High School of Commerce - Annual Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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RESPONSIBILITY. R ESPONSIBILITY as an asset should be firmly imbedded in the char- acter. It carries a power that is sure to bring success. To wait until asked to do a thing shows weakness. To wait for the other fellow to do the work is fatal. But to go ahead upon one's own responsibility means success. The rule, Do the thing, and above all, do the thing right, if adopted as a world motto would revolutionize human actions, for failure comes to an enterprise because somebody has lacked in responsibility. Do not be the underling of life, scorned by everybodyg climb to the top rung of the ladder. One can reach this height only by having a clear conception of the word, Responsibility FALSE PRIDE. A VIEW of the articles which have accumulated in the Lost and Found box in the office, leads one to believe that some people are proud, even to a fault. Rings, bar-pins, brooches, stick-pins, school pins of various shapes and forms, to say nothing of the numerous pocket-books, are in the col- lection. Each ornament was once treasured. Each purse had an owner. What is it that makes a person ashamed to reclaim these articles once highly valued? Were it diamond, ruby, opal, pearl or a solid gold ornament, a thing of great value to the owner, he would soon show that he had lost some- thing, he would do his utmost to regain it. Articles of slight value, the owner cares not to find. False pride makes him refuse to acknowledge ownership, even when attention has been called to the finding of his property. This condition is too common. Real individual strength demands that we discontinue this course. Throw False Pride to the wind, stand up like a person of strength and say, That's mine. CLEVELAND'S NEW HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE. RECENTLY Cleveland has become one of the twelve cities in the United States to have a regional reserve bank. This according to the general opinion of business people will give our city a world-wide prominence as financial, commercial and industrial center. In view of the fact that we are the sixth city in population, and in addition have a regional reserve bank, our attention is naturally called to the fact that the City of Cleveland lacks a new High School of Com- merce. Since Commerce pupils have commenced Iilling responsible posi- tions, business men are realizing more and more that graduates of our high school are well fitted for business life. Our graduates attain practical and envied positions, in spite of the many inconveniences in the present building, and with a new building the pupils would be able greatly to increase their efficiency. The erection of such a building may be a combination of twelve Her- culean labors, but our Board of Education, it is hoped, may be able to accomplish the task, and thus cause Hercules to turn green with envy in view of their great powers. HOMER TWITCHELL. 8

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Homer Twitchell Dorothy Prosser ANNUAL BOARD, 1914., Evylene Young .. . Arthur Xavier . Emily Gaiser . . . Gladys Bolton .... Walter Krauss . Clarence Barber Margaret Breen Llewellyn Reese Arline Young .. Edna Buesch .. . . Editor-ntchief . . . . .Assistant Editor . Literary Editor Business Manager . . . .Assistant Business Manager . . . . . . .Advertising Manager . . .Athletic Editor ............Joke Editor . . . . .Junior Representative . . . . . . .Junior Representative .. . Sophomore Representative Freshman Representative Faculty Advisers : Miss Amidon Mr. Gehring Miss Corser Mr. Heald ANNUAL BOARD COMMITTEES. Committee on Societies, Histories and General Activities Committee on Business Committee on Art Committee on Athletics Homer Twitchell Committee on y'Miss Amidon 'nEvylene Young ,Dorothy Prosser C llGladys Bolton lf Dorothy Prosser UClarence Barber Arthur Xavier Calendar and Evylene Young General Literary aEthel Lyon Work .Miss Amidon fMr. Gehring Committee on 'Homer Twitchell Jokes tArthur Xavier ptEmily Gaiser ,Walter Krauss fMiss Corser lkHomer Twitchell Emily Gaiser 1lEthel Lyon .Arline Young Committee on A do ertisin g Committee on iiMargaret Breen lkMr. Heald fMr. Gehring Dorothy Prosser ,lGladys Bolton ylEdna Buesch xLleWelyn Reese K Dorothy Prosser t Evylene Young Gladys Bolton l!Mr' Heald Lecture Coarse ,Homer Twitchell iEmily Gaiser tMr. Heald K Walter Krauss y Clarence Barber

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THE ANNUAL MESSAGE. When school days we have left behind, And serious thoughts on work have bent, Memories clear shall flash to mind Of four years' time at school well spent. Then, in this book a record true, Of our successful Senior year We'll find. Our acts we'll scan anew, And live them o'er with smile or tear. LELAND WISEMAN. FIVE YEARS OLD. T HE HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE closes the fifth year of its ex- istence with the end of the present term. During these five years the number of students has been nearly dou- bled. We now have OVER EIGHT HUNDRED enrolled in the two schools, despite the fact that our facilities for properly taking care of these increasing numbers are grossly inadequate. Notwithstanding the lack of proper equipment and sufficient room for carrying on our work, we believe that progress has been made and that the year just closing has been the most satisfactory year of our ex- istence. As teachers and pupils we are, alike, coming to have a better under- standing and a better appreciation of our work. Then too, there are indi- cations that relief will be provided ere long which encourages us to our best efforts. Recently at our suggestion the Board of Education appointed an Advisory Committee similar to the Committee that aided in the estab- lishment of this school. We are pleased to see upon this new Committee the names of several gentlemen who rendered such excellent service in the organization of the High School of Commerce. We welcome with these the new members who, we feel assured, will interest themselves in the welfare of our school. We are looking to this Committee for valuable assistance along sev- eral lines among which may be mentioned, fly In connecting the work of the school more closely with the business needs of the city, Q25 In plan- ning a way by which part time employment while attending school may be made more effective 3 and Q35 In devising some way by which the nec- essary funds can be obtained to make possible the erection of a new building which will adequately care for our needs. We cannot allow ourselves to believe that an institution so admirably conceived to meet the business needs of Cleveland and which is so suc- cessfully carrying out the intentions of its founders will be permitted to 9