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Ulu the bnbnnl In presenting to you this, the first Annual of the High School of Com- merce, we thank you for your generous and hearty support. In acting as your representatives We have endeavored conscientiously to fulfill the duties so generously bestowed upon us. That the High School of Commerce may ever thrive, gaining steadily in wit and wisdom, is our earnest and heartfelt Wish. Our task is now completed, and we respectfully submit to your approval this volume, trusting that in future years it may be a source of inspiration, reminding you of many happy days spent under the White and Gold. U THE EDITORS. A Q . ce- x 1 L Y N ,jg I - J, fx. I AJ 32551 Qnnual Iguana Edmund J. Kirby .... Valeria A. Schacha. . . Arthur J. Buzek ..... Herbert L. Sinek .... .....f45.............,.......Editor-in-Chief Q45 . . .Assistant Editor-in-Chief-Literary . . .C45 .................. Business Manager C43 . .... Assistant Business Manager Walter B. Madigan. . . . . .C45 . . . .. ................ . . .Solicitor Edmo I. Combs ....... . . . . C45 . . . ........ . .... Society Editor Blanche E. Caldwell. . .... C45 . . . ....... Art Editor Harold M. Nichols .... . . .C45 . . . ........ Athletics Richard C. DeForest. . . . .C45 . . . ..... . ..... .Humorist Clara Pfister ......... .... C 35 . .... Associate Editor Fred Dubbs ......... .... C 35 . .... Associate Editor Thomas V. Murphy. . . . . . Q25 .... ..... A ssociate Editor Ella E. Schroeder ..... .... C 15 .... ..... A ssociate Editor Miss Nellie M. Amidon Mr. Jude L. Heald Mr. J. Earl Griffith . . . .... Advisory 7 Board.
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Ilaistnrp N introducing the High School of Commerce to the public, The Annual quotes largely from the School Curriculum. The High School of Com- merce, the outgrowth of the century's needs, had its immediate origin in the report of the Educational Commission appointed by President Orth. of the Board of Education, in February, 1906. The sub-committee of this com- mission, to whom was referred the technical and commercial phase of public education, was known as the 'Committee on Schools and the Bread Winners,' and was composed of Charles S. Howe, C. A. McCormick and Francis Pren- tiss. After due deliberation, the committee made its report recommending, among other advanced measures, the establishment of a High School of Commerce. Regarding this work, the committee had this to say, 'The majority of the boys and many of the girls who graduate from our high schools go into business. The average boy who goes into business life knows very little about business methods. He perhaps knows a little bookkeeping, a little stenography and a little typewriting, but this is about all he has had. It is possible to give a student in a Commercial high school a course of study which will train him in business methods, which will make him an enthu- siast in business and which will render him of immediate use to his employer. 'As the college course broadens the mind and enables a man to think along many lines, so a thorough commercial training will broaden the mind and enable the student to reason, to think and to understand throughout his business career.' Acting upon the recommendation of the Educational Commission, the Board of Education decided to establish a High School of Commerce. The building at the corner of Bridge avenue and Randall road, formerly occupied by the West High School, was remodelled and equipped for a High School of Commerce. Thus it is seen that the school from its inception has been planned with a definite purpose in view. The ideal of a high preparation for business gives the key to the needs of the school. The building up and bringing about results started in no haphazard way but is an intentional and systematic outgrowth of the effort to supply the needs of the business world. The doors of the new school were opened for the admission of students October 4, 1909, and the school started with an enrollment of 437, almost the 8
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