Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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THE SPECTATQR Sl When will Mr. Kraybill be in the room? inquired the visitor. Soon as we make a noise, replied the witty stude. Yes, Mr. Fruhlinger, the Dictionary may be consulted, To graduate now isfnot as hard as it looks. QEch- oed from the chapeI.J No! Its harder! Some of the ways the Freshmen spell it: Meyer, Myer, Meir, Myra, Mire. Q 'Tis good business, said the cinder, As the train went whizzing by, To seek every opportunity To get in the public eye. -SWIPED. Miss WE- notice in Study Hall originally read: Seniors will make a polished translation of lines I-IOO in the Chaucer. A simple twist of the wrist and it read: Seniors will make a Polish translation of lines 1-loo in the Chaucer. By looking over the records we find that a few more students have become members of the Criminal Coterie. A new dance has been suggested by Prof. Kraybill, namely, a three-step: Directions---Ist step out of line. 2nd step to the ofhce. 3rd ditto to the 5 O'clock Club. Notice: You will be given slips in a day or two. -rPhysics may be taken any period of the morning. Aha! a poet on the faculty. S-s-sh, listen. While giving out books the other day, a certain teacher composed the following: - There are some without a date, Those belong to nineteen eight. DEFINITIONS IN PHYSICS 1. Education---A mix-up of trouble. 2. A Point---The ghost of a departed quantity.

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30 K THYE SPECTATOR , girl, cabl on a German. Also see that she translates the next day's lesson. R. Jones- in English: She fed her dogs angel food. A dog biscuit for Roy. What would Carrie Nation say if she knew that Ginn and Company was the source of our knowledge? He---How would you get down from a donkey? lt---Climb down, of course. He---I wouldn't, l'd get down off a goose. Why, Oh, why, my heart this sadness? QFrom a favorite poem.j l'm in the 5 O'clock' Club, of course. After Kellar got his, Oh, what a face, what a face, what a face, golly, what a face he made. Hotty to Grifhth in chapel: The funny part of it was that- Mr. J-- Ccuttinginq Aw, live heard that joke before, the ofhce for yours. After the class fight: Mama, mama, Jakie's in trouble again. The shanty of the Five O'clock Club. We're here because we had to come. We stay because we can't get out. We hoped we wouldn't meet to-night, But a quorum brought the thing about. Chorus: Glory, glory, hallelujah, etc. In Trig.---Professor: John W- what is the sign of afHnity? John: A tumble-down eight. Right you are, Roger---ahem. The evil men do lives after them. The Senior Glee Club has reorganized. Vincent has evidently lost interest in the robins. At least we have had no recent effusions from him upon that subject.

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32 T!-HE SPECTATOR Rube Nelson is simply horrid. While discussing abstract nouns the other day, the teacher asked the Rube if he had ever seen beauty. After eyeing up the female department, the mean thing answered No. Another riddle propounded by Rameses I. Why is a crow a crow? CAWS. lzzy Burlap, the High School Detective, has been ap- pointed inspector ofthe marching to and from the auditor- ium. We would have appointed him inspector of talking in chapel, but that job is already overcrowded. Shallenberger is daft on music. He has even set words Q----J to the clatter of his alarm clock in the morning. Problem in Algebra: lf you pawn your watch for three dollars' what must you pawn in order to raise enough money to redeem it? Answer: X-ceedingly much. Where is the German Fatherland? Room D, ofcourse. Query from a Nloxham girl: lf you flirt with the street car conductor, will he forget to take your fare? Senior: Why is a Freshman like an egg? Junior: He has a yellow streak. Soph: He's chicken hearted. Fresh: You're all the time a-picking at me.' O skwum! A wicked expression popular with the girls. Saylor' Io, gazing at three pennies in his hand, Beat it, small change, before I spend you . Several studes, Beck among them, think that San- ta Gloria's have got Santa Claus faded a mile. John Weir was the first to wear yellow skis this term. W. Suppes and Alexander Hamilton Louther are favorites for second honors. Fresh at a candy store, Gimme a cents worth of chocolates . Clerk. What kind?