOR’S EXPLANATORY PAGE To clear the minds of classmates, we, the editor s of the Commerce Candid Camera issue of Caduceus, wish to explain the art cuts created by Miss Marsden’s clever commercial classes. Surely the frontispiece for the January group needs but little explanation. Who could mistake those three commanding confederates? On the extreme left of the cut stands the con- scientious class president, George Hellyar. Cen- tered, is the secretary, charming Rena Libera. The courteous vice-president, Robert Finn, is seen at the right. Not to be outdone by this group, the June class is also represented by a unique cut. On this sheet under the creditable secretary, Avis Grindle, are the pictures of the cheerful vice- president, Rosamond Ellord, and the courtly president, Henry Sandy. In all of the other art cuts, the candid snap shots of students, in various moods and modes, illustrate the kinds of activities that follow in that particular section. These pictures need no explanation, for by their outstanding work in school activities, the pupils wil! be easily recog- nized. And here we wish to extend our appreciation to Ida La Mountain, editor of the Snap Shot Corner, for her splendid and helpful aid in securing snaps for this issue. Also we cordially desire to thank all who contributed to our Here and There section. As most of these word pic- tures were not written by the editors, we en- deavored to print under each sketch the name of the author. Some, however, were sent to us anonymously. It seemed that co-operation crowned Caduceus. Epitor ELEANOR MUSES Page 12 THE WANWAIRY Helen Tenanbaun ARTHUR FRANCIS ABRAHAMSON 177 Northampton Avenue Art Commerce, Feature Editor; Student Council; Basketball; Baseball; Romance of the Cards, Cast; Assemblies; Freshman Reception; Boys’ Patrol. Certified Public Accountant ELIZABETH ALBERTI 103 Jamaica Street stg Hockey; Freshman Reception; Class Basketball; G. O. Home Room Agent, Order Clerk BEATRICE ALPERT 150 Tenth Street Bea Radio Workshop; Freshman Reception; Banquet, Seating Com- mittee. Private Secretary FRANK THOMAS AMSDEN 33 Orchard Street Frankie Commerce, Sports Writer; Football, Class Basketball: Cheer Leader; Torch; Basketball, Manager. Office Manager ALICE ANONICK 46 Lexington Avenue Smithy Wekansel, Treasurer; Interclub Dance, Committee; Special Office Work for Teachers; Prom, Taxi Committee Chairman. Hair Stylist FLORENCE MADELINE ARIETI 69 Bliss Street Flo Llamarada, Vice President; Freshman Reception. Nurse ANITA ARMSTRONG 32 Austin Street Tris Commerce Town Meeting; Girls’ Patrol; Koinonia; Class Will. Stenographer GLORIA JACQUELINE ARONSON 186 Woodlawn Street Boots Dramatic Club; Radio Workshop; John S. Young Speaking Con- test; Girls’ Glee Club; Freshman Reception; Community Chest Work; Banquet, Entertainment Committee Chairman; Assembly Committee. Private Secretary DOMINICK LOUIS AZZARONE 69 Union Street Dom Class Socials, XB, XA, XIB, XIA; Soccer; Boys’ Patrol; Banquet, Decoration Committee. Accountant RUTH GLADYS BAKER Wilbraham Road, Hampden Freshman Reception. Child Welfare Worker ELEANOR ELAINE BARNEY 718 Carew Street Red Commerce, Type, Feature Writer; Freshman Reception. Artist PAULINE THRESA BAXTER 19 Monticello Street Polly Aloha, Treasurer; Prom, Decoration Committee. Nurse MARGARET GENEVIEVE BENNETT i 118 Massachusetts Avenue eg Koinonia; Prom. Decorations Committee. Stenographer GERTRUDE BENOWITZ 210 Commonwealth Avenue Trudy Llamarada; Freshman Reception; Special Office Work for Teach- ers; Assembly, Monologue. Secretary Page 14 SIDNEY BERKOWITZ 17 Draper Street Sid Commerce, Sports Editor; Class Social, XIA; Radio Workshop; Baseball; Home Room Representative, XIB, XIA, XIIA; Commerce Town Meeting, Vice President; Freshman Reception; Class Basket- ball; Boys’ Patrol; Special Work for Teachers; Correspondent for Springfield Newspapers. Newspaper Reporter (Sports) ETHEL BERNSON 101 Draper Street Baby Special Office Work for Teachers. Salesmanship GENEVIEVE MATILDA BIENIEVENZ 23 Hawley Street Gene Crimson Masquers; Why the Chimes Rang, Cast: Assemblies: Banquet, Entertainment Committee. Stenographer ALEXANDER BLAKE 86 Wrentham Road Sandy Lunch Room Squad, Manager; Boys’ Patrol. Stenographer ALBERT GERMAIN BLANCHETTE 47 Thompson Street Blanche Dramatic Club; Assemblies; Freshman Reception. Hospital Orderly FRANCIS BONAVITO 124 Westford Avenue Bonnie Football; Baseball; Hockey; Freshman Reception: Class Basket- Professional Football Player GABRIELLE THERESA MARIE BOURCIER 23 Osgood Street Gay Squad Leader; G. O. Home Room Agent; Jealousy Plays a Part, Cast; Home Room Representative, XA, XIB; Lunch Room Squad: Freshman Reception. Registered Nurse LILLIAN MARY BOWLER 42 Dearborn Street Lill Wekansel; Freshman Reception. Salesmanship BARBARA BROWN 25 Appleton Street Bobbie Commerce, News Reporter, Typist; Assembly Committee; Fresh- man Reception: Girls’ Patrol. Artist MARK WILTON BURNS 43 Catherine Street Burnsie Commerce, Business Manager; Boys’ Patrol, Torch; G. O. Govern- ing Board; Freshman Reception; Cap and Gown Committee. Accountant BARBARA ELIZABETH CALLAGHAN 1051 Allen Street Bob Stenographer JEROME VERNON CARLIN 3 Keith Street Hank Baseball: Hi-Y: Class Basketball. Accountant EVELYN CHARTER 321 Belmont Avenue Babe Commerce, Bulletin Board Editor; Squad Leader; Kumtux,; Glee Club; Assemblies; Community Chest Work; Freshman Reception: G. O. Home Room Agent: Special Office Work for Teachers. Private Secretary LEWIS ROBERT CHECHETTE 146 College Street Chick Commerce, Editorial Writer; Hockey; Band: Boys’ Glee Club; Home Room Secretary; Freshman Reception: Class Basketball: Boys’ Patrol. Real Estate Agent Page 15 JOSEPH ANTHONY CHECHIEE 18 Applewood Place Joe Commerce, News Reporter; Freshman Reception. Certified Public Accountant MARGARET CHIODI 879 Worthington Street Mag Squad Work. Secretary FRANK CIRCOSTA g2 Florence Street Circus Financier GRACE oC anne 22 Redlands Street racte Nisimaha; Freshman Reception: Class Basketball: G. O. Home Room Agent. Stenographer BERNICE FPLORENGE, COHEN 25 Cass Street Bunny Home Room Reporter; Wekansel; Committee, Cap and Gown. Dental Hygienist ANTHOULA COKKINIAS 59 Patton Street Ann Baseball; Squad Leader; Nisimaha; Le Foyer: Class Basketball: Committee, Banquet Ticket. Teacher BEATRICE MARY COLAPIETRO 308 Bay Street Beatty Special Office Work for Teachers. Stenographer JOHN ARTHUR COLBY 57 High Street Caduceus, Associate Editor: Commerce, Daily Bulletin Board, Editor; Home Room Representative, XIIB; Class Social, XIIB: Music Festival; Commerce Town Meeting, President: Orchestra: Band; Boys’ Patrol; Freshman Reception; Projection Booth Oper- ator; Banquet. Music Committee; Class Song. Certified Public Accountant HELEN -MARIE COLLINS 41 Middlesex Street Class Basketball; Baseball; Aloha, Treasurer; Nisimaha; Banquet Ticket Committee. Office Work MARGARET PATRICIA COLLINS 517 Armory Street Peggy Llamarada; Radio Workshop, Musician; Music Festival, Orches- tra; Christmas Program, Orchestra; Orchestra, Quartet ; Assemblies; Freshman Reception; Prom. Committee, Chairman. Secretary MARGIE ELIZABETH CORMIER _ 133 Massachusetts Avenue arge Graduation Picture Committee; XIA, XIIB Social, Decoration Committee; Home Room Representative; Nisimaha:; Christmas Assembly, Usher; Banquet Committee, Co-Chairman. Model ADWILDA THERESA CORRIVEAU 65 Mooreland Street Dee Caduceus, Editor; XIA Social, Usher; Hockey; Kumtux, Vice President, President; May Festival, Usher; Freshman Reception: Girls’ Patrol: Special Office Work for Teachers. Secretary MARY COTTLE 681 Union Street Merry Class Basketball; Squad Leader. Private Secretary GERALDINE GOLDIE COWEN 22 Bayonne Street Gerry Llamarada; Dramatic Club; Assemblies; Freshman Reception; Special Office Work for Teachers; Prom. Music Committee, Chair- man. American International College Page 16 EILEEN KATHERINE CRAVEN 46 Brickett Street Red Commerce, Reporter, Bulletin Board, Assistant Advertising Manager; Special Office Work for Teachers. Nurse w KATHERINE THERESA CULLINANE 36 Wolcott Street Taddy XIA Class Dance, Usher; Christmas Basket Committee, Chair- man; Hockey; Kumtux; Girls’ Patrol; Commerce Town Meeting: Radio Workshop; May Festival, Usher; Assemblies; Freshman Reception; G. O. Home Room Agent; Caduceus, Editor; Special Office Work for Teachers. Secretary MARY FRANCES CULLOO 12 Daytona Street Salesmanship IRENE FLORENCE DAVIS 115 Allen Street Limey G. O. Dance, Committee; G. A. A. Initiation Party; Squad Leader: Baseball; G. A. A., Treasurer; G. O. Governing Board; Freshman Reception. Typist FRANK DECARO 84 Marble Street Decky Commerce, Sports Writer; Soccer; Music Festival; Boys’ Glee Club; Class Basketball; Boys’ Pa trol: Student Council; Freshman Re- ception; Basketball. Salesmanshib ELIZABETH THERESA DE PILATO 20 Norman Street Lee Aloha; Freshman Reception; Special Office Work for Teachers. Secretary HENRY DESJARLAIS 73 Bradford Street Skipper Commerce, Circulation Manager: G. O. Home Room Agent: Commerce, Circulation Manager: G. O. Governing Board. Certified Public Accountant MARY VERONICA DEVINE 56 Cleveland Street Girls’ Glee Club. Secretary CATHERINE FRANCES meet 597 Chestnut Street is Wekansel, President. Costume Designing LILLIAN AGNES DORSEY 397 Birnie Avenue Dot XIA Dance, Committee; Nisimaha; Christmas Assembly, Usher; Girls’ Glee Club; Freshman Reception: G. O. Home Room Agent; Girls’ Patrol. Nursing RITA DUBENSKY 364 Plainfield Street Dubie Commerce, Columnist. Buyer ELEANOR MILDRED DUNAKIN 55 Mandalay Road Ronnie Assemblies; Freshman Reception; Class Will. Nursing MARGARET ANNE DUNN 33 Hawthorne Street eggie Physical Education Teacher LILLIAN MILDRED EBBINS 150 Tenth Street Lil Junior Choral Group; Assemblies; Freshman Reception: Special Office Work for Teachers. Buyer Page 17 SADIE EPSTEIN 85 Commonwealth Avenue Home Room Representative. Bookkeeper PAUL STANLEY ERICKSON 115 Wilbraham Road Erick Torch. Accountant JAMES ERLIN 1391 Dwight Street Jimmy Class Bask etball; Prom. Decorations Committee. Trapeze Artist JANET MARIE FAIRBANKS 34 Sherbrooke Street Jan XIA Dance, Committee; Jealousy Plays a Part, Decorator and Cast; Home Room Secretary; Freshman Reception. Air Pilot MARSHALL HOWARD FELTON 400 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow Hi-Y: Monastery of St. Albans, Cast; Community Chest Work; Lunch Room Squad; Freshman Reception; Class Basketball, Boys Patrol; Special Office Work for Teachers. Accountant MARY LOUISE FENTON 91 Parkside Street Commerce Town Meeting; Girls’ Glee Club; Freshman Reception. Stenographer IRMA JOSEPHINE FIGONI 202 Savoy Avenue Christmas Basket Committee. Salesmanship ROBERT FYFE FINN 60 Mandalay Road Bob One Class Vice-President; Spring Swing, Decoration Committee, Chair- man; Soccer, Captain; XIA Class Dance, Usher; Student Council; Freshman Reception; Class Baskétball, Captain; Boys’ Patrol; Cap and Gown Committee, Chairman. Certified Public Accountant ROBERT DONALD FLINT 16 Powell Avenue Bob Two Football, Assistant Manager: Torch; Hi-Y; Bells of Beaujolais, Chorus; Christmas Concert ; Chorus; New England Festival, Chorus; Boys’ Glee Club; A Cappella Choir; Home Room Secretary; Assem- blies; Student Council; Freshman Reception; Class Basketball; G. O. Home Room Agent; Boys’ Patrol; Committee, Ballot, Chair- man; Committee, Cap and Gown. Clerical Worker BARBARA ELIZABETH FORD 510 Central Street Bob Soccer; Llamarada ; Special Office Work for Teachers; Tardy Room Assistant; Senior G. O. Auditor. Office Worker JEAN CYNTHIA FORSEY: 58 Catherine Street XA Social, Entertainment Committee; XIA Social, Decoration Committee; Class Basketball, Captain; Baseball; Hockey; Squad Leader; Glee Club. Stenographer JOSEPHINE CATHERINE BRIDGET FRAVESI 37 Fremont Street Joy Stenographer WANDA FURLANI 412 Armory Street Smarty Stenographer RACHEL DORIS GAUTHIER 5 Osgood Street Ray XIB Social, Refreshment Committee. Secretary Page 18 THOMAS PAUL GILBERT, Jr. 72 Cherrelyn Avenue McGillicuddy Student Council; Hi-Y; Freshman Reception; Class Basketball: Special Office Work for Teachers. Certified Public Accountant PAUL GILFOIL oe 173 Commonwealth Avenue au Torch; Band: G. O. Home Room Agent. Accountant BETTY GOLDBERG é 6 Portland Street et Class Ballot Committee. Secretary CONSTANCE GOODWIN 33 Ashley Street Connie Home Room Secretary; Radio Workshop. Secretary DORIS INGA GORANSON 202 Orange Street Dickie Music Festival; Freshman Reception. Homemaker BESSIE LILLIAN GORDON 5 1 Somerset Street Betty Glee Club. Stenographer HELEN ROSE GREEN 155 Monroe Street Peanuts Aloha; Home Room President; Freshman Reception; Banquet Seating Committee. Beautician PHILIP JAMES Eee 144 Westford Circle i Commerce, Circulation Manager, Editorial Writer, Editor-in-Chief : XIA Social, Refreshment Committee; Home Room Representative ; Handbook Revision Committee; Torch; Hi-Y; Christmas Assembly, Usher; Lunch Room Squad; Freshman Reception; Class Basket- ball; Boys’ Patrol; School Correspondent for Springfield Republican. Court Stenographer SUSIE ROSE GRZEBIENIOWSKI 5 Weston Street, Wilbraham Dickie Accountant FRANCES LILLIAN HACKETT 118 College Street Frannie Stenographer GLORIA WANDA HALL Z 10 Sumner Avenue ootst Nisimaha:; Glee Club. Stenographer FLORENCE MAE HAMILTON 684 St. James Avenue Flossie Glee Club; Aloha; Home Room Secretary; Freshman Reception; XIB Class Social. Secretary MARY ELLIS HARATY 132 Alderman Street Mamie Hockey; Soccer; Freshman Reception. Nurse FLORENCE MARGUERITE HAUSCHILD 71 Pembroke Avenue Flip Squad Leader; Baseball. Air Hostess Page 19 GEORGE JOSEPH TN ee 35 Converse Street res Caduceus, Ex-Officio Member; Class President; Committees: Hi-Y; Commerce Town Meeting, President; Photography Club; Assemblies; G. O. Governing Board; Freshman Reception; Judicial Board; Class Basketball; Boys’ Patrol. Certified Public Accountant ELINOR WILHELMINA HINRICHS 80 Farnsworth Street Elly Caduceus, Editor; Kumtux; Commerce Town Meeting, Treasurer; Girls’ Patrol; Assemblies; Freshman Reception; G. O. Home Room Agent. Office Work ANTON HUBER 130 Hood Street Tony Automobile Salesman EUNICE MAE, HULEY 359 Belmont Avenue Eunie Girls’ Glee Club; Assemblies; Freshman Reception. Photographer ADA ANN HUOT 18 Leonard Street XIA, XIIB Dances, Usher; Le Foyer, President: Commerce Town Meeting; Christmas Assembly, Usher; Home Room Secretary; Assemblies; Freshman Reception; Committee, Will. Accountant RUTH MAY eae 344 Chestnut Street ookie phate Home Room Vice-President and Secretary; Committee, Ballot. Stenographer SYLVIA HAMILTON JACKSON 667 State Street Sylv Freshman Reception. Buyer WILLIAM THOMAS JAMES 389 Armory Street Ski p Caduceus, Editor; Baseball; Hi-Y ; Class Basketball; Boys’ Patrol: Radio Workshop. Accountant DOROTHY ELIZABETH JOHNSON 42 Alderman Street Dot Freshman Reception; Special Office Work for Teachers. Librarian MARGARET PATRICIA JOHNSTON 290 Armory Street Pat Monastery of St. Albans, Usher; Home Room President; Home Room Vice-President; Home Room Secretary; Assemblies; Lunch Room Squad; Special Office Work for Teachers. Salesmanship DAVID JONES s 89 Marlborough Street ave Soccer: Home Room Secretary; Class Basketball. Clerical Work FERN ELEANOR JONES 69 Bloomfield Street Jonesey Foods Exhibit Committee; Squad Leader; Glee Club: January Concert; And Jt Rained, Cast; Freshman Reception. English Teacher MARCELLA ANN KANE 38 Bradford Street Marce Christmas Basket Committee ; Home Room Reporter; Committee, Prom. Ticket. Hairdresser HELEN Seen bes 271 Carew Street arrot XIB, XIA, and XIIB Class Dances, Committees: Christmas Assembly, Usher; Baseball; Squad Leader: Girls’ Patrol; Freshman Reception; Prom. Guests Committee. Mannequin Page 20 ELIZABETH MARIE KEYS 152 Westford Circle Betty Assemblies; Freshman Reception; Prom. Catering Committee. Secretary PELY Pitts Ay 2 Wee IN 764 Belmont Avenue Sunnie Baseball; Crimson Masquers; Freshman Reception; Committee, Prophecy. Private Secretary HELEN ANN KLIMAY 142 Everett Street Blondy Glee Club; Home Room Secretary; Freshman Reception. Stenographer CHARLES Ser N KNOWER 370 Belmont Avenue harley Commerce, Advertising Manager; Hi-Y; Boys’ Glee Club; A Cappella Choir. Accountant GENEVIEVE MARY KOSZYK 38 Parker Street, Indian Orchard Brownie Caduceus, Business Manager; Soccer; G. O. Governing Board; Special Office Work for Teachers; Banquet Guest Committee. Stenographer STANLEY JOHN KOT 75 Dwight Street Stitches Soccer; Class Basketball; Boys’ Patrol. Clerical Work STEPHANIE MARY KUBICZ 390 Main Street, Indian Orchard Steffie Office Work ROBERT CHARLES LAFFEE 30 Keith Street OC Commerce, News Reporter; Band; Boys’ Glee Club; Assemblies; Lunch Room Squad. Sales Manager RUTH AGNES LANDELLS 112 Middlesex Street Curly Cap and Gown Committee; Squad Leader; Freshman Reception. Stenographer ASENATH MARIE LA VOICE 27 Charter Avenue Arsenic Freshman Reception. Salesmanship MARIE ELSIE LAZNOVSKY 97 Clantoy Street Butch Commerce, Copy Reader: Koinonia: Glee Club. Accountant CATHERINE FRANCES LEAHY | 14 Van Horn Place Babe Freshman Reception. Stenographer AVIS CECILE LEVETON 92 Belle Street Salesmanship GRACE IRENE LEWIS 1139 Allen Street Gracie Salesmanship Page 21 SIDNEY LEWIS 45 Ringgold Street Sid Boys’ Glee Club; Assemblies; Class Basketball; Sports Corres- pondent for the late Springfield Journal; Prom, Music Committee. Traveling Salesman RENA THERESA LIBERA 32 Tracy Street eely Class Secretary; Christmas Assembly, Usher; Christmas Concert, Usher; XIB, XIA, XIIB Socials, Committees; Armband Committee ; Field Hockey; Le Foyer, President: Home Room President; Assem- blies:; Freshman Reception; G. O. Home Room Agent; Home Room Representative; Girls’ Patrol, Captain. Dramatist SAMUEL MILTON LIEBERMAN 97 Belle Street Sam Arm Band Committee; Orchestra; Home Room Secretary; Ban- quet, Program Committee and Show Cards Committee. Commercial Artist MALCOLM ELLSWORTH LIGHT 45 Bowdoin Street Sunshine Crimson Masquers, Treasurer: Why the Chimes Rang, Cast: Assemblies; Freshman Reception; Prom, Usher Committee. Merchant Marine SHIRLEY LOVERING ee ae Avenue, East Longmeadow Shir Riding Club; Assemblies; Freshman Reception; Special Office Work for Teachers. Secretary RUSSELL MacDONALD 14 Alsace Street Mac Hockey; Class Basketball. Lion Tamer JESSIE ELLEN MACKAY 37 Meadow Road, Longmeadow Kay G. O. Home Room Agent. Certified Public Accountant HOWARD MICHAEL MACKLER - 101 Shawmut Street Mickey Class Basketball. Store Manager HELEN MADAMAS 1293 Dwight Street Curly XIIB Class Social, Committee; Le Foyer; Home Room Secretary: Assemblies; Freshman Reception. Secretary RUTH MINERVA MAHFOUD 19 LeRoy Place Ruthie Secretary HAROLD ERNEST MARTIN 248 Quincy Street Hash Filing VIOLA MASCARO ae 354 Walnut Street ily Art ANNA ESTHER McKEE 11 Deveau Street, Indian Orchard Ann Stenographer BERNICE Oy EE es 108 Shawmut Street ernie Christmas Assembly, Usher; XIB, XIA, XIIB, Class Dances: Nisimaha, Secretary; Aloha; Assemblies; Freshman Reception: Special Office Work for Teachers; Home Room Representative; Co-chairman, Banquet Committee. Private Secretary Page 22 CATHERINE MICHNOVEZ 123 Governor Street Kay Stenographer MARJORIE JEAN MILLS 10 Dana Street sas arge Nisimaha; Jealousy Plays a Part, Cast; Why the Chimes Rang, Cast; Glee Club; Assemblies; Freshman Reception; G. O. Home Room Agent; Class Night Play; Christmas Play; A Cappella Choir. Actress MURIEL MORAN 82 Switzer Avenue Midgie Baseball; Basketball; Soccer; Class Basketball: Ilcarsolles; Place Card Committee; Bulletin Board Staff. Private Secretary SHIRLEY JEAN MORRIS 67 Sorrento Street oe Squad Leader; Horseshoe Champion; Nisimaha; Special Office Work for Teachers; Library Work; G. A. A.; Freshman Reception; Chairman Cap and Gown Committee. Secretary ROSALIE EMMA MURRY 79 Cherrelyn Avenue Babe Glee Club; Freshman Reception. Office Work NELLIE MYSLIWA 377 Parker Street Tiny Radio Workshop; Special Office Work for Teachers. Stenographer HENRY NEWMAN 19 Grosvenor Street Hank Tennis; Chef Club; The Monastery of St. Albans, Assistant Stage Manager; Assemblies; Freshman Reception; Class Prophecy; Com- merce Town Meeting. Lawyer ISRAEL NORKIN 135 Greenwood Street Itz Diplomat HYMAN NOZAK 574 Chestnut Street Hy Class Basketball. Motion Picture Industry GUSTAVE CHARLES NUGER 86 Adams Street Gus Commerce, News Reporter. Automobile Dealer ROBERT NUGER 86 Adams Street Bob Commerce, Feature Department. Retread Tire Store Owner JOHANNA ELSA OTT 69 Palmer Avenue Joan Senior Glee Club; A Cappella Choir: Home Room Secretary: Assemblies; G. O. Home Room Agent; Guest Committee. Stenographer BLANCHE DOROTHY OUELLETTE 267 Abbott Street Whity G. O. Showboat, Publicity Committee; Taxis Committee. Secretary OLIMPIA LENA PANIGHETTI 299 Taylor Street Limp Wekansel; Freshman Reception. Clerical Worker Page 23 HARRY PETER PARKER : 38 Grenada Terrace Duke Home Room President: Home Room Vice-President; Assemblies: Freshman Reception; Class Basketball; Prom. Music Committee. Advertising DOROTHY AMIELA PETERSEN 109 Suffolk Street Pete Commerce, News Writer; Soccer; Band: Orchestra: Class Basket- ball; Girls’ Patrol. Office Work ISABELLE PICKRELL 33 Biltmore Street Picky Special Office Work for Teachers. Radio Organist DANNY ANGELO PIETRONIRO 43 William Street Dan Baseball; Football; Basketball; Boys’ Patrol. Salesmanship GILDA THERESA PIO - 916 Carew Street zena Koinonia; Glee Club; Freshman Reception; Prom Committee. Secretary ANNA POMERANTZ 84 Narragansett Street Pommy Areopagitica, Treasurer and Vice-President; Assemblies; Usher, Graduation; G. O. Home Room Agent; Girls’ Patrol: Home Room Representative; Freshman Reception. Secretary JOHN FRANCIS PRENDERGAST 367 Belmont Avenue Jack Home Room Vice-President; Home Room Secretary; Lunch Room Squad; Class Basketball. Naval Officer AMELIA CECELIA RAMAH 744 Dwight Street Mimi Wekansel. Salesmanship TERRENCE FRANCIS REYNOLDS 79 Dimmick Street Frank Commerce, Sport Column; Home Room Secretary; Class Basket- ball. Protective Agent JOSEPHINE JOHNSON RHODES 31 Athol Street oO Glee Club; Home Room President; Cap and Gown Committee. Office Work DONALD EDWARD RIGA a 38 Leyfred Terrace ion Bugs, Chorus; And It Rained, Cast: Boys’ Glee Club; A Cappella Choir; Home Room Vice-President: Assemblies: G. O. Home Room Agent. Clerical Work ELIZABETH ete ROACH 22 Monmouth Street izzie XIA Class Secretary; XIA Dance, Usher: XII Dance. Refresh- ment Committee; Nisimaha; Christmas Assembly; Junior Choral Club; Freshman Reception; Special Office Work for Teachers: Banquet Committee. Private Secretary KENNETH ROBERTS Pe 98 Redlands Street enny Hi-Y; Torch, Affiliated Board; Band: Orchestra: Commerce, News Department; Chairman for Banquet Music: Class Song. Musician RALPH PARKER ROBIE 21 Clarence Street Rob G. O. Pop, Committees; Assemblies; Boys’ Patrol: Class Ban- quet Committee, Stenographer Page 24 DOROTHY FRANCIS ROGERS 112 Spring Street Dot Nisimaha, Secretary, President; Christmas Assembly, Usher: Assemblies; Banquet Decorations Committee. Child Nurse MARIA ROTONDO 159 Union Street Clerical Worker IRMA GERTRUDE RUBIN 304 Commonwealth Avenue Irm Llamarada: Assemblies; G. O. Agent: Squad Leader; Class Pro- phecy. Stenographer ARMENTINA RUGANI 323 Taylor Street Nina Cap and Gown Committee. Clerical Worker ALICE MARIE RYAN 677 Carew Street Al Secretary CATHERINE ANN RYAN 1000 Sumner Avenue Tot Freshman Reception; Special Office Work for Teachers. Model EVA MARIE SARKIS 38 Everett Street Speed Squad Leader. Hairdresser IRVING SCHNIDER 70 Ferry Street rv Caduceus, Editor; Commerce, Editorial Editor, Library Committee, Advertising Staff; Assemblies; Special Office Work for Teachers; Radio Workshop; Class Ballot Committee. Court Stenographer KATHRYN SEARS 52 Benton Street Kathie Freshman Reception, Wekansel. Nurse ANTOINETTE MARIE SERRA 265 Nottingham Street Tony Glee Club; G. O. Home Room Agent; Special Office Work for Teachers; Chairman Ticket Committee for Senior Prom. Secretary ENES ELIZABETH SERRA 156 Abbe Avenue nie XIA and XIIB Socials, Decoration Committee; Graduation Exercises, Usher; Areopagitica, Club Reporter; Chairman Class History Committee. Stenographer ROBERT SERRA 42 Collins Street Lubby Baseball; Basketball; Soccer; Boys’ Patrol. Professional Baseball Player VENITA LOUISE ALTHEA SHARROW 26 Summit Street Neatie XIA Class Social, Committee; Home Room Representative; Home Room President; Freshman Reception; G. O. Home Room Agent; Special Office Work for Teachers. Private Secretary VIRGINIA CLAIRE SHAW 460 Ambrose Street Scottie Orchestra; Assemblies; Freshman Reception, Secretary Page 25 MARGARET SHEA ; 21 Spring Street rish Home Room President; Home Room Vice-President; Home Room Secretary; Freshman Reception. Salesmanship MARY DOROTHY SHEEHAN 16 Sheldon Street Ree Aloha, President; G. A. A. Initiation Party, Dancer; Assemblies; Freshman Reception; Banquet Committee; G. O. Jamboree, Usher. Technician MARY TERESA SHEEHAN 37 Langdon Street May Assemblies; Special Office Work for Teachers. Air Hostess CARL EWALD SHELLMAN 25 Bartlett Street Swede Hi-Y; G. O. Home Room Agent. U. S. Army Air Corps ESTHER SHUB 17 Alsace Street Secretary MADELINE ARLINE SIMINO 37 Bevier Street Stenographer EILEEN SKIFFINGTON Brickett Street Skiffy Stenographer HILDA ROSE SKRABELY 4607 Hancock Street Hilda Student Council; Special Office Work for Teachers; Banquet Committee. Clerical Work PEARL VIOLA ST. PETER 167 Freeman Avenue Frenchie Commerce, Type Editor. Stenographer HAROLD STRATOS 16 Brookline Avenue Hal Jealousy Plays a Part, Committee; Freshman Reception; Special Office Work for Teachers. Certified Public Accountant MARY ELLEN SULLIVAN an 74 Shamrock Street ully Girls’ Glee Club; Special Office Work for Teachers; Tardy Room Assistant; Senior G. O. Auditor. Accountant HELEN DOROTHY SZYMCZYK 203 Parker Street, Indian Orchard Smizak Stenographer HELEN TENANBAUM 57 Oak Street, Indian Orchard Tenny Stenographer JOHN DAVID TERRY 127 Page Boulevard Johnnie Clerical Work Page 26 ANGELO TESTA 31 Carew Street Buster 1938 Caduceus, Art Department; Commerce, News Department, Library Committee, Advertising Department: G. O. Pop Committee; Hi-Y; The Monastery of St. Albans, Cast, Stage Manager and Stage Decorator; Community Chest Work; Freshman Reception: Com- merce Town Meeting: 1939 Caduceus, Art Department; Place Cards and Programs Committee. Advertising Artist GERTRUDE MARTHA THOMPSON _ 47 Laurel Street Mart Wekansel; Guest Committee for Banquet. Secretary JAMES TIPPETT 392 Main Street, Indian Orchard Tippy Radio Workshop; Crimson Masquers; Why The Chimes Rang, The Great Choice, Jealousy Plays a Part, Cast; Boys’ Glee Club; Assemblies; Freshman Reception; Class Basketball. Radio or Stage Work JANE TOOHEY 125 White Street Snooky Commerce, Advertising Committee; XA Social Committee ; Christ- mas Basket Committee, Chairman; Hockey: Student Council; Unknown Knight, Charge of Music; Band, Drum Major; Orchestra; Home Room President; Assemblies; Freshman Reception; G. O. Home Room Agent; Girls’ Patrol; Squad Leader. New Rochelle College DORO TAY sEiEIZABE TED Vor TEN 37 Greene Street Dot Areopagitica, Secretary, President; Freshman Reception; Usher, Graduation; Decorations Committee for Banquet. Stenographer ANGELO TOUGIAS 787 Worthington Street Greek Clerical Work ROLAND FRANCIS TRACY 174 Bloomfield Street Rollie Class Basketball; Invitation Committee for Senior Prom. Clerical Work ALICE VAN TRAIN 61 Glenwood Circle, Longmeadow Choo Choo Nisimaha. Secretary MILDRED ADELE VETO 58 Draper Street Millie G. A. A. Freshman Initiation, Chairman; Hockey; Soccer; Base- ball; Squad Leader; Bowling; G. A. A. President; Areopagitica; Why The Chimes Rang, Usher; G. O. Governing Board; Judicial Board; Class Basketball; Usher, Graduation; Class History Com- mittee. Secretary HELEN VOGIANTZIS 142 Bloomfield Street Vogi Special Office Work for Teachers. Stenographer SHIRLEY MAY WADE 111 Larkspur Street Shirl Llamarada; Chairman Class Prophecy Committee. Office Work BETTY JUNE WALDRON 27 Girard Avenue Jerry XIB Social, Decoration Committee; Basketball, Captain: Squad Leader: Baseball; Badminton; Hockey. Accountant GENEVIEVE RUTH eee 3291 Main Street arry Girls’ Glee Club; Freshman Reception. Commercial Artist ROBERT THOMAS WELCH 64 Brunswick Street Bob ses ae a 7 Caduceus, Editor-in-Chief; XIA Class President; Soccer, Monas- tery of St. Albans, Electrician; Assemblies; G. O. Governing Board; Freshman Reception; Judicial Board; Class Basketball; Boys Patrol; Special Office Work for Teachers, Student Council. Certified Public Accountant Page 27 KATHLEEN WILD 86 Chestnut Street, Indian Orchard Kay Areopagitica; Special Office Work for Teachers. Stenographer EMMA MAE WROBLESKI 22 Rogers Street, Indian Orchard Emmy Girls’ Glee Club. Social Secretary MARJORIE AMELIA YAHNIG 160 Walnut Street Marge Areopagitica, Treasurer and Vice-President; Why The Chimes Rang, Usher; G. O. Home Room Agent; Girls’ Patrol; Special Office Work for Teachers; Usher, Graduations; Prophecy Committee. American International College RUTH MARY ZACK 23 Magnolia Terrace Duchess Caduceus, Photographic Editor; Commerce, Editorial Department and Chairman of Library Committee; Crimson Masquers, Vice- President; The Great Choice, Cast: Jealousy Plays a Part, Student Director; Why The Chimes Rang, Prompter; G. O. Governing Board; Freshman Reception; Chairman of Will Committee; Mono- drama Assembly. Author MARY LOUISE ZANI 138 Colton Street Cookie Dramatic Club; Assemblies; Freshman Reception; Class Basket- ball; Christmas Play, Cast. Stenographer ROBERT LEON caer SAAN 85 Olmstead Drive ‘0 XIA, XIIB, and XIIA Home Room Representative: XIB, XIA, and XIIB Social, Committee; Le Foyer; Tennis; Christmas Assem- bly, Committee; Lunch Room Squad; Special Office Work for Teachers, Ticket Committee for Prom. Mass. State NANCY ANN DELVICIO 200 Pendleton Avenue Nan Designer HERMAN OLITSKY 1160 Dwight Street Booby Lunch Room Squad; Class Basketball. West Point STANLEY SLESARENKO 107 Union Street Slush Hi-Y : Class Basketball. World Traveler Page 28 S hessilaesgl cachet: ae cerns a Pupils meriting two or more ballot honors BALLOT Class of January, 1939 Peeteleet. Crit ln sg tem coh ky i. GLorIA ARONSON PUA ECSOMICS SONG eeu nie RoBERT WELCH Miost topilar Girlie 2.5.26. RENA LIBERA Pviost Popular’ Boy. .a: % GEORGE HELLYAR Sal Uhl aetS ial Gg 8 Oe eee WANDA FURLANI PIUIELESEL OYE oe i 2 sk CHARLES KNOWER est-lressed Girls’. 