Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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C. ,II HEN nature once again to man completes Her daily, beauteous, uplifting task, And preparation for repose repeats, Enrobing now in peace with dusk lier niaslcg VVhen sun-tinged, wing-like clouds enfringe the moon. And mirror-lake reflects in masquerade, VVhe11 bird, save nightingale or owl or loon, Seeks rest and sleep in yonder darkening shadeg VVhen man's own weary toil is at an end, And timeior meditation come, for thought- f 'Tis then our hearts revealttheir hidden trend, Our souls seek restvin hope f-rom battles fought: i ' 'a ' 1 - - 2 The Spectator That Fresh from Nevada By VValdo C. Wright ,II OVV you all know, fellows, that if a guy ever becomes a college WVillie it is in the year that he combs back his hair, rams a pipe into his jaw, rolls up his trousers at least two laps, and commences to abuse his unsophisticated underclass- mates. The Fresh are usually too frightened to protest against being dragged out of bed at midnight. So the Hcourageu of the Sophs sometimes attains dangerous proportions. But luckily for humanity there is, as our old friend Emerson asserts, a law of retaliation. For my part I most heartily agree with our esteemed philosopher, since I bucked up against his law one year myself. That year a bunch of seven of us Sophs had been sticking together for a whole lot of this hazing business. We had been pretty fortunate in hitting green material and were at the stage that our hats didn't fit comfortably. We had waded nearly through the Freshman Dormitory, but had been chagrined sev- eral times that a young cowboy was always missing from his room the nights we went after him. It had become somewhat of a mystery until Bantum stumbled over a piece of rope along the west end of the Dorm. The rope was fastened to a window sill on the second story and was neatly concealed by the thick vines that covered the wall. VVe soon had the rope cut off just as high as Jones could reach after we gave him a boost, Then we' seven retreated to a nearby lilac bush to watchifor the fun when our cowpuncher should make his nocturnal descent. But after it grew dark and our legs felt cramped Bantum lost his patience, crawled over Skinny, shook his fist at us in scorn and growled. You're a bunch of boobs, all of you. Why don't you go along up to his room. We'll take the guy out for a time. Come 'long, you soap-heads. e Now, we, being Sophs of the first water, could not play yel- low to such a challenge. So off we set after Bantum, who had taken the upper cement walk towards the Dorm. Soon he swung into the grass, bringing us around to the back entrance The Spectator' 3 that led by a circular .straicase to the second floor. There our party held its council of war. Do you know where you are running in? asked Smith, who was somewhat of a diplomat. i Sure, hissed Bates, who never had much to say, It's that cowpuncher from Nevada, the kid with the permanent grin. Yes, hesitated Smith, and I'll bet hels as tough as raw- hide. Oh, you're a baked-bean boy. Cameron, be a man, put in Fulton. What do you say, kid? Smith questioned me. I guess we might as well go through with it, I answered, not knowing anything else to say. So we all filed over to the Fresh's room and Fulton rapped. Somebody inside let out a Come inf' and in we all piled. The cowboy was sitting over at his study table, his eyes on the group of us. just for my part I didn't like the set of his jaw worth a snap. As we entered, Bates hung around the door and, after quietly locking it, stuck the key in my coat pocket. We just dropped in to pay our regards, spoke up Ban- tum, who generally did the spieling. Indeed, you are welcome, came from across the table. Glad to have you call. Won't you all be seated P Now don't get gay, Fresh. Bantum was trying to scare him. We're going to take you out for a time. Understand? It's the custom here and you'll have to take yours just like we did when we were green. Do you get me ? I believe I do, came in a drawl from the cowpuncher. That's all right, fellows, I'm willing to take mine with the rest. just a minute, till I slip on a pair of trousers over these pa- jamasf' Before Bantum could object he had slipped from his chair and disappeared behind a screen. We were all standing there like gawks. Bantum lookedfover, saying by a wink, We'll have some sport with this cowpuncher. I turned toward Smith to see why he was so quiet, and nearly dropped through the floor to find myself gazing into the barrels of two colts the Fresh was 4 The Spqctatcr leveling at the bunch of us. By his narrowed eyes and square jaw it wasn't hard to surmise that he meant business. He began in his Western drawl: Now, gentlemen, hands high above your heads. That's right. The one that has my key in his pocket will please nod his head. Quick! That's right, sir. I'll take it if you don't care. Deftly he changed both pistols into his right hand and dived into my pocket with his left, withdrawing the key, which he threw on the couch. Now, see here, you. It's a pipe that the cards are in my hands, so don't start anything. You may leave this room, one by one. When the body of one has disappeared, it's the next fellow's turn. He backed over to the window. Without taking his eye oi? us, he drew the rope up, hooking it on a wooden pin in the sill. Then standing aside, he grinned. Covering Bantum with one gun, he half drawled, half hissed, Do you get me? Now git! , Well, fellows, Bantum took the first crack at the rope. He was shaking like a leaf when he crawled through and reached for the rope. He caught it, for his head shot below the sill. As Smith, at the motion of the cowpuncher's gun, walked towards the exit we distinctly heard the thud of Bantum's avoirdu- pois meeting the ground. When I rapidly calculated the dis- tance between the end of that rope and the gravel walk, I began to realize there is more than one point to some jokes. By that time Smith had landed and there was a duet of groans outside the window. We five within stood with pale faces and shaking knees, looking down the barrels of two colts. Bates was streak- ing across the room. Before I realized it, the chorus outside wasa trio and it was my turn. I could scarcely lift mly feet when I tried to walk, but got to the sill in some way and crawled over. The rope burned my hands like fire as I slid, while my body struck every projecting stone. My first aero- nautic journey was not at an end, however, when I discovered the end of the rope. The next second I hit, striking someone's foot and landing square on Bantum, who let out an Indian whoop. My three other companions joined us by jolts, las you might say. The 'air see1ned'fuIl'of Flying feet and 'hands while The Spectator 5 numerous suggestions rose above the rumpus. Soon we were disentangled and started across the campus like whipped pups. VVe seven wiser Sophs did not even become angry when we looked up and saw our cowpuncher Fresh laughing himself sick. Then he yelled something at us and drew down the blind, casting that end of the Dorm in pitchlike darkness. Military Men as Writers By J. Lewis Evans ,II ' ILITARY men are, as a whole, very rough and ready characters, this being the cause, in many cases, for their success in military life and in their military careers. Although they are of somewhat rough character, they are among the fm- est writers on political or social questions. I will give a brief account of five of the most important military myen who became well known in the literary world as writers on subjects that oc- cupied the minds of the people of their particular day. The five men I have chosen are Moltke and Frederick The Great of Germany, and Ulysses S. Grant, Robley D. Evans and Theodore Roosevelt of the United States. The first military man ,whom I will dwell on is Count Karl Von Moltke, of the great Franco-Prussian War. He was born at Parchim, Prussia, in 18oo, and died in 1891. He entered the Prussian army very young. Count Von Moltke wrote one of the finest accounts of the Franco-Prussian Vtfar ever published. It was printed in book form in 1870 and 1871. He spent about three hours each morning on this line history until it was lin- ished. He did not write memoirs, for he hated them, and he once said: If I have any memoirs, I hope they may be buried with my body. In the year 1888 Moltke wrote a book describ- ing very accurately the famous Russian-Turkish 'campaigns oi 1828-1829 in European Turkey. Not long afterwards he wrote Letters on the Affairsiin Turkey in the Years 1835-I83Q.i, In 1892 were published Letters, and The Italian War of 1866. Another military man who became well known for his writings was Frederick The Great. He was born ine Berlin, 6 The Spectator Germany, in 1712, and died in 1786. F rederick's writings were mostly in French, because he hated the German language, and once said that it was the language for the peasants. Many of his writings, especially his Antimacliievel, had their origin in the rural tranquillity of Theinsburgh. Some of Frederick's writings appeared during his lifetime, but most of them appear- ed in Oeuvres Postumes in 1788-1789. The Academy of Ber- lin revised this edition and in 1846-1857 published it, with his private literature and correspondence, under 0euvres de Fred- erick le Grand in 31 Volumes. From 1745-1750 Frederick de- voted most of his time, with the greatest activity, to the domes- tic administration, to the improvement of the army, and at the same time 'to authorship. It was during this period of his life that he wrote, Memoirs pour servira L'Histoire de Branden- boroughf' his poem L'Art de la Guerref' and other works in prose and verse. 1 The earliest of our great military men .who became a suc- fcessful writer was Ulysses S. Grant. Grant's most famous writ- ings were his lVfemoirs.', His writings were like his character, they were the embodiment of directness. Wlien he sent his dis- patches in time of war, they Were written hastily and Without forethought, and often sent off without the change of a word. Such was the case with his terms with Lee, with his uncondi- tional surrender, his Letter to Buckingham and his cele- brated dispatch: I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes me all summer. just as memorable are his words which fol- lowed his acceptance, in 1868, of the nomination for the presi- dency, Let us have Peace. On his deathbed, when he was no longer able to speak, he wrote the following: I feel that we are on the eve of a new era, when there is to be great harmony between the Federals and Confederates. I can not stay to be a living witness to the correctness of this prophecy, but I feel it within me that it is to be so. The universally kind feeling expressed for me at a time when it was supposed that each day would prove my last, seems to me to be the beginning of the answer, 'Let us have Peacef Another great personage in military affairs who has be- come well known as a writer, is Robley Dunstan Evans, of the United States Navy. He was born in 1840. Admiral Evans The Spectator 7 1 was both a great naval otiicer and a man of great forethought and engineering skill. He shows this in his many fine maga- zine articles. His three most important magazine articles ap- pear in Hampton's Magazine for January, February and March, 1910. In January he writes on the Panama Canal. In Feb- ruary he writes on Will the Panama Canal Be a Bad Business Venture ? In March he discusses the question of whether the' railroads will throttle the Panama Canal. In these three ar- ticles Admiral Evans maintains that the Panama Canal, the greatest engineering feat of America, must be made a free con- tribution to the industrial world. Once made a free canal, if controlled by public interest, it will be the regulator of rail- roads. The guarantee of cheaper rates, and the move to de- velop the marine as a faculty of commerce in peace and an auxiliary force to the navy in war, and last of all it will aid to further the cause of Universal Peace. The last great military leader of literary fame is Theodore Roosevelt. When Roosevelt was twenty-five years of age, he wrote his first book. At that time he was one of the fighters of the legislature of New York State. A few years later he be- came a ranchman, and wrote a book on his ranch life. In IQOO he wrote a book on the life and characteristics of Oliver Crom- well. When Roosevelt became Vice-President he wrote The Strenuous Life. While on his recent trip into the depths of the African forests he wrote many articles concerning the life and history of different animals. These articles are now pub- lished in book form. His latest speech of note was that delivered before the Uni- versity of Paris on April 22. His subject dealt with tlfe teach- ing of the young man and his duties of citizenship. It was pub lished throughout the whole world. I The works of these five great military writers are most in- teresting reading for both young and adult. Moltke's History of the Franco-Prussian War is one of the most interesting and instructive books I have ever read. It explains many great military expeditions in a way that the reader would think him- self he was in the war. Grant's Memoirs is another fine book, which describes many of the encounters in which Grant partici- pated. The works of Roosevelt most of us have read in the 8 ' The Spectator magazines. They show his ability as one of the greatest politi- cal leaders of the United States. 'I advise every young man, if he has a chance, to read one of the above or one of the others that I have mentioned in my article, it would be both interest- ing and educational to him. His Song By Margaret Walters ,I3 LI ! I hate it, I hate it. I hate this life. I hate the man that beats the drum. I hate everything about it. Takef me home. Please do. A small, black-haired child was huddled in a corner of the dressing room, sobbing, while a sweet-faced lady was pleading with him. Luigo, Luigo, just once. I know it is hard, dear, but you have to go on the stage tonight. You must sing. You will be my brave boy tonight, won't you P Two little arms were turned around her neck, a tear-stained face was raised to hers, and two big, brown eyes asked for for- giveness. I'm sorry, but you know I'm homesick. I want to go back to Italy. I want to be with my people. Listen! The noise! I am afraid tonight l Such big men are out there V' ' The boy again threw himself into the corner, with a sob that shook his frail little body. A Above the loud music of the orchestra could be heard the shouts and laughter of the rough miners. The theater was crowded with nearly everyone that lived in the western town. The crowd was becoming hilarious. A door, connecting the adjoining gambling den, opened. Buck, the terror of the town, came reeling out. i Muttering an oath, he called in a thick voice, K'Where is Red? I want him. I'll smash his face. I'll show him who I am, no more of his hot talk to me. As he caught sight of Red, he started towards him. Chairs were overturned. Screams were heard. Buck's leering face The Spectator 9 came close to Red's5 then he caught him by the neck. He held him till Red's face was purple, his eyes were rolling. Sudden- ly a voice, a voice of a child, sounded above the uproar. In- stantly the Fight ceased. All turned towards the stage. There they saw beautiful little Luigo. Fascinated, they gazed at the sad-faced boy in the Italian costumef They listened to catch every note of the song. And oh, such a song! No one ever forgot it. Luigo. sang of Italy, the land he loved dearly. His clear voice rang out, touching the heart of every one there. Somehow he seemed to tell them how'he loved and longed for the land he sung of, for tears dimmed the eyes of miners who thought they could no longer be touched. VVhen the last note died away, not a sound was heard for a second. Then the loud clapping broke out. Luigo fled to the loving arms in the wings. - My boy, my boy, what a success you are! If you only lovedit. But go, Luigo, they want you againf' cried the lady, as she tenderly embraced the child. I can't go again. Don't make me sing any more. A big, big lump is in my throat, he sobbed. The boy was gently pushed on the' stage. He shyly came forward, while the clapping broke out anew. In a passion of feeling he stretched out his small arms, crying: 'fDon't, don't! I don't Want to sing here anymore. I-I- take Luigo back to sunny Italy. A Visit to Mackinac Island By Frank Geis ,I2 AST summer my father took me with him on a trip up the Great Lakes. He decided to stop at Mackinac Island, because he had been greatly pleased with it on a former visit. Mackinac Island is in the Straits of Mackinac, which divides the Upper and Lower Michigan Peninsulas, connecting Lake Huron with Lake Michigan. The island is in the Lake Huron end of the Straits. It is eight miles in circumference and three and one-half square miles in area. It has been called the Gibraltar of America, as it is surrounded on three sides by im- I0 The Spectator I pregnable cliffs. The highest point on the island is 318 feet above the water. The island now called Mackinac fpronounced Mackinawj was formerly caller Milimackinac. Milimackinac in the Indian language means Great Turtle. This name came from an old Indian Legend. The inhabitants of the shore were standing where St. Ignace now stands, when an island suddenly rose up before their astonished gaze. From St. Ignace the island look- ed like a turtle, so they called it Great Turtle? The climate of Mackinac is cool. It is described by Mar- quette as nine months of winter and three months of coolness. In winter the snow sometimes drifts fifty feet high. The island is essentially a summer resort. It is covered with souvenir stores, hotels, and summer cottages. The build- ings are all of the temporary wooden kind. The population in winter is about six hundred and in summer, during the height of the season, twenty-five thousand. It is not a commercial port, although an immense amount of commerce passes it through the Straits. The principal historical points of interest on the island are Early's Farm, Astor House, Fort Holmes, and Fort Mackinac. There are many natural beauties on the island, the finest being Sugar Loaf, a solid column of stone, ninety feet high, Arch Rocks, through which a beautiful view of the Straits can be ob- tained, and Skulls' Cave. During our visit there we did not visit Early's Farm. Astor House is a spacious white, frame building, built in the Colonial style. Here the foundation of the Astor millions, made in fur trading, was laid. Fort Holmes is a circle of earthworks, built by the British in 1812 to command Fort Mackinac. There for- merly was a large wooden observation tower, 150 feet high, in the fort. There was a large number of steps about a foot wide leading to the top. A woman ascending these one day fell down and was killed. The tower was lately torn down, on ac- count of its shakiness. f Fort Mackinac towers 130 feet above the harbor, which is on the southeast side of the island. The fort is solidly con- structed of stones, quarried on the island, and cedar logs, which were brought from the mainland. The walls have lately . The Spectator ll been rebuilt and cemented, because they were about falling down. The stockade of cedar logs, which formerly surrounded the fort, has long since fallen down. The blockhouses, which are built of cedar logs, are still standing. The officers' quarters and the commissary house, both of which were built of part stone and part wood, and the men's quarters are still standing. Some of the officers' houses are now occupied as summer cot- tages. The fort and houses are all whitewashed. Fort Macki- nac and much of the land on the island is owned by the state of Michigan as a state park. Lately a bronze monument was erected there to Pierre Marquette, the discoverer of the Mis- sissippi. ' - The fort was built by the British in 1780, and, at the close of the Revolutionary War, was ceded to the United States. At the opening of the war of 1812, the fort was garrisoned by a lieutenant and fifty-seven men. Captain Roberts, of the British Army, landed on the island with a force of 300 regulars, 700 In- dians and two cannon. They surrounded the fort, built Fort Holmes, and planted a gun there which commanded the weak- est part of Fort Mackinac. The fort then surrendered. The Americans determined to make an effort to win it back. After Pearyis victory a portion of his fleet, with 750 men on board, set out for the island. They landed at the same spot where the British had landed before. Trying to storm the fort, they were defeated. In their return to the ships they were surprised and fired upon by a masked battery and a large force hid in a woods. This was the battle of Early's Farm. The Americans arrived at their ships with a loss of seventy-five men in killed and wounded. It being found impracticable to take the fort it was determined to reduce it by starvation. For this purpose the Tigress and Scorpion were left behind. They found the schooner Nancy, laiden with six months' supplies for the garrison, opened fire and blew her up, cargo and all. With starvation staring them in the face the garrison, under com- mand of Lieutenant Woolsey, set out in open boats, and in the dead of night boarded and captured the Tigress, where she was lying at anchor at Detour. Two days later they captured the Scorpion, by sailing close up to her in the guise of friend- liness and then opening tire. The Mackinac blockade was now I2 -The Spectator . raised. This was the last historical event in these waters, until by the treaty of peace the island was given back to the Ameri- cans. For eighty years it was a government military post, un- til it was abandoned in 1895. 1 At the time of our visit last summer we were impressed by the abundance of lilacsg the island is covered with them. The lilacs grow not on bushes, but on trees. These trees grow as large as, and often larger, than our apple trees. The trunks are sometimes two feet in diameter. Mackinac Island is peculiarly suited for busy people seek- ing rest and repose, as nowhere can be found more perfect quietude. P Nina's Escapade By Margaret Ambrose '13 N a room cosily furnished and adorned with Christy pic- tures and colored pennants, stood a tall, graceful girl. Her dark brown hair fell in wavy masses around her high fore- head. VVith her hands behind her, she stood looking out the window, over a well-kept lawn, which terminated in a grove in the distance. The young thing smiled in anticipation of the good time she would soon have. Nina King was always anticipating fun and pleasure. Among all the girls of the Freshman class, she was the leader of the merry-making. For tonight the Freshman girls had planned a feast. Every nrember of the class was more than enthusiastic for its success. Almost at the last hour, however, Nina had told some of the girls that she could not be present. She was very sorry, she said, but she had such a dreadful headachef, and so would stay in her room all evening. VVho, to see her now, would believe the dreadful headache possible? She had turned suddenly away from the window with a little giggle, and half running across the room, threw herself upon the couch among a lot of college cushions, to com- plete the plan she had been forming. For several minutes she I The Spectator I3 remained in an apparent deep study, and then jumping, up she exclaimed: It's the very thing, funny I didn't think of that before. Oh! NVon't the girls be frightened, and won't it be fun, tho! She walked over to her wardrobe and taking out a dark blue skirt, surveyed it critically. Then laying it on a chair with a satisfied expression on her laughing face, she went to her dressing table. Opening a drawer, she took out a box of trin- kets, and from the bottom of the odd collection brought forth a large pair of goldarimmed spectacles, putting them on, she glanced at her reflection in the mirror. The sight that met her gaze was so ludicrous that she laughed aloud. lt was such a merry little laugh, as though she already pictured herself in attire like that of the matron. After replacing the glasses she took up her Greek, and glanced over the next day's lesson, while awaiting the time for action. Isn't this perfectly delightful, exclaimed stout little Kitty Brown, as she settled herself more comfortably among a host of cushions piled on the floor. She indeed looked as snug as a little kitten. It is simply grand, answered one of the other girls, who sat opposite Kitty, munching a large piece of cake. And we cannot possibly be detected, she continued, as we have made everything so secure, and the matron is not like- ly to be around, as you know she has been rather ill today. Everything would be complete were Nina only here, chimed in another girl. I am very sorry she could not COXIIC, for she makes everything so jolly and we always have more fun when she is with us. q Let us drink a toast to Nina, even though she is not here, spoke up Katharine Raymond, a tall, pleasant-looking girl, who was dishing out ice cream and passing bonbons at the same time. The idea was met with general favor and one of the girls arose with mock gravity to deliver the toast. I Girls, she commenced, holding up her glass containing orange Sherbert, we are here this evening- But' she got no further. Rap! rap! came the loud knocks on the door. A general I4 The Spectator scurry, a few exclamations of Uh ! and then all was still with- in. The door slowly opened upon quiet and darkness, for the 'light had quickly been turned out. A tall, dark figure walked slowly in, and in a firm, solemn voice, demanded, What does this mean PI' A hushed silence followed and after the question had been 'repeated and still received no answer, the figure moved toward the electric light switch and turned it on. VVhat met the gaze of the intruder may well be imagined. Cushions thrown in every direction and girls huddled up in corners and some under the bed. Girls, I am surprised that you have so deceived me, came from the supposed matron. I will say no more tonight, how- ever, but I want to see you all in the principa1's office tomor- row. But scarcely had these words been spoken when the door opened to admit another matron. Great was the surprise and wonder of all and many exelamations were heard as the two tall figures stood facing each other. A suppressed giggle finally came from the one, as she tore oft the glasses, and, hanging' her head, repeated: I am sorry. Nina! came from a chorus of voices, as Nina slowly fol- lowed the matron out of the room on the ,way to the principal's office, for such an offense could not wait until morning. A Summer Night By H. K. ,II AR in the depths of yon mysterious dome of night' Bright and majestic reigns the placid moong In meadows broad and fair the moonlight streams, Soft on the mist-hung earth she sheds her beams, VVhere dewy blossoms nod, brushed by the night moth's flight W'rapt in their magic gloom . The pines gigantic loom Thru the soft moonlight of the summer night. The Spectator I5 List to the restless throbbing silence of the summer night, Wherein the myriad ceaseless voices blend, A gentle whisper rustles thru the trees, Where softly stirs a wandering western breeze, Faint from the fields is heard the cricket's chirrup light, Clearly the tree-toads trill, Far off a whip-poor-will Calls thru the living silence of the night. The Duet By J. H. C. ,II T was within an hour of the time at which she had prom- ised to give an answer. Should she accept him? She was sure she loved him and he had' assured her that their life together should be more beautiful than all the success either had attained. But that was the question. On the opposite side of the room lay two violins, side by side, in their open cases. One was her own, the other-his. He had left it there in the afternoon, after the concert, in which both had taken part, perhaps as a second reason for returning that evening. , Crossing to where they lay, she caressingly lifted her own, tuned it gently to the other, and started to play one of her con- cert numbers, the one with which she had gained so much re- nown. Gradually she became unconscious of her surroundings and drifted away to the scenes she knew so well-the large con4 cert halls, the bright lights, the varied but always enthusiastic audience, and finally to the performance of that afternoon. The last vision, together with the eighth stroke of the clock, brought her to the consciousness of her whereabouts and to the realization that the time had come when she must make known her decision. Turning to the empty case she thrust the instrument into it, and dreamily gazing before her, addressed the violin re- provingly: VVhy should I hesitate on your account? You, 2. box of wood, a lifeless objectg You, a thing without a soul! - I6 The Spectator i f But she stopped. It seemed to murmur. She stopped to listen and it whispered, NVe have been so much to each otherfl She was about to take it up again when the other violin made answer to her own, But we will play together. just then there was a knock at the door. She knew who it was and called to him to enter. He opened the door and stepped in, but hesitated. She was kneeling just oposite him, between the two violins. Rising slowly, she advanced to meet him. I have come for your answer, he said softly. Her head drooped, she struggled and finally won. Raising her head again she answered slowly, We will play togetherf, . -iii. I I V, Q ,. . The Spectator I7 An Aviation Meet By W. R. T. ,II n HE first heavier-than-air machines I have ever seen, aside from Russ' and those in pictures, were at an aviation meet at Asbury Park this summer. The meet was scheduled to run only a week, but on account of adverse weather conditions it proved so unsatisfactory that it was cotinued for three more days. On the first two of these days a high wind was blowing, which meant no Hying, for all the aviators seem to agree with Curtiss, who said: When you see kites in the air you don't see me. Some of the air-men, disgusted- at the weather, leftg only Hoxsey, Johnstone and Brookins remained for the closing day. The last day of the meet dawned clear and bright, with hardly a breath of air blowing-an ideal day for flying. When we arrived at the field, the three aviators were busily engaged in testing wires and supports and in filling up with gasoline, oil and water. Promptly at the scheduled time, johnstone's machine, a Wright biplane, was pulled out on the field. After Johnstone had cranked his motor he took his place in the driver's seat, preparatory to starting. He turned on more gasoline and the motor responded with a roar, sending the propellors around so quickly that they looked like one unbroken surface. The ma- I8 The Spectator Chine ran gently along the ground, and then sailed gracefully and majestically into the air. It looked exactly like a great bird, that has to run along the ground until it acquires momen- tum enough to rise into the air. On this flight Johnstone did not exhibit any skill, but con- tented himself with flying around the field a .couple of times. Hoxsey came next, but his rudder wires got crossed and his machine refused to rise. He then took another machine and had better luck. He steadily rose in the air until he reached a height of about 1,500 feet, and then started seaward and was soon lost to sight. During his absence Johnstone went up again. On this flight he cut figure eights and turned around so sharply that his machine seemed to stand on end. At the close of this flight, which had lasted about thirty minutes, he gave the crowd an exhibition of the ease and accuracy with which he could handle his frail-looking craft. He came along at about thirty-five miles an hour, shooting up and down like a small boat at sea, now so close to the ground that the tips of his planes plowed up the dust, now thirty feet in the air. He repeated this at least a dozen times without the slightest mis- hap. In the meanwhile Hoxsey had returned'and we were treat- ed to the magnificent sight of two aeroplanes in the air at once. Several other flights by these two men followed, but as I was by this time looking for an unusual exhibition of the aviator's skill, I was slightly disappointed in them. VVhen a large part of the crowd had departed, Brookins appeared for his only flight that day. His flight did not make us a bit sorry that we had remained to the end. He steadily arose until he had attained a height of a little over 2,000 feet. Then, shutting off his engine, he came swooping earthward like some giant bird after its prey. People began toflook anxious, fearing an accident when he attempted to land. But they did not know Brookins. Under perfect control, his ma- chine slid swiftly along the ground for some distance, and then came gently to a stop. This sensational flight of Brookins ended the meet. The crowd rapidly left the field, all seemingly impressed with a firm conviction that man has at last conquered the air. I myself am The Spectator I9 perfectly willing to predict that before another decade I shall travel to Asbury Park in a heavier-than-air machine, stopping at will at stations on the route. Counting the Cost By Ruth Sellers ,II EE-ACON HAWSON was a stern, old-fashioned Men- nonite to whom anyone who played cards, danced or wore fancy clothing, was vain and worldly and was sure to be punished hereafter. The Deacon had a son, Caleb, whom he was endeavoring to raise as he had been raised. But Caleb was of a more modern time than his father, and gay posters of cir- cus scenes and theatrical bulletins, which he saw when in town selling butter and eggs, had caused him to think by day and dream by night of the wonders portrayed on them. Sometimes he would dream that he was driving a chariot and lashing the horses with the reigns, as the man on the billboard did, or per- haps that he was saving a beautiful girl, who looked just like Phoebe Crebbern, from death at the hands of a terrible villain, an act he had seen depicted on a poster. Then Caleb began to practice these acts in secret. He would go to his room, lock the door and wrapping a cover from his bed around himself, to represent the flowing 'robes of the charioteer, would lash a chair with a piece of rope and wave his arms. fSometimes he would confidej Deacon Hawson knew nothing of this, for though Caleb was noticeably quiet he went about his work as usual, per- forming tasks now very irksome to him. But Caleb was form- ing a plan to run away from his home, which had become now very disagreeable to him, and seek these wonders in the city. One Saturday morning he was sent alone to the city with the produce. Now I have my chance,', thought Caleb. But will I take it ? He was not at all sure of himself. Then he be- gan to plan what his father would say and how his mother would look when the old mare came back alone. He would fasten a note to Sally's bridle, where his father would be sure 20 The Spectator to see it, explaining the cause the folks that some day when would come back. just as he varia-colored poster caught his and stood in front of it. Never that. A drunken man was just over the head, with a bottle. of his leaving home and telling he was great and wealthy he was entering the city a huge, eye. He got out of the buggy had he seen a horrid poster like in the act of hitting a little girl Caleb was astounded and stood as one in a dream, while the old mare nibbled the grass along the roadside. Was act- ing like that the way to wealth and glory ?,' Would he have to do it? If he did could he ever conscientiously come back for Phoebe Crebbern, as he hrmly intended to do? Then thoughts of his father's wrath and his motherls grief, which before this had not been considered, and the hatred which all the people in that part of the country, who had known him all his life, would bear him, made him say to himself, Is it worth while Pl' Without answering himself, he got back in the buggy, touched up the old mare and drove off toward town. He sold his produce and on the way home that afternoon passed the poster, without even a glance at it. Caleb, now a young man, goes several nights a Week to court Phoebe. It is rumored they are to be married in the near future. He is a sub-deacon in the church now and although he goes to town every week he never permits himself to see a bill-board. Tricky By Ruth Eldridge '12 early June. The air was de- T was a misty morning in lightfully cool. The horse, in her stall, thought so. Uncle Billy, walking towards the stable but a small Billy, who just came bing his eyes, did not think so. looked much better. Billy! hey Billy! Where on earth is that young rascal? Oh! here at last, are you? Step lively now, and feed those pigs. They have been squealing for breakfast for an hour now. And to feed the stock, thought sog out of the house, sleepily rub- A certain, small, white bed The Spectator . 21 Billy, this afternoon bring old Tricky down to the office, for I shall need her. And mind, young man, if you don't show up at the office at three o'clock, there will be a certain small boy who will wish hickory trees had never been inventedf, So saying, Uncle Billy walked off, and small Billy, waiting till he was a proper distance away, made a face at the retreating back. Even if Uncle Billy had seen it, that's all the good it would have done him, for in oft-repeated trials of speed, young Billy had come out ahead, all but once, and that was when-but that is another story. Two o'clock came. Young Billy was down at the creek, catching crabs. A loud whinny brought him back to earth and duties. Dropping crab nets and crabs, he broke into a run for the house, gave a horrified glance at the clock, and prompted by a painful recollection of former duties forgotten, hurried in- to the stable, and to Tricky's stall. Tricky got her name from a very bad habit of hers. When- ever any one came towards her with her saddle, she took a deep breath, 'and held it while the girth was tightened. Then she let her breath out and the girth was nice and loose. Usually the person putting on the saddle gave Tricky a sharp blow in the side and before she could get her breath again clinched the girth tighter., This day Billy was in such a hurry that he forgot to give Tricky a slap, and she held her breath till she nearly burst, all unnoticed by Billy. Billy climbed on Tricky's back, but being too small to reach the stirrups, slipped his feet between the straps above the stirrups and giving Tricky a slap, started on a gallop for town. The road was straight and Tricky was a race horse. All went right for the first two miles. just as Tricky was going her best, the saddle slipped and turned over, and a certain surprised Billy was being dragged over the rocky roads, but not for far, for the wise horse braced her feet, and ploughed furrows in the ground for about six feet. She knew more than Billy did. But boys will be boys. Billy jumped up and brushed himself off: a few minutes later surprised neighbors were watching a distant gal- loping figure. Billy arrived in town fifteen minutes late, but received no 22 The Spectato-r lecture. Perhaps Uncle Billy thought he had already received some punishment, though not a word of Billy's mishap did Uncle Billy hear. Whither Thou Goest By Helen Eldridge ,I2 T was a beautiful spring day in 1762. The trees were bud- dingg the grass was growing, and there was that in- describable odor in the air which tells of spring. Ruth VVinters thought that she had never seen a more beautiful day. As Ruth walked along, she glanced curiously at the quiet dress of the two Quakers in front of her. It seemed strange that these people, who had such good, kind faces, could be wicked heretics, as her father had taught her to believe. Absorbed in her thoughts, she did not notice that a crowd was collecting, until she was roused from her reverie by hearing a voice'cry, Down with the Quakers ! The cry was taken up and repeated by the mob, which be- gan to press in upon the Quakers and Ruth, whom they had mistaken for a Quaker alseo. Then one of the Quakers turned to Ruth and said: I am sorry that thee is annoyed on our ac- count. Ruth turned and saw a sweet-faced Quaker girl of about her own age. The girl continued: HI am Miriam Sharp- less, andf' turning to the young man, this is my cousin, Roger Sharpless. VVe were coming from Meeting ,when the crowd surrounded us. Thee is not afraid, I hope P Ruth laughed and said: I am afraid I was, but the crowd is dispersing now. I am Ruth Winters. The crowd, seeing that the Quakers could not be made angry by their taunts and jeers, had dispersedg and Ruth and the Quakers were standing alone. I must hurry home now, Ruth -continued. My father will think that Iam lost. We just came to London, and I have not yet become acquainted with the town. We should be pleased to have thee come and see us, said Miriam, if thee likes. I shall be delighted, replied Ruth. I do not know any- one yet, and I do get dreadfully lonesome. The Spectator 33 After bidding each other goodbye, Ruth and the Quakers parted. Ruth was very glad that she had met the Quakers, even in such...an odd way. ' A Ruth went to see Miriam that evening, and many other evenings. Roger insisted always on escorting her home, al- though Ruth assured him that it was unnecessary. Captain VVinters, Ruth's father, looked with dislike on these frequent visits, for he hated all Quakers. He finally forbade the visits altogether, and Ruth saw her new friends only when she met them on the street. Suddenly these meetings stopped, and Ruth saw no more of Miriam. She became very worried about her friend, and she finally decided to break her father's command. ' One evening, when her father was away, Ruth hurried to Miriam's house.' There she found that Miriam was very ill. After the first visit she often went to see her sick friend, and from these visits Roger always accompanied her home. On her last visit she learned that Miriam's and Roger's families were going to the new country, America, with William Penn. She bid her friend goodbye, and Roger, when he took her home, lingered longer than usual. As they stood talking Ruth said: I shall miss you so, Roger. You and Miriam were my first friends here, you know. Roger turned suddenly and said: Will thee really miss me, Ruth? WOH,t thee come to America with me, as my wife ? just then Ruth heard her father's step. Oh, go, she cried. My father is coming. Not until thee promises, Ruth, Roger replied. Oh, I can't, I can't, Ruth said. My father. Captain Winters stepped up to Ruth. Where have you been? he asked sharply. And whom, may I ask, is this? turning to Roger. I I went to see Miriam, Ruth said, straightforwardly. This is Roger, her cousin. I Whom Ruth is going to marry, added Roger. Is thee not ? Ruth merely nodded. Captain Winters laughed harshly. I think that I will say something to that, he said. Ruth, go into the house. 