Commercial High School of Brooklyn - Annual Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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The 16 The meeting of the club, 011 Thurs' day, December 17, was well attended. The following members read selections, relating to the passage Of bills by the CX' ecutive and legislative departments of the State government. Rourke, 323 3 13011613 3153 Wagner, 2153 Kestin, 206, and RH- der, 213. Then the club resolved itself into a meeting of the State Assembly, at Albgmy, with Mr. Pincus, 410, as Speak- er of the House, and Vlfellersdieck, 306, as clerk. Assemblyman Selinkowitz, 319, introduced a bill, providing for the pop- ular election of the United States Sen- ators. Assemblyman Haudui, 321, and Ulman, 321, spoke in favor of the bill, and Assemblymen Rubenstein, 3065 llfachsman, 326, and Castecline, 319, op- posed the passage of the bill. During an intermission, Parizot, 403, displayed upon the screen an unusually fine series of views of Niagara Falls, and the city of Buffalo. Parizot lived in Buffalo at one time, and was able, therefore, to explain in an interesting way, some of the points of interest. W7 hen the session was resumed, the de- bate was concluded. Selinkovvitz made the closing speech for, the bill, and Rubenstein for the negative., The final vote of the Assembly stood, 37 in favor of the measure, and 17 opposed. Franklin Literary Society. The Franklin Literary Society held a debate at their meeting on Thursday, De- cember 10. The subject was: Resolved, That the Socialist Platform deserves the support of the American People. The affirmative was upheld by Miller, 410, and Morris, 319,- while the negative was defended by Mackey, 4033 and Ten Eyck, 410.' The pludges, Mr. Stock, Schwartz, 4103 and Toaspern, 207, awarded the decision to the negative, T9-QSPCITU, 207, wasinitiated into full membership at a special meeting on Sat- urday, December 5. A 1' - Ledgef Cn VVednesday, December 16, a Special meeting was held to vote for new mem- bers. Wells, 209, and Sullivan, 209, were admitted as probationary members. The design for the Annual was discussed and it was decided to ask Bowden, 319, to make one as decided on by the club, Qther details were discussed and the meeting adjourned. Gn Wediiesday, December 23, a Hash Debate was held. Mr. Stock is anxious that the members gain the facility of getting up and speaking on the spur Of the moment. After the business was over the meeting adourned. V General Assembly. At the general assembly on December 23, several good recitations were ren- dered. The orchestra and the Choral Society also gave several good selections. After the literary and musical pro- gram, Mr. Todd awarded f'C,s and '4C's and sweaters to members of the football and basketball teams, who had done good work on their respective teams. Those who received 'fC,s were.: Butler, Von Melke, and VV ebb. Those who received 'fC,s', and sweaters were Von Dreusche, 1Vm. Muller, Haggerty, Krummenaur, Hunter, Gallagher, Bel- den, Millspaugh, Gates, Cooke, Zeigler, and Terry. Hamilton Literary Society. At a meeting of the Hamilton Literary Society, on December 3. the four follow- ing candidates were initiated as members: Harrington, 219: Berger, 317, LOPEZ, 326, and Iuengst, 219. A committee on dues was appointed. composed of the fol- lowing members: Thompson, 4055 Dix, 413, and Bennett. 419. Several amend- ments to the constitution were p1'OpOS9fl and accepted. At the meeting, on Thursday, Decem- ber 10, a very interesting debate was held- The question discussed was: Resolved, That the large COTY 3255 and tended th Cagtellanc 4G52 main alive WHS- A meet: before C11 cupied thi question 4 the course School shf Un Dec Room 410 on the que eral Govei the railwa defended sented by qlary: whi Belden. l the affirm: kins and X At the 1 bly of De debate wa was: Rest be further The afnrn son. 3183 while the Felter. 31 bern' 212 Procro 11 decision i Un Fri Natural meeting Q President 01171011 y busineg, f0l'lllS nn lllgt yt-ug i

