High School of Commerce - Caravel Yearbook (New York, NY)

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CARAVEL STAFF, SEPTEMBER, 1910 TO FEBRUARY, 1911

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coMM.eRcE YEAR BooK, 1911 ,evofle HIS has been the most inactive and in many ways the most -it unsatisfactory year in the history of the Commerce Alumni 'sf TX Association. Tl1e chief event of the year was the annual r Q 'Nt dinner held Thursday, December 29, 1910, at which Mr. Shep- pard, Dr. Sullivan, Mr. Heydrick and Mr. Siskind, our last year's football coach, made short speeches. The lack of enthusiasm and interest was clearly shown by the small number who attended this dinner. But one of the members, at least, seems to have some enthusiasm left in him, and that is Dreyfus, who originated' the idea of a song and yell contest and at whose suggestion the Association offered fobs as prizes. This contest was held last fall, and although the material it brought forth was not of the best, it cannot be said that the thing was a failure. The fobs for original songs were awarded to H. johnson, ,I3, and D. Taylor, ,I2. The fobs for parodies and cheers have not been awarded as yet, because the contest is still in progress. i i Murray E. Cramer, President of the Association, admits that it is on a very unsteady basis and attributes this fact to three chief causes. First comes the influence of fraternities, which try to control mattersg second, ill feeling between certain fellowsg a11d lastly, the different social standing and pecuniary circumstances of the members. Cramer is the prime mover of the movement now on foot to disband the old Association and form a new one in which every graduate will feel he has a place. May it succeed! OFFICERS lifomzav E. CRAMER, '06 ,.......... ....Prr.vi'dvnt. E. GRANBY GRANT, '06 ..... .... S erwfm-y A. FRANKEL, '07 ........ .... T I'L'11S1ll'f'I' 55