7 207... =. GLORIA ARONSON bect-lressed Boys 6. vs eues JOSEPH CHECHILE Baiteste Cail Genes. ks eh owe MARCELLA KANE Best All-Around Girl,.......... RENA LIBERA Best All-Around Boy........... ROBERT FINN Meless(GirltAthieten. 2.5 944.86. MILDRED VETO lass Boy.Athleterr: . «25.5 FRANCIS BONAVITO Meachers. Deliont-Gitlya25.. 0) 0u. 2 RUTH ZACK Teachers Delight-Boy....... IRVING SCHNIDER Class Shieks a. . Yih cen ar aan JOSEPH CHECHILE Most Conscientious Girl. .. ADWILDA CorRIVEAU Most Conscientious Boy... .CHARLES KNOWER UN aR Tg a ae ae dares eae ApA Huot WA i tS eg aealae! aee Oe ea WILLIAM JAMES Most Studious Girl... ... ADWILDA CoRRIVEAU Most Studious Boy......... CHARLES KNOWER SECT NE ace a eee ee JANE TOOHEY Page 29 FORCE EOC IVITKED ss aise oie ROBERT FINN eee SU Cr ae. «3:2 as to ones MARGARET SHEA itr SAO Ae.s soa tees EVELYN CHARTER C1 25M fe ie a Pe mere fee JANET FAIRBANKS eras a vlUSiCianid..c.ces ee KENNETH ROBERTS Claes, Optimist. 2327.07 as STANLEY SLESERANKO Clans PP esstmnist..0., ieee eee eee -HENRY NEWMAN Class MeartoreakersGirlia. = MARCELLA KANE Class Heartbreaker Boy... .. THEODORE PECKA CLASSAATISt a5. a eae me ANGELO TESTA Girl with Most Pleasing Personality GABRIELLE BOURCIER Boy with Most Pleasing Personality ROBERT FLINT (lass 100 Clieeeua sna peeet ee ELEANOR DUNAKIN Best Gurl Dancer .e es aes RENA LIBERA Best boy.loancel. 6 ee JOSEPH CHECHILE Class (croucht Mie, oa eee ee Mary FENTON Person Who Did Most For The Class GEORGE HELLYAR Girl Most Likely:To Succeed...... RuTH ZACK Boy Most Likely To Succeed. GEoRGE HELLYAR Glassomall:birye awapeecreee Dee ee Mr. Charles H. Oswald GIAAS Seon OUeyg Class of January, 1939 REMEMBER Three hundred freshmen, frightened and green. In the year ‘36 came on the scene. Seniors seemed haughty; school was so grand— Scared little freshmen in a strange land. The High School of Commerce! How long we had waited for the day! The grandeur of it all thrilled us, although at first we encountered more trouble than we'd ever dreamed of! Seniors merrily sent us to the wrong rooms, and derived much enjoyment from seeing our wide-eyed members travel several times around the halls in search of those elusive study rooms, 132 and 231. But then came a sobering incident, the flo od of 1936, which brought sadness to many pupils. Commerce was turned into a refugee center where students and faculty alike lent a helping hand. It is impressive to note that we began our high school days just three hundred years after the founding of Springfield. In May, the Anniversary Pageant was presented at Pynchon Park to commemorate the three hundredth anniversary of Springfield. Splendid, indeed, was the part our girls played in this unusual presentation. Perhaps a more impres- sive occurrence to us as freshmen was the passing of the ill-fated Zeppelin, Hindenberg, over our school. The entire school left the building to view the giant craft. Startling to us was the later news of the tragedy. Freshman days over—juniors at last! Three hundred students proud of their past; Making school history, building each day Records of usefulness; sure of the way. In our junior year individuals began to stand out. Although not quite twenty-one, we had a chance to vote. After our advisers, Mr. Charles Oswald, Mrs. Margaret Palmer, and Mr. Gilbert Walker had been chosen, we elected Robert Welch, president; Robert Finn, vice president; and Elizabeth Roach, secretary. Several of the important parts in the play, Why the Chimes Rang, were played by members of our class. This play was given as part of the Christmas assembly in honor of the aged guests from the city homes. At the close of our XIB semester, the Junior Honor Roll was announced. Anna Pomerantz, Genevieve Koszyk, Katherine Cul- linane, Adwilda Corriveau, Rena Libera, Irving Schnider, Charles Knower, and Richard Scott Page 30 were the pupils named on the honor roll. Added to our accomplishments during our junior year was the winning of the 1937 annual decathlon by the boys of our class. Now we are seniors, haughty and grand, No longer timid, a conquering band; Loyal to Commerce; glad to be here: Proud of achievement, real and sincere! To lead our senior year we elected the follow- ing officers: George Hellyar, president; Robert Finn, vice president; and Rena Libera, secre- tary. One of the first indications that we were really seniors was the arrival of our senior arm- bands, which we proudly displayed. But early in our last semester, as in our first semester, misfortune affected our school life. Once again Commerce was turned into a refugee center for the victims of the flood and hurricane. Many pupils of our class, through their membership in the Boys’ and Girls’ Patrols, aided in caring for the refugees. But a few weeks after this regret- table event, Commerce achieved its greatest triumph, a victory over Tech. on the football field. This was the first time in ten years that Commerce had defeated Tech. Several mem- bers of our class played important parts in the victory. Our final senior activities were a fitting climax to our high school course. Our class day with its joy and sadness, our promenade with its dignity, and our banquet with its festiveness will linger long in our memories. Historians Enes Serra Mildred Veto Marie Taylor Mrs, Margaret O. Palmer Page 31 Mr. Gilbert C. Walker President Hellyar and his Secretary PROPHECY Class of January, 1939 After ten years’ absence, George Hellyar, President of the Traveling Men's Association, returned to Springfield in 1949 with his private secretary, Dorothy Totten, to attend the nation- al convention of traveling salesmen, which was to be held at the new Hotel De Luxe. They were surprised to find that the conductor of the train was Harry Parker. At the station, they were met by Mayor Bob Flint, and by Professor Albert Blanchette of Springfield College, both guest speakers at the following banquet for the salesmen. Imagine Dot's surprise to find Helen Green the head beautician at the hotel beauty parlor. While conversing, Helen told her of a feature picture co-starring David Jones and Franny Hackett, former pupils of Commerce. They were playing at the Star Theatre, managed by Malcolm Light. On the same bill, a football picture starred those heroes of the gridiron, Ted Pecka and Frank Bonovito. Seeing that she had the evening off, Dot asked Helen if she would like to see this scenario. Helen, of course, was just as anxious to see her old class- mates as Dot was: so after Helen was through working, they both hurried off to the theatre. Meanwhile, George, with Mayor Flint and Professor Blanchette, decided to have a bit of a feast at Jimmy Erlin’s Night Owl. Here they listened to the music of Kenny Roberts and his Swing Band, in which John Colby played the trumpet and James Tippett crooned. Evelyn Charter, a popular waitress, attracted as much attention as Paul Gilfoil, assistant manager of this club. They had not long been seated before Phillip Grise, a reporter for the Evening News, hailed them. “By the way, have you seen Irving Schnider's new musical comedy stage show? It’s called the Gold-diggers of 1949, and it’s a sure hit.’’ Phillip went on to say that there were a great many ex-Commerce students in the cast. Among its famous stars appeared Catherine Ryan, a great opera singer; Rena Libera and Joe Chechile, the world’s best dance team; and Sam Lieberman, a magician. In the same per- formance were Peggy Shea and her chorus of former Commerce beauties; Gabbie Bourcier, Page 32 Jane Toohey. Shirley Lovering Jerry Cowan, Millie Veto, Ada Huot, Pearl St. Peter. and Ruth Hurley. The hosts drove back to the hotel with George in a taxi, driven by Ralph Robie. Enroute they recognized Marshall Felton, traffic policeman on State Street. Along Main Street. Professor Blanchette pointed out to George some beau- tifully lighted signs which displayed names once quite familiar to him. He noted such signs as Sid Berkowitz Shoe Store, The Henry Newman Five @ Ten, Irma Rubin's Stocking Shop, Have Your Hair Fixed at Barbara Brown's Beauty Salon. A trip to Springfield could not seem complete to George and Dot without visiting the High School of Commerce, so the next day they paid a visit to their old school. What memories this iemorse Shirley Morris flirts Marjorie Cormier charms Bernice Metayer salutes visit brought back. Some of their former class- mates were now teachers. Mary Sullivan was working in the new tardy room; but, at that moment, she was glancing at the latest hockey news. In a home economics kitchen stood Ruth Baker, teaching the boys to cook so they would not have to depend upon their wives. Danny Pietroniro, now giving orders instead of taking them, had succeeded Chief Myers as coach. The school nurse, none other than Mary Haraty, told them of Angelo Testa’s excellent painting exhibition at the art museum. Prophets Shirley Wade Marjorie Yahnig Henry Newman Phyllis Klein Irma Rubin Helen Collins hesitates: | Rena Libera admires January Juniors Page 33 CLASS Be it remembered by these presents, that we, the January Class of 1939, of the High School of Commerce, of Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, being of sound mind, and dis- posing memory, do hereby make, declare, and publish the following to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking any other wills heretofore made by us: 1. To Mr. Smith, Mr. Kaplan, Miss Rankin, Mrs. Palmer, Mr. Oswald, and Mr. Walker, we leave our heartfelt gratitude. 2. Bob Welch leaves his office as Caduceus editor to Eleanor Nicholson. 3. Anita Armstrong leaves her lost and found box to any patrol girl who wants the job. 4. The senior boys leave their love to Virginia Gorman. 5. Gabrielle Bourcier leaves her cash box to Virginia Perrault. 6. Ruth “Cookie Hurley leaves her gum to Rosamond Ellord. 7. Alice “‘Choo Choo” Van Train leaves her ‘Choo Choo” to Mary Gittles, so she will get to school on time. 8. The three “Bobs” leave their hall walking to any adventurous freshmen. 9. I rene Davis leaves a little much sought after publicity to Madeline Malone XB. 10. We leave a spark plug to David Jones that he may start on time. 11. Gloria Aronson and Geraldine Cowen leave their short skirts to Bernadine Dietz. 12. Sylvia Jackson and Ethel Bernson leave a bottle of red ink to the freshies so that they may go on their “Ezy” way. WILL 13. To Mr. Walker we leave an organdy rib- bon to keep his car intact while riding every morning from Wilbraham to Springfield. 14. To Mr. A. H. Smith we leave a check for one cent, as a do nation towards the long prom- ised Economics II textbooks. 15. Arthur Abrahamson leaves part of his height to Leo Barnard. 16. Angelo Testa leaves his unruly hair to Donald Bremner. 17. Helen Madamus leaves Mr. Miller a ten years’ subscription to the Consumer's Guide. 18. To Leila Stevens, Sussie Grzbienowski leaves her gift of garrulousness. 19. To Teddy [Stonewall] Barsom, Frank Amsden leaves his job of warming the bench at all the football games. 20. To Aldo [Duffy] Zarlengo, John Colby leaves his hatred of women. 21. The 12A’s in Miss Nickerson’s Drama class leave her a complete sentence. 22. Phyliss Klein leaves her puns to Mildred Kimball, who does very nicely without them. 23. Elizabeth De Pilato leaves her way with teachers to the many undergrads who need it. On this thirteenth day of December, 1938, the class of January, 1939, signed the above will in our presence; and we, as witnesses thereof, do hereby set our hands and seal. Ada Huot Ruth Zack Eleanor Dunakin Anita Armstrong Arthur Abrahamson Page 34 Votes from Women Our Campus A Swift Gesture Broadcast of 215 Home Room Outing JANUARY 'S JOYOUS JAMBOREES JANUARY l Dem ee Scns oe fol NIOR HONORS ROBERT WELCH RuTH ZACK IRVING SCHNIDER KATHERINE CULLINANE ANNA POMERANTZ CHARLES KNOWER ADWILDA CORRIVEAU Helen Koraval ae ih Alice Pandolf smiles — : Rita Sisitsky contemplates Anna May Michaels exhibits: aaj Ss P 5 s bot B--), deliberates fide te i | : : ee 3 i‘ , Marjorie Allen visits Nora Morelli plays { | | | June Marra blushes Mary Malinari tours Shirley White appraises JUNE PREVIEWS Margeret and Edith pal Sylvia Woodhall swings Dorothy Cruickshank scintillates ee. } Lorraine Gravelin anticipates b. Doryce Bower ‘‘comes. clean’’ Avis Grindle entertains ' Elaine Adams hesitates j Eleanor Marden chuckles | Lily Wheeler thinks More JUNE PREVIEWS SOMALIA The June Class Invites You to Linger FAVORITE FORTE OF Foop CLASSES Page 4o ELAINE A. ADAMS i 92 Grenada Terrace at XIIA Ballot Committee; XIIB Class Social, Ticket Committee: XIA Class Social, Reception Committee; Nisimaha: Le Fover: Crimson Masquers, Treasurer; The Great Choice, Cast; Beating the Boss, Cast; Home Room President; Assemblies; Freshman Recep- tion; Home Room Representative. Private Secretary FLORENCE ADLER gt Butler Street Flossie Home Room Secretary; Freshman Reception. Model THERESA MARIE AFFLITTO 58 Greene Street Terry Stenographer ADELINE ALBANO 34 Leete Street Addie Secretary MARJORIE LUCE ALLEN 17 Earl Street Marjie Glee Club; Special Office Work for Teachers, Dress Designer VIRGINIA NORMA ALLEN 135 Methuen Street Gin Stenographer DOROTHY MAY AMIDON 35 Reed Street Dot XIB Social; Llamarada; Christmas Concert; Glee Club; Fresh- man Reception. Stenographer ELIZABETH ANDERSON 734 Union Street Pip Wekansel. Saleswoman LILLIAN FRANCES ea 1368 Dwight Street Lill Wekansel. Comptometer Operator LOIS MARIE ANDERSON 84 Gilbert Avenue Andy Why the Chimes Rang, Special Chorus; XIB Pageant, Special Chorus; Glee Club; A Cappela Choir. Stenographer EDMUND D. BACHAND 103 Gillette Avenue Eddie Band; Orchestra. Office Manager THERESA AGNES BAILEY 38 Calhoun Street Treas Nisimaha; Freshman Reception; Special Office Work for Teachers. Secretary EVELYN MAY BALBONI 67 Beaudry Street, Indian Orchard Evy Lunch Room Squad. Stenographer LEO BARNARD 177 Johnson Street Barney Special Office Work for Teachers; Promenade Program Committee. Certified Public Accountant | Bae y DY MARGARET JULIE BARNETT 175 Maple Street egsy Koinonia; Why the Chimes Rang, Chorus; Senior Glee Club; A Capella Choir; Assemblies. Secretary ELEANOR MAY See 114 Brunswick Street Elly Commerce, Copy Editor; Le Foyer; Student Librarian. Secretary THEODORE BARSOM 48 Catherine Street Stonewall Commerce, Feature Department; Football; Hi-Y, The Story of Joseph, Cast; Glee Club; Assemblies; Freshman Reception; Class Basketball. Journalist MARGUERITE ELIZABETH BEAULIEU 148 Belvidere Street Gig Basketball, Captain; Soccer; Baseball; Class Basketball. Dress Designer MARTIN BECKER 211 Chapin Terrace Marty Certified Public Accountant RUTH NORMA BEDORE 605 Plainfield Street Norm Private Secretary SYLVIA EDITH BEDORE 2681 Columbus Avenue Sillie Stenographer ERLINE HELEN BENNETT 31 Lawnwood Street Buster G. O. Home Room Agent. Missionary ESTHER GENEVIEVE BENNETT 323 King Street Ess Banquet Committee; Commerce Town Meeting, Secretary, May Festival, Usher; Assemblies; Student Librarian; G. O. Home Room Agent; Special Office Work for Teachers. Secretary MARY MARION BERKOWITZ 1245 Dwight Street Berkie Buyer IRVING HAROLD BERNSON 40 Bancroft Street Scoop Commerce, Boys’ Bulletin Editor; Cheer Leader, Captain, Home Room Vice-President; Class Basketball. Journalist PATRICIA MARY BICKLEY 10 Howard Place Patty Llamarada, Nisimaha, Freshman Reception, Squad Leader. Typist HENRY BLACK 470 Chestnut Street Congressman Promenade and Banquet Committee, Seating. Accountant CATHERINE ANN BOADRY 4 Massasoit Street Kitty Accountant Page 42 DOROTHY BOHN 52 James Street Dottie Wekansel. Accountant MARION BOLDUAN 27 Eagle Street Melly Assemblies. Stenographer MAY CHRISTINA BOSHUYZEN 53 Mason Street Bush Crimson Masquers; Nisimaha; Great Choice, Prompter; Girls’ Glee Club: A Cappella Choir; Assemblies; Community Chest Work; Freshman Reception. Companion Secretary WILLIAM BOUCHER g1 Belle Street Bill Football; Torch: Hi-Y; Shining Armor, Cast. United States Navy ANNETTE IRENE BOUSQUET 17 Maryland Street Annabelle Commerce, Assistant Editor, Editor-in-Chief; Class Prophecy Committee, Chairman; Soccer; Field Hockey; Squad Leader: Com- merce Town Meeting; Radio Workshop, Script Writer; Special Office Work for Teachers. Magazine Writer DORYCE paves Pe Road, North Wilbraham ee Dee Crimson Masquers; Beating the Boss, Cast; Assemblies; Prome- nade and Banquet Committee, Flowers. Private Secretary FRANK EDWARD BRADLEY South Main Street, East Longmeadow Brad Accountant MARRITA BRADLEY 1183 Carew Street Marrita Saleswoman EMELINDA MARY BRANCHESI 6 Sackett Place Emmy Typist AGNES STEWART BRASS 121 Meadow Road, Longmeadow Aggie XIB Social, Reception Committee; XIB Class Meeting, Chair- man; Illcarsolles; And It Rained, Cast; Assemblies; Squad Leader; Freshman Reception; Girls’ Patrol; Promenade and Banquet Com- mittee, Flowers. Stenographer ELLEN BROWN 43 Tenth Street Sis Bookkeeper SADIE BROWN 83 Tenth Street Brownie Saleswoman ADRIENNE BRUNELLE 293 Main Street,Indian Orchard Frenchy Beautician DORIS BEATRICE BRUNELLE 142 Oak Grove Avenue Jinx Commerce, Feature Writer; XIA Social, Refreshment Committee; Le Foyer, Club Reporter; Home Room President; G. O. Auditor; Freshman Reception; Promenade Guest Committee. Reporter Page 43 BARBARA EVELYN BURNHAM 75 Narragansett Street Bobbie Secretary MAUD VICTORIA CAIRNS 157 Wilbraham Avenue Vicky ‘Soccer: Kumtux: Senior Girls’ Glee Club: Home Room Vice- President; G. O. Home Room Agent. Department Store Buyer ERMALINDA LOUISE CALABRISE 62 Gardner Street Linda Accountant CORALIE CAMPBELL 37 Saratoga Street Cokie Llamarada. Nurse JOSEPH A. CARDINALE 136 Florence Street Joe Freshman Reception, Boys’ Patrol; Promenade and Banquet Committee, Place Cards. Commercial Artist JOSEPH P..CARESTIA_ 213 Tyler Street ipl Golf: Soccer; Hi-Y; The Monastery of St. Albans, Stage Manager; Lunch Room Squad. Accountant ANNA GRACE CARNEY 5g Scott Street Ann Wekansel: Home Room Secretary; Assemblies; Freshman Recep- tion; Special Office Work for Teachers. Nurse ALINE RITA CARON 1045 Worcester Street, Indian Orchard Nin Koinonia, Secretary, Assemblies. Private Secretary RICHARD HEBER CARROLL 61 Hartford Terrace Dick Aviator GERALDINE CARTER 178 William Street Jerry Stenographer EILEEN ELIZABETH CASEY 84 Catherine Street Casey XIB Social, Decorations; Squad Leader; Kumtux, Reporter; Glee Club; A Cappella Choir; Home Room Vice-President, Secretary; Assemblies: Freshman Reception. Stenographer LOLA CASSOLI 82 Acushnut Avenue Cherry XIB Social, Refreshments: XIA Social, Music; Kumtux, Treas- urer; Assemblies; Freshman Reception; G. O. Home Room Agent: May Festival, Usher; Promenade and Banquet Committee, Chair- man. Companion Secretary JEAN DOROTHY CASWELL 37 Marlborough Street Red XIA Social, Tickets: Senior Girls’ Glee Club. Private Secretary VERA ROSE CERA 52 Fresno Street Vera Kumtux, Secretary: Girls’ Patrol. Private Secretary Page 44 CLIFFORD JAMES CHADWICK 46 Bradford Street Cliff Football, Boys’ Glee Club; A Cappella Choir. Engineering ARTHUR DEWEY ee 178 Hancock Street urly 3 aa Radio Workshop; Community Chest Work; Class Basket- all. Radio Announcer JEAN CHAPMAN 101g State Street Chappy Squad Leader; Lunch Room Squad; Modern Dance Group. Nurse ROLAND GERARD CHARRON 596 Worthington Street Roland Accountant ESTHER ELIZABETH Sa 33 Ellsworth Avenue haser Kumtux, Treasurer, Reporter; Promenade, Decorations Com- mittee. Stenographer FELICIA CHAYKOWSKI 35 Ringgold Street el Private Secretary FRANCES CHECHILE 106 Walnut Street Franny XIB Social, Tickets; Freshman Reception. Veterinarian ALTHEA CHEESEMAN 39 Horace Street Cheesie XIA Social, Invitations; Areopagitica; Cecil Leeson Concert, Usher; May Festival, Cast; Senior Girls’ Glee Club; A Cappella Choir; Home Room Secretary; Assemblies; Junior Honor Group; Girls’ Patrol; Special Office Work for Teachers; Promenade and Banquet Committee, Program. Private Secretary VIOLA JOSEPHINE CIOLKOS 1480 Worcester Street, Indian Orchard Choky Assemblies; Junior Honor Group; Promenade and Banquet Com- mittee, Music. Private Secretary ROSE MARIE COCCHI 25 Malden Street Coach Private Secretary LILLIAN COHEN 33 Calhoun Street el Special Office Work for Teachers. Stenographer MARTHA COHEN 44 Brookline Avenue Marcie Saleswoman LUCILLE ROSAMANDE COLBURN 31 Bowdoin Terrace Lou Nisimaha. Librarian EUGENE LOUIS COMEAU 78 Whittier Street Gene Senior Promenade, Committee; Torch; Hi-Y:; Shining Armor, Cast; Joseph and His Brothers, Cast; Why the Chimes Rang, Cast: Christmas Assembly; Freshman Reception; G. O. Home Room Agent; Crimson Masquers; Promenade and Banquet Committee, Tickets. Accountant Page 45 COROTHY EMILY COOLBY 32 Medford Street Dutchie Koinonia Club. Song Writer IRENE DOROTHY COULSON 1007 Allen Street Irene Commerce, Copy Editor; Senior Glee Club. Secretary MALVINA COUTURE 249 Tyler Street Mully Saleswoman ELSIE ELEANOR CRESSOTTI 53 Ashley Street El Promenade; Tickets Committee. Stenographer HARRY CRESSOTTI 281 Dwight Street Extension Happy Hockey: Lunch Room Squad; Freshman Reception; G. O. Home Room Agent: Boys’ Patrol. Businessman DOROTHY JEAN CRUICKSHANK = 316 Union Street Crooky Le Foyer: Nisimaha, President of Affiliated Nisimaha, May Festival, Usher: Girls’ Patrol, Junior and Senior Lieutenants; Home Room President, Secretary; Assemblies: Freshman Reception, Usher; Promenade Music Committee ; Promenade Ballot Committee. Executive Secretary ANTOINETTA CURTO 95 Lebanon Street Ann Accountant IRENE LUCY DAIGNEAULT 60 Nathaniel Street Rene Saleswoman PEARL DARLING 11 Myrtle Street Darling Senior Ballot Committee; Jack Frost Dance, Decorations; Nisi- maha, Reporter, Treasurer: Freshman Reception. Medical Secretary BRANKS Ge DAN IS aetna 247 Dickinson Street Frankie Banquet Committee, Guests; XIB Social: XIA Social; Cheer Leader: Hi-Y, Vice-President; Hi-Y Pageant, Cast; Assemblies: Freshman Reception; Boys’ Patrol; Special Work for Teachers; Home Room Representative. Accountant WARREN DAVIS 97 Spring Street Kay Torch, President: Shining Armor, Stage Manager: Band; Orches- tra: Assemblies: Freshman Reception; Boys’ Patrol; Promenade Program Committee. Stenographer ELSIE ANGELICA DEBONIS 325 Taylor Street Boots Class History Committee; May Festival, Usher; Junior Honor Group. Dress Designer BERNARDINE PAULINE DEITZ 34 Cliftwood Street Bernie Commerce, Columnist: Baseball: Crimson Masquers, Mono- Saher Assemblies; Freshman Reception; Special Office Work for eachers. ' Stenographer THEODORA DELMOLINO 299 Walnut Street a Teddy Kumtux; Freshman Reception. Accountant Page 40 ALDINA RITA MARY DELMONTI 54 Loring Street Ding Stenographer FILOMENA ANNA DEMAIO 63 Elmwood Street Fil Mav Festival, Usher; Junior Honor Group. Stenographer HELEN DEMPSEY North Wilbraham Helen Stenographer ELEANOR MORRILL DENISON 67 Connecticut Avenue Dennie Private Secretary RITA DESROISIERS 79 Lyons Street, Indian Orchard Bonnie Glee Club. Librarian LAWRENCE EARL DIMETRES 18 Denton Circle Larry Football; Crimson Masquers: Orchestra; Band: Boys’ Glee Club; Music Class; Assemblies; Freshman Reception. Salesman Pel eRe ONY Diy PIETRO 71 Greene Street Pete Golf, Captain; Basketball; Christmas Play, Usher; Assemblies; Lunch Room Squad; Freshman Reception; Boys’ Patrol; Promenade and Banquet Committee, Guests. Professional Golfer WALTER FRANCIS DONOVAN, JR. 88 Tyler Street Walter Special Office Work for Teachers. Priesthood ALICE EMILY DOUBLEDAY 61 Montrose Street Al XIB Social, Ticket Committee. Costume Designer MARGARET VIRGINIA DOWNEY | 11 Walden Street Peggy Ballot Committee; Kumtux, Secretary; Inter-School