24V The Spectator As Ruth walked up the path to the house, Captain Winters turned and said: My dear sir, I warn you not to trespass on my grounds again. He turned then and followed Ruth into the house, and Rogers walked sadly home. The next day, as Roger was walking past Ruth's homie, a servant hurried up to him and said: Miss Ruth said you should come in. She wants to see you. As Roger walked up the path, Ruth hurried to meet him. Roger, she said, I want to go to America with you. Father thinks that the servants can prevent my running off, but jane, here she nodded to the servant, 'left me out. Come at about eleven o'clock, and I will be ready. Thee can stay tonight with Miriam, and tomorrow, be- fore the ship sails, we can get married, added Roger. They parted then, Ruth to get ready for the journey, and Roger to tell Miriam about his plans, and bid her prepare for a guest. Alt the appointed time, Ruth crept softly down the stairs. Jane was waiting for hair. She quietly unlocked the door and Ruth, after kissing Jane goodbye, went out. Roger was waiting for her. He hurried up to her and said softly: Is thee ready ?,' Ruth nodded. Then Roger said to her, gravely: Ruth, dear, it is not too late for thee to return if thee wishes. Thee is giving up thy country, religion and father. Think well before thee chooses, Ruth. Ruth looked up, and sweetly said, as the other Ruth had said: Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from follow- ing after theeg for whither thou goest, I will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge, thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. The Spectator 25 Zlibe 'ileligh School Spectat r JOHNSTOWN, PA., SEPTEMBER, 1910 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 75 CENTS. PER COPY. I0 CENTS. Boitottal ano :Business Staff. Editor-in-Chief JOHN H. COVER 1911 Associate Editor THOMAS J. CROCKER 1911 Exchange Editors School News Editors BLANCHE YBOYD 1911 WILLIAM JODER 1911 MARY RYAN 1911 JOSEPH MEYER '1911 Art Editor Society Editors BERTHA STAMMLER 1911 MARY HANSON 1911 General News Editor LEONE RAAB 1911 WALDO WRIGHT 1911 Class Representatives MABEL SHUMAKIR 1912 WALTER KREBS 1913 NANCY GARDNER 1914 Chief Business Manager PHILIP E. THOMAS 1911 Associate Business Manager EUGENE SCHRADER 1911 Assistant! ROBERT SCHAD 1911 DONALD DAVIS 1911 J. LEWIS EVANS 1911 LEO TRENT 1911 CARL HALLER 1912 CARL LUDWIG 1912 JAMES SHULTZ 1913 THE SPECTATOR ls published monthly durlng the school term. Address all communications to THE SPECTATOR, High School Building, Johnstown. Pa. Entered at the Postoftice, Johnstown, Pa., as second-class mall matter. In order to Insure publication ln the current Issue, all MSS. must be handed In to the editor not later than the gd of each month. Editorial ITH THIS, the September issue, the Johnstown High School Spectator enters upon the thirteenth year of its publication. On the students, in whose interest the Spectator is pub- lished, devolves the duty of equalling and, if possible, exceed- ing, past successes. By the merits of former volumes, the Spec- tator has received recognition from New England to Texas and California. Let us strive in the succeeding issues to attain this standard. 26 The Spectator To the members of the faculty who return to the duties laid aside last June we give a hearty greeting. To those whose places we find vacant we send our best wishes. To the new members of the faculty we extend a sincere welcome. The Spectator follows with interest the progress made by the Municipal Improvement Committee. The purpose for which it is formed is praiseworthy. It is a step forward for the welfare of the city, when an assembly of business men, members of the two leading political bodies, devotes much of its time to considering and recommending 'municipal reform. Problems which have been discussed and suggestions con- cerning which have been considered by the city council and which are foremost in the need of reform are overhanging signs, uniform sidewalks constructed of durable material and kept in a state of repair, overhead wires, sewers, city weigh scales, parks and playgrounds. f A diliicult problem on which this committee is now divided is the changing of the present form of city government by leg- islative enactment to that of an elective commission. The two forms of commissioned government are represented by two leading western and southern cities, Galveston, Texas., and Des Moines, Iowa. The Galveston form invests unlimited power in 'a committee of five, the Des Moines government places in the control of the people the power of recall and referendum, ini- tiative and petition. This is the problem with which the com- mittee is struggling at present. . The report from the Ballinger-Pinchot investigating com- mittee is a disappointment to all who hoped for an honest judg- ment of this extraordinary case. The Democrats and insurgent Republicans have voted to condemn Ballinger, while the so- called stand-pat Republicans have refused to take action. Should the latter put forth a resolution it is likely to be a direct contradiction of that of their fellow-cbmmitteemen. It is de- plorable that a court of justice should make or withhold its judgmient for political purposes. We cannot help thinking that such a prostitution of justice has occurred in the present in- stance. The Spectator 27 Exchanges After a pleasant vacation of three months The Spectator is ready to welcome and criticize its Exchanges. Among the Exchanges this month we find the following: The Argus, The Dickinsonian, The Mercury, The Conwayan, The F. 81 M. VVeekly, The Tiltonian, Ogontz Mosaic, The Ju- niata Echo, The Alvernia, The Tooter, The Advance, The School Bulletin, High School junto, The Red and Black, The Critic, The Masten Park Chronicle, The Triangle, VVah Hoo and High School Student. High School Junto: Your stories are excellent. Don't you think more cuts would improve your paper? Advance: Your football number for May, IQIO, is a clever one. Your stories are exceptionally entertaining. The F. Sz M. NVeekly is, as ever, welcome. The Commencement Number of the Dicksonian is snappy. Conwayan and Masten Park Chronicle: You would have a neater paper if you kept your advertisements and your litera- ture separate. The Tooter: Your cuts in the Comet Number are well worked out. The Exchanges received so far are goodg next month we expect to receive more and to give them more extensive com- ment. ,u I 28 The Spectator TOTTEIET EMERSON SOCIETY A The Hrst meeting of the Emerson Society was held in the Study Hall, Friday, September 12th. The minutes were read by the secretary, after which john Cover, the president pro tem, made a short speech to the senior members. The new memlbers were then admitted to the society. The constitution and by-laws of the Emerson Society were read by the secretary. ' T. K. E. SOCIETY The first meeting of the TQK. E. Literary Society was held in the Auditorium, September 9th. After the reading of the minutes by the secretary the new members were admitted. The reading of the constitution and by-laws by the secretary followed. The meeting then adjourned. AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION The Agassiz Association is a national organization inter- ested in the various branches of the natural sciences. The Johnstown Chapter was organiied by students of the High School in the autumn of 1907. The first meeting of this school 1 The Spectator 29 year was held on Monday evening, September 12th. At that meeting it was decided to invite all students in the High School who are lovers of nature to become members. Ulttllkllla 2 Carl Glock and Ira Dempsey, editor andfbusiness manager of last year's Spectator, are enrolled at W'illiams College. At Lawrenceville, Morley Kline, XValter Kress and Albert Walters represent High Sch00l's class of 1910. At Princeton University are Todd Cochran '07, and Fritz Mayer '1o. We are glad to note that George Wfeaver Ex-'05, is editor of the Wasliirigtoii Sz Jefferson School publication. High School will be represented at State College this fall by the following: Frank Hoerle '07, Arthur James '08, Harry Shryock '07, Bryant ltell '08, john Rodgers, '09, james Dolan '09, Earl Glock Ex-'09, Earl Burkhart '09, Frank Kramer '10, Harry Chamberlain '10, NVilliam Dempsey Ex-'09, and John Thomas 'IO. Fritz Krebs '07 and Richard NVolle '09 are at Cornell. Dan Jones '07 will return to his study under Jonas in Ber- lin, Germany. Miss Glenn '08, and Miss Thackeray '08, are again enrolled at Bryn Mawr. Francis VV0lle '07, Harry Raab '09, Frank Breniser '09, former editor of The Spectator, and john VVeir '10 will be found at the University of Pennsylvania. James Henderson '09 will enter Harvard, Newton D. Swank ,OQ will complete his course at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, next spring. Miss Mary E. Jones will enter the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music this fall. 30 The Spectator Miss Lulu Burggraf will teach for seven months in Beaver County. Miss Clarke will return to Smith, where she is a Junior. ' Miss Margaret Krebs and Miss Lillian Murdock will go to Dana Hall, Wellesley. , Miss Amanda Mary Taylor will matriculate at Simmons College, Boston. Colonel Roosevelt at present is traveling through the West on a speech-making tour. A hearty welcome has been tendered him in every place his train passed through and wherever he made an address. In the East his speeches were of a local in- terest or enthusiastic character. He has made his greatest talks at Denver, Cheyenne, Omaha and Osawatomie. Men who are up to the minute in politics declare that the Colonel has shown himself to be a Federalist. It is evident from his receptions that he is endeared to the majority of Americans. ' The rains of the last few weeks have put an end to the for- est fires in the VVestern states. The fires in Oregon and Wash- ington filled the air with such stifling smoke that navigation was impeded to 300 miles from the Pacific coast. Mayor Gaynor will recover, after being shot a few weeks ago by an assassin. The New York executive has been re- moved from the hospital to his home at St. James, Long Island, where he is rapidly improving. The latest news from Nicaragua says that the revolution is at last over. General Estrada claims to be in command of the situation. This month our Southern neighbor, Mexico, will celebrate her centennial, The United States has subscribed 350,000 to- wards a peace monument to be erected. Curtis Guild, former ,governor of Massachusetts, is the special envoy of President Taft. Mexico has lately expended 551,500,000 on fountain, pub- lic baths, bridges, pavements, and in other improvements of the City of Mexico. The report that Corea has been annexed to Japan has been verified. Those who study history are not surprised by the -change. Once again has the German Kaiser set Europe talking, by an assertion, part of which states that he is the instrument of The 'Spectator 31 the Lord, and,' regardless ofthe views and opinions of the hour, I shall go my way. The Socialists are jubilant over this latest blunder, as they call it, and assert that it will bring them fifty more seats in the next Reichstag. , l.-i-1 i fi'mlllf. TllC5 l 1 'fi-L Wim FOOTBALL AND TRACK Conducted by Associate Editor. Following closely upon the opening of the school term comes something always looked forward to with much pleasure and expectation-the opening of the football season. Practice commenced on Monday, September 11th, and every one who possibly can should turn out. The new rulings, which have been decided upon, should be more of an advantage than an impedi4 ment to our team, for skill and speed, not weight, will be the chief requirements this year. As there are seven letter men and a nuniber of well-seasoned subs back in school, the out- look for a successful season is most favorable. , Now, since a successful team is probable, the success of the football season is, as you may say, up to the student body. They must make it a financial success. -The only way to do this is to buy a season ticket, and thoroughly canvass the city to sell admission tickets. The season tickets for this year cost both girls and boys one dollarg the students can readily see the splendid bargain offered by the A. A. from the fact that there 32 The Spectator Will be eight games played at home, only one, the Pittsburgh High School game, being played away from home. Therefore, be a good sport, buy a ticket, and get out and root. THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURG MEET On the twenty-first-of last May Johnstown sent eight en- tries to a large track meet held at Pittsburgh under the auspices of the University of Pitsburgh. Although represented by this small number, we made an excellent showing, linishing second to Pittsburgh High School. The Johnstown point winners were Ludwig, Stull, Chamberlain, Grumbling and Butler. THE PRINCETON ALUMNI MEET On the twenty-eighth of May Johnstown again sent a team to Pittsburgh, this time winning nineteen QIQJ points and fin- ishing third. The Johnstown point winners were Chamberlain, Butler, Stull, Grumbling and Ludwig. Mose Chamberlain was easily the star of the team, making eleven CIIJ of our nine- teen QIQJ points. McEldowney, of Shadyside Academy, the in- dividual point winner, made twelve points. ELECTION OF A. A. OFFICERS The returns of the election of officers for the A. A. on Sep- tember 6th were as follows: President-Miller Bell '1 1. Vice President-Carl Ludwig ,I2. Treasurer-Philip Thomas '11, Secretary-Thomas Crocker ,II School News Each succeeding year brings with it an increased attend- ance in High School. Observe the following facts: NUMBER ENROLLED SEPT., 1910-614 NUMBER ENROLLED SEPT., IQOQ-576 INCREASE- 38 At the first glance this does not seem to tally with the crowded condition of the building, but when we take into Con- The Spectator 33 sideration the large number who have dropped out or gradu- ated, we see that the above result is extremely gratifying. W'ith the opening of the present school term we remark many radical changes in High School. In place of holding the morning exercises every morning, as has heretofore been the custom, it is the intention of those in charge to hold them only on Friday of each week. Every student greatly regrets this fact. The length of the daily sessions has also undergone a change. Instead of the usual three periods in each session, we now have four 45-minute periods, from 8:45 a. m. to I2 noon, and two periods of the same length from 1:15 to 3:00 p. m., with a seventh half-hour period as a study period for those whose work during the day has not been satisfactory. This arrangement may be the fore-runner of a single ses- sion school day. , XN'e are greatly pleased that the walls and ceilings have been tinted, the new lights, too, call forth much praise and a vote of thanks. We have missed the High School Orchestra during the first few days, but we are confident that such will not be the case all year. For in so large an enrollment as We now have there surely must be musicians who are willing and able to ex- ert themselves to maintain an orchestra. Now those who have orchestral ability should organize for practice and we shall en- joy fine music in our chapel. 5 The decision of the Spectator staff to present a hand- some class pennant to the one of the three lower classes having the greatest number of printed contributions, not fewer than sixteen, in the first eight issues, should arouse the members of these classes to unprecedented action. On Septembenthe eighth the Senior Class elected the fol- lowing officers: President, William E. Joderg Vice President, Robert A. Trossg Secretary, Leone Raab, Treasurer, William R. Thomas, Class Historian, Ora Pearl Giflin. On the preceding day the Juniors elected the following: President, Karl D. Ludwig 5 Vice President, Stewart Grum- blingg Secretary, Catherine Philsong Treasurer, Everett Cus- ter. 34 The Spectator ei E We F U N S P 0 T 'm ai Cnce more again, The Funny Men, Are burning lots of oilg 'Tis the midnight kind, Whicli you will find XVherever F. M. toil. Reams on reams, A sea, it seems, Of paper, falls like raing As the Funny Men, Once more again Crack by-gone jokes in vain. So if, old friends, The jokester sends, I 'Stead of some up to the letter, just up and shake, fi Forget the fake, And get acquainted better! If this edition is not good, blame it on th itors. Meyer got too much lather mixed in. e new Funny Ed The Spectator 35 Why did Joke-bs part with his Goa-T? The laboratory became too crowded, of course! Tomorrow comes and we are where? - Regulars-Sam Paulis Fussers-At fussee's Delinquents- Toofer Five Club. A. T. Church. But many of the First two may find themselves in the third. Such is life! We hear from reliable sources that Cover has been subject to a certain Payne all summer. But Cover declares that it was not a painful subject. Students! This is bargain year. Half rates on all punish- ments. Formerly Five. Now Two For Five. Seen on State Road. HEDUCATE YOUR GIRL AT ROWE CQLLEGEJ' CAS students of H. S., we advise you to educate her at High Schoolj Junior- I think Eddie Edwards would join the 'Toofer Five Club,' but his father wouldn't hear of it. Senior- He wouldn't hear of it! Why, I know half a doz- en fellows who would join it if their fathers wouldnit hear of it. Would it be proper, in speaking of a Freshman who had not come in contact with the fists of a Sophomore, to call him unsophisticated ? ' S, ' Go to Blocks for a square meal! Fall in line for the new club. This is Mr. Kr-B-l's latest. It meets at 2:45 just anywhere you happen to get in. It is known as the Two For Five, alias 2-4-5, alias Toofer Five, alias Two Four Five, alias Too 4 Five, etc., etc., etc. n 36 The Spectator H Although we greatly miss the deceased U5 O'Clock Clubf, we can still remember some of the heavy dues, and we Welcome a club requiring only half rates. Such a worthy cause as this de- mands your constant patronage! BIG CLASS RUSH! On the Point Sept. 31, 1910 Under the auspices of the J. H. S. A. A. SOPHS vs. FRESHMEN Faculty Representative-Geo Metry Referee-Izzy Burlap 2 :9o P. M. Admission 49c We wonder if those square boys in Physics Class -are any relation to the blockheads in the Freshman Class. Staley has adopted a new system of modified spelling. We can vouch for its originality. Here's a specimen of Pete's genius Qor artlessnessj: Centermeter. Of all we hear of these chestnuts, nothing is ever said of the worm. CONSOLATION 1911 to 1914 As Freshmen we entered Johnstown High, With Sophomores at our heels, And were always glad when they passed us by In the basement at our meals. We went at our studies like good little boys, Never trusting ourselves to our luck, And always skidooed if we heard any noise Down where the Sophs always duck. But soon we had entered our Sophomore year, Experience helped in the sport The Spectator 37 Of pulling the Fresh from his corner of fear And 'cooling his fears quart by quart. S0 come, little Fresh, take courage from this, And back up your fears by the hope That next year you'll have the pleasure and bliss Of applying to others the soap. , Echo Fron1'Chapel Mr. K.- I knew that somebody was on their feet that d1dn't belong there. Right you are, Mr. K.! VVe heard someone shout under her breath, Get off my feetli' F-ftcalling on his lady friend, B-J: I see there is only one chair here. Iill bring one in from the library. B- Never mind. I'm not expecting any more company tonight. Q11 230 p. m. Enter B's fatherj Her Father fangrilyj- Young man, do you know that you've been calling upon my daughter since seven o'clock F F- Yes, sirg but she's been sitting on my hat for the last three hours and I didn't want to tell her. Her Father- Then, hereafter, keep your hat off your lap. Hang it on the rack in the hall' ' PRONE 2494 FOR A FREE DEMONSTRATION ian: gum' Cillmnera 31211205 Svpmaltg Salma Gln. jljngjghg with H 417 Jfrunkltn Bt. m- m, mu i . m ' Zlnhnntnum Iimnnglnanm an UW' Qllzanrr Qllmntng Harry G Qlrantrr llllanagrr WE CLEAN ANYTHING IN Youn Home AT Low PRICESW Here's to our Harry: May the 'dust' in his pocketbook gather as fast as the dust in the homes of prospective patrons. 38 ' K The Spectator Although we have given up hope of seeing a new piano, we trust that our grandchildren will live to have that pleasure. Fellows, 'fess up now. How many of you ever heard the following before: Oh! For cheese sakeli' HAPPENINGS or THE FIRST DAY. g Dignified Soph to his Freshman brother, who was so excit- ed 'over entering High School that sleep was impossiblej- If you don't go to sleep I'1l not waken you in the morning. Weatherman Lorentz reported a foot raise in the Stony- creek about the time that Gerber tried to take a short cut to Kernville to escape a mob of enraged Sophoinores. Miss W.- Robert, what is the most beautiful periodic sen- tence you have ever heard P Dubby fjust getting awakej- I got the wrong book! Fresh Qat noonj- Where do you go when you come back after dinner ?', Soph- Dear knows where you go, but I generally go into CLI! I7 One Fresh.- Say, did you know that there's a blind teach- er in High School F Too Fresh- No, who P One Fresh- Mr. Church. Too Fresh- How's that P One Fresh- I went down to see him about my program, and he asked me three times where my hat was, and it was on my head all the time! ' Heard in German. The features of the Colonel sat in front of me. Porias: The sandy surface of the wind. Did You Ever- Witness a hair-spring? Have a dress-suit? See a shirt-waist anything? x The Spectator 39 Don't Read This. QFive linotypes were smashed in getting the following in- cident in type. Readers who have weak hearts are warned not to read this.-Editorsj - Guest Cwho is being shown about the city in his host's au- tomobilej- I know why this machine stops so often. Owner Qfrom belowj- I'd like to share the secret with you. Guest-- It's because it's rubber tired l One of the Suminer's Productions. The Girl From Manhattan. Witll Art Cranston as best man. Scene-A popular summer resort in New York. Yes! The teachers may take a roll if so inclined. We sug- gest the lawn in front of the school. The Orchestra. Der vellar vat sits on der highest schair, Unt vools der parber by vearing long hair, Unt shakes a stick all ground in der air, Is der leader. ' Der veller vats next to him on der right, Unt geeps his instruments glean und bright, Unt blays like a bird, auber not so quite, Dat's der drombone blayer. Der veller vat sits on his face a smile, Unt dries der blay mit lots of style, But gets a blue note once in avile, Dat's der gornet blayer. Der veller vat's next to der leader's stand, On der left, is der leader's right-hand man, He's der brincipal um-pah in der band, Dat's der fiddler. 40 e The Spectator Der veller mit hair parted in der middle, Unt blays yust like der second fiddle, Unt dinks hefs in it yust a little, h V Dat's der wiola blayer. Der veller in front of der old drombone, Mit eggsegusion unt' squveeky done, Unt blays gadenzas all alone, Dat's der glarinet blayer. Der veller vat makes us all der noise, Unt blays on all der paby doys, To blease der little girls unt poys, Dat's der trummer. Der veller vat stands der gorner 1n, But he ton't hold his fiddle unter his chin, He ton't half so many notes to butt in, Dat's der bass fiddler. -Took. QUEsT1oN Box. QAII kinds of questions can be asked in this department. We can answer any question under the sun. just write your query on a scrap of paper and slip it to one of the Funny Men. They'll do the rest.j Louisiana or Texas F-Evans. Ans.-Isn't Pennsylvania good enough for you? How many minutes will I have to wait for till June 28, IQI I P-Cranston. AMS.-2,841,961,210 I-3 minutes. flf you don't believe this, figure it out for yourselfj NVe assure you that it is QHjall you have to Wait for. How do you make ice water last? -Florence H. Ans.-My dear girl, make everything else first. N What is a pikfajer P-Cranston, Cover, Evans. Ans.-Pike it to Texas and find out. N How can you make Roman punch P-The Pianist. Ans.-Hit VVidmann a soak! The Spectator 41 How do you break ill a colt ?-U'Connell. Ans.-VVhat? His back? Be a little more specific, please. How do you tell a bad egg F-VVright. Ans.-It all depends on what you have to tell it. But what:- ever you do, break it gently. 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Q iii? , ff :T i!.IE'.s? t it A Ki t '- S 1,2 S em tx Q' K' mu PCLOTHESN M Snappy Clothes at A Moderate Prices 101-IN THOMAS 6: SONS f n Nw' .. -x - -,. nv... 5 U 1 .i-K. DEMOCRAT PRESS - - - .F-V OCTOBEIR 1910 Conteniti' T Page On Hallowe'en .... . . 1 An Alaskan Tragedy . - 2 Talking of Mysteries . . . G A Miser's Dream ..,. . . . 'I The Magic of Art . . . . 9 October ...... . 10 Occultism ....... . .11 An Irish Hallowe'en . chased by a Dead Man Hallowe'en ...,. Editorial . . Exchanges . Society . . AY . . Current Events, . Athletics .... Q. . . High School Grgnary . The Funny Spot . . . . .313 .. ..15 . ...18 ...19 ..23 24 25 Z7 . ...51 . ..88 fe limmh I C n Thel uh Ghz Tleligb School Spectator Vires acquirit eundo VOL. XIII HIGH SCHOOL, JOHNSTOWN, PA. No. 1 , igyilipi Lsweeislf' Q 154' On HaIlowe'en WALDO C. WRIGHT wr. HE maiden moon, clean dazed upon this night, Casts down a red and mystifying lightg From rotten coffin lid and sunken grave Forth crawl white-rohed skeletons to rave. Sere hooded witches ride their cornhusk brooms, Gray round-eyed owls hoot dismally from tombs: The pirate bat Hits by with startling squeakg Ominous the raven sleepilynods his beak. Among the marshes hy the river's How Black imps are dancing by the fireliies' glow To music of the rasping erieket's bow.- Diseordant chant of all existing woe. The Deil's at large with all his hellish forceg Through air they flit, or stalk, or ride on horseg Casting a red and mystifying light, Dazed seems the maiden moon this hallowed night., 2 The Spectator. An Alaskan Tragedy By JoHN H. covER '11, OLONEL Lerkin situated at Fort Morton with a regiment of U. S. regulars had just received word that the dreaded outlaw James Topper, better known as 'Bottle jim' from his frequent associations with the 'Bottle' family, had taken pos- session of the Baldin gold mines on Baird Range. The miners engaged by the Baldin company had been marched majestically to Shuguck and there shipped on skiffs owned by the outlaw band to some unknown northern point. Lerkin threw the note on the table beside him :- This is a peach of a fix. I told that girl to watch her brother. Here I am, paid by the government to chase him up and begged by that honey-comb of a mountain lass to have pity on him. Well, there's only one thing to be done. l'1l just drop Topsy a note and tell her to keep out of it and when it's all over I can just change her name to Lerkin and nobody'll ever know she had any claim on Bottle-say, Fuzzy. Yessah, I'se right heal! Bring me a pencil and a sheet of paper, then hang around. Hang aroun' sah? I'se done hang aroun' dis yea hos tryen fer ter get 'er bridal on fo' de lass one hundered'nd twenty- five minutes and she won't let me get nea' ,nough fer ter whispe' in 'er ea'. Firs' she up'n throw out dat hin' mose foot 'siff she's a ballod dancer, denn she toss 'er head lak dat same wil' gal or you'n what libs up on dat der big mountain so nea' de heben dat 'er eyes done imbibed SOlTly.:'I der blue f'om de sky. Fuzzy!-you black 1, can't you shut up? Here's a. cigar: put it in your mouth and if that won't stop it put your foot in. Thanks, massah ! Now, take this up to Toppers. You can use my horse. But listen! Don't give it to anyone but Miss Topper. XVhat? The hoss sah P No, you pumpkin head, the note. If she sends one in re- turn don't let anyone see it but me. Did that soak in ? Clea' to de root, massah! The Spectator 3 Well now git li' The negro had soon saddled the horse and after crossing the narrow brown field between the camp and the neighboring mountain had started to ascend the winding path. Lerkin step- ped to the door to watch his servant. At this moment the ne- gro, glancing back, noticed the colonel and waved a teasing jesture with his hand. The colonel smiled and the negro con- tinued on his way. The colored leaves brushed from their rest- ing place by the horse's uncertain pace fluttered down the mountainside like a flock of travel-tired birds. The negro's merry whistle echoed over the Held like the song ot a hopeful robin who has sought a place of rest in a lonely grave-yard. Finally the messenger disappeared behind a ledge of rugged rocks and the colonel slowly withdrew to his headquarters. w:4:r41a:vax:kx:tvs:kx:kx: Hallo der, Massah Colonel! greeted the faithful negro as he re-entered the colonel's headquarters. I done got back safe, shu' 'nough, but I'se still shaken. As was ,his custom 'Fuzzyl stopped at this point of his narrative evidently awaiting a question. Come on, spit it out! called Lerkin becoming impatient. Well, it was jes' dis away! I get der alright and sah dat you Miss What-eve'-her-name-is got hold er dat note good an' tight 'fo' I let go. Den I tells her, says I, 'I don' know what's in dat note but if you wanter answe' it I'se right hea' to receeb dat answe'. Well, she look at it and I look at 'er, 'cause I know you wanter know de affect on 'er. But shu' as you all lib she done turn ,er back right on me an' make fer dat house. Well, I don' know what ter make 'o it so I jes' stan's there. 'Fo' she got so close ter de house as you a' f'om me she tu'n irght 'roun' again towa'd me, an' right den she 'gun ter waive 'er hand dis way lak she want me fer to go home. So I jumps on 'Spots' and turns leisure-like towa'ds camp. Well, I tuk ma time comin' down de road an' stop once in a while ter gathe' ches'nuts. Bless yo' soul, I clone one time and sta'ted up dc hill afte' some big'nes when I hea'd comin, down de road a big clatte', clatte'. I'se shu' sca'ed but I knows its somelne on hoss back, so I jes' draws up 'Spots' by de road an' lets dat 4 The Spectator clatte' come on. 'Twasn't as long as it takes ter tell it ifo' heie comes a little kid, jes' a mea baby, on hoss back. Well, I done know right away it's dat gal's bruder and shu' 'nough dat's 'img and he han' dis yea' note to me an' says, 'you be good'n 'shu' to gib dis to der co'onel. I promised and hea' it is. The colonel reached for the note and read it over. A gleam of surprise and satisfaction flashed across his face. Here, Fuzzy, sit down and rest yourself. I'm going out to give some orders and you must take care of the office 'till I return. VVith this he shoved his hand into his pocket and sauntered out the door. 'Fuzzy' soon fitted himself comfortably in a chair and then gazed contentedly about the room. Suddenly his eyes became fixed on a white object on the floor near the door. Finallv, raising ambition enough, he dragged himself from the chair and slouching across the room picked it up. Well, I'll be cross jigge'ed if dat aint dat' same note. Da co'0nel's done dropped it. It shu' must be 'po'tant too 'cause he move dem wrinkles in his brow lak a measure worm when he re'd it. He aint no whe'e to be seen so I guess I jes' bette' read it. The idarky opened it cautiously and glanced at its contents. After some study his mouth widened into a broad grin and he :soon doubled up with laughter. I jes' don' blame him fer lookin' pleased. Jes' see dis las' sentence, 'meet me tonight at da'k at de old kna'led oak and I will 'xplain all.' Ho! Ho! And hea' it's signed 'wid love, 'Topsy Topperf Well did yo' ebelf' The negro was brimful of excitement and absorbed the contents of his master's mes- sage as enthusiastically as he would have consumed a beaker of sunshine lb,a:recarLtrha' etaoi taoi etao etao etao etaoetao of 'Bottle jim's' oldest brand. Now what do you all s'pose she wants wid 'im ?iAh! Dis yer head 'o mine aint so blacx but what it can abso'b some flashes 'o light! I'se jes' goin' ter fool dat co'onel and Topsy Topper, too. Let's seep it says, 'tonight at dalk'-and-'at de old knalled oak'-yes, I know whe'e dat is! But de co'onel! Well, he has ter look out fo' his own shop. And now, miste' message o' lob, yo' jes' lay The Spectator 5 down whe'e you was dropped and de co'onel won't know I'se seen yo' 'tall. De yo' aw, jes' so. Dk all 31 . rk Pls 96 Pk PF Pls Pk Pls Pk Three hours had intervened from the time Colonel Lerkin left his headquarters to his return. He found his servant miss- ing, blamed him for the carelessness, and immediately preparefl for the journey of that evening. VVithout, the soldiers awaited his command to move. i The night was cold and piercing and each member of thc regiment turned his collar up and buried his chin in its pro-- tecting warmth as they entered the ravine and dismounted. clump of impenetrable bushes, and the soldiers in single-tile crept stealthily along a by-path which led thru a dense wood to the neighborhood of the knarled oak. ' He must have been full when he wrote that note. Any- one could tell it wasn't a girl's handwriting, whispered a petty ofhcer to Colonel Lerkin as they groped along over roots and stones trying vainly to prevent the rustle of the leaves. Yes, but Heavens knows what torture that brute has put his sister to in order to try to force her to write this. Well, it's easily seen he didn't succeed. And then besides, I suppose I told you, the young kid caught up to Fuzzy and gave him the note.'l Yes, that was a dead give away. But where is Fuzzy P I don't know. When I returned-listen-company halt! Walters. branch to the lefty Sanders, you take the right, and Edwards stay with the company while I reconnoiter ahead! The sharp crack of a single gun had interrupted the con- versation and the orders were carried out as directed. Colonel Lerkin soon returned, divided his men into three companies, gave orders to two officers and led the center of the battle-arrayed regiment directly forward. At the end of a march of some fifty yards a bright light suddenly loomed up and died away again. The soldiers carefully advanced and soon small glowing torches could be seen moving quickly and inter- twiningly at a distance of about a hundred yards. The soldiers continued their unsteady pace for another fifty yards and were then drawn up in double line. 6 The Spectator Quietly the word was passed along the front file to examine all bayonets, and the seconds file to stand guard. Every soldier was nerved to the limit, his anxiety to move was intense. Suddenly a shrill whistle echoed thru the woods, a hundre-l shots rang out and a hundred men charged fiercely at each other. The glow of the torches disappeared, the pale rnooon supplied the only light, and the previous stillness was contrast- ed by the present clatter of arms, the disparing cry of the surprised, and the hopeless wail of the wounded. As suddenly again, everything was quiet. Another, but this time a long, low Whistle, summoned the rear guard to the scene of destruction. Their duty now iav in their service to the wounded and the dead, and among the latter were Colonel Lerkin, 'Bottle jim' and Fuzzy, the negro being found at the foot of the old knarled oak in a discarded uniform of the colonel's. Talking gf Myteries By H. K. 'IL ALKING of mysteries, said my friend from New Eng- land, the mind of man can devise and his hand can execute achievements almost miraculous. Among the treasures of the Harvard Natural History Museum are the 'glass flowersf perhaps the most striking botanical collection in the world. There are cases upon cases of beautiful plants and flowers made of brittle glassg each mi- nute part-stamens, petals, rootlets, even the tiny hairs on the stems-so perfect, the coloring so natural, that even upon close examination no one can distinguish them from natural Howers freshly gathered. They are so fragile and delicate that it seems as though a breath would destroy them. What makes it all the more wonderful is the fact that these frail things have come across the ocean. For they are made in Germany by a man named Blashka. He and his father first conceived the idea of making natural history specimens out of glass. At first they made insects. The Spectator 7 Then, at the request of the Harvard authorities they turned to fiowers. Since then they have made nothing else. Harvard University has purchased their entire output. The father died recently but the son carries on his work. He has a private botonical garden where' he grows a large variety of plants. Several years ago he made a visit to America to collect speci- mens of American plants. On acount of their extreme fragility the glass fiowers have to be packed with extreme care. Even so, practically the whole of the first consignment was broken by being opened at the custom house. An arrangement has now been made by which they are sent direct to Harvard and opened there in the pres- ence of a customs-house ofhcial. Since then there has been but little loss from breakage. The collection now numbers over Goo species each of which is represented by enlargements of the minute parts, cross sec- tions etc., besides the model of the entire plant, a great con- venience to the students for whose use the collection is intended. Unfortunately Mr. Blashka has not as yet taught any one else the secret of making glass flowers, so it is feared that up- on his death their manufacture will become a lost art. A Miser's Dream By ISABELLA BIRD '12, NE CHILLY, windy Halloween, a wrinkled, gray-haired old miser crouched shivering before his scanty fire Too stingy to buy fuel enough to keep himself warm, he was now trying to think how he could reduce his expenses even more. But think he could not: he was filled with fear, for several huge black cats had mysteriously appeared and sat one on each side of him and one in each corner of the room. He thought they had come to bring him ill-luck. Outside the wind howle'l and moaned dismally, while the air seemed filled with the cries of many more cats. It was not much wonder that the miser was filled with fear! But why was everything so frightful tonight? He could 8 The Spectator not understand it. Suddenly he recollected it was Halloween! He had often heard that strange things happen to people on Hallowe'en. That was why all those black-cats were in his room, while outside there were so many strange noises. Fear- fully he looked at the cats. Yes, they surely seemed to say that something terible was going to happen. But what could it be? The miser began to tremble, and wonder if anything would hap- pen to him. The idea of a ghost never entered his mind, but he thought that perhaps some large hand might appear and take away the bags of gold, carefully concealed 'beneath the floor. He arose and went through the house, making sure that all the windows and doors were locked. Then he took his seat again. As he did so, the clock began to strike twelve. At the first stroke the cats in the room growled and arched their backs, while outside the wind howled louder and louder, and the other noises became more and more dismal. The miscr was now thor- oughly frightened, for above all these other unpleasant sounds he heard blood curdling groans, the clanking of chains, and a noise as if someone was rattling a bag of bones. Nearer and nearer came the sounds, and as the last stroke of twelve died away the door opened, and in stepped-the miser was frozen stiFf with terror, for there on the threshold stood a most terrify- ing ghost. Its eyes glowed like phosphorus. Its Heshless, bony claws were folded outside the long, white sheet, which enveloped the hideous ngure. On wrists and ankles were heavy iron chains that clanked horribly when the ghost moved. Wo1'se than this was that ghostly sound of rattling bones. Slowly, very slowly, the awful specter glided towards the shuddering miser until it stood close beside him. Then reaching out a long, bony hand, it laid it on the miser's shoulder. Oh! His very flesh seemed to melt under that terrible touch! For a few minutes all was silent. Then the ghost began to speak, and in a hollow, sepulchral voice said: f'You have heard of strange things that happened to peop'e on Hallowe'en, and were wondering if anything would happen to you. Now I have come to show you what happens to all misersf' The Spectator 9 Without saying another word the ghost reached under the sheet and drew out a huge club made of bone. This it waved over the floor, directly above the place where the miser's gold was hidden. As that frightened individual looked on, his bags of gold jumped out one by one. The ghost gathered them in its arms, and then, right before the horrified miser, began to fade away. It grew thinner and thinner, and finally be- came so thin that the miser could see through it. Soon it dis- appeared altogether in a cloud of smoke, while with one last blood curdling yell, the black cats also disappeared, leaving behind them a very much terrified miser. As for the miser, he was no longer a miser. For when he awoke after that awful dream, he resolved not to spend nis life accumulating gold to hide under fioors. No doubt he fear- ed a visit from a real ghost of Halloween. The Magic of Art By B. S. ,II. 