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

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,.,,,,,,ERQ13 YEAR Boort, 1912 In the ,irq ,.e.,r uf the school. the boys who had previously taken third L E'onomics and Commercial Geography. tear History were permitted to ta 'e L In the Scwmi WH of the School all first year boys were given a course of inc period -i week in the Commercial GCOETHPIW Of NSW York CRY- The J , + i . m'.,-lu,ur course in New York City lndustries and New York City Govern- ment for the lirst and second term bo5'S, 1'C5PCCtlVC1Y, WHS introduced In SCP' ,,.,,,l,H, mpg, This course replaced the work in History for the first year bots, .-Xt the beginning of the fifth year, 1906-1907, Z1 HCW COUTSC WHS guliled on the Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the United States, given one liour 11 week in the third and fourth, fifth and sixth terms. l-'rom the founding of the school to December, 1908, the Work of the - Jepgirtinent of lieonomies was under the supervision of Dr. John L. Tildsley. ju Si-pteniber, noni, Mr. Russell T. Greene, Ir., became a member of the .,t'PLll'fllll'llI. - ln September. loog, when the new course of study was adopted, the Qiepartiiieiit received the aid of Drs. Sullivan and Bryan, and Messrs. Rob- inson, Trask and Page. of the History Department. Mr. Pugh joined the .Ji-pgirtineiit in l ebruary', 1906, and has shown himself one of the most active uu'nilit't's ni the lfeononiies Department. He succeeded to the Chairmanship in 1-1118, when Dr. Tildsley became Principal of the De Witt Clinton High St-li-iol. lit. XN'alker in September, 1908, helped out the Department by giiing his entire time to the first term work. The Chemistry Department has grown so that now he is able to give but one-third of his time to this work. Since then, Dr. A. T. Y. Brennan was added to the Department in i t'i1t'llLll'X. mio. Nlessrs. Gamble Hall and E. T. Whiffen began Work in this ilepzirtment in the present term. At the Annex, Mr. D. L. Peacock, t-iriuerh connected with the Commercial High School, is doing the first term work with the assistance of Dr. Bryan. llflr. Sheppard has taken the eighth term since Dr. Tildsley left. .-X new elective was opened to the sixth term boys in 1910, When lieoiioiiiie liieograplw was added to the list. This takes the place of the one-honr-a-week courses in Commercial Geography, h l'f ' l 'i ilVl'- 1907- to June, 1908, courses in the ninth term Were Lfllvfll 1 L fP'ff1lIlon Finance. Transportation, Labor Questions and Public Isl -f f ld Ur. Tildsley and Mr. Pugh. On account of the crowded con -titi-ms or the building. these had to be abandoned, but several of these will ltr Qiien again ' - ' . ' - . H1 the waning session, which is planned for next year. Dl'1P.-XRTKIENT GF NIATHEMATICS But little change has been made in the or' ' 1 gm mi I P ' igina course of study planned 2 - S t C ZITI ' , , - , . wwm pl ment and what change was made was to comply with college tal 'L' LID' 1' 1 Q ' - . .V It L fiimf- requirements. Thus ratio and proportion have been .irate-ti to Algebra II. and graphs to Algebra VI 24

