Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

Text from Pages 1 - 36 of the 1904 volume:

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Kodaks and Photographic Supplies DRUGS Medicines and Chemicals SOUTH END FRANKLIN-ST. BRIDGE, JOHNSTOWN Both Telephones Tibe IHtgb School Spectator. “ Vires acquirit eundo.” VOL. Vi. High School, Johnstown, pa. no. 5. 77re Peculiar Predicament of J. Heresford Parke The rather startling outcome of a pleasure trip, and the unexpected realization of a reporter's dream. HERESFORD PARKE leaned back in his office chair with an impatient jerk. After hastily filling his meer- schaum with his own special mixture, he folded his hands behind his curly head and gazed abstractly at the ceiling. Under the soothing influence of his pipe his thoughts reverted from the dingy editorial room of the Daily Review to the heights usually dreamed of by most young men in his position. He was on the reportorial staff of the Review, but to his mind came the question, Did he belong there? Were his talents in the newspaper line sufficient to warrant his posing as a pillar of Readburg’s foremost paper ? What had he done to deserve that honor ? True, his uncle, Alexander Wright, was the editor and proprietor of the sheet, but did that fact entitle him to his position as head reporter ? These discomforting questions were succeeded by the lofty heights of imagination mentioned above. He pictured himself as securing a magnifi- cent “scoop” on their bitterest rival, the News, and lauded to the echo by his indulgent uncle. Bah! what was the use in merely doing such brilliant deeds only in his own mind ? He must do something to make himself at once noted and an important part of the paper of which he was now only a sort of parasite. Putting away his pipe in its satin-lined case, he strode firmly from the office and wandered up the street with a swinging athletic stride. The June afternoon was so hot, and the thoughts of the cool shade of the forest-encircled Lake Meteor so refreshing and inviting, that J. Heresford Parke took a trolley for the suburban district, whence he walked the two intervening miles to Lake Meteor. Here, reclining on a grassy bank, he could better think out his plans of fame in newspaperdom, and at the same time, soothed by his pipe, enjoy the almost primeval solitude of the forest. It was with a merry mind 2 THE SPECTATOR that he trudged along the grass-grown road beside the lake, and finally, selecting a depression near the lake front shaded by a mammoth oak, he threw himself on the grass with a sigh of utmost comfort. How long he would have lain there, smoking and dozing, is hard to tell; suffice it to say that his rest was not of long duration. The soft splash of oars and the swish of the prow of a boat recalled him to this mundane sphere. Cautiously he raised his head until he could peer over the edge of the slight embankment which lay between him and the lake. “ Wonder what the deuce they are doing with that woman ? ” was the question he asked himself as a startling sight met his eyes. Far over on the other side of the lake two men in a boat had stopped rowing and were carefully attaching stones with pieces of rope to the body of what seemed to be a woman. She was limp as a rag, and no doubt but what she was dead entered the mind of J. Heres- ford Parke. Intently he watched the astonishing spectacle, undecided whether to run for assistance or to remain and see the thing through, ultimately to write up an astounding tale for the Review. His dream would now be realized. His fame would be spread broadcast as the writer of the greatest “scoop” in newspaper history. He would ferret out the whole matter himself. His rosy dreams were interrupted. A pair of strong arms imprisoned his own to his side, and a gruff voice said : “ Wal, youngster, takin’ it all in, be ye? Mebbe you think yer mighty sharp. Mebbe you be, but not sharp enough fer us. If yer got as much sense as yer have crust, ye’ll just waltz along wid us sorter peaceable like, and not ask no ques- tions. Otherwise—” a dark look which told more than words accompanied a sinister movement toward his hip pocket, where Parke could distinctly see the outline of a bulldog revolver. After his first shock of surprise, Parke glanced coolly around at his captors. There were three of them, all bearded, villain- ous looking types of men, and evidently men who would stand for no trifling. “ Well, gentlemen, after your rather rough but hearty greeting 1 might as well inform you as to whom 1 am, why I am here, and also ask you— ” “Stow yer gab, young feller, or it’ll be the worse fer ye, ” growled the stubby-bearded fellow who had first cap- tured him. “ Ye'll come along wid us, and mebbe arterwards yer can give yer fishy little tale, whatever it be. ” THE SPECTATOR } Thus admonished, J. Heresford Parke, head reporter of the Daily Review, marched sullenly along with his captors. They led him by a tortuous route through the woods, with which they were evidently familiar, and in their retreat used every precaution to avoid attention. At length the party reached a cabin of rough-hewn logs, ugly enough in appear- ance, but certainly as stout as it was uncouth. It was now late afternoon, and the shadows of the woods made it almost dark. Parke was led by his captors into the cabin, which was as bare inside as on the exterior, except for a few rough chairs, a table, and an open fireplace. It was forbidding in the extreme, and did not serve to lessen the alarm which had been steadily arising in the mind of Parke since his sudden apprehension. Binding his feet as well as his hands with stout hemp cords, the desperadoes threw him in a chair, and then seated themselves around the fire and lighted their pipes. MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY—PROBABLE MURDER. RESIDENCE OF EDMUND HOWE, BANKER, ROBBED—DAUGHTER HAS DISAP- PEARED—PROBABLY AB- DUCTED AND MUR- DERED BY ROB- BERS. READBURG IN FURORE OF EXCITEMENT. DETECTIVES HOT ON THE TRAIL. This afternoon, between the hours of 3 and 5, the large safe in the residence of Edmund Howe, the well known Read- burg banker, was rifled by five masked men. Mr. Howe was absent at the time on business out of town, and only his wife and daughter, Virginia, and a few servants, were in the house. The daughter has disappeared, presumably stolen away by the thieves and either held for ransom or murdered. The finan- cial loss is about $25,000 in bills and coin. Detective Montague and his dep- uties are hot on the trail of the robbers, who are known to be not far away. Fuller particulars later, 4 THE SPECTATOR