Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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THE SPECTATOR 31 Longfellow’s life and works were excellent. The dec- lamation, “The Skeleton in Armor,” was especially well rendered. A feature of the celebration was the girls’ sextette, which sang “Stars of the Summer Night.” Every year there are heard more complaints con- cerning the piano in use in our auditorium. No doubt the instrument was a good one in its time, but its time has now passed. One is reminded by it of the old stick and dishpan. The musicians used to receive the blame for the discords, but now we know it is not the fault of the musicians. The piano is abominable. We make the suggestion, with all respect, that the School Board buy us a new piano. An excellent grand piano, such as was used by Mr. Paolo Gallico, can be had for a very rea- sonable price. There is no reason why this should not be done. The basketball season of 1907 has been the most successful ever known in Johnstown High School. Our team has defeated every team but one which it has played. It has been beaten but twice, both times away from home. One of these teams, Sharon High School, beat J. H. S. by four points, but when Sharon came to Johnstown, our boys simply walked away with them. We have beaten the best high schools in both eastern and western Pennsylvania. Without a shadow of doubt we hold the High School Championship of Pennsyl- vania. Following the basketball season comes the track. High School has never been so uniformly successful in track meets as in football and baseball. This may be accounted for by the reason that not nearly so much at- tention and practice had been given to it as to the other two sports. Yet, year by year we are growing better in this branch of sports, and, altho we lost four of our best men, there is no reason why this year can not be made as successful as last.

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30 THE SPECTATOR Ubc High School Spectator. JOHNSTOWN, PA., MARCH, 1907. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 75 CENTS. PER COPY, to CENTS. JEOftorfal anfc Business Staff. EdItor-in-Chief, TODD D. COCHRAN 1907. Associate Editor, FRANCIS WOLLE 1907. Literary Editors, HELEN LOWMAN 1907. IMABEL DAVIS 1907. Exchange Editor, GERTRUDE LAKE 1907. Society Editor, BESSIE GLOSSER 1908. School News Editors, THOMAS PINDER 1907, FRANK BRENISER 1909. Athletic Editor. FRITZ W. KREBS 1907. General News Editor, EDNA YOST 1907. Art Editor. EDNA BAUERS 1907. Chief Business Manager, DOUGLASS D. STOREY 1907. Associate Business Manager, NEWTON D. SWANK 1907. Assistants WEBSTER SAYLOR 1907. HARRY SHRYOCK 1908. EUGENE ROBISON 1908. ALAN WEAVER 1909, LEWIS OWEN 1907. EBEN EDWARDS 1907, MARION RICHARDS 1907. NORA MORAN 1908. The Spectator Is published monthly during the school term. Address all communications to The Spectator, High School Building, Johnstown, Pa. Entered at the Postoffice, Johnstown, Pa., as second-class mall matter. In order to insure publication in the current issue, all MSS. must be handed in to the editor not later than the 3d of each month. tion of worth given dents of the American Literature classes February 27th, the students were pleasantly en- tertained by a cen- tenary commemora- Henry Wads- Longfellow, by the stu- The talks on

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32 THE SPECTATOR Exchange. Masten Park Chronicle, are your advertisements so much more important than the literary matter that they must occupy part of every other page ? The Basketball number of the Cherry and White contains good literary matter. The jokes in the Ex- change enliven that department very much. We also appreciate the supplement. The author of “A Hunting Trip,” in A. H. Tidings, shows knowledge of that sort of outing. “Gleanings” and “Outings” are very clever. The H. S. Record, tho small, contains good mate- rial. Can’t you add a few cuts ? The exchange column contains excellent criticisms. Among our best exchanges this month are the Sha- mokin H. S. Review, Polaris, and Somerville Radiator. They contain much material of more than local interest, and very original cuts. “The Ambition of Elizabeth Burton ” is a life-like pictore of the treatment a poorly- dressed country girl often receives at the hands of her more fortunate city cousin. mri E are glad to note a marked im- provement in some of our monthly visitors. This ap- plies, particularly to the Kiskiminetan. Keep it up ! “Happenings,” in the Glendalia, are so skillfully written as to make even an oustsider interested in your social doings. We are glad to see that our former editor-in-chief, Mr. Gipe, is continuing the work of aiding his school paper. Our loss is your gain, College Student.