Club Dance, Chairman of Decoration Committee; Freshman Reception. Airline Hostess RUTH CAROLINE DOWNTON 108 Massachusetts Avenue Ruth Stenographer IRENE DOYLE 122 Barber Street Heidi Wekansel; Eco Geo; Freshman Reception: Special Office Work for Teachers. Saleswoman CAROLYN LOUISE DUCHAM 227 Farmington Road, Longmeadow Carol Nisimaha, Vice-President. Saleswoman MILDRED DORIS DUDLEY 818 Carew Street Millie Freshman Glee Club. Hair Stylist Page 47 KATHERINE JULIA EE 57 Commonwealth Avenue ay Ballot Committee; Wekansel, Nisimaha. Dressmaker REJEANNE MARY PAUL DUPUIS 14 Warrenton Street Re Commerce, Daily Bulletin; Field Hockey: Basketball; Baseball; Special Office Work for Teachers; Class Basketball. Saleswoman RICHARD LOUIS EATON aoe 421 Bay Street ee XIA Social, Committee; Football; Hi-Y; Torch; Hi-Y Pageant, Property Manager; Band; Lunch Room Squad; Freshman Recep- tion; Boys’ Patrol; Promenade and Banquet Committee. Reporter RUTH EATON 52 Dunmoreland Street Rufus Inter-Club Dance; Areopagitica, Treasurer ; Nisimaha; Graduation, Usher; Home Room Secretary; Assemblies; Freshman Reception. Private Stenographer ROSAMOND PATRICIA ee 81 Manitoba Street osie Class Vice-President; Freshman Reception; Girls’ Patrol; Com- merce Home Room Reporter; Home Room President; Le Foyer, Secretary; Music Festival; 12B Invitation Committee; Commerce G irls Bowling Club: Special Office Work for Teachers; 12A Class Ring Committee. Teacher WALTER KENNETH ENSIGN 414 Central Street Kenny Hi-Y: Monodrama Assembly; A Cappella Choir; Freshman Reception; Boys’ Patrol; Promenade, Will Committee. Accountant DORIS HELEN ERIKSON 5 24 Waldorf Street ot Assemblies; Freshman Reception. Private Secretary RUBY HELEN ERI ae 28 Waldorf Street Ruby Assemblies; Freshman Reception. Stenographer RICHARD FAIRCHILD : 244 Nash Street Dic Freshman Reception; Judicial Board; Boys’ Patrol; Class Basket- ball. Salesman MARY CATHERINE FERRERO 652 Worthington Street Marty Home Room Treasurer; Freshman Reception: Special Office Work for Teachers; Promenade, Catering Committee. Secretary ERNA LUELLA FERRIER 48 Glenham Street Ern Llamarada. Stenographer GLADYS FERRIER 32 Jefferson Avenue Glady Freshman Reception. Tap Dancer FRANCES CATHERINE FINN 29 Draper Street Fran Illcarsolles, Treasurer; Promenade and Banquet Committee, Seating. Executive Secretary DOROTHY MAY FORSYTH 284 Main Street, Indian Orchard Dot Kumtux. Interior Decorator Page 48 ANASTASIA NICHOLAS Bass 815 Armory Street nne Caduceus, Business Manager: XIB Social, Music Committee: Wekansel, President; Community Chest Work: Promenade, Usher; Assemblies: Professor Quiz; The Raven's First Flight, Cast; Lincoln Day Assembly; G. O. Home Room Agent: Special Office Work for Teachers; G. O. Governing Board. Social Service Worker DORIS GAMBLE 14 High Street Dot Stenographer JAMES JOSEPH GATTI 64 Wolcott Street Jay Baseball; Hi-Y: Home Room Vice-President; Freshman Recep- tion, Class Basketball; Boys’ Patrol. Salesman ALFRED JOHN GEOFFRION 210 Carlisle Street Jeff Basketball; Soccer; Hi-Y, Membership Committee; Boys’ Patrol: Class Basketball; Freshman Reception; Home Room President. Salesman BESSIE IRENE GEORGE 677 Newbury Street Georgie Class Social, Invitations; Koinonia; Home Room President; Home Room Vice-President; Home Room Representative: Prom- enade Guest Committee. Stenographer MARY FRANCES GITTLES 89 Nagle Street, Indian Orchard Dimples Stenographer SADYE SYDNEY GLANTZ 44 Allendale Street Syd Glee Club; Special Office Work for Teachers. Social Worker VIRGINIA ELIZABETH GORMAN 615 White Street Ginnie Commerce, Columnist. Private Secretary PHILIP GRACE 8 Dickinson Street Phil Football; Hockey: Tennis; Torch; Assemblies; Freshman Recep- tion; Boys’ Patrol; Promenade and Banquet Committee, Chairman. Business Man WINIFRED ELINOR GRANDY 7 Greenwich Street Winnie High School Radio Workshop, Secretary. Clerk DELIA LORRAINE GRAVELIN 158 Monrovia Street Larry Field Hockey; Commerce Town Meeting, Secretary; Ilcarsolles, Vice-President, Reporter; Home Room President; Home Room Secretary. Stenographer DOROTHY ELIZABETH GRAVES © 127 Marion Street Dottie XIB Social; Junior Promenade Committee; Freshman Reception; Special Office Work for Teachers. Private Secretary RALPH GREANY go Wait Street Shorty Band; Orchestra. Navy AVIS GRINDLE 11 Monmouth Street Commerce, Feature Editor; Class Secretary; Reception Committee for all June 1939 Class Socials; Arm Band Committee; Field Hockey; Baseball, Captain; Commerce Town Meeting, Secretary, Vice- President, President; May Festival, Usher; Home Room President; G. O. Governing Board; Special Office Work for Teachers. Lawyer Page 49 ESTHER GROVER 22 Phoenix Street Esther Saleswoman IMELDA MARIE GUILMETTE Ames Road, Hampden Imelda Home Room Reporter; Home Room Secretary; Class Basketball Stenographer EDITE I VEYeRALBY, 15 Lillian Street Edie Crimson Masquers; Nisimaha; Radio Workshop: Freshman Glee Club; Junior Glee Club. Stenographer J@OSERREEIAI BAG 92 Beaumont Street Joe Clerk MARY ELIZABETH HALPIN 93 Alderman Street Mickey Nisimaha. Private Secretary ELIZABETH REBECCA HANLBEY 23 Merida Street Betty Saleswoman MADELINE HANNON 50 Fairfield Street Maddy Special Office Work for Teachers. Stenographer MARGARET EILEEN HANNON 66 Malden Street Peggy Stenographer BETTY ANN HARRINGTON 28 Randall Place Bet Costume Designer BES LASKE a2 23 Leete Street Tubby XIB Social, Decorations; G. O. Jamboree; Llamarada; Class Basketball; G. O. Home Room Agent; Promenade, Decorations Committee. Clerical Work RUTH HELENE HASTINGS 174 Marion Street Rudy Hockey; Le Foyer; Riding Club; Assemblies; G. O. Home Room Agent; Student Librarian; Banquet Committee. Secretary FLORENCE ANNE HENNESSEY 507 Dickinson Street Bunny Ticket and Place Card Committee; Golf Club; Assemblies: Fresh- man Reception; Special Office Work for Teachers. Buyer EDWARD ARCHIE HLASTOVA ‘ Maple Street, East Longmeadow Promenade and Banquet Coronal ee. Taxis. Stenographer EDWARD JOHN HOLLIS 86 Montrose Street Eddie Commerce Modelers; Band: Assemblies; Freshman Reception: Class Basketball. Be 0kkee per Page 50 MARILYN HOLMES 240 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow Maril Commerce News Reporter; G. O. Pop Committee: XIA Social Committee; Llamarada; Crimson Masquers, Secretary; The Great Choice, Cast; Glee Club; Home Room Vice-President: Assemblies; Home Room Representative; Freshman Reception. Scientist LAUREL ELEANOR HOWLAND 67 Keith Street Laurie Eco-Geo Saleswoman MARION LOUISE HUNT 122 Carver Street Marion Stenographer BERNICE LUCILLE, HUNTER 351 Oakland Street Bernie Soccer; May Festival, Usher; Class Basketball. Stenographer CAROLYNE GOODWIN HUNTINGTON 15 Summit Street Care Squad Leader; Freshman Reception. Stenographer ANN EVA JODOIN 12 Walnut Court Ann Squad Leader; Llamarada; Glee Club; Student Librarian. Clerical Worker ELEANOR DUDGEON JOYCE Glendale Road, Hampden eH| Stenographer JOSEPHINE JULIANO 369 Columbus Avenue Josy Stenographer DONALD JUNIOR 97 Draper Street Shs IR Lunch Room Squad. Accountant HARRY KAPLAN 164 Prospect Street Harry Class Will Committee, Chairman. Journalist IRENE KATSOUNAKIS 100 Carew Street Kitty Special Office Work for Teachers. ANNA THERESA KENNEDY 816 Carew Street Nancy Girls’ Glee Club: Home Room Secretary Nurse HELEN MARIE KEYES 1o1 Wilbur Street Skipper Stenographer RUSSEEE RIBBESS)R 127 Bowles Street ay Senior Promenade, Ree ci Room Class Representative : XA, XIB. XIIB Dance Committees; Graduation, Music Committee ; Football, Captain; Hockev; Baseball; Hi-Y: Torch; Bovs’ Patrol: Home Room President; Freshman Reception: Class Basketball: Lunch Room Squad: Joseph and His Brothers, Cast: G. O. Auditor: Junior Promenade, Committee; G. O. Jamboree. Certified Public Accountant Page 51 MARY ELIZABETH KIDD 44 Los Angeles Street May G. O. Jamboree, Usher. Office Worker MILDRED MARCIA KIMBALL 14 Somerset Street Milly Commerce, News Reporter; Baseball; Radio Workshop; Crimson Masquers; Glee Club; Assemblies; G. O. Home Room Agent: John S. Young Contest, Second Prize; Monodramas: G. A. A. Initiation. Dramatic Instructor RUTH MARION KIOSKE 165 Eastern Avenue Ruth XA Social, Reception Committee; Hockey. Private Secretary ROBERT EARL KNOWER 370 Belmont Avenue Bob Hi-Y; Joseph and His Brothers, Cast. Forester HELEN KOROVAL 240 Centre Street, Indian Orchard Helen Promenade Invitations; Aloha; Fashion Show: Modern Dance Group; Freshman Reception. Private Secretary MARY KOROVAL 240 Centre Street, Indian Orchard Monya Fashion Show; Modern Dance Group. Private Secretary HELEN PEARL KOSINSKI 148 Stafford Street Helen Saleswoman STEFIE KOWAL 160 Laconia Street Special Office Work for Teachers. Stenographer LEO JULES LALIBERTE 38 Winthrop Street Joe Special Office Work for Teachers. United States Navy IDA EXILEA LAMOTHE 76 Mooreland Street Frenchie Commerce, Editor of Girls’ Bulletin; XIA Social: Cecil Leeson Concert, Usher; Christmas Concert; May Festival: Le Foyer, Secre- tary, President; Crimson Masquers; Radio Workshop, Associate Member; A Cappella Choir; Senior Girls’ Glee Club; Assemblies: Freshman Reception; G. O. Home Room Agent: Special Office Work for Teachers; Banquet, Seating Committee; Promenade and Banquet Committee, Seating. Office Machinist IDA AMELIA LA MOUNTAIN 31 Chester Street Dida Snap Shot Corner, Editor; Freshman Reception, Saleswoman JOANN MARIE LANG ae Bellevue Avenue, Longmeadow oO Squad Leader; Llamarada, President; Crimson Masquers; Assem- blies; Community Chest Work; Freshman Reception: Special Work for Teachers. Private Stenographer LILLIAN CONSTANCE LARSEN 18 Spencer Street Lilli Crimson Masquers: Why the Chimes Rang, Chorus: Junior Girls’ Glee Club; Senior Girls’ Glee Club; Christmas Concert: A Cappella Choir; Home Room President; Home Room Secretary; Assemblies: Freshman Reception. Singer FLORENCE ILENE LEVEILLEE tes Williams Street, Longmeadow lo Caduceus, Associate Editor; Junior Honor Group; Squad Leader: Llamarada, Vice-President: Crimson Masquers; Girls’ Patrol: The Great Choice, Cast; May Festival, Usher: Fashion Show: Home Room vice Eres Assemblies; Freshman Reception; Special Work for eachers. Private Secretary Page 52 ROBERT LEVINE Be 47 Trafton Road b G. O. Home Room Agent; Special Office Work for Teachers. Travelling Salesman SY EVIATANN LEVINE 7 Hebron Street Sivie Modern Dance Group; Assemblies; Special Work for Teachers. Stenographer MARY JOSEPHINE ANN LEWENZUK 40 Murray Hill Avenue Mary Stenographer THOMAS EDWARD LIBERTY 105 West Alvord Street Tom Class History Committee; Armband Committee; Hi-Y; Radio Workshop; Hi-Y Pageant, Property Manager; Freshman Reception; Boys’ Patrol. Certified Public Accountant SIDNEY LIPOVSKY 63 Church Street Sid Community Chest Work. Accountant RAYMOND JAMES LORD 309 Birnie Avenue Ray Promenade, Usher; Crimson Masquers, Treasurer, President; Commerce Town Meeting; Assemblies, Monodramas; G. O. Home Room Agent: XIB Christmas Play, Cast; The Great Choice, Cast; Beating the Boss, Cast. Builder GUY CLARENCE LUCIA 44 Vincent Street Lushe Radio Workshop; Lincoln Day Speaker; Assemblies; G. O, Home Room Agent. Veterinarian CATHERINE RENA LYNCH 411 Armory Street Cathy Glee Club; A Cappella Choir; Freshman Reception. Nurse MARGARET MARY LYNCH 411 Armory Street Peggy Christmas Basket Committee: Hand-Book Committee; G. O. Pop: Class Dance Committee: Areopagitica Club, Treasurer; Radio Workshop; Christmas Festival, Usher; Graduation Exercises, Usher; Girls’ Glee Club; Assemblies; G. O. Home Room Agent: Special Office Work for Teachers; Girls’ Patrol; Promenade and Banquet Committee, Seating. Stenographer PHYLIS MacGILVRAY 32 Woodside Terrace Phyl XIB Class Dance; Ilcarsolles, Secretary, President. Stenographer OLGA MACHER 55 Seventh Street Olie Buyer JENNIE MALINOWSKY 123 Pease Road, East Longmeadow Ennie G. O. Auditing Board; G. O. Home Room Agent. Buyer CLAIRE FRANCES MALONEY 405 Nottingham Street Claire Softball; Wekansel; Freshman Reception. Saleswoman BETTY ANN MALONEY 527 Armory Street Buzzy Softball: Glee Club: Home Room President; Home Room Vice- President: Freshman Reception. Gym Teacher Page 53 VITO MARATEA 124 Westford Avenue Fat Football; Hockey; Home Room Vice-President; Freshman Re- ception; Class Basketball. Physical Education Director ELEANOR MARDEN 531 State Street Eleanor Graduation, Usher; Banquet and Promenade Committee; Aloha; Nisimaha, Vice-President, President; Modern Dance Group; Home Room Representative; Home Room Secretary: Freshman Recep- tion; Special Office Work for Teachers; Promenade, Music Com- mittee. Secretary JUNE MARRA 4054 Chestnut Street Junie Nisimaha, Chairman of Service Committee; Freshman Reception; Special Office Work for Teachers. Private Secretary FLORENCE ALICE MASTROIANNI 392 Armory Street Flo Hockey; Baseball; Squad Leader. Journalist HELEN ANN MAYOTTE 23 Maryland Street Helen Ilcarsolles; Freshman Reception. Buyer JOHN MAZARAKOS 283 Chapin Terrace Muzzey Business Lawyer STELLA MAZARAKOS 283 Chapin Terrace Stella G. O. Home Room Agent. Nurse EDWARD THOMAS McCLEARY 40 Mooreland Street Mac Commerce, News Editor; Assemblies; Class Basketball; 1937 G. O. Pop: G. O. Auditor; Promenade and Banquet Committee, Seating. Accountant HELEN McCOMBE 44 Benz Street George Home Room Reporter; Promenade Committee, Chairman; XIB Social; XIIB Social; Assembly Committee; Committee for Thanks- giving and Christmas Baskets; Hockey; Areopagitica, Secretary, President; Girls’ Patrol, Lieutenant, Captain; Graduation, Usher; Home Room Representative; Assemblies; Freshman Receptions; Modern Dance Group: Special Office Work for Teachers; Junior Honor Group. Secretary ROBERT THOMAS McGOVERN 119 State Street Mack Caduceus, Art Editor; Commerce, Daily Bulletin; Football; Hockey; Decathlon: Hi-Y; Torch Club; Hi-Y Pageant; Freshman Reception; Class Basketball; Boys’ Patrol; Specia! Art Work for Teachers. Commercial Artist HELEN PRUDENCE MESSER 25 Brentwood Street Prudy Class Prophecy; Squad Leader; Golf; Swimming; Girls’ Patrol; Modern Dance Group; Assemblies; Freshman Reception. Public Accountant ELIZABETH: LOUISE METCALF 416 Allen Street Betty Home Room Vice-President. Stenographer ANNA MAE MICHAELS 170 Carver Street Mike Place card and Ticket Committee; Fashion Show; Squad Leader; Golf Club; Assemblies: Freshman Reception; G. O. Home Room Agent; Special Office Work for Teachers. Model JACQUELYN MILLAR 53 Los Angeles Street Jackie Llamarada. Stenographer Page 54 BERNICE MILLER 52 Kenyon Street Bing G. O. Pop. Stenographer MARGERY CLARA MILLER 3179 Main Street Marge Fashion Show; Freshman Reception. Private Stenographer ANGIE PATRICIA MISISCO 170 Hickory Street ee Fashion Show; Modern Dance Group; Assemblies; Freshman Reception. Musician MARY LUCY LENA MOLINARI Donald Avenue, East Longmeadow Tiny The Crimson Masquers; Radio Workshop; Senior Glee Club; Assemblies: Freshman Reception; Special Work for Teachers. Opera Singer MARY HELEN MONAHAN 415 Nottingham Street Blondie Stenographer JOSEPH JOHN a ie 69 Parkside Street oe Physical Instructor FRANCIS EDWARD MOQUIN 308 Bay Street Babe Accountant NORA MORELLI 45 Collins Street Nora Stenographer WILLIAM PATRICK pana 56 York Street ill Band: Orchestra; Assemblies. Military Test Pilot MARY JEANNE Oa cata 10 Ashmont Street ary Wekansel, Secretary; Girls’ Patrol. Private Secretary ALPHONSE CHARLES Ek 650 Belmont Avenue , urly Commerce, News Editor, Bulletin: Football; Assemblies; Class Basketball. Certified Public Accountant ANNA MOSS 574 Chestnut Street Mossy Squad Leader. Stenographer MARY BARBARA MURPHY 17 Welcome Place urph Radio Workshop; IIcarsolles, Treasurer. Private Secretary ADELE LOUISE MUSINSKI 1635 Wilbraham Road Dell Stenographer Page 55 EVELYN ELIZABETH NASSAR 96 Greenwood Street Evie Saleswoman ELEANOR MARY NICHOLSON 49 Maynard Street Nickie Caduceus, Editor-in-Chief; May Festival, Usher; G. O. Auditor; Le Foyer, Vice-President; Home Room President; Assemblies; G. O. Home Room Agent; Junior Honor Group; Special Office Work for Teachers. Accountant EARL JOSEPH NIELSON 39 Rochelle Street Red Salesman BERTHA ALVERA NORMAN South Main Street, East Longmeadow Bert G. O. Auditor: Special Office Work for Teachers. Head Bookkeeper IRIS JOHANNE NYGREN 34 Medford Street Nye Koinonia, President. Secretary EMMETT ROBERT O'CONNELL 39 Wait Street Okey Assemblies; Class Basketball. Dancer DORIS EDNA OERTEL 21 Beauchamp Street Arizona Fire Private Secretary MARJORIE EVELYN O'KEEFE 28'Draper Street Marje Kumtux. Stenographer GUIDO PALLATINO, Jr. 16 Tyler Street Day Home Room Vice-President; Home Room Secretary: Freshman Reception; Class Basketball; G. O. Home Room Agent: Promenade and Banquet Committee, Program. Accountant ALICE PANDOLF 509 Newbury Street Al Clerical Work GEORGIA KATHERINE PAPPIS 628 Union Street Corkey Squad Leader; Freshman Reception; Special Office Work for Teachers. Nurse LAURETTA PAQUIN 324 Oak Street, Indian Orchard Tootsie Aloha Club, Private Secretary EDNA MAE PARKS 121 Marion Street Eddie Special Office Work for Teachers. ' Stenographer ANNA PATRUNO 544 Union Street Anna Clerk Page 56 EDWARD RAY PEASE Wilbraham, Massachusetts Ed Freshman Reception. Farmer GRACE EMILY PELLERIN 32 Kent Road Shrimp Squad Leader. Stenographer PDT ESHER PERA 65 Wellington Street Betty Stenographer RAYMOND FREDRICK PERKINS 210 Pine Street ay Assembly Committee; Hi-Y Club; Hi-Y Pageant, Cast; Home Room President; Assemblies; Lunch Room Squad; Freshman Reception; Boys’ Patrol. Accountant JENNIE MARIA PETRANGELO 431 Central Street Janie Orchestra. Clerk ELSIE ARTIN PILIGIAN 22 Slater Avenue El Commerce, News Department; Freshman Reception; G. O. Auditor; G. O. Home Room Agent; Assemblies; Special Office Work for Teachers; Bowling Team: Horseshoe Team. Reporter MARGUARITE NERSES PILIGIAN Gates Avenuc, East Longmeadow Margie Commerce, News Department: Home Room Reporter; G. O. Auditor; Hi-Y Contest; Journalism IX Contest; Special Office Work for Teachers; Class Basketball: Bowling Team; Horseshoe Team. Dress Designer GLORIA PATRICIA PIPPIN 12 Hawthorne Street Pip Radio Workshop. Lawyer ALEXANDER JOSEPH PLANTE 18 Keith Street Sandy Ballot Committee, Chairman; Football; Community Chest Work; Class Basketball. Salesman ARLINE CECILE PLOURDE 66 Grenada Terrace Arline Ballot Committee: XIB Social, Hostess: Nisimaha; Assemblies: Freshman Reception. Secretary DANIEL POLLACK 19 Draper Street Danny Lunch Room Squad. Acc ountant DOROTHY ADELAID POOL 13 Amity Street Dotty Squad Leader; Wekansel; May Festival, Typomania. Saleswoman CORA AGNES POOLER 33 Revere Street Blondie Bowling Team. Private Secretary BEATRICE CHARLOTTE POTARZ 100 Wilmont Street Bea Stenographer Page 57 RALPH IRA PROUTY 1582 Wilbraham Road Buster Baseball, Professional Baseball Player ELOY DER WSSELE REED 49 Carlisle Street Dude Ballot Committee; Hockey; Hi-Y; Hi-Y Pageant, Cast; Boys’ Patrol. Banker HENRY PAUL REGALI 10 Chestnut Street Squint Football. Police Officer MARGARET ROBERTSON 18 Wellington Street Mig Secretary RUSSEL ROBINSON 757 Dickinson Street Flash Lunch Room Squad, Class Basketball. Bookkeeper in Airplane Factory JANICE ROCHFORD 1601 Parker Street Jan Commerce, Editorial Editor; Freshman Reception; Promenade and Banquet Committee, Seating. Secretary HENRY WILLIAM ROONEY 34 Berkeley Street Harry Commerce, Advertising Manager; Hi-Y, Treasurer; Boys’ Patrol: Joseph and His Brother, Cast. Accountant LLOYD MERRILL ROSENBERG 932 Belmont Avenue Rosey XIA_ Social, Publicity Committee; Soccer: Radio Workshop: The Wonder Hat; Punchinello, Cast; Home Room Vice-President: Freshman Reception; Class Basketball. Radio and Stage Work MILDRED YVONNE ROSS 218 Oakland Street Midge Commerce, Type Editor; Music Festival, Typomania; Freshman Reception; Special Office Work for Teachers. Social Secretary BEATRICE ANN RUGGEU 115 Wilber Street Bee Special Office Work for Teachers. Saleswoman PRISCILLA RUST 197 Ellsworth Avenue Pussy Modern Dance Club; Prophecy Committee, Chairman; Assem- blies; Home Room Secretary. Public Accountant MARIE ANNETTE RYAN 12 Sheldon Street Ree Ree Wekansel; Home Room Vice-President; Freshman Reception; G. O. Home Room Agent. Office Machine Operator ROBERT ALLEN SANDERSON g! Norfolk Street Sandy Baseball; Hockey; Torch, Vice-President; Hi-Y; Band; Interhigh School Band; Orchestra. Accountant HENRY ROBERT SANDY, Jr. 14 Lois Street Pres Class President; Commerce, Reporter: Hi-Y, President; Photog- raphy Club; Boys’ Glee Club; Assemblies; Boys’ Patrol: G. O. Governing Board; Lunch Room Squad; Freshman Reception; Judicial Board; Joseph and His Brothers, Cast; G. O. Pop. Air Conditioning Engineer Page 58 GOLPHO N. SARANTES 92 Belle Street Kitty Deck Tennis; Freshman Reception; Special Work for Teachers: Wonderhat, Cast. Typist MARTHA SCHWARTZ 197 Massasoit Street Marsha Special Office Work for Teachers. Costume Designer MARION M. SEABURY 4 Brigham Street Marion Nursing LENA MARY SERRA 47 Clantoy Street Lee Promenade and Banquet Committee, Music. Saleswoman SHIRLEY FAYE SHAFFER 25 Pembroke Avenue Shirl Glee Club. Accountant HELEN ELIZABETH SHARKUS 14 Wilcox Street Sharkey Commerce, Editorial Writer. Private Secretary CONSTANCE MARIE SHEA 335 Oakland Street Connie Banquet Committee; Squad Leader; Class Basketball. Teacher KATHERINE MARIE SHEA 11 Parkside Street Kitty Assemblies. Bookkeeper KATHLEEN ISABEL SHEA 33 Gold Street Kathy Nisimaha; Freshman Reception, Usher. Certified Public Accountant GERTRUDE SHUB 17 Alsace Street Trudy Squad Leader; Glee Club. Saleswoman JOSEPHINE SIRACO 171 Walnut Street Jo Nursing RIGA E BE SISTEZKEY 365 Walnut Street Sis Squad Leader; Crimson Masquers. Fashion Designer IRVING LEONARD SLADOFSKY 2805 Main Street Sonny Commerce, Columnist, Advertising Manager; Crimson Masquers; President; Beating the Boss, Cast; A Cappella Choir; Glee Club; Assemblies; Freshman Reception; Journalism Convention. Buyer BEVERLY SMITH 97 Riverview Avenue, Longmeadow Snuffy Squad Leader. Interior Decorator Page 59 ELEANOR MARGARET SMITH 46 Temple Street Smitty Commerce, News Reporter; Glee Club; Freshman Reception. Reporter ETHEL SMITH 55 Bond Street G. O. Auditor; Fashion Show, Model; Assemblies: Glee Club; Special Office Work for Teachers. Accountant SHIRLEY MILDRED SMITH 44 Washington Street Shirl Florist RUTH SOSIN 542 Chestnut Street Ruthie Clerk JUNE ISABELLE SPARROW 2865 Main Street Birdie G. O. Social: Baseball; Horseshoes; Squad Leader; Nisimaha, ‘Treasurer, Secretary; Crimson Masquers, Vice-President; Jealousy Plays a Part, Cast; Beating the Boss, Cast; The Great Choice, Ward- robe Chairman: Orchestra: Freshman Glee Club: G. O. Governing Board; G. O. Pop: Freshman Reception; Class Basketball; Welfare Agent. Teacher HERMAN SPEISER 284 Oakland Street Herm Promenade Committee; Assemblies; Freshman Reception: Class Basketball. Accountant EVELYN MIRIAM SPITZER 118 Commonwealth Avenue Evie Promenade Ticket Committee; Squad Leader. Journalist HELEN GERTRUDE SPURLING 188 Marsden Street Lin Class Ballot; Crimson Masquers; Jn Imminent Peril, Monologue. Dress Designer LILLIAN STAMBOVSKY 6 Allendale Street Lolly G. O. Pop, Usher: Squad Leader; Special Office Work for Teachers. Bookkeeper GLADYS STEBBINS — 7 Quebec Street, Indian Orchard Stubie Stenographer FLORENCE STEINBERG 119 Fountain Street Twinnie Caduceus, Associate Editor; XIA Social, Decoration Committee: Squad Leader; Assemblies; Vox Pop Assembly, Judge; Home Room Reporter; Junior Honor Group: Special Office Work for Teachers: Christmas Concert, Usher. Private Secretary SHIRLEY STEINBERG 119 Fountain Street winnie Caduceus, Associate Editor: XIA Social, Decoration Committee: Squad Leader: Assemblies; Vox Pop Assembly, Judge, Home Room Reporter; Junior Honor Group; Special Office Work for Teachers: Christmas Concert, Usher. Private Secretary FLORENCE MAY STEPHENSON 2443 Roosevelt Avenue Pudge Wekansel; Promenade, Will Committee, Chairman. Buyer LEILA BARBARA STEVENS 33 Longhill Street Stevie _Commerce, Columnist; Nisimaha: Jealousy Plays a Part, Cast: Glee Club; Freshman Reception: Special Office Work for Teachers. Reporter Page 60 EUNICE RUTH STODDARD 96 Orleans Street You Filing Clerk IRENE MARJORY ST. JEAN 18 Clark Street Jeanie Governess ESTHER SUGARMAN 14 Massasoit Place Sugar Freshman Dance, Music Committee; Ilcarsolles, Club Reporter; Junior Honor Group; Assemblies: Home Room Representative. Court Stenographer CATHERINE BERNICE SULLIVAN 125 Littleton Street Sully Stenographer DORIS MAC SULLIVAN 29 Pembroke Avenue Dodie Llamarada. Stenographer KATHRYN PATRIAC SULLIVAN 674 Newbury Street Patsy G. O. Auditor; Special Office Work for Teachers. Accountant STANLEY WILLIAM SURDYKA 34 Murray Hill Avenue Stan Commerce, News Department; Ballot Committee; Music Festival: XB-XA Social; XIB Social; Leeson Concert: G. O. Pop: Hi-Y: Hi-Y Pageant. Cast; Christmas Assembly, Usher: Assemblies: Freshman Reception; Judicial Board; Class Basketball: Boys’ Patrol, Junior Lieutenant, Senior Lieutenant, Captain. Accountant ADELE B. SZEMELA 18 Goodwin Street, Indian Orchard Dimples Ilcarsolles, Vice-President: Class Basketba!l: G. O. Home Room Agent. Private Secretary KENNETH RAY TAFT 48 Forest Street Taffy Community Chest Work, G. O. Home Room Agent. Commercial Artist MARIE AGNES TAYLOR 564 Chestnut Street May Commerce, Assistant News Editor; Graduation Exercises, Usher; Class History; XIA and XIIB Socials, Decoration Committee; Areopagitica. Newspaper Reporter LAZAR TEMKIN 149 Massasoit Street Lazar Accountant WINIFRED EVA THEOBALD 172 Commonwealth Avenue Winnie Why the Chimes Rang, Chorus; Glee Club; A Cappella Choir. Stenographer CLEMENT THIELA 48 Dresden Street Clem Class Ballot; Torch, Secretary; Hi-Y:; Joseph and His Brothers, Stage Manager: Freshman Reception; Boys’ Patrol. Accountant MARGARET TIEDGEN 415 Central Street Peggy Soccer. Stenographer Page 61 ei ae ies SR ON, BERTHA TOMCZAK 3 25 Webster Street ert Bowling, Champion; IIcarsolles, Vice-President. Massachusetts State College GLORIA INEZ TORRES 552 Armory Street Binnie Hockey; Areopagitica. Accountant IRENE JEANNETTE TOUSIGNANT 160 Hickory Street Rene Senior Girls’ Glee Club; Assemblies Hair and Beauty Culture Operator WILLIAM H. TOWNSEND 17 Mortimer Street Bill Home Room Representative; Football; Hi-Y, Secretary: Joseph and His Brothers, Cast; Lunch Room Squad; Class Basketball Boys’ Patrol; Promenade Committee, Chairman. Accountant AMELIA TRYBUS Crane Hill Road, North Wilbraham Mel Saleswoman HAROLD JOSEPH VERMES 21 Biltmore Street Professor Class Ballot Committee; Hi-Y; Assemblies; Freshman Reception: G. O. Home Room Agent; Boys’ Patrol; Junior Honor Group. Teacher of Biology WILLIAM WHALLEY es 8 Huntington Street ud Commerce, Assistant Sports Editor, Sports Editor of Bulletin: Hi-Y; Home Room President; Assemblies; Class Basketball; Boys Patrol; Joseph and His Brother, Cast. Sports Columnist AGNES MADELINE VOLPINI 745 Worthington Street Aggie Bookkeeper LENA MADELINE VOLPINI 745 Worthington Street Le Bookkeeper IRENE WAPNER 94 Fort Pleasant Avenue Ike Saleswoman EVELYN