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COMMERCE YEAR BOOK, 1912 DEPARTMENT OF 'HISTORY AND CIVICS From 1902-1905 the following course in History and Civics, known as the course of the Committee of Seven of the American Historical Asso- ciation, was in operation: First year: Greek and Roman History-two hours a week. Second year: Medieval and Modern History-three hours a week. Third year: English History-three hours a week. Fourth year: United States History and Civics-four hours a week. As this course did not seem adapted to the needs of the school, the members of the Department felt that a radical change was necessary. They set to work and developed the present course of study, which gives a thor- ough treatment of the commercial and industrial side of history. The History Department, when first organized, consisted of the follow- ing corps of instructors: Messrs. Sullivan and Smith of the De Witt Clinton High School, Dr. Tildsley of Morris High School, and Mr. P. O. Robinson of the St. Louis High School. Mr. A. C. Fontaine of the French Depart- ment also taught several classes in History. - During the year 1903 -Mr. J. F. Wilson was added and Mr. Jameson of the English Department also took a few classes. In 1904 Dr. Tildsley devoted himself entirely to the teaching of Economics and Mr. Wilson left to become head of the History Department of the Stuyvesant High School. Their places were taken by Messrs. T. C. Trask, R. B. Page and Dr. A. C. Bryan.: In 1905 Mr. Smith left to become principal of P. S. 32 in Brooklyn, and in 1906 Mr. E. D. Lewis enteredlthe Department in his place. ' The year 1907-1908 marked a few more changes. Dr. Sullivan, the Chairman of the Department, and Mr. P. O. Robinson left us, Dr. Sullivan beingisucceeded by Dr. A. C. Bryan. In 1910 Mr. Trask was transferred and his place was filled by Dr. G. H. Porter. In 191 1 the school suffered a severe loss by the death of Dr. R. B. Page. He had won a place in the hearts of many hundreds of Commerce boys both by his zeal and sincerity in the class-room and by the interest he displayed in the boys' pastimes. His loss was keenly felt by all who knew him. iMr. Alfred S. Beatman joined the faculty in 1911 and in February, 1912, Mr. E. D. Lewis became acting Chairman of the Department, Dr. A. C. Bryan becoming Principal of the Annex. ' DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS W' Economics, the social science of business, is one of the most important subjects in any commercial course. The High School of Commerce ranks first among secondary schools in the amount and character of work done in Economics. 23

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COMMERCE YEAR BCOK, 1912 Of the four original members who made up the Department of Mathe- matics, there are three left with us today: Dr. Arthur Schultze, Dr. Henry C. Cheston, and Mr. VVilliam P. lVIanguse. Dr. Schultze and Mr. Manguse still teach Mathematics, while Dr. Cheston has become head of the Physics Department. In February, 1904, Mr. John D. Minnick, the present chairman of the department, and Mr. VVilliam Hance began teaching the subject, in IQO5 Mr. llarion J. lWayo was added to the list. In 1906 lllessrs. William S. Schlauch and Alfred H. Lewis were enrolled to H11 the vacancies left by the appointment of two old members of the department to other positions. In 1910 Mr. Mayo took a position as head of department in another school, and Mr. Kahn was drafted from the Language Department to fill his place, While Mr. Hance divided his time between Physics and Mathematics. In the present term Messrs. J. S. Boman, S. Goldstein, A. D. Zvveibel, and R. L. Swanton have been added to this department. At the Annex lllr. A. H. Lewis is the regular teacher of this subject, while Mr. J. F. Cronin is acting as substitute. I DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES - The aim of the Department of Languages is to make the instruction as practical as possible, so that the students, after completing the course, shall be able to make use of their knowledge of a foreign tongue in business. At the time of its formation the German branch of the department consisted of three teachers: Messrs. Kutner, Elmer, and Kauffman. Gf these, only Mr. Kutner, who was chairman of the department from 1902 to 1909, is with us today. Some of the teachers who have been members of the department since IQO2 but have accepted other positions are: Messrs. Mannhardt and Krause, now at the Jamaica High School, Mr. Uline, now principal of an elementary school, Mr. Price, Inspector of Modern Language Teaching in the State of New York, Dr. Kahn, now in the Mathematics Department. I Mr. Blume entered the department in the fall of 1910, Messrs. Hartung and Montross in the spring of 1911, Messrs. Remy and Rochow in the fall of IQII, Mr. Skipp in the spring of 1912. Mr. E. W. Roessler' entered the department in the fall of 1904, and became chairman in February, 1909. The teachers of French in 1902 were Mr. C. Fontaine, Mr. A. C. Fontaine and Mr. Paul Jeannin. The latter died in France in June, 1906, and his loss has been keenly felt ever since. In 1908 Mr. A. C. Fontaine left us to go to Boys' High School, in the following year Mr. L. Sinagnan was added to the department. Mr. C. Fontaine became assistant professor at Columbia University in 1910. Since that time Messrs. Skinner and Flatow have been added. aa 25