The above astounding column appeared that evening in the News. The facts are essentially as given in the extract from the News, hence further narrative of the event will be needless. The absence of Parke worried the editor of the Review considerably, but not for a moment did any suspicion against his nephew enter his head. Immediately the detective force of the city went to work on the case. After their first shock at the audacity of the daylight crime, ten of the posse, under the leadership of Mon- tague, the detective chief, made for the forest around Lake Meteor. They carefully scoured the woods about the lake, and then plunged deeper into the forest. At length, getting a clue from some footprints in the soft ground, and branches broken from the saplings, they neared the small cabin in which Parke was imprisoned a few hours before. Approaching cautiously, they peered through the dim panes of the long unwashed windows, and inside saw an interesting spectacle. There were five uncouth-looking men, with stubby beards and broken pipes, earnestly conversing with a handsome youth. They were not long in recognizing him as J. Heresford Parke, reporter for the Daily Review. From the evidence before them the detectives did not for a moment doubt but that Parke was the ringleader of the gang, and, being men accus- tomed to great surprises in this manner, after their first shock of surprise they made up their minds that the gang should be arrested at once, but if any escaped, it should not be J. Heresford Parke. The gang within were so engrossed in their conversation that no precaution had been made in case of attack; in fact, they believed such a thing almost impossible, in their lonely, secluded retreat. Probably they would have been perfectly right in this had they not, by dragging with them the unfor- tunate Parke, left unmistakable traces behind them. Suddenly, without any previous warning, the door was rudely broken down, and into the room dashed the half score of detectives and deputies, armed to the teeth. The resulting confusion is indescribable, and in the midst of the melee the lamp was struck by a pistol ball, and the room plunged into pitchy darkness. When order was at last restored, and a light produced, the members of the posse found themselves clasped in each other’s arms, each thinking the other to be one of the hunted thieves. But one was caught by Detective Montague himself, and when the light of a dark lantern was THE SPECTATOR 5 turned full on his face, the onlookers beheld the well-known face of J. Heresford Parke. The courtroom was crowded to suffocation. The whole population of Readburg seemed to be fighting for a place inside the room. It was the trial of J. Heresford Parke, head reporter of the Daily Review, charged with robbery of the house of Edmund Howe, and complicity in the murder or abduction of his daughter, Virginia. The public opinion on the matter was divided. The News attacked him daily in a series of libelous articles, while the Review loyally upheld him. His enemies, what few he had, denounced him unmerci- fully, while, on the other hand, his host of friends declared their belief in his absolute innocence. The crowd listened breathlessly : the prosecuting attorney was speaking. He said : “ Gentlemen of the jnry, 1 will prove to you that the defendent, known as J. Heresford Parke, reporter, is guilty of two crimes: one worthy of a professional criminal, and the other—worthy of a fiend ! ” After a few more introductory remarks, he proceeded to wind about Parke a perfect network of proof. He brought out the fact of his unusual absence from the office of the Review on the day of the robbery ; his very presence among the bandits, and the mysterious disappearance of the gold and girl at the same time. The faces of Parke’s friends fell, and those of his enemies correspondingly brightened. To have heard the attorney’s speech, and to believe it all, would cause one to involuntarily shrink from the presence of the manly- looking fellow. At length he ceased, with a sigh of self-satis- faction, believing himself to have utterly crushed all attempts of the defense. Strange to relate, the faces of neither Parke nor his attorney fell, but rather smiled when they heard the pompous ending of the speech for the prosecution. Amid a stillness in which no one seemed to breathe, the attorney for Parke arose. “ Gentlemen of the jury, I will not only prove to you that the defendant is innocent of both crimes with which he is charged, but also that he has been of invaluable aid in ferreting out the real offenders. Furthermore, 1 will restore to Mr. Howe the money stolen from his safe, found by the information of the said Parke. Mr. Parke, please take the stand.” 6 THE SPECTATOR Parke then related his discovery on the bank of Lake Meteor, and his subsequent capture and imprisonment. At a sign from him, two men carried up what seemed to be a bundle of women’s clothes. Upon opening them, the court was amazed to see, not the body of a woman, but the iron box in which the banker had formerly kept his wealth. Parke then related how, upon his information, the lake had been dredged and the box recovered. A great sigh of relief escaped the lips of Parke’s friends, but they were again startled by the words of the prosecuting attorney: “ Now let the gentleman tell us the whereabouts of the body of Miss Virginia Howe.” Parke again arose, and at his nod a young man, leading a girl, stepped up the aisle to the judge’s desk. She then threw aside her veil, and before the astonished eyes of all appeared the blushing face of Virginia Howe, or rather, Mrs. Charles Marie. Her story was quickly told. When the house was in an uproar of excitement over the robbery, she seized the chance to leave for a certain place, where she was met by Marie. The two then eloped, having been opposed by Mr. Howe, who thought the young man’s position in life, financially speaking, was not sufficiently elevated to aspire to the hand of his daughter. Well knowing the disposition of her father, she returned to be forgiven, which immediately happened. Parke was acquitted, and, when the reporters of the News hurried through the crowd to write up the astonishing ending of the case for their paper, J. Heresford Parke calmly said : “ Gentlemen of the News, if you want all the particulars of the case, you can easily get them by buying a copy of the extra Review, now being sold outside the door. J. Heresford Parke had made his “scoop.” E. C., ’04. A Swewp ««mnj ELL, MA, ” said Hiram Jenks,“ 1 never have luck AU- any more. Cornin’ home this evening, that old horse took anuther