EUNICE WARNER 444 Belmont Avenue Evie XIA Social, Refreshments; Radio Workshop; G. O. Pop, Tap Dancer. Commercial Artist ANN TITUS pep EUR 78 Grenada Terrace unny Basketball, Captain; Squad Leader; Ilcarsolles: Glee Club: Christmas Cantatas; Freshman Reception: Class Basketball. Clerical and Business Worker DORIS MARGUERITE WATT 575 Berkshire Avenue Dottie Ilcarsolles; Radio Workshop; Assemblies; Community Chest Work; Special Office Work for Teachers; Freshman Reception: A Cappella Choir; Senior Girls’ Glee Club. Radio Entertainer STYRA LOUISE be NBERG 1462 Dwight Street tyra Civil Service Work Page 62 LEO PHILIP WEINDRUCH 111 Bancroft Street Lea Certified Public Accountant HELEN CECILE WELLSPEAK 47 Whiting Street Red Clerical Worker FRANCES GERTRUDE WEST 15 Crystal Avenue Fran Ilcarsolles, Treasurer; Promenade, Tickets Committee. Clerical Work LILY RUTH WHEELER 73 Wilmont Street Lil Commerce, Copy Editor, Alumni Editor; Le Foyer; Town Meeting; May Festival; Glee Club; Assemblies; Freshman Reception. Journalist ROBERT FELLOWS WHEELER 94 Catherine Street Bob Baseball; Basketball; May Festival, Romance of the Cards; Home Room Secretary; Lunch Room Squad; Freshman Reception; Class Basketball: Boys’ Patrol; G. O. Jamboree. qT Navy RAYMOND NEWTON WHITAKER 497 White Street ay Caduceus, Associate Editor; XIB Social; 1938 Promenade, Usher; Hockey: Soccer; Torch: HiY: Shining Armor, Cast; Joseph and His Brothers, Cast; Home Room Vice-President; Assemblies; Freshman Se Beas Class Basketball; Boys’ Patrol; Special Office Work for eachers. Certified Public Accountant SHIRLEY BRUCE WHITE 68 Whittier Street Shirl XIA Social, Refreshment Committee; Freshman Reception. Private Secretary ISABELL ADELL WIGGINS 70 Dawes Street Is Freshman Reception. Stenographer LOREN CECIL WILDER 298 Orange Street Pinhead Hi-Y; Le Foyer: Joseph and His Brothers, Cast; Lunch Room Squad, Manager; Freshman Reception; Class Basketball; Boys’ Patrol: Promenade and Banquet Committee, Guests. Mathematics Teacher FERN CELE WILLARD 6 Gerrish Court Fernie Special Office Work for Teachers. Stenographer PAULINE WILLER 58 Grosvenor Street Billy Glee Club. Private Secretary IRENE INGEBORG WILSON 204 Orange Street Ingy Dress Designer CARL EDWARD ee 418 Central Street aro Hi-Y, Secretary; Crimson Masquers; Chef Club, Treasurer; Why the Chimes Rang, Cast: Monastery of St. Albans, Cast; Shining Ar- mor, Cast: Joseph and His Brothers, Cast; A Cappella Choir, President: Boys’ Glee Club; Freshman Reception; G. O. Home Room Agent; May Festival, Cast; Promenade and Banquet Com- mittee, Music. Accountant MARY ANN WOOD 52 Pearl Street Mary Class Basketball. Accountant Page 63 SYLVIA KNIGHT WOODHALL 889 Armory Street Syl Class History Committee; Areopagitica, Vice-President; May Festival, Usher; Junior Honor Group; Special Office Work for Teachers. Stenographer MARGUERITE CECELIA WOODS 25 Mooreland Street Rite Filing Clerk AUSTIN IRVING WOOL 40 Bancroft Street Austie Commerce, Bulletin Board Assistant; Home Room Reporter: Class Basketball; Special Office Work for Teachers. Sports Announcer SARA JOSEPHINE YOUNG South Main Street, East Longmeadow Sadie Christmas Concert; Cecil Leeson Concert, Usher; May Festival, Romance of the Cards, Assemblies. Private Secretary ROBERT THOMAS YVON 66 Pynchon Street Bobby Baseball; Basketball; Football; Class Basketball; Boys’ Patrol. Gym Instructor EUGENE CREAN ZACK 23 Magnolia Terrace Gene Caduceus, Photography Editor; XIA Social, Reception Com- mittee; Hi-Y; Crimson Masquers, Vice-President; Chef Club: Shining Armor, Stage Work; Monastery of St. Albans, Cast; Joseph and His Brothers, Cast, Great Choice, Cast; Why the Chimes Rang, Cast; Lincoln Day Assembly; Home Room Reporter; Assemblies, Monodramas; Freshman Reception; G. O. Governing Board: Promenade Guest Committee. Newspaperman ALDO PETER ZARLENGO 183 Tyler Street Duffy Commerce, Sports Department; Football; Basketball; Home Room Secretary; Class Basketball; G. O. Auditor; Boys’ Patrol; Promenade and Banquet Committee, Taxis. Accountant EVELYN ANN ZIELFELDER 131 King Street Ziggie Stenographer VICTOR. JOHN ZELLER 74 Nevins Avenue, Longmeadow Vicky Torch; Hi-Y; Freshman Reception; Class Basketball. Business JOSEPHINE ZUCCALO Acorn Street, East Longmeadow Joe Dress Designer . ANNE DOROTHY BETTINI 111 Margerie Street Pesky Stenographer | VIOLET LEAVITT The 158 College Street iolet Squad Leader. Comptometer Operator | Page 64 Boy and Girl with Most Pleasing Personality GEASS eBAL ICO? [June, 1939] HELEN McCoMBE LLoyp REED Prettiest Girl Handsomest Boy Most Popular Girl KATHERINE DUNNE Most Popular Boy ALDO ZARLENGO Most Conscientious Girl | ELEANOR NICHOLSON Most Conscientious Boy HarROLD VERMES Most Studious Girl Avis GRINDLE Most Studious Boy . HAROLD VERMES Class Athlete [Girl] . Avis GRINDLE Class Athlete [Boy] ROBERT YVON Best Girl Mixer . MARGARET DOWNEY Best Boy Mixer . ALEXANDER PLANTE Best All Around Girl DorotTHy CRUICKSHANK Best All Around Boy ALFRED GEOFFRION Girl with Most Pleasing Personality DorotHy CRUICKSHANK Boy with Most Pleasing Personality ALEXANDER PLANTE ENES SERRA ALDO ZARLENGO Wittiest Girl . ANNETTE BOUSQUET Wittiest Boy .’ oe ALFRED GEOFFRION Class Heartbreaker [Girl] | MARJORIE O'KEEFE Class Don Juan . Peter D1 PIETRO Quietest Girl . KATHLEEN SHEA Quietest Boy . STANLEY SURDYKA Best Dressed Girl ELEANOR MARDEN Beau Brummel ... LLoyp REED Teachers Delight (Girls | FLORENCE AND SHIRLEY STEINBERG Best Girl Dancer Best Boy Dancer Page 65 Teachers Delight [Boy | Girl Chums KATHERINE DUNNE AND MARGARET DOWNEY Boy Chums James GATTI AND ALFRED GEOFFRION Girl Most Likely to Succeed ESTHER SUGARMAN Boy Most Likely to Succeed HENRY SANDY Girl with Prettiest Smile ARLINE PLOURDE Boy with Most Pleasing Smile CLEMENT THIELA Class Singer . LLoyp ROSENBERG Class Baby . IRVING SLADOFSKY Class Artist JOSEPH CARDINALE Class Pessimist DANIEL POLLACK Class Optimist IRVING SLADOFSKY Cutest Girl AGNES BRASS Cutest Boy RICHARD EATON Dave teainer= en mea ROBERT YVON Class Romeo and Juliet PHILIP GRACE AND FLORENCE LEVEILLEE Class Poet Mary MorcGan Class Actor EUGENE ZACK Most Original Person ANNETTE BOUSQUET Class Musician JUNE SPARROW Class Dwarf . JOSEPH CARDINALE Class Giant ROBERT WHEELER Class Politician Henry BLAck Class Giggler Doris Watt Class Jitterbug EMMETT O'CONNELL Class Woman-Hater KENNETH TAFT Most Conceited Boy . WILLIAM BOUCHER WALTER DONOVAN Prettiest Girl Handsomest Boy Miss ANNA G. CARMODY Adviser GCEHAS SS) ETS Oka [June 1939] The stillness of a September morn of 10936 was shattered by the clamor of students return- ing to the tedium of school routine. Some four hundred of these were about to become members of Commerce. A backward glance to the pre- vious June would have revealed these same pupils, with an air of superiority, being grad- uated from the various junior high schools. At that time they had been thinking of this very day when they could be high school students. This feeling of importance, which had sustained them through the summer, still existed when they were walking the corridors of the impressive High School of Commerce. Soon, however, their courage ebbed a little, as they met the haughty glances of seniors; then they wished that like the Arabs, they might “‘silently steal away’. The monotony of the year which followed was relieved by such events as the Freshman Recep- tion and Initiation, the viewing of the ill-fated Hindenburg, and the hilarious G. O. Pop. During this period they distinguished them- selves at the close of one marking period by having more pupils on the honor roll than did any other class,—a feat that was to be repeated more than once in the coming semesters. During the second year, the following advisers were chosen for the class: Miss Anna G. Car- mody, Miss O. Jean Bell, and Mr. David Reid. The class now was entering into more of the activities of the school, and consequently found school life more enjoyable. At Christmas, a concert was held in the Commerce auditorium. They then were privileged to hear Mrs. Dorothy Burchard Mulroney play several selections on the Hammond organ. School participants were the a cappella choir, the junior girls’ Choral Club, and the Boys’ Glee Club. The first social of the class was an important occasion. Melody Masters furnished the music, and jitterbugs appeared. At the end of their XIB semester, class officers were elected: Henry Sandy, presi- dent: Rosamond Ellord, vice-president; and Avis Grindle, secretary. At this time, the Junior Honors were announced. Again the class sur- passed any preceding one in the number of pupils gaining this honor. The girls who achieved Junior Honors ushered at the Music Festival given under the direction of Mr. F. Anthony Viggiano. At this same concert, some of the most nimble fingered members were chosen to participate in a novelty number called Typo- mania. The orchestra formed an accompaniment to the sounds of the typewriters. The Junior Promenade, which combined XIB and XIA classes, proved a great success. The next impor- tant event was an assembly program arranged by one of the civics classes. Patterned after a typical Professor Quiz broadcast, it was a con- test in which fcur members of the faculty showed their good sportsmanship by competing with four students. Page 66 Of course, during three years’ stay, many students of the class were outstanding in ath- letics and other extra-curricular activities. Dur- ing the annual Decathlon, boys from this group obtained 42 points; whereas their nearest opponent made only 29 points. Aldo Zarlengo and the three Bobs, Yvon, Serra, Wheeler, were on the basketball team; Russell Kibbe, Aldo Zarlengo, Vito Maratea, and Alexander Plante trampled the football field; and Joseph Carestia and Robert Serra supported the soccer team. Anastasia Frangus was chosen from the class to speak for the Community Chest before several city organizations. They were swept into the third year by the violent onslaughts of the hurricane. A forced vacation ensued, and once more Commerce was turned into a temporary home for flood victims. When disaster was behind them, they settled down in earnest to school life. The first gala event came at Thanksgiving time, when a Turkey Trot was held. Melody Masters again furnished the music and the Lambeth Walk was Miss O. JEAN BELL featured. One fine November day found several seniors limping slightly about the corridors. The cause? A roller-skating party the night before. The second annual G. O. Jamboree attracted a capacity crowd of swingsters. Dur- ing the evening, several prizes were awarded. Norman Temple's orchestra supplied the music. In January the long-awaited moment finally arrived: the class became XIIA’s. Soon they began wearing arm bands which became mottled with hieroglyphics, significant only to the writer and to the wearer. The seniors on various com- mittees rushed hither and yon, all bent upon important business. Day followed day in rapid succession. Promenade and banquet stretched before them; then suddenly were past. The graduation exercises with the awarding of the diplomas soon changed classification on the school records from seniors to alumni of the High School of Commerce. Who can tell what the future holds for this illustrious class of 1939? Historians: Sylvia Woodhall Elsie DeBonis Assistant Advisers Mr. Davip H. REID Page 67 JUNE CLASS SONG Hear the tramp of Commerce students, Gleefully they march along: With the banner of their high school And its emblem true and strong! As we leave our Alma Mater, Mem ries sweet will linger still, Of the happy days together On historic State Street Hill. Sadly now we say good-bye To our school of Commerce High To her teachers, rooms, and halls: Memories sweet we'll e’er recall. LOOK 11954! Ladies and gentlemen, believe it or not, the other day four of our graduates fell up two flights of stairs in Commerce and stumbled into a laboratory fifteen years hence, in the year 1954. There they discovered a very queer looking machine, and standing beside it was Mr. Kelly! “Who are you? And where do you come from?” he exclaimed. “Oh, we're just members of the class of June 39, they replied; “can you give us any news of our classmates, Mr. Kelly?” No , said the professor: “but if you want any information about them, this electrical machine can show and tell you everything. The method is simple. Look into the projector; think of your friends: and the machine will make either tele- vised pictures of them, or give interesting facts about their lives. Sometimes it does both. Now don’t ask me how the machine does it,”’ Mr. Kelly continued: “I don’t know. Who wants to be first?” ‘May I be first, Mr. Kelly?” begged Annette, as she rushed forward. “All right,’ said Mr. Kelly, adjusting the machine, “Think of your classmates, and presto! You can see, hear, and know all about them. What do you see, Annette?” ‘Oh, here’s a beautiful banquet hall! And it’s in the White House! In the president's chair sits Avis Grindle. On her right are her campaign manager, June Sparrow, and the famous dollar- a-year-man, Dale Pelow. To the left, sit Secre- tary of State, Henry Sandy, and Speaker of the House, Rosamond Ellord. Lola Cassoli of the Supreme Court is discussing the latest com- munistic agitation with Secretary of Labor, Catherine Lynch. It seems that Richard “‘Red- Shirt’ Fairchild’s bold abduction of the labor chief, Philip Grace, has worried all the unions, particularly the U-PA-US group. President Grindle now rises, and is announcing that the Nobel Prize for the greatest service to mankind Carl Winterle had been awarded to Anita Armstrong. Anita omitted all election campaign speeches in her race to the governor's chair in this state. “Now the scene is changing. The dream of 1939 has really come true, for here’s a Municipal Stadium! Crowds are cheering as the contenders for the heavyweight boxing crown and their attendants step into the squared circle. They are Champion Theodore Stonewall Barsom with his trainer, Herman Speiser; and his opponent, Irving Slap-Happy Sladofsky, with Robert McGovern. Refereeing is Frank Amsden. William Vogel feverishly makes notes for his sports column in the Springfield Flash, while Sidney Berkowitz explains the fine points of the battle by television. In the crowd I see Chief of Police, Raymond Perkins, and his wife, Irene Tousignant. Eleanor Barrus, editor and owner of the Springfield Flash, is congratulating Janice Rochford and Edward McCleary on their new magazine sensation, entitled Cryptic. Coming down an aisle is Margaret Tiedgen, foremost two-miler. Following her is the champion woman boxer, Helen Dempsey— Dempsey the Second’, they call her. On all sides vendors are selling Ais Lucious Lollipops, from Alexander Plante’s candy factory. Down near the ring are Ida Lamothe of the Moth Bane Products Com- pany, and Aldo Zarlengo, who won the Bower prize for the best lily-of-the-valley at the Horti- culturist Convention. Doryce Bower, donor of the prize, gets her millions from the Bingo manufacturer's estate. There go Evelyn Spitzer and Gloria Pippin, managers of Pippin and Spitzer Farms Inc. Glorious apples and Spitz puppies are their specialties.” “Time's up, Annette; we want to see too! You look next, Priscilla!’ excitedly exclaimed Helen. “Well, what do you see?” “Oh, I see a television studio. Right now Margaret Downey is conducting the Helping- Hand Household Hints program. She is telling how to use Vitamin NO in diets for political yes-men. The next program, Melody, featuring Page 68 PROPHECY (Continued) Lloyd Rosenburg and Margaret Barnett, is sponsored by Chase's Breakfast Drops. Esther has devised a pill containing all the elements found in a well-balanced breakfast. The program following is to be a play, starring actresses May Boshuyzen, Marilyn Holmes, Mildred Ross, and Lucille Colburn. The actors are Guy Lucia, Raymond Lord, and Robert Yvon. “Now Main Street comes into view. There goes Robert Knower wearing a glass cravat. My, but Main Street has changed! There's a shop, La Boutique de Parfum, whose proprietors are Helen Mayotte and Anna Mae Michaels. Here’s another store, Madame’s, owned by Jennie Malinowsky. Inside the salon, Kathleen Shea directs her models, Marjorie O'Keefe, Anne Bettini, Mary Morgan, and Rita Sisitsky. Upstairs, Ann Jodoin and Dorothy Cooley are designing costumes. Just entering the door is Frances West. She is showing Elsie Cresotti a sampler which she has embroidered with Horace Greeley's famous slogan, ‘Go west, young man, go west. “The picture fades, but here is a new set! I note the Swelt Shoe Company, run by Eugene Comeau; and M. Paul's hair-dressing salon, managed by Warren Davis. A nearby window bears the words ‘Florence Leveillee, Steno- grapher, Three Times World Champion’. Cross- ing the street from Florence’s comes Lily Wheeler. She has been conducting a little band of Sunday School pupils to the movies. Just now she has reached a chromium plated building on Bridge Street. In one of the largest suites of this business palace, sit Florence and Shirley Stein- berg, lawyers. _ “Oh, the light is dimming; | can't see. But wait; it clears again. Why, it’s Chestnut Street, and I’ve just caught a glimpse of Helen Mc- Combe dictating shorthand at Bay Path. Now, from a street radio in a store across from the school, comes the voice of Carl Winterle an- nouncing a_ baseball game between Eileen Casey's All Girl Grounders and Henry Rooney's Rookies. In the shop, I see Margaret Lynch and Dannie Pollack reading the front pages of newspapers which announce head G-Man, Stan- ley Surdyka’s latest triumph. He had issued warrants for the arrest of all teachers of The Progressive Nursery School, because of failure to use corporal punishment. The accused are Donald Junior, Phylis MacGilvray, and Elsie DeBonis. Oh, there is Doris Watt on the oppo- site corner! She looks as if she were having a hard time trying to sell Harold Vermes a small commuter’s plane to take him to his teaching position in Fullorahrah University. “Now, a new scene; the good old Court House at Elm Street! In it Alfred Geoffrion is the defending counsel for Elaine Adams in a Page 69 property damage suit filed by Bessie George. Bernadine Deitz is Court Stenographer, and Judge Harry Kaplan is presiding. “What is this next place? Why it is the Embassy at Madagascar. Beverly Smigh, foreign correspondent, is coming around the corner of the Embassy with Clement Theila, assistant consul. Loren Wilder and Robert Laffee drive up in front of the Embassy, and report an uprising among the negroes on their rubber plantation. And there is Frank Davis wearing the badge of a consul! He is talking to Russell Kibbe, who heads an expedition to find the fabled gold mines of Chief Me-hidem-a- nugget. They discuss Robert Wheeler who has a job supporting the Leaning Tower of Pisa.” “It is your turn now, Helen; take a look. What do you see?” ‘There's the building that houses most of the art studios in Springfield. Geraldine Carter conducts Modern Dance classes there, and Olga Macher is teaching ballet. Down the corridor, Agnes Brass, popular artists’ model, is posing for Evelyn Balboni, sculpturess. _ Across the street from the studio, | see Leo Barnard who has taken to higher forms of painting. He is now a steeplejack. ‘Now pictured is the inside of the Auditorium. Look! A town meeting is in progress. The first speaker is Mayor Edmund Bachand, who pro- poses to build a new underground high school. The second speaker is Kenneth Taft, owner of the new 300-passenger, transatlantic plane, Peace. Notables in the audience are Iris Nygren, pearl diver; Bertha Tomcezak, consul to the United States of Europe: and the famed lecturer, Anastasia Frangus. Occupying a front seat is Elizabeth Maloney, known as the “Big Shot’ in Springfield political circles. During an_ inter- mission, Althea Cheeseman’s sensational band of Rhythmic Typewriters perform with drum accompaniment by Lawrence Dimetres. ‘Oh, some one has just announced the arrival of the Boston-Springfield plane. The people all have left the Auditorium to see where it will stop. Why, it’s landing in the field that tops the William Townsend building! The pilot is Eugene Zack. Co-pilot, Russell Robinson, is talking to Bernice Miller, tight rope dancer. Harold Cresotti is selling return tickets. The first passenger out is Constance Shea, leading her pet leopard, Scratch. News reel cameras are being rushed forward to picture Arline Plourde, Miss New England; and Angie Misisco, Miss America, 1954. A large number of passengers hurry over to the Hotel Ensign, Walter Ensign’s new glass brick hostelry. In one of its great halls, William Boucher is judging the Inter- national Baby Show. “As the scene shifts to Pynchon Street, | see The Writers’ Club Building. Some of its. mem- bership cards read like this: Filomena DeMaio, Historical Research; Thomas Liberty, Child Psychologist; Walter Donovan, author of How to Develop Muscle in 90 Days, Lelia Stevens, poet who composed The Rise and Fall of Lelia Stevens: and last, but not least, Sylvia Woodhall, compiler of Encyclopedia Britannica, 1954, Re- vised Edition. ‘Whew! I've seen so much I'm dizzy! Viola, you find some more of our 1939 graduates. “All right; let this machine work on my brain!’ said Viola. “The first picture is that of Dorothy Cruick- shank and Eleanor Marden, who are coming from the Springfield Women’s Club. Dorothy has been elected president of The American Federation of Women’s Clubs. Eleanor is wear- ing the medal awarded for the perfection of invisible glasses. Just outside they meet Joseph Carestia, who tells them that Robert Flint’s yacht has won the Lipton Cup Races. Joseph takes the girls to a movie. In a news reel, they learn that the nation seems agog over the dis- appearance of Georgia Pappis, dare-devil avia- trix, who was attempting a rocket flight to the moon. Carestia is pictured winning the National Open Golf Tournament. Following this are scenes from the Men's Annual Beauty Contest and Fashion Show. Peter DePietro is modeling the latest style men’s suits in fuschia velvet. Lois Anderson and her husband, Count Lem Si Nobiliti, next are shown; they are leaving a trans-Atlantic submarine at the Boston docks. At the same time, Captain Austin Wool and assistants, Vera Cera and Victoria Cairns, attempt to pacify hysterical Jean Caswell who demands her missing Chihuahua. “This group of odd-looking people must be inventors. Yes, they are. Under a big sign bearing his name, Robert Serra is explaining his thermostatic air conditioning system for use against after-dinner speakers. This system automatically stops all heated orators after they have spoken for twenty minutes. Nearby Eleanor Nicholson shows how telephones may be equipped with her clever lie-detector. Esther Sugarman is demonstrating the kind of type- writer which has been so greatly desired by Mr. B. F. Jackson. The typewriter has certain keys which print blurs that may be substituted for any letter in the alphabet. Helen and Mary Koroval are exhibiting their new striped paint. Edward Hlastova is demonstrating part of the new sales equipment furnished by Fuller Brush Company. Every brush peddler uses the com- pany's special electric eye apparatus which holds doors open long enough for him to enter a customer's house. ‘The screen darkens; and the moving picture theater seems to have dissolved. Now I see Maple Street, on which the sign, Professional Building, is etched in gold over the arched doorway of a huge glass brick building. In an office on the first floor of that building sit attorneys-at-law, Henry Black and Guido Pal- latino, heatedly making a brief for their client, James Corkum. Fate has caught up with Jimmy in the form of a $50,000 heart balm suit! Nearby, a door is labeled, Rena Libera, Surgeon. Another door bears the legend, Clifford Chad- wick, Dentist. Here the scene shifts to Clifford's inner office, where Madeline Hannon’s Blue Persian cat is having a bad tooth extracted. Along another corridor are many more offices. One door bears the name, Esther Bennett, Psychiatrist. A suite of five rooms belongs to Elizabeth Metcalf who has ‘taken to spirits’, it seems: for a sign on the door reads Elizabeth Metcalf, Medium. On the roof of this spacious building are pent house offices of Lorraine Gravelin and Ruth Kioske, Landscape Archi- tects. [Lorraine probably takes care of the gravelin . | “Now I perceive a sight quite different from that of the comfortable, well-ordered office of Gravelin and Kioske. Over on Court Street, a big crowd is fighting to get into Adele Szemela’s drug store! Inside, Betty Haskell is giving away samples of her sensational sleeping tablets; these will cause everyone who takes them to dream in technicolor. “Tl wonder what this next picture is going to be? Icansee. . . Why, Mr. Kelly! What does this mean? There are no more pictures; only huge numerals, 1—9—3—9! 1939! “Hurrah! The machine has brought us back from the year 1954! chorused the girls. And away to their typewriters to record this proph- ecy rushed Annette Bousquet Priscilla Rust Helen Messer Viola Ciolkos Page 7o CLASS We, the class of June, 1939, of the High School of Commerce, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make and publish this, our last will and testament, in order as justly as we may to distribute our interests in this school among those remaining and succeeding us: 1. To those who piloted us through the three years gone by, Mr. S. O. Smith, Mr. A. A. Kaplan, and the office force, we leave our thanks and gratitude for their guidance, counsel, and commiseration. 2. To Miss Carmody, Mr. Reid, and Miss Bell, class advisers, our thanks for goading us on. 3. Aldo Zarlengo donates his bottle of aspirin tablets to Bob Denis. 4. Peggy Lynch and Helen McCombe confer their intellectual percipience upon Joe Lynch, whom we all know well. 5. After graduation there will be two disturb- ing afterthoughts that will make our hearts melt with fellow-feeling for two we leave behind, Mr. Melville and Mr. Jones. Their witticisms need repair. We, therefore, bequeath two neoteric joke books to be handed out to Doc and Jonesy. 6. Dorothy Cruickshank leaves her come- hither glances to some comely XIIB. 7. Bill Boucher says: “I bought plenty of needles and thread a little while ago—a worthy investment, too. I allot them apportionately to our XIIB damsels to mend their broken hearts. 8. Sandy Plante and Bob Yvon leave Mr. Speer peace, harmony, and tranquility. g. The following poem by an author unknown to us may help the readers to understand this item: “We've put this question fruitlessly, To everyone we knew, ‘What would you do, if you were we To prove that you were you?’ ”’ The Steinberg twins leave a couple of meters to the Dickstein twins. 10. Now for Mr. Clancey! As we think that man would enjoy a perfect, impeccable, super- WILL excellent, consummate spelling class, that is what we leave him. 11. Pearl Darling devises her giggles for some freshman, so she can laugh incessently at Mr. Jackson's jokes. 