'nal ILLE BOBBE, the Witcli of Harlem was no doubt a well known character in her day. She is said to have been a witch, but what kind of magic arts she may have practised vve do not know. XVe know, however, that she was a jolly, olfl Woman, very homely, yet having the distinction of being paint- ed more valiantly than was ever young and lovely princess. Frans Hals, a Dutch painter, must have thought her an inter- teresting character for he painted her several times. One of these portraits is considered a very fine piece of art. It represents this weird old woman with a solemn owl perched on one shoulder and a tall stein on a table to her right. There is nothing remarkable about her dressg she is dressed after the fashion of the Dutch peasants of the seventeenth century, but her face is wonderfully expressive. The artist seems to have caught her just at the instant that she had finished some live- ly ale house tale, that had been inspired by her wise owl. VVhen I look at Hille Bobbe's picture I think that the artizt I0 The Spectator certainly must have been a I'113.g1Cl31l to be able to give his -At- ture so much life by merely crude, broad brushstrokes. Frgriz Hals was a real magician. October By GLADYS Reyxotbs '12, CTOBER is here, VVith all things queerg Dense foggy morn, Leaves sway forlorn, Mysterious night, XVeirrl ghosts in whiteg ,Neath placicl pale moon Qld witches croong Fair pretty maids Attend masqueradesg Big parties too To see who's whog Pumpkins galore Smile at the cloorg This is the scene That completes Hallowe'eng Slam! bang! and crack! On the night of Tick Tackg All these queer things October brings I The Spectator ll Occultism By S. L. M. '14. OHN MASON enjoyed all out-of-door sports and was es- pecially fond of hunting. Visiting in a distant part of the state one day, he was invited to join a party of hunters who were going to spend the day in the neighboring woods hunting and fishing. As they started out the party separated, each man going in a different direction. During the day as Mason sat down to eat the scanty lunch he had brought along, he heard a sound near him and on looking up was surprised to see stand- ing a short distance away one of the hunting party whom he had supposed in a distant part of the woods. The position of the man gave Mason a view of his profile. On speaking to him Mason turned toward him and catching a view of the man's face was surprised to see an ugly cut on his temple. Expressing his surprise and asking the man how he received the cut, Mason was astonished to see him turn and walk away. Believing that the men were playing a joke on him, Mason made a dash after the man only to find he had disap- peared. Recovering from his astonishment, Mason sat down and finished eating his lunch, and soon forgot the incident. That evening when the party had gathered at the meeting plac: he was surprised to hear of the death of the man he had seen. No one learned how the man was killed, but on his temple ras found the same ugly cut that Mason had seen on the temple of the apparition. Skeptical people reading this story may laugh and say it was all imagination, but there are others who believe that there is some foundation for a belief in ghosts. THE MYSTERIOUS NATURE OF VVAGNER'S OPERAS. , By M. C. W. '11, AGNER, in going to original sources for his subjects, introduced on the German stage myth and legend. He selected as material for his operas Teutonic legends, legends of the Rhine, and old Norse sagas. Thus we find an atmosphere of mystery in his writings, we are introduced into a world of gods, giants, dwarfs, and fairies. These creatures generally ex- I2 The Spectator ert a malign iniiuence over men, which is counteracted by some worthy person. By a few of Wagner's principal operas, I will show the mysterious nature of his works. Parsifal is the story of how a guileless fool relieved from suffering the Knight Amfortas, keeper of the Holy Grail in the fortas with a band of knights guarded the Holy Grail in the castle of Monsalvat. Klingsor wished to enter this band but was repulsed on account of his wicked lift. Thereupon he built a magic castle in the valley below the castle of Monsalvat, to which he lured the knights of the Grail. Soon he succeeded in luring there Amfortas, whom he wounded with his spear. After Amfortas had suffered long, the Grail oracle decreed that re- lief should come only through a guileless fool made wise bv fellow suffering. This fool finally comes to the relief of Am- fortas in the person of Parsifal. He caused the enchanted castle to fall and liberated Kundry, one of Klingsor's enchantresses. Siegfried is considered the finest of the four operas com- posing Der Ring des Nibelungenf, Siegfried has been brought up by the dwarf Mimi in the forest, side by side with wild beasts. He is described as a man who knows no fear. He kills the dragon Fafner who has long been a source of dread to Mimi. After the death of Fafner, Siegfried finds that he can understand the language of the birds. They tell him that he has an indisputed right to Fafner's gold. They also warn him against Mimi, whom Siegfried finds is false. The birds now tell him of Brunnhilde who lies in slumber until a man who knows no fear shall claim her. Guided by the birds, Siegfried finaliy finds and woes Brunnhilde. The opera Tannhaeuser was suggested to Wagner when he was but a boy. But it was not completed until many years later. The opening scene shows Tannhaeuser under the influence of the Teutonic Venus. Venus represents here a powerful antagon- ist to Christianity. Tannhaeuser soon evinces a desire to return to his own World. He immediately finds himself in a green valley near the Wartburg. In the distance he hears the voice of pil- grims and he is filled with a desire for repentance, especially when he thinks of Elizabeth, whom he loves. He goes on a pilgrimage to Rome but returns to Elizabeth, footsore anl The Spectator I3 weary, with the tidings that there is no more hope of his salva- tion than that the staff of the pope will ever grow green again. Elizabeth, who has prayed long and hard for Tannhaeuserfs salvation dies and Tannhaeuser falls lifeless beside the hier. The next morning a party of young pilgrims appear beiring the staff of the pope, which is fresh and green as a symbtn of Tann- hauser's forgiveness. As in these, so in most of his operas NVagner was fond of dealing with mystery. ' An Irish Hallowe'en By BESSIE R. STATLER. EAR KATHLEEN: In the Ireland of my girlhood we looked forward with greatest anticipation to Halloween. Like your Christmas, our Halloween was a home time. The mountain kitchen in which we spent the hallowed eve occupied the whole width of the house and half the length of it. There was a great open hearth from which the high piled turf and bog fire sent up dancing Flames with a yellow light, which made shadows leap and bound like ghosts on the walls of the room and along the bared rafters overhead. VVe had no light except that of the fire. Our chairs were white, of old fashioned country pattern, and we had plenty of three legged stools. If more chairs were needed we used the bed in the kitchen corner, and the half-emptied bags of meal that sat by the wallside on the floor, and for those seats, we often quarreled. There was a fiddler who always came to play for us. VVhen a family knew of no fiddler, a wandering piper, who always found his home within the first house he reached after Sundown, furnished the music. The fiddler or the piper had the seat of honor in the chimney corner on Hallowe'en. I remember, we always had our floor swept clean, the hearth its tidiest, the fire burning its brightest, the dresser its whitest, and the delft its shiniest. As soon as it was dark our guests came dressed in their best clothing, the boys without coats and the girls shawled. After we had greeted every one and were 14 The Spectator seated, the fiddler played. As he bowed away his fastest jig tune about twelve of us tried our best to dance and keep time with him. Father, mother, and the older people enjoyed themselves as much as we and boasted of the ardor with which they danced and courted. Occasionally an old man led on the floor a blush- ing girl of three score and ten and showed us how they used to dance. The bean-a-tighe,. or good woman, prepared the supper The uncommon treat she spread before us was a tea-supper with stacks of home-baked currant bread, trenchers of apple- pudding, mounds of nuts, and mountains of apples. After the celebration was finished we gathered around the fire to burn nuts in pairs, thus testing the love of each courting couple in the parish. A girl was helped to the identihcation of her husband to be, if she took a cabbage head fthe Scotch used kailj by stealth from a neighbor's garden, and suspended it over her kitchen door. The man who entered first would bear the' Christian name of her future husband. A further identification she could have was after she had procured three bowls filled, one with soot- black water, one with gray or slightly soiled water, and one with clear water, all three being placed together on the kitchen floor, the anxious girl, having been led to them blind folded, placed her hand in one. If her hand dipped into the soot-black water, a black-haired husband would be her hers, but if into the slight- ly soiled water, a man old and gray would be her fate. If her hand descending touched the floor outside the bowl, then, alas and alack, she would be an old maid. Corn, cornstacks, yarrow and lime-kiln figured largely in the Hallowefen mysteries. Each of these carried a magical in- fluence or had around it a magical atmosphere from which we predicted our future husbands and wives. If a young man truly loved a certain girl, she could compel his presence from any part of the world where he might happen to be. To accomplish this the girl, seated in front of a looking- glass, had to peel an apple with a knife taken from a young man without his knowledge, casting the apple-peel over the left The Spectator 15. shoulder as she proceeded. In the glass the lover's face and form would be seen appearing above the girl's shoulder. With the tricks, the dancing, and feasting we enjoyed our- selves to heart's content. As our guests departed in pairs and bands over the bogs to their own homes, they dcglared 1.1 zz for fun and diversion this particular night never was and vcr could be beaten. Thus complimented we climbed into our beds with happy hearts. And recollections of our Irish Halloween often cheer me in this matter of fact America. I Lovingly yours, , GRANDMA. Chased by a Dead Man By WILLIAM E. JGDER ltr. HE 'PHONE bell rang violently! I started up from my Morris chair in front of the grate. Dropping my hall- burned cigar into the blazing logs, I hurried to the 'phone on the desk of my study. Lifting the receiver and announcing my number, I listened. Hello, is that you Delaney ? Yes, who's this? VVhat's wanted? This is Bradley, the undertaker on Central Avenue. 'I'here's been a body shipped to my nrorgue from Pasadena, California. It's been delayed for about a week, according to the date of the letter which I received with it. The lette1 s dated February 28, and states that this man was found dead at his boarding house. His real name was never known, but a diary in his pocket which mentions your name may help in identifying him. Now what I want you to do is to hurry down and identify him, so that I can turn him over to his relations, if he has any. He's been on the way so long that this will have to be done quickly. Can you come down tonight P Yes, I'll come down right away, I said. All right, I'1l wait in the office for you, came the answer, as we both rang off. Hurriedly I pushed the 'phone back toward the wall and 16 The Spectator donned my raincoat, for the blackness of the sky indicated rain. As I slowly paced down Spruce Street, on which my board- ing house was located, I tried to iecall all my friends who had gone west. First, I thought of Frank Trevors, who had gone out to Oregon the same year that our class had graduated from Princeton. But it could hardly be he, a great, strong, athletic fellow. He had been a star on both the basketball and foot- ball teams. He was not likely to drop dead only three short years after graduatiou. Then there was Will Saunders, an old room 'mate in Jersey City. But it was hardly possible that it could be that magnificent specimen of a strong man. My recol- lections carried me to jack Wallace, an old High School friend of mine. Many were the larks in which he and'I had been the principal actors. Oh, it could not be he! Why, he had written to me only a month ago, and he was in fine health then. But a premonition seemed to have taken possession of me, and as I turned quickly out Central Avenue, I approached Bradley's of- fice almost on a run, The electric bulbs were shedding their yellow light through the windows to the pavement, where every now and then a pedestrian hurriedly passed as if anxious to reach his destina- tion before it rained. I jumped up the steps three at a time and hurried into the office. Hello, Delaney, you got here a good deal sooner than I thought you would. ' The undertaker was leaning back in his revolving chair, his feet on the desk, smoking a cigar. H 'fYes, I said, I'm in a hurry to see that man. I Come right in, said he, entering a door which led into his morgue. Here he is! I took one look at the man in the box, dropped my gondola, and muttered, Jack Wallace! I forgot where I was. I forgot the world still moved. Here was my old chum, stiff and cold. Dead two weeks and I did not know it 'till now! I stood over the box with my hands thrust deep in my pockets. I thought of the good times we had together, of the old High School with Jack and I taking The Spectator I7 college entrance examinations together, of his failure, of my success, and of his departure for the great West. And here he was-dead! My head was in a whirl. I had not noticed Brad- ley standing respectfully back of me. I turned from jack to him, and then back to jack. Jack's lower jaw moved! Bradley, I cried, didn't you see his jaw move ? It's only imagination. I'll go out and get the letter for you. Again I looked at Jack. His hand moved! As I backed up a little, his sunken eyes opened and gazed full upon me! I was speechless-glued to the spot. I could not move. I could not call Bradley. Tom l said a weak and pleading voice, as an arm and then a leg were lifted over the side of the box. I uttered a loud shriek, turned, and fled. A form followed me, and a voice pleaded, 'fW'ait, Tom l I did not wait. Through the office, down the steps, and up the street I Hed, and the form still followed. I ran, ran, ran, and then ran more, but Jack was gaining. My breath was coming short and sharp, and I tripped and stumbled on every chip. But on and on I ran, wirh f-md sweat breaking out all over me. After running about eight times around the block, l darted out Spruce Street and up to my boarding house. jack follow- ed, still calling, Wait Tom, wait! I bounded up the stairs to my room, pushed the door open, entered, and threw myself in desperation and exhaustion into my Morris chair awaiting nervously what was bound to happen. Someone was ascending the stairs-crossing the hall-turn- ing my door knob! With a shriek I awoke, saw the fire burning low, and looked dazedly toward the door. It was slowly pushed open and disclosed to my terror-strick- en view-hale and hearty, with a broad smile of pleasure on his face-Jack Wallace! We grasped hands and I knew no more. The Spectator I'Iallowe'en By MARY STOUPPES rm. LOWLY gliding, lightly dancing, In the dales and meadows glancing, Fairies, elves and other sprites VVake to keep the all saint's night Peering from the darkest places, jack o' Lanterns' grotesque faces Stare at you as on you go, Slipping past them on tiptoe. Witelies. ghosts and goblins too, Cast their mystic spells on you, Other things than these are seen On each mystic Hallowe'en. The Spectator 19' he Tlsligb School Spectator JOHNSTOWN, PA., OCTOBER, 1910 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 75 CENTS. PER COPY, 10 CENTS. Eoitortal ano :Business Statf. Editor-in-Chief JOHN H. COVER 1911 Associate Editor THOMAS J. CROCKER 1911 Exchange Editors School News Editors BLANCHE BOYD 1911 WILLIAM JODER 1911 MARY RYAN 1911 JOSEPH MEYER 1911 Art Editor Society Editors BERTHA STAMMLER 1911 MARY HANSON 1911 General News Editor LEONE RAAB 1911 WALDO WRIGHT 1911 Class Representatives MABEL SHUMAKIR 1912 WALTER KREBS 1913 NANCY GARDNER 1914 Chief Business Manager PHILIP E. THOMAS 1911 Associate Business Manager EUGENE SCHRADER 1911 Assistants ROBERT SCHAD 1911 DONALD DAVIS 1911 J. LEWIS EVANS 1911 LEO TRENT 1911 CARL HALLER 1912 WALTER THOMAS 19121 CHARLES SHULTZ 1913 HERMAN ROTH 1912 THE SPECTATOR Is published monthly durlng the school term. Address all communlcatlons to THE SPECTATOR, Hlgh School Bulldlng, Johnstown, Pa. Entered at the Postoftice, Johnstown, Pa., as second-class mall matter. In order to Insure publlcatlon ln the current issue, all MSS. must be handed In to the editor not later than the 3d of each month. Editorial VVhile considering plans for this, the mysterious, number of the Spectator, the editor was suddenly overcome with an irresistible drowsiness. In the sleep which followed he had a wonderful dream. A beautiful transparent elf, which seemed to have been cre- ated from the very ingredients of the mysterious air, appeared 20 The Spectator before him and seizing the editor by the hand, her very touch causing him to become as light as air, arose through fleecy clouds and Hnally resting on one of these airy islands, bade her companion behold what the earth presented to his view. Throughout the vast region which thus came under their observation could be seen traces of the departing summer and the heavier footprints of approaching winter. The streams appeared to be resting quietly after a strenuous season of sun- shine and merriment, the trees had bedecked themselves .in their brightest colors or had deposited their leafy burdens at their feet, the grass had arrayed itself in brown to conceal the cunning squirrel who diligently sought and stored away his winter food, the mellow pumpkin, having retained some of the sun's own color, posed like a proud pea-cock invit- mg its admirers to explore further its beauty, a bird in flitting by called to a friend a sad farewell and twittered to its neighbor of the joyous times awaiting them to the south- ward: and even the soil was making extensive preparations for the coming winter by storing away its vast treasures to pro- tect them until the sun should again offer its golden rays in exchange. Suddenly startled from this reverie, the companions noticed a stir among these restful surroundings. Signs of life and energy began to radiate from the dormant scene and the editor was brought to the realization that autumn sports had opened in full. From all centers of education poured forth athletes to compete for the various athletic teams which toiled to their utmost to advance the standard of their school. Football es- pecially, attracted the editor's attention and he gazed with in- terest on the contests embracing the new rules. He was greatly pleased with the results obtained, namely, the open play and the minimizing of the chances of injury. Turning to call the attention of the 'elf of local interest' to this improvement, the editor was astonished to find in her stead a fairy, majestic and dignified, wearing on her head a delicately embroidered morion on which was inscribed, The Fairy of National Interest. Controled by the magic sweep of her graceful arm, the cloud sped southward. Gradually its motion The Spectator 21 abated and again nearing the earth it stopped directly over the Panama canal zone. VVith intense interest the editor gazed at the wonderful feats of engineering. With a slight jesture the fairy drew a veil across the landscape and then presented in -quick succession two scenes which she explained could be pre- vented in the future only by the fortification of these works. The first scene disclosed an insurrection of the native tribes which, without fortifications or large defensive implements of warfare, the bluejackets were endeavoring to squelch, attempt- ing at the same time to protect foreign property. Like a Hash another scene was revealed. A struggle had just arisen between the United States and a country bordering the canal zone. Finding the canal defenseless, the enemy had seized it and by fortifying a11d blockading its ports, had shut out the commerse of the world and thus held against the United States its own territory. ' Again the 'vapory veil obstructed the scene and the fairy quoted the opinions of Roosevelt, who predicts that unless the -canal be fortified tl1e honor of tl1e United States will be sacri- ficed, and of Taft who announces that i11 his message to Con- gress in December he will recommend the appropriation of 52,000,000 to begin the work. These instances kindled in the editor's mind the desire to know the position of the United States as defined in two treaties. The fairy instantly produced these treaties and pointed out the clauses concerning fortifications. In the Hay-Pauncefote treaty of 1901, which was based on the Suez 'Canal Treaty between England and Eqypt. it was noticeable that the seventh article of the Suez treaty which is to the effect that no fortifications shall be erected commanding the canal or the waters adjecentf' was omited, thus placing no restriction on the United States. The Hay-Bunan-Varilla Treaty of 1903- '04 provides that the United States shall have the right, at all times and in its discretion, to use its police, and its land and naval fecors, or to establish fortifications, to protect the canal. The fairy next produced clips taken from London papers, which expressed their opinions of the matter. Altho some regard it as a direct breach of the neutrality guaranteed to she was gone. C . .1 'X . X 22 The Spectator Great Britain, others claim that altho fortification is not con- sistant with the neutrality of the canal, it is a mistake to de- nounce it as a breach of faith toward this country. Thus convinced that the fortification of the Panama Canal is necessary, the editor turned to thank the fairy for her kind interest in bringing these facts to his attention, but behold, Gazing tlOUlNl him to ascertain how critical his position was the editor discovered himself again within his room, yyhile the cloud, the landscape, and everything mysterious had disippeaicd Late one October night as two girls hurried home across a foggy meadow, they were startled by the appearance of many white forms dancing gayly among the brilliantly colored leaves. Somewhat frightened, the girls softly hid behind some low bushes and there they decided to examine these mysterious objects. As these odd creatures danced past, the girls recog- nized them as the spirits of their exchanges which they had been pondering over but a few hours before. The girls recognized the first dancer as their new and wel- come acquaintance, The Student, disguised as a Brownie, a jolly and entertaining fellow. Then glided by a tall white ghost murmuring to the winds the splendid stories and interesting notes of the Acropolis ffXfHHNff5m The Spectator 23 VVho should appear next but their faithful friend, The Messenger, singing a very clever love song. The Messenger was followed by two other old friends, The Dickensonianf' and the F. 81 M. Weekly.', Suddenly, before the girls had time to recognize the rest of them, a gust of wind swept by and carried with it all these interesting spirits. SUCIET After having quarrelled with Satan, two of the ghosts of Hades decided to run away at the first opportunity. Their chance came September 16, 1910, while Satan was busily en- gaged with the new arrivals from earth. Having passed the gates successfully they found themselves on earth near a large building. There were three front entrances to this building. The ghosts decided to enter the middle one. They crept stealthily up one flight of stairs, then another and had just gained the second Hoor hall when a bell rang. Then they saw many stu- dents walking thru a doorway which led into a room at one end of the hall, and another crowd approaching the other end. 24 The Spectator Curious to know what was happening 0-n the other side of these doors, they decided to follow the students. One ghost followed the latter group of students and slipped thru the doorway with a crowd of boys. What he saw was a meeting of the Emerson Literary Society in the auditorium. The first event of importance was the election of officers. Joseph Meyer was elected precidentg Waldo NVright, vice pres- identg Ruth Sellers, secretary, Emily Wilson, treasurer, Miller Bell, sergeant-of-arms, and Owen Sharkey, critic. The pro-- gram then carried out consisted of a talk by William Joder, a story, Edna Heading, an oration, Edward O'Connell, declama- tion, Ruth Masters, and an oration by Miller Bell. In the meanwhile his companion was in the study hall at a. meeting of the T. K. E. Literary Society. There he heard an interesting story by Anna Miller, a dramatic presentation by Thomas Crocker, declamation by Isabella Bird, an oration, James Ndams, and a talk by Paul Cauffiel. The election of offi- cers followed. Those elected were: president, VVilliam Thomas, sergeant-at-arms, Thomas Crocker, treasurer, Bruce King, crit- ic, Bertha Stammler. The ghosts were so delighted with the programs that they decided to be present at the,next meeting. Patiently they watched the halls for several days, but fate did not reward them until Friday, September 23. Then at about 2:45 o'clock more students than before flocked to the auditorium. The ghosts soon discovered that there was a joint meeting of the T. K. E. and Emerson Societies. Mr. Meyer, resident of the Emerson Society, presided and the following program was excellently carried out: Song by the Glee Club Quartet, composed of John Cover, Harry Eskin, Eugene Schrader and Fremont Kimmel, a dramatic presenta- tion, quarrel scene from Julius Caesar, by Joseph Meyer and Donald Davis, and a dramatic presentation, scene from A Winter's Tale, by Gussie Schultz, Bertha Stammler, Mary Ryan, Mary O'Connor, Katherine Paul, Nettie Young and Ruth Sellers. The ghosts, enraptured by the splendid performance, fell' asleep and while dreaming were snatched by the wicked Satan and again taken to Hades. The Spectator 25 Current Eventf The other night while attempting to grind out a report on current topics I heard a buzzing outside the window of my room. Slipping a pad and a pencil into my coat pocket and grabbing my cap, I threw up the window to see my old friend Oriville in his magnificent biplane right by the sash. As I jumped into the rear seat, he threw on the current and I let the events take care of themselves. My had was in a whirl after my bluff on writing out American topics of the day. So when Orv looked for his orders I gave him a wink and he turned the machine toward the Points of Interest. After crossing the Lake in the time it would have taken Puck, we were soon at Portugal flying serenely over the scene of the bombardment of the castle at Lisbon. VVe noticed that the royal flag had been taken from the castle and the Republi- can flag of red and green was on the flag pole. King Manuel had been asked to abdicate at the time we were there but had taken no public action. There was fighting in the streets be- tween the national troops and rebels. From this scene of strife we turned northwestward to behold in Germany a somewhat similar state. The police were dispersing crowds with drawn sabers which they did not hesitate to apply. The unemployed shipbuilders and metal trade workers were being supported by funds of the Socialists and seemed able to resist for some- time. A combined strike of 7oo,ooo men is predicted. Being unable to tarry longer we continued over the Alps, noticing the course taken by Chavex on the twenty-third of September. After accomplishing the more difficult portion of his attempt to make the Hy from Brigue to Milan, a wire had broken while he was attempting to land on a level stretch. As he was only twenty-five feet from the ground, Chavez was not seriously in- jured by the fall beyond a few broken bones. He describes his passage over the gorges where currents of air threatened to capsize his craft as the most horrible experience of his life. For fifty minutes during his flight he ran constant risk of being hurled to death in the passes. Although he has not fulfilled the conditions placed upon a large purse offered for the Brigue 26 The Spectator Milan Hy, yet it is thought he may yet be rewarded for his daring atempt. Thankful that our craft was still sound, we continued south- ward over Italy. Everywhere in the cities we noted precautions that were taken against the threatening plague of cholera. The streets of Florence, Rome and Naples had a generous bath in lime. Taken as a whole, the cities appeared in a sanitary con- dition, little evidence of the plague existing. From there we turned our attention toward Greece, where religious and na- tional complications were arising. Affairs were in a' state of unrest in all the Balkan countries, and the dame of revolt against the rule of Turkey may break forth any day. After noting this condition we made a lightning dash for South America where we discovered that Yenezuela had again severed connections with Columbia. XVe learned that Cuba's president is working hand in hand to raise the wreck of the Maine. The sight of the Panama Canal brought to our memory the fact that President Taft favors a 32,000,000 appropriation for the terminals of the big ditchf, After this hurried and unsystem- atic review of the globe we swung north toward the land of Trusts. In a few moments I had alighted from the air craft and was back to my own room. The next morning I rose early and with the aid of my notes wrote out a brief account of my journey for the editication 'of our readers. V The Spectator 27 ww. - ullluu v llpb li I l Ill Y , N 1 M srtqx..- Conducted by the Associate-Editor. The lirst game of the season was played October I, with the Wilkinsburg team, on a field enveloped by a sand storm so thick that at times the spectators could scarcely see the players. Despite this unfavorable weather conditions, about seven hun- dred people turned out to see the game. Although presenting a much stronger line-up than last year, the visitors were easily defeated by the score of IO to o. The first score came in the first quarter, when Suppes broke through the line for a run of about 35 yards for a touchdown. Much credit is due to Acting-Captain Sharkey and Bell for this score. On account of the heavy sand storm, Sharkey missed an easy try for goal. During the second quarter, with an en- tire new back-lield playing, Johnstown advanced the ball to Wilkinsburg's ten yard line, but was unable to score. There was no more scoring after the first-quarter until Bell carried it over in the last quarter. With the exception of the second quarter, very little new-football was tried by either team. This game disclosed the fact that Coach Cramer has two sets of 28 The Spectator back-Held men, one being almost as good as the other. The playing of R. Suppes, Bell, and Chas. Butler featured. The line-up was as follows: JOHNSTOVVN I0 POSITION VVILKINSBURGO Kistler .............. L. E. ...... Fredette Wiclinaiin . . . ....... L. T. ...... Stewart Goncler ....... .... L . G. ...... Johnson Clark Butler .... .... C . ........ Allen Sagerson .... .. . R. G. ...... Curry Chas. Butler .... .. . R. T. ...... Pippy Davis ....... .... R . E. ...... Doncaster R. Suppes .. . .... B. ...... Sewell Bell ...... .... L . H. ...... Bardes Fuscia Sharkey ............. R. H. ..... . ' Nelson .............. F. B. ...... Balph Touchdowns: R. Suppes and Bell. Substitutions: Zipf for Davis, Korns for Zipf, Rose for Gonder, Haller for Kistler, Krebs for Suppes, Schry for Sharkey, Evans for Bell, Pinder for Nelson, George for Fredette, Yourison for Curry, Richard for Fuscia. Umpire: F. Baumer. Referee: M. Baker. Field Judge: R. Hoerle. Head Linesman: Bearer of Wilkinsburg. Timers: W. Werry and Repine. Time of quarters, IO minutes. THE ALTOONA GAME. With full-back Corboy, who is no longer a student of the Altoona High School, and end McGough, a former student of Gettysburg College in their line-up, the Altoona High School team entered the contest brimful of confidence, but Johnstown held them to a o-o score. The game was evenly matched from the first, both teams relying on the new football to make their gains. Altoona excelled in the use of the forward pass in which Capt. Corboy came to the front. For Johnstown, Kistler, Bell, and Evans started. The line-up was as follows: IOHNSTOWN O PGS. ALTOONA 0 Schry .......... .... L . E. ...... Goodman Bell ....... . . . L. T. ...... Gilliand Widmann . . . .... L. G. ..... . Kuhn Clark Butler Sagerson . .. Chas. Butler Rose........ R. Suppes . . Nelson .... The Spectat C. E. ...... Plummer R. G. ...... Richards R.T. Schollar .... 11.12 ... gg.11 ... 1. ii. Evans ............... R. H. '.1i1i1'J. Savage Herr or 29- McGough Plunnncr Capt. Kellar .......... F. B. ...... Capt. Corboy Referee: Hamilton QColumbia.j Umpire: Baker QDickin-- son.jj Field Judge: Hoerle QYaleJ. Head Linesman: Burley QPennsylvania.J Timers: G. W. VVilliams, Johnstown and Mar- tin, Altoona. Time: Two 15-minute and two Io-minute periods. Substitutions: Kistler for Rose, Davis for Kistler, Pinder for' Schry. i THE CGNNELLSVILLE GAME Before an audience of about 800 people the High School team defeated the Connellsville High School by the score of 5 to o. The day was too warm and the grounds too dusty for the teams to play up to their real standard. On this ac- count no sensational plays, except an eighty-five yard run for- a touchdown by Half-back Nelson occurred. Connellsville was dangerous only once during the entire game, that being in the second period, when Full-back Scott tried for a field-goal and missed it by only a few inches. Johnstown was easily outclassed in kicking, but atoned for this weakness in checking six out of eight of their opponents' tries for a forward pass. Capt. Scott of Connellsville, and Nelson and Krebs of Johnstown starred for their teams. The line-up and score was as follows: JOHNSTOWN 5 POS. CCNNELLSVILLE 0 Kistler ............. L. E. .... McDiFfett Bell .... Gonder ...... .... ... Ia'T.....Ia IDeVVnt . . . L. G. .... Herd Clark Butler .... C. .... Stafford Sagerson . . . . . . R. G. . . . .Lynn Widmann .... . . . R. T. . .L. Butte-rmore Krebs ......... ..... Keller fCapt.J R. F. .... McCormick Q. B. .... Moser .30 The Spectator Nelson .... .... L . H. .... Monk Evans .......... .. R. H. .... Bilardy R. Suppes ........... F. B. .... Scott fCapt.j Touchdow11: Nelson. Referee: Hamilton QColumbia.j Umpire: Baker QDickinson.j Field Judge: Hoerle QYa1e.J Head Linesman: Dunn CConnellsville.j Timers: Prof. Jones of Connellsville and XVerry of Johnstown. Time: Four IO- minute periods. Substitutions: Chas Butler for Gonder. The schedule for the remaining part of the year is as fol- lows: Oct. 22-StCSltO11 High at Johnstown. Oct. 29-VVashington High at Johnstown. Nov. 5-Pittsburg High at Pittsburg. Nov. 12-Open Nov. I9--Greensburg High at Johnstown. Nov. 24-Beaver High at Johnstown. A. A. MEETING HELD MONDAY, OCT. 3. Unusual interest was manifested in the election of Baset- ball and Track Managers. After a spirited contest the follow- ing were elected: Basketball Manager, Donald Davis ,IIQ Track team Manager. Richard Suppes ,I2. The first three games have now been played and Johns- town has yet to taste defeat. Judging from our standard of play in these, we feel perfectly safe in predicting that High School will have a most successful season. l 2 4 A vm Pyut Th.e Spectator 3X High School Granary Of Interesting Facts Everyone in the school will be interested in the following figures, showing our present e11rollment: CLASS BOYS GIRLS TOTAL Senior 26 35 61 Junior 56 73 IZQ Sophomore 59 80 139 Second Year Students 25 2I 46 Freshman IOS 135 240 271 344 615 The new song books are greatly appreciated by every stu- dent, and with ordinary care they should be in use for five or six years to come. lVith the return of September comes the animal organiza- tion of a Senior Boys' Glee Club. On the sixteenth of last month the Senior boys met and organized, electing Joseph Meyer president and VVilliam Thomas treasurer. Up to the- present time one rehearsal has been held under the efficient leadership of Miss Nell Crumme, the Music Supervisor. This organization receives our sincerest hopes for a successful ca- reer. The discontinuance of the annual lecture course this year will be greatly regretted by all the students and by those of the general public whose good fortune it has been to attend any of the numbers during the past years. We will not, how- ever, be entirely without similar entertainment, for the Seniors have made arrangements for a musical recital on November 18, by Sol. Marcosson, violinist, and Mrs. Marcosson, former- ly Miss Frew, pianoist. The ability of Mr. Marcosson as a violinist is unquestioned. He has appeared recently with the 32 The Spectator Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra, the Galveston Orchestra, the Louisville Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Choral Sym- phony, the Cleveland Symphony, and with the Chicago Sym- phony Orchestra, in various cities in the United States and Canada. Mrs. Marcosson is an honor graduate of the Boston Conservatory and is a recognized artist of high rank. With such reccomniendations an entertainment of high character is assured. General admission tickets for this rare entertainment can be had at the High School building or from any member of the senior class. A ticket will be presented to every High School pupil selling twelve general admissions. Reserved seats will be sold at Young's Drug Store on Franklin Street beginning at 7 o'clock VVednesday evening, November 1. The ,general admission tickets are 50 cents, While the reserved seat tickets are IO cents and I5 cents extra. The result of the first two months of the literary contest for a class pennant should satisfy the Juniors, and at the same time encourage them to strive all the harder to Win the prize. The Freshmen and Sophomores should not feeled discouraged over the result, but should consider that they have six more months in which they can make up for their negligence or in- .ability. The standing follows: ' ARTICLES CLASS CONTRIBUTED PERCENTAGE 1912 6 -375 1913 2 .12 5 .1914 1 .063 The Spectator 33 s TH E W FU N NY f S P 0 T , ci gif, ' High School Granary of Unsolved Mysteries By some caprice of providence it has entered into the heads of the editors of this paper to call this edition the Mystery Number. VVe, the Funny Editors, are therefore moved by the infernal fitness of things to dedicate Qwithout his permis- sionj this portion of the Spectator to ' The Enigmatical The Mysterious MONSIEUR D. C. with the reminder that it is the proper thing for each person, to whom a book is dedicated, to purchase and read a copy. October is rather a late month for Roses, especially on Westmont. Don't you think so, Ralph? This is the first Spectator for eight months that hasn't said something about the Professor's Go-T. 34 The Spectator Will someone please inform Crocker whether or not this is leap year. Two sweet little senior girls have recently propos- de to him-Qthat he accompany them to a cornroastj The following was lately seen on Study Hall blackboard :. N, B. Sophmoresf' The gardener QD. Gardnerj was heard inquiring who that fellow was. CornroastP Oh yes! The Seniors had a cornroast. The ten-mile stroll was very conducive to consumption !