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

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THE COMMERCE ORCHESTRA o CHE TRL N 1904, through the efforts of Mr. F. W. Robin- son, the Commerce Sextette was formed, and this paved the way for the Orchestra which was to follow. By 1905 we had a complete orchestra, which supplied the music at the Friday afternoon assemblies, and at the various entertainments. The proficiency. of the boys increased to such an extent that they were invited to play at a performance given bythe Sophomore Class of Barnard College. The departure of Mr. Robinson plunged the Orchestra into an almost hopeless condition, out of which it did not emerge until Mr. PA uz.jBRo ww IQ Q Roessler came forward and resurrected it. 5 Late in 1909 Mr. N. Lindsay Norden was appointed to the position of music instructor of the school. In the early fall he reorganized the Orchestra, beginning with about eight members, Mr. Norden playing the piano. From this small organization the membership. has grown to nearly forty, and has become ia feature of the school life. Q The music library has grown steadily in size and now contains many standard selections. The past year has been the most successful one, and the Orchestra has rendered a number of programs for the school, played in the Annex, and outside. I T I HEALTH CLUB HE most recent and also one of the most active clubs of the school is the Health Club. It was organized in the early part of the current 9 term for the purpose of studying the sanitary conditions of New York City and their effect on the people. ln order to further the work they paid a visit to the Borden Dairy, where they saw the milk industry from the milking of the cows to the bottlingiof the milk. - OFFICERS , 1 President ....... .......... W ALTER BLAKE 1 Vice-President . . .... BARNET PUTTERMAN Secretary ..... .... W ILLIAM J. RAPP Treasurer ....... .... W ALTER HOLLANDER Faculty Adviser .. ..... ALEXANDER L. PUGH 123

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gf gn . LLGI .Pun nil: cl-IECKER q, I. .llq:ij'j' I I V U 9 k Wd HE Chess Club was organized in IQO4. Immediately after its or- ganization ithe club had a very successful career. Its'purpose was to increase the chess and checker 'playing 'ability of the members so that they might derive the benefits which may be obtained from this intel- lectual pastime. lvlatches were played with other schools with varying success, but due to a decline in the membership a reorganization was necessary. At this reorganization checkers was added to the activities of the club, this action increased the membership immensely. tlnterclass tournaments were held in order to pick the best talent for the team. But interest in the club again declined till it was entered in the Interscholastic Chess League. This soon revived the spirit, as was shown ,by the fact that the membership at once jumped to almost half a hundred. Out of fourteen games played, we succeeded in winning ten, which was a very good showing when we con- sider the number of teams entered. A . One of the most interesting features of the club consisted of several simultaneous games played with some of the leading masters, among whom were Herman Helms, editor of the American Chess Bulletin and former New York State champion, Mr. A. F. Kreymborg, one of the strongest players in the city, and Roy T. Black of the American Cable Team, who won every game he played with Great Britain's masters. Their suggestions regarding play were much appreciated, and proved very profitable .to the members. 'This improvement was demonstrated by the fact that Edwin Sanger succeeded in winning against Mr. Helms on his next visit here. V - A Notwithstanding the absence of Mr. Healey, the faculty adviser, the club is progressing very rapidly, for already a branch has been formed at the Annex. The members of the club are greatly indebted to Mr. Healey for the interest he has taken and for the help and advice which he has given so unselfishly. K OFFICERS President ............ . . . .VVILLIAM GUTTMAN Vice-President ........... EDWIN SANGER Secretary ana' Treasurer .... PHILIP FRANKEL Manager' ................ ABRAHAM ENKLow1Tz Faculty Adviser . . .... HORACE G. HEALEY ,H 124 CHESS AND