Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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22 THE SPECTATOR The city council has risen a few degrees in the estima- tion of High School students. The improvements in front of the school are very much appreciated. The Freshmen have a staunch friend in Nlr. Long. Several '08 boys enjoyed an extended vacation because they could not resist the temptation to haze the new arrivals. Ashcom still makes a great deal of noise in the library. He says carpet is the only remedy he knows. The Freshmen are still wondering at the attitude of the Seniors. They are as dignified as members of the faculty. A large number of boys came out to try for the football team when Captain Cooper and -Coach Kerr issued their call for candidates. The varsity look neat in their new uniforms. The team is very well equipped and we are sure it will make a fine record. , The football team does not like the little games of asso- ciation football which are prescribed for them by Coach Kerr and the other day Suppes tried to turn it into water polo. lt is a shame that the editors of this paper must be hur- ried so with their work the first month. Even the ofhce boy, D. Storey, is suffering from the nervous attacks of verb and constructions in his sleep. Only one change has been made in the text-books for the year. The new edition of Meyer's Mediaeval and Modern History has been obtained for us in the mediwval history class. Ylzl- City Editor Qto student whom he had hired as reporter during vacationi- Well, did you get the persons getting on and off the train ? Yes, replied the student with a proud smileg nine got on and eleven got off.

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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.

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THE SPECTATOR 23 High School Lecture Course The High School Lecture Course promises to be a most successful one, both financially and otherwise. The High School will present to the Johnstown public a course as varied and as pleasing as any before. lt will consist of eight numbers, four lectures and four entertainments. The course will be opened on Oct. goth by Samuel Phelps Leland, who will speak on World-Making. Mr. Leland has been before the American public so long that he needs no recommendation. Dr. F. W. Gunsaulus will follow Mr. Leland on Friday, Nov. 17th, with his lecture on Gladstone, A concert, Roney's Boys, will be rendered on Monday, Nov. 27th. This company has quite a reputation, having played at the White House on several occasions. On Friday, Dec. Sth, we will have a recital by Miss Lulu Tyler Gates and company, which will be fol- lowed on Monday, Jan. 22d, by an illustrated lecture, Parsival, by Dr. Henry R. Rose. On Tuesday, Jan. 30th, Edward P. Elliott will entertain us with his imper- sonation An American Citizen , which will be followed by a lecture, Jefferson and Lincoln, by Hon. John S. Crosby. The course will be concluded' by a concert by the Kneisel Quartet. Of this too much cannot be said. lt will be the best musical entertainment Johnstown has ever heard. The members of the quartet were formerly all members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and are all artists of the highest ability. Mr. Kneisel, the leader, is a graduate of the Vienna Conservatory, and has been in many of the famous orchestras in Europe. His highest honor was Concert Meister of the famous Bilse Orchestra of Berlin. Mr. Alwine Schroeder, the 'cello soloist, is also known thruout Europe. If this number gets the audience it deserves, it will be the largest our auditorium has ever held. - q Teacher- When do you find your Greek the easi- est? Pupil - When l don't study it.