-Qof grub.j The man of the hour was Dub Tross. No, he's not a dub. He's a jolly good skip-a prince of good fellows. The feed was a great race! The butter melted away right from the start! As the hot breath of the baked potatoes fell upon the ears of the retreating corn, the absent-minded', Limberger went thundering by them both and finished strong with the mustard a close second! Amid the cheers of the interested Seniors the yelping of the weiner sandwiches was heard above the tumult, as a pack of hot dogsl' raced past the lines of red, white and' blue lights and across the goal. Every boy should own a dog !'! cried someone in the crowd, and Schrader promptly grabbed a sandwich. He ate and ate, and et and et, but the weiner gave him no encouragement. At last, just as Wriglit requested somebody to butter his ear, Schrader threw his sandwich to the green grass. As it went limping out to the kennels, somebody started, Hail! Hail! The gang's all here !', Then it hailed that old familiar song until it was killed by someone calling for the tenth repea- tion. After suffering for a few hours over the dramatic ef- forts of their friends and Miller Bell, the crowd cheered the genial host and proceeded to roast more corns, for it was too early for the cars to run. CNext dayj Oh! What a tired, sleepy bunch! Sick and The Spectator 35 tired, and weary and old, said Bell as he wrung the hand of a fellow-cornroaster. Oh! You Cornroast!! -1. If you see someone shooting past Study Hall door at a 2310 clip, don't be alarmed. It's only Staley trying to carry the air for the Glee Club. 'APete doesn't like the job. He says he'd sooner sing tenor fI2j Music Teacher Cpointing to a rest on the staffj This figure signifies that you are to rest. Staley'- Well, but I ain't tired yet ! Welcome back, Fat, Gne of D. C.'s favorite remarks: Right plumb straight on up ! If the ghosts of murdered jokes returned to plague their slayers, there would be mighty few places around the joke De- partment that were not haunted. A certain Senior boy endeavored to do the impossible at the Senior cornroast. He attempted to take a Glenfnj up on a mountain top. I-cobbsfgiving a definition of the figures I, 2, 3, etc.j They are wiggles that mean something. 36 The Spectator Joke-bs fatter removing and replacing two corksj There, I got the wrong cork in the right bottle. Jay-kbs Qas a white vapor arose from test tubej What is that coming toward you, Mr. C. ? Paul- A dreadful 'odoiflf' SOME OF OUR FAMOUS EX-MEMBERS ll Red Lenhart Qleast, but not last.j Beck Replogle Noot Hoerle. Phiz Rose. VVinter Snowden Cout of season.j Summer Prosser fgone, but not forgottenj Ernie Hammer fgone, but still knockingj Kernel Roosevelt Qlast, but not least.j'k t'CBy order of The Democrat Press. CK Cl Cl KK Fresh- My last contribution to the Spectator was ac- ceptedf' Soph- What was it. Fresh- Seventy-five cents. The Seniors are working overtime in selecting a class pin. Custer says he'1l be satisfied with a safety pin. Echo from Physical Geography Class-The World is too much with us, late and soon, getting and spending we lay waste our pocketbooks. 1 T 3' ..,-Y .. A :azz The Spectator 37 jake-bs tells the two upper classes not to use the stere fstarej It is permissable, however, to use the stairs. Jake-Libs-'Tyne pound of lead weighs seven hundred and ten pounds. The following sweet and charming little learic was discov- ered in the Question Box: There's a certain young man known as Bell, p Whose rushes at half-back sure tell. With any old team, lfVhen he gets up full steam, He always is sure to raise-the dickens. I-cobs- What force is that which keeps us moving along the street P Bright Senior- The police-force. Tross Cin Physicsj I weigh two hundred and ten tele- grams. A FEW MYSTERIES. The mystery of broad daylight, or who put the phosphate in Kredel's pineapple syrup. The mystery of the bold horse thief, or who stole Hines' pony. The mystery of the chewing-gum, or who swallowed the Polar Bear. See Gonder for further information. The mystery of the potassium and the H2O, or why was Tross kicked out of Chemistry. 38 The Spectator The mystery of the interrupted lesson, or why did the Ger- man Band cease so suddenly. Chemystery! A certain man entered an undertaker's establishment and recognized a long lost brotherg but sudenly the corpse opened its mouth. That isn't my brother after all, said the man, for my brother's teeth were all gold-filled. After the man had departed, the undertaker turned to the corpse and remarked, Now look what you went and doneg if you had kept your mouth shut, you might have had a de- cent burial. The mysterious J. H. S. Auxiliary Orchestra, otherwise known as the Rubber Band. Base File-Schry. Shoe Horn-Joder. Five-F. Smith. Sweet Potato-Bass Mouth Organ-Walt. Thomas. .. Catarrh- Sir Walter Scott. Liar-Evans. The Fruhlinger Brothers positively refuse to return to the limelight! Stude- Can you give me a synonym for a man who has horse sense ? D. C.- Sure, I'd call him a stable thinker. Um-uh! Another cornroast! This time Seniors, Juniors, Sophomores, and even some Freshmen were prevalent. Where? Out at Nowell's, at Wal- The Spectator 39 sall. All those who think the Nowell's can't put up a swell time, say yes.,' Opposed, Uno. The Noes have it. Well, the rumpus started on the street car. Each fellow was used by the crowd as a football until all the elasticity and ductil- ity was knocked out of him', and until his crowning feature, his hat, was knocked to atoms or Windber. VVhere's my hat ?,' was the burning question of the hour, and incidentally, it still is. It reminds us of the story of the babies who were mixed. Ever hear that story? No? Neither did we. ' Then we hoofed it six miles thru the deep snow. During this trip a great many became intoxicated fwith the sceneryj In fact, the hostesses were the only ones in the crowd who were sober. And even they got hilarious at certain stages of the games, which were played around a great bonfire of Standard Oil-soaked B. 81 O. railroad ties, knot, however, burning use- lessly, for here the hot dogs slowly gathered strength and momentum for the great rush down the waiting red lanes. The buns were also abundant, and it fairly rained apples and corn, while two fellows were kept busy hoeing the potatoes of the fire. And we shall never forget the mustard, the strongest number on the bill. After the games and eats came the six-mile obstacle race back to the car-line, during which the bunch again became in- toxicated while crossing the mysterious Bridge of Sizef, NVhen we boarded the car the funny part of the evening oc- curred. Since the ladies had invited the gentlemen, all of the latter brought just enough money to get out, expecting the ladies to see them safely home. But the female department promptly declined with thanks. VVhat was to be done? The collector of the coin, the conductor, drew near. Then a bright idea entered the boys' heads, and accordingly, pandemoniurn began. They would confuse the poor collector! This they did by breaking the seats, playing ball with the poor conductor, throwing hats, pulling ties, viz, neckties, ringing up fares, and turning the lights off. But when the three thousandth fare had been rung up and the last glimmer had been soused, the plucky little motorman could stand it no longer. In he came with fire in his eyes 40 The Spectator fand also in his pipe,j and forcing his way thru the crowd, he started his talking apparatus, venting the vials of his pent up wrath upon a poor little innocent Soph. Then turning to an- other, he made the hit of the evening with a snappy, 'fYou too, Cappy! Cappy promptly faded away, and the rest of the 'evening he remained very seldom, e. g., seldom seen. After a policeman had boarded the car and restored order with his shillaly, er,-mace, the train rolled peacefully on. ' Fin- ally, as the ragtime melodies died away, the crowd broke up and the balloon soared gently home to Engleside in the wake of a half a hundred boys so tired that they tasted rubber. ALAS! ALAS!! ANOTHER GOOD MAN LOST!!! On the night of Sept. 30, our old friend Romefoj deserted the ranks of the Improved Order of Women Haters and join- ed the time-honored Home-Breakers Union, when he left his native county of Cambria and entered the wilds of Somerset with a deer Qdearj The occasion was a corn roast. COMMENTS OF HIS ACTIONS. From Women Haters' Monthly:- It is to be deplored that such a staunch and venerable mem- ber of our order should let his heart control his better judgment and desert us in such a time of need. From Home Breakers' Gazette:- At last we have attained our aim. We have succeeded in capturing the impenetrable Roman. This noble, etc., etc. ii...-1 Soph- Why do so many fellows get the flat head haircut known as the Teddy-bare ? Gardner- It must be because they want to be level- headed. We owe you an apology, Mr. Kraybill. We were wrong. It is not the Toofer Five Club. It is the Three O'clock The Spectator 4l' Club. Attendance is optional. Following is a list of the charter members: K. Blough, A. Cooper, E. Robinson, E. Schrader, L. Trent, J. VVohl, R. Young. Korns fwhen he got his arm brokej- I can move my fingers. Reese- That's nothing. My nose was broke and I could work my mouth. IN ANCIENT HISTORY CLASS. Miss XV-r- Name the l.'atriz11'elis, Robert. lifbeit- Moses, .-Xbrzihzun, Isaac, jacob- lfreslnnan in COTIICI'-UXYZISIIII Exodus a Patriarch? Soph- Come here Fresh, till we operate on youf, Fresli- Please clon't, Mister, I had mine. Ask anybody that knows. 42 The Spectator QUESTION Box. fPlace all questions in the box in the ofiiee. Don't be afraid your question is too hard. VVe can answer anything asked. You MUST sign somebody else's name in your own hand- writing. Otherwise it will be cooly ignoredj VVho peeped P-Sagerson. Aus.-Ask Shony the Sharkf, alias Sl1arkey the Shown fout of the room.j VVhy can't I be a fusser ?-Shultz. Ans.-It's for one of three reasons. You haven't got the money, the time, or the girl. How many inches in a foot ?-Merry Rion. Ans.-It has not been definitely settled yet. VVhat is the density of elephant F-Rusellers. Ans.-It compares very favorably with the density of some of the Freshman. VVhy is a clog?-VV. O. O. F. Ans.-Because it is not yet a weiner. VV hat do we know about Physics ?-Uno. Ans.-Nothinf Where did Pete Trent get the haircut?-Tross. 4 Ans.-At Meyer's Tonsorial Emporium. It wouldn't have cost him any more to have them all cut, though. VVhy is D. C. good at repartee ?-A. B. Used. Ans.-He always has his retort. W'hat's the matter with Gonder?-Zip. Ans.-He's suffering from abasion of the cuticle, tumefac- tion, eechymosis, and extravation in the integument and cel- fr 6 The Spectator 43 lular tissue about the left orbit. In plain United States-he has a black eye. He ran into a Saturday Evening Post. How can I become a fusser ?-Joder. Ans.-Lead the Girls' Rooting Squad. Io-cubs- Of what substances is the universe composed? Puzzled Senior- Matter and space. Jo-cubs- Young man, you forget-yourself. P. S.- Oh! Then I mean matter, space, and myself. ANOTHER MYSTERY The mystery of the church and the animal of seven smells, or x-.hat was wrong with Albert T. when he mistook a full grown skunk for a black cat in a dark alley at seven o'clock in the morning. XVith joy we gaze at our D. C. In Physics or in Chemistry, May D. C. never have D. C's tcliseasej May he in peace meet his D. C's Cdeceasej The Spectator End oi Mysteries. Read Ads H - vf-. 'J W' vggvgf ' mi, V QS'-i AiQ .w..,+.! . 1. V V f ii-yi-,f E f ' Wx n - co H v N f 1 n'! is q W The Spectator 45 F. C. PATTEN, Sole Representative . jf. freberich Ilbusic Go. Suppes Building, Johnstown, Pa. Agents for Knabe, Chickering and thirty more of the wor1d's best llbianos Complete line of Victor and Edison Talk' M h' mg ac lnes. All the very latest songs can be purchased from our Sheet Music Dopartment PROFESSIONAL THOS. J. ITELL, DAN L. PARSONS, Attorney-at-Law. Attorney-at-Law Suppes Building. Bank Building FRANK P. MARTIN. ALVIN SHERBINE. Attorney-at-Law Attorney-at-Law Bank Building' H W . STOREY. Suppe: Building At torney-at-Law Suppes Buildini Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y. 46 The Spectator Hats and Clothes for Young Men . '7 W ' 'S sw , ' P gill -' S T ,Q QQ 4 X if II X gsm 5 ll 1 QV, fjf ' 521513: 1. X- ttg u vt Bflfff f t it E 7' N I L Q- ' x f I 4 K if . ff ,J av TRU P CLOTHES' Snappy Clothes at Moderate Prices JOHN THOMAS 6: SONS The Spectator 47 UNION NATIONAL BANK 4 Per Cent. 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Trimmed Hats very QUINN 'S becoming and easily worn Fall Tailored Suits and Costumes Pony and Caracaf Fur Coats Fall Waisfs andfumpers Watch for our Great Money- saving Advertisement Every Monday. Great Atlantic 84 Pacific Tea Company The Spectator 49 Y P I ACT WISELY when they affiliate e themselves with one of the leading banking institutions in their city START AN ACCOUNT WITH 'GTE United States National Bank Johnstown's First-Class Hotel Remodeled, and furnished throughout with the best Popular prices, S2 to S3 per pay :I American Plan You'll find your friends at P A U L ' S Billiard and -- -l Suppes Building Pool 00000 Franklin Parlors l.O'l.l St. ll O Franke's Skin Cream A delightful reparation for the toilet. A preventative for rough and, chapped skin when applied before going outdoors. Also, a beautifier of the complexion. Price 25c the Jar. For sale only at the Franke Pharmacy Cor. Franklin and Haynes Sts. The Spectato Young lVlen's Clothing We believe we sell the BEST Young Men's Clothing made in America -- best and smartest - and at the smallest comparative prices in Johnstown. See them ! lVllIc.LER'S A. J. Haws CE, Sons Refractories Fire Brick Silica Brick Q7VIagnesite Brick Chrome Brick Capacity . . . 40,000,000 Per Year T h e S p e c t A t 51 Try J' N 1 nappy ew Conrad s Footwear For for Ladies and Most Delicious Gentlemen SOCi8.S and at . Sundaes , Zang s 30, Franklin Street .Tanner ,Quality Shop 557 Main Street Opposite the Merchants Hotel Confections, Fancy Pastry, Delicacies Dainty Luncheon .ferved in the Garden Johnstown's Beauty .fpot High School Pennants M egaphones Sweaters Harry G. 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V The Spectator 533 7 l 0 4 S Sanitary Plumbing' g It's not a lgxury, but a BARBERS SHAVE DBCSSSI y.1 o get It you T0 PLEASE fglffi Siilgnggfnnixngeffil TRY THEM 15 f Haynes Street R' W - BECK is the Place 507 Franklin St. Garments for Misses Something lively, yet fashionable, and well within the bounds of good taste - this is the store for such apparel. Where Quality Counts Kline,S ' ' ' Suits, Overcoats Distinctive Rmoats SIO, SIZ, AND S15 Young man, see our lines at these prices. They have all the snap and kinks of the higher priced garments, and we guarantee every one of them For ygolgig next H O E N F E L D 9 S ClintoE39Street PENNANTS We have them. A brand new line of High School Pennants and Cushions-the best display ever in town 545 fEEOR1.A.N S 545 Main The Home of the Circulating Library mam The Spectato 5 New Dibert Main Building 'jx' Street D 510 CONFEGTIONERY Peter K, Lindcrmem, Prop. Geo. P. Lamont, Mgr. 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The Thanksgiving Psalms ..... The Aldens' Thanksgiving ..... Herrick's A Thanksgiving to God Why the Fellows of Michigan Were Thankful ........... The Fall of Leaves . . Ode to Autumn . . Editorial ..... Exchanges . . Society ..... Current Events . . Athletics .... School Notes . . Alumni ...... The Funny Spot . . Advertisements . . Fnie .2 .3 .4 .6 .8 .10 .12 .12 .13 .15 .16 .17 .19 .21 .22 .23 .34 .27 .29 .31 .33 .36 .37 .38 .45 Grate Befnrv thv Glhankugining illlrut Some hae meat and canna eat, And some would eat that want itg But we hae meat, and we can eat, So let the Lord be thankit. I Robert Burns. be Tlsligb School Spectator Vires acquirit eunda VOL XIII HIGH SCHOOL, JOIQINSTOWN, PA. No. 3 A I V W 'fh ' 4, V p 6 ll. . ee- 'eb .Q Age an? Sound By Waldo Wright '11 hrough pastoral scenes a sightless poet, young, Xliith timid blundering step and untrained ear, Sought for a song that never had been Sung. Afar, evasive, came the notes unclear From some enraptured songster of the air. He said, 'Tis a song of unsung hope I hear.' The brook breathed forth a melody so rare The poet paused entraneed to catch the strain: No mortal song so much of joy can hear. He heard the wind soft rise from grassy plain, Embrace the flowers and fruits of Autumn gay. Cried he, All other songs real love do feignf, Years passed, the poet old in other days Sighed in the stillness of the Autumn night: O unsung, matchless, songs of Nature's praise! 35 4 The Spectator What is Seen at Plymouth By Emily Fearl '12 LYMOUTH Harbor is one of the most beautiful harbors in the world. From the sea the ground is terraced. On the highest terrace, overlooking the harbor, there has been erected a National Monument to our forefathers. To the right of the harbor is a misty blue range ofniountains called the Monametg to the left is the town of Druxbury. In Druxbury is Captain's Hill on which Stands the heroic monument of Captain Miles Standish. Il lp - fltlll ,, I M W 3 ., At the peaceful little harbor of Plymouth the Mayflower weighed anchor almost three hundred years ago. The shallop from the large boat was brought to the shore, and the Pilgrims first set foot on a large flat boulder. A portion of this famous rock is protected by a large canopy of stone. Pilgrims' Hall has been built to preserve relics and pictures. Among the old documents there is a parchment containing autographs of persons attending the Pilgrim society when Daniel Webster delivered his famous oration. There are papers signed with John Aldenls signature, there are john's Bible, a book printed by Elder Brewster, and what is still more highly prized, Governor Bradford's Bible printed in German in 1592. Among the relics there is a piece of embroidery bearing the name of Lorea Standish which was found some years ago in the cellar of her home, and the Damascus sword of the The Spectator 5 Pilgrim Captain. The sword bears Arabic inscriptions and was probably handed down to Miles Standish from the Crusaders. Among the pictures on the walls of Pilgrim Hall are the Em- barkationf' the Landing and the Signing of the Compact. In the Registry Building are kept the earliest records of Plymouth Colony. In writing, qaint but legible, is the original plan for the laying out of the first street-Leyden street. The will of Captain Standish is there, and an order by Governor Bradford for the division of cattle into lots. Domestic animals were very scarce the first few years the Pilgrims were in their new country, and in order to equalize them Bradford divided the Pilgrim families then into lots ,each family receiving a lot. VVhat an excitement there must have been when they divided the milk of one cow into thirteen even parts! In the hrst dark sad winter when many of the brave little band of settlers died, they buried their dead in Coles Hill, which is in reality not a hill but the lowest terrace on the very shore of the ocean. In order that the Indians might not know how few of their number remained, the well men levelled the soil on the graves and planted a field of corn. An idea. of that terrible winter can best be obtained from a record which says: This month thirteen of our number died. And in three months past dies half our company-the greatest part in the depth of winter, wanting houses and other comforts, being afflicted with scurvy and other diseases which their long voy- age and unaccommodate condition brought upon them, so as there die sometime two or three a day. Of a hundred persons scarce fifty remaining, the living scarce able to bury the deadg the well not sufiicient to tend the sick, there being in their time of greatest distress, but six or seven, who spare no pains to help them. The terrace above and beyond Co1e's Hill is Burial Hill. Here were buried those who survived the first winter. Among the graves is that of William Bradford. On Burial Hill there is the site of the first fort. The place was well chosen for it commanded a view of Leyden street and of the brook, two places from which the Indians would probably come. At the foot of Burial Hill is the Town Brook. Governor 6 The Spectator Bradford wrote, And there is a very sweet brook runnes un- der the hillside, and many delicate springs of as good water as can be drunkef' The brook now furnishes valuable water power for the citizens of Plymouth. The oldest house at Plymouth is the Crowe House, built in 1664, another old building is the Leach House, built in 1679. At Druxbury there are houses built by Alexander, the son of Miles Standish, and the house of john Alden. Priscilla's Longing By H. K '11 w ne of the most beautiful passages in Longfellow's 'fCourt- ship of Miles Standish is that in which Priscilla tells John Alden of her longing for her old' home. I have been thinking all day, said gently the Puritan Maiden, Dreaming all night and thinking all day of the hedgerows of England. They are in blossom now and the country is like a garden: Thinking of lanes and fields and the song of the lark and the linnetg Seeing the village street, and the familiar faces of neighbors Going about as of old and stopping to gossip together And, at the end of the street, the village church with the ivy Climbing the old gray tower, and the quiet graves in the churchyard. Kind are the people I live with and dear to me my religion, Still my heart is so sad, that I wish myself back in Old England. The homesickness of the Puritan maiden touches the heart. This longing could not have come to Priscilla alone. Even the bravest of the Puritans must sometimes have grown discouraged. Here they were a handful of people, far from home and kindred, alone in a foreign land. Staunch hearts though they were, they must have thought often of the beauti- ful country they had left behind, a country which had been under the culture of civilized man for ages, highly cultivated, The Spectator 7 dotted with cities and pretty rural villages, with gardens green and smiling the whole year 'round. There could hardly have been a greater contrast to that pleasant land than the cold bleak New England coast-their new home. The land was naturally rough and rocky with ledges cropping up here and there. lt was covered with broad expanses of traekless forest, and inhabited only by savages and wild beasts. In place of the picturesque English villages were only straggling huts with stony fields about them, separated by thousands of miles from another settlement of their race. Life in Plymouth was especially hard in winter when the cold north-east winds from the ocean swept in storms of freez- ing rain, or heaped deep snow in great drifts against the rude log dwellings. To the natural hardships of the cold winter months were added those of famine and the danger of attack from the Indians. Besides the common troubles Priscilla Mullins had her personal griefs. Her parents and her brother had died during the winter: her living kindred were all in England. Little won- der her thoughts turned back to Old England, as she sat alone spinning in her rough log cabin: little wonder that, staunch Puritan though she was, she longed sometimes for the happy home of her childhood! 8 The Spectator What Johnny Paid for His Turkey By Mary Glenn '13 or a week Johnny had eaten scarcely a bite, for he had been saving up for Thanksgiving dinner. NVhen Thanks- giving morning arrived, he could hardly wait until dinner-time. About every five minutes he would run to the kitchen to see if the dinner was almost done. Finally when dinner was served, Johnny ate and ate. His mother remonstrated about his eat- ing so much, but Johnny said that Thanksgiving came only once a year, and he continued eating. Yet he was not satisfied. That night while the others were busy talking, he quietly tip- toed out to the pantry to see if there had been anything left from dinner. There he devoured the remainder of the turkey. Then, feeling dizzy, he went up-stairs to bed. A After he was in bed he could not sleep for thinking about the turkey, and he h ad eaten so much of it that when he looked around his room everythings was in a whirl. Then he closed his eyes. NVhen Johnny opened his eyes again, he was not in his own little room, but in a butcher-shop unpacking American turkeys in the Land of Turkey itself. He intended to have a big sale of turkeys, so he sent as advertisements several dozen of post cards on which were pictures of turkeys. A few days afterward, several officers entered his shop, gazing around with a strange curiosity. After inquiring his name, the men told him that he was arrested. Johnny stared at them in astonishment. He could recollect nothing he had done to deserve such punishment. Seeing his confusion, the officers said that he need not wait for explanations, but should follow them. They led him out of the shop to an odd looking Wagon, in which he was driven for miles. Finally they arrived late in the night at a large, gloomy building. Not a light could be seen in it. Through this dark house, Johnny Was led into a cell, where he spent the night in terror, for he knew not what his doom might be the next day. On the following afternoon, johnny was taken to the throne room of the Sultan's palace. Far at the end of the room The Spectator 9 sat the Sultan and his Grand Vizer. As Johnny approached them, he bowed low. Then he knelt' before the ruler while his sentence was pronounced. i'You are here as one of the greatest criminals in our country, the Sultan said, 'Kfor our government will not allow any cards like those you sent to pass through its mails. To send a card with a picture of a turkey on it is no slight offense to us.' Then johnny burst into tears. He pleaded with the Sultan to fogive him as he had not been in the country long and had not heard of such a law. The Sultan said, I am sorry for you, but the slightest penalty which that turkey Cpointing to one of the cardsj has cost you is one year in prison and a fine of two dollars a day. Then johnny raised his head and looked at the Sultan. As he gazed at him he saw not the stern face of the Sultan, but the kind face of the family doctor, who was holding him by the hand and saying, My little man, I am sorry for you, but I fear you will have to remain in bed for at least a week. During this time you will have to pay me a fine of two dollars a day, all on account of the turkey. i :Ah I0 The Spectator The Thanksgiving Dream By Mabel R. Stouppe '14 hanksgiving with its turkey brown Novembers cold chill days had brought' The happy feast was Johnny's thought. E And all the busy days before, G . W'ith happy visions in his head, He went to bed the night before, And diligently thought and thought Of pumpkin pie and fruit galore. Thanksgiving dinner came at last. VVhen Johnny tucked his napkin in, The gobbler big and brown and fat, Came up to Johnny with a grin. He said, 'AI come to eat you up gl' VVho now but John was wild with fright? just then a soft voice by his side Asked him how he had slept that night. The Turkey's Revenge By Amelia Ludwig '13 ommy was six years old. His nationality was easily determined by a glance at his round freckled face, with its turned up nose and twinkling blue eyes, topped by a mass of brick-red hair. He stood in front of a large box in the back yard of his home, poking a long stick between the slats. From the inside of the box a loud gobble, gobble, gobbleu and the flapping of wings were heard. Tommy teased the turkey till he grew tired of this amusement and went to seek another. That night a very tired little boy tumbled into bed. There he lay for a long time, gazing into the darkness and wickedly The Spectator ll chuckling as he thought of the afternoon's fun with the Thanks- giving turkey. Suddenly Tommy became conscious of the fact that his surroundings were changed. Very much frightened, the boy gazed about. A rather small space enclosed on three sides with rough boards, and on the fourth by slats about one inch and a half apart, surrounded him. Only then did Tommy realize his position-he was a prisoner in the turkey coop. He tried to cry out, but his tongue seemed frozen to the roof of his mouth. Then he groped his way around the box, trying to find a door. Failing in this, the youngster sat down and cried. just then he felt a sharp poke in the ribs. Springing up in terror, he saw before him a large turkey. Oh! my fine fellow, how do you like it ? said the bird, as it poked Tommy again and again. The boy tried to crawl out of reach, but the stick reached him in the farthest corner. The bird teased its victim for a while and then as suddenly as it had come, disappeared. Greatly relieved, Tommy crept into a corner and cried himself to sleep. The sound of an opening door broke in upon his slumbers. Thinking that his tormentor had returned, he opened his eyes but to find himself cozily tucked in his own little bed, and heard his mother calling, why, Thomas, dear, I am surprised. It's almost dinner time, and Thanksgiving Dayf' just before dinner Tommy went out and looked at the coop. The top was off and the turkey gone. Cf course Tommy knew where it was. At the dinner table he surprised everybody by refusing to eat any turkey, offering a tooth-ache as an excuse. I2 The Spectator Thanksgiving Day By Richard Weimer '13 G hanksgiving Day has come again, With all Thanksgiving joys, The turkeys fat and pumpkins ripe, A feast for girls and boys. The corn-crib's filled to the top with corn, The granary's filled with wheatg The mow is laden down with hay, The cellar, with things to eat. The cookies and the cakes, In the kitchen are the custard pies, The puddings, jams and cranberry sauce, Mince pies which mother makes. But in the midst of this harvest rich, In the midst of this joy and peaceg Let us not forget the Giver of all, VVhose blessings never cease. Feast qf the Tabernacle By H. R. '12 HE feast of Tabernacles, or Sukkos, is the Jewish Thanks- giving Day. Before this day, all the produce of the year has been gathered in and stored in the barns and granaries and wine presses for the coming year. It is the day we raise our voices in prayers of gratitude. Since Sukkos occurs at the time of our northern harvests, it has come to be regarded as our Harvest Festival. It derives its name Tabernacles from the command to dwell in tabernacles or tents, during the festi- The Spectator I3 val. These tents are built from the branches and limbs of trees in the yard of the temple. , This recalls the camping in huts during the harvest and more particularly commemorates the simple homes of our ancestors in the desert. It, therefore, reminds us how the love of God protected them during those days of trial and danger. It is right that in prosperity and success we should rcmembel' our earlier days of poverty and trial. This festival has a double feature: it celebrates the changes and gifts of nature, characteristic of autumn and the ingatheringg it commemorates an event in our past history, the booth-dwelling in the wilderness. This festival lasts eight days. It begins the Fifteenth day of the seventh month of the Jewish calendar. It is a day of prayer and festival. In Solomon's time the people went to Jerusalem and built their booths in the temple yard. There the priests brought the ark which contained the ten commandments. After all the people had assembled, King Solomon rose and blessed them. Then the priests read the prayers. After this a feast was held consisting mostly of fruit. After feasting they offered sacrifice. This festival nowadays is celebrated in every Jewish syn- agogue. The booths are built in the temple yards: the ten commandments are read from large scrolls by the rabbis. The ark which contains this parchment is a large, curtained sliding- door cabinet. Thanksgiving Day in Ancient History By Viola Custer '14 TUDENTS of Ancient history turn their thoughts at the Thanksgiving season to Demeter, or Ceres, whose favor brought mankind plentious harvests. The most celebrated legend about Ceres is the story of the loss and partial recov- ery of her daughter Prosperina. This little myth was the chief cause of one of the Roman I4 The Spectator festivals known as the Cereris, held in honor of the reunion of Ceres and Prosperina. It was held in August and was established before the Second Punic war. The wanderings of the goddess in search of her daughter were represented by women dressed in white, running around with lighted torches. There were also games that were celebrated in the circus max- imus, the spectators of which were dressed in white After fast- ing nine days at this festival the women, clothed in white and adorned with crowns of ripe ears of corn, offered to the goddess the first fruits of the harvest. Her other principal festival was known as the Cerealia and corresponded with the Eleusinia of the Greeks. This fes- tival was celebrated in two ways: one was the hunting of a fox with a torch tied to his tail and the other was the Cerealian games. Those introduced in later times were held by the Aediles, from the twelfth to the nineteenth of April It was about 496 B. C., on the occasion of a drought, that the Sibylline Books introduced the worship of Ceres along with that of Dionysius and Persephone. This wor- ship was so decidely Greek that the temple, over the entrance to the Circus was built in Greek style and by Greek artists. The services of the goddess, too, were like those of the Thes- mophorios in honor of the Greek goddess, Demeter, and were performed by the women, in the Greek tongue. Gne of her temples was under the care of the plebian aediles, who were the overseers of the corn market, who had their homes in or near it. Her temple in Rome had been destroyed by fire, but was rebuilt again by Augustus. After IQI B. C. a fast was introduced by command of the Sibylline Books. At first this was observed every four years but in later times was kept annually on the fourth of October. The Italians worshipped Ceres by giving her a sow before the beginning of the harvest, and dedicated to her the first cuttings of the corn. The statues of Ceres are represented in many different postures, some sitting, some standing and many other ways. The Spectator I5 On her head occasionally she wore a veil and a diadem or a garland of corn and a band of ribbon, while in her hand she held a sceptre, a bunch of corn, or a head of poppy, and some- times a torch or a mystic basket. Her principal sacrifices con- sisted of swine, the symbol of fertility, oxen, cows, honey, cakes and fruits. Tommy's Dream of Thanksgiving By Ethel King '14 OMMY had been watching his mother and grand-mother preparing for Thanksgiving Day. He not only watched, but also let his fingers visit the cooky jar quite frequently when no one was looking. His mouth was always filled with some kind of sweets. When evening arrived Tomniy's head felt rather queer, but he never once thought that the stolen sweets he had stowed away might be the cause of it. He drew a large chair before the fire and sat down to think of the coming Thanks- giving feast. In the midst of his fancies he fell asleep. He dreamed that he was alone in a spacious room in the center of which stood a large table. It was fairly overflowing with all sorts of Thanksgiving dainties. An immense turkey on a huge platter occupied a portion of the table, while around it were pumpkin pies, cakes, fruits, nuts and other delicacies. Everything was enormous in size, the turkey as huge as an engine. The room was lighted by grotesque Jack-o'-lanterns with hideous grinning faces. Tommy looked at the scene with delight, but not without awe and fear. A door opened and a beautiful fairy entered the room, followed by two sprightly little elves. The fairy motioned for Tommy to come to her, and he slowly approached the table. She told him to eat anything he liked. He obediently and no- wise reluctantly began to munch a huge cooky. The two little elves approached Tommy and stood, one at each elbow. They seemed to be trying to see which could pass I6 The Spectator him the dainties the faster. They were very insistent, urging him to eat more and more. just as soon as he had eaten one thing they would quickly pass him another tempting dish. At last he assured them that he could not eat another bite, but they told him that he would have to eat everything on the table. Poor Tommy! he was nearly bursting! How could he eat all those cakes and pies? Suddenly he turned around and noticed his reflection in a large mirror on the opposite wall of the room. He had grown the size of a giant and could see him- self growing still larger. He begged the elves to go away. The fairy told him that she would send them away if he would promise never again to eat so much before Thanksgiving day. He was just ready to give her his promise, when he suddenly awoke and found him- self still sitting alone by the fire. He was delighted to find he had dwindled to his natural size and during the meals that f0l- lowed the family noticed with surprise that Tommy's ravenous appetite had disappeared. The Thanksgiving Psalmf By Marie E. Kress '14 ' s we come once more into the season marked by the com- pletion of the harvest, the heart naturally lifts itself in thanksgiving to the Father over all. In the whole range of the literature upon Thanksgiving probably there is nothing more touchingly beautiful than the Thanksgiving Psalms of the Bible. Here the sweet singer of Israel pours out his soul in a rapture that thrills the heart of ev- ery man and woman. I-le calls the great busy world to join in his joyful exaltation of the name that is above all other names: O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. Ps. 34-3: Offer unto God thanksgivingg and pay thy vows unto the Most High. Ps. 50-142 Sing unto the Lord, bless his name: shew forth his salvation from day to day. Ps. 95-2. He The Spectator I7 then calls the people to worship, that in this exercise they may show forth their thankfulness and praise. