Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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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.

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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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24 THE SPECTATOR Athleticf V HIGH SCHOOL boy who is recognized as an au- thority on football was overheard making the following remark: l think we will have a dandy football team this year. Dandy may not be a good English word for a high-school student to use, but the outlook for the football team of IQO6 is so bright that he must be excused for the manner in which he expressed himself. Not only for football, but athletics in general, is the outlook very encouraging. There are three reasons for this: the first is we have a good coach in Nlr. Kerr, the second, we have an abundance of material from which the various teams can be selected, the third, the spirit shown by the candidates insures good playing. This state of affairs means good teams. Good teams should have good attendance. This is all that is needed to in- sure the success of this year's athletics. This year we have seven of our old men on the football team. Last year we had only four, two of whom played different positions, thus we will have only four new men on the team this year, and the positions vacated by last year's class will be filled with very com- petent men, as there are many fellows of required size and weight. The number of men at practice is being daily aug- mented. For this reason it has been decided that we shall have a second team which shall play teams of their own weight. ' Coach Kerr has an ablenassistant in the person of Mr. Bartlett, who played guard six years at the Clarkson Technical Schools. Not doubting the ability of our team, Manager Nokes is securing games with the best teams possible. We will likely have games with Shadyside Academy, Kiski, Pitts- burg H. S., and Altoona H. S. The management desires not only to have good turnouts at the games, but also to have students not playing, present at practice. Their presence will stimulate the players to greater efforts.