of them blind staggers an’ I thot he’d die ’fore I’d git home. An’ mind, Uncle Josh won’t trade fur him nuther. An’ I have to git ten dollars before to-morrow evening or we’ll be shipped out. An’—” THE SPECTAT OR 7 “Say, ma,” cried Tom, running in at that moment, “ Uncle Josh bought John a pair of skates, an’ I want them too, so I do. An’ ma—” “Ho, ma, Aunt Fan bought them there four blankets that you hadn’t money enough to buy. An’ she said you could never keep up to her, and that she was what might be called a big-bug.” Here Ann stopped, and Tom again plunged in. “ An’ mind you, pa, Uncle Josh said that you was mighty dumb if you thought he was goin’ to trade his hoss fur yours. ” Now pa was very sensitive if anyone spoke about his ignorance, and, since Uncle Josh had said this more than once, he became very indignant and declared that “ not anuther day should pass over his head without turnin’ the tables an’ showin’ Uncle Josh he wasn’t as green as a cab- bage head. ” Ma, although she “didn’t see why pa should git so huffy, since Aunt Fan talked so about them and went an’ bought them blankets jest fur to spite her, ” agreed to do whatever pa wanted her to. Pa had to think pretty lively “to make up a scheme to git ten dollars by the next evening and to trade his horse;” but, since he was determined, before morning he had a plan which, if all went well, would give him the required money and the coveted horse. Early the next morning ma, acting according to pa’s instructions, transformed herself into a gipsy and set out to tell Uncle Josh his fortune. When she was almost out of sight pa called after her, “ Don’t forget to tell him about his barn burnin’ last year an’ the number of cattle that burned. An’— ” “Say, ma, ” cried Tom, “tell him that John’s skates are unlucky, ’cause 1 want them, so 1 do. ” “ Don’t forget the blankets, ma, ” almost screamed Ann, as her mother turned the corner and disappeared. In answer to ma’s rap, Uncle Josh beheld a rather old woman wearing a red rag on her head and carrying two large bundles. Her skin was very dark and almost covered with blue marks. The ornaments she wore were two brace- lets, one of beads and one of silver, three silver rings and one gold one, and a pair of brass earrings. Uncle Josh kindly asked what was wanted, and ma, after a little hesitation, said she wished to tell his fortune. 8 THE SPECTATOR At first Uncle Josh refused, but at last, taking pity, told her to “ go ahead. ” After making a few queer motions and saying something under her breath, ma began. “You have had hard luck. Last year your barn burned, and with it burned two sheep, fifty chickens, four hogs, and three rabbits. ” “Well, how did you know that?” ejaculated Uncle Josh. “You will have a greater loss. 1 can’t tell you what it is, for the quarter’s worth is up, but if you’ll give me fifty more, I’ll tell all. ’’ Uncle Josh handed over the money. “Your horse will die. Your son John will break through the ice while skating and drown. Your wife bought several very beautiful blankets, which, if you keep them, will be the cause of setting your house on fire. ’’ Here she concluded her fortune and left. Ma scarcely reached home when Uncle Josh led his very fine horse into the barnyard. Pa, from the barn, seeing Uncle Josh approach, could not keep from saying, “ Dern the old cheat; here he comes already. ” Uncle Josh, seeing pa, called to him : “ Hiram, bring out your horse, for I’ve decided to trade. ” Pa immediately stepped out, leading an old, thin, big- boned horse. As he glanced at Uncle Josh’s horse, he shook his head and said, “ Gosh! that horse looks sick; but if you’ll give me ten dollars beside, I’ll trade. ” Uncle Josh, after complying with pa’s terms, told him that John was coming over to bring ma and Tom each a pres- ent- A. R. ’05. BEFORE GOING TO PRESS, the Spectator finds time to insert the program for the Emerson open meeting to be held on March 25th. It is as follows : Salutatory Oration . Anniversary Oration Political Oration . . Emerson Essay. . . Declamations . . . . Piano Solos......... Violin Solo.......... Selection........... . Earl Sorber . Ralph Bolsinger . Fred Smith . Edith Mellinger Lucy Moses I Anna Vinton Nona Swank IKinter Koontz . Matilda Utecht . Chorus THE SPECTATOR 9 Cbe IHtcjb School Spectator. JOHNSTOWN, PA., JANUARY, 1904. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 40 CENTS. PER COPY, 5 CENTS. EDITORIAL AND BUSINESS STAFF. Edltor-in-Chief, ERNEST J. COHOE. '04. Associate Editors, ADA WERTZ. ’04, FRANK E. KRIEGER, ’04, FRED G. SMITH, ’05. WILLIAM HOFFMAN. ’05, HARRY HAGER. ’04. Chief Business Manager. JAS. K. BOYD, JR., '05. Assistants, EPHRAIM ALWINE, ’04, ROBERT SAGERSON, '04. GEORGE STAMMLER, ’05. RALPH W. BOLSINGER, '05, KINTER KOONTZ, ’05. The Spectator is published monthly during the school term. Address all communications to The SPECTATOR, High School Building, Johnstown, Pa. Entered at the Postoffice, Johnstown, Pa., as second-class mall matter. The Editor’s Viewy Our Christmas vacation is over, and once more the school has settled down to serious work. Let us try to make this half term a notable one in studies, athletics, societies, and Spectator work. If you have a grudge against the teachers, forget it ; if you think the societies are poor, remedy them ; and if you are a knocker against the Spectator, pitch in and make it better. Many were the favorable comments upon our Christmas number. The dream of the staff was more than realized, and they felt amply repaid for the time and work spent in getting it up. Not only were the local papers generous in their praise, but also others of national reputation. On another page will be found the opinion of one of those papers. o THE SPECTATOR The societies recently elected the members of the editorial and business staffs of the Spectator to hold office until the end of the present school term. The present editor-in-chief and chief business manager are in office for the whole term. For the editorial staff were elected Miss Ada Wertz, ’04, and Miss Hilda Berkey, ’04, from the T. K. E. Society, and Frank Krie- ger, '04, William Hoffman, '05, and Fred Smith, ’05, from the Emerson Society. The business managers are Robert Sagerson, ’04, George Stammler, ’05, and Ephriam Alwine, ’04, from the T. K. E., and Earl Sorber, '04, and Kinter Koontz, ’05, from the Emerson. Since the Sophomore Society, known as the Kappa Gamma, is determined to remain inde- pendent of the Senior societies, the staff decided to give them representation on the Spectator staff. They were allowed one editor and one business manager, to which offices