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

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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

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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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1 r eoxtxtritce YEAR B001c, 1912 DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS Ftllltfllt has been. from the beginning, under the supervision of Ur Henri' C. Cheston. In 1904 Mr. NVillis H. Grant, in 1905 lldr. Oscar R. y1,,,,,Z and in 1900 Dr. XValter H. Eddy assisted in the teaching of 'lihis depzi Phvsies bv taking charge of several of the classes. From 1905 to 1911 lVIr. llzirolll Haines assisted in the laboratory and in the class teaching. lVIr. llaines is now in charge of the waterproofing business of the Standard Paint rf,,,m,:,,,,. Sim-L. 1oo8 Mr. XVillian1 Hance has divided his time between the teaching uf Klathematics and of Physics. 'lla-re are four courses given in Physics: 1. The course in lVIechanics tor all titth term pupils. 2. The course in Electricity and Heat for all sixth 1.-ro. pupils, 3. The course in Light and Sound which is elective for seventh f,-fm pupils, 4. The course in Lodge's Nlechanics which is elective for eighth term pupils. ililtest' CUUFSCS in Physics dilier from those given in the other high schools oi the ein. tirst, in the time devoted to the study of each division of the sub- jet-ts ee-e Ju weeks to Klechanics instead of 17, I4 weeks to Electricity instead of N: second. in the emphasis that is placed upon the industrial applications of Plnsiesg in lfleetricity, for example, the main topics of study are the electric lamp. the electric bell and telegraph, the storage battery, the dynamo, the motor, the telephone: third, in the extent of the experimental work, our pupils perform 04 experiments while in the other schools there are but 32. 'l'Hli DIQPARTNIENT OF DRAWING Xlr. llarold Brown was chairman of the Department of Drawing when the seliool was first started. In IQO4, when NIL Brown left, his place was mlten lu Nlr. l-'orest Grant. who has retained that position ever since. Mr. Ratmonrl Carter, who entered the department in 1903, has been the associate eter sinee. Due to the growth in the size of the drawing classes, Mr. 5l'f3l!lH' was added in 1910. :X very practical and interesting course of study is given by this depart- ment. A Thus. coloring and lettering are taught in the first year. Decorative designing and the use of color in letters in relation to large advertisements .ind posters are taught in the second year. In the third year, the student can t roost hr oun course. He can take either advanced advertising, taking up y e-marks. newspaper advertising, business cards, stationery, car card and magazine designs for trail Page ?ldVCftiSingg or free-hand drawing, taking up per- d Still life, drawing objects with background and IFUUPS of still life: or finally, iPi'k.tiYl' of f0l'n1S an mechanical drawing, taking up the various pments and intersections. 28 Y.: , ' - . , ' ' Mmlf I Pflvjectxon. surface develg