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

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Pe OTT OFFICES TAEF Miss Alice F. Danforth, Ofhce Supervisor Whenever a pupil’s schedule is so confused that no one can banish the conflicts, to Miss Danforth goes the perplexed teacher. Calmly, and as swiftly as if she had not just completed many hundreds of similar programs, Miss Danforth unravels the puzzle. How does she do it? Ask her—she’ll do it every time! Whenever a pupil, afflicted with that anti-school feeling, conceives of a splendid plan for playing truancy, he is careful to return home at just the expected hour. But he finds his mother awaiting with a grim expres- sion. How does she guess he’s skipped school? Ask Mrs. Moakler—she’ll do it every time! Whenever the secretaries are piled high with work, and Miss Humberston must enter grades, answer the telephone, and write many letters, some teacher requests that she complete some extra task, such as comput- ing the honor averages. Smilingly, Miss Humberston will achieve the impossible. How does she do it? Ask her—she’ll do it every time! Mrs. Florence Moakler, Miss Helen Humberston [8]

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Principal Smiles. Smiles have contributed much to twenty-five years of Commerce history: the smiles of our three principals, father and founder, Carlos B. Ellis; friendly innovator, Jerome Burtt; and sympa- thetic, reigning leader, Stanley O. Smith. Carlos B. Ellis had a vision; with un- tiring devotion and effort he made that vision a reality. Without his inspira- tion, there would have been no smiling through Commerce. In 1915, the twen- ty-cone gun salute of the neighboring United States Armory heralded the opening of the new High School of Commerce. Although Carlos B. Ellis had carried out successfully many en- terprises, none was more wonderful than the founding, twenty-five years ago, of our High School of Commerce. Only a man of vision, courage, and initiative could have done this; and only one who had power as well as wisdom could have directed it so wisely. All of Springfield was saddened at his death on March DOR NOS 3: Mr. Ellis nourished the flame; Mr. Burtt picked up the torch when the older man had been forced to lay it down. In 1931, Jerome Burtt, a kindly, sympathetic man, who delighted every one with his humor, became the new principal. He introduced the Boys’ Pa- trol and the General Organization, both outstanding contributions to Commerce life. Although his years at Commerce were the ones in which the community [7] felt depression, he brought prosperity to Commerce. In 1933 he left Springfield for a better position, but his smiling countenance left indelible memories of his honesty, sincerity, and deep, abiding sense of friendliness. Stanley O. Smith, efficient and force- ful, took the reins in September, 1933. In sympathy with the aims and ideals that have been synonymous with the history of Commerce, Mr. Smith as- sumed the task which had been endeared to him during his relationship with Carlos B. Ellis, when he had been a teacher of bookkeeping, law, and pen- manship at Commerce. That business and pleasure can never be mixed has been contradicted by the cordial friend- liness of “S.0.S. . To those of us who have looked up to him, Mr. Smith is the pattern of sound business-like administra- tion, and the kindly, sincere adviser who has helped many of us to see the benefits of industry and integrity, as we have gone smiling through Commerce. With Mr. Smith, we honor Stillman E. McKerley, who re-entered Commerce as Assistant Principal in May, 1939. Mr. McKerley, with his smiling countenance, his red hair, and his genial personality, has impressed all students with his fine example of intelligent and useful citizen- ship. Carlos B. Ellis, Jerome Burtt, Stanley O. Smith, Stillman E. McKerley: each Cal Smith confer Mr. McKerley and Mr. as Principals Ellis and Burtt has been an undeniable influence in this era of business education; each has pos- sessed that outstanding attribute which the class of 1941 honors, the spirit to go smiling through.

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Enduring. Smiles BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Class in Business Machines OFFICE APPLIANCE ROOM James L. Clancey, Mae G. Anderson, Russell L. Williams, Ralph C. Parmenter, William C. Masters, Anna G. Carmody, Susan C. Dowd, Charles A. Speer, Winona F. Libby, Eleanor P. Davis, Gilbert C. Walker, Charles H. Oswald, Guy D. Miller, Helen E. Parker, Sarah A. Hillman, Joseph E. Buckley, Will W. Macalpine. The Business Department, under Mr. Guy D. Miller, Chairman, offers Commerce students a wide field of work in the accounting, salesmanship, and clerical courses. This year pupils have been especially interested in the new office apparatus: the Ediphone, two billing machines, different bookkeeping machines, and the electric calculators. This department aims to teach students the fundamental principles of business, and to develop initiative and executive ability. For this reason, in 1935, G. O. Accounting was introduced. In this course, the members follow the same procedure as is used by any business office. SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Mr. P. A. Richmond, Exchange Teacher from California CORNER OF LIBRARY G. Donald Melville, Preston A. Richmond, Leslie S. Shipway, Mrs. Rena P. Bartlett, Hazel K. Miller, Mrs. Hilda H. Madsen, H. Elizabeth Phelps, Augustus H. Smith, Harold E. Taylor, Dora M. Briggs, Helen M. Lynch, Alice L. Halligan. History, not a drab recital of dates, not a list of pompous public officials, but a living, human study of a nation struggling toward democracy; civics, the mechanics of that same beloved form of government; economics, not Carlyle’s “dismal science,” but an attempt to show.how the factors of production, labor, business enterprise, land, capital, and government may work together to protect our American ideal from all “isms: these are the subjects our department of social science offers. Aaa 2: [9 }