12. Eleanor Marden, our best dressed girl, leaves Irene Sistaire the prestige of setting exclusive Commerce styles. 13. Lloyd Reid, our handsomest boy, passes his bow ties on to Donald Bremner so that he can win that appellative next year. 14. Iola Cassoli leaves a belle to Louis Langone, her beau, who will perhaps need some diversion when she leaves. 15. Agnes Brass, all the way from Bonny Scotland, devises petiteness and all other pre- requisites of beauty unadorned for any little girl who can match her. Emulation here is pretty steep. 16. Eugene Zack plays fairy godmother and presents Robert Chapman his soapbox. 17. Vito Maratea says, “I've a list of tele- phone numerals of my Commerce girls; I’m leaving it to the poor undergrads who may need a diversion.’ 18. Some one, somewhere, found this written on a mirror: “| change, and so do women, too; But I reflect, which women never do.”’ We devise this couplet for the Commerce girls to paste on all school mirrors. 19. This graduating class obviates an expense for Mr. A. H. “Economics” Smith, by leaving him a supply of pink slips. 20. “Babyface” Irving Sladofsky imparts his monkeyshines to Sol Mackler. In witness, whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seal to the foregoing instrument, on this twenty-third day of February, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Nine. Harry Kaplan Florence Stephenson Walter Ensign Couple of Best Dressed Meters Page 71 Beauty Unadorned Golden Rule Days: The Three Comrades % Laugh It Off, Rita” Alice Departs: School Forgotten oe ad JUNE’S JOLLY JOKERS EsTHER BENNETT ALTHEA CHEESEMAN Mary FERRERO MARGARET LYNCH HENRY ROONEY HAROLD VERMES 1 UN Bea 9.3 9 HONOR ROLL SIDNEY BERKOWITZ ANNETTE BOUSQUET LoLta CASSOLI FELICIA CHAYKOWSKI VIOLA CIOLKOS DoroTHY CRUICKSHANK FILOMENA DEMAIO ROSAMOND ELLORD Avis GRINDLE HELEN KoOROVAL FLORENCE [LEVEILLEE RENA LIBERA HELEN McComMBE HELEN MESSER Mary MorGAn ELEANOR NICHOLSON PriscILLA Rust FLORENCE STEINBERG SHIRLEY STEINBERG ESTHER SUGARMAN SYLVIA WooDHALL ‘A fine leader’ is the tribute justly paid by both student and faculty members of the High School of Commerce to George Hellyar, the recipient of the award for the class of January. President of his class; captain of the Boys’ Patrol: member of the Executive, Promenade. and Armband committees; president of the Henry Sandy, genial president of the June class, earned a unique place in the hearts of the Commerce students and faculty, due to his gen- uine willingness to help in any position and in any activity. !n return for his interest, Henry was elected president of his class; president of the Hi-Y; reporter for the school paper, Com- merce, active member of the Photography Club; member of the Boys’ Glee Club, the Boys’ Patrol, and of the Lunch Room Squad; and member of the G. O. Governing Board, Freshman Recep- tion, and G. O. Pon committees. The final honor accorded him was that of being selected as ‘the boy who has done the most for his class and school’. OUTSTANDING BOYS George Joseph Hellyar and Henry Robert Sandy have been chosen as the senior boys who have done the most for their class and their school. This award, given to only one boy out of each graduating class, is coveted above all other distinctions. The honor, which requires three years of steady service and devotion to class and school, cannot be gained by merely one final spurt of effort. Cherished by those who achieve it, the merit is tended. in appreciation and acknowledgment of whole-hearted work for Commerce. George Hellyar and Henry Sandy have, indeed, given their most, as well as their best, to the classes of 1930. Town Meeting and of the Photography Club— these are but a few of the ways in which George Hellyar has served his class. For these achieve- ments, as well as for many other services, George received the distinction of ‘the boy who has done most for class and school”. Page 74 ie a? ser oe. Shot F ptr XII B January 1940 Officers: Robert Denis, President; Alice Reed, Vice-president; Mary Contrino, Secretary Advisers: Mrs. Hayes, Miss Blakeman, Mr. Hayes. June 1940 XIA Advisers: Miss Savoy, Miss Clark, Mr. Parmenter. June 1940 A X] Officers: Fred Tebaldi, President; Ruth Pehrsson, Vice-president; [rene Mather, Secretary Advisers: Miss Savoy, Miss Clark, Mr. Parmenter. sslyy - S19S1ApVY ‘aru.og Aaey] quapisasd IA] psempy 's4affQ “siaec] ssl ‘sy Iaqoyy Ayeyaiseg ‘uBmoseyy Ad[stYyS ‘quopisoid-s01 A 1f61 Kaonuvf gGIX 2 oe fit ‘2 ate ene ei eee 2 ae, eee ay ® po Initiation Party Catching the Camera Man Clever Clothing Costumes 5 nae econ ties Riding the Rail An Unexpected Vacation CLASS THRILLS June 1941 XA Adviser: Miss H. Eli abeth Phelps ; ainlial : a ae en - , er ; . : vilesihtpesieaniiies XA_ June 1941 — Class not organized After Hours Smile for the Birdie A Sparrow Rides | stettel ‘ te Strike One Marion’s Pride First Heart Affair hiiiiaam rosette Agnes in London Town CAREFREE COMMERCE CYNOSURES INGER ODI Ga LOIN Hearing of our theme for this year's annual, those pupils not owning cameras, nor being skilled in the art of crayon and paint brush, nevertheless were eager to share their impressions of the familiar, ever-engrossing, amusing scenes glimpsed here and there in Commerce. Word pen sketches began to find their way to the desk of the adviser, often with the appended note, “This isn't any good, but— well, we've seen it so often’. At first amused, then thoroughly interested, the editors decided to insert in the Commerce Candid Camera issue of Caduceus a department for curios, caught candidly Here and There. ANOTHER ASSEMBLY With the jangling of an agitated bell pupils enter the assembly, that melting pot of our scholastic sphere. As they file, in every mode, manner, and mien conceivable, their eyes begin a tour of inspection which ends abruptly when they turn into their assigned aisle; then they become “‘just another listener’. When all are seated, a nervous tension settles over the pupils. Craning necks seek out a guest as he ascends the platform, doggedly tracing the footsteps of the principal. Soon they learn that the program, today, will consist of a series of monologues by a speaker who has, by now, found an uncomfortable, but necessary, chair to sup- port his weakening Knees. The routine exercises and introduction, fol- lowed by the routine applause, brings the speaker to his rejuvenated pedal extremities. Soon the dulcet tones of the loose-larynxed thespian drift soothingly into the pit, and temporary silence pervades. Somewhere a wandering mind permits its owner to glance around; shifting bodies meet his gaze; but otherwise the strained silence prevails. Soon there is the tempting ring of a coin bounding merrily into oblivion amidst chair legs and half-soles. The speaker hesitates, and stares in momentary surprise. Embarrassed silence re- sults, broken shortly in one corner of the hall, wher e a contagious yawn escapes through the clenched fist of its drowsy benefactor. An epidemic of tonsil exhibitions blossoms forth. As soon as the speech has been finished, hitherto suppressed sighs are loosed, while the necessary noises and postponed coughs begin anew. Officially released, the pupils contentedly retrace their steps from whence they came. Dale Pelow ASPIRANTS OF JAZZNOCHRACY It’s eight o'clock on Wednesday. In Com- merce, the pupils are just trickling in, but the hubbub has commenced. As we walk down the corridor, we look into the Assembly Hall, and suddenly there smites upon our ears the most weird and shriekful conglomeration of musical notes that ever was heard. A trumpeter, warm- ing up, endeavors to scale the height; when that high C sharp arises, he just peters out like a leaky balloon. Tommy Dorsey, reclining on his chair, prepares for Tommy's theme song; sud- denly forgets what note to start on; thereupon tries all the keys he can think of. From the left, the tantalizing runs and twists of the first six measures of Saxophobia reach us; that’s all he knows, that tall lanky individual hopping over the stage steps. A warhoop from the opposite door silences this veritable madhouse, as a new orchestration of college swing comes sailing in, to be followed by a disheveled person, who turns out to be just another trumpeter. A scramble for music follows; everybody gets a shout; again we hear those aspirants of jazz; but this time they seem to be fairly well together. As the saxo- phone takes the introduction, the trumpeters chime in, hopping up and down in their chairs. Then everybody stops, as somebody suddenly yells, “Sh! Here comes Mr. Smith!” As he enters, all are playing scales and stu- diously endeavoring to master the most correct of classical music. And so it goes, every Wednes- day. Stop in sometime; then weep at the thought of music that is being slaughtered, quartered, and hung. Kenneth Roberts Page 84 COMMERCE AS I SEE IT—Atis Grindle Jie DETENTION CHAMBER The atmosphere of the room was strained. Sounds of released emotions drifted heavily about. Perspiration jeweled the brows of de- pressed looking students who glared at open books. The laboring hands of the clock on the wall pointed to three, while tick-tock, tick-tock drilled into the very thoughts of the unfortunate youths. Time hurries for no man. least of all for those condemned to the chair until three- thirty! Pacing stealthily, cat-footedly down the aisles, the jailer, in the guise of a teacher, added little joy tothe room. In fact, hecommandedcom- plete, angelic submissiveness; when he rasped out an order, all disturbance immediately vanished. As the bell struck the hour of release from this virtual penitentiary, the hall became congested with fleeing students, whose frenzied thoughts raced ahead to the morrow—to another hour in the Detention Room. Page 85 Wyle oC les A split second before the end of a period! Necks crane to examine the clock: books are hastily stacked with an excess of ill-concealed noise; feet extend cau tiously into the aisle. At last the long awaited bell peals forth. The most nimble-footed swings wide the door, and, by a miracle, six jubilant pupils dash through at once. From the opposite room tumbles a horde of equally vociferous boys and girls. [Immediately there occurs a collision, followed by a profusion of apologies. Straining, heaving, running, clipping out half-finished words, exchanging answers, they invade the corridors, gathering momentum like a stampede of cattle. Only by pertinacious efforts can they wend a path down the corridor. Soon the traffic thins, until only a few stragglers clatter hurriedly to their rooms. Within three minutes an incredulous stillness blankets the corridors; then quiet prevails for another three quarters of an hour. COMMERCE AS I SEE IT (Continued) THOSE EVES OF THE PATROL A fear-inviting, awe-inspiring battalion of feminine law enforcers are those Eves of the Boys’ Patrol. Justice flashing from their eyes, they ferret out every misdemeanor. The official medal, with which they hope to dazzle all other girls, announces that they belong to the Commerce Girls’ Patrol! One member finds a culprit cringing in the locker room, a piece of candy in her mouth. With set jaw, the lady Hawkshaw writes a re- port which will without a doubt bring hours of detention. Fear overshadows the victim's already pallid countenance as two little hands clasp in supplication. No, the law will not swerve; justice must prevail. Bribery? The culprit now faces a tornado of eloquent words in reprimand, while the pencil adds bribery to the list of crimes. The pathetic criminal next tear- fully denies knowledge of the law governing her offence. Enough! Does she not know that ignorance of the law excuses no one? The detector of crimes then hurries to the Patrol Room, a girl’s fate written on her tightly clasped report. Oh, brigade of petticoat police, are you, indeed, symbols of the coming power of a future generation of women? THE CHILDREN’S HOUR Silence would reign supreme, were it not for a ripple of laughter, and a whisper of conversa- tion. No, this isn’t a political rally—only a break in the day's occupation. The uncom- promising dictator—or teacher, if it pleases you —is absent from the room. All the suppressed emotions of the students are released until she returns. Two pretty misses in the last row seem to be exchanging answers; and look! the Harvard- clipped lad in the front seat is engrossed in a bloodcurdling tale of Slugger Jim! The din increases as students, becoming more daring, frequently sprint up the aisle. Voices are no longer so subdued; they explode upon the eardrums of those who do not indulge in such exhibitions of vulgarity. Of course every one knows that there will always be a few, yes, a very few, who try to concentrate on studies while the teacher is out of the room! Then suddenly, by some miracle, all is calm; order is resumed! Every eye is on a book: every tongue is stilled! The dictator, or rather the teacher, is turning the knob. She beams gratu- itously upon the bent heads—a mode! class. However, one can detect from her compre- hending glances that she knows. An amateur detective even goes so far as to whisper cau- tiously, “You can't fool her’! ROOM 132 WE GOURMANDS VIGNETTES OF COMMERCE LIFE Annette Bousquet WE GOURMANDS The South has its fried chicken, France its pastries, England its plum pudding, and Boston its baked beans. Gourmands speak of these foods with the rolling of eyes, the rubbing of stomachs, and, in extreme cases, the kissing of fingertips. But if these lovers of food were to eat a certain dish which is often served in the Commerce cafeteria, they would forget all other delectable favorites! This so-wonderful dish is one which makes many a girl lose her will power in regard to sweets, but to excuse herself will- ingly while she eats it. ‘Tis ice cream and chocolate sauce. Oh, the delectable slushiness of it when the ice cream is crushed down to a smooth cream and mixed with the chocolate to make a lovely brown goulash! Heaven will be heaven only if ice cream with chocolate sauce a la Commerce be served. TRAPPED Gently she twists the knob and steps inside, clinging closely to the wall as she breathlessly creeps along. Thistledown falls no more softly than does each step, as inch by inch she tiptoes down the room. Fear of discovery is written across her face. Her furtive manner would con- vict her of almost anything. The goal now looms so close before her that a sigh of relief leaps from her throat, to land widespread upon her parted lips. Suddenly a board groans under the weight of her tread. The one person whose gaze she is trying to evade turns. “Where is your pass? You're late!” Page 87 LUNCHROOM THIEVES No greyhound ever races more swiftly than she. After nearly knocking over three students, she rushes down the stairs to lunch, drops her books on a table, then makes Glenn Cunning- ham’s record fade into insignificance as she scoots into the lunch line. Impatiently she waits for her turn to buy some food. Two minutes later she clamps her tray on a table, and abruptly seats herself, only to find she needs a spoon. After glancing about, she rises, and races again to the brass rail. Ducking under, picking up a spoon, and ducking back are actions scarcely to be seen, so swift is she. Arriving breathlessly at her table she makes a tragic discovery: someone has stolen her stool! HOMEROOM MEMORIES Boredom sweeps across row after row of faces. Pretty Bows in the first seat sighs, while in the last one Ima Greatone yawns almost audibly. Harvard Clip’s usually expressive face stiffens. Hands stack books; hands clutch locker keys; and hands dig fugitive lipstick from over- crowded pocketbooks. Bashful Boy is smiled at from across the aisle by Fluttering Eyelashes: he drops a pencil. Chuckful O’News throws a note to a friend four seats away and gesticulates wildly. Loud Socks spreads himself even more comfortably across his desk. The teacher continues to read the notices. VIGNETTES (Continued) IN REFLECTION Bared souls in sensational magazines have nothing on bared souls in front of a mirror. Every day, before all Commerce mirrors, secrets are told through barricades of bobby pins held by pursed lips. The powder puff brings confiden- tial information, as well as confident bearing. Miss XIIB will tell Miss XIIA all about “the cutest boy | met last night’, as she pulls a comb through long locks. Phrases such as ‘‘my lowest Tinie sol said’ Ga. = snot lainey © “as if I didn't know what she was trying to DOMmees cand? so then he said.) pakeito be heard between the application of lipstick and rouge. A mirror reflects both faces and souls, the physical as well as the spiritual. HOLLYWOOD IN COMMERCE She's letting her fingernails grow like those of Carol Lombard; you can’t expect her to type- write! That pout you see on her usually smiling face belongs to Simone Simon, while the arch way in which she looks up can be traced to Clau- dette Colbert. Her eyebrows, plucked to a thin line, bespeak an admiration for Marlene Dietrich; the way she smears on her lipstick would flatter her idol, Joan Crawford. Although her history teacher despairs of her ever learning the dates of the Civil War, she remembers the birthday of at least thirty movie stars. She can't tell her teacher of English the real name of George Eliot, but she never forgets that Robert Taylor is Spangler Arlington Brugh! Numbers frighten her in office routine; yet she even knows how many husbands a notorious star has wed. The only subject she likes is gymnasium. Do not her idols believe in sports? DARE TO BE BRAVE Yes, she would. She had been carrying them around for three hours, not daring even to peep at them. Where was her courage, the courage her father had told her was the tradition of her family? She must! Yet, could she stand the shock of seeing them? Of seeing her worst fears realized? If she didn’t look now, she could still hope; but if she did, it might be black despair for her! Oh, where were her friends? They say that a friend in need is a friend indeed. Evi- dently, she didn’t have a friend who would stand by her in this crisis. But her family’s courage; she again must think of that! Under the very nose of the British Lion, her great, great, great— oh lots of greats!—grandfather hadn't been afraid to smuggle goods into the Colonies to avoid an unfair tax. And hadn't her great-aunt Lavia been the best spy for the North during the Civil War? Her very own father had won the Croix de Guerre; hadn't he? That family tradition must be continued! It must! Yes— she would look. She, with courage in her blood, could face her first crisis with strength. She would look at her proofs! HoLLywooD IN COMMERCE DEMURE Commerce is no ‘fickle jade”! Feet neatly tucked beneath her, she primly sits upon her neat, velvet lawn. Her face, with the irregular- itie s that make beauty, always is turned toward the manly Armory, but not a step does she take, for she is very proper! Other schools may keep their foliage in a wild, unkempt tangle, but never Commerce. Her rolls of verdure display that clipped, well-groomed appearance. Daily her windows flash and wink in the sunlight, but not to the north—the too masculine Armory, Tech., and Trade lie in that direction! She winks to the east in the morning, and to the west in the afternoon. Why is Commerce a woman? She has to be; everyone knows she’s over- whelmingly feminine! W EPL E DGE TALLEGIANCE When Thursday morning rolls around, the teacher announces that it is time to salute the flag. There is a little buzz, then the scraping of many soles as the pupils rise for the ceremony. One can practically tell what a student desires to be by the way he salutes. One girl wants to become a glamourous spy, a la Mata Hari, as her languorous, flowing motion tells. The boy in the first row has been reading the army posters; notice his stiff position and snappy salute. A quick and efficient salute is the mark of the future businesswoman; while the steady gaze at the flag, with face strained to show loyalty, bespeaks the actress. The ranks of the W.P.A. will soon be enlarged if the slow, indolent wave of the boy near the window can be correctly read. Behind him stands a blond boy who soon can be en- dorsing Wheaties by the fluency of his muscle movements. “We Pledge Allegiance . OUTGOING TIDE Like a surging tidal wave they come, crests swinging up to be overhauled by stronger ones. Smaller rivulets, circling the jetties of rock and steel, swirl into backwater. Here, there, some resolute wayfarer strugglingly breasts the stream, only to be swept under as it rushes forward. None can resist that rush of students at 2:30. The recently relieved wave runs homeward, sone all resistance. Goodbye Work! Hello play! CHOICE, CARE, AND CARRIAGE The captains of our Commerce clothing course, Misses Bell, Scott, and White, being captured by the idea of having others see how comely and captivating any carefully groomed girl could appear were she to select smart, dur- able, yet inexpensive clothes, staged fashion shows for a lower assembly, the freshman re- ception, and even for more critical eyes during Education Week at Technical High. The cap- able clothing commentator contributed the in- formation that most of the skirts made in the classes cost between 85c and $2.00, and were made at least one season ago. Now, we, too, wish we might belong to a Commerce Costume Club for the purpose of critically choosing choice clothing! Eleanor Nicholson CHOICE, CARE, AND CARRIAGE CATCHING A COMMERCIAL ART CLASS During the camera clicking campaign of our Caduceus photographer, he chanced upon one of our interest-packed rooms, specializing in the commercial phases of art. Miss Marsden, in- structor and artist in her own right, caused him not a little concern when he tried to find her standing in one place long enough for him to achieve a little focal figuring. However, once he pictured her as she paused to aid a serious student: later he snapped her offering suggestions to Robert McGovern, Art Editor of Caduceus, concerning some posters strewn on her desk top. Some of these same designs may be seen else- where in this yearbook. Also the keen eyes of our roving cameraman sighted the walls which were decorated by many pictures, the results of patient instruction to pupils who obviously had enjoyed their course in art, as evidenced by the excellence of their work. Thus he photo- eraphed both the art and the artists. Then our convivial camera co-partner sallied forth, camera conveniences clutched in his careful clasp. A TOUR OF TEACHERS’ DESKS from which occasionally blossoms drop, inject a bit of joy into the depressed student who, a short time ago, had been chewing his lips in vexation over a difficult test. At other times one sees high temples of books embossed with bril- liant lettering, or a clear rainbow-reflecting elobe which casts luminous rays of color along a stack of pure white papers, unsmirched by pupils’ scrawling. In a few rooms where a cold business atmos- phere supersedes the more human desk, one almost has a sensation of loneliness. Here is found emptiness—such space, such orderliness! Nothing more romantic than a text book lies carefully beside a spotlessly green blotter. Per- chance a pile of neatly arranged examination papers, covered with red-penciled marks, coldly, meticulously written, announce the unhappy fate of many students. One almost can visualize the teacher's hand poised deliberately above the record book, while her lips pinch together as she carefully draws the E’s. There is bleakness and sadness in the room where a teacher's desk contains nothing wherein one’s imagination can Teachers’ desks are most romantic! Have you ever noticed while waiting for the call-to-class bell, or during the minutes while a hapless classmate holds the floor, that teachers’ desks may be jungles of adventure, of beauty and de- light, or of despair? On one desk, a wee, wooly penguin stares warily from glassy eyes at intruders who rock his little world. On another, a tiny blue elephant seems to trumpet in the pride of reaching so prominent a knoll as a pile of books, where in his imagination he proudly reigns as_ king. Occasionally one notices pencils, all sizes, some even showing teeth marks that connote the ex- treme distraction that even teachers sometimes experience. They may be scattered at every angle, in heaps, rows, everywhere! Some desks are comfortable cluttered with bits of interesting literature secured from various sources. Volumes of masterpieces offer a welcome refuge for ad- venturous minds: Shakespeare, Dickens, Eliot— colorful, pulsing, dramatic. All of these surely suggest adventure, unmitigated adventure. Delight and beauty enhance some teachers’ desks. Perfumed sprigs of gaily painted flowers, wander a little. Yes, truly, teachers’ desks should be romantic and alive! Avis Grindle Page go CATCHING A COMMERCIAL ART CLASS CORRIDORS Have you ever stood in one spot and watched a merry-go-round? Fun, isn’t it? But after a while didn’t you notice the same horses glide past you every few minutes? You don't have to leave the High School of Commerce to see a merry-go-round. Just watch our corridors before school in the mornings. Our revolvers ride their own hobby horses. A new garment for other eyes to admire; the latest coiffure on a pretty, tilted head to demand the attention of those who before had not noticed—these two favorite hobbies are ridden by the fairer sex. An air of, “I’m on the football team!’ is engraved on some of the proud faces of the boys, as they make their rounds. Those unfortunates who cannot produce that expres- sion use the old and well known look of, “We're heaven's gift for the ladies’. We have no carousal music to accompany the revolving groups in our halls, but the low rumble of voices serves as the odd rhythm for the enormous merry-go-round of Commerce. Nellie Sheremeta Page gi Daily around the stately corridors of the school walk its boys and girls, little realizing that each circuit of the building is one-eighth of a mile. Always is heard a low mumble as of that of a freight train; always is seen the endless stream of boys and girls going around and around. Now and then pass a few whose eyes are drooping, whose shoulders sag, and whose arms hang limp. These have been out the night before, and have had to hustle to school. Others, full of pep, hurry at a brisk pace, glancing neither to the right nor the left. A few walk looking at each passing face; looking as though for a long lost friend who can never be found. Often in a corner gather groups of boys to tell of the experiences they had the night before, or a week or a month ago. Here they stay until shooed away by some teacher. But always continues the unending string of pupils in their useless race against time. A Philosopher ‘aN TY CHEST For YOUR PROTECTION e DRIVE SAFELY Prize Winning Posters and Masks Snapped Here and There in the Art Rooms OUR LIBRARY The statute of Mercury, holding the staff of Caduceus, has looked down upon boys and girls in the library of the High School of Commerce for many years. To be exact, for fifty-four semesters Mercury has peered with sightless eyes upon bowed heads of students. And many pupils have stared at Mercury with equally unseeing eyes. Perhaps they have been lost in an intricate section of one of the 3,100 reference books, the 30 different magazines, or in one of the six daily newspapers selected from the carefully arranged shelves. With mind still intent, they glare at Mercury, until finally the eyes of the supervising teacher compel them again to fix their glance upon their work. A passerby, casually looking through the glass doors, might wonder at the concentration of so many youths; sometimes as many as seventy are assembled there. Do these studious pupils always need reference books? Does the atmosphere of the room, the books, the quiet of the earnest group inspire them with a desire to learn? Who knows? Only Mercury could answer that—-and Mercury is wise enough never to speak! ; RHYTHM FOR BUDDING TYPISTS Hands poised, wrists up, elbows in, back straight, and we automatons are off. What a Page 93 task faces the teacher who must model novices into efficient typists! Now she is turning on that antiquated victrola with its singsong rec- ords. Like so many robots, we time our fingers to the steady, measured rhythm. Clickety-click! Clickety-click! Occasionally, our instructor's voice rises methodically above the din: ‘Keep a snappy even touch! Keep a snappy, even touch!’ There’s no chance to peek at keys, for her vigilant eyes are on guard. [The monotonous tune srinds on, while our fingers keep up their steady tap, tap, tap. “Time marches on’; another typewriting period comes to an end. Marjorie King, XIB PERFECTION FROM FINISHED TYPISTS The rhythmic tick of a clock, the tramp of Kipling’s Boots, the beat of a waltz—these never surpassed the exact timing of a XIJA typist! The sway of willow branches, the swing of a pendulum, the swirl of a falling leaf picture her grace. The glide of a swallow, the descent of snow, the step of the leopard cannot excel her in ease. With the supple wrists of Paderewski, the graceful movements of Pavlowa, and Gene Krupa’s sense of time, she lightly taps and tinkles out the rhythm of Prelude to a Sales Letter, The Dunning Finale, or perhaps the Overture to a Prospect. Perfection crowns our senior typists! Annette Bousquet, XII1A A FAVORITE PERIOD LUNCH To many pupils, the luncheon period is the most enjoyable one on their schedule. On entering the lunchroom, one finds himself sur- rounded by a howling, hungry mob of boys and girls. To the left, crowded around tables, sit boys munching large sandwiches, pausing only long enough to gulp down a mouthful of milk. To the right, girls nibble food in the short inter- vals they take from telling their neighbors “all the news’. In single file beside the counter an endless line of famished pupils still wait its turn to purchase much desired food. When the empty stomachs finally have been satisfied, the boys and girls saunter upstairs, one by one, or in groups, until finally the lunch- room has been cleared of the hungry students. The bleak scene now reminds one of a ball park after a game. Earl Levesque THE LUNCHEON PERIOD The rush of students for stools; the bang of books on tables; the clatter of dishes on trays— all these sounds signify a delightful lunch period is in progress at Commerce. Some pupils are hunched over the tables, a sandwich in one hand, a book in the other, as they try in a few minutes to glean knowledge that should have been studied for many hours. Others, between mouthfuls of a delectable sandwich, are telling their friends the result of some disastrous test. A few, who grow hungrier looking by the moment, are still waiting in that endless line by the counter. Wherever you look, you will see hurrying pupils trying to finish their lunches before the bell rings them again to classes. Doris Fletcher LUNCHROOM SQUAD ‘Men in White’, dignified, industrious, un- complaining, exemplify the ambitious spirit of one of the most outstanding bodies of pupils in Commerce. These workers report day after day to keep the lunchroom spick and span, and to truck away dishes, trays, knives, forks, and spoons. Bus boys, wipers, and countermen daily clean tables, and serve up steaming food and frigid ice cream. - This is seemingly a colossal job; yet were one to visit the lunchroom bet ween VA and VB periods, he would see the Men in White actually lolling around the front tables on the west side of the room. They then appear to be the sleepiest looking group of fellows in Commerce, with apparently nothing to do but hold down stools and hold up the lunchroom pillars. Looks certainly are deceiving! Phillip Grise THE RAGESFOR Wiz? There goes the bell! They're off. Streams of tense students resembling a mob of starving refugees hurry down the corridors and stairways. Pushing, shoving, and stumbling over one anothers’ hoofs they come. One or two are plunging far ahead. What's the matter? Do they think they are racing to a fire? Onward and downward they come! Finally a large room filled with tables and stools is reached. A mixture of pleasant odors tantalizes the crowd, as they push faster and faster, some almost slipping in their haste. With that starved, pre- lunch look in their eyes, they rush for the counters upon which luscious tidbits await them. Mouths watering, they just can’t resist the attractive salads, delicious soups, and dainty desserts. Sometimes, in their haste to satisfy, they take more than their pocketbooks can stand: then sadly replace the desired article. A few unfortunates discover they've left their lunches upstairs, or have forgotten to bring any money with which to buy food. Will some friend share? Must they actually die of star- vation? Others, choosing a table, hasten to open small, medium, or large brown paper bags which con- tain dainty or bulky sandwiches. Seated near the entrance is a tall thin girl. who eats and eats, but never gets fat; opposite her slouches a short, fat girl, who eats just as little as possible, but always Stays fat. There goes today’s lunch bell! Sorry, I must leave! Trene Coulson Page 94 THE MORNING AFTER FEELING Slowly, slowly, he trudges into the study hall. ‘Too bad, | stayed out so late last night. I’m so sleepy. I can't keep my eyes open.” He goes to his seat; lays his books on the desk: and slumps into his chair. The teacher not yet being in the room, he puts his head on the desk and closes his eyes. He feels himself being lifted into the air. Suddenly, he is tapped on the shoulder. He jumps! The teacher is standing over him. He lifts a book and starts reading. The teacher goes to her desk in front of the room. Everything is silent. Then a sharp ring! The telephone! ‘I hope it isn’t for me.” The teacher picks up the receiver and puts it to her ear. “Room 132. Yes? Yes! No? Yes! All right.”’ Sits down at her desk and continues with her work. A loud sigh of relief is heard from the back of the room. He puts his book back on the desk and looks at the teacher. She's too busy now to notice him. Lays his head down and retreats to Dreamland. ROOM 132 Did you ever watch the different expressions study hall sleepers wear? There's a fat boy star- ing into space, with his mouth hanging wide open. Occupying a back seat sits a boy who is usually asleep on his desk, but when he is awake. his mouth is set in a determined line and his eyes are glued to his homework. In another section sit about five or six little XB girls who know one another. Occasionally one in particu- lar, who is quite the mischief maker, looks up to see if she can get anyone's attention. No luck today! All the little “freshies’’ are studying too hard! Seated in another part of the hall is one of our famed football heroes who, even though the “‘pigskin’’ season is over, is still bothered by a few twittering girls who try to take his mind from his studies. A lanky, blond basket- ball player endlessly receives and returns notes and smiles from a pretty little brunette who sits near by. Did you ever wonder what kind of picture you, yourself, make for the teacher and fellow stu- dents? Do you sit and gaze into space with an unconscious look on your face? Does your chair squeak every time you move and cause every- one to stare? Do you turn pages noisily and glance up to receive a meaning look from the teacher? Or, do you just feel exhausted, slump over on your desk, and soon snore peacefully away? Trene Coulson QURS POPULARITY SEEKERS Every day after lunch they gather, those eager groups of boys and girls, each pupil frantically scrutinizes every inch of type in a vain attempt to find his name in print, some- where, anywhere, on the Daily Bulletin. News articles, sport stories, and gossip columns—all are hastily glanced over; then carefully reread. Who does not wish to discover whether, over- night, he may hav e become the center of popu- larity? Disappointment mars his countenance as he finds, not his name, but that of Johnnie Doe, or of Jane Jay. But tomorrow, he will be back again—hoping, hoping, hoping. Sidney Berkowitz OUR CAMPUS The grounds around the High School of Com- merce are sometimes called a campus by our more jovial students. The lawns are not spacious, nor do we boast beautiful spreading trees, but our campus contains the total of four sidewalks —four smooth, unbroken sidewalks, bordered by strips of vivid grass. In addition to these luxuries, stretching beyond the schoo l lies a carpet of green which harbors the decorative sign, ‘Keep off the grass”. Although it may be small, our campus really is neither dull nor uninteresting. In spring and fall, even in the coldest of winter weather, the pas- serby may view the happy faces of pupils, the brilliant color of their clothing harmonizing with the shades of the walks. He also can admire the grass, and the shadows cast by the few trees spared to us after the recent hurricane. No matter where or how far we may stray, whether we are a success or a failure, a Commercite - WINDO WS WITH DIRTY FACES Outside clean windows One can see the scenery, But windows with dirty faces, Make faces back at me. Names, dates, and faces are marked in the dust on many schoolroom windows. The marks and pictures are fun to look at, but when a per- son wants to watch the outside world, the images he sees from a school window appear speckled and odd-looking. Pity the poor student trying to see whether it is precipitating or not! How can he tell if, when he looks out, everything appears mottled? Imagine a girl up in the locker room. It’s 2:30. Her Romeo is waiting for her down under the horse-chestnut tree. She looks at him through a dusty window pane; then she blinks her eyes, and looks again. “‘Is it possible?” she asks herself. “His face is dirty!” In rage, she storms from school, and doesn't go by the horse-chestnut tree. A dirty window can even shatter a romance! Shirleyanne Speer always will think fondly of “our campus”. Priscilla Lambert YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS OURS CoMEDY OF ERRORS OR THE Boys FROM SYRACUSE In Shakespeare’s A Comedy of Errors, Eliza- bethan laugh riot, two sets of twins cause much confusion. In The Boys from Syracuse, current Broadway frolicsome cliché, based on Shakes- peare’s drama, two sets of twins bring even more confusion. In Everyday Life, long-running production at the High School of Commerce, many sets of twins create the most confusion! Who can tell with which girl or boy he started such an interesting conversation just before the bell rang only ten short minutes ago? But to climax it all are the Danforth twins! Many a pupil smiles at both these duplicates, just to be sure he speaks to the one he really knows. Oh, sets of twins do cause so much confusion! Test your own perspicacity on these pictures. Page 96 As Good As Ours Is : Your Guess Q7 Page GIRLS’ GYMNASTICS Perhaps our prehistoric ancestors were mon- keys, but you would think that their descendants still were in this state if you could see one of our girls’ gymnastics classes. Monkeys in blue abbreviated suits climb palm trees suspended from the ceiling. Then they go swinging through the jungle trees with a leather ring tightly clutched in each hand. Next, a lar ge log is bounded over by means of the straddle vault. An opening in the jungle now has been sighted by the energetic monkeys. Far in the distance, but carried on the wind, can be heard the tattoo of drums. This rhythm is all that is needed to start a savage dance. Arms flying, heads bob- bing up and down, a leap into the air, a perfectly controlled backward fall, and a continuous sway- ing motion—all are mastered by the twisting and turning bodies of monkeys. Movement is con- trolled by every muscle in their bodies. At last the exhausted monkeys spring on their leather horses and ride away to their refreshing waterfall bath. Nellie Sheremeta FIRE DRILLS Fire drills really are surprising at times. Often they interrupt department tests, or come just as we are trying to type a letter. As we leave our classes, we glance about: we can see only heads. This scene gives us a feeling of being in a New York subway. Just as we reach the doors, every one seems to shiver a moment; yet the air in those precious moments is most exhilarating. Boys rush from the building, pencils behind ears; girls, from sewing classes, with brightly colored thimbles on their fingers, or a needle carelessly pinned to their dresses. Often we notice trim girls with the spotlessly white aprons worn in foods class. Every one, however, appears glad to be free for just a few minutes. .Over and over we note the relaxed look upon faces; the sudden release has been such fun, and, after all, there is no fire! When the bell finally peals again, all file into the building, ready for any task that may come their way. Dorothy MacDonald DREAMERS Did you ever borrow an assignment note- book, only to see that some class artist has decorated it with—perhaps a jolly, pillow- stuffed Santa Claus; a sketch of a favorite actor; or just a heart pierced by an arrow, bearing at the top the name of—oh, well, who cares? But. oh, how strange it must seem to a teacher who watches the artist study his model; sketch the picture; then miss the days assignment! Wouldn't it be amusing to hear some one con- fess. ‘I'm sorry I missed the assignment: | was dreaming, I guess’. They say a dreamer often grows into a genius; but there are many exceptions. Mitchell Belczyk DISMISSAL TIME With the shrill sound of a bell come a shuffling of many feet and a buzz of many voices. Every boy and girl joins in the grand march to see who will first reach the cloak-room. Regardless of high stacks of books under their arms, a more carefree, lively group is seldom seen. Only now and then a solemn face is noticed. Evidently its owner will be delayed before he, too, can trip through a Commerce door. After the last straggler has left. a strange, weird stillness drops over the school. The stunned corridors appear to close their eyes, and wait for the next day, when the peal of the bell and the laughter of students shall once again re- sound through Commerce High. Ruth Harper SHOWERS When the work of a gymnastic class has been finished, girls rush and push to the line which forms at the bottom of the stairs leading into the locker rooms. Soon every one has undressed as quickly as possible, grabbed her towel, and run to the fast forming line for showers. Then ensues pushing and shoving similar to that often seen at the ticket gate of a football game. The girls hate showers, but still they sing. Why is it? As soon as the cold water begins to splash, how- ever, they scream and shriek as if besieged by a battalion of mice. When they leave the shower room, a sigh of relief is heard. Then, frantically, they rush to get dressed; the next class will be due in three minutes! Stella Kosinka Page 98 THE COMMERCE SCRAP BOOK “When my homework’s finished, I'll sit down on the softest chair in the house, relax, and read Commerce!” That is what we imagine every pupil attend- ing the High School of Commerce thinks on the day our school weekly is issued. Later, as he scans the paper, he sees that another club has met; honor rolls have been announced; a football game has been won: another entertaining assembly presented, or the freshman reception has been well attended. He continues to read, but many of the items do not affect him in the least; often they fail to stir his emotions, make him laugh, or even cause him to think. Occasionally, however, he will see an article so well written, so clearly explained, or so unusually entertaining that he will pause to chuckle; then to think. He may even clip it out for future use, for such treasures are worth the rereading. On this page are a few articles, which, because of their excellence or popularity, have been re- printed from Commerce, that the seniors may have souvenirs of their favorite school paper. CLARENCE I. CHATTO Popular Adviser of Commerce Every week, Mr. O'Brien, who _ publishes Commerce, inserts a clever boxed comment among the advertisements. Many have read Mr. O'Brien's humorous and original essays with keen pleasure. The two following are very characteristic of his miniature essays. Just made the acquaintance of Mr. A. H. Smith, and having met Mr. S. O., | know now that the story of everybody's name once being Smith is true. Only those who were worthy could retain the name; when a person committed a crime, his name was changed. If it was a small offense, like—well—like, oh, just a little wrong —his name was changed to O’Brien. But for major crimes his name was always changed to names like Jones, and Melville, and Jackson. Only the real, good people retained the name Smith.—-Mohawk Press. Went out with the girls the other day while they bought their mother’s gifts. One led me to toyland and the wood-burning sets; the other knew where there were some swell ski poles in pairs and the dandiest things to fasten your feet to skiis. So-o-o-o-o we wandered back and forth between the wood-burning sets and the skiis until the store closed. Finally on the way back | said, “So you are getting mother ski-poles and a wood-burning set’. It all comes under the heading—Merry Christmas—Everybody.— Mohawk Press. WHAT PRICE VICTORY? November 11, 1938, Armistice day; twenty years since the declaration of peace, twenty years since the war to end all wars; twenty years of payment; twenty years of financial difficulties and political unrest! We are told that now we are paying for the war; but the shocked, gassed, crippled, blinded, broken derelicts that have Page 99 been shifted from hospital to hospital, ward to ward, doctor to doctor, these are the ones really paying for the war they fought. And why? So that our history books could read, “Allies win the war; Armistice signed November 11, 19187’! What do you suppose is going through the minds of those half-alive veterans as Armistice day draws near? Do you suppose they remember the glory, the music, the praise, the adventure? Or do they recall only the pains and the breaking of body and of spirit?) Theirs has been twenty years of fighting to keep alive. Some of them might think it worth while, but the honest ones would say it was ghastly and worthless; killing, barely escaping being killed. seeing their pals die, and finally coming home to a world that had no use for broken men. More than once they have seen how vain was their struggle. Their efforts have gained for them and for us, for whom they fought, nothing! The war did not end wars. Today after twenty long years of suffering for a cause they once believed to be just, they see nations once more preparing for war, for an ugly, purposeless death struggle that may any day involve us. : Oh, no, don’t glorify war; don’t commemorate Armistice Day as the ultimate victory of glorious fighters of the cause; but as the end of a four years of bitterness and killing that was wasted. Hate war for what it does to men and countries! Strive for peace; but don’t think that fighting for peace will ever gain it. Don’t be swayed by talk of glory, adventure, and the great cause. Don't be thrust into war by those who sit safely at home while you are slaughtering men and boys for the ideal of peace—and for another Armistice Day! Ruth Zack BASEBALL CELEBRATES 100TH ANNIVERSARY HicH ScHooLs EVERYWHERE IN AMERICA ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE NATIONAL CELEBRA- TION OF THE BASEBALL CENTENNIAL— ComMERCE HicH ScHoot Part OF NATIONAL BASEBALL PARTY 1939. This is baseball's year. A century has passed since the American national game was invented and played for the first time on Double- day Field at Cooperstown, New York. Now from coast to coast, from Canada to Mexico, America is giving a gigantic birthday party to baseball. Nobody can wrest from the high and prepara- tory schools their rightful privilege of leading the amateur ranks in baseball's vast celebration. Baseball is the game of youth, American youth. It was born on the back lots, invented by a youngster named Abner Doubleday, who later became a famous scholar, a noted mathematician, and a major-general in the United States Army. Hundreds of high schools in nearly every state are preparing special games, tournaments and ceremcnies to celebrate the centennial. Most of them will be held under auspices of organized baseball and of high school authorities, sanc- tioned by state high school athletic associations. High school and amateur baseball provide the stars of tomorrow in the major leagues. Many a big league champion of today learned and de- veloped on the high school diamonds the technique that carried him to fame. Members of baseball's Hall of Fame, to be dedicated in the mid-June ceremonies at Cooperstown, New York, this year, got their start in school baseball. It is typical of this American game that a boy who reaches baseball stardom has inevitably played the sport from early boyhood. Baseball today is the personification of Americanism, American sportsmanship, team- play. and aggressiveness. — These American qualities will be developed a hundred fold again this year on the high school diamonds by hard- playing young men in every corner of the land. The high school celebration will produce greater interest in high school sports, will develop the stars of tomorrow, and the fans of today and the future. The High School of Commerce is part of the picture, part of this national baseball party. WILLIAM VOGEL. OUR MRS. DAVIS “! wonder where | put that book— Whatever shall | do?” The red-haired teacher's anxious look To terror nearly grew. She searched and searched most frantically, Her desk minutely scanned, Then, giving up in misery, She found it in her hand! GRADUATE’S POEM IN ANTHOLOGY White-Sleeved Temples By HENRIETTA DECKER Is Eligible for $100 Prize A poem, written by Henrietta Decker, a graduate of the class of January, 1038, will be published in the World's Fair Anthology of Verse. Henrietta submitted six poems, but the one she wrote during the last snow storm, en- titled White-Sleeved Temples, was chosen. This poem is eligible for the $100 prize. Henrietta Decker’s talent as a writer of poetry and short stories was well-known during her school days at Commerce. She wrote a column in Commerce called the Pensive Poet, and a sec- tion was devoted to her poems in last year's prize-winning Caduceus, the school year book. In scholastic ability, Henrietta stood near the head of her class. She was a three year honor pupil, and passed the 120 word a minute test with Pitman shorthand. She is now employed as a secretary by Attorney Thomas Kirkland. Henrietta’s poem chosen for the Anthology follows: White-Sleeved Temples White-sleeved, the trees lift up their arms, Stretch supple clarity, Tall, pointing temples in the night, Remote in mystery. In tiny, tufted, petaled wings The snow falls fragilely, A white-furred curtain, glittering In fringed serenity. Whispered the snow against the earth; In wind-puffed purity It brushes cool across the world, Then rests, contentedly. B. F. JACKSON Assistant Adviser of Commerce Page 100 es ERS eb RSE eA ND ae de EE: Rak PROFESSIONAL WOODSMEN This picture, of the sneak-up-and-snap-it type, shows the new bleachers when they were still a mass of boards, bolts, and red letters on the G. O. books. In the right center, Principal Stanley O. Smith, ever a picture of official dignity, continues to work, unmindful of the flashing of focused film by a _ photographic fanatic. Bearing to the left a wee bit, we find Bob ‘prone’ Wheeler, working himself into a frenzy, as he laboriously steadies the restless lumber with the skill of a professional woods- man. Tucked under Mr. Smith's chin, Mr. Amerigo Russo calmly watches the super snapper snatch a scene. In the back, on opposite sides, Mr. G. Donald Melville, left, and Mr. Clancey, right, strike mimetic poses, as with that monarch- or-all-I-survey glint in their eyes, they look for the mythical birdie. Mr. Charles H. Oswald, in the rear right, center, looks at first glance to be holding up a post: by closer inspection you can see he is steel ruling a mutilated model. Others that worked on the bleachers were unfortunately not caught by the candid camera enthusiast. Dale Pelow Page tor MR. CHATTO He appears so oddly unpedagogical, our Mr. Chatto of the printshop, while setting type for the school’s weekly publication. He dons a checkered coat over his striped sports trousers, then grips a cherished pipe, unlighted, between his teeth. On his face is an expression of satis- fied concentration. Gazing at him in admiration, one’s imagina- tion unconsciously, but naturally, visualizes Mr. Chatto, the teacher. In 218, standing so at ease before his classes, with a glint of never-to- be suppressed humor in his grey-blue eyes, and a wide grin illuminating his features, he induces every pupil to return the smile in eager response. The tanned face of the English department head is a study of keen intellect, keen understanding, keen interest. Leaning back in his swivel chair in 217, with an exuberant news staff cluttering up his desk and hammering at the typewriters, Mr. Chatto is still smiling, and still delightfully companionable. At all times and all places, Mr. Chatto is to his pupils more than a teacher, brilliant, humor- ous, sympathetic; he is a friend, and—perfect! Avis Grindle Mr. Chatto He looks a little like an owl, An easy-going bird, A little twinkle in his scowl, And wisdom in his word. Behind his spectacles his eyes Grin quietly and kind, As understandingly he tries To reach some pupil's mind. He