Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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THE SPECTATOR 21 That was a sign that the king was coming. What a fine personage he was! He wore a helmet of silver, with a gold vulcan on the front. He wore a white suit, embroidered with gold, the kind of suits that the national gaurds of Ger- many wear. On his feet was a pair of tan riding boots with silver spurs on them. After the king arrived and the excitement passed over, the king and some of his attend- ants took a walk along the road. They hadn't walked far before they saw a little girl sitting on the side of the road, crying. What are you crying for? asked the king. She was amazed to see such a fine-looking man. l'm crying because when the king passed by, I was so small that I could not look over the heads of the people to see him, replied the child. ' Well, is that what you are crying for? asked the king. Yes, replied the child. ' Well, just you look at me from head to foot, and as long as you like, for the king stands before you now. I am the king, said he.

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20 THE SPECTATOR A Bit qf Pleasantry BY RALPH A. DE FREHN, '09. UST after President McKinley made his call for volun- teers, at the outbreak of the Spanish American War, there were hundreds of men travelling eastward in response to the call. At a certain railway station in Pennsylvania a regiment of raw recruits stood in front of the station waiting for the train. They were lined up abreast in four or five lines, each line about one fourth of a mile long. For some reason or other they were in good spirits that morning and had planned among themselves to have some fun. They were going to play a joke on the Hrst important personage that came along. ' They didn't have to wait long for a victim, either, for soon they saw a very portly gentleman strutting along in front of the lines. Almost instantly all the men in the lines knew, by the nudge that he recieved from his neighbor that here was their victim. Just as the stranger came to about the middle of the lines one of the soldiers stepped forward and said, Stranger, will you please tell me what time it is? With an air of importance and pleasure the person ad- dressed reached in his pocket, pulled out his watch, looked at the time, snapped the front shut, and placed the watch into his pocket again before he said anything. Then he said, lt is now just about twenty-two minutes after nine. The soldier stepped back to his place in the line, and with that as a signal every man in the whole regiment, at the same instant, made a low bow and with no uncertain force said, Thank-you-sir, Thank-you-sir, Thank- you-sir. ' The Child's Surprise BY HERMAN Ro'1'H '12, HE people of Hanover, Germany, were excited. They lined up along the roadside waiting for the emperor to pass. Soon they cheered and shouted, Hoch! der kaiser.

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22 THE SPECTATOR he 'llsligb Sc bool Spectator. JOHNSTOWN, PA., SEPTEMBER, 1908. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 75 CENTS. PER COPY, I0 CENTS. Eottorial ano Business Stafff Edltor-ln-Chlef, FRANK M. BRENISER 19o9. Associate Edltor, DORE W. GRAZIER 1909. Literary Editors. ' School News Edltors, GRACE COCHRAN IQOQ BRUCE C. WILLIAMS 1909, FLORENCE SAGERSON 1909. BERTHA O. STAMMLER IQII, Exchange Editor' CHARLES HORAN I9I2. CLAIRE MCNEELIS 1909. Athletic Editor, Society Editors. 1 HARRY F' RAAB moo' HELEN YOUNG 1909, General News Editor, MARY MILLER 1009. ALBERT WALTERS 1910. Chief Business Manager, H ALAN M. WEAVER 1909. Associate Business Manager, WALTER LENHART 1909, Assistants, HERBERT LONG 1909, CARL GLOCK 1910, IRA DENIPSEY 1910, HARRY GRIFFITH 1910. WALDO WRIGHT 1911 THE SPECTATOR ls published monthly during the school term. Address all communications to THE SPECTATOR, Hlgh 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 ln to the editor not later than the gd of each month. Editorial HE eleventh volume of THE SPECTATOR begins with this, the September, issue. The aim of our school paper is to truthfully present the literary accomplishments of the pupils of the Johnstown High School. How far we have succeeded in past years is evidenced by the high place awarded our journal by contemporary school publica- tions. How far we shall succeed in maintaining this high