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise, be thankful unto him, and bless his name. Ps. IOO-4, O give thanks unto the Lord for he is good, his mercy endureth forever, Ps. IO7-I 5 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of Thanksgiving, and de- clare his works with rejoicingf Ps. IO7-233, O give thanks to God, his mercy endureth forever. Ps. 136-2. With what completeness does the psalmist bring forth the great duty of thanksgiving. He would teach the great World everywhere that Thanksgiving is a matter of the heart, not a mere passing sentiment but a deep feeling which takes hold of life and lays everything at the foot of God in humble thankful service and gratitude. It is so easy in these days of commercialism for our thankfulness to be bounded by a day, and that called into prominence by the Presidents proclamation. But the Thanks- giving Psalms of the Bible would make every day a Thanks- giving Day and have the heart look up ever in reverent grat- itude to God. The Thanksgiving Psalms teach that no indus- trial nation can fulfiill its true mission unless God-centered. The Alden's Thanksgiving By Ruth Young '13 t was Thanksgiving morning. Without all was still and cold, but within the fire in the fireplace threw a ruddy light over the long room. All were preparing for the morn- ing services in the little chapel on the hillside. Yes, said Mrs. Alden, you and Priscilla may remain at home if you promise to Stay in the house. Yes, mother, Priscilla and I will remain in doors and prepare the dinner, said Evangeline, the smallest of the Aldens. As Mrs. Alden left the house her last words were, Watch for Indians, children. In a few hours the two girls, having prepared all they I8 The Spectator could for dinner, were sitting in front of the Fire place eating nuts and popping corn. - Oh, Evangeline, don't be afraidg there haven't been Indians around for about a weekf, Well, you never know when they: will come. Let's get the Jack-o'-lanterns ready, Oh, let's! But- Now, what good can we do by sitting here in front of the fire ? So saying the girls went into the little store-room and cut the lanterns. When they had finished carving, they set the Jack-0,-lanterns, with the faces toward the outside, on the window sill. Let's light them to see how they look. Yes, goodief' replied Evangeline. Oh! don't they look grand? cried Evangeline, clapping her hands in joy. Come now, Evangeline, we must finish preparing dinner. They left the lanterns burning and returned to the prepar- ation of dinner. Meanwhile two Indians were prowling around the house. Thinking they had an easy job before them, they planned what they would do with the girls when-suddenly they came to the window where the lighted lanterns were! They had never seen Jack-0'-lanterns before and were frightened. Ugh! Heap big Fire-god, said one Indian as he turned and fled, followed by the second. A little later the Aldens returned from church. They ate the Thanksgiving dinner with more than usual rejoicing for a neighbor had seen the Indians run at the sight of the Jack- 0'- lanterns and had told the Aldens when they arrived home. They kept the wonderful lanterns till they fell in decay. The Spectator l'Ierrick's A Thanksgiving to God By J. H. C. '11 ORD, Thou hast given me a cell, Wherein to dwell, A little house, Whose humble roof Is weather-proofg Under the spars of which I lie Both soft and dryg Where thou my chamber for to ward, Hast set a guard Of painless thoughts to watch and keep Me, while I sleep. Low is my porch, as is my fateg Both void of stateg And yet the threshold of my door Is worn by th' poor, VVho thither come, and freely get Good words, or meat. Like as my parlour, so my hall And kitchen's small, A little buttery, and therein ,A little bin, Which keeps my little loaf of bread Unchypt, unflead Some brittle sticks of thorn or briar Makes me a fire, Close by whose living coal I sit, And glow like it. Lord, I confess, too, when I dine, The pulse is thine, And all those other bits that be There placed by theeg The worts, the purslain, and the mess Of water-cress. Which of thy kindness thou hast sentg And my content Makes those, and my beloved beet, To be more sweet. 1 Q 20 The Spectator 'Tis 'thou that crown'st my glittering hearth With guiltless mirth, And giv'st me wassil bowls to drink, Spiced to the brink Lord, 'tis thy plenty dropping hand That soils the land, 1 And giv'st xme, for my bushel sown, Twice ten for one, Thou mak'st my teeming hen to lay .Her egg each day, Besides my healthful ewes to bear Me twins each year, The while the conduits of my kine Run cream, for wine, All these, and better, thou dost send Me, to this end,- That I should render, for my part, A thankful heartg Which, fired with incense, I resign, Ars wholly thine, -But the acceptance, that must be, My Christ, by thee. If we have ever considered Thanksgiving an exclusively American holiday we have erred. By reading the November Spectator we learn that other nations observe a similar anni- versary. England celebrates a harvest festival. Robert Her- rick, that charming English lyrist who so delightfully describes May Day in Corinna's Mayingu and the ingathering of 'crops in Hay Wain, wrote a-poem for the thanksgiving season. I-Ierrick's beautiful lyric, which is quoted above, is the humble and soulful thanksgiving hymn of one who, after a life of strife and nervous toil, had finally settled comfortably in an unpretentious dwelling-a country vicarage in Devonshire. There he learned that the source of worldly enjoyment is found in its very simplicity, that man is dependent for life in its en- tirety upon the 'plenty-dropping' providential hand of God, and that his part in carrying out the Maker's plan is only to render in return a thankful heart.. The Spectator 21 Why the Fellows of Michigan Were Thankful By Charles Pinder '13 HE regular Thanksgiving game with Weston Agricultural School was creating unusual excitementg money was two to one in their favor. Walsh sent the players home Weclnesday to rest up. He was in great doubt concerning the next day's game but did not let the players know it. He was worriedg he knew he had a back-field that could be depended upong he expected great things of Full-back Mitchell, but his linemen were uncertain. As he sat staring into the grate with all this upon his mind the telephone rang, bringing him back to his senses with ai start. He picked up the receiver saying: Yes, this is Walsh- Dr. Fulton? What! Mitchell has sprained his ankle? How ? Walsh hung up the receiverg luck was now against him. At 3:30 the air was cold and the sky dark. The crowd on the sidelines stamped their feet and swung their armsg the people in the grand-stand sat cold and impatient, restlessly waiting for the game. The teams lined upg Walsh had taken Dale from end and placed him at halfback. Dors was placed in Mitchell's place and Cain was found at end. Michigan Agricultural won the toss and selected to kick Weston Agricultural. The whistle blew and one of the hardest fought battles ever seen on Michigan's field had begun. The ball was held and puntedg tridk plays which the coaches were sure would gain ground, were blockedg both the sides played the other to a standstill, and the first quarter ended with the ball in the center of the field. The second quarter was the same with Western Agricultural having a slight advantage. The third quarter Western Agricultural ploughed the line. They were gaining with every onslaught. The half- backs went up to the line, risking a chance of a forward pass, but Western Agricultural was satisfied with mass plays. Third down, fur, shouted the referee. Western Agri- culture was twenty yards from the coveted goal line. They formed for a drop-kick, the line held and the ball went spinning 22 The Spectator straight for the goal. Every one held his breath just for a sec- ond, then a shout arose that shook the grandstand! The ball had hit the crossbar, fallen forward and had bounced behind the goal where the quarterback fell on it just as the whistle blew for intermission. The fourth period shovve the effect of that kick in Western Agricultural. They were nervous and tired out, while Michigan seemed to have had new life instilled into them. Michigan was held and Dors puntecl fifty yards. Western Agricultural fumbled and the ball rolled to their ten-yard line but was recovered. They punted back thirty-five yards and Dors signaled for a fair catch. The crowd was growing wild! Then everyone became quiet, save a spectator here and there who yelled something out across the quiet field. Dors fell back to kick a goal. The crowd broke the ropes and rushed into the field as the ball passed between the cross-bar and the referee blew his time. The crowd carried the player to the gym on their shoulders, shouting and singing. Some were even crying. Friday the people were getting ready to put on new gates and steps and to repair their fences, while the students of Mich- igan were returning to their dormitories for sleep, if such a thing was possible. The Fall of Leaves By Ora Pearl Gifiin '11 'um E ARE inclined to pity the trees as we see their leaves drifting away, deprived of their apparel, and when the last leaves are gone we can almost perceive the trees shivering' from cold. Trees, could they know what we think and could they speak to us, would tell us we are wasting sympathy. They make elaborate preparations for the approaching winter. Long before the leaf falls, all vital relation between it and the tree has ceased. The trees part with their moisture thru the leaves, there- fore the loss of foliage is a protection against the loss of moisture in the cold season when the roots are incapable of drawing water from the cold or frozen ground. Important changes in the . The Spectator 23 contents of the leaf precede its fall. Valuable materials are absorbed by the branches and roots, the ascent of sap and the amount of water supply, are reduced. To these changes, the brilliant coloration of leaves in autumn is attributed. The separation of the leaf from the tree is accomplished by the for- mation of a layer of corky cells across the base of the petiole, the stem of the leaf, in such a manner that the leaf breaks off across the surface' of the layer. Thus a water-proof scar having been formed, no moisture can be lost, no sap can he wasted by dripping from the wound on the leaf-stalk, and no moulds can have a chance to attack the bark or wood to cause it to decay. The trees dismiss their leaves after taking back all the food they had previously given them. VVe need not pity the leafless tree, we should reserve this feeling for the falling leaves, swept roughly together and piled into a heap to become the food for the tree in the coming spring. Ode to Autumn By Earl Cavanagh '11 X K H! Autumn time! Thy sky of blue, ,fa And atmosphere'of misty haze, ,X if Thy leaves of brown and every hue, N N My i' With pumpkins, nuts and fields of maize f Show bounty in dear Naturels land. X 1 tip With corn in crib, and crops in barn iff ' ix We now can fight old winter's land Oh! Autumn Time! Dear Autumn Time! Ah! Autumn time! Our toil is done, And now our labors to repay, A festal day for everyone- We celebrate Thanksgiving Day, With pantry joys and plenteous meat And everything our wants may call, Our earthly wants are now replete- For thanks we owe to the King of all, Oh! Autumn Time! Dear Autumn Time! I Of wind and snow, with firesxdes warm. 24 The Spectator Che 'ilsligb School Spectat r JOHNSTOWN, PA., NOVEMBER, 1910 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 15 CENTS. PER COPY. I0 CENTS. Ebltorlal HUC JBLISUTCBS Stan. Editor-in-Chief JOHN H. COVER 1911 Associate Editor THOMAS J. CROCKER 1911 Exchange Editors School News Editors BLANCHE BOYD 1911 WILLIAM JODER 1911 MARY RYAN 1911 JOSEPH MEYER I911 Art Editor Society Editors BERTHA STAMMLER 1911 MARY HANSON 1911 General News Editor LEONE RAAB 1911 WALDO WRIGHT 1911 Class Representatives ROSALIE MATTHEWS 1912 WALTER KREBS 1918 NANCY GARDNER 1914 Chief Business Manager PHILIP E. THOMAS 1911 Associate Business Manager EUGENE SCHRADER 1911 Assistants ROBERT SCHAD 1911 DONALD DAVIS 1911 J. LEWIS EVANS 1911 LEO TRENT 1911 CARL HALLER 1912 WALTER THOMAS 1911 CHARLES SHULTZ 1913 HERMAN ROTH 1912 THE SPECTATOR ls 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. ln order to Insure publlcatlon in the current lssue, all MSS. must be handed In to the edltor not later than the gd of each month. Editorial lianksgiving! Have we ever paused to consider its deep- est significance as defined in the annals of history? From the event of Noah's salvation to the recent Portuguese inde- pendence we trace the history of every nation by its public celebration of divine goodness. Every victory has become the source of a festal anniversaryg every preservation of national The Spectator 25 integrity has inspired a future thanksgiving. When the Is- raelites after crossing the Red Sea in safety left behind in its destructive waves their Egyptian pursuers, they halted on the shore to offer praises and gratitude to their protector. Among the later Hebrews the Feast of the Tabernacle was held in memory of the years when the nation was without a home. The Greeks celebrated their Festival of Thesmophoriag the Romans, their Feast of Cerelia. On December 13, 1621, since which time an anniversary has been observed every year, our ancestors established the first American Thanksgiving. But do the people of the present day celebrate this occa- sion with the same thankful spirit as our ancestors? Like the people of Portugal, who have thrown off the stunting weight of an evil and debasing monarchy, those sturdy Christians, who sought the wilderness to escape the oppression of tyranny, expressed their emotions by rejoicing and thanksgiving. N Have we not lost this inspiration? But we have not these things for which to rejoice, our liberty is long established, comes the answer. The fact that our liberty is so long estab- lished and that we have inherited it is a further reason for our thankfulness. The numberless immigrants, who land on our shores from countries in which real freedom is denied, are a proof of this. As soon as the Statue of Liberty is sighted in New York harbor a great Shout arises from the throats of thousands who rejoice that they have at last reached the promised land-the land where strife is a stranger, the land where can be realized their former dream of happiness. Such a fruitful harvest as this year has yielded should call forth unprecedented gratitude. The small boy of an Oriental country, altho drenched with the heavy rain of their short rainy season, can be seen toiling in the field, praising the Almighty for this rare blessing. How meagre his blessings in compari- son with ours! Thus, when we compare our prosperity with that of the less fortunate of mankind, there arises this reflection-that for this anniversary and its attendant remembrances of the many blessings bestowed upon us we should be truly thankful. 26 The Spectator With the Thanksgiving game our football season comes to a close. Whether or not it can be ranked with our many suc- cessful seasons depends upon the outcome of the final game . - The schedule this year has been unusually hard. Every game has been one on which depended the athletic standard of our school. We have won three games, lost three and tied one. The defeats are hard to bear but unavoidable. Steelton by their victory deprived us of the championship of eastern Pennsylvaniag Pittsburg and Greensburg precede us in the race for the western Pennsylvania championship. But by winning the Thanksgiving game we shalllstill be conceded third place. Therefore, let us take courage and put forth our best efforts to accomplish this end. With the exception of the Pittsburg game, the spirit shown by the rooting squad this year has been commendable. It has nerved the team to its utmostg it has helped the individual to play his best game, to withstand one more onslaught, to ad- vance the ball one foot farther. Every player, Manager Thomas and Coach Cramer de- serve Our consummate praise and sincere thanks. They have toiled unceasinglyg they have subdued personal desires and have united with one hope, one determination-to carry for- ward the standard of the black and pale blue. The political suspense in Pennsylvania is over. Again bossism has gained control of our state, though at heavy cost and by a margin so narrow that it dare not again brave such a conflict. Its ranks are thining, its stronghold must fall. 'We may congratulate ourselves that the people of this city and county are leaders in this revolt. The returns of the elec- tion assure us that all thoughtful people are determined upon the total destruction of underhand politics. If this annihilation can not be accomplished immediately it will be accomplished later. A straw vote taken in a meeting of the Senior class on election day resulted in a three to one vote for Berry, of the Keystone party. The vote of these young citizens indicates the attitude of the generation to come, of those who are being educated to love the truth. In spite of himself, a member of the The Spectator 27 victorious party expressed the situation exactly when he told a member of the Keystone committee that education and Penn- sylvania politics can not coalesce. ' MN si C. as , . 6 cl 'A n E have been fortunate this month in receiving many ex- cellent exchangesg our sincerest wish is to be able to give just criticisms, as we feel that criticisms given the Spectator, help us to no small degree. lt is our aim to criticise others, as we wish others to criticise us. Argus: You are among our best papers. Your editor- ials, 'tho well written, are short. Bulletin :-You publish your paper only six times a year. Can you not raise your standard of literature? Interlude: More stories would improve your paper. Your exchange column is clever. Journal: Your paper is a monthly representative of ynur school. Why do you mix your literary and advertising matter? 28 U The Spectator Mirror: You could have dedicated your first number to no better subject than Vacation Reminiscences 5 they were splendid. l ' Spectator QCoFfyvillej: The theme on Rudyard Kipling in your last issue was fineg it should not only inspire every reader to further acquaintance with him, but should encourage every school editor in his task. Tillitonian: Do you see only the joke column in your ex- changes? Your different departments should have better ai-- rangement. Whims: Your paper has excellent arrangement. We commend especially your poem to the High School at the opening of the literary department. Messenger: Again are you welcome among, our ex- changes. You always bring interesting stories, and clever cuts. Master Park Chronicle: No better paper comes to us than the Chronicle. The Tone Picturef' in your last issue, is a fine story. . Purple and White: We like the variety of your literary material, serious topics of present-day questions, together with interesting stories. Your cuts are splendid. Totem: Your cover design is clever but where are your stories? Why mix advertisements with literary matter? Tomaha: Your paper is gotten up in clever style and deserves much praise. We also acknowledge the following exchanges, which were received too late to criticize: Kiskiminetan, Red and Black, Review, Mirror fDale High Schoolj, M. P. S., Kodak, Crocus, Herald, Hall Boy, Aurorean, Bugle, Our College Times, The World, and Conwayan. The Spectator I9 SUCIET K F L7 Emerson HE Emerson Literary Society held a meeting in the Study Hall, Oct. 7, ,IO. The following program was carried out: Oration, Donald Wolfe: declamation, Ina Mattingly: oration, Everett Custer, story, Robert Trossg story, Laura Galbraith. The succeeding meeting was held Uctober 14, in the Au-- ditorium. A committee consisting of Waldo Wright, Robert Tross and Leone Raab was appointed to select pins for the society. The program showed careful preparation. It con- sisted of a vocal solo by Emma Martin, a select oration by Carl Pribeck,'a declamation by Catherine Philson, a piano solo by Florence Martin, a story by Anna Weisberg, and a deelamation by Margaret Fry. The program for the meeting October 28. was as follows: story, Emma Bakerg talk, Edgar Bassg declaration, Ethel Berkeyg oration, Ralph Rose, and declamation, Lillian Den- ham. 30 The Spectator A T. K. E. DURING the past month the T. K. E. Literary Society has held several interesting meetings. A marked i1n- provement over those of last month was noticeable. There is room for even more improvement. On October II an interesting meeting was held. An exceptionally noteworthy feature of the program was an oration delivered by Earl Cavanaugh. It was given with much feeling and enthusiasm. Other numbers were given by Kinter Blough, Blanche Boyd, Rebekah De Frehn and Emlyn Evans. On October 4 Swiss Evans gave an oration, Anna Hatcher and Iva Fulton told stories, and Alice Gocher played a piano solo. Ivan Pearce made a very clever Richard III in his dramatic presentation from Shakespeare's play of that name. The meeting of October 28 was instructive and interest- ing. Mary james's story was especially entertaining. Ruth Glenn's and Mary Wolfhope's stories were pleasing. Charles Butler's oration was delivered in an enjoyable way. Agassiz I-fssociat URING the last six weeks the Agassiz Chapter has held a number of interesting programs on trees. The Hrst regular meeting of the year, held Sept. 19, was devoted to maple trees. The program was as follows: The Maple Family, Robert Kleinschmidt The, Sugar Maple,', Julius Porias The Red Maple, Hilda Lecky The Swamp Maple, Ella Swank The Pennsylvania Maple, Miss Krebs At the meeting there were interesting talks on the linden, beech and tulip tree. The third meeting was devoted to oaks, Among the talks given lately were talks on the hickory, walnut chestnut and sycamore. An aquarium has been set up in room Ag it is to be stocked with various forms of aquatic life, brought in during the year by members. There have been two excursions, one to Indian x n The Spectator 3k Mound, the other to Lovers' Lane, and down the road-behind Grand View Cemetery to the Southmont boulevard. A num- ber of specimens were brought in. We have decided to study some great naturalist at each meeting in addition to the regular program. The last pro- gram was as follows: K Arist0tle,' Emma Brubaker The Fall of Leavesj, Ora Pearl Griffin The Sycamore, Roy Kuntz. H rs Current Events HILE rowing in a barge on the Hudson river, twenty- three sailors were drowned when an explosion on board the Hampshire overturned their boat. Wellman and the remainder of the crew of his cliriglble balloon America were rescued at sea by the Trent, They had traveled 1,008 miles in their attempt to Hy to Europe. The air craft was abandoned at sea. The reports from Northern Minnesota aver that four towns'have been wiped out, 300 lives lost, and 33,000,000 worth of property and lumber lost, as a result of forest fires. In Mon- tana and Idaho, too, conllagrations in the National forest have destroyed some 6,000,000,000 feet of lumber, or a supply for twelve years. A hurricane in some of the Southern cities on the Atlantic coast has done considerable damage to shipping and to the orange crops in Florida. The Germanial' and the Sant Anna were held in quar- antine pending the threatened outbreak of cholera following a few deaths in the steerage on the trip over and in Nw Yorlc Bay. T 5 31 The Sp-.acts-tor Dr. Hawley Crippen, whose case recently attracted world- wide attention, was convicted of murder in the British ourt at London. The jurors recommended life imprisonment in prefer- ence to hanging on account of the circumstancial evidence. The latest. elections to the Hall of Fame of the University of New York are of interest to all students of literature. They were Edgar Allan Poe, Roger Williams, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frances Willard, Andrew Jackson, William Cullen Bry- ant, Oliver Wendell Holmes, George Bancroft, james Fenni- more Cooper, Phillips Brooks and John Lathrop Motley. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, the foremost literary woman oi America, died of pneumonia October 17, at her summer home in Middletown, R. I. The Olympic, a new White Star Atlantic liner, was re- cently launched at Belfast, Ireland. It claims the honor of being the largest ship in the world, having a length of 882 feet. ln Portugal a daily revolt of the soldiers is feared since the military portion of the new Republican government has only learned its strength of power. Since the successful rebellion to Manuel, they have grown more self-confident. After the King's palace had been stormed, the Republicans issued a bui- letin which demanded that all churchmen should leave the country within twenty-four hours. As a further step in severing State and Church all monastery schools were closed. Violent methods of expulsion were exercised in numerous cases, sacred altars being torn down for the gold and jewels in them, and robes and incense burners sold for profit. The exiled King Manuel of Portugal, has gone to Wood Norton, England, with the Queen Mother, where they will make their future home. X 'The Spectator 33 fig vi it g - L ,up 5 sf E 2 2 TH CS J? ' I is --4 - IGH School's first defeat of the season came on Oct. 21 when late in the game Steelton succeeded in getting a field goal, thereby winning 3 to O. After being outplayed by Johns- town and forced to play on the defense for almost the entire game, Steelton, by taking advantage of a fumble advanced the ball to our fifteen yard line from which point the goal was kicked. Johnstown advanced the ball to Steelton's twelve, eighteen, and twenty-four yard line, but was held for downs the first and missed tries for goals in the other two. With four minutes to play and the ball in Steelton's possession on their thirty yard line Steelton fumbled but, securing the ball, Half Back Demmy made a forty-yard run before being downed. On the next play Demmy again took the ball, this ftime gaining thirty yards. Here Johnstown braced and Steelton was forced to kick. Captain Greenawalt then dropped back and kicked the goal that won. For Steelton Capt. Greenawalt and Half-Back Demmy starred, while the entire local team, especially Capt. Keller, played an excellent game. - The lineup and score was as follows: Johnstown o Pos Steelton 3 Schry ........ L T .. .... Lawrence Bell .......... .... L T . . . ..... Morett Chas. Butler .... . . . L G . . . ..... Attlcks Clark Butler . . . . . . C . . . .... .Suyban 34 T h e S p e Saggerson. . . . . . . R G -. Messersmith Widmann ..... .... R T . . . .... Greenawalt QCapt.j Suppes .... . . . R F .... .............. P isle Krebs .... .... Q B .... Sellers Nelson ....... .... L H . . .Brandt Evans ...... Keller QCapt.j RH . . . .Deminy Field goals. Referee, Francis B. Hamilton. QColumb1aj Umpire, VVildner, Field' Judge, Baker. Timers, O'Connell and Jenkins. Head Linman, Ashcqom. Time-Four Io-minute periods. THE WASHINGTON GAME On a field covered with mud, a condition which generally characterizes the games between Johnstown and Washington, the locals defeated Washington, 9-0. Within .the first five minutes of play, Johnstown rushed the ball forward to such a position that, despite the heavy field, Keller was able to kick a field goal. From this time until the end it could be easily seen that Washington was out-classed. By the use of the for-- ward pass, a touch-down, late in the game, was made. The visitors played a clean, steady game, but spoiled what might have been an interesting contest by their incessant disputes of the referee's decisions. Judging from their actions, they have not yet thoroughly learned the rudiments of the new rules. The lineup and score was as follows: Johnstown -9 Pos Washington-0 Schry ............ . . . L E . . . ........... Miller Bell .......... .... L T . . . ..... Adams Chas. Butler. .... L G . . . .... Thomas Clark Butler ..... ..... C .... ...... C r aig Sagerson ....... R G ..... . .Wonsetter Widmann ..... :. . . R T .... Bridges Suppes. . . . . . . . ..... Reuben Krebs .... ....... B ane Nelson ....... Evans ......... Keller CCapt.j RE ...QB... .. RH FB Beck fCapt.j . . .. .Booker .......Scott The Spectator 35 Touch-down-Keller. Gdal from field-Kellera Goal from touch-down-Keller. Referee-Francis B. Hamilton. QCo1um- biaj Umpire-Tom Nokes. Field Judge-George Raab. QDick- insonj Head Lineman-Franke. Timers-Mason and Baumer. Time-Two 10-minute periods and two 12-minute periods. THE PITTSBURG GAME Before a crowd in which were about one hundred and fifty loyal rooters Johnstown went down to defeat to Pittsburg, our bitter enemy, by the score 25-O. Almost all of Pittsburgs scores came through the agency of trick plays or through thc- forward pass. The whole Johnstown team played a good game but were defeated by the heavier and more experienced oppo- nents. For Johnstown, Chas. Butler, Clark Butler and Sager- son excelled, while for Pittsburg Monheim, Glick and Ewing shone. The lineup and score was as follows: Johnstown-o Pos Pittsburg--.z5i Schry ........... . . . L E .... .... L yons QCaptji Bell ........... . . . L T .... ..... B eihlman Chas. Butler .... . .. L G ....... Tyler Clark Butler ..,. ...... C ..... ...... S h aw Sagerson ...... .... R G .... .... M atson Widmann .... .... R T .... .... C aas Suppes .... .... R E . .. ..... Ewing Krebs. .. .... Q B .... ...... G lick Nelson ........ .... L H . . . .... Erickson Pinder ............. .... R H ...... .... ...... M o nheim Keller QCapt.J ............. F B ............... McCutcheon Referee-Rugh. CUniversity of Pittsburg, jField, Judge Carothers. fPrincetonj Umpire-Hamilton. QDickinsonj Head Lineman-Henderson. fHarvardJ Timers-Waters of Johns- town and Prof. Dumming of- Pittsburg. Time-Two IO-mlllute and two 15-minute periods. Substitutions--Davis for Suppes, Suppes for Krebs, Chas. Butler for Bell, Gonder for Bell, Evans for Pinder, Kistler for Davis, Sharp for Evans. The football season of 1910 is about completed. The- team has put up an excellent game all season but the students 36 The Spectator as a body have not shown enough spirit. The rooting squad has consisted of some fifty loyal fellows who cheer to encour- age the team. The rest are to be found scattered along the side lines interested in only one object-to see the game for themselves. One more game is to be played, that with Beaver. Watch the rooting squad. You will be able to point out the loyal members of the school by seeing who is there, A School Notes f N AN effort to safe-guard the health of the pupils, Mr. Ashton advocates the use of individual drinking cups in the school. By actual count it was shown that I7 tin cups and glasses are now being used among the more than 600 students. With typhoid rather prevalent and the danger of tuberculosis always existing, it is important that the pupils own their own cups. Altho the school board has installed a filter system in the build- ings, it can do no more than purify the water. Mr. Ashton's timely suggestion should be acted on, especially by those who 'eat luncheon in the building. ' About a month ago the girls of ,II organized a Glee Club. Ruth Sellers was elected president, and Miss Krumme was chosen director. We have hope now to hear Some music. The best wishes of the staff are tendered to this organization. On Wednesday, Nov. 9, the school enjoyed seeing a f-ine collection of lantern slides through the courtesy of Miss Krumme. They wereiviews illustrating the subject of musi-:. The school unites with the Staff in thanking Miss Krumme, and in suggesting that views of a similar nature would be ap- preciated once a month. We are glad to see that the Sophomores have taken a de- -cided brace in the literary contest. Altho the Juniors still lead, 'the contest will be by no means one-sided, as the present The Spectator 37 m0nth's standing compared with last month's sl1ows. The Freshmen are not yet out of the running. The present standing: V Class Articles Contributed Percentage 1912 .... ............. 8 .... ....... . 5 00 1913 .... .. 7 ....458 1914 5 -313 mE take pleasure in noting the formation of '4The Johns- town High School Alumni Club of Lehigh University, on October the first. The following officers were elected: President, Kring, V072 Vice President, Quinn, '08, Secretary and Treasurer, Griffith, 'IOQ Athletic Representative, VVhite, '093 and Press Agent and Correspondent, Graham, ,IO. From Syracuse comes the report that 'ALex Louther, 'I-J, is playing a star game at halfback on the Freshman football team. Bryant Itell '08, l1as been elected eoncertmaster of the State College Orchestra. Anna Haldeman, ex '1 I, is studying in Paris. At the Jefferson Medical College are Floy jones, Frank Scharmann and Arthur Benshoff, all of the '10 class. Alfred Druckenmiller, ex ,I2, is in Berlin, Germany, where he has arranged to take a course in music. Walter Suppes and Roy Jones, both of last year's class, are at Cornell. Roy's home is now in Ithaca. Seward Davis, ,IO, is managing the F. 81 M. Freshman football team. 38 The Spectator THE iff -gym if OME 0' you fellahs jest want to sit up and take notice that this number of the Spectator is dedicated to our old friend CHAWLEY MIRE Iokesmith, Geometer, Football-BasebalhBasketball Fan, Algebrat, and Philosopher. We notice in the Drawing Department a painting execut- ed by Rosalie Matthews. The painting has our heart-felt sym- pathy. - Talk about a Hallowe'en play! It is to laugh. And the big- gest joke was the programs with nary a light. As usual, Meyer got the Devil. His blushing socks shone Rosalie in the distance. For the beneht of the Freshmen, we will say that the jokes will not be publishedg for the beneiit of the Juniors, we give the following advice for next year: Don't try to skip English 1 A word to the wise is sufficient. The Spectator 39 Pulled off in Geometry. Using Katie QK Tj as a radius, construct Elsie CL CQ. The perpertrator of this has escaped. The angle A equals the angle B, both being eternal anglesf f Come on, fellows, get an individual drinking cup, vote for Berry, and be a sport. Have you looked at your Geometry P Yes, but it was in the dark and I didn't see much. DC-6oo CM-900 Third Grammar Pupil: Do they really have wolves down at High School? ' Woof! Woof! ' Look to your laurels, Chawley! There is danger of Mr. Ash--n or Mr. Long becoming the Official Faculty joker. Listen to this one: Mr. Long fin Algebra classj: Will the person who is hum- ming please stop it? We don't want any humbugs in this class. , Someone socially inclined has suggested that the following islands would be very appropriate in the making up of a cheer- ful luncheon party: ' Friendly, Society, Maderia, and Sandwich. Heffiey Qas he reached for a bun in a Pittsburg cafejz Well, fellows, I guess I'11 take a roll ' Mr. Meyer: Where does the question mark go P - Trent: 'zOn the back. Mr. Meyer: Whose back? Mine? If Gardner should strike a match in Study Hall, would he light in the office? 40 The Spectator An appropriate name for the Freshmen who have been ducked: Water Babies. I And Holzman slept on! On what? The Study Hall desk! Charley: Who is absent here? Soph: No one. Charley: Well, why don't you report him ? Nelson: Hooray, dad! Ilm half-back on the High School football teamf' Dad: Yes, so I hear, and all the way back in your studies. If fat could be turned into muscle, W-r would make a peach of a football player. Mr. Mier: I shall be tempted to give this class a test be- fore long. Junior: Yield not to temptation. QOne night for this.j I-Cobbs: What is space ? I Startled Senior: I cant just say for sure, but I have it right in my headf, English Instructor :- Walter, how did Franklin go from the Long Island to the New jersey shore ? - Sharkey, the Younger: Walked across. At the Altoona game there was much interest evidenced in regard to who backed the Altoona aggregation. We have at last found out that it was the beef trust. Yes, the Johnstown rooting squad at Pittsburg, was on the hog. Our valiant rooting leader, Ura Hogg, refused at times to root. The Spectator 41 There was a young skip named Cavanaugh, Who slipped on an empty banana? And the words that he said, When he fell on his head, Couldnt be put on a Sunday School banner. Somewhat fishy. Oh, yesg the burglar jumped on the piano, struck a scale and got a weigh.-Ex. A Jacobs: What effects equilibrium P Unserious Senior: Banana skins. junior: If I don't know the answer to the question, shall I leave it out P Mier: No, write ten pages on it.' In physics! Each man is six feets tall. Some of the Wise CPD Sayings of The Philosopher. Any fool can go to bed, but it takes a wise one to get up. People who live in glass houses should dress in the dark. A hair on the head is worth two in the barber shop. It's a long lane that has no ash barrel. A stitch in time saves embarrassing exposure. ' Lies have no legs-that's why we all have to stand for them. A It's an ill-wind that blows your new lid off in the mud. God must have liked fools, or he wouldnft have made so many of Qusj them. - ' An ounce of keep-your-mouth-shut is worth a pound of explanation. . 42 The Spectator Some of His Class Room Get Offs. Adding equals to equals the remainders are equal. You folks should never talk without speaking. - Question Box. QAll questions answered while you wait, if you have to wait two years.j - . . I have had a girl for two months and been going with l.er steady. May I become a legal member of the Fusser Club P -Korns. Ans.-You are duly elected a member of the Fusser Club. Fuss, fusser, fuss. If Mr. Kraybill had to ring the fire bell when he wanted the janitor, where was Biggoty? -Joke-bs. Ans.-Out of order. Why are Zoologists like garbage cans ?-Butler the elder. Ans.-They both draw flies. Why is a dog's tail a great novelty ?-Imupa Genstit. Ans.-Because no one ever saw it before. Who are the best known clubmen in 'Johnstown ?-Adam Grouch. Ans.-We believe the police are about as popular as any. Please explain this for me. On Hallowe'en I left my over- coat at the club room and then went home to bed. Next morning I awoke in the club room with an awful headache and later found my coat on my bed at home.-Gardner. Ans.-You were either drunk or else you're a terribly good-natured liar. Does one pound of water weigh six hundred pounds P- Pearl Buttons. Ans.-Water on the brain! The Spectator 43 If a Freshman pursued by a Sophomore travels at the rate of sixteen miles an hour, how fast will a Sophomore, pur- sued by Mr. Kraybill travel P-Bass. Ans.-It would behoove him to travel just about two miles an hour faster than our 'steamed principal. Why is the Johnstown Sanitry Dairy Company the most successful milk company in town P-Sinbad. Ans.-Because-well, its near the river. J. Cobbs fholding out a piece of chalkj: This chalk is dirty, isn't it? Well, what made it dirty P Senior fcandidlyj: l'Your hands. Pat, an' phwat are yez doin' in that tub ov wateher? Faith, an' didn't the doctor say Oi should take a spoonful in wateher three times a day? Oi know me business. His Fatal Error. Your eyes are like mirrors, soft and low, He told the maid. Alas! How could the luckless fellow know, One of her eyes was glass? Teacher: Define delight. Coon: I opened de do' an' de light went out. Mr. Ash--n fto noisy pupils in Study Hallj- This room is much like a weather map. There are in it many centers of disturbance. 4 Who wrote repertoire P -Evans. Ans.-Anony Mus. What letter in the Dutch alphabet will name an English lady of title P-Dutch. Ans.-Dutch S, of course. 44 The Spectator Who put the muscilage in I-Ieffs ear?-Ovid. Ans.-Oh! Blame it on Biggity. What does it indicate when a Freshman is seen reading a dime novel in study period P-Superstitious. Ans.-KNULF. CSpell backwardj What makes a certain little Senior girl called Daisy so happy when she receives mail from Philadelphia? Wliat male is there who should cause all those smiles when the mail is received ?-Nicholas Nicholls Nicholson. Ans.-It is evidently not a female. No matter how much you argue, you cant make a cross- eyed man look at a thing as you do. Earle Robinson and Harry Shong are the only members of the Five O'Clock Club who are in good standing. Looks bum for the club! Proposition XXIII Theorem. To prove that a ton of coal equals a darkey. Proof: A ton of coal is a weight, But, a wait equals a pause And, a pause equals a short stop Now, a short stop equals a foul catcher But, a fowl catcher equals a darkey. A darkey equals a ton of coal. CThings equal to the same thing are equal to each other.j An angle is a triangle With only two sides. But Ash--n refused to sing Tener. Blough actually has so much cheek that they charge him extra for a shave! The Spectator The Juniors lost their parrot, And they searched from dawn till dawn, I Now Geometry they are taking Only to ind a poly-gon. QDon't laugh. lt's really pitiful to see Myer trying to write poetryj No, O'Connell i . g .g up at 4:30 at Pittsburg on account of bad dreams. sn't getting thin over study It's ettir The inystcry gf ein- scmidt wait! of the two doors, or how lon did Kl ' There was a teacher named Myer, To draw Eggers was his desire. Xlitli his rule and his chalk, Some cord and some talk, He'd set all the pupils on fire. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute S0ll00L of 1824 Esiabiisneu Glvll, Mechanical, Electrical Send tor a Catalogue N -Y- PROFESSIONAL THOS. J. ITELL. DAN L. PARSONS. Attorney-at-Law. Attorney-at-Law Suppes Buildiuz. Bank Building FRANK P. MARTIN. ALVIN SHERBINE. Attorney- at-Law Attorney-lt-Law Bank Building Suppes Building H W. STOREY, ' ' Attorney-at-Law Suppes Building 45 46 The Spectato F. C. PATTEN, Sole Representative ILZ11. jf. Jfreberich Ilbusic Go. Suppes Building, Johnstown, Pa. Agents for Knabe, Chickering and thirty more of the WorId's best ianos Complete line of Victor and Edison Talking Machines. All the very latest songs can be purchased from our Sheet Music Dopartment . J. Haws CE, Sons Refractories Fire Brick Silica Brick Q7VIagnesite Brick Chrome Brick Capacity . . 40,000,000 Per Year The Spectator 47 C. T. WILLIAMS Dealer In Fancy Groceries and Produce Corner Market and Vine Streets Phone 502 Office hours. 