Frank Mardes, ’06, and Herbert Replogle, ’06, were elected. The Sophs believe that, inasmuch as they are an independent society, they should have an equal number of representatives with the Senior societies, but the staff agreed that, since their organi- zation is at yet uncertain, and they are charter members of the Senior societies, having been duly received last year, they are not justly entitled to an equal footing with the Senior societies, which originated the Spectator. We trust that the Sophomores will look upon the matter in the right spirit, and assure them that we are pursuing the course which, to our minds, is best for all concerned. The Freshmen were allowed to elect two class reporters, one from each society. Righter Longshore and Douglass Storey were elected to fill these positions. The Spectator announces another short-story contest, in which a silk High School pennant will be given as a prize for the best short story submitted to the editor-in-chief before March 1st. The stories may range in length from 500 to 2,000 words. Any subject may be chosen, but the story must be absolutely original. All stories must be written in ink upon one side of the paper. Any number of stories may be entered by the same person. Every pupil in High School who is a subscriber to the Spectator or a regular purchaser of it may enter. Go to work and win that pennant. It’s a THE SPECTATOR it dandy, pure light blue and black silk, with the letters J. H. S. in gold. We regret to say that the story which was awarded the prize in the recent contest was not original, nence the prize was not given to the writer. It was copied word for word from a Sunday paper, but unfortunately this was not discovered until after the Christmas number was issued. Hence the pennant will be given to the winner of this contest, with the same judges as before: Miss McAdams, Rufus Blauch, and the editor-in-chief of the Spectator. The “Four Hundred’s” Latest No jewels in public; no lights in boxes at operas; for it is extremely vulgar to be gazed at by the “ common people.”—Press. “ Extremely vulgar” that the common herd Should merit e’en the recognition given By those who court and nurture their opinion— Oh, brilliant butterflies ! how oft you’ve erred Ere this new fad condoned those sins forgiven !— Yet modesty! how meek this latest minion! True! vulgar would that “common people” be, That e’en would gaze upon those empty heads Bedecked in all that latest fools devise; Yet far aside from feared “vulgarity,” There may be other more important dreads. That lead this host to hide their threadbare lies. Perhaps the common herd of those who toil And starve in hovels ’neath the palaced hall That shines resplendent with the banquet glare, May learn to know that of the banquet spoil The hand of idleness hath not made all, And that the laborer hath made a share. W. H. ’05. Pre Freshmaai Societies HE Union Philosophical Society, which is composed of Sections 1 and 2 of the Junior B Class, recently elected the following officers: President, Daniel Jones; Vice-Pres- ident, John Luker; Secretary, Minnie Koontz. The program 12 THE SPECTATOR for January 9th was as follows; recitation, Mary Finlon; composition, Webster Saylor: short story, Maud Lohr; com- position, Eva Morris. The debate, the subject of which was “Resolved, That labor unions are a benefit to our country,” was won by the negative, upheld by Marietta Mellinger and Hugh Anstead, while the affirmative was supported by Helen Lowman and Emil Franke. On January 15th the program was as follows: Topics of Today, Sam Rabinowitz; recitation, Elsie Buckey; short story, Minnie Bluvette. The debate was won by the affirmative, the question being “Resolved, That President Roosevelt was justified in acknowledging Panama as a free country. ” R. L., ’o7. The meetings of the Lincoln Literary Society have been very interesting because the members have made it a point to be well prepared. The orations and declamations given by Rose Wilt, Francis Wolle, Ethel Hesselbine, Leola Strayer, Marian Richards, Elmer Hoffman, and Margaret Young are worthy of special mention. On January 8th there was an election in the Society resulting in the following: Walter Friedline, President; Vera Smith, Vice-President; Frank Hoerle, Secretary. There has been nothing doing in the class since the elec- tion of officers, who are: John Lindsey, president; Todd Cochran, secretary. The class colors are gold and white. D. s., ’07- Wh a The Public Says HE CHICAGO PUBLIC, which, together with the Johns- town Journal and other papers, printed extracts from the November Spectator, has the following to say under its regular periodical review: The Spectator, published by the students of the Johns- town (Pa.) High School, as exemplified by its Thanksgiving number, is a model in amateur journalism, and is very far above the ordinary grade of school publications. Not only is the editorial ability of a high order, but the contributions, both humorous and serious, are notably good. That of “W. H., in '05—Are We Worse Than Our Fathers,” is especially worthy of notice for its patriotic insight and impressive argu- ment as well as its literary excellence. te. THE SPECTATOR High School Happenings ♦JOEFRESHED from the recent vacation, the student-body « has returned to its books with more energy than here- tofore. With the exception of a few days in March, the remainder of the term will be unbroken by vacations. The new members elected to the Spectator staff have assisted in the preparation of this issue. The Seniors have finished solid geometry and are now taking up trigonometry. Who locked Mr. Dawson on the roof ? is a question which is at present confronting the faculty. Mary Griffith, ’06, has gone to Philadelphia for several weeks to have her eyes treated. The University Extension Lectures began on Thursday evening, January 14th, in the auditorium. Mr. J. G. Carter Troop, A. M., Assistant Professor of English Literature in Chicago University, has charge of the lectures. The authors discussed by Mr. Troop are Emerson, Whittier, Longfellow, Lowell, Holmes, and Hawthorne. The classes of botany and physiology have been formed to take up the studies named for the remainder of the term. The “ Wang-Doodle Club” still holds its meetings in “Dill’s Coffee House.” The club rivals an art school for drawing. High School has been well represented on the ice this winter. Miss Moses, however, seemed to have been on too much, for she is now suffering from “the grip.” Andy Kerr’s hand has been in a sling for some time. Does “Doc.” Schramm wish to study medicine so that he can write M. D. after his name ? Every one knows who M. D. is. The Athletic Association has rented the armory hall for the purpose of practicing basketball. Don Lindsey has been elected assistant manager of the team. The person who locked that door is as low as United States steel common. 