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l. l, , Q .titer ejhad Szar- l IDS- snort ideas rated 4 1 'es ot Qtter sued. fent, lads!! lla- ered. HPC- fplay The Mc tape. , A 9 . with hdlf itiofl stain i sl l it X. 1 Societies Pliolmbs. desires more freedom and 1611515 'gi deaf ear to Mr. Golightly's pglitenesst Mr. Golightly. being humiliated by MIS. Major Phobbs, resolves to ignore the ladyg and desiring to do. something des- perate. rushes into the gambling room, to squander his money. Captain Phobbg returns home, leaving his wife in the Care of Mrs. Major Phobbs, saying she must be home by twelve o'Q10Qk, The Qatter lady now wishing Mr. Golightly's services, in looking after her charge, asks jim, after he has lost all his money, to escort her home, and to favor her with his society all the evening. This delights Mr. Golightly, but he suddenly remem- 'Jers he has no money. Realizing that he needs five shilling for a cab, he applies successively to Mr. Morland, Captain Spruce, Captain Phobbs, and the waiter Sam, but without success. During this time, Golightly has mistaken the jeal- ous Captain Phobfbs for the husband of Mrs. Major Phobbs, and Mr. Mor- land is attentive to Mrs. Captain Phobbs, because he wishes to complete a min- ature of her, before he departs for England, on the morrow. After fruit- less efforts of raising a-loan, Mr. Go- lightly finds a purse in his overcoat, and orders a supper for Mrs. Major Phobbs. At this juncture, Captain Phobbs comes in, looking for his wife-it being after twelve o'clock. He invites. himself to partake of Mr. Golightlyls supper, frightens his host, and winds up with a Challenge to fight a duel with him. He also walks off with Mr. Golightly's new- ly discovered funds. The irate Captaill Phobbs returns with pistols, but the duel is stopped by his wife, as she claims she never had seen the gentleman before. At this time, Mr. Morland explains the mys- tery, by presenting to Calffain Phobbs the miniature of Mrs. Captaili Plwbbs- Learning that she is a widow, Mr, CO- lightly offers himself to Mrs. Major Phobbs and is accepted. After learning 15 that Captain Phobbs has paid for the supper, Mr. Golightly is perplexed at not l ' - ,- .' lavmg m0UCy- for the cab. But he ap- P1163 to the audience for a loan gf fix-C shillings, M ii Camera Club. The Camera Club met in their regular headquarters, Mr. Flints shop, rm MUN- GQY, December 4. The members tween- pied themselves in working on pieim-QQ for the Annual, and in making lnunniile enlargements. Chess Club. Un Friday, December ll. die elle-- team of De Wfitt Clinton ll. S. visited us to play our second Greater New York Interscholastic Chess league znzuelx. The full score follows: Bds.. De lfVitt Clinton lids. Connneerizll l S21Cl1S . .. ...... fri l lfuye ..... . .... 7 ,L 2 Tucker .... .. . . l 2 llerknwilf . . ll 3 Berg .... .... 1 3 Roll: ..... ... H 4 Smith ...... ... lil 4 Katz ... .. . .. l Totals ......... 21,5 I 2 ,V The two unfinished games in the Klam- ual match were forfeited by our players by not appearing for play on Nlomlmp November 30. The final result of this match is 2-2. On Friday. December IR. t'onnnerei:il journeyed to Boys' lligli Selwol lu play their last refrular match in the tlrezner O New York lnterseliolaslie Chess l.t-:igsne and were defeated by the score of -it f- l. Bds. Bovs' High lids. Unnnnereisil l Rosowsky ll I l1 5'l' '. 'a ,lj 2 Damrau ...... I 2 l:l'l'l4 'Wli :I 3 Clurinzm ...... l 3 lyille . .... N 4 Mclxenna ..... - l 4 lxniz . Totals .... . ...... 3 I ,-,.,........--- Civics Club. ' Un December 3. a very interesting meeting was held by the lll'fElllR'l'r uf the Civics Club. Dr. Fairly Q'lVlU2' ml lllih' trated lecture on the l1istoT'?1 f mf' Nm? Departments. He slllkc 'll the 'llllfmi ance of New York as the nucleus ot the wealth and population of the lfiiif-ff. ,...-----Q