8 l. m. to 6 p. m. Telephone No. 440 The Sanitary Dentists Jordan Building, Main Street, between Y. M. C. A. and Transfer Station, opp. Park 'T'. E. MORGAN High Grade PIANOS 118 Market Street ' Phone 9-18 B Watkins Bros. Fire Insurance Notary Public 446 Lincoln Street. Phone 1582 ' Residence Phone 8103 ACT QUICKLY When sick you want to act quickly, and act carefully. too. Make no mistakes. Do not think you know more than the doctor. Follow his advice and direc- tions. He has seen many similar cases and understands them far better than you. When he gives you a prescription, have it filled by an efficient prescription phar- macist. KREDEL 8: FARRELL DRUGGISTS 114 Clinton Street n to commence using' some- thing for chapped hands and skin. and for that summer tan. FLORAL CREAM is the one best preparation. It is not sticky or greasy. Is also used as a dress- ing for the face after shaving. It is in- valuable as a toilet requisite. oung s armacy Y ' Ph 205-207 Franklin St., Johnstown. Pa. Glasgow Woolen Mtlis Co. World's Largest Custom Tailors Suits and Overcoats Made to Measure, S515 to S25 5 I 7 MAIN STREET Soda Water and Sunciaes Our Sodas and Sundaes are the most delicious to be found in the city. Harry Decker 111 Market Street 48 The Sp ectator Craigis Sanitary Plumbing It's not a luxury, but a necessity. To get it you must employ an experi- T0 PLEASE enced plumber. His name TRY THEM is 7 Haynes Street R' W- BECK is the Place 507 Franklin St. lality Gifts for the whole family Where Quality Counts H Distinctive Suits, Overcoats wp Ralncoats A sfo, 512, AND S15 Young man, see our lines at these prices. They have all the snap and kinks of the higher priced garments, and we guarantee every one of them For next H 0 E N F E L D 7 S Clintof?39Street PENBFAJSTS We have them. A brand new line of High School Pennants and Cushions-the best display ever in town 545 IEECDIEb.A.IISI S 545 Main The Home of the Circulating Library mam The Spectator 49 I I For Soczal F unctzons Let us supply your invitations, announcements, calling cards, etc. We relpresent an engraver noted the country over for first-c ass Work. His samples are here for your in- spection any time. New Writing Paper for Fall, ready Franklin St. Wm. B. Waters 8 Bro. Compliments of the '11 K. E. .Fociety Compliments of the Emerson Literary Jociety Reliable Western Market 232 Franklin Street A full line of Western Fresh Ka Smoked Meats always on hand Branch Market, Corner Coleman Ave. and Ohio Strt, Moxham Go to Louther's Good Reliable Footwear 547 Main Street 50 The Spectator P 1 ACT WISELY when they affiliate e themselves with one of the leading banking institutions in their city START AN ACCOUNT WITH 'Cliff United States National Bank IohnstoWn's First-Class Hotel T59 Capitillpm Remodeled, and furnished throughout with the best Popular prices, 352 to S3 per pay :: American Plan You'll find your friends at P A U L ' S Billiard and -l Suppes Building Pool Qgggg Franklin Parlors l'O.l.l St. ll I Franl-re's Skin Cream A delightful reparation for the toilet. A preventative for rough and, chapped skin when applied before going outdoors. Also, a beautifrer of the complexion. 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Old English Christmas Carols . Quaint Christmas Recipes . . . Holy Night ......... An Interrupted Christmas Dinner . . . . Anne's Christmas Wish .... Disappointed ....... . Editorial ....... Exchanges . . The Societies . . Athletics . . . School Notes . . . The Funny Spot . . Advertisements . . Ile 2 3 3 4 4 6 7 10 10 15 16 18 20 22 23 24 26 28 28 30 32 35 35 36 37 38 39 40 44 47 47 50 52 53 55 56 58 61 62 66 Wassail Wassail, Wassail Wassail Wassail Wassail, 1 ! Wassail Wassail, Wassail Wassail Wassail, wassail, Wassail I ! v out of the milk pail, as white as my nail, in snow, frost and hail, with partridge and rail, that much doth avail, that never will fail. John Bale Che 1bigb School Spectator Virea ncauirit eundo VoL. XIII HIGH Scnoon, J OHNSTtJWTliIiI, PA. NO. 4 A Wish BY EUGENE DALY, '13. VVith peaceful joys, be your home bright, Though skies be chill and gray. May all your heart desires unite To bless your Christmas Day. Saint Nick BY CARL C. PRIBEK, '12, clear, cold, starry night, The moon is silvery bright. Cheer loud, cheer clear, For winter's here, The sparkling snow, the frozen creek, The deep blue sky, and Old Saint Nick! A jingle, jangle, chime, The gay bells ring in rhyme. A whip-ho-lash! Away they dash. A-whistling thru the biting air, Saint Nick's lieet reindeer go by pair. A warm fire, burning low, A sparkle, crack l-what ho! A wee fat man, A bag of toys, On Christmas morning, oh what joys For all good little girls and boys! 4 The Spectator Blashfield's Christmas Chimef BY K. D. L., 12. NE of the best known and most beautiful of the numer- ous paintings having for a motive the birth of Christ, is Christn1'as Chimes, painted by Edwin Howland Blashfield, a modern American artist. It represents three angels ringing the great chimes in the belfry of a cathedral, announcing the glad news of the birth of the Christ. About them flutter the inhabitants of the tower, the doves, amazed at the coming of these white-robed, winged creatures, who are disturbing their rest by ringing the chime. In the lower right hand corner of the picture can be seen gazing down upon the sleeping city, a gargoyle, somewhat like those placed on the cathedral of Notre Dame to protect Paris from cholera. The three angels' figures in the center of the picture are most beautiful. The angel at the left is pulling the bell rope, swing- ing the upper of the two great bells. The middle figure with outspread wings has grasped the bell with both hands, helping to swing it. The third angel rests upon the heavy wooden crossbeam of the lower bell, with the left hand extended toward the beholder and the right held high toward heaven. The joyful radiant faces and graceful attitudes of the angels, the beautiful folds of the draperies, the sweeping curves of the great wings, and the suggestion of strength, motion and sound make the painting pleasing and beautiful. It is our pleasure to present every subscriber to the Spectator with a reproduction of this lovely painting. Advent BY EDWARD O'CONNELL, '11, DVENT is that season of the year which begins on the Sunday nearest to the feast of St. Andrew CNOV. 305, in- cludes the four Sundays before Christmas and ends on Christ- mas Eve. This is the length of the season as complied with by The Spectator 5 the rites of the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, in the Greek church it is longer. The first Sunday of Advent, Advent Sunday, is the beginning of the ecclesiastical year, just as the first day of january is the beginning of the civil year. A period of strictness, almost like that of the Lenten season, has prevailed in the Catholic church in the observance of this season. At the present day the observance varies in different parts of the church. In the United States at present all Fri- days are observed as fast days. Other days known as Ember days, are set apart as special days of fast and abstinence. The prescribed ceremonies as exercised by the church re- minds one very much of Lent. The purple-hue of penance is the only color used in the service except on feast days. The Gloria in Excelsis is suppressed, the organ is silent, the alle- luia, or word of joy is heard only once or twice and marriages are not solemnized. During this penitential season all socials, balls, dances, and other forms of amusement are discotinued by the church. The lessons for this period, which are taken from the pro- phecies of Isaiah, remind us how the desire and expectation of all nations is carried forward to the coming of the Redeemer, to be one day revealed. The Gospels treat of the terrible man- ner of the destruction of the world and the terrors of the last judgment. From this last statement we readily see that one of the pur- poses of Advent is to remind us to prepare ourselves for the record coming of Christ as our judge. The other purpose is to prepare us for the Christ-child, we are taught to believe by fasting and praying during the time beforehand, our hearts may be pure and undeliled, and that we be in a state to receive him worthily, that we should promote his spiritual advent with- in our soulsg and that by practicing works of piety, mercy and penance, we may be ready to leave the world in the same in- nocent, stainless and sanctified was as the Christ-child entered xt. 6 The Spectator The Ba.chelor's Doll BY HELEN HINCHMAN, '11. HE bachelor had no intention of buying himself a doll when he rushed through a department store to get himself a new tie. But it was Christmas Eve and one forlorn doll stood with arms outstretched on a conspicuous counter. As he has- tened by, he thought of the legend that on Christmas Eve dolls wake to dance and talk. And this poor doll would have no companions to make merry with. lt's a pity to have such a chance spoiled, he almost said aloud and then he smiled at himself. Cn his return the doll still held out its hand and smiled more alluringly than before. Why, he thought I'll bet some kid would be glad to have that doll. 1 believe 1'll buy it and give it to some little girl. So he recklessly bought the doll. Un his road home he tried to think to whom to give itg he could think of no little girls among his acquaintances. l've been neglecting my friends of the doll age, he muttered. I guess I'll have to keep it myself, a bachelor's dollf' And he laughed. But he quickly checked himself. What would his chums say? He knew only too well. They would enjoy them- selves to the utmost at his expense, especially if he told them why he had bought it. He turned to carry it back, but he turn- ed too late. One of the fellows had spied him from the window. As he opened the door. he had a happy inspiration. The box was of exactly the size and shape of the box of roses he had sent to the girl. He walked boldly into the room. . 1 just bought these roses for the girl, he said in a spirit of bravado but found that I had no cards with me. I'm going to get a messenger boy to take them to her in a minute. Put- ting the box on the table in a carefully careless manner, he left the room. All would have gone well if a messenger boy had not come with some gifts. This friend pushing one of the bachelor's Christmas cards under the string gave the boy the address and he carried the doll to the girl. The Spectator 7 When the bachelor returned, he missed the box. Where are the roses ? he asked. A messenger boy was just here, replied a fellow bachelor. So we sent them for you. What ! he thundered sinking helplessly into a chair. And then after a moment hopefully But it didn't have my card in it. But this hope was soon dashed to the ground. What could he do? He couldnt intercept the messenger. He couldn't tell the boys for the predicament was worse now than before. He could only wait. And the worst of it was what the girl would think. She would believe he intended it for a joke. He had often heard her say that she hated practical jokes. Such thoughts filled his mind. The next day, as soon as convention allowed, he hastened to her home. He felt she couldn't do more than not receive him. But when he arrived, she was at home. He entered full of apologies. However, before he had a chance to utter them, she said holding out her hand, The roses were lovely and I thank you for them. It was so thoughtful of you to send the doll. I didn't even remember that I had told you that my little name-sake was going to spend Christmas with me. And the .bachelor wasn't sorry that he had invested in a doll. Madonna Picturef BY BESSIE B. STATLER., '11. HRISTMAS season offers a happy opportunity for the study of pictures inspired by the life of Christ. We may study these easily for on the walls of our schoolrooms hang several such pictures called Madonnas. The simplest type of the Madonna is our Lady alone with the child. In these pictures of the Madonna, the Virgin may appear as a half length standing figure or she may be represent- ed in full lengthg standing enthroned under a canopy, or kneel- ing in adoration of the child. A splendid example of this kind 8 The Spectator of picture is our Murillos' Virgin and Child, in which a very beautiful mother sits with the baby standing on her lap. An- other familiar picture of the Madonna', alone with the child is Raphael's Gran Duca, in which the Virgin humble, gentle, radiantly beautiful, and full of grace, stands looking down upon the child on her arm. Her face is calm and Serene. Her red dress is visible only across her breast, for a full blue mantel falls from the crown of her head over her shoulders and en- velops her figure. A transparent veil mingles with the bands of her blond hair and comes down over her forehead without obscuring her brow. Our Lady with the Child and St. John a less simple theme is often used if the painter is a Florentine. St. John is represented as a child holding a reed cross. Raphael's Madonna of the Chair, and his La Belle Jardinereu are pictures of the second type. As the Madonna of the Chair is familiar to every one, I will not describe it. His La Belle Jardinieren represents the Madonna sitting in an open field with the baby Jesus leaning against her knees and looking into her face, while the infant St. John kneels sidewise in front of her looking at the Christ- child. The third type of Madonna even more elaborate than the second represents Our Lady with the child and angels. The earliest of this type of Madonna shows the angels in complete isolation, as a sort of framework. Later, the angels are more naturally represented and finally they are grouped irregularly on either side of our Lady. The earliest Italian pictures by Amabue are of this sort, where the Madonna sits on a throne, her mantel drawn closely over her head completely hiding her hair. On her shoulders and over her forehead is a star. Her eyes are long and narrow, looking not at the child but at the spectator. Her right hand is resting on the knee of the infant who has two fingers of his right hand raised in blessing. Behind the figures are draperies. On either side kneel three angels, ranging in tiers in graceful natural altitude, the heads of all be- ing surrounded by the Nimtus, or circular cloud of light, symbolic of their sacred character. Frequently the Madonna is seen enthroned surrounded by The Spectator 9 two or three saintly personages. In earlier pictures of this type the Madonna and the child occupy a central panel under a canopy while the saints or groups of saints are enclosed in a separate panel on each side. Such a picture is called a triptycle. Later the painters placed the saints standing on either side of the throne or kneeling beside the Madonna. An example of these pictures is the Sistine Madonna of Raphael. This pic- ture represents the Madonna with the child Jesus on her arm in the center of a group. Her brown hair is smoothly parted on her low brow. Her dark eyes are Set wide apart and over her head, and partly encircling her, floats a veil of brown. A robe of blue, a waist of rose color, with a kerchief at the throat com- pletes her attire. This lovely picture forms the central group of a larger picture of six figures grouped in twos. On either side a little below the mother and child is a kneeling figure, Pope Sextus on the left and St. Barbara on the right looking up in joyful adoration. At the lower edge of the picture are two little cherubs looking upward at the baby Christ. Back of this central group, above the floating clouds and then the cur- tains caught upon either side is an exquisite back ground of misty blue, with angels' heads. Any one of these types may contain the figure of a kneeling donor, who presented the picture. In early pictures the donors were painted in miniature while the Madonna and child were almost life size to mark their superiority as heavenly beings. In later works the donor became an excuse for early portrait painting. The Madonna of the Meyer family by Hans Holbein, is a picture of this type. The Madonna with the Christ-child in her arms is standing in the center of the picture. On one side of the Madonna, Meyer with his two sons, who presented the picture are kneeling, and opposite them on the other side his first and second wife and daughter are kneeling. The por- traits of the donors being almost as prominent as the heavenly pictures. All the pictures studied either hang on our schoolroom walls or may be found in Masterpieces of Art in the library. I0 The Spectator Christmas BY W. R. T., '11. 'umHEN fluffy snow-Hakes whiten the dark ground And silver sleigh-bells ring out loud and clear, Then good cheer radiating all around Proclaims that Christmas time is drawing near. What sweet excitement reigns in every home When little ones get unexpected toys, On this glad morn no matter where you roam You'll live again old longforgotten joys. When into my sober thoughts comes stealing Sheer happiness felt at no other timeg Then always wish I with my whole being, That it may gladden other hearts with mine. Of all the year Christmas is the one day When kind words and good deeds ne'er go astray. Extracts From a Letter BY A TEACHER WHO IS NOW IN GERMANY. UR visit to the Passion Play was all that anticipation promised and heart could wish. When we reached Oberam- mergau it was not difficult to realize that this quiet, little moun- tain village, approached via the metropolis of Southern Ger- many, was the objective of scores of thousands of people, for every train arriving at or departing from Munchen was crowd- ed with tourists. Our eagerness to see the Passion Play in- creased proportionately as we met, from day to day, visitors just returning, filled with a wonderful almost solemn en- thusiasm. I confess that, before seeing the play, I had a somewhat The Spectator ll doubtful misgiving as to the propriety of rendering so sacred a theme as the passion of Your Saviour, but I came away from Oberammergau feeling that such a rendition could only be sacriligous if presented in any other setting or by any other people than the simple peasants of Oberammergau, whose dear- est wish seems to be to keep at appointed intervals, the vows so solemnly made by their forefathers almost three centuries ago. Among these villagers, the foremost ambition seems to be to lead such blameless lives as to make them worthy to as- sume the roles of the old Biblical characters, and to them this sacred drama seems natural. We reached Oberammergau on the morning of the day pre- ceding the performance we had come to see, to find a quaint little village, far from the turmoil and noise of the world, cosily nestled among mountains of no great height. Its location in the midst of a sparsely populated country was not in the least striking and yet there was something about this little Dorf- chen of 1,800 people that at once cast a charm over us. We were booked to lodge at the home of the King's forester, and one of his representatives, met us at the station. How pictures- que he looked with his long hair falling over his shoulders, and attired in his quaint Bavarian costume of short jacket worn open, short velvet breeches falling to just above the knees, his gaily colored hose, reaching half-way up the leg, and his feather adorned steeple hat! We preferred to walk to our quarters and on our way there were much interested in the plan of the village. Its winding streets seemed t0 ramble in a most fascinating fashion, without names. The low, highly-decorated houses, built for the most part in the style of Swiss chalets, were numbered just as if they had been placed on one long street, and we learned later that each house was known by its number. There was life and ac- tivity everywhere, for already the trains had brought hundreds of visitors, and this influx continued all day, so that by evening, 9,000 strangers from all parts of the world had gathered here. The day was perfect and the mild-blue cloudless sky gave promise of a fair day to follow. We spent the afternoon walk- ing thru the pretty Ammer valley and visiting the few places I2 The Spectator of interest in the village itself. There were countless shops in which wood carvings, photographs, and souvenirs of all de- scriptions were on sale. Even in the small windows of the humblest dwellings, pictorial postcards were displayed. The shop of Anton Lang, the Christus in this year's play, naturally at- tracted all visitors. Here he could be seen cordially meeting any who wished to speak with him. As I looked into his kindly face, wreathed by a wealth of rich, chestnut hair, and made beautiful by his wonderful brown eyes, I felt an immediate as- surance that I should not be disappointed in him in the role to which he had been appointed. The hurry and confusion of the day did not extend itself long into the night. Gradually the excitement subsided and the village streets became deserted and quiet. But long before daybreak everybody was astir. At six o'clock a cannon was fired, and the villagers went to mass. The window of my room faced toward the church, and it was most impressive to see not only the villagers but also many of the visitors going to this early service, for to many the Passion Play is a solemn affair which can only be worthily begun by hearing mass. At half after seven, streams of people were slowly wending their way to the great amphitheater. Prompted at eight o'clock, three cannon shots from the neighboring Osterbichl was the signal for the commencement of the play. The orchestra in- toned the overture, silence fell on the vast hall of spectators, and alll eyes were eagerly strained toward the uncovered stage, while behind the curtain, all the actors, according to an ancient customs, were gathered around their pastor repeating the Lord's prayer with quiet fervency. As the music ceased, the chorus of Guardian Angels, men and women in classical draperiers, stepped slowly forth from the right and left side scenes, headed by the Prologue bear- ing his wand. He spoke the solemn opening words. Cast thyself down with holy fear, O race bowed down by God's curse! Peace be to thee! From Lion mercy here !' The curtain rose and displayed the first tableau, the expul- sion of Adam and Eve from Paradise. The Spectator I3 , But from far, from Calvary's height Shines through the -night a morning light, From the tree of the cross there gently blow Winds of peace throughout the world below. Once more a tableau is displayed, and this time it is the Adoration of the Cross. The tree in Paradise brought sin, the tree on Calvary brought grace. The choir now retired and the annual play began. The Passion Play is divided into three parts, with seventeen scenes, besides the introduction and conclusion, giving us the story of Christ's life, from his entry into jerusalem, through his being taken prisoner on the Mount of Olive, his condemnation by Pilate, and his glorious resurrection. Each scene is preceded by an Old Testament type and tableau, as for instance, the scene in which the Sanhedrin takes counsel how to kill Christus is preceded by the Old Testament type and tableau of the sons of the patriach Jacob taking counsel how to do away with their brother Joseph. One of the most beautiful scenes is that of Christ's triumphal entry into jerusalem, riding upon an ass, amidst the multitude crying, Hosanna to the son of David. In this scene more than five hundred people were on the stage at one time, including many children. I would I could describe this picture, the beautynof the rich coloring of the costumes, and the graceful shifting of the crowds waving their palm branches and strew- ing their garments in the way. One of the most touching scenes was the one in which Christus takes leave of his friends at Bethany. So real and affecting was this parting, that one could hear sobs on all sides, and there was scarcely a dry eye in the entire audience. The players had taken the best pictures of the old masters for their models, and so faithfully were they copied, that it was not at all difficult to live entirely for eight hours in the be- ginning of the first century. One could readily recognize such pictures as Leonard de Vinci's Last Supper 3 Paul Veronese's Christmas Bearing the Cross Q Ruben's Descent from the Cross Q Raphael's Entombment. The first part of the play closed with the capture on the I4 The Spectator Mount of Olives, and an intermission of two hours followed for lunch and rest. Promptly at ten minutes of two o'clock, another cannon shot announced the continuation of the play, and all hurried to the theatre to resume their seats. Perfect quiet reigned over the whole crowd and every face watched with almost breathless anxiety the developments of the martyr scene. At length the climax was over, the Hallalujahs had died away, and the play was ended! To describe the impression produced upon the audience would be impossible, but I could not help but notice that there was scarcely a face that did not bear evidence of having been deeply and solemnly impressed, It was a marvel to me how these untutored peasant actors could produce such a play, which, as one great German actor said, Must rank before any other ever performed. It was as if the sacred pictures of the middle ages had become endned with life. It was all so real, that it is impossible to believe that the actors are the same peasants, whose time is chiefly spent in the fields or at wood carving. 'J an O' O2 ' QQ A 4 QQ 0- 043 'Q Q O 6 I x O CD GD Umm. The Spectator Southwell's The Burning Babe BY THOMAS CROCKER, '11, S I in hoary winters night Stood shivering in the snow, Surprised I was with sudden heat VVhich made my heart to glowg And lifting up a fearful eye To view what fire was near, A pretty babe all burning bright Did in the air appearg VVho, scorched with excessive heat, Such floods of tears did shed As though His Hoods should quench His flames, VVhich with his tears were breclg 'Alas !' quoth he, but newly born In fiery heats I fry, Yet none approach to warm their hearts Or feel my fire but Il My faultless breast the furnace isg The fuel, wounding thornsg Love is the fire, and sighs the smokeg The ashes, shames and scorns, The fuel justice layeth on, And Mercy blows the coals, The metal in this furnace wrought Are men's defiled soulsg For which as now on fire I am To work them to their good, So will I melt into a bath, To wash them in my 'blood.' With this he vanished out of sight And swiftly sunk away, And straight I called unto mind That it was Christmas Day. -ROBERT SOUTHWELL I6 The Spectator S0uthwell's Christmas poem, The Burning Babe, is a re- proach against the thoughtlessness of people in neglecting Christ. The poem, which is quoted above, tells of a vision in which the poet saw a babe all burning bright, who is weep- ing because no one in adversity ever goes to him for aid. He, however, is willing and really anxious to assume the punish- ment for their sins, for he is on fire so as to melt into a bath in which he could wash away the sins of all, who come to him. The vision then disappeared and as the pOCt stood pondering over these only too truthful words, he suddenly realized that it was Christmas Day. Then he perceived that the burning babe was merely a symbol of Christ and that, the words, I So will I melt into a bath To wash them in my blood. was a reference to the crucifixion which Christ suffered on the cross in order to save mankind from sin. Christmas in the Hen-Coop .BY MARGARET AMBROSE, '13. 'Twas the night before Christmas, And thru the hen-house Not a creature was stirring, Not even a mouse. High up on the roost the chickens seemed sound asleep, some looking like large balls of feathers heaped high on the perch in the hennery, all dead to the world except one wee ban- tam hen almost on the top row. She looked like a little lady, dainty and neat in becoming brown. She silently looked down the large row of fowls to where on the first row in the seat of honor sat Chanticleer, the King. How grand he was. From his blood red comb to his long curved spurs, he was all that was handsome. His body seemed a mass of gold and red, but his tail with its green and gold and red and white feathers-his glorious tail was sadly disheveled. How he had fought the The Spectator I7 strange turkey hen that had been put in to torment them! Never resting a moment, chanticleer had battled bravely and was so torn and battered by evening when the turkey was taken out that the beautiful white hen would not recognize him. But bantam in her loyal little heart loved the big rooster even bet- ter than before. She watched him as he soundly slept, tired by the fray. Every thing was still and peaceful now. Then she listened. There was a faint shuffling at the doorg then the latch slowly lifted. A ray of light moved over the roost, then all was dark. Bantanfs heart grew cold. A black form came slowly in, so quietly that no chicken heard. Again the light flashed along the rows of chickens. It paused over the little brown hen and passed on, down the rows until it lighted up chanticleer. Ban- tam grew colder. Altho she tried hard to make a sound, no sound came from her dry little throat. A long dark arm reach- ed toward him and the light went out. Oh would he never wake! Could no one see and warn their King? She waited, what seemed a long time, and when she saw the dark figure slowly disappear out thru the darkness, she knew that the muffled bundle he carried was Chanticleer. As the door softly closed the great town clock struck twelve and thru the night air rang out the Christmas bells. Clear over the crisp snow, they enchoed into the hen-coop where bantam hen sat waiting to hear the retreating footsteps of the thief. Again she tried to give the alarm and this time a faint cackle sounded. The sleepers near her stirredg one tiny rooster proudly lifted up his voice which suddenly broke, and all was still. The bells had ceased, but she could hear no step without Then from the great cathedral came the chiming of those beautiful bells which tell the Christmas story in music. Slowly the door reopened. The same black figure, seeking with his search light the vacant place on the roost, gently plac- ed chanticleer there. It was so amazing to bantam that she could realize it only when the king of the poultry, shaking him- self rose upon his feet and in the darkness crowed his welcome to the dawning Christmas day. The bells, fainter and fainter, finally died away. Soon bantam awoke with a start. Chanti- I8 The Spectator cleer was calling them down. She hurried into the yard with the restg straight to her side strutted chanticleer, delivering to her the first grain of corn. Bantam was so happy. It was Christmas day and again she heard the pealing of the Christ- mas bells, whose chiming perhaps had touched the heart of the chicken thief and prompted him to return his neighbor's property, King Chanticleer. Biography of Sarah ,lane BY MARY KEEINE, '13. ARAH JANE had a very brief and troubled existence. Yet had she not been a rag doll stuffed with cotton, her life would have been much shorter. The first thing Sarah jane could recollect was being picked up from a work bench in Santa Claus's toy shop. The brownie who held her, seizing his paints and brush, painted her eyes a beautiful blue and her cheeks very pink. As he placed her on the shelf he exclaimed to his companion that she certainly was a beautiful doll. That night Santa pinned little tags on every toy in his shop. Near Sarah jane he paused a moment and then cried Now I have itg we will call her Sarah jane. Taking one of the lit- tle tags, he wrote the name upon it and pinned it on her sleeve. Move quickly boys, this is Christmas Eve, and I must make an early start this year, said Santa. Lifting lovely Sarah Jane up he himself carried her to the sleigh, ready out side. Such a journey as the doll and Santa took! They flew through the air over house tops and trees, stopping at last near a chimney. Santa hopped out and slinging a bag of toys to his back he started down through the chimney. It was sooty and so dark that Sarah jane could see nothing. She was squeezed tight against the pack of toys. Before she had time to close her eyes she found herself in a comfortable library, where Santa placed her lovingly under the Christmas tree. The The Spectator I9 generous old Saint then flew up the chimney to continue his work. Christmas morning Nan, the little girl for whom Santa had left the doll, ran into the library to see what Santa Claus had brought her. When she spied Sarah jane, she grabbed her and hugged tightly, so tightly that poor Sarah jane had head- ache all the morning. The quiet life she had led in Santa Claus's toy shop had end- ed. She was squeezed, tossed about, and some times even stepped upon. She was often glad she was a rag doll, for her little mother was not considerate in her feelings. One day Nan dropped her long-suffering doll from a window to the street below. Of course Sarah could not jump up and run into the house, but had to lie in the street until some one came for her. Along came a playful dog, who thought she looked as good as an old shoe. He tossed her into the air and grabbed her with his teeth. Sarah jane screamed as loud as she could, but it was a ragbabys screamg no one heard it. At last the butcher's boy rescued her from Towser. He car- ried her into the house where Nan's mother mended her torn arms. ' The next afternoon Sarah Janes mother was playing with her in the yard. Along came an organ grinder with a dancing bear. Sarah jane was dropped in the yard while her young mother ran to hear the music. That afternoon it rained and snowed. Poor Sarah jane! her beautiful blue eyes ran into her pretty cheeks and made her look quite purple and cold. Af- ter the storm her mother found her quite damp and looking very sad. Horror stricken she ran to the house with her baby and put her very near the grate to dry. Every few moments she would run to the grate to see if her darling was dry. To the impatient little mother, the doll baby seemed to dry very slowly indeed. She then pushed her a little nearer the fire. Alas! the push was too much. Poor Sarah Jane tumbled into the fire, there ending her short life. 20 The Spectator An Unexpected Christmas Gift BY ROBERT SCHAD, '11. T WAS ten-thirty, Christmas eve. I was sitting in my own little world. At my feet lay Bruno. Dear old fellow! he had no cares to worry him. As I thought over my past, I wondered if after all a bachelor's life is the best. My twenty- eight years had ben quite happy, yet something now seemed lacking in my life. I wondered if it could be a girl. I called to mind all the young girls I knew. I must say I couldn't picture any of them sitting opposite me at my breakfast table. Suddenly it dawned on me that may-be I hadn't met the right girl. Putting these thoughts from my mind I turned to Bruno- W'ell, old fellow, what are we going to do to-night? You do look- I turned suddenly in my chair, for someone was knocking softly at my door. I sat still a few secondsg then the knock was repeated, this time somewhat impatiently. I started to- wards the door wondering what any one with any sense could want at this time of night. I opened the door and was decided- ly taken aback. There before me stood a girl, I dare say about nineteen. Her light hair was tossed somewhat carelessly about her face and big blue eyes peeped out at me from under long lashes: her gaze was like that of a well bred boy. I noticed that she wore a crimson jersey with a large white H across the front and that a red tam-o-Shanter covered her curls, She had a pair of skates thrown over her shoulder. She noticed my somewhat rude gaze and stammered, lVIr. Bradock, I'm awfully sorry to annoy you in this manner. but this afternoon I went out to Heart Lake to skateg I told Auntie that I would be back at eight o'clock, but you see, -as she laughed a little nervously, I thought to myself, 'what a cute little laugh she has, and Bruno growled :-I wonder if dogs can read other people's minds.- It's long after eight now and Auntie is out, probably at one of those boresome parties and my maid-well goodness only knows where she is- and I can't find our key. Well, said I, coming to her rescue for she was turning .red and white from talking so fast. I stood there like a chump The Spectator 21 without opening my mouth. Any way she was a deuced pretty girl. Bruno growled again. So I came to ask you, she continued, if you would be kind enough' to lend me your key. Maybe it would fit one of our doors. We are on the next floor. Suite 37. Certainly, I managed to stammer. just wait, I'll go and get it. I turned and started goodness only knows where. As I did so peals of laughter came from the girl. Why, Mr. Bradock, here it is in the door. Oh, yes of course, I asserted putting on, or attempting to put on, a grin. Bruno was over by the fire place blinking at me. Confound that dog! She took the key out of the door and we both made our way to their suite. Itried the keys but all failed. The girl sat on the steps. The only thing I can do is to go down to your apartments and wait till Auntie comes home. She'll be home about two o'clock, I dare say. I wandered if the girl was crazy. VVhat would people say. What would- Do you mind P were the words that brought me back to my sense. Of course not, I answered somewhat nervously. We went back to my apartments and after a while I wasn't half so nervous. I began to wonder if all girls were like this one. She told me about her school life. Then I asked her how she knew my name. I asked the postmanf' she said. I asked her hers and she said, Doll Harrison. The storm had passed. Vife chatted on in a silly yet pleas- ant manner for an hour. At twelve o'clock we were the best of friends, at half-past one we were engaged. At two we heard her aunt coming up stairs and we ran to the door. lrVhat does this mean ? she demanded. It means that I have promised to give Doll a diamond ring for Christmas, I replied. It was sometime before she got over the shock, but we all, -even Bruno,-- enjoyed Christmas together. 22 The Spectator Under the Mistletoe BY AMELIA LUDWIG, '18. Twas Christmas Eve. Every person should have been cheerful and happy and glad to be alive. Every person is cheerful and happy but me, thought Tom Brown as he wa.tched the passing throng. And just because they were so happy, Tom felt the more dis- heartened and forlorn. That very afternoon Ethel Wilson had given him back his ring, and haughtily commanded him to dis- continue his calls. Tom was bewildered and deeply hurt. Ethel was unreasonable, UL felt. She had requested him to stop go- ing with Dick Redding, Dick, who was his best friend, who had stuck to him through thick and thin. Tom had been a little wild himself once, but had braced up and made a man of him- self. He had tried to help Dick to do the same, but he, poor fellow, lacked will power Wfhen Ethel said he must chooSe between her and Dick, Tom tried to show her the injustice of it, told her that it was his in- fluence that kept Dick from going down hill altogether, but her only answer was Choose And Tom had chosen. Not having cared where his feet led him, he had wandered aimless from her door and was now surprised to find himself in front of the Orphan's home on Forty-ninth street, where a large pla- card on the side of the building announced a Christmas cele- bration. Every person was invited to attend and contribute what they could for the tree. Tom idly read the placard. Poor little fellows, he thought, they're just about as bad off as I am. Then an idea struck him. I have no place to go this even- ing, now: I might as well join them. If Tom thought he was the only unhappy person that Christ- mas Eve, he was mistaken. After Tom had gone, Ethel sat in her room red eyed and miserable. She had never dreamed that he would choose as he had. Well he certainly didn't love me, or he wouldn't have done so. Throwing aside my love for a good-for-nothing fellow like Dick Redding. At this thought the girl angrily brushed aside her tears and began to dress in X Spectator swim 23 street costume. She had been invited bythe ladies of the Or- phans' Home to help distribute the Christmas gifts. At seven o'clock that evening every thing was ready at the home. In one corner of the brightly lighted room stood an immense Christmas tree laden with packages. Tom Brown had arrived early with both arms full of packages. He was given a basket of gifts to hang on the treeg with his back turned to the door and he did not see a tall slender girl enter. bhe was greeted by the matron and was set to trimming the tree. ,V Mr. Brown is trimming one side of it now, she was told. The name made no impression upon her. She tied some gilt balls on the fir boughs without suspecting who her fellow work- man was. just as she stepped back to observe the effect of a string of tinsel, she met the eyes of the other decorator. The two gazed at each other in speechless surprise. Then Tom picking up the basket he had dropped turned to his side of the tree. Tom, she cried. Instantly he wheeled in answer to that cry, and behind the thick boughs of the evergreen, he accepted the challenge of the glistening white berries in her hair. 1...l-- Why ? BY MARGARET JONES, '11. VVhat makes even the crunching snow Seem to laugh in tones so low? What makes the fire to dance in glee As though it, too, must happy be? All things are happy, I believe, Because they know it's Christmas Eve. 24 The Spectator Christmas Day in a. Coal Mine' J. LEWIS EVANS, '11. N my visit to the anthracite coal district, a few years ago, I was one of several listeners to a very interesting story told by a. miner. It concerned the imprisonment of three coal miners from the twenty-third of December to the twenty -sixth day of the same month. The miner who told the story was one of the three. He described it as follows: John Robak, jim Wayne, and myself met on the tipple about fifteen till seven on the morning of the twenty-third. We sat and talked together concerning the Christmas gifts we had bought for our wives and children. We had not talked long before the trip came to take us and the rest of the diggers into our working-places. I will always remember that ride. As we were passing the different headings, I could hear the shot-lirers sending off their shots which told me they were very late this morning. We landed at our own heading and as we started to walk to our places, which were about one-hundred and fifty yards up the heading, I heard a voice call, 'Hello, Billl' I answered him and we waited till he came to us. We found it to be Sam Walker, the shot-fire in our district of the mine. 