14 THE SPECTATOR Professor Long has assigned the subjects to the Seniors for their theses. Evidently Dibert doesn’t believe in Santa Claus. The Freshmen were very much disappointed on Wednes- day, December 23d. Horner.—Look at the ice on that wall. Good.—Wal, wouldn’t that freeze you. Bread may be the staff of life, but a Pollack is life itself. At least Sagerson thinks so. Dailey is still trying managed. to learn how the stock market is F. K. ’04. Among' the Literary Societies 'TT'HERE has been considerable ac- tivity among the literary socie- ties during the past month, much of which promises to develop into quite interesting happenings. Prob- ably the most striking event that has occurred is the formal organiza- tion of the Kappa Gamma Literary Society, which is the name adopted by the Junior A Society. This organization now claims to be on a par with the T. K. E. and Emer- son societies, and as such it has been partially reorganized by the faculty. It is needless to say that this action is merely the prelim- inary of an interesting series of happenings; for, under the present circumstances, three active literary societies cannot long exist in our school. The fact is that the T. K. E. Society, which is now composed of 30 members, of whom 16 belong to the graduating class, is placed in an awkward posi- tion through this change; because the class of 1906—the great majority of whom joined the T. K. E. at the latter part of the term, and who, on account of the arrangement of their study programs, were compelled this year to hold literary society on Wednesday—have now pledged themselves to sup- THE SPECTATOR '5 port the society of their own establishment, the Kappa Gamma Literary Society. The Emerson Society, in respect to mem- bership, is very fortunate, possessing, out of its total number of 63 members, 44 who belong to the class of 1905. Consid- ering this, the question therefore arises, What should be the policy of the school in this matter ? Should it mantain a society that has lasted five long years or should it support a new movement ? Simply looking at this matter from the side of the T. K. E. prejudices, it seems rather unfair, even to the members of the Emerson Society, who have enjoyed the amicable riv- alry of their sister organization for years, that the T. K. E. Society should be placed in such a positijn as to affect the question of its very existence. The sentiment which prevails among the Emersonians is undoubtedly that of good, old-fash- ioned friendly feeling towards their old rivals, whose hospital- ity they have enjoyed for more than five years. It also seems certain that, when the senior societies act upon the question of the representatives of the Kappa Gamma Society to the Spectator staff, even more than society prejudices will turn up; for, if the Kappa Gamma Society should be given equal representation on the Spectator staff with the T. K. E. and Emerson societies, which established and support the publication of this paper, the Junior A Class will then have been given more members on the staff than the Senior B’s. The staff has already given the Kappa Gamma Society two members as representatives on both the editorial staff and business management; and a committee is now at work amending the constitution which will be presented to each of the senior societies for action. Besides, it will be remem- bered that neither of the senior societies has as yet taken any action upon the recognition of the Kappa Gamma So- ciety; the Junior A’s, who pledged themselves last year with these societies, are still held accountable. The name and motto of the Kappa Gamma Society is taken from the Greek, “ Kairon Gnothe, ” which signifies, ‘ Know Thy Opportunity. ” The society has a membership of 59, and in the absence of James Auman, their president, who quit school, Ross Aschom, the vice-president, has assumed full control of affairs, while Quince Jones has been elected to perform the duties of vice-president. The following members, who have been elected as participants on the first open meet- ing of the K. G. Literary Society, are already hard at work, and the event, which will probably occur on February 5th, i6 THE SPECTATOR promises to be a very interesting, entertaining, and elaborate affair: Piano duet, Freda Haller and Clara Thomas; three- minute talks, William Grove and William Elder; vocal solo, Maud Boyer; declamations, Emma Sheeler, Faye Fearl, and Mary Kruger; original oration, Thomas Nokes; selected ora- tions, Maud Countryman and Robert Gipe; violin solo, Roy Galbreath. The committee in charge of the arrangements of this program are Clara Thomas, Roy Cunningham, Maud Boyer, and Robert Entwisle. At a meeting held shortly before the holidays, the fol- lowing members were elected to perform on the T. K. E. anniversary meeting, which will occur on February 22d : Dec- lamations, Ada Wertz and Emily Bauer; three-minute talks, Florence Berkey and Anna Liebold ; political oration, Ephraim Alwine; selected oration, Emma Riale; anniversary oration, Ernest Cohoe; T. K. E. oration, Margaret Trent; salutatory essay, Hilda Berkey. It is indeed needless to speak on this occasion of the merits of this fine program, for the members elected alone represent its excellent worth, while the following appointed committees are very efficient: the arrangement com- mittee, Robert Sagerson, Russel Blauch, Clara Suppes, Freda Brixner, Ethel Pinder, and George Stammler; and the music committee, Hilda Berkey, Katherine Endsley, and Ralph Butler. Near March 24th the Emerson Literary Society will cele- brate its Easter anniversary meeting. The participants had not been elected when this issue of the Spectator went to press, although a committee was at work arranging advisable plans on which the society might act. Again we were disappointed in not having the inter-society debate which was to have occurred on December 18, 1903, but which, after being postponed several times, was finally dropped from our programs. The question which is now before the senior societies is: “Resolved, that, in the interest of the other nations, the encroachments of Russia in the East should be checked.” We trust that this debate will find interest enough to be carried before the two senior societies for dis- cussion. Sagerson (in English)—A bout is a small prize fight. M.