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S0Cieties That the State should own and Control large gorporations. Wylie, 3265 Langer, 325g and Reiss, 306, captain, ably de- fended the affirmative, While QQOHHOI., Castellano, and Madebach, captain, all gf 405, maintained the negative. The affirm- ative was victorious. A meeting was held on the VVednesday before Christmas, and another debate oc- cupied the time of the members. The question discussed was: Resolved, That the course in the Commercial High School should be open to girls. l Metz Cup Debate. Un December 4, Room 306 defeated Room 410 in a debate, for the Metz Cup, on the question: Resolved, That the Fed- eral Government should own and operate the railways of the country. Room 306 defended the-negative, and 'was repre- sented by: Zschorna, Scocco, and Hil- lary, while Room 410 represented by: Belden, Koenig, and T ropp, upheld the affirmative. Messrs. Bickmore, Wil- kins and Yoder acted as the udges. . , .At the regular Friday morning assem- bly of December 18, another Metz Cup debate was held. Thequestion discussed was: Resolved, That Immigration should be further restricted by an illiteracy test. The affirmative was defended by John- son, 318, Schneir, 3185 and Smith, 3193 while the negative was 'maintained by Felter, 317, Holthusen, 3135 and Holz- berg, 313. The judges, Messrs. Kip, Proctor, and MacNamara, awarded the decision to the negative. -,,..i1il- Natural History Club. 1 Cn Friday afternoon, December 4, the 'Natural 'History Club held its regular meeting in the physiological laboratorlf- President' Robinson called the meeting 'LO Order. After attending to the reigulal' business they examined various 1115CCt forms' under the microscope. The meet- ing was then adjourned. 17 At the meeting of the C1 b p 8 11 on Decem- ber ll, Mr. Bedford thren ' ' th ' ' pictures or A C PYOYOZOH, paramacium, and ainoebgi upon the s bers the characteristics of the-Q mip , L : . .ure water animals. Crew, C1CSCfilJi11g to the mem- Gn F riday, D b tinued the ecem er 18, the club enu- study of the protozoa. and took UP, in substance. the interesting' Study of the hydria. an insect to be seen in stagnant water, by the use of a ewan- mon magnifying glass. The niezniierg were set to work drawing picuires .ii the hydria, and in taking notes of in lialiii, ..H- .-M. p The Orchestra. A musicale and reception was given nv the violin students of Mr. .ltllgll-Z Schmidt, on Friday evening, lk-eemlfei' ll. The following participants are mean- bers of the school: lyanber. 421 1 Nies- serve, 120, Newson, 311. and NI:iyiXii'ali. 102. A violin solo was reinlered by Xen'- son, who is a member of the t'onnin-reizil High School Qrchestra. Un Friday night, Deeenibei' ll, dn- members of the Urchestra. under the leadership of Mr. Zeiner, rendered va- rious musical selections at a mass inevi- ing held in the Bedford liraneh -if dn- Young Men's Christian .Xssoeizni--n. This meeting is one of niany uf it- kind to be held throughout the state. in the in- terest of nomination by direct ballot. ,.l.,...--- The Pen Club. A llleetillg WHS llelil Ull lleeemlwl' -1. but owing to the fact that a iiizijnrity -if the members were absent, no ixiil 'V'5 li business was transacted. Q11 Friday afternoon, lieeembei' 1.1. the club held its regular ineeilftl ll' Room 319. President Rozek called the meeting to orderyand. havin! 'lf' tim'-'31 business to transact they pI'0CCCfll 'l Will' the regu ar devoted the rest of their time te l'7'3fW' 1 work The members 111011 u,,,,.,qfll i ,i -f-'M' . fr- , Ya..