'Bill, I'm goin' to fire one in your headin' in about twenty minutes,' said Sam. 'All right, Bill, everything will be O. K.' was my answer. We walked up to our places and prepared for Sam. We were prepared in a short time and, as number five head- ing was the heading above ours, we listened for the shot. Something must have happened, because we waited a long time and when it did go off, it 'put the damped' on our lamps and we heard an extraordinary noise down our heading. We hur- ried to see what it was, after we had lit our lamps, and found that our heading had caved from the effects of the shot and we were shut in. Of course, the first day was spent in digging towards the main heading to free ourselves. But that night I thought I would stop digging because the more we worked the more I The Spectator 25 we ate and as we had but three good dinners with us and did- n't know when we would get out, we had better be mighty sparin' on the eatins. The second day was spent in thought. We were think- ing of everything, of our wives, of our children, of the time we would get out, of the time the eatins would last, and every- thing imaginable. Jim was feeling pretty sick towards the end of the day and jack was not feeling much better. Many times during the day I would take off my coat and wrap it around jack so he could sleep. The third day came and the bunch were pretty well fagged out including myself. The dinner buckets were the most attractin' thing around. Their buckets were empty and mine had but a small piece of bread and a few mouthfuls of cold coffee in it. It was towards noon, by the watch I al- ways carry in the mine, when Jim, who was laying down, tried to get up but couldn't. I sat with him, taking it for granted that he was too weak to get up, and thought what I could do. It was at this moment that Christmas came to my mind and so did the coffee and the bread. jim and jack were al- most starvin' and I wasn't much farther myself. 'As this day is Christmasf I began, 'I will give you each a piece of this bread and a drink of coffee for a gift. When I said this they both started and made a mad grab for my bucket but they both were too weak to get it. I gave them both their share and I had none myself. You could have compared the weight of my head with my stomach as that of an elephant to a feather. Oh! boys, she was awful. I then said a short prayer asking to be let out of this dungeon in which we were quartered. Our prayer was answered and the next day, at noon, we were res- cued and carried from our beds we had made among the coal. We were asked by many concerning our experiences in the rnine. Jim and jack were asked by the superintendent and they told him about my little Christmas gift. He came and praised me for my thoughtfulness as he called it, and gave me a boost to head tipple boss at one hundred and twenty-five a month and said, 'Bill, that's your Christmas gift from the 26 The Spectator company.' I found out later that Jim -and jack got twenty dollar gold pieces in their pay envelopes as a gift from the superintendentf, My Favorite Christmas Book BY IRVVIN STALEY, '11, QDY favorite Christmas book is The Story of the Other Wise Man. I will relate the story briefly. The other wise man, whose name was Arbatan, was to meet the Three Wise Men at an ancient temple if' he saw the new star. Arbatan had ten days in which to reach the temple from the night when they saw the new star. Arbatan left all his fellow worshipers to go on this quest but arrived too late because he stopped to revive a dying jew. Arbatan was a physician as well as an astrologer. His companions had left a few hours before his arrival. He could not follow his companions because he had no provisions or camels to cross the desert. He had brought only three gems of his rich treasury. Arbatan returned to Babylon to buy a camel and provis- ions to cross the desert, by selling one of his gems, the sap- phire. He arrived at Bethlehem three days after his compan- ions , and found the streets of this village deserted. He enter- ed a low stone cottage where he found a young mother hushing her baby to sleep. She told him that three strangers from the East had been guided by a star to the place where Joseph was lodging with his wife and her new-born child, that they gave the child many rich gifts and disappeared as quickly as they came. She said that it was whispered around that Joseph with his family had fled to Egypt the same night the strangers disappeared. Arbatan gave away the ruby to the murderous Roman captain in order to save the peasant Woman's baby. Herod had ordered the Roman soldiers to kill all the babies in order to kill the Son of Man. Thus Arbatan had spent two of his gems without finding the King. He went to Egypt where he Sought the King first among The Spectator 28 the rich. Then he searched for him among the poor. He vis- ited the prisons but he found him not. He spent thirty-three years helping the poor, visiting and ministering to the sick in his quest before he returned to Jerusalem. He searched among the hovels, lanes and prisons without finding him. It was the season of the Passover. Jerusalem was throng- ed with strangers. Arbatan learned from a jew that there was to be an execution at Golgotha. Two famous thieves and jesus of Nazareth were to be crucified. jesus of Nazareth had aroused the anger of the priests and elders because he called himself The Son of God. Pilate sent him to the cross be- cause he said that he was the King of the Jews. Arbatan, who wished to see this man, followed the multitude towards the Damascus gate of the city. He wished to try to ransom the King with his pearl before the King died. Before he reached the gate, a young girl broke away from a troop of Macedonian soldiers. This girl sought Arbatan's aid for she knew his religion by his white cap and the winged circle on his breast. She told him that she was the daughter of the true religion taught by the Magi. She did not wish to become a slave. He gave the last of his gems for the ransom of the girl. just then there was an earthquake which caused a heavy tile to strike Arbatan on the temple. The girl and Arbatan heard a small still voice say to Arbatan. Verily I say unto thee, in as much as thou hast done it unto one of the least of these my brethern, thou hast done it unto me. Arbatan smiled and died. The other wise man had found the King. This story shows that a desire or hope or ambition may be denied to you but perseverance will reward you in the end. It also shows the true spirit and pure thought and deed will be rewarded, whosoever the person. Q25 28 The Spectator Christmaf BY EARL CAVANAUGH, '11. HEN old King Winter has painted Our landscapes with crystal white, When Nature's fancies have faded And twilight and dawn turned to night, There comes to us during this season The most blessed time of the year. Our rejoicing is not without reason, It is Christmas, the birthday dear! His cradle, the Bethlehem manger, The shepherds and flocks in the field, The star that guided the stranger, Glad tidings the Angels had pealed,-- All the wonderful, mystical story We've loved from our childhood to hear, Our burdens are eased by the glory, It is Christmas, the birthday dear! Commercial Side of Christmas BY MAX RABINOWITZ, '11. UST before one of the greateSt holidays of the year, Christmas, all departments of business are generally over-rushed with busy Christmas shoppers. The month in which this day comes is the merchants' main season for busi- nessg they engage extra assistants, and lay in large stocks of merchandise. They advertise large in the daily newspapers, giving the shoppers an idea of the articles that would make suitable gifts. The haberdasher has all kinds of nobby furnish- ings, the toy dealer, playthings to amuse the childreng the pro- ducer, appetizing fruitg the stationer, fancy stationeryg the jeweler, artistic jewelry and bric-a-bracg and the clothier, bar- gains never offered before. The Spectator 29 During thisportion of the year, the sidlewalks are densely thronged with Shoppers. Husband and wife, arms full of bun- dles, little poodle dragging along behind, elbow their way through the crowds going in and out of business places. Little youngsters delivering packages, skip to and fro amongst the multitudes. In the streets, one notices the endless chain of delivery wagons of all kinds, rolling in all directions, some stopping here and there amidst the tumult, others dashing through the highways. One glimpse upon the scene would make a visitor from another planet imagine that all the people of the city were in an endless procession. This holiday makes busy not only the merchants but also the express companies and mail carriers. Among the innum- erable chain of wagons kept on the go from place to place, one notices most frequently the express wagons, overflowing with packages of all description, stopping here and there, taking off packages, presumably gifts labelled from all parts of the country. When one load is disposed of, a hurried trip is made for another. What a picturesque scene these moving lands of gifts present as they glide through the streets! To see the mail carriers, pouches stacked to the utmost limit, untiring arms overloaded with numerous gifts and mailg plowing their way through the drifts of snow, gives one an idea of what a hustling atmosphere old St. Nick gives to the time. The effect upon the manufacture is equally as great as upon the merchants. Mills are often rushed in turning out orders several months before the Christmas holiday: in many instances, they are unable to meet some of the merchants' de- mands on account of the enormous number of orders for holi- day goods. If it were not for this great holiday, many people, like toy-makers and shop-hands who are engaged the whole year around making articles for this season of the year, would be hunting the world over for an industry to make a living. Probably the toy-makers of Switzerland and Germany are to- day preparing for the Christmas of nineteen hundred and eleven. 30 The Spectator Santa Claus in the Pullman By MARGARET WALTERS '13 He Black Diamond had been snow bound for six hours, and as yet there was no prospect of moving. Every passenger was eager to reach his destination, for the following day was Christmas. Perhaps the passengers that felt they simply couldnlt wait another hour were the' four Southern children traveling with their colored mammy in the last coach. Fo' de lands sake, Mastah Dicky, don't make such a racket. Now, Miss Virgie, stop that teasin' right this minute. What evah is yo' mothah thinkin, now? But then she knows she can trust ole Becky. How long have we been here did you say Mastah Rob? Six hours! Land o' Mercy! I wondah what is the mattah with this Black Pearl. Not Black Pearl, Mammy, Black Diamond, said Virgie Now it doesn't make no bit of difference, Miss Virginia Shelley, Whethah its Black Pearl or Black Diamond, its a black jewel at any rate. Yes, butl- Oh, Virgie, you make me tired with yo' evahlasting arguin'. You are a perfect deah till you Start to argue. And then! No one can put sense into yo' head. But if you would- n't mind arguin' with the snow instead of Mammy, I would be delighted. Well of all nonsensical things that is certainly the worst. Don't you dare get on any high and mighty airs with me, Kitty. And let me remind you it doesnlt do to try to be grown up and use slang. As a mattah of fact I consider it very bad judgment. Now, honey, that's enough. You two must not quarrel. Miss Kitty, where did you leave those sixteen yeahs that you are actin' worse than this blessed little lamb, Mastah Dicky. I want to go to my mother, Mammy, cried Dicky. There, there, pet. You all are jus, disappointed that we are snowbound in this black Ruby. jus' think, honey, aftah we get to Buffalo, won't it be fun to have such a white, snowy Christmas ! The Spectator 3l Bob jerked his head up from reading Making the Fresh- man Team and said, That's all right, Mamniy, if we even get there. Gee, just think, kids, no Dad and Mother to wish us Merry Christmas, no presents, no music, no candy. It makes me feel funny every time I think of it. While the children talked, a man opposite watched them. He was a tall commanding man not fewer than fifty years old, with a massive head, features stern when in repose, and pierc- ing black eyes. His gray hair clustered in short thick waves about his prominent forehead. He wore a closely cut moustache. Every line of his finely modelled chin indicated unbending tenacity of purpose. He soon became interested and looked often in their direction. Kitty, the oldest, had black, curly hair, brilliantly colored cheeks and brown eyes that sparkled with life and fun. Her curls were tied with a bright red ribbon, matching the tie of her sailor suit. He concluded that Kitty would certainly develop into a beauty. Bob, was a sturdy boy, of about fourteen, he judged. Like Kitty he had dark hair and eyes, but his eyes had a calm determined look instead of the ever changing flash of Kitty's. Virgie'S s'hort curls bobbed in every direction. He decided that her enemies would call her hair red, while her friends would call it that beautiful shade of auburn with tints of gold. She had a saucy turned up nose. Her eyes were blue, the black lashes making them appear dark. He thought Virgie a girl who loved few people and for those she loved would go through fire and water. Then there was Dicky. Well, Dicky was a dear, chub- by little boy of four. loved and kissed by every one. As he made his inventory of the family he heard mammy say, Chill'uns, its bedtime now. I'se awful Sorry you are not in Buffalo. Yo' Mothah will sut'n'y think something happened down in Louisiana when we don't meet her. Now I'se don't want to hear no growlin' from any of you for not reaching Buffalo. Jus' remembah yo' gran'fathah is Cun'l Shelly. At the mention of their grandfather's name, the tall man noticed the sparkle of Kitty's eyes, the throwing back of Bob's shoulders, the proud lift of Virgie's head, and even 32 The Spectator dear little Dicky thrust his hands in his pockets and tried to throw out his wee chest. How he admired their pluck! An occassional giggle was heard from the girls, then Mammy sang, The clouds hang heavy an its gwine to rain, Fa'well my dyin' Friends. She was evidently lulling Dicky into dreamland. The tall man read till past midnight. Time and time again his thoughts turned to the four children. Then a bright idea struck him, and he was still smiling when, a half hour later, he turned into his berth. Virgie, Virgie, look heah. Quick! This beautiful Christy book and box of candy. And, Kitty, look at these deah beaded moccasins and candy too. Could it be Mammy ? Of course it is Mammyf' The curtains were thrown open and little Dicky came tumbling in with a big red ball under one arm and a toy horse under the other. He beamed at the girls as he cried, You said Santa Claus couldn't come to this train. But he did. He knew Dicky was here. He left Bob a book and big things Bob called boxin' gloves. The tall man was repaid for giving the presents he had intended for others by hearing those glad voices. Soon he heard Mammy cry, Land sakes, so Santa ClauS was heah, sure 'noughf' And which of them thought the tall man opposite had been playing Santa Claus the night before? The Gift Qf the Latin Students BY H. S., '12. 1 the front wall of Room B hangs a photograph of great interest to students both of oratory and Latin, The Arraignment of Catiline. Before discussing the picture itself, it is important to The Spectator 33 sketch the events which led up to the First Oration Against Catiline. Cataline, a desperate but talented bankrupt Roman of nO- ble birth, who was unscrupulous in the use of his means, as- pired to the consulship. When he was thwarted in this, he drew up a conspiracy to undermine the government and make himself dictatorg and he gathered together many men of his own type, among them Lentulus, Cassius, Cathegus and Gabinius. Many ricn men and even senators were interested in the conspiracy. But thru the carelessness of one of the conspirators who revealed the plot to a woman he loved, Cicero came into possession of the secret. Having watched Catiline and convinced himself that there was a conspiracy, he called a meeting of the Senate to disclose the conspiracy and the plans of the conspirators. The Senate convened in the Temple of jupiter, The Stayorg and from this scene the picture is taken. The picture was painted by Cesare Maccari, and our photograph shows many shades of gray and much variety in figures. In the back ground of the picture there can be seen, the bases of two massive marble pillars, a phase oi architecture used very much by the Ancients in their temples. Cn the right side of the picture are two rows of seats with high straight backs made of marble, dark in color. The walls and floor are covered with slabs of marble of a lighter grayish color. Even if you did not know the temple was made of marble, you could easily see it: for the painter has selected such colors that it can not be mistaken. In the right center of the picture stands a censer which the Romans used in their worship. On the marble benches the senators are seated. They are dressed in long white togas and wear sandals. No two of them look alike. Some are stout and bald-headed, while others are young, strong-looking men. Some are talking to each other, others are looking at Catiline, and still others are intent upon what Cicero is saying. They have vacated the seats around Cataline and will not recognize him, because he is now con- sidered a public enemy. Sitting, apart from the rest, in the forground, that des- 34 The Spectator perate man gazes at his feet. He is probably thinking of his crimes, which Cicero rehearses to the Senate. He looks like a criminal with his low forehead. His gaze is piercingg his fingers are tapering. He is no more a Roman citizen but a public enemy shunned, hated, isolated and accused. And be- fore him stands his accuser, Cicero. Cicero with uplifted arms stands next to the censer. His head is raised in the direction of the man he accuses. He sees his victory in the distance, and is even now paving the way t0 that victory, the suppressing of the conspiracy, his greatest achievement. The painting is one of tl1e best conceptions of that scene in the Temple of Jupiter. It is so vivid that it takes us back to Rome and makes the conspiracy as real as events in our own city. lfVe admire the picture because it gives us a definite idea both of the appearance of a Roman Senate and also of the interior of a Roman templeg we admire it most because in- terested as we are in Cicero's writings and his accomplish- ments, this painting helps us to interpret the thought of the, First Oration Against Catalinef' It is little wonder then that when our instructor in Latin showed us the photograph, some of us were eager to secure it for our class-room, where it now hangs. VVe thank the Latin students who contributed money to purchase the picture. Q The Spectator Merry Christmas BY RICHARD E. WEIMER, '13. LAD Christmas day comes but once a year Let us welcome it with mirth and cheer. The yule log sends out a welcoming glow While the story is told of the long ago. Wreathsiof green holly bedeck the wall, A great bough of mistletoe hangs in the hallg The Christmas tree, laden with gifts for each one, Seems the source of the Christmas enjoyment and fun Everyone's happy, everyoneis gayg Everyone's merry on this Christmas Day. Wishing that peace and gladness and cheer May everyone bless throughout the coming year. The Sad Little Lad BY GRACE QUINN, '13. f Christmas a lad was dreaming For many and many a dayg So great was his anticipation That he lost all zest for play. Instead he stared in Shop windows From early dawn till night Choosing gifts for his stocking, Wliich gave him keen delight. Alas for the little dreamer! His air castle had to fallg He awoke to learn Christmas morning That Santa forgot to call. 36 The Spectator Jxfl,-35,5 EQ' Bears Htad, Cafou 1 1: I u..4.f.. ed- -5.1 if 19-- fr 5, HA W1 - - , N E521-Er:E::E:,:4:E:1 EEf::E i?f5av:E -lllgl 6' ' 7 ' r:.., :: ':' 'A V ! ' rgpt I f, f .- X 5 . -:i5.., --?w., ilu! s::.1 'ii' 1 i' -:::::55 ' :' - k -. - ' .. fl - , - Y I , L 5 Y -4 Dun ' 1 f'N ze - , - , - H-i The Spectator 37 Boar's Head Carol! HE boar's head in hand bear I, Bedecked with bays and rosemary And I pray you my masters be merry, And I pray you my masters be merry, Quot estis in convivio, Caput apri defero, Reddens laudes Domino. The boar's head, as I understand, Is the rarest dish in all the land, Wliicli, thus bedecked with a gay garland Wliich, thus bedecked with a gay garland, Let us servire cantico. Caput apri defero, Reddens laudes Domino. Our steward hath provided this, In honor of the King of Bliss, Which on this day to be herved is Whicli on this day to be served is In reginensi atrio, Caput apri defero, Reddens laudes Domino. 38 The Spectator A Christmas Tree Myth BY BERTHA STAMMLER., '11, N A great forest there grew the prettiest little fir tree that could be imagined. It was beautifully proportioned and its branches were of lovely green color. This little plant was very happy, for it had lots of friends, especially a tall, tall oak tree at its side. The oak used to tell entertaining stories, one of the beautiful angel, who used to keep watch over a certain tree in that forest, and of the kind Master who used to visit them. Finally the angel had gone awayg cruel men had cut down the beautiful treeg and later the wind brought the tidings that the balsam, stripped of its branches, was standing on a place called Calvary. The little tree loved to hear this story of the 'tree that had been so good and obedient during its early life that an angel watched over it. It resolved to be good too, al- ways to bend when the wind bade it do so, and not to be haughty. Perhaps some day he would be rewarded by some- thing very lovely. So listening to tl1e kind adnionitions and beautiful stories of the oak, the hr grew more beautiful every day. But alas! the little tree was to have a great disappointment, for its tall friend, the oak tree was cut down. The lonely tree, however, did not spend idle hours in mourning, for it knew it was better to be cut down and made useful than to rot in the forest. So it did not allow its loneliness to interfere with its growing, but took comfort from the other trees and the wind. One day the wind brought the strange news that the little tree was to be carried off to a far away country. The sapling did not ask any foolish questions, but prepared for its journey. When it was ready, the wind came and with a VVhirr, whirr, they were off. The wind gently set the little tree in another forest very far away, where the trees were different from any it had ever seen, the weather was cold, and the wind blew very much hard- er than at the other home. In this strange forest the sapling soon made friends, who told of all the wonders of the North. In spite of the cold it flourished. It liked the warm white The Spectator 39 blanket that was spread over it every winter. Year after year passedg the little balsam grew into a iine big tree. One time when Santa Claus was driving through this forest on his way to give gifts to good little folk in com- memoration of Christ's Birthday, he stopped before the tree, charmed with its beauty. There it stood, its green branches decked with downy snow, glistening and shining like diamonds. What a beautiful tree! he exclaimed, lt is a symbol of Christ himself: it is so pure and radiant. How I should like to show it to the children! But I cannot take it with meg my sleigh is too full. Santa Claus drove farther on his way over the world and wherever he stopped he was able to show the beautiful tree to the children, for the wind came to his aid, and carried the tree. Everywhere the children were so pleased with it that they bade Santa bring them such a tree other years. The beautiful tree was put back to its place in the forest. The cones it sheds spring up as other trees and every year since then its descendants have been the center of Christmas revelry. .ill Christmas in Music HRISTMAS has been the inspiration of some of the most beautiful music of the world. Thru the changes of customs and the varying degrees of civilization and religious ardor, music has developed a history marked by evolution from simpler to more nobler forms. Among more imposing Christmas music we find the com- positions of great masters, Bach wrote profusely for the Christmas festival. He composed the Christmas Oratoriof' Christmas masses and Cantatas, the Magnif1cat and canonic variations on the Christmas hymn Vom Himmel hoch. Suggestive of the shepherd's watch is Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony. Kiel composed The Star of Bethlehem, Mendlessolin, Christus, and Paine, Nativity, Bruch wrote Gruss an die heilige Nacht. The best known and most in- 40 The Spectator teresting of Christmas master-pieces is Handel's Messiah, composed in 1741. As I leaf thru a score of the Messiah that I once used in a chorus, I recall the pleasure and ecstasy with which I responded to the director's baton and the feeling of heavenly peace that enveloped me as the beautiful strains of the Pas- toral Symphony carried my thoughts to a night nineteen hun- dred and ten years ago in the dreamy land of Palestine. The term symphony as applied to a piece of this nature, composed at a time when the modern significance of the Word had not yet developed, has the meaning of interlude. The Pastoral Symphony, is a short instrumental movement introduced into The Messiah, to suggest the quietude of the shepherds and their flocks before the appearance of the star in the east. It is played almost exclusively by the strings, the bass entering at but one point, the highest point of action. It is written larghetto in the quiet unpretentious key of C and although it modulates into G, it is only for a short movement as it again resumes the original entrancing double piano in C. The tempo is the Flowing twelve-eight which lends to it the won- derful contagious feeling of peace until when the final note of the cadence is wafted into the sphere beyond the listener is tempted to dream on forever. Old English Christmas Carolf BY HELEN KLEINSCHMIDT, '11. NE of the most beautiful features of the Christmas ob- servances of old England was the singing of of Christmas carols. Had we visited England in the Christmas season dur- ing Elizabeth's reign, we should have seen companies of people going about through the streets to their friends' houses and singing carols under their windows. The custom, then very old, had reached its height and was beginning to decline. Vfith the passing of the Tudors and the coming of Puritans- ism the carols, as a beautiful and popular part of the Christmas festivities became a thing of the past. The Puritans hated The Spectator '41 them and forbade them. With the coming of the restoration other things took their place and they were forgotten leaving only a few traces behind. Of late years interest in these little melodies has revived, and many of them, long forgotten, have been found in old manuscripts. They are quaint and charming songs, written in simple meters, and usually have a refrain. Many of the earliest carols are largely in Latin or at least have a Latin refrain, a thing which shows their clerical origin. One of these reads as fol- ows: Gloria Tibi, Domine Sui natus es de virgineg A little child there is yborng A rose that sprang from jesse's thorn To save all us that were forlorn Gloria Tibi, Domine, Qui natus es de virgine. It fell upon a high midnight The stars they shone both fair and bright, The angels sang with all their might, Gloria etc. Three kings there came with their presents Of myrrh and gold and francincense As clerics sing in their sequence, Gloria etc. Now sit we down upon our knee, And pray that child that is so free: And with good hearts sing joyfully, Gloria etc. Like the ballads many carols of popular origin, many as I have said, were written for the people by the' priests, and monks, or were a component part of the mystery plays. They sing of the Christmas timeg of Mary and joseph, the annunci- ation, the nativity, the shepherds and the Magi. Having al- ready quoted one of the nativity carols. I will now quote a very beautiful annunciation carol: 42 The Spectator Regina Coeli Laetare. Gabriel, that angel bright, Brighter than the sun's own light From heaven to earth he took his flight. Laetare! In Nazareth, that great city, Before a maid he kneeled on knee, Said 'Mary now is God with thee Laetarel' Mary was afraid of that sight. That came to her with so great light, Then said the angel that was so bright, 'Laetarel Be not aghast of least or most In thee is alight the Holy Ghost, To save all souls that were for-lost, Laetare' Some of the loveliest carols picture Mary singing to her child. Here is one of the oldest of these: I saw a sweet and holy sight A blissful bride, a blossom bright That mourning made and mirth among. A maiden mother, meek and mild In cradle kept a knave child That softly slept, she sat and sang Lully, lullow, lully, lullay, lully lully, lully lully, lully, Lullow, lully lullay, law, law, My bairn sleep softly now. Other carols tell legends of Christ's boyhood, and of the Christmas saints. Others are more concerned with the spirit- ual significance of the story. These which are often allegorical, were written by the clergy and reflect the clerical viewpoint. The Spectator 43 Though full of quaint ideas they are much less interesting than the true outpouring of the people. As a body these popular carols are marked by a glad sin- cerity, a simplicity, and a certain indefinable charm. They are the embodiment of the old Christmas,-of its fun and revelry, of its religious devotion. They came from simple hearts over- flowing with joy and good-will. Such are the Christmas carols of our English forefathers. In closing I must quote one more carol, that, reading it on Christmas clay, you may catch its lovely spirit and have a merry Christmas. As Joseph was a-waukin' He heard an angel sing 'Tonight shall be the birthnight Of Christ, our heavenly King. 'His birth-bed shall be neither In housen nor in hall Nor in the place of Paradise, But in the oxen's stall. 'He neither shall be washen With white wine nor with red, But with the fair spring water That on you shall be shed. 'He neither shall be clothed In purple nor in pall, But in the fair, white linen That's used on babies all.' As joseph was a-waukin',' Thus did the angel sing, And Mary's son at midnight Was born to be our King. Then be you glad, good people, At this time of the year, And light you up your candles For His Star it shineth clear. Q4 'The Spectator K 7 Q :N A I ,Q Quaint Christmas j Q' Recipef -itz-gg' BY M. R., '11. ear Ruth: Good cooking means much tasting, and no wastingg It means English thoroughness, French art and Arabian hos- pitality, It means in fine, that women are to be perfectly, and always ladies. -Ruskin I found this apt quotation on the first page of an old cook- book, and it should inspire every girl to be the kind of lady Ruskin wrote verses about. Don't you think so? When our grandmothers were young, they were first taught to prepare a tasty meal, today we are first taught to play the piano or to paint china. But you wonder at my strange introduction. The other day, while I was searching for an old-fashioned dress to wear to Nancy's party, I came across a cook-book of grandmother Fitzgerald's, and knowing how interested you are in quaint things, I send you a few of her Christmas recipes. Of course, the first one will be her directions for preparing the turkey, which are written thus in the well-worn book. Prepare a stuffiing of sausages, one beaten egg, and a few crumbs of bread, stuff the bird under the breast, dredge it with Hour, then put it down to a clear brisk fire, baste with buttery when the turkey is plumped up, and the steam draws towards the fire, it will be nearly done, then dredge it again with Hour, and baste with melted butter. Serve with gravy or the following sauce :-Scald a pound of ripe chestnuts, peel and stew them slowly for two hours in white gravy, then thicken with butter and flourg pour over turkey. Garnish the dish with sausages or parsley. In these days, people are blessed if they have turkey for Christmas dinner, but in the olden times they always had a Tho-Spectatxon 454 roast pig too. They used a small one about a month old, after cleaning it well inside and outside, they used the following recipe to roast it: Make a stuffing of two dozen sage leaves, four ounces stale bread and one of butter, pepper and salt, put into belly and sew it up. Then wipe the outside of the pig well and rub it with a spoonful of salad oil, 'cover the body with greased writing-paper, baste it very frequently with sweet drippings till about twenty minutes before it is done, then remove the paper and baste with butter. In serving it, lay the back of the pig on the plate, with half the head on each side of the plate, leaving the stuffing in it. Garnish with slices. of lemon. The crowning feature of the Christmas dinner was plum- pudding, for roast pig could be used any time of the year, and Thanksgiving was celebrated with turkey, but grandmother made plum-pudding only at Christmas time. Ask your mother to make your Christmas pudding after this recipe: Six ounces of chopped suet, six ounces Malaga raisins, eight of currants, three ounces bread crumbs, three ounces of flour, three eggs, a sixth of a nutmeg, a small blade of mace and cinnamon, a teaspoonful of salt, half a pint of milk, four ounces of sugar, candied lemon or citron. Beat eggs and spices well together, then mix by degress, milk and other in- gredients. Dip a fine linen cloth in boiling water, flour it a little, and pour in it the mixture, then tie it up close. Boil for six hours in a pan of water, never letting it boil dry. Serve with a sauce of wine, sugar and melted butter. I know you always have fruit-cake for Christmas, but 1 am sure you have never tasted Pfeffernuessen, an ancient German Christmas cake, which has been the chief dessert at German Christmas dinners for generations. I am sending you the recipe in hopes that you will bake it as a surprise to your grandmother. The recipe was given to Mother sometime ago by a German friend. One pound of sugar, four eggs beaten well, whites and yokes separately, one-half ounce of ground cinnamon, point of the knife of ground cloves, two ounces finely chopped al- 46 The Spectator mondsg one pound of fiourg rind of an orange or lemon peel grated, point of knife of soda? At the end of English Christmas dinners, the health of the honor guests was drunk with wassailg this is an old English Yule-tide drink, which dates back to the middle ages. It is made in this way: Use the pulp of three baked applesg a teaspoonful of cinnamon, bits of lemong one-half spoonful of nutmleg, cloves and allspiceg over these pour three pints of boiling cider. If any of these recipes enabled you to understand more thoroughly, how our ancestors prepared Christmas dinner, I shall be satisfiedg if you were to ask me, which recipe I should try first, I should reply, Wassail. For I think as an old caro- list of the thirteenth century sang: Lord1ings, Christmas loves good drinking, VVines of Gasoigne, France Anjou, English ale, that drives out thinking, Prince of liquors old or newg Every neighbor shares our bowl, Drink of the spicy liquor deep. The Spectator 47 Holy Night BY MARY DARLING, '11. HE Christchild in a manager lay Upon the first glad Christmas day? The wise men stood about his bed, For the glorious star their path had led Kind shepherds, too, beheld the child, So lovely, innocent and mild, XVhile angels from the heavenly host W'atched the one whom they love most! And Mary with her treasure dear, Upon that night was hlled with cheer, W'hile overhead the star so bright Shone on that blessed Holy Night. An Interrupted Christmas Dinner BY Wm. E. JODER, 11. N THE turnpike from Cambridge to Concord,about four miles from Lexington, stands an old New England man- sion on the left hand side of the road. Its broad mansard roof and wide dormer windows attracted me more strongly than the ordinary Yankee farm-house. As the carriage in which I rode approached it, I began to consider myself extremely lucky in having a friend who lived in such a home. Paul Morton, one of my old U. of P. class- mates, had invited me to spend the Christmas holidays with him. And since my business had never before carried me far- ther north than New York, I was enjoying a novel experience of New England life. The weather was crisp and cold, the wheels of the carriage screeched a joyful Christmas time as they bowled along over the icy surface of the road. At the top of the steps were a dozen massive pillars ex- tending above the second story and supporting a heavy roof over the broad piazza. I entered by a large oak door with a The Spcctxatpr fancy knocker of French design. Morton, who had expected me by the train, had not gone to meet me. We were over- joyed at sight of each other, for we had not met since 1898, our graduation year. How are you, old sport ? we both exclaimed as we locked hands in a hearty shake. I found his wife a charming little woman. My antici- pated embarrassment at meeting her was entirely unfounded, and I felt at home at once. Half an hour later Paul and I, ensconced in his den, a room not unlike the usual college man's study, were recalling memories of old Penn, and relating the events of our lives since '98. A Christmas spirit pervaded the atmosphere on this happy Christmas eve, lying back in our fheavily-cushioned chairs, smoking and telling stories. we thought over other Christmas seasons. Every Christmas I recall, said Paul, a story told me by an old colored kalsominer who works for us once in a while. It happened in this very house. His grandfather, Sambo Lambkin, was one of the princi- pal actors in what he called an 'interrupted Christmas dinnah, sah.' George Hancock, a young American colonel, occupied this house with his wife and two small children,-a girl aged five, and a boy two years older. They were well-to-do colonial folk, employing a colored butler, and other servants. It was Christmas. As the British and American armies had gone into winter quarters, Hancock had no trouble in se- curing a few weeks furlough. Hence he was spending Christ- mas in the old mansion. Dinner was served in the big din- ing room, where we shall soon dine. The huge Open fire-place held a Haming log fire. Never since the first Thanksgiving had such a varied assortment of good things graced a single table. It would take too long to men- tion everything. It was a feast fit for King George himself. A corpulent turkey, supplemented by juicy possum surrounded by sweet potatoes and gravy, was appropriately reinforced by The Spectator 49 fleshy venison and savory rabbits. Mountains of mashed po- tatoes and oceans of cranberry sauce were also worthy of hon- orable mention, to say nothing of delicious baked oysters, steaming Boston baked beans, and luxuriant bunches of celery. In the .center of the table stood a large Indian basket fairly groaning under its heavy burden of luscious tropical fruit. But the piece de resistance of the whole meal was the thick golden pumpkin pies, the choicest culinary triumph of New England. The dinner was served, but the invited guests, some Lexington folk, did not arrive. Something had to be done with the food before it grew cold. So the family sat and began to eat. This would seem to us an inexcusable breech of etiquette, but war in the land had made engagements so uncertain that the Hancocks thought nothing of it. But the meats had not been carved before shots were heard in close proximity to the house. Sambo rushed in cry- ing, 'De British am comin', massa! De British am cominl' and he spirited the rabbits and the tempting possum to the kitchen. Hancock quickly seized his revolver and crouched down behind the table in readiness for the enemy. His wife and children sprang to their feet and looked half hopefully, half fearfully toward the door. Before Sambo could rush the tur- key to the kitchen, four English troopers burst into the room, commanding the occupants to surrender. But when they saw nobody besides Mrs. Hancock, two children and a fear-para- lyzed darky clinging to a steaming turkel, their belligrent atti- tude promptly disappeared and they politely informed the lady that they were obliged to search the house for 'Yankee rebels.' iifhe Hancock household was not strong enough to overcome N t9,e marauders, Sambo being too terror-stricken to do any- thing, and so the British soldiers passed unhindered up the broad winding stair case to the second floor. Here they could be heard prowling around in the bed chambers. Suddenly a burst of Yankee Doodle' broke on the clear December atmosphere. A small band of American soldiers were passing the house on their way from Ticonderoga to 50 The Spectator where the main army was quartered. It was but the work of a moment for a servant to sneak out by the back door, halt them, and tell them what was happening in the house. It was but another moment's work for six Americans to enter the house, capture the guard left down stairs by the British, and accompanied by Hancock, reach the second Hoor. Now their enemies had completely disappeared. After a short search, they found the head officer hiding in a wardrobe and his men in the garret. They bound the prisoners and quartered them in the vestibule with their conquered countryman. 