----(in German) Marietta whined bitterly. Miss McAdams (in English) What was a coffee-house ? Hager—A sort of cheap restaurant. n THE SPECTATOR The Exchange. - Reviewed H HAPPY and prosperous New Year to all our exchanges! May a creditable “leap” among all of you justify the name of the year of 1904. Surely, if you all begin this year and thus continue as you ended the last one, it will be but a short time until school papers take the place of other magazines in the home. Why should it not be so ? Parents send their children to high schools and colleges, and should certainly know, above many other things, what they are able to do and what their schools are doing. Of course we expect the Christmas issue of any magazine to be its best, but there should not be so general and marked difference between it and other issues. The general cheerfulness and good-will that precedes the joyous season of Christmas, we were glad to note, ran through many of our exchanges. Many interesting short stories wound about Christmas were chiefly the cause of this fact, and took away from the papers that dullness which any paper is so apt to fall into when no special season is at hand. The Mercury (Milwaukee, Wis.) seems to be particularly fortunate in securing a number of short but interesting Christ- mas stories whose plots seem rather well handled. “A Trag- edy” is indeed clever, and in its ending is a humorous touch of skill. Whatever may be the cause, too much space is given in the Wilkesbarre High School Journal to childish personals, although under various topics. The Monitor, evidently a new paper this year, makes a good and earnest beginning. We wish it a prosperous exist- ence. An attractive cover, together with sensible material inside makes the Courant a good paper. However, the advertise- ments might be more abbreviated to suit the size of the paper. THE SPECTATOR 18 “David Preston, Attorney,” in the Mirror (Central High School, Philadelphia), is an exceedingly well written story with a good plot. We congratulate the Mirror upon its excel- lent exchange column. It is truly as interesting as any story, and far surpasses in this line the dull exchanges of some other papers, whose only object seems to be to ac- knowledge the receipt of exchanges. Some papers still fail to see the benefit of an exchange column. With due appreciation of all other exchanges received, we regret that we cannot mention the interesting or weak points of all. We notice the photographs of many of the school foot-ball teams as supplements in their December issues. Have a look at them, High School, and see whether you would like to try a game with them next fall. H. B., ’04. Athletic. in High School TITfl ITH the f°otba11 season a thing of the past, we can now turn all our attention and surplus energy to indoor winter sports, basketball especially. As regards the general interest which High School takes in this sport, it stands second only to football. ! Although track athletics and baseball received quite an impetus last spring—relay racing in the Carlisle Interscholastic Meet, and base- ball in which we unmercifully snowed the Quakers under—football and basketball still stand preeminent in the list of High School athletics. From present indications there is reason to believe that this year we will have a record-breaking basketball team, even better than the one which won the Johns- town Basketball League trophy, which now adorns the study-hall. During the recent vacation was played what might be called the first official game of the season. This game, which was played in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium, took place between a team composed of ex-members of High THE SPECTATOR '9 School, now attending college, and a team of High School boys. The game was well attended by partisans of the High School, and was intensely interesting and exciting. Baskets were made alternately, and when the game ended the score stood 14-13 in favor of High School. The two teams lined up as follows : High School—Jones and H. Replogle, forwards; Cohoe and Hager, guards and Lindsey, center; Alumni—R. Replogle and Henderson, forwards ; Entwisle and Zimmerman, guards, and R. Hays, center. In the second half Sell and John Lindsey were substituted for Jones and H. Replogle. With the prospects for a good basketball team so fine, why not arrange for games with the Quakers ? Surely their victory over us in football is not sufficient to rest on. Any- way, during the past five years they have only 10 points against our 27. Such a series of games would doubtless prove a great success both in general interest and financially. We could also arrange games with Kiski and Indiana Normal, and make basketball as great a feature as football has been. As stated in the last month’s Spectator, the entire appa- ratus of the old J. A. C. gymnasium has been turned over to High School on payment of the small rental of one dollar per month. When our two basement gymnasiums are fitted up, all the students, both girls and boys, will have within reach the benefits to be derived from steady gymnasium work. A new system has been inaugurated whereby only mem- bers of the Athletic Association can have the use of the gym- nasium. Cards will be given to members who have paid their dues up to date, upon which Treasurer Dibert will sign his name entitling them to the use of the apparatus. By this system all dues will be paid regularly, and those members of the Association who do not indulge in track athletics, football, etc., will have more than their money’s worth out of the gymnasium. Let us see to it that none of the rowdy spirit enters into the gymnasium, such as has occasionally cropped out in the past. Let us show our appreciation of the Library Association’s gift by using it in the proper manner. Wear gymnasium slippers when upon the floor, and do not spend your surplus energy in tearing up our new outfit. E. C., ’04. The Senior boys suddenly found that their feet were wet one morning. Who covered the legs of the piano ? 20 THE SPECTATOR '-pi T Get in the swim and use 1 ne ery JOHNSTOWN H|GH school Latest STATIONERY __________ Three different styles, and two different sizes of each style Light blue paper, with J. H. S. monogram in black, with envelopes to match.....30c per quire Same, with J. H. S. pennant....................................................5°c Per quire Cream colored paper with blue Johnstown High School ” in raised letters.......35c per quire Fine blue linen paper with J. H. S. monogram in black..........................40c per quire Same, wtlh J. H. S. pennant, with blue letters.................................40c per quire Both ladies' and gentlemen’s sizes in all the above. No difference in price beween the two sizes. Can be seen on exhibition in The Spectator Room. Sold by ERNEST J. COHOE, Editor-in-Chief. SAY DIBERT! Buy Lizzie a bottle of Colonial Cream for those chapped lips. Sold only by GEORGE W. THOMAS, HAYNES AND FRANKLIN STS. DRUGGIST Special HIGH SCHOOL Entertainment Shakespearean Recital “Julius Caesar” by MR. FREDRIC BLANCHARD; Professor of Public Speaking University of Chicago Friday Evening, February I th General Admission. 