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

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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

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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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f CQMMERCE YEAR BOOK, 1912 the department. Associated with lVIr. Payne in the teaching of that year were Dr. Spingarn, Dr. C. Ward Crampton and Messrs. lwillette, Boyd and Robinson. In 1903 the department was reorganized under the chairmanship of Mr. Payne in the three rooms on the fifth floor north of the present building. Dr. Walter H. Eddy and Mr. R. C. Usborn were added to the staff in September of 1903. The entire work was in the hands of these three menifor that year. Before 1904 a great increase in the number of pupils brought about the addition of Messrs. C. VV. Hahn and Willis H. Grant. In February, 1905, Mr. Payne having resigned the chairmanship, Dr. Eddy was appointed to that office. In 1907 Dr. Osborn was made assistant professor of Zoology in Columbia University, his position was taken by Mr. Chester A. Matthewson. In 1910 Mr. Matthewson was transferred to the Brooklyn Training School for Teachers and was succeeded by Mr. Wm. C. Barbour. The present staff consists of Dr. Eddy, chairman, Messrs. Frank 0. Payne, Wm. C. Barbour, Willis H. Grant Q absent on leavel, Clarence W. Hahn, Harvey B. Clough and Fred J. Hartwell. Dr. Ralph C. Benedict has been substituted in Mr. Grant's place and it is the hope of the department to make him a permanent member. Mr. Barbour and lVIr. Hartwell have charge of the work in the Annex. DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY ,. Of all the departments in the High School of Commerce probably none has struggled 'against so many hardships as the Department of Chemistry. It began work in a small-sized room with imperfect equipment and almost no materials. Laboratory work was impossible and recours.e was had to demonstration. When the High School of Commerce established itself in the new building there was neither gas, water, nor tables. Alcohol lamps were used to heat the chemicals, the boys .brought the water up to the class- room inc pails, and desks were put together from boards. In September, 1904, laboratory work was begun, although gas was not available until the spring of 1905. 1 ' . V The first class in Chemistryiwas begun in September, 19012, with Dr. Cheston of the Physics Department in charge of the work. At the beginning of the spring term in 1903, Mr. Mills entered the department and he was given five classes, Dr. Cheston retaining one. When Mr. Bennett joined the department in the fall of 1903, Dr. Cheston was relieved of all work in Chemistry. Further additions to the department were those of Dr. Walker in the fall of 1904 and Mr. Flynn in 1906. Dr. Walker, besides teaching in this department, is also helping in the Economics Department. He is well qualified to do this as he has made a special study of both local and national industries. 27