Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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I8 THE SPECTATOR -M he 'irligb Sc bool Spectator. TTJOYISINSTOWN, PA., SEPTEMBER, 1904. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 40 CENTS. PER COPY, 5 CENTS EDITORIAL AND BUSINESS STAFF. Editor-in-Chief, WILLIAM HOFFMAN, 'o5. Associate Editors. FRED G. SMITH. '05- GEORGE STAMMLER. '05, NIERLE KFHORNER. '05, ETHEL PINDER. 'o5. CLARA SUPPES. '05. KATHARINE ENDSLEY. 'o5. GEORGE WEAVER. '05, Chief Business Manager, JAS. K. BOYD. JR., 'o5. Associate Business Managers, ' KINTER KOONTZ, 'o5, RAYMOND GOOD, '05, RALPH BOLSINGER, 'o5, ROBERT ENTWISLE, '06, FRANK MARDIS, '06, LANGDON MARX. 'o6. EDWARD HOERLE. 'o5. Class Reporters. DOUGLASS STOREY, '07, RIGHTER LONGSHORE. 'o7. THE SPECTATOR is published monthly during the school term. Address all communications to THE SPECTATOR, High School Building, Johnstown, Pa. Entered at the Postofhce, Johnstown, Pa., as second-class mail matter, In order to Insure publication in the current Issue, all MSS. must be handed in to the editor not later than the 1th of each month. Dre Editor's Viewf With this month's issue The Spectator be- gins its seventh volume. The staff desires the hearty co-operation of everybody in its endeav- ors to make The Spectator a paper of the Y school, by the school, and for the school. The Spectator solicits essays, poems, and short stories from the students. All contributions, from Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors, will receive like consideration. The paper, as in the past, is intended to represent the school, and shall be the voice and reflec- tor of their opinions and ideas. Those having an idea or

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THE SPECTATOR 17 Gertrude, l will put my dollar in and get a lot of money back. She placed her dollar on a queer figure and watched her dollar dis- appear with the rest. But when no dollar returned she began to cry. The wheel spun again. There was a ring of a bell, and before she knew what had happened the man had shoved a big pile of money before her. Take it, said heg you have won it. So surprised was she that she did not see her father rush in until he had her in his arms. Child, put it back, he cried. But, father, said she, Uthe man said it was mine. Her father gath- ered her up in his arms, his eyes strangely wet, and together they left the place, while the banker cried, You wing hfty up and Eve around. F. R. W., 'o5. A Moonlit Stream I Like the stars of heaven beaming, Through the distant shadows gleaming, Shines the stream, Where beneath the ivy creeping, And the ferns and grasses sleeping, And the graceful willows weeping, Shone the gleam Cf the stream, Deeply hidden in the vistas of my dream. ll Bright the golden moon was shining, On the watery sheet reclining, In my dreamy Silvery throats of light were singing, Airy voices high were ringing, Wreaths and garlands forms were bringing, By the gleam Of the stream, Nlaking night's divinest visions what they seem. lll And to-night the moonlit shadows, And the golden colored meadows, Seem the dream, While the music and the dances And the airy forms and glances Make aught else dissembled trances, Ee'n the beam On the stream, Which reflects the liquid image of my theme. i-'o5.

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THE SPECTATOR 19 suggestion to submit, or a piece of literary work to offer, should have no hesitancy in doing so. The only crite- rion of judgment in accepting or rejecting the same, shall be honesty of purpose and fair dealing on the part of the author. lk 10' il' Sk Ill Some time last year there arose consideroble agita- tion for a carpet for the High School library. This, it seems to us, is at present the most needed improvement about the building. The value of a carpet for the library is greater than is generally appreciated. If there is any place in the school where there should be quiet and per- fect order, the library is the place. As it is now, there are periods when the library becomes crowded, and, as more walking about is necessary there than in the study hall or recitation rooms, there is often a constant din from walking over the uncovered floor. This flood of noise encourages louder conversation than is necessary and leads to general disorder, which it has been the con- stant effort of the teachers to stop. Restrictions have been placed on those using the library, allowing them to read only certain books there. The solution is a carpet for the library. lf the library has once been carpeted, it will be the wonder that we did not recognize the need of it before, and if the test of sacriicing any one conve- nience about the building were to arise, the carpet would be one of the last to go. HF Pk BF 4' il Mr. Smedley's absence from the High School has been noticed perhaps more than is usual with missing members of the faculty. His wide interest in all phases of school work had closely associated him with all mem- bers of the High School. ln view of this the circum- stances of his dismissal impress us with more than ordi- nary regret. The Spectator extends to him the highest regards of the school, in the hope that in the near future it may be our good fortune to again secure his services on the faculty. ' Three other members of last year's faculty who are not with us this year, are Nlr. Cleaver, Miss MacAdams,