25 Cents THE SPECTATOR 21 WESLEY 8M. RpHRER teacher and Soloist of cMandolin, Guitar and 'Banjo STUDIO ‘ROOM 11 ELLIS ’BUILDING Cor. cMaln and SMarket Sts. 22 THE SPEC TA TOR PROFESSIONAL yHOS. J. 1TELL, � Attorney-at-Law. Suppes Building. CRANK P. MARTIN. 1 Attorney-at-Law. Bank Building. OARRY B. MAINHART, '89, Attorney-at-Law. Room 206 Swank Building. 1 WALLACE PAUL, J • Lawyer. Suppes Building. ] AN L. PARSONS, Cf Attorney-at-Law. Bank Building. f'-EO. C. KEIM, y- Attorney-at-Law. Room 7 Alma Hall. IT W. STOREY, LT Attorney-at-Law. Room 2 Dibert Building. yy w- SWENGEL. District Manager Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee, WIs. p S. T. E. MURPHY. Iy Attorneys-at-Law. Dibert Building. COMMERCIAL QCHRADER SCHMIDT, O Florists. 433 Main Street. Cut Flowers a Specialty. Greenhouse West- mont, opp. Grandview Cemetery. N EW SENATE HOTEL. Maley Kitzmiller, Proprietors. 232 - 238 Bedford street. JOHNSTOWN’S LEADING MUSIC HOUSE J. M. BUNNELL 523 Main Street STANDARD AND DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINES Branch Store, - Philipsburg, Pa. GET MY CATALOGUE THE SPECTATOR 3 Pennsylvania Member of the International Business Practice Association ROWE COLLEGE SCHOOL OF SHORTHAND NORMAL TRAINING SCHOOL BUSINESS COLLEGE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL OF TYPEWRITING ENGLISH TRAINING SCHOOL If you desire a good paying position, make yourself perfectly competent to hold one. and you’ll get it. The demand for bookkeepers and stenographers is greater than the supply. Students enrolled at any time. School open the year round S. H. ISENBERG, Ph. D............................... - - presidtnt JOHNSTOWN Rusiness School Estey Pianos M. Ella Marsh, Principal T. E. MORGAN Shorthand, Typewriting; Musical Bookkeeping; ===== Merchandise No. 507 :: :s MAIN STREET Phone 918B JJ8 MARKET ST. lot “Party Favors Are much in evidence here — particularly the Bric-a-Brac section, where you are sure to find the most cunning party prizes now, and PRICES are Dropped Considerably-------------- 1 Then there are big and little favors for as much or smaller amounts as you want to pay — piece of Silver or Cut Glass, tiny Vases or very large ones. Mirrors, Busts, Pictures. Frames. Games of Pit, Flinch, Playing Cards, Books of all kinds, etc. You’ll have no trouble in settling the question here----------------------- NATHAN'S Stop That Cough 1rt} r T The c niy Up- XV CJ Y to Date Laun- dry in the City Laundry with SYRUP WHITE PINE AND TAR For First-Class Work Large Bottle 25 cents, JCRF.DF T Opp. City Hall 406 Main St. 8W Guaranteed to cure or money returned. Try Ours DUNMYER WEIMER THE SPECTATOR ■4 Make the home happy and comfortable by having it nicely furnished. We carry a complete line of Up-to-Date Furniture at the right prices. Our goods are of the best grade oniy, and sold at prices that are even lower than those charged by some for second-class material. We solicit a call and -------------feel that your patronage will follow- FLICK McCLOSKEY, 407 Main St. Next to Municipal Building. WHY NOT START THE NEW YEAR :: :: RIGHT ? Our Clearance Sale MATCHLESS Is a Saving for You of $3 to $ on Every Suit or Overcoat That s the word that expresses the su- periority of our Cigars. The best on the market for the money— made from the best grades of leaf by skilled work- men. The quality and flavor are uni- formly high. Our Maneto brand is no- ted for its excellence, and has secured a hold on popular favor accorded to none other. They are — Matchless.” I MARX MAIN STREET D. P. COULTER Opposite Merchants Hotel 223 Franklin Street C. T. WILLIAMS Dealer in FANCY GROCE- : RIES AND PRODUCE : Phone )02 :: Corner Market and Vine Streets rT i In Calendars is the dainty card _ with your pho- o'f CiQ'f graph mounted L ClL CoL on it. Present one as a New Year’s gift to your sweetheart and keep your face before her 365 days in the year. They are to be had only at J. Harry Lohr’s Studio P. O. Building C. A. BYERS Cor. Lincoln and Market Sts. CANNED GOODS A SPECIALTY Choice Candies We are prepared to furnish you with the most essential of sweet necessities—Can- = dy in all shapes, kinds and grades. Choc- olates, Home-made Candies, and all imagin- _ j,r able confections. 1 Be sure to call at the Keystone Candy CO. 505 MAIN STREET GEO. PANAGOTACOS, Proprietor THE SPECTATOR 25 The Dorsey King Livery GEO. DELL, Manager First-Class Service, Fine Turnouts, Up-to-Date in Every Way. Cab Work a Specialty NOT IN THE TRUST. EBBERT ALLEY, opp. Tribune Office A. TIETZEL Teacher of Music 42 J FRANKLIN ST. DR. J. W. VAN VALZAH DENTIST Swank Housefurnishing Co. Block Near Main and Clinton Sts. City Phone 1279 Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty Findlay’s Concert Orchestra MUSIC FURNISHED FOR ALL OCCASIONS Vendome Hotel :: :: Market and Washington Streets FRED. MILLER Artistic Hair Cutting Fine Shaving 404 FRANKLIN ST. PLUTON PANAGOTAKOS FINE CONFECTIONS Chocolates, Bon Bons. whole- sale and retail. 1 Ice-Cream Soda. 1 Our goods are Al- ways Fresh No. 5 17 MAIN STREET Johnstown 26 THE SPECTATOR Now in Johnstown. A man eminent In his profession and known throughout the state as one of the most successful living specialists. DR. E. GREWER Has associated with him a physician who has devoted his entire professional life to the treatment of Diseases of the Ear, Nose, Throat and Lungs, and patients will be treated scientifically by modern methods and late discoveries known only to the most advanced men in medicine. Startling and seemingly impossible feats are ordinary, everyday occurrences at Dr. Grewer’s office in Treatment for Ca- tarrhal Deafness, a large percentage of which is now curable. It is not the length of time, but the change in the ears, which makes the case curable or incurable. You can be told in five minutes whether you can be cured or not. Noise in the ears stopped. Discharging ears perma- nently cured. Catarrh of the Head or Throat relieved by mild and painless treatment immedi- ately. By the new inhalation method the remedies are applied to the parts affected. Constitutional treatment