Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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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.

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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

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 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