Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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t 20 THE SPECTATOR 1,7 4:3 J X 1 Es U6 QQ 3 tai lllllllllltii GRSN' 1blGH SCHOOL openedrSeptember 4th with an at- tendance of three hundred and fifty pupils, thirty- two more than we had last year this time. The attend- ances in the various classes, as furnished by Nlr. Long, are as follow: Girls Boys Total Seniors.. ..2I...,2I....42 Juniors. . . .46 .... 33. . . . 79 Second Year . -. ..,.... 54 .... 40 .... Q4 First Year ........... 73 .... 63 .... 136 Grand Total. . . 349 Miss Gertrude Wray has returned to High School as teacher of English. The older members of the school were glad to extend her a hearty welcome. The boys were especially pleased to see Andrew Kerr in the rostrum the first day of school. Willard Bartlett has been placed on the faculty as assistant to Nlr. Jaques. This shows an increase of work in that department. Some of the Seniors were on extended trips during the vacation. Gipe, Ashton, and Caddy were in Florida QNew Florencej. Nlardis was in the Adirondacks QBens- creekj. Nlarx was in Europe CNew Yorkj. Nokes was at Lake George QNlillcreekj, and Jones was in ltaly CCambriaj. Some of our boys were employes in steel works dur- Qlilliiagb

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THE SPECTATOR 19 X, FTER enjoying a vaca- tion of three months, if fi we a ain turn our attention Q 8 to sciool work and literary El t matters. Although at the be- il T- SETSE '22 Eifilleiiliuilfili , 1 fm ii G j llwl ylx jj our work, let us endeavorlto I , X . ll start right in from the begin- 15 i, ning and publish good papers S. jk' thruout the year. Probably the greatest question that lies before a new exchange editor is What shall the exchange column be ? He pours over numerous papers to see how it is written. In one he Ends a column of criticisms, long and in detail, in another he Ends a long column of short, general criticisms, and in another he finds a column of jokes. Thus he is puzzled more than eyer. Between the extremes mentioned there are mediums, those which do not impress one as being too fine, or too general, or as having too many stale jokes in them. But, above all, an exchange column should be original. It should not necessarily con- tain a certain number of criticisms and a certain number of jokes. The exchange editor should remark on all papers that deserve it. He should criticize them in all particulars and in such a way that his criticisms could not be taken as insults. We wish to congratulate our exchanges on their com- mencement numbers. ln many cases we believe they were the finest and largest editions ever published. The cuts and pictures added greatly-to their appearance and interest. Among the best we have seen are The Mercury, The Red and Black, The Red and White, and The Carrol Echo. , - 1 Mr. Long- Tell what you know of dihedral angles. Mardis- All dihedral angles of the same size are equal.

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THE SPECTATOR 21 ing the summer. Some arose to positions of trust UD. A book, Quotations from Employers of High School Students, would be interesting. Considering the inducements offered, not many per- sons have paid their athletic dues and purchased football season tickets. The Freshmen, overcome by the hot air at the athletic meeting, surprised the school by buying more than any other class. The Senior Class held a very quietQ?J meeting on September 7th, at which they elected the following offi- cers: president, Thomas Caddyg vice-president, Quince Jones, secretary, Emma Sheelerg treasurer, James Cooper. The following ofncers were recently elected in the Junior Class: president, Fred Krebs, vice-president, Thomas Pinderg treasurer, E. Hoffman, secretary,'Lucy Cohoe. The Sophomores elected their ofhcers for the year last week. President, James McGinnis, vice-president, Russell Burke, secretary, Helen Southerg treasurer, Wilbur Mo- ses. The meeting of the Athletic Association recently con- ducted by President Nokes, resembled a revival service. The Freshmen became so spellbound at his eloquent U1 dis- course that they are still suffering from the excitement. The members of the chemistry class agree to an atom that Nlr. Stark has some ability as an actor. His satire on how the class would act if turned loose in the laboratory, vastly amused the class. The lecture room has been greatly improved during va- cation. The new arrangement of the seats gives the pupils a better view of the experiments. The Seniors held a corn-roast the second week of school, and spent several hours in trying to prepare an ln- dian feast. All reports say they had a good time, and not one was lost. Steph Jones had an attack of rheumatics, brought on by the cold, damp air.