never lifts his voice in wrath, Nor speaks an unkind word, He walks a straight, unruffled path, This easy-going bird. MISSING Color hair—red, bright. Complexion,—fair with freckles. Height,—s5 feet. Weight,—110 lbs. Personality,—100%. Calling all cars! Calling all cars! Find woman described above! She formerly was found in Room 326, but has been missing for five months. When last seen, she was dressed in green, her favorite color. She wore no make-up. She has gone under the following aliases: “Dot”, ‘D. L. Morrow’’, “Miss Morrow’, and, recently, “Mrs. Magraw’. She is wanted for being one of the best stenography teachers who ever taught in the High School of Commerce. THE PRINCIPAL SPEAKS The long bench in the main office wasn’t what you'd call comfortable; neither was the boy wait- ing there for an interview with the principal. The lad watched another pupil walk hastily from that dreaded conference room. Qualms of terror eripped his heart, his turn had come. He had to force his trembling legs to traverse the yawn- ing space which led to the principal's office. Wavering a moment after entering the room, he halted fearfully. No sign of recognition came from the man behind the desk; the only noise was that of a scratching pen, and of the ticking of a glaring clock on the wall. Heart beating furiously, he shifted from foot to foot. Finally he choked up a hoarse, “Mr. Smith?” The principal glanced up, met the eyes of the quaking culprit, carefully extricated himself from the chair, walked deliberately around the desk, and faced the boy. “I sent for you, John, to see about those low grades. You are capable of doing so much better work! Couldn't you try a little harder?” Suddenly the boy lost the horror he had ex- perienced upon entering the office. Now he was not a culprit before a magistrate to be repri- manded: he was facing a man who understood, who wanted to help. For a few moments longer they talked seriously, eyes meeting. The princi- pal studied the boy; then suggested that they sit down. The man behind that official desk measured his fingers, as was his wont, and pro- posed remedies. The boy listened, attentively. The conference was ended. A smile flashed in grateful thanks, as the boy grasped the ex- tended hand of Stanley O. Smith, a principal who is an inspiration to every boy. Avis Grindle Page 102 MISS BIGELOW Surrounded by a fabulous number of books— all French, of course— one can discern that eminent authority on idioms, verbs, and Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Miss Grace Bigelow. Every one of her pupils has played the Don Quixote role as he has attempted to combat the windmill of verbs that she flaunts before him. France, la belle France—surely none better knows your romantic history! Mlle. Bigelow is a veritable world of informati on concerning the soil of d'Artagnan and Jean Valjean. As for lessons, she teaches judiciously. Concessions? Very few; exactitude is her rule. She is every inch a teacher; yet to her pupils, she symbolizes the very spirit of the French people. It is pleasantly familiar to see Miss Bigelow as she sits before the class, not at her desk, but nearer to the pupils in a straight-backed chair. It is almost as if she desires to become more intimate, more conversational. Before her quizzical blue eyes, she wears a pair of rimless glasses with a black ribbon dangling from them. Perhaps she reads in amused tones from a book, chuckling over the antics of Monsieur Jourdain, or else watching the pages to determine whether a stumbling pupil will translate correctly. Again la professeur might suspend a test paper before the class and strictly, forcefully, point out the errors. She often sits in a pupil's seat, the better to correct work on the blackboard, a pencil in her hand as she follows notes made in a now worn, ragged notebook. Sometimes she relates her colorful adventures in France, a look of com- placence on her face; or she discusses current problems within the country she has chosen to love. There is not always this atmosphere of sunny content in Miss Bigelow's class. She has sharp eyes which can pierce the very thoughts of her pupils. Infractions against the regulations of the school, she refuses to tolerate; many times an erring student has felt the vehemence of her justified anger. However, when speaking of Miss Bigelow, one always affirms that she is a splendid person to know; stately, yet friendly. Page 103 Avis Grindle JUST ANOTHER ALIBI Young and handsome Mr. Hayes paraded for the fourth time by Miss Harris) home room. Ah me! Well, he'd try once more; no, it would be much better if he had to borrow something— then he'd be sure to speak to the lady of his dreams. He slowly entered the door. Mmmmm, he must be a little more poised— ‘Oh, Miss Harris, I was just wondering if | could borrow several sheets of white paper?” This he said when he knew right well that he had a little over four hundred sheets in his own home room closet which were in perfectly good condition. Finally came the day when she turned her shining eyes upon him and sweetly smiled. They became great friends. Now it is Mr. and Mrs. Hayes. Enes Serra OUR NURSE, MRS. CHESSON Clean, coolly crisp, in spotless white, Her movements quiet, sure, and light. Her soft, slow drawl, composed and clear, In kindly, “What's the trouble, dear?” Behind her glasses, narrowed eyes Are keen beneath their vague disguise, And quick to note if someone's head Is quite so hurt as someone said! Her hands are soft and warm and smooth, Deft, too, and ever swift to soothe, And, smiling steadily, she talks In just the easy way she walks. HAL Every one who enjoys a sense of humor must certainly appreciate Mr. Harold Jones, ““Hal’’, as he is affectionately known to his pupils. He has the rare facility of being able to say some- thing droll, yet retain a straight face. Hecan see the humorous side of practically any situation. On the street one would never think of “Hal” as a teacher. Always smiling and laughing, he does not have the grave nor seriousjexpression a teacher is reputed to wear. He will talk with any one, from a bank president to a newsboy. Both as a teacher and a coach he is one fine man! Frank Amsden FacuLty Hospspy Hour MISS LEWIS Miss Christine L. Lewis, instructor of mathe- matically inclined Commercites, could well serve as a pupil's idea of a model teacher. She is of average stature, with silver flecked hair. Her deceivingly stern face has the suppleness of a contortionist, and the whimsical expressions at her command are a constant source of amuse- ment to lighten an otherwise prosaic subject. Spritely movements parallel her soft toned, but rapidly delivered words. Well versed in youth- ful psychology, she is adept in holding the fleeting attention of a restless class, not by threatening moderated mayhem, but by keeping the subject more interesting and_ illuminating than the competing distractions. Miss Lewis is humorous by nature, sympathetic by choice, and patient by necessity. The tensionless atmosphere she creates accompanies her presence. Dale Pelow MR. CLANCEY If you want to see a study in facial expressions, go into room 112 to watch Mr. James L. Clancey correct papers. With head bent low, he crosses and recrosses the papers. His furrowed brow shows that he is hard put to decide whether or not the answer could be considered as correct. Every once in a while he will steal a look at his class, eagerly watching, and hoping to get a glimpse of their paper. Finally with a sigh, Mr. Clancey drops his pencil, takes a deep breath, and says, “I’ve decided to give out the marks tomorrow’. At this a loud groan escapes from the class; Mr. Clancey again looks troubled as he returns to his desk. Frank Amsden MR. PEASE Mr. Theodore M. Pease is easily recognized as a gentleman and a scholar. He resembles, one imagines, a Massachusetts’ Bay Puritan with a Yale diploma. He has a long, characteristically English face, with prominent features; and a massive frame which he moves with the agility of acat. His whole personality, however, seems to hinge on his remarkable eyes. While they are at rest or flowing casually about him, they possess a burning glow, which, when emphasizing a point or on finding something interesting, increases in intensity until they flash and sparkle like liquid fire permeating even the dullest observer. Though informal in speech and man- ner, he yet retains an indefinable reserve of dignity and bearing. Dale Pelow P.S. Welcome Home! See you next year. Page 104 5 KENNETH TAFT ALOHA Miss CATHERINE M. CASEY, Adviser Purpose: To build — friendship around the ideals of Commerce and to uphold the club motto. “Love of Honor, Always’. Left to right—Third Row: Marie Kaveney, Mary Malazuk, Pauline Baxter, Leslie Chap- man, Hazel Lussier. Second Row: Helen Green, Shirley Burdick, Barbara Gray, Edythe Curtis, Lillian Robinson, Florence Hamilton. First Row: Constance Pera, Wilma Manz, Mary D. Sheehan, Miss Casey, Ruth Long, PES ace oe, Betty Somerville, Elizabeth DePilato. AREOPAGITICA Miss Hazev K. MILLER, Adviser Purpose: To practice public speak- ing and debating; to promote friendship among the members; to develop leadership and personality; to strive for high scholarship; and to promote the best interest of the High School of Commerce. Left to right—Third (and rear) Row; Mildred Butts, Doris Parker, Mary Merkle, Jane McDonald, Vera Sardi, Evelyn Ror iey one Pomerantz, Sylvia Woodhall, Edna Saabye. Second Row: Estelle Horne, Gloria Torres, Helen Luty, Marie Taylor, Enes Serra, Marjorie King, Margaret Wilson, Yvonne Turner. First Row: Virginia Dawes, Lottie Wolnick, Ruth Eaton, Helen McCombe, Hazel A Miller, Dorothy Totten, Marjorie Yahnig, Margaret Lynch, Althea Cheeseman. Page 106 BOY oCPATR Os Mr. BELDING F. JACKSON, Adviser Purpose: To enforce rules and to protect property. Left to Right—Fifth Row: Joseph Zieminski, William D’Epagnier, Thomas Liberty, Aldo Zarlengo, Arthur Abrahamson, Louis Langone, Robert Denis, Henry Sandy, William Townsend, Dale Pelow, Raymond Perkins, Robert Leach, Philip Grise, War- ren Davis, Clement Thiela, Gerald Landry, Robert Wheeler. Fourth Row: Harry Gallerini, Robert Accorci, Douglas Marvel, Richard Eaton, William Young, Philip Grace, Peter DiPietro, Loren Wilder, Kenneth Connor, Clayton Bohanen, Robert McGovern, Stanley Kot, Alfred Geoffrion, James Gatti, Harry Cressotti, Harold Retchin, Richard Fairchild. Third Row: Hubert Hatcher, Marshall Felton, Walter Ensign, Harold Vermes, Frank Davis, Thomas Fahey, Anthony Mazza, Frank DeCaro, Robert Serra, Francis Marshall, Frank Yarkey, Mark Burns, Lloyd Reed, Russell Kibbe, William James. Second Row: Ralph Robie, Sidney Berkowitz, Norman Jalbert, Robert Flint, Robert Welch, Robert Finn, Lewis Chechetti, Charles Dinnie, James McKeon, Raymond Whitaker, Earl Litchfield, James Gibson, Joseph Maher. First Row: Paul Rigali, Alec Blake, Ambrose Orlandi, James Sullivan, Fred Tebaldi, Stanley Surdyka, senior lieutenant; George Hellyar, captain; Donald Bremner, junior lieutenant; Joseph Cardinale, John Colby, Sidney Lannon, Raymond Hindes, Mr. B. F. Jackson, faculty adviser. UI RGOROROAN LE Mr. AMERIGO Russo, Adviser Purpose: To acquaint members with the rich field of Italian art, music, and literature, and to pro- mote fluency in Italian conversa- tion. Left to Right—Third Row: Lillian Conti, Ida Morini, Gloria Chica, Elida Julian, ; Louise Torricelli, Frances Allegra, Carmelia Cardano, Marie Labigalini. Second Row: Adeline Piteo, Rose Cardone, Louise Cellilli, Ines Casanova, John Magni, Agnes Siniscalchi, Lena Labigalini, Pierina Carnevale-Bonino, Irma Figoni. First Row: Frances Conti, Carmen Dassatti, Peter DiSanti, Mr. Russo, Ambrose Or- landi, Anna Discenza, Ida Conti, Geraldine Magni. Page 107 GIRLS PATROL Mr. BELDING F. JACKSON, Adviser Purpose: To enforce rules and to protect property. Left to Right—Third Row: Margaret Lynch, Rosamond Ellord, Vera Cera, Katherine Cullinane, Avis Grindle, Stephanie Weigel, Anita Armstrong, Irene Massey, Florence Leveillee, Barbara Stonerod, Yvonne Turner. Second Row: Lottie Wolnik, Marjorie Greenaway, Jean Jerrold, Genevieve Luth¢gren, Althea Cheeseman, Lillian Dorsey, Marjorie Yahnig, Dorothy Peterson, Helen Karetnuk, Elinor Hinrichs, Barbara Brown. First Row: Mary Morgan, Shirley Wood, Anna Pomerantz, Helen McCombe, junior lieutenant; Belding F. Jackson, adviser; Rena Libera, captain; Dorothy Cruick- shank, senior lieutenant; Adwilda Carriveau, Helen Messer. HI-Y Mr. Haro_pb E. TAyYLor, Adviser Purpose: To encourage a high standard of Christian character through clean living, clean speech, clean athletics, and clean scholar- ship throughout the school and the community. Left to Right—Back Row: Lloyd Reed, Robert Knower, Theodore Barsom, George Hellyar, Robert Flint, Alfred Geffrion, Eugene Zack, Robert Leach, Vernon Wayne, Carl Winterle, Raymond Perkins, Charles Knower, Angelo Testa. Middle Row: Paul Leavitt, Raymond Whitaker, Philip Grise, Clement Theila, Loren Wilder, Frank Yarkey, Robert Denis, Frank Davis, Thomas Liberty, James Gatti, William James, Robert Sanderson. Front Row: Thomas Guilbert, Victor Zellar, Roy St. Jean, William Townsend, secre- tary; John Swift, vice-president; Mr. H. E. Taylor, adviser; Henry Sandy, presi- dent; Raymond Hindes, treasurer; William Vogel, Stanley Surdyka, Joseph Maher. | Page 108 ILCARSOLLES Miss HELEN Norrcarpb, Adviser Purpose: To promote friendship scholarship, and cooperation among the girls of the High School of Commerce. ILCARSOLLES Left to Right—Third Row: Ann Washburn, Adela Szemela, Frances West, Helen Mayotte, Phyllis MacGilvray. Second Row: Thelma Barr, Esther Sugarman, Bertha Tomczak, Shirley Turner, Barbara Murphy. First Row: Lorraine Gravelin, Priscilla Lambert, Jean Gravelin, Miss Norrgard, Rose Mines, Eileen Mayotte, Frances Finn. KOINONIA Left to Right—Third Row: Marjorie Russell, Patricia Donaldson, Marie Peterson, Marion St. Germain, Doris Reggiani, Geraldine Sistaire, Charleen Prentice, Shirley Winton, Shirley Wood, Frances Plasse, Thelma Palmer, Anita Armstrong. Second Row: Margaret Bennett, Brenda Kneeland, Rena MacLean, Sophia Boryczka, Dorothy Jahn, Catherine Zogrofas, Gilda Pio, Eileen O’Connor, Bessie George, Doris Fletcher, Fern Woodward, Charlotte Monteath. First Row: Catherine Pilalas, Dorothy Cooley, Genevieve Leary, Elsie Berkwitt, Eunice Olson, Iris Nygren, Mrs. Dorothy Magraw, Shirley Wright, Aline Carron, Ruth Pehrsson, Doris Flebotte. Page 109 KOINONIA Mrs. DorotHy L. MAGRAw, Adviser Purpose: Yo increase social con- tacts and interests, uphold high standards of scholarship, and co- operate with other clubs to promote all worthy school enterprises. KUMTUX Miss HELEN M. Lyncu, Adviser Purpose: To promote friendship. KUMTUX Left to Right—Third Row: Olga Cassoli, Vera Cera, Rosemary Mansworth, Theodor® Delmolino, Ruth Spear, Jean St. Amand, Betty Day, Audrey Edson, Margaret Bridgman, Barbara Cruickshank. Second Row: Alma Landry, Dorothy Forsythe, Victoria Cairns, Eileen Casey, Patricia Grout, Marie Nichols, Lucille Whiting, Elinor Hinricks, Shirley Magowan. First Row: Mary Spanda, Lola Cassoli, Evelyn Charter, Esther Chase, Margaret Downey, Adwilda Corriveau, Miss Lynch, Mary McGuire, Marjorie Greenaway, Katherine Cullinane, Betty McGrady. LE ROYER Miss G. HELEN FLYNN, Adviser Purpose: To acquaint members with French life and customs, and to give fluency in French conver- sation. LE FOYER Left to Righl—Top Row: Milton Baldwin, Edward Davidson, George Robertson, Jeannette St. Amand, Ester Cohen, Jean Geary, Mary McCarthy, Cecile Matthews, Ruth Butcher, Lucille LaValley, Jeanette Pape, Rene Dalpe, Francis Marshall, Valentino Castelle, Robert Leach. Middle Row: Robert Zimmerman, Matthew Albert, Eleanor Dion, Eleanor Nicolson, Rosamond Ellord, Virginia Perrault, Ruth Hastings, Eleanor Barrus, Doris Brunelle, Evanthia Eliopoulous, Helen Berman, Helen Madamus, Anthoula Cokkinias, Jean McElwain, Rena Libera, Roy St. Jean. Front Row: Lily Wheeler, Jennie Carrellas, Deana Carellas, Virginia Gay, Mary Elizabeth Sylvester, Miss Flynn, Ada Hout, Adele Ghareeb, Alberta Riggans, Barbara Stonerod, Ida Lamothe, Theresa Lamothe, Rita Forbes. Page 110 LLAMARADA Miss MILpreEpD C. Dosss, Adviser Purpose: To promote friendship and develop leadership. LLAMARADA Left to Right—Second Row: Elizabeth Farmer, Irene Provost, Eleanor Lambertini, Miriam Dodds, Eleanor Cignoni. First Row: Mary Pringle, Adele Ghareeb, Joann Lang, Mildred Dobbs, faculty adviser; Florence Arieti, Betty Davidson, Doris Sullivan. NISIMAHA Left to Right—Third Row: Marjorie Mills, Pearl Darling, Irene Provost, Jean Woodard, Lillian Dorsey, Grace Cleary, Patricia Allen, Shirley Morris. Second Row: Lucille Colburn, Rita Leger, Marjorie Cormier, Genevieve Luthgren, Claire Gelineau, Elizabeth Roach. oe First Row: June Sparrow, Carolyn Ducham, Dorothy Rogers, Mrs. Williams, Eleanor Marden, Dorothy Cruickshank, Bernice Metayer. Page 111 NISIMAHA Miss Peart E. Davis, Adviser Purpose: To promote honest schol- arship, wholesome recreation, clean thinking, service to others, a spirit of friendliness, and to uphold Christian standards. RADIO WORKSHOP Miss GENIEVE M. ALLEN, Adbviser Purpose: To develop talents of high school girls and boys, and to give them actual experience in the work of a radio station. RADIO WORKSHOP Left to Right—Back Row: George Moriarty, Robert Reid, Arthur Robertson, Sidney Berkowitz, Dale Pelow, Thomas Liberty, George Hellyar, Irving Sladofsky, Arthur Abrahamson, Arthur Chapin, Miss Genieve Allen, William Bassett, Irving Schnider, William James, Kenneth Connor, James Tippett, Samuel Lieberman, Thomas Gilbert, Fred Tebaldi, Richard LaVigne. Front Row: Helen Berman, Doris Watt, Viola Bjork, Gloria Pippin, Carol Edmunds, Marie Peterson, May Boshuyzen, Hope Mitchel!, Dorothy Bruton, Harriet Koetsch, Nathalie Boulais, Genevieve Fronc, Edith Haley, Constance Goodwin, Rachel Barsom, Virginia Thompson, Margaret Tarpinian, Mary Devine, Kay Julian. TORCH Mr. SIDNEY V. DOANE, Adviser Purpose: To create, maintain, and extend throughout the school and community the Christian way for living. TORCH Left to Right—Third Row: Robert D’Amoure, Roland Busky, George Speliopoulas, Richard Broulette, Wallace Brenam. Second Row: Milton Baldwin, John Connors, president; Donald Monroe, Frank Dever, Richard Bray. First Row: Francis Marshall, treasurer; John Beebe, vice-president; Mr. Doane, ad- viser; Gordon Macher, Warren Jackson. Absent: Lloyd Randall, Kenneth Dilly, Edward Rehor, Alfred Duel, Alfred Duncan, George Moore, Robert Baer, Richard Emerson, Roderick Aldrich, Clifford Lemieux, William O’Brien. Page 112 WEKANSEL Miss HELEN E. PARKER, Adviser Purpose: To give its members good times and keep them _ informed about salesmanship work here and in other cities. WEKANSEL Left to Right—Third Row: Annette Ryan, XIIB; Catherine Dunne, XIIB; Irene Doyle, XI; Lillian Anderson, XIIB; Muriel Guy, XIIB; Ruth Baker, XIIA; Anastasia Frangus, XIIB; Irene Sistare, XIA. Second Row: Dorothy Pool, XIIB; Mary Morgan, XIIB; Stella Pasternick, XIA; Ger- trude Thompson, XIIA; Elizabeth Anderson, XIIB; Dorothy Bohn, XIIB; Irene McRae, XIA; Olympia Panighetti, XIIA. First Row: Anna Carney, XIIB;: Alice Anonick, XIITA; Mary Haraty, XIIA; Jane Curran, XIB; Miss Parker, Violet MacDonald, XIIA; Eleanor Kane XIA; Lillian Bowler, XIIA; Shirley Atwood, XIA. DRAMATIC CLUB Miss EMMA G. NICKERSON, Adviser Purpose: To teach the choosing and presenting of simple plays. DRAMATIC CLUB Left to Right—Stending: Catherine Julian, Nathalie Boulais, Genevieve F ronc, James Tippett, Helen Kwajewski, Carl Winterle, Irving Sladofsky, Ruth Zack, Raymond Lord, Irene McRae, Robert Reid, Miss Nickerson, Eugene Zack. ; Seated: Eleanor Rivers, Doryce Bower, Elaine Adams, June Sparrow, May Britton. Page 113 MODELING CLUB Mr. CHARLES A. SPEER, Adviser Purpose: To promote initiative in the building of models. MODELING CLUB Left to Right—Second Row: Frank Shaw, Jules Paafe, John Connors, Edward Hollis, Kenneth Lafferty, Stamas Zadis, George Moriarty. First Row: Martha Johnson, Mary eae Mr. C. A. Speer, Helen Sarandis, Arthur obertson. TOWN MEETING Mr. WILLIAM PERKINS, Adviser Purpose: To discuss modern prob- lems with the usual freedom of American youth. TOWN MEETING Left to Right—Second Row: Lorraine Gravelin, Sidney Berkovitz, Angelo Testa, Edward Dolan, Mr. Perkins, Henry Newman, Raymond Lord, Donald Cohen, Annette Bousquet. First Row: Alma Grindle, Rhoda Phillips, Helen Perkins, Avis Grindle, John Colby, George Hellyar, Esther Bennett, Eleanor Hinricks, Claire Gelineau. Page 114 G. O. HOME ROOM AGENTS Mr. WALKER, Adviser G. O. HOME ROOM AGENTS MR. WALKER, Faculty Adviser Left to Right—Fifth Row: Rita Stewart, Mary Contrino, Edward Levi, Harry Cressotti, Raymond Lord, Robert D’Amours, Carl Winterle, Ernest Hosley, Richard Riga, Sarkis Piligian, Anna O'Neil, Irene McRae. .. Fourth Row: Ines Casanova, Carmela Lacivita, Catherine De Cassio, Adele Szemela, Phyllis Bissonnette, Pauline Phinney, James Sullivan, Joan Ott, Lillian Dorsey, : Dorothy Duquette, Margaret Lynch. Third Row: Katherine Cullinane, Alice Reed, Emra Abdala, Jeannette Beauregard, Gloria Hall, Esther Bennett, Marjorie Vonul, Venita Sharrow, Madelene Malone, Marjorie Mills, Anna Mae Michaels, Lola Cassoli. Second Row: Rita Festa, Doris Brown, Irene Mather, Doris Parker, Sophia Panek, Helen Wytrval, Virginia Violante, Evelyn Wiley, Helen Gleason, Margaret Brueggeman, Vir- : ginia Sloan, Eva Fontain. First Row: Mary Hogan, Barbara Stonerod , Catherine Pilalas, Eleanor Show, Elaine Devine, Mary Champagne, Hope Mitchell, Betty Davidson, Estelle Horne, Bertha Lawrence, Elizabeth Alberti, Shirley Magowan, Barbara Sheridan, Helen Kwajewski. i “AWDTTORS. 1938 Mr. WALKER, Adviser G. O. AUDITORS 1938 MR. WALKER, Faculty Adviser Left to Right—Back Row: Aldo Zarlengo, Guido Pallatino, Daniel Pollack, Mark Burns, Angelo Testa, John Colby, Harry Cressoti, Stanley Surdyka, Robert Finn, Robert Welch, Henry Newman, Robert Wheeler. Middle Row: William James, Ada Huot, Kathleen Shea, Katherine Shea, Helen Messer, Leo Barnard, William Moriarty, Marguerite Piligian, Dorothy Petersen, Jennie Malin- owsky, Elsie Piligian, George Hellyar. Front Row: Kathryn Sullivan, Mary Sullivan , Barbara Ford, Eleanor Nicholson, Bertha Norman, Mr. G. GC. Walker, Dorothy Cooley, Ethel Smith, Lillian Stambovsky, Esther Sugarman, Margaret Lynch. Page 115 OCTOBER JUNIOR HONOR GROUP OCTOBER JUNIOR HONOR GROUP Left lo Right—Second Row: Yvonne Turner, Ida Porter, Edward Davidson, Anna Discenza, Jennie Carellas. First Row: Katherine Zografos, Lucy Carra, Eleanor Cignoni, Alberta Riggins. FEBRUARY JUNIOR HONOR GROUP FEBRUARY JUNIOR HONOR GROUP Leftio Right: Fourth Row—Juanita Goodrich, Mariana Andrews, Margaret Arnold, Estelle orne, Clementine Frazier, Ellen Worthington, Eunice Olson, Lottie Wolnik. Third Row—Dena Carellas, Helen Berman, Evanthia Eliopoulos, Ver a Sardi, Muriel Miller, Pauline Phinney, Mary Sylvester, Constance Pera. Second Row—kEvelyn Barger, Helen Luty, Catherine Pilalas, Olivine Richards, Mary Brogan, Virginia Gay, Bertha Lawrence, Dorothy Webster. First Row—Fred Tebaldi, Ambrose Orlandi, John Beebe. Page 116 A CAPELLA CHOIR F. ANTHONY VIGGIANO, Director Left to Right—Third Row: Renzo Paschetto, Paul Leavitt, Charles Knower, Carl Winterle, George French, Norman Hadley Second Row: Patricia Allen, Mary Contrino, Doris Watt, Dorothy Shapiro, Viola Bjork, Joan Ott, Winifred Theobald, Althea Cheese- man, Dorothy Putnam. Fiyst Row: Laura Sterns, accompanist; Lillian Obin, Mary Fronc, Eileen Casey, May Bosh- uyzen, Lois Anderson, Hope Mitchell, Cath- erine Lynch, Virginia Thompson, Cecile Matthews. es LAO AAR AA Page 117 GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB F. ANTHONY VIGGIANO, Director Left to Right—Third Row: Eileen Kuczarski, Anita LaReau, Sara Young, Elizabeth Roach, Adele Cornell, Lucille D’ Aoust, Helen Gleason, Beatrice Smith, Alice Mizejewski, Dorothy Stickler, Lily Wheeler, Viola Bjork, Florence Hamilton, Althea Cheeseman, Joan Ott. Second Row: Mercedes Roberts, Doris Watt, Tina Panetta, Catherine Pilalas, Camille Angers, May Boshuyzen, Irene Tousignant, Carolina Constantini, Ruth Reseigne, Ruth Pehrsson, Virginia Thompson, Ethel Farmer, Evelyn L’Annuziata, Marie Loizzo, Cecile Matthews, Ruth Butcher, Rita Desrosiers, Florence Ower, Rose French. First Row: Mary Contrino, Patricia Allen, Ida Lamothe, Minerva Kampfer, Dorothy Shapiro, Eileen Casey, Grace Falzone, Agnes Elmasian, Catherine Higgins, F. Anthony Viggiano, Lil- lian Obin, Dorothy Putnam, Marjorie Mills, Lois Anderson, Irene Coulson, Catherine Guilian, Margaret Barnett, Catherine Lynch. Al the Piano: Laura Sterns, Sadie Glassanos, accompanists. ORCHESTRA 1939 F. ANTHONY VIGGIANO, Director Violins: Howard Hurwitz, Margaret Collins, Marion Reynolds, Anthony Mazza, Vacilleos Pavloglou, Elaine Stickles, Ellen Whalen, Virginia Gay, Marion Connolly, Crisso Car- ranza, Mauriel Loud, Michael Swedt. Cello: June Sparrow, George Sarrandis, Gertrude Powers. Double Basses: Dorothy Reynolds, Evelyn Rivard. Oboe: Helen Berman. Clar- inets: Norman Hadley, Warren Davis, Shirley Rushford, Wendell Love. Bassoon: Catherine Pilalas. Trumpets: Kenneth Rob- erts, Lawrence Donovan. Trombones: Joseph Zieminski, William D’Epagnier. Horn: Ed- ward Buckley. Percussion: Lawrence Dime- tres, John Swift, Pauline Phinney. Piano: Rachel Barsom. BOYS’ GLEE CLUB F. ANTHONY VIGGIANO, Director Left to Right—Third Row: Henry Sandy, Milton Rubinow, William Bassett, Theodore Barsom, Charles Knower. Second Row: Ellery Jones, Everett Childs, Renzo Paschetto, Carl Winterle, Louis Laino, Henry Beyette First Row: F. Anthony Viggiano, director; Norman Hadley, Robert Heenan, John Culloo, Paul Leavitt, George French. BAND F. ANTHONY VIGGIANO, Director Left to Right—Third Row: Edward Hollis, Ed- ward Buckley, Eileen Harrington, Robert Cullen, Anthony Mazza, Joseph Maher, Wil- liam D’Epagnier, Gorder Macher. Second Row: Dora Rush, Martha Matchett, Edith Snow, Arthur Robertson, Pauline Phin- ney, Tanney Oberg, Virginia Dawes, Helen Berman, Marjorie Greenaway, Catherine Pilalas. First Row: Norman Weinstein, drum major; Robert Sanderson, Shirley Rushford, Warren Davis, Hazel Lussier, Phillip Girard, Frank Dever, Kenneth Roberts, Lawrence Dimetres. FCOMMERGE STARR Mp. C. I. CHatto, Adviser ‘““COMMERCE”’ STAFF MR. C. I. CHATTO, Faculty Adviser Left to Right—Third Row: Sidney Berkowitz, Joseph Carestia, Gustave Nuger, Robert Nuger, Angelo Testa, Irving Schnider, James Corkum, Lewis Chechette, Francis Reynolds, Arthur Abrahamson, Joseph Chechile, Theodore Pecka, Charles Knower, Angelo Tougias, Mark Burns. Second Row: Helen Sharkus, Pearl St. Peter, Frank Amsden, Mitchell Belzcyk, Ken- neth Roberts, Henry Desjarlais, Ralph Robie, Alphonse Morris, Robert Laffee, Robert Serra, David Jones, Lucy Moran, Rita Dubensky, Virginia Gorman. Front Row: Eleanor