Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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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

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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

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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.