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

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COMMERCE YEAR BOOK, 1912 DEPARTMENT QF PHYSICAL TRAINING The Physical Training Department was organized in 1902 with Dr. C. Wa1'd Crampton in charge, Mr. William B. Boyd acting as assistant. During the year 1906-1907 Dr. C. Ward Crampton was promoted to be assistant director of Physical Training in the New York City Schools. He was succeeded by Dr. Albert K. Aldinger. In the year 1907-1908 Dr. W. H. Foster and Messrs. PH. Aldinger and M. Jones were added to the department. Dr. A. K. Aldinger and Mr. Jones left in 1908-1909. Dr. Aldinger was appointed assistant to Dr. Crampton, who had been appointed Director -of Physical Training in the Public Schools. The place of Dr. Aldinger was: taken by Mr. H. Aldinger, while that of Mr. Jones, who had left to become Inspector of Athletics, was taken by Mr. P. J. Rotherham. The organization of this department has been planned primarily to give each student suc hsupervision, instruction and experience as will enable him to realize his own peculiar health possibilities and formulate intelligently his own policy of personal health control during his student years and also in after life. H y - . DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC- The Nlusic Department was originally in charge of Mr. Franklin W.. Robinson, but when he left us in 1908 to become a member of the faculty of the Institute of Musical Art, New York City, we were left without any lllusical Department, unitl Mr. N. Lindsay Norden was appointed in 1909 to reorganize it. Mr. Norden also reorganized the orchestra, which has grown from a few members to its present membership of forty. 29

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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

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ff -J El fl W THLETIIIS ff Q 4 . Y' 4 ' ' inn . fi Z Q WW? do if Jw as la f -J ' f FM 0 1' fx 'VT f S 7 ' , ' ' - f Q ' ' .r f f X QV V f 1 M, 1 1 . , Ja WSE ees iff REVIEW OE ATHLETICS 1902 - 1911 The year IQO2 witnessed the organization of the High School of 'Com- merce, and incidentally the organization of athletics within the Highubcliool of Commerce. The first team to Wear the Orange and Blue was the football team of that year. Laboring under tremendous disadvantages, it managed to Wear through a season, Which, though a failure from the point of game Won, Was a remarkable success in establishing that indelinable something which has come down to us under the title of Commerce Spiritf' Coach-MR. A. C. FONTAINE Captain-F. DOWNES Teams. Pusitiuli ' Geis, Hoffman, Townley ............. ...... I intl Stripple, Stehl, Haaren, McAlpin .... . Tackle ' Hulse, VVare, Schilt ................ . ..... Guard Maclieon ................. ....... ..... . L 'enu- Downes, Hulse, Kidney .... .... H alf llack Dey, Rosenblatt ........ ...... l ull Back Cofer, Dreyfous ........ .......... Q uartcr llack School. Com. Oppts. School. Coin, upprg Commercial . O 24 Nyack ........... U 11 Flushing. . ..... . 6 ll Manual Training 7 5 JCFSCY City . ll 6 Commercial ...... U .22 Eastern District ........ Forfeited Faculty ......... . . . ll U Our first basketball team was organized bv Dr. C, XYQUJ Crzimpton who acted as coach and was largely responsible for the really - success which it attained. Coach-DR. C. WARD Cimxii-'1'ox Captain-H. KIDN mf wonilm rful ileam' , l'nNlllull. Kldnek WIISOH, Dey ..... ......... l orw'ir ls Downes, Cook ............ N N U ft 'full is . u -x- .......... .... , ' ' '5 Haaren, MC1xl1Jl1l, Cutting-, 5110,-WMM ulln I. hkimmls Flifglflogl. Com. Oppts. School, Nun Upmg g . ....... .. 6 42 - x Q - ' 1 Eastern District .... . . 24 4 lkfldlv ' ' ' lj 31 Manual Training ... .. A 13 5 ' LQ IU ' 'U ' 30