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

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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

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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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X... ,iixlXIl-INCH YEAR BUCK, 1912 lJlfPAR'l'3llfX'li OF COMMERCIAL BRANCHES Us Ufalmizetl there was a Business Department, ..,1,g,i, included hoth Commercial Branches and Stenography and Typewriting. Thi, arrangement continued until February, 1906, when the YWO WCTC SCD' Xlfhen the school N . I - - . .. 1 ' cal Branches Ltfltltwl into two distinct departments. the Departmcllt of COIUIUCT 11 f and the llepartnient of Shorthand, rldpewrltlng and Penmfmshlp' In Feb- rtigtri. or the present year Penmanship was transferred to the Commercial li!Lt!lt'lit's Department. 'llie onli teacher left of those who first composed this department is Xlr. Lf. lf. Rogers. He was chairman up to February, 1909, when lVIr. lif'i't'1li' was chosen tu till his place. In i-,oo the following teachers were members of the department: lVIessrs. lialtf, Harwood. Healey, King, Long, Humphries, and Van Deusen. Since :lit-ii, .it iarious times, Xlessrs. Hughes, Van Tuyl, Koopman, Woodman, k'o?ien and Hewitt have been added. Seieral of the teachers who have been in this department have been piozii-in-il tw he heads of departments of business in commercial schools in this .ind other cities. 'l'hus, Xlr. Laird has become chairman of the Department --t liiisine.. leclinique, in the High School of Commerce, Boston, Mass., Mr. li.dt.f has lweotllt' head of the Department of Business in the Eastern District High Sehoolg Xlr. Haywood has become head of the Department of Business in Kurtis High School, and Klr. Belding has become head of the Business Ili-partinent in the liar Rockaway High School. lJI1l'.XR'l'XllfX'l' UI STICNOGRAPHY AND TYPEWRITING The llepartment of Stenography and Typewriting was part of the f2:iH41l Business Department when the school was organized in 1902. In 1-it in it was niade a separate department with Nlr. H. G. Healey as chair- ni.in. In addition tu Stenography and Typewriting, Penmanship was also taugglit under the supervision of this department from 1906 to February of aiu' prg-sent year. when it was transferred to the Department of Commercial llllx' HW. llu' only teacher of Stenography in 1902 was Mr. Abraham Rosenblumg among them Messrs. H. G. Healey, who are still teaching in the depart- ' will be absent until September, his plgiw bt-ing taken by Xlr. G. H. Van Casteel. Nlr. Pugh is acting as chair- later set eral other teachers were added, lltniel CVC. lYalsh and lf. H. Craver Y UWFIY- Uwing to illness llr. Healey man of the department during his absenqg nt:P.xRT11ENT or BIQLQGY Int- Biology Department was organized in 1902. Mr. Frank O. Payne t time, and acted as chairman of 26 . WAS file- only fggular teacher at tha