when required. Consultation and preliminary examina- tian free. No Incurable cases taken. Dr. Grewer is a graduate of the university of Pennsylvania, formerly Demonstrator of Physio- Office HOURS — 9 to 12 a. m., 2 to 5 ogy of the Medico-Chirurgical College of Phila. and 7 to 8:30 p. m. Old City Hall Bldg., 229 Franklin St., Johnstown, Pa. STEPHEN BRADY LIVERY Or 'C ages SPECIAL LINE OF Livery, - 105 McConaughy Street Office, - - - 133 Clinton Street Phones—Clinton St. Office, 1006 A; Cambria Office, 748; Residence, 862 A BOOKS =Si,rS BOOKS And there is no other place in Johnstown where you can find as complete a stock and such reasonable prices as at HORAN'S BOOK STORE, w MAIN ST. ■— — JOHNSTOWN ■ - See the line of NEW PICTURES «T Pictures framed to order promptly THE SPECTATOR 27 Blasius Sons Regent Albrecht Co. pianos And other high grade make in over one hundred artistic styles 308 Swank BldFgC,E Johnstown C I A D East Pittsburg St., Greensburq V_ i_a A I i X 1 W 1 V ] 1 TELEPHONE NO. 555 Advanced Optical Knowledge Conscientiously used in the examination of your eyes and furnishing of Glasses, if necessary D. L. BUFFINGTON The best investment Policy offered by a safe company Is the Investment and Insurance Policy in the New York Life. It will save you money, protect your family, and provide for old age. It is like an United States Government Bond — Non - Forfeitable and Incon- testable from date of issue. It will cost you less and be worth more than you think. For information write to----------------- REFRACTIONIST No. 414 Frankllin Street WILLiAM GAFFNEY, General Agent Room 1 Ellis Building. Main St. Johnstown, Pa. ========= OUR ANNUAL = January Shoe Sale BEGINS JAN. 20, ENDS FEB. 5 AN EAGERLY WATCHED AND WAITED SHOE BUY- ING EVENT to which saving shoppers have been taught annually to turn for their season's shoe needs :: :: Women’s $3.50, $4, and $$ Shoes at $2.95. Men’s $3, $4, $5, and 56 ======= Shoes at same Unusual Reduction ■ ■■■ The shoes sold at this sale have our personal guarantee for trustworthi- ness. and when we say to you that you’ll find $3, $ ,$5,and $6 shoes in the lot you can depend upon it :: McNAUGHT HOERR 507 Main Street 507 POORMAN’S JOHNSTOWN Great Indian Lung Cure Sanitary Dairy Co. PRICE 25 CENTS BEST IN THE WORLD for Coughs, Colds, Hoarse- ness, Asthma, Croup, Whooping Cough, and all diseases of the Throat and Lungs. Prepared by MILK AND ALL ITS PRODUCTS Absolutely Pure Milk and Cream Butter, Ice Cream, Cottage Cheese KREDEL FARRELL, Druggists Johnstown, Pa. TELEPHONES - - BELL 291, CITY 259 28 THE SPECTATOR Frederick's Mammoth THE LAREST STOCK OF PIANOS IN JOHNSTOWN Store Largest Wholesale and Retail ===== Dealer between New York and Chicago, comroliing the greater number of the world's greatest makes of Pianos than any other dealer In the United States. Fine selection of Small Instruments and Latest Popular Pieces. We sell all the LEADING makes of PIANOS AND ORGANS --------------------------------------------------------- W. H. COOK, Mgr. « 225 Franklin St., SUPPES BLOCK DR. S. A. PEDEN DENTIST Removed to the Suppes Building Franklin Street PORCH BROS. “THE OLD RELIABLE” Up-To-Date Music House STEINWAY SONS, CONOVER, LESTER, CROWN, SCHILLER, HOBERT M. CABLE, SCHOFFER, AND TEN OTHER MAKES porch bros. No. 242 Franklin Street LOOK — If your stove needs a lining call on us for the Magnesite Stove Lining Cement A. F. STUTZMAN SON 427 Somerset St., Johnstown KEMERY LOCKARD Dealers in FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES RELIABLE AND UP-TO- DATE in Every Respect Nos. 501-503 Coleman Avenue Phone No. 3062 Fancji Groceries The Best Line to be found in the City. Only Best Goods sold t H. W. PATTERN'S 214 Franklin Street Nathan Miller's Old Stand £My Work £My c ldvertisement G. V. MORGAN DENTIST Second Floor Journal cBuilding Formerly Henderson's, comer cMain and Clinton Sis. •Phone 172 SPECIALTIES Crown and Bridge Work, Gold and Aluminum Plates Lady Assistant (ew Location ) cfi(ew building ’Bat cNi w Goods :: ) Same Old High Quality and Low ’Prices Henderson Furniture Co. cNo. 611 Main Street We make a specialty of Engraved Visiting Cards and Society Stationery. Wm. B. Waters Bro. 208 Franklin Street. PALACE Steam Laundry 606 FRANKLIN ST. Only First-Class Work cDone Domestic and high gloss finish L, J. FOUST, Proprietor FISHER CO. WHOLESALE Fine Old Whiskies, and Imported Liquors, Cali- fornia Wines and it Brandies n. 147 CLINTON — 609 MAIN STS. JOHNSTOWN, PA. Telephone No. 175 Bottlers and proprietors Private Stock, Conemaugh Club, Belmont Club, Monon- gahela Rye, Fisher Co. XXXX, Fisher Co. XXX, Old Cabinet 1876, Old Fa- vorite Pure Rye Whiskies — —;------------- All liquors are guaranteed. Liquors for medical purposes.! specialty. Our stock Is the largest and second to none in all de- partments. All mall orders filled with care and promptness. N J 00 BAD TO MISS IT And ThaPs No Joke This Clearance Sale of Men’s and Boys’ Cloth- ing has saved many dol- lars for others, why not for you? This is the time we clear decks be- fore “ stock taking,” and previous to starting the Spring Campaign. THE REASONS for reducing stocks be- tween seasons are many. ’Twill pay you to buy now. Our loss — your fain. Overcoats and nits at way down prices. Come to-day Woolf Reynolds, Inc. V_______________________ J (-------------------------- REQUIREMENTS for Young Men’s GOOD DRESSING Are here in everything that is new. 'i 'TiEarl Wilson Full Dress Shirts. H Earl , Wilson Col- lars and Cuffs. 1 Monarch Shirts. t Arrow Brand Collars. t K i d Gloves, Neck- wear, Etc. T We’ve Clothing espe- cially for the Young Men. John Thomas Sons V__________________ r——------—— MEN'S WINTER UNDERWEAR Our Underwear business this winter has been the largest in the history of this firm since coming to this city. But on account of the immense stock we are al- ways obliged to have on hand, we have left in stock hundreds of different kinds in broken lots of from 1 to m dozen of a kind — In all 852 dozen. Under no cir- cumstances will we carry any of these goods over into another season, and the following price slashing is the result. 1 Wright’s iamb’s-wool lined Shirts and Drawers, $1.50 and $1.75 grades. What- ever we have left in these now will go at 59c and 69c a garment. 1 Natural wool, lamb’s wool, Root's Tiv- oli and Australian wool Underwear — these are the 75c. $r.oo, $1.25, and $1.50 qualities. The entire lot goes now at, per garment, 34c. 47c, 58c, and 69c. 1 Metallic pure Wool underwear — one small lot of these $1.50 and $2.00 gar- ments left. The prices now are 79c and 8gc a garment. SCHWARTZ BROS. Low Price Leaders