Barney, Enes Serra, Marie Laznovsky, Irene Coulson, Ruth Zack, John Colby, Mr. C. I. Chatto, Philip Grise, Evelyn Charter, Winifred Grandy, Barbara Brown, Annette Bousquet, Eileen Craven. PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB Howarpb C. KELLy, Adviser Purpose; To interest pupils in pictures, and to aid them in the acquiring of skill in the elemen- tary process of making a good photograph. Page 1109 PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB MR. HOWARD C. KELLY, Faculty Adviser Left to right—Back Row: Henry Sandy, Arthur Conley, Anthony Chigos, George Speleopoulos, George Randell, Vernon Wayne, Jack MacDonald, Rodney Merrill. Front Row: Myrtle Bailleul, Betty Somerville, George Hellyar, Dorothy Duquett, Bertha Tomcezak, Albert Shepherd. COMMERCE BAND ON THE ATHLETIC FIELD ALL WAITING ‘TO SHOW YOU .THE CGOMMERGE ATHLE PIGS Pika COMMERCE CHEERING SQUAD ENROUTE TO GAME Page 120 Roland Lalli BOYS’ ATHLETICS FALL SPORTS The unusually fine weather during the fall of 1938 played an important part in the enjoy- ment of football and soccer. Although one game was postponed because of rain, this and the other contests were played under very favorable conditions. The fact that cold weather held off until the season ended benefited the players and increased the comfort of the spectators. If school spirit could be measured by the attendance at the football games, the rating would be high. In sharp contrast, however, the soccer games, as in other years, were poorly attended. This is to be regretted, as soccer is a more open game and easily followed by the spectator. The increased attendance at the football games was due in part, perhaps, to the success of the team, but, we hope, also to a rise in school spirit. In sports of physical contact, the participants are taught the real meaning of sportsmanship, in that they learn to accept disappointment. The development of this attribute varies some- what with the players, of course. The fact that sportsmanship is not a characteristic of every player is shown by the fisticuffs at the Commerce -Trade football game. However, the players were not entirely to blame for this outburst, as spectators became involved. A strong objection to football is the number of injuries. Of the entire football squad, two players were injured. Daniel Pietroniro strained his back in the first game, and Louis Langone suffered a broken arm in the final contest. Only one injury was incurred on the soccer team. William Turner injured his leg and was lost to the team for most of the season. Con- sidering the number of boys participating. this is indeed an encouraging record. The success of the teams is of course very important. The football team enjoyed a very successful season, finishing second in the city series with a record of four wins, one defeat, and one tie. The soccer eleven had a less triumphant season, with six wins against five losses and two ties. In all, the football and soccer teams en- joyed a satisfactory season. FOOTBALL MR. MYERS, Coach Left to right—Third Row: Mr. E. H. B. Myers, coach; Frank Amsden, Lawrence Dimetres, Dale Pelow, Ear! Levesque, Richard Eaton, Milton Rubinow, William Young, William Chiids, Clifford Chadwick, Frank Marchese, manager. Second Row: Sarkis Piligian, assistant manager; John Moustakis, Thomas Collins, William Townsend, William Boucher, Henry Rigali, Alfred Grant, Richard Obin, Donald Bremner, Tony Dinoia, Vernon Fuller, Louis Galavotti, assistant manager. First Row: Louis Langone, Francis Bonavito, Robert Yvon, Theodore Pecka, Alex Piante, Russell Kibbe, Jr., captain; Dante Provini, Vito Maratea, Philip Grace, Aldo Zarlango, Joseph Zieminski. Commerce Commerce Commerce Commerce Cathedral Commerce The 10938 football team of the High School Page 123 FOOTBALL Scores fe) Amherst 13 West Springfield 19 Trade 12 Technical rz Commerce 18 Classical OR ORO Om © TO of Commerce defeated Trade, Technical, and Classical to win the public school championship. Only Cathedral, a parochial school, defeated Commerce, thus winning the city championship. Five Commerce players were selected for the local newspaper all city teams. Jack Haskins was chosen on all four teams, Francis Bonavito and Aldo Zarlengo on two, and Vito Maratea and Dante Provini on one. The 1938 season was the most successful in recent years. SOCCER MR. JONES, Coach Left to right—Fourth Row: Alfred Geoffrion, Edward Livi, Murray Goldberg, Mr. Harold Jones, coach; James Frank, Harold Clin- ton, Zohrab Setian, Arthur Chapin. Third Row: Joseph Carestia, Walter Niemczyk, Gordon Macher, Earle Litchfield, Edward Buckley, Charles Dinnie, Milton Baldwin, Joseph Maher. Second Row: James Sullivan, James Gibson, Robert Denis, Richard Emerson, Anthony Mazza, Anthony Balboni, Alfred Jarisch. First Row: Frank DeCaro, Robert Serra, John Letourneau, Robert Finn, captain; Norman Tippett, David Jones. Honorary Captain Finn SOCGERT: Scores Commerce 2 West Springfield 2 Trade 3 Commerce 2 sLechnicalal a2 Commerce I Commerce: 4 Monson fe) Hopkins 2 Commerce ° Commerce 4 Cathedral fe) Commerce 6 Classical 2 Commerce 1 Hopkins O Trade 5 Commerce O Commerce 3 Technical 3 Commerce 4 Cathedral I Commerce 5 West Springfield 3 Classical a Commerce I The 1938 Commerce soccer team finished the season with a record of six wins, two ties, and five defeats. The scarcity of material was again a problem, soccer being an outlet for the boys who do not play football. The outstanding victory was the Hopkins Academy game, the 1 to o defeat by Commerce was the only contest in which Hopkins was scored upon. At the close of the season the members of the team elected Robert Finn captain. Page 124 BASKETBALL 1939 H. W. JONES, Coach Left to right—Third Row: Mr. Harold W. Jones, coach; James McKeon, assistant manager; Richard Obin, Richard Emerson, Frank Amsden, manager; Earle Litchfield, assistant manager. Second Row: William Turner, William Harrington, Charles Dinnie, Aldo Zarlengo, Herbert Cowles, Samuel Weber, Louis Cocchi. First Row: Robert Denis, Arthur Abrahamson, Robert Yvon, Louis Langone, Kenneth Connor, Robert Serra. BASKETBALL Basketball was the only sport participated in by the boys of Commerce during the winter months of the 1938-1939 season. This was due to the dropping of hockey from the sports sched- ule because of the financial expenses involved in securing the Eastern States Coliseum. Because of the double series, interschool, and interclass basketball, more boys participated than in any other sport. Basketball started right after the football season, and the interschool series ended in March. When the 1938-10939 basketball season opened, Commerce was conscious of serious handicaps. At the very beginning, two boys were lost to the team, one hurt during the football season, and the other low in his scholastic standing. Later in the season, the team was to lose another Page 125 important player because of mid-winter gradua- tion. Furthermore, only a few veterans from last year were able to play. In fact, at the be- ginning of the season the team was rated by the school paper as one of the weakest in the history of Commerce, However, the first games brought encourage- ment; three out of four were won. The team showed weaknesses in its passing and floorwork, but outscored its opponents. By the time it approached the interschool series, it had become a more smoothly working unit. It won its first game of the interschool series from Classical. In this contest it showed great promise. In the next game, won from Trade, it appeared to have plenty of drive and to be able to score at will. At that time, then, the Commerce team was actually in the lead in the interschool series. BASKETBALL [Continued] But from there on the Commerce team was outclassed by its opponents. The team played well at times, but could not maintain the good work. The next six games were lost, though sometimes by one and two points only. At the end of the series, the Commerce basketball team was tied for fourth place with Classical. In all, fourteen games had been played, with seven victories and seven defeats. Bob Yvon, who had been the second highest scorer in the city league, was conceded by the Springfield newsrapers to be the outstanding player of the city. The team was well supported by the school this year. This support was promoted by the addition of new bleachers added during the Christmas vacation by certain of the students and faculty. The cheering of the school was much better than in other years. The sportsman- ship was fairly good, but was marred at the beginning of the season by some booing. The completion of the inter-school series did not mark the end of the season, as the inter-class series always follows the inter-school series. Inter-class basketball brings in the boys of all the classes. Ten are selected from each class to compete against those from the other classes. The members of the school team are barred. Much rivalry exists in this league. The cham- pionship went this year to the XIIA’S. The final game was played between the XIIA’s and the XIA’s, on March 15, with the seniors win- ning 40-20. SCORES Commerce 44 Hopkins 17 Commerce 37 Amherst 27 Commerce 27 Holyoke a1 Commerce 32 Classical 15 Commerce 32 Trade 23 Commerce 15 Tech 40 Commerce 31 Cathedral 42 Commerce 42 Turners Falls 33 Commerce 59 Easthampton 21 Commerce Hopkins 18 Commerce 28 Classical 33 Commerce 25 Trade 34 Commerce 30 Tech 32 Commerce 26 Cathedral 38 LEAGUE STANDING Won Lost Cathedral 3 I Tech 5 3 Trade 4 4 Commerce 2 6 Classical 2 6 INTERESTED BOOSTERS i r HT jh! HH | . 4 ie ae aoe | ci y:. BASEBALL 1938 MR. MYERS, Coach Left to right—Third Row: Sarkis Piligian, assistant manager; Zohrab Setian, assistant manager; Robert Wheeler, Thomas Kane, Mr. E. B. H. Myers, coach; Fred Carmody, Arthur Abrahamson, Franklin Dodge, manager; Frank Marchese, manager. Second Row: Albert Abrahamson, Danny Pietroniro, Russell Kibbe, William Young, William Turner, Louis Langone, Donald Bremner, Joseph Zieminski. First Row: Frank Miorandi, Robert Sanderson,JJames Gatti, William James, Sidney Berkowitz, Ralph Prouty, Thomas Fahey. SPRING SPORTS The spring sports season begins the latter part of April, and continues until the last part of June. It consists of the following activities: baseball, tennis, and golf. Approximately the same number of boys participate in the spring sports as in those of any other sport season. Soon after basketball is over, and preceding baseball, the annual decathlon takes place. It is a series of ten athletic events consisting of foul 5 shooting and minute test with a basketball; Commerce had won four and had lost nine chinning, broad jumping, bar vaulting, and games. In the City scoring, it attained third spring board high jumping on the apparatus; place. and hop, step and jump, running high jump, As Caduceus goes to press, we are looking for- baseball throw, and the potato race. It may be ward to some very good playing this season. organized either as an individual or as an inter- We had several good prospects including last class contest. season's veterans—a center fielder, a short stop, Baseball begins just as soon as the decathlon a second baseman, and a first baseman and ticipate in baseball than in any other sport played during the spring months. Its season begins the latter part of April and ends the latter part of June. Commerce had a fair team last season. It started off badly by losing the first game. As the season progressed, Commerce won a few, but lost most of the games. Near the end came a smashing victory, when our team defeated Cathedral's 12 to o. At the end of the season has been completed. More boys participate in pitcher. baseball than in any of the other spring sports. SCORE 1938 It is played on an interschool basis. Commerce 6 West Springfield 10 Tennis and golf, also played on an interschool Commerce 6 Trade basis, do not attract as many participants, but Commerce 1 Tech 12 these are all enthusiastic boys. As tennis and Commerce 4 Cathedral 3 golf depend somewhat on the weather, the length Commerce 4 Holyoke 9 of the season is indefinite. Bercitews Webster Commerce 1 Classical 3 Commerce 1 Holyoke 8 BASEBALL Commerce 3 Trade I Baseball, during its one hundred years of Commerce 1 Tech 4 existence, has become one of the outstanding Commerce 6 West Springfield 7 sports in this country. It does not command Commerce 12 Cathedral O the attention of the student body at Commerce Commerce o Agawam I as do football during the fall and basketball Commerce 1 Classical 9 during the winter. However, more boys par- Page 127 Margaret Wilson OER Every year when warm spring rolls round Mr. Chatto calls out all aspirants for the Com- merce golf team. To be able to play on the team each player must qualify before the regular season opens. The eight lowest-scoring players combine to make up the Crimson squad. Even after the team is made up, each aspirant still has a chance to win a place. Mr. Chatto has a system which allows a pupil to challenge the seventh or eighth man on the team. If the defender is defeated, the challenger succeeds him. This insures that a good player shall get on the team even though the personnel has been determined. From the middle of April through June the Crimson squad engages in tourney with the surrounding teams. The courses generally used are Franconia and Memorial, which are avail- able. Pete DePietro, one of the mainstays of last years team, will be on hand this season to help the Commerce team on to victory. Another player of low-scoring prominence is Dante Provini, who will be of invaluable help. A third good player still developing is Ed Livi. These, together with Joe Carestia, should be of great help in the coming season. This all tends to make Commerce appear a promising contender for interschool honors. The team is expected to make a good showing in the approaching campaign, and should win a con- siderable portion of the matches this year. Win or lose, we know they will do their best, and with them go our best wishes for a success- ful campaign. The schedule calls for eight games. May 11 Classical vs. Commerce May 15 Trade vs. Commerce May 18 Technical vs. Commerce May 22 Cathedral vs. Commerce May 29 Commerce vs. Classical Commerce vs. Trade Hines st June 5 Commerce vs. Technical June 8 Commerce vs. Cathedral Charles Dinnie DECATHLON The annual decathlon takes the place of track. In earlier years, our school used the track of Springfield College. This was closed to us in 1924. Ruth Elizabeth Playground was _ sub- stituted. Because the playgrou nd was not laid out for this use, many boys were hurt while practicing. For this reason, in 1930, track was discontinued and decathlon was instituted. The main purpose of decathlon is to fill in between the basketball and baseball seasons. Thus it takes place some time during the month of April. It is an inter-class contest. Of the six classes in our school, only five took part this year, there being no entries from the 12B class. The 11A class won this year’s meet with a total of 43 points. The 11B’s came in second with a score of 31 points. This class won its 31 points because of the outstanding work of Richard Obin, who entered and won three events. The 12As, 1oBs, and 1o0As, finished with 15, 6 and 3 points respectively. The scores by events are more complicated. Foul shooting: William Harrington, 11A. first; Robert Wheeler, 12A, second. Minute test: Richard Obin, 11B, first, with a record of 16 baskets; Kenneth Connor, 11A, second. The winning total was 16 baskets. Chinning: Tougais, 11B, first; Boyle, 11A, second. The winning total was 16 times. Broad jump: Charles Dinnie, 11A, first; Daba- kis, 11A, second. Distance 9 feet, 3 inches. Hop, step, and jump: Robert Wheeler, 12A, first; Dabakis, 11B, second. High jump: William Gaskins, 10B, first, fell a one half inch short of last year’s record set by Hubert Seeley; Robert Wheeler, 12A, second. Height cleared was 5 feet, 4 inches. Bar vault: Richard Obin, 11B, first, equaled last years mark; Trombley, 11A,_ second. Height 5 feet, 10 inches. Potato race: Richard Obin, 11A, first; Dabakis, 11B, second. Time 32.4 seconds. Baseball throw: Earl Le Vesque, 11A, first, tying a record score of several years’ standing when he hit the target for 11 strikes: Bill Har- rington, 11A, second. The spring board high jump has been omitted this year. Catherine De Cassio Page 128 TENNIS Out of the many sports engaged in while in high school, tennis is the one which continues popular after graduation. There are many rea- sons for this. In most games the extensive equipment, special clothes, considerable num- bers of players for a team, and special playing space required are difficult to obtain. Tennis is an exception. Only another player is needed. a racquet and balls are easily gotten, and playing courts are available in most public parks. Yet, in spite of the advantages after gradua- tion, tennis does not have in school the attention or publicity given to basketball or football. The season is short and the game is unspectacular. Usually there is a lack of experienced players. Those that do have any experience tend to be limited to the Forest Park section, where the Park tennis courts are available. The season starts in May, if the courts are in condition and the weather favorable, and con- tinues to the last few days of school in June. Since one day of rain can sometimes spoil the courts for almost a week, the length of the season varies. The only facilities available to the schools are the public parks, where the courts have to be engaged in advance. Forest Park and Ruth Elizabeth are favored for playing inter- school games. The 1938 season was not a successful one: though, as the schedule progressed, there was a big improvement. At the start of the season the players were inexperienced; the results were bad. But by the end of the season Classical, which has the advantage of many experienced players, was tied. 1938 SCHEDULE Opponent Games Winner Trade 4-2 Trade Cathedral 4-2 Cathedral Techinical 6-o Technical Classical 5-1 Classical Trade 3-3 +«+‘Tie Cathedral 4-2 Commerce Technical 4-2 Technical Classical 3-3 +Tie As Caduceus goes to press, the results of the 1939 season cannot be foreseen, but the general idea of the team can be suggested. Of the six players on the team last year, five remain. This means we have an experienced team. If the im- provement begun last year continues then the 1939 Commerce tennis team may _ achieve prominence. Mary Brogan Home AGAIN! Page 129 GAUKIE Physical education in high school tends to become a business. The winning of games serves as school advertising; such publicity brings large enrollments. Sports enthusiasm induces students willingly to support their teams with yearly dues. Thus a source of income is created for further activities. Girls’ athletics have a different orientation. Their sports range from informal horseshoes to inter-school hockey and soccer. But the girls play out of love for physical exercise and skill. GIRES ATHEE IG The Girls’ Athletic Association is an organi- zation the main purpose of which is to arouse enthusiasm for girls’ sports. The membership includes practically all the girls of the High School of Commerce. The presidency is highly coveted by every sports minded girl. Mildred Veto holds it now. Much competition exists for the office of secretary and treasurer, which is now held by Irene Davis. ATHLETICS Four semesters of required gym familiarize the girls with various games. As seniors, many continue their sports activities after school. Lust for recognition is not the driving force. Nocheer- ing or publicity attends them. A few are awarded letters for outstanding work, but the vast majority find only the friendship and fun of athletics. In the course of a game, an opponent is spontaneously congratulated for her skill or her success. A team never becomes bitter when defeated, as is sometimes the case in the com- mercialized games of a school. ASSOCIATION The big event of the semester is the initiation of the ‘‘freshies’, who furnish the evening's entertainment. An orchestra provides music for dancing. G. A. A. members have an opportunity to earn a G.A.A. pin, the highest honor a girl can receive in sports. Five letters, three of them in different sports, entitle a girl to the G.A.A. pin. BOWLING Bowling, a very popular game at the present time, has been started in school this semester. Twenty-five girls comprise the Commerce bowl- ing team. Every Monday and Tuesday they meet at the Rockingham Bowling Alleys. Each girl pays her own bowling fee of 25c. If the girls on the team show interest and progress in this sport, they will be given an opportunity to bowl against the members of the faculty bowling team. BASEBALL Baseball is the one sport that all the girls respond to. When the teacher gives the girls their choice as to what they would like to play during the gym period, the majority say, ‘Baseball!’ Girls’ baseball differs greatly from boys baseball in that it is not run on a com- petitive basis. Friendliness and co-operation have taken the place of competition. During the winter months, the girls prepare themselves by indoor practice in throwing and catching. As soon as the weather is suitable for outdoor activity, they are ready to choose teams and play games. Page 130 BADMINTON Badminton is a comparatively new sport in the High School of Commerce. In spite of its newness, it is already popular. It is a game similar to tennis, but the rackets used are smaller than tennis rackets, and ‘birdies’ are used instead of tennis balls. Once a week the girls have a chance to play badminton in the gym- nasium. Th is is one of the two games in which boys and girls may compete. This courtesy is extended to the boys by the G.A.A. HORSESHOES Horseshoe throwing is a game which requires skill and strength. The skill is one of eye and accuracy. Less strenuous and exciting than most games, it lends itself to sociability. In the out- door seasons many small groups of two or four find relaxation and friendship in this sport. Page 131 BADMINTON BASKETBALL One of the most popular girls’ sports is basket- ball. The playing of this game is always eager. Several weeks of practice precede the games, which now are informal, and open to all girls for participation. The inter-class schedule of pre- vious years has been discontinued in the interest of greater informality and friendliness. Yet the girls show as much enthusiasm in their un- heralded playing as do the boys in their inter- school games, and always many girls are await- ing their turn to join the fun. Who knows but that they may be deriving greater values from the sport than do the boys? PING-PONG Ping-pong has no special season, but is used to fill in between seasons. This game is played entirely informally by those interested. As in the case of badminton, on stated days, usually once a week, the G. A. A. extends the courtesy of its tables to the boys, and games are organized between boys and girls. APPARATUS APPARATUS When the weather is cold, it is necessary for the girls to confine themselves to sports which may be played inside the gymnasium. Much of the activity here is apparatus work. This type of work includes stunts on ropes, rings, ladders, boxes, horses, and other gym equipment. The girls are divided into squads, each squad with a leader. These leaders must meet one night a week after school to perfect themselves so that they can teach the girls in their respective squads. When the girls work together in this manner, they learn the value of co-operation. Page 132 TENNIS One of the more strenuous sports, tennis at- tracts active girls. But unlike field hockey and soccer, it is played on an informal basis with no inter-class or inter-school competitions. The school has reservations one night a week for tennis courts in several of the city parks. Thus the girls can use the courts nearest their homes. Different gym teachers supervise the playing in the different parks. VOLLEY BALL The great advantage of volley ball is that the game can be played either in the gymnasium or outside on a play ground. The girls consider it one of the most exciting of their games. Since it is not exacting in skill, it can be played by all girls. in a pure spirit of fun and hilarity. Page 133 SOCCER, Soccer is the second of the great autumn outdoor sports. Like field hockey, it is organized on an inter-school competitive basis, and like field hockey, it demands skill and endurance. This game requires much skill, because the ball must be directed with the feet only. It is prob- ably enjoyed by the girls as much as any of the outdoor sports. Toward the end of the season the inter-school games begin. Only the out- standing players are awarded letters. Seven girls this season received letters: Lucille Lang, Shirley McGowan, Norma Saunders, Helen Shea, Kath- erine Smith, Louise Sullivan, and Edna Wood- worth. APPARATUS DANCING CLUB One of the most recent additions to the gym activities is the Dancing Club, devoted to modern dancing only. It is distinctive in that it is made up of girls from all three high schools. Meetings are heldevery Wednesday after school in the Commerce gymnasium under the supervision of Miss Fisher. As all school girls are greatly interested at the present time in dancing, the club should prove to be a big success. : il MopERN DANCING ROLLER SKATING Roller skating has taken the younger genera- tion by storm. During the past year, it has become one of the most popular pastimes. The girls of Commerce decided to join the parade. Once each week both boys and girls may go to the Rialto Skating Rink for the price of 1§¢c. There they skate under the supervision of one of the gym instructors. Page 134 Stonsaymaentemen wre NaS RRR RISC NREE ALA ete: ine RR Eee TREES SE TAL SINS AE TR Si EARN OEP HII BME PET Fo MobDERN DANCE PIPED HOCKEY. Field hockey is one of the two great autumn outdoor sports in which numbers of girls par- ticipate. Far more strenuous than most other games, it requires weeks of practice before the teams can be chosen. This sport is on an inter- school basis, and develops great competition. The winners of letters for outstanding work in hockey the past season are Ruth Hastings, Eileen Mayotte, Helen McCombe, Louise Sullivan, and Edna Woodworth. Page 135 SKIING Skiing is at once one of the most recent sports, and the most uncertain, depending as it does upon deep snow. Situated in the lower part of the Connecticut valley, Springfield does not have as heavy a snow fall as cities located far- ther north. In addition, the climate is such that if there is snow it melts rapidly. When snow comes, the girls interested in skiing receive instruction every Saturday morning at the Fran- conia and Memorial Golf Courses. AUTOGRAPHS ao Ee Petes nS Foe (uo ?) 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