'Boys,' said Mr. Hancock, 'we owe you our heartfelt gratitude, and should feel mean not to repay you in some man- ner. We have dinner about ready, so bring your men in and have a good square meal.' 'We did no more than our dutyf replied the leader of the Americans. 'But we should certainly be overjoyed to ac- cept your kind invitation, having eaten only one decent meal since the war began., Accordingly, the other soldiers were called in, and a quarter of an hour later the rich viands were disappearing be- fore the contented vision of this happy family and these grate- ful American bluecoats. 'I'm glad our Christmas dinner was interruptedf said Mr. Hancock. 'I guess we are, too,' laughingly acceded the soldiers.' Anne's Christmas Wish BY RUSSELL CUSTER, '11. NNE was nine years oldg the only doll she had ever owned was an old rag doll, the family being too poor to pur- chase her another. The little girl always wanted a doll like those the other children played with, and so each year she asked for a nice dolly for Christmas and each year received the same answer, We havn't got the money to buy it, Anne dear, but perhaps we will get one next year. This year Anne felt sure The Spectator 51 she would get the doll for her father had once told her, Anne, when you're nine years old, you shall have a doll. Little girls break them too soon after Christmas. The day before Christmas came and Anne, having kept silence about the promise, ran to her mother to ask if she should get the doll. Receiving the same answer as she had heard many times before, the disappointed child cried. That noon when her father came home to a scanty dinner, she asked him about the doll. Before he could finish the familiar answer Anne was crying bitterly. Nothing more was said about the doll, but Anne kept fretting continually through that afternoon and evening. Moved to pity by the child's sorrow, her father recollected the promise he had made. Then and there he de- cided to get the doll at any cost. But he had no money and could earn none at present. He thought of Stuvers, a rich family just around the corner, and the fine lot of presents they always had for their little girl. Perhaps they had got her a doll. He had never robbed and could not think of such a thing. Yet hearing Anne asking again for a doll so pitifully, and see- ing that nothing her mother could do, would pacify her, he de- termined to burglarize his neighbor. Finally bedtime came and Anne was put to bed still weeping. About midnight Anne's father crept stealthily around the corner and up to a front window. He noiselessly raised the window and crept in. Then he lit a small candle that he had found on the Hoor and saw before him the gaily decorated Christmas tree, under which were many beautiful presents for the little girl and her mother and father. In the midst of all the nice presents was a large doll, perhaps three feet tall, dressed in white. The man thought how happy such a scene would make his poor heart-broken little daughter. But he could take only the doll. As he crawled under the tree to get the doll, he tilted something over with his elbow, which caused a slight noise. At this moment he heard a soft stir on the stair. He remained, as if tranfixed to the spot. Then he heard a sweet little voice say, I have caught you at last, Santa. I watched for you so long that I thought you wouldn't come tonight. 53 The Spectator Startled at hearing such a speech, the man looked around and there stood the little Stuver girl. He did, indeed, look somewhat like old St. Nick, with his heavy beard, his hat pulled down over his ears and face, and the sack beside him as if he had just emptied it. But he was far from feeling like a good St. Nick. As the little child spoke to him so earnestly, his courage failed him. He attempted to confess but could only stammer a few inaudible words. She thanked him for all the nice presents he brought her, her mother, and her father, and the thing she thanked him most for was the beauti- ful doll. This was all he could stand. He bade her go back to bed but she wanted to play with her doll. Now he was at a loss how to get rid of her. He threatened to take all her gifts away with him if she did not go. Finally after a great deal of coaxing she went to bed and Anne's father went home without the doll. Christmas dawned clear for the Stuver child but rather sorrowful for Anne and her father. Disappointed BY CARL ENGH, '13. TOLD him Christmas eve Before he went to bed, That on the Christmas morn He'd find a large red sled. He lay in bed that night A dreaming of the sled, But when he woke next morn He found it was not red. When the laddie saw the sled And found it was not red, He straight began to cry And started backed to bed. Tho Spectator 53 be 'ilaligb School Spectator SUBSCRIPTION Pierce -15 cEN'rs. PER cow, xo cerrrs. svscuu. issues, 25 CENTS. Eoitorial dnb JBtt5il1685 Staff. Editor-in-Chief JOHN H. COVER 1911 Associate Editor THOMAS J. CROCKER 1911 Exchange Editors School News Editors BLANCHE BOYD 1911 WILLIAM JODER 1911 MARY RYAN 1911 JOSEPH MEYER I911 Art Editor Society Editors BERTHA STAMMLER 1911 MARY HANSON 1911 General News Editor LEONE RAAB 1911 WALDO WRIGHT 1911 Class Representatives ROSALIE MATTHEWS 1912 WALTER KREBS 1918 NANCY GARDNER 1914 Chief Business Manager PHILIP E. THOMAS 1911 Associate Business Manager CARL HALLER 1912 Assistant: ROBERT SCHAD 1911 WALTER THOMAS 1911 CARL LUDWIG 1912 HERMAN ROTH 1912 RUSSEL PEBBLEY 1911 DONAL PEBBLEY 1912 CHARLES SHULTZ 1913 THE SPECTATOR ls publlshed monthly durlng the school term. Address all communications to THE SPECTATOR, Hlgh School Bulldlng, Johnstown. Pa. Entered at the Postoftice, 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. ' ' LORY to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward men. The realization of the earthly portion of this Christmas hymn has been the subject of deep thought and vigorous action on the part of the greatest phi- 54 The Spectator losophers and legislators. All the foremost nations of the earth have adhered to the rapidly expiring theory of preventing war by preparing for it. This reminds us of the considerate mother who had her child baptized Jack that he might escape the humiliation of receiving the same as a nick-name in case he were named John. Such a round-about solution is certain to be displaced by the newer, aggresive ideal which maintains that peace must be acquired by the complete abolition of war and the banishment of enmity between nations, The tribes of the barborous ancients consisted of families banded for self- defense. When the struggles within the tribe ceased, it grad- ually absorbed its smaller neighbors until it became a nation. Down thru the ages this process continued until today, the fore-most nations consist of blended tribes and parties. Gur American Nation is composed of the people of all countries who have gradually united in opinion and whose descendants form a new people cherishing both patriotism for their native country and love for the country of their ancestors. lf one nation can be composed of such people with such an attitude, the time is sure to come when the people of all nations will look upon their brothers of another region with a feeling of fellowship and peace. Christmas affords excellent opportunity for starting or enlarging a library. The periodicals present in critical form lists of interesting books. Articles in Christmas magazines dealing with the selection of books as gifts are guides in mak- ing a choice. In his holiday advertisements the bookdealer display: his most attractive stock and to allure customers of- fers it at reduced prices. The friend observing your uncon- scious admiration of a certain volume or gaining knowledge of your tastes thru selections made for other friends, purchases as a gift for you a beautiful, well-bound copy-one perhaps the purchase of which would have been prevented by your economy. Having discovered in you the desire of collecting books, other friends will follow suit and your library will soon have a stable foundation. A desire to own a library once born, it becomes easy to prohibit theacquisition of familiar luxuries The Spectator 55 and add a dollar to another dollar previously saved for the purchase of books. Thus Christmas is an ideal time for the origin or growth of an individual library. Were the editor to state what four books should stand on the bookshelf of every boy, he would name Websters Collegiate Dictionary, The Cambridge One Volumn Shakespeare, The Oxford Book of English Verse and Schoenstens Deutschen Lieder Q the young scientist might add to this collection How to know the Wild Flowersf, How to know the Ferns and f'How to know the Tress. ill- Exchanges HRISTMAS makes us all better, in that we give more time to think kindly of others. Conwayan-A few more cuts and stories would improve your paper is entertaining. Evening School Voice-Your paper has Fine arrangement. Brown 81 White-A tramp over the Old Forbes Road, in your last issue was good for historical interest. As a whole your paper is entertaining. The Criterion is well gotten up, in all departments. Echo QPortsmouthj-You are among our best exchanges, your editorials are pithy. The Journal is fortunate in having a clever art editor. It is always a pleasure to read the High School Q. The Purple and Wliite contains its usual good literature, and is pleasing in all departments. The Palmetto and Pine, an exchange from the Sunny South has an attractive cover. The Register, a new exchange, is pleasing. Come again. Review-Your stories are very good. The one bad feature of the Tilltonian is the lack of in- teresting stories. Tripod-Your paper lacks cuts. The Review QTexasj is a neat paper, which contains sev- eral forceful articles. 56 The Spectator As usual the Wah Hoo comes with good stories and in- teresting school notes. Whims at all times a breezy little magazine, deserves con- gratulations on the football number. The Tahoma is as bright and clever as ever. Those in charge seem to let nothing stand in the way of the success of their magazine. We would suggest, however, that you omit the ads in the front of your magazine. The Erasmian is a clever publication. The Literary de- partment though small contains good material, and the school notes are entertaining. The exchange column is well managed. But please remember that the abbreviation for Pennsylvania is Pa. VVe also acknowledge the following exchanges, which are always welcome. Mocassin, F Sz M, Dickinsonian, Campus, Red 81 Black, M. P. S.' Mirror, Pinkerton Circle, College Times, and Juni- ata Echo. The Societies wN November 4, Mr. Muir favored the Societies with a reading of Poe's works. The pupils heartily enjoyed his rendering of The Raven and The Bells. At the joint meeting-November 19, the program con- sisted mainly of original orations delivered by Juniors. Robert Kleinschmidt proved that hydrogen is a metalg Rose Rabino- witz presented Miss Jane Addams giving a talk in Johnstown, Mary Stouppe gave the speech of an old oak tree to some saplings. A fine num-ber was a presentation of a scene from Macbeth by Mary Hanson and Waldo Wright. They in- terpreted the parts with feeling. On December 2 the Emersonians chose Waldo Wright for presidentg William Joder vice-presidentg Elda Shalfer secre- taryg Roman Widman, sergeant-at-armsg Robert Tross, critic. The officers of the T. K. E. Society are as follows: The Spectator 57 Thomas Crocker, presidentg Herman Roth, vice-president, Nettie Young, secretary, Mary O'Connor criticg Paul Cauihel, sergeant-at-arms.. The Agassiz Society will present a lecture on The Robin and the Toad. Their Value to Man, by Mr. J. S. Briggs, Dec. I9 at 3:00 P. M. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Christmas Fanfare and Chorus. .......................... It came upon the midnight clear. . . . ..... Girls' Glee Club Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht. .............. German Students Pastoral Symphony. ........................... Orchestra Tableaux- An Old English Christmas. . . . . . . .... juniors Father Christmas The Dinner Carollers The Dance Bringing in the Yulelog The Games Bearing the Boar's Head The Minstrel Tale Carol of King Wenceslas. ................. Boy's Glee Club Come, and tune your youthful voices. The various sections of the first and second year classes will combine for the Christmas entertainments to be given Thursday, December 22. The programs will be rendered at the time of the regular recitations periods for English. The classes reciting at the last period, will give a scene from the Merchant of Venicef' The other sections will pre- sent a masque called the Trial of Old Father Christmas. In this play Attorney Dull appears as the prosecuting at- torney for Father Time who maintains that Father Christmas has encouraged his subjects in iclleness, frivolity, and extrava- gance. Attorney Frolic appears for the defense and the follow- ing characters are called upon to give testimony: Plum Pud- ding, Mince Pie, Holly, Mistletoe, Christmas Gift, Christmas Shopping, and Christmas Carol. The following Christmas Carols will be sung: The First Nowell, In Excelsis, and 'Caput Apri Deferof' 58 The Spectator J a w w ff c c 5 it -1 GREENSIBNRG GAME Accompanied by about 200 rooters and confident of an easy victory by a large score, Greensburg was disagreeably surprised by barely winning out in the last quarter by the Score II - 6. Although outweighed about Hfteen pounds to the man, Johnstown playedan excellent game and lost only on ac- count of their opponents' superior weight. High School sprung a big surprise by the way in which they baffled their opponents on the forward pass. Greensburg, on the other hand, played the old style football throughout the game. High School easily outplayed Greensburg during the first half, and early in the third quarter obtained a touchdown by means of' a forward pass which started with Nelson on the twenty yard line, went to Schry, to Sharkey, and then to Chas. Butler, who carried it over from the four yard line. Greensburg's superior weight, however, began to count and the third quarter ended with the score a tie 6 - 6. In the last quarter Greensburg again got a touchdown but failed at goal. For High School Keller, Schry, and Nelson starred while for Greensburg Loughrey and Capt. Welty shone. The lineup and score was as follows: J. H. S.-6 Keller fCapt.j Pirldcr Suppes Nelson The Spectator 59 Schry Sagerson Bell C. Butler Gonder Chas. Butler Sharkey Hammer McDevitt Soppitt Keim Potts Wesbecker Zundel Lucas Moser Loughrey Welty QCapt.j Greensburg-I I Referee-Hugh fPittsburgjg Field Judge-Hammer QWest Virginiajg Umpire-McFarland 8z Head Linesman- Farr of Greensburgg Timers-Thomas of Johnstown and Drury of Greensburg. Attendance-2000. BEAVER GAME. The last game of the season was played on Thanksgiving with the Beaver High School. Although the field was muddy, both teams handled the ball well and played a fairly fast game. Early in the first period half-back Nelson secured the ball on Beaver's forty-yard line, when Morton fumbled a punt and went for a touchdown. Keller kicked an easy goal. During the second period, High School sent in a number of subs. and as a result the play was continually in the center of the field. In the third quarter with the lineup intact High School by means of line plays and forward passes again sent Nelson over for a touchdown. Keller kicked goal. During the last quarter the subs. were again sent in and, when the whistle blew, had the ball on Beaverls one foot line. For High School Schry, Sagerson, and Nelson starred, while for Beaver, Buchanan and Carter excelled. The lineup and score was as follows: J. H. S.-12 Keller QCapt.j Pinder Nelson Suppes Schry Sagerson Bell C. Butler Gonder Chas. Butler Sharkey Maitland Stewart Goetz McCoy Gold Dobbin Anderson Morton Buchanan Staulfer Carter Beaver High-0 Referee-Hamilton fColumbiajg Umpire-Baker QDickin- sonjg Field Judge-Raab QDickinsonjg Head Linesman-Car- The Spectator ter fBeaverjg Timers-Baumer and Jones of Johnstown. Time I5 minute quarters. Substitutions-Rose for Gonder, Krebs for Suppes, Kestler for Sharkey, Evans for Pinder, Davis for Schry, Widmann for Bell, F. Sharpe for Nelson, Rose for Clark Butler, Widmann for Chas. Butler, Burrell for Sharkey, Robinson for Widmann, L. Sharpe for Stauffer, Kratzer for Dobbin. Interesting Facts Concerning Our Team. Payers Height Weight Capt. Keller ,IZ ..... .... 5 it 9 3-4 in I5Ol'bS Davis '11 . .... 6ft 1-2 in I42l'bS Kistler '12 .... .... 5 ft 7 in I2Ql'bS Schry '12 . . . .... 5ft 8 in I42l'bS Sharkey ,II . . .... 5ft 6 1-2 in I48lbS Bell ,II ..... ..., 5 ft 9 in 161lbs Suppes '12 .. .... 5ft 6 1-2 in I2OlbS Evans ,II .... .... 5 ft 8 1-2 in I4Ql'bS Pinder '13 .... 5ft IO 1-2 in 136Tbs Sagerson ,II .. .... 6ft I50lbS Krebs ,I3 ..... .... 5 ft 2 in I22l'DS Nelson '12 ...... .... 5 ft 8 in I42l'bS Clark Butler '13 .... 5ft 8 1-2 in 133tbs Chas. Butler ,I2 .... 5ft IO 1-2 in 163Tbs Gonder ,II ..... .... 5 ft IO in 155lbs Widmann ,I2 ........ 5ft II in I6oTbs Rose ,II .... . .... ............. 5 ft IO 1-2 in 148lbs Average ................. 5ft 8 7-8 in 144 2-I7Tbs Record for Season. J. H. S.-9 Wilkinsburg-0 ' J. H. S.-0 Altoona All-Scholastics-o J. H. S.-6 Connellsville-0 J. H. S.-0 Steelton-3 J. H. S.-9 Washington-0 J. H. S.-0 Pittsburg-25 J. H. S.-6 i Greensburg-11 J. H. S.-I2 Beaver-0 J. H. S.-42 Opponents-39 Won-4, Lost--3, Tied-1 Tho Spectator 61 Players who were awarded their monograms are :-Gon- der, Evans, Kistler, Pinder, Schry, Clark, Butler, Krebs, Davis, and Manager Thomas. Players who had previously won their monograms are:- Keller, Bell, Suppes, Nelson, Sagerson, Widmann, Chas. But- ler, and Sharkey. Basket-ball. The schedule to date for 1911 is as follows: Jan 7 Latrobe at Johnstown Jan I4 Kiski at Johnstown Jan 21 Dubois at Dubois Jan 27 or 28 Dubois at Johnstown Feb 4 Kiski at Kiski Feb IO Pittsburg at Pittsburg Feb I7 Pittsburg at Johnstown Feb 24 Latrobe at Latrobe The Greensburg Affair. THE strained Athletic relations between Johnstown High and Greensburg High appears to have been caused by Greensburg people who are non-members of the Greensburg Athletic Association. The editors of the Spectator have re- ceived two letters from representatives of this Association stating that the students are not in sympathy with the action taken by the Greensburg School Board. This means that some one not directly interested in the athletics of Greensburg has taken a step toward governing them and as a result of this the players of our High School are the objects of charges which we are all sure are unfounded. One of the letters re- ceived states,' You may rest assured that the feeling shown by our board of education is not that of the school. We join with the Greensburg students in wishing that our relations continue as pleasant as ever. lil. School Notes iday, November 18, the music lovers of Johnstown were afforded a rare treat in the violin and piano recital given in the High School Auditorium by Mr. and Mrs. Sol Miarcosson, of Cleveland, under the auspices of the Senior 62 Thhe Spectator Class. The concensus of opinion is that a better violinist than Mr. Marcosson has yet to appear in Johnstown, Mrs. Mar- cosson's ability as a pianist is unquestioned. All patrons of the concert reported a highly enjoyable evening. Their ap- preciation was in no way more clearly shown than by hearty applause of the numbers. Many who heard the Marcossons have expressed a desire to have another opportunity to listen to these master musicians. Dr. Earl Barnes, of Philadelphia, will deliver his series of lectures on Our Human Hungersf' in the High School Audi- torium on six alternate Mondays, beginning january 2, 1911. All lectures will begin promptly at 8 P. M., the admission for a single lecture will be 25 cents. Dr. Barnes's lectures on Our Human Hungers, will interest teachers and public alike. No one can aiford to miss this series of lectures. The dates and subjects are as follows: january 2, The Hunger for Food and Drink, or The Driving Forces of Life 3 January 16, The Desire for Self-Aggranclizement, or, The Non-Social Forces Q january 30. The Social Impulses, or, Family Friends and Humanityf' February 13, The Appe- tite for Knowledge, or, Sensation Hunting and the Search for Causesf' February 27, The Love for the Beautiful, or, Ad- miration and Artistic Creation, March 13, Longing for the Good, or, The Hunger for Righteousnessf' The Funny Spot OUR SMILERY. Copyrighted 1910 By Jo Kernanufacturing Co., Unlimited. Set up and electroeulted by Cider Press. Published 42813 B. C. If you cannot laugh at the jokes of the age, Just laugh at the age of the jokes. CGuara.nteed Under the Poor Food and Drugs Actl See-Real No. 23 N. B. A whole lot of Seniors who had been guying Staley as to his in- ability to dawnce, were silenced at the High School Bazaar. Put 'er here, Pete! The Spectator 63 Bebley treading Mr. Long's Farewell Address, in English clas-sl: It is my intention to keep up a. ceaseless correspondence with the school. Miss W: Thru whom is the correspondence to be kept up? Pebley: Thru the mall. No, Schrader, you can t get pond snails in a. poolroom. Zoology Teacher: What is a, single cell? Butler, Sr. lasidejz A cell for one. Gahagan: I see by the paper that Holsopple made a. visit to Finlanidlf' Korns: Wehn ? Some Queer Iymnastics Performed by the German Language. Heller-- Thr the chimney it was wholly impossible to climb up the roof. Rosily Matthews- A loud silence filled the room. Duck - The two boys gathered up the contents of the little fel- low. Miss Sellaneous- The man was shot once in the arm and twice in the shoe store. Ditto- Lost: An overcoat belonging to a, man lined with red flannel. Also Ditto- I-lis voice sounded lilfe a grated nutmeg. Ditto Again- His red eyes came back from the distance and roll- ed past me. Miss Ella Nras- The warhoops ol 'the Indians came rolling down the hill. The Same- His legs were tongue-tied. Ditto- He went in for all kinds of out-door sports. Whatsayuse- I had to stand there and laugh when I was so mad that I was gritting my teeth behind my back. English Teacher- What do you boys mean when you say 'cheese it,?,, Haller-It means that something mischievous has a. curd ioccur- redj and we want to get a whey fawayl. Reckless Fresh- Aw, come on, some one! Be a sport. I'll bet yer any amount of money up to live cen-ts. Alas for him who doth adore A maiden most unkind, One kiss upon her lips worth more Than twenlty in his mind. M The Spectator The PrInter's Christmas Dinner Dream of Tomato Soup Punkin Pi 0-ab! zx R.S.V.P.g SSSC S: : zb- b-b-b p--p-Sczyzxzszipnlknup Green Pups WoofS!? WoofS!'!C,i Yippe yap yappoopa. Pork Pi - Sipkro P : siSihtSS?c!5copry Most Grief with Drowned Baby Mince Pi zrstxzAx S ubpic shrldu!!! !-?-?-? Bipecnichrf Huckleberry Pi -J? QV? itll ., vbgkq bgkq-J7890SH DLvbgk-J. Apple Pi ! ! ! lvvts cmfypwsieh lhrswdrkclubipelao Raisin Pi t?Jl ! 'HRD LU.. illtffl-J .I'..T YP-Kr Q61 ,. Cuss-hard Pi L He 1m e?tmAD - T K E uece! I Scream Ache ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! I ! ! ! ! The Wants of Man Man wants but little here below, Was once the poet's songg But his vacation, doncherknow, He wants both soon and long. 'Deacher- So yon think music a waste of time? Sagerson- Yes, I understood that some of the professional piano players practice five hours a day. Just. think what football players they might become in that time. History Teacher- Wasn't King George about to go on an ocean voyage at the time of King Edwardls death? Fresh- Yes, but he had to give it up to mount the throne. His voyage was called off on account of 'reign.' A hot argument was going on in the Physical laboratory. Just as Merry Rion put forth an exceptionally convincing argu- ment, gravity got a. hold of the chair on which Russellers was sitting. 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If Wright really belongs to the fussers, and Crocker is a past artist, what would you call Staley?-Jack Schrader. Ans. He's what you might call a coming man. Cheese lt, here he comes! What made Holsopple swear inwardly when he was left alone on the Moxhamvu steps with several sweet little sophomore girls?- Danny Fannin'bomb. ' Ans. Enough! Enough! Please explain how he could be alone and be with several sophomore girls at one and the same time. A few more like that, Danny, and we will be forced -to expel you. What i.s Mary Ha.nson's favorite Christmas I-Iymn ?--Santa Claus. Ans. How are We supposed to know. You'd better ask Mary. What is Cominski'g favorite Christmas book?-Gonder. Aus, Most probably the bank book. Will you please tell me how to bluff?-Edward Paysoon Weston Stull. What is the lirst game in life?-I. D. Klahre. Aus. Bawl. Why is D. Gardner?-Chancer. Ans. For the simple reason that you never see H. Gardner, When does butterfly?--F. Resh Ans. About the same time that milkshakes. Eat that one, Fresh. What would Fly Porias, the noted aviator, call a. female hero? -Gslenn H. Curtis Gerber. Aus. During a recent conversation with Orville Wright, his dis- tinguished pupil, he was heard to speak of her as a heroess. If it takes 50 yds. of oilcloth to make an elephant a rubberoid overcoat, how long will it take Staley to describe a barometer?-E.Z. Aus. Turn over, Pete, you'ne baked on one side. Why is a question HD--Euclid Ans. Some Freshman may not see the joke. But Fresh,-it at first you don't succeed, etc. Put mirrors around lt. Perhaps then you can see all sides of it. Yes, Ruth, the cannoneer is the man behind 'the gun. Anything else you wish to know? 68 The Spectator HaIley's Comet of the Bazaar. My! but a young Senior danced gayly, In the person of Pretty Pete Staley, He thot he would star ' At the High School Bazaar, But he two-stepped during a waltz. I scream! You scream! ! Katzenscream! ! ! H. Gardner- Don't touch me! You'l1 get shocked. Tittle- Why? H. Gardner- My clothes are charged. Any one wishing authority on drinking cups,-Ashton Joder absolutely refuses to publish anything pertaining to himself. Mr. Kraybill has posted a notice requesting A. Hatcher to come to the oflice. Anybody see an incubator? I'll be dammed, said the creek as the surveyors approached. Sagerson fhearing Miss S-1 reciting In North Ameri-kay J- She cerltainly recites that very cleverly, but I'm darned if I think she wrote it. . One on Doc Massey Kellar twith a bunged-up hand?- When my hand gets better will I be able to play the violin? Doc - Why, certainly. Kellar- Say, Doc, you're a wonder! I never could before. Would-be Spectator contributor- I won't write anything if 1 can't write something startling. Editor- Well, if you want to write something startling you'll soon have to start. A Junior girl was putting on her up-to-date hat, preparatory to going home. Is my hat on straight? she asked her Senior admirer. No, frankly admitted that young man. Well at what angle is it on? asked his fair questioner. I should say it was on at acute angle, he slyly replied. The sparrow was building a nest at the top of a. clock tower. This thing of working overtime, chlrped the bird, ls no fun, let me tell you. The Spectator 69 Latest Out! - The boy kept ln after school. LATEST OUT! ll Tee Hee Llub. Founder: Joke Maker Ashton. Motto: Tickle yourself and laugh. President: A. E. K. Colors: Blue, pale blue and dark blue. After-dinner speakers: J. M. A. am. A. E. K. Sentry: Gonder. Watchmen: Cavanaugh, Cavanuagh and Cavanuagh. Charter members: Crussell Ulster, Red Frellenberger, Ewls Levans, William Joker, Joemire, Oh!Connell, Ax Mrablnowttz, Alph R-Rose, Sleo Agerson, Srobert Chad, Sir Walter Scott, Sowen Harkey, Fosters Nowdle-n, Irviory Stale, Leot Rent, Weeser Thomas, Rob- ber Tross, Pebbly Rustle and Waldow Right. Did the Quitters shave? . It so, why so? If not so, why not so? Whatever troubles Adam had, No man could make him swear By saying, when he cracked a joke, Oh! I've heard that somewhere, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute SGll00L of f :s2e ENGINEERING Glvll, Mechanical, Eleclrlcal Send for a Catalogue NIYI For girls who do fancy work We show the best line of quality scissors in the city, in single pieces or in sets. FOR BOYS OR YOUNG MEN-best grades of pocket knives, safety razors and outfits, manual training tools of all descriptions. Quality considered, this store is the cheapest place in the city to buy. Swank Hardware Co. The Spectato F. C. PATTEN, Sole Representative IKM. jf. Jfrecerich Ilbusic Go. Suppes Building, Johnstown, Pa. Agents for Knabe, Chickering and thirty more of the wor1d's best llbianos Complete line of Victor and Edison Talking Machines. All the very latest songs can be purchased from our Sheet Music Dopartment A. J. Haws CE, Sons Refractories Fire Brick Silica Brick q7VIagnesite Brick Chrome Brick Capacity . . 40,000,000 Per Year In Answering These Advertis ments Mention the Spectator. The Spectator 7l Qflsk Your Grocer for Karoma and White House Coffee Quick Lunch Baked Beans Franklin Brand Mustard Lippincott Apple Butter Ek or or Ryan Correll Co. Distributors The latest modes Winter Millinery Fodder S What is the Y. M. C. A.? It is a high-grade, low-cost, Young Men's Club-Christian but non- sectarian. It is an athletic organization that does not use men to promote ath- letics, but uses athletics to develop men. It is a night school for young men who work by day. It is a place for a young man to find friends and to make himself a friend to the young man who needs friends. It is not an experiment, but it is the survivor of many experiments. To High School Students, it offers opportunity for leadership with the younger boys of the city. Can we begin too early to assume moral and athletic leadership? In Answering These Advertisements Mention the Spectator. A-4 enynp-1. mm hmmm sun A ce I na-uf. n. v. 5 . 'M , . si Young Man That Particular Cvercoat No matter what style or color- our particular requirements can e found in our clothing section. Clothes do not make the man, but they hel some, and many of the High chool Students, if they were asked where they bought their suit, would say: Penn Traiiic Co., of course! Will you be able to answer the same when you don your next new suit? If not, you should, and these are some of the rea- sons: Young Men's Suits regularly 310.00 S7 75. Young Men's Suits regularly 515.00 S11.75. Young Men's Suits regularly 820.00 514.75. Young Men's Suits regularly S25.00, S18.75. Young Men's Overcoats S10 to 535. Young Men's Topcoats S10 to S25. 72 T lg e S p e c t a t o r I - - . X , ' Suit of l Li , O X , I You've been looking for is here. l ' -. I' , 0 . K - f 'O 5 , I t v lo O ' 5 All suits and overcoats are hand-tailored, made by skilled tail- ors, are perfect fitting and have more style than you would expect to find in a clothes shop outside of metropolitan cities. The cloth- ing store is on the second floor. Johnstown s Greatest Penn Traffic Co. shire In Answering These Advertisements Mention the Spectator. The Spectator 73 Joi-1Ns'rowN's BEST STORE 'il V 'Q V alh an ii il Slveater Coats in High School Colors Special showing of All Wool Worsted Sweater Coats in the High School Colors, including a complete assortment of sizes, on sale and dis- play in the men's store, on first fioor. Good buying for ...,..........................l,. ...... 3 2,50 I'IStII'13S Ch ' If ' ' to k h ' Kodaks by R252 EEL? a ?2dZ1f0Zfi.e031iZ6'nElZf why not come in and select it now. We'll guarantee you satisfaction in every respect. Berry Drug Co. 501 Franklin Street William H. Raab 8: Bro. Rugifsd BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURERS mpeis ? H , an ,o,, I N v , K nnters If its Printing, the artistic kind, we do ity or if you want your Spectator or magazines of any description, bound into I nice book, bring them to us. ' WE HAVE MOVED INTO OUR NEW QUARTERS-The Woolf Notlce Block Annex, Cor. Franklin and Lincoln Streets, third and fourth Hoors. Entrance on Lincoln Street. In Answering These Advertisements Mention the Spectator. 74 The Spectator A fa'-Fief' ., ,. . .J'9'-- 7' ' ' 14 ' 1- 713.- 'g A D X 'wvlp I x Robert K. Findlay 1 4 I - A .gg JW . - kv 4 -, , ' ' Teacher of 1 ' Give Sensible Presents- gifts 519 N apo leon .ftreet that anyone will appreciate. .Fee our Juppcr Display Zang's Christmas and The famous Samoset Chocolates in va- rious fancy boxes. We ack and de- liver special boxes of candly and novel- l ties for Christmas. Oysters reign su- preme irflthe Garden. Hot drinks to p ease a . .farmer Quality .Ylzop In Answering These Advertisements Mention the Spectator. The Spectator 15 Park Fdliililljf Theatre Main Street, Opposite the Park The City's Leading Moving Picture Theatre, showing a picture that is clear and steady, which you do not see as any other picture the- atre. The home of moving pictures and the house that gets the crowds. WHERE THE PEOPLE GO JVIoving Pictures with Sound Effects Prices Sc and 10c WILLIAM SCHRADER Poinsettia8zGarland , 1 ' t HOLLY AND f Ch ' Osmsgzfrgs WIS M151-LETOE Greenhouse, Scalp Level Pike City Phone 1256K H D BEAUTY PARLORS . . MANICURING Shampooing 8: Hairdressing Corns and ingrowing nails removed without pain and all blemishes of the feet skillfully treated Turkish Baths open day and night. My Shaving Parlors are the Highest Up in the City In Answering These Advertisements Mention the Spectator. 76 The Spectator Ulgency for the Celebrated Glenwood E5 Stefwarf Stoves and 'Ranges Cattarangus Cutlery will make an appro- priate gift for the student. Most complete line of pearl-handled knives in the city. General Hardware and Sporting Goods. Herman 'Bantly 55 Son Wo. 137 Clinton Street F it I Shlliampoing, lgaizidresiing, Facial assage, ca p reatment, OS S Manicuriini. Sfxperiiuouscsair remove y eectrlc nee e. are agents SOI' Switches, Pompadours and Lord 8 Taylorrs Puffs flnede from your own air ..... Stockin s , am, 9 sum IC QB. Keefe ' 04, 04, Warztinets Fines! line of hair goods Goods Phone 1820 om Bldg. Cover:Hamm Coal Co. Best House Coal. Deliveries to All Parts of the City Phone 1568 The Sterling Spemallu Eu. LOSZEAEEAEIESSKS In Answering These Advertisements Mention the Spectator. The Spectator 11 UNION NATIONAL BANK 4 Per Cent. Interest Paid ON sAv1Ncs AccoUN-rs -S1 opens an account. Withdraw S100 without notice. A strong bank that gives you courteous treatment. Capital, S200,000.00 Surplus and Profits, 585,000.00 Title, Trust and Guarantee Company Corner M-ain and Clinton Streets, Johnstown, Pa. Capital, S500,000 DIRECTORS-W. Horace Rose, Percy Allen Rose, Samuel Lenhart, Hiram Swank, J. C. Stineman, Jacob F. Kress, Edward P. Riley 4 Per Cent. Interest on Savings Deposits V. S. FRY H. S. FRANK Metropolitan Tailoring Co. Rooms 601-602 Swank Bldg. - Main St. Phone 1489 COLLEGE CLOTHES IN ALL STYLES Stylish Made-to-Order Suits and Overcoats, S16 to S45. Pressing and Cleaning a Specialty. Goods called for and delivered E SATISFY THE MOST FASTIDIOUS with our Sundaes and Sodas. A complete line of Perfumes, Candies and Toilet Articles always on hand KREDEL'S MAIN STREET. OPP. CITY HALL PHONE 284 In Answering These Advertisements Mention the Spectator. 78 The Spectator DIQFEEJSQUN 128th Year Will Open Sept. 14, 1911 DEPARTMENTS 1 . College Classical, Scientific, Philosophical, Latin, Scientific and Medical. Preparatory Courses, each of four years. 2. School of Law One of the oldest in the Country. 3. Conway Hall fPreparatoryJ- Prepares for Technical Schools and Col- leges. Opens Sept. 14, 1911. For Catalogue and other information, address Geo. Edward Reed, Pres't, Carlisle, Pa. Ulismas is here and again you'll find the Best Candies, Fine Leather and Glass Work, at FRANKLIN sr. ANNAN'S COAL THAT LASTS If you want good coal, try Ws7lVI. TRIBIBIAE Deliveries to all parts of city Phone 24-16 In Answering These Advertisements Mention the Spectator, The Spectator 79 Z' :au K M '-jp 2 5 .. O E1 69 l'l cn Efj .b J 0 3 o 9 H-1 9 :Q 7' FP SE' 9 w Z 95 U 2. r: cr WA V SL I -XHVS ng These Advertisements Mention th Spectato OW6 CE IIQQC Open All the Year Students Enter at Any Time INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION IN BOOKKEEPING SHORTHAND, TYPEWRITING. ENGLISH BRANCHES 81: COLLEGE PREPARATORY Rowe College stands for that which is best in Business College training. Experienced teachers in every depart- ment. No time wasted on frills and fancies. Energy and enterprise are at a premium. Its instruction leads to correct business habits. Do not swell the ranks of the incompetents-become an expert. You pay for a business education. We give you full value for your money. If you mean business, attend 1Rowe COIICQC, the JBIISIIICSS GOIICQC of SOIJIISIOWII Call on or Address S. H. ISENBERG, Ph. D., Prest. Nos. 542-44 Main Street Johnstown, Pa OUR UNION BLEND COFFEE is the Best Coffee in the city for 25 cents a ound. Give it a trial and you will use no other. Phone 265. Prompt delivery. rand Union Tea Co. 438 JVIain Street, at Transfer In Answering These Advertisements Mention the Spectator n Answering These Advertisements M The Spectator Third Annual Christmas Dance For High School and College Students MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 26th Special Musical Program, 2:30 to 5:30. McVay's Academy Orchestra. Assessment S1 Make arrangements for special instruction at any time after school hours . Phone ll55B or l439B Tenth Annual Christmas Dance of Barney Mcvayg Advanced Classes MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26th Dancing 8:30 to 1 o'clock McVay's Academy Orchestra Assessment-Gentlemen 51, Ladies 25c ention the Spectator. The Spectator Bu the gifts you need, Where val ues are best OU'LL, naturally, want to give the best and prettiest gifts you can buy for the money you have to spend, and now, more than at any other time, you'll want the best values you can get. That's just Why this store, with its well known ability to name far lower prices than any other, is your best shopping place. You'll find superb assortments of gift-things here now for your selection-the sensible, useful kind that are appreciated most of all, and you'll find values that cannot be equaled in any other Johnstown store. The early shopper gets the best selection and the best service, so plan your holiday buying early. SCHWARTZ B RO S. johnstown's Low Price Leaders In Answering These Advertisements Mention the Spectator The Spectator THERE'S a DIFFERENCE .1 Q? HERE'S a diierence in QQ the suits and overcoats Z Q here to what one finds ffgf around town at the same M price. The equal price does GV, Www? N' not equalize the garments as A f I -lxxfll to style, fit, materials and ' , ' ' 'Q A . making. Many manufacturing I l X tailors can, and do, make good . W- , N4 3 1 M55 clothing. But only a few ac- Ii i N 1 ,ff quire the knack of imparting ' I W f' style to the garments they I I Nl if '1 I I I , X turn out. Ours belong to the ' I , latter class- men who wear y ,zigy HIGH ART CLOTHING are ffl! A' I among the best-dressed men J 'ff u W ! in this State. Our garments Lf' of fi, Q t wil' a IZ so I5 . I I If I 44,2 f ,vn: f I V S . S I X' ,f I v- P 1 -giiwl 'Il A 2 are vastly superior to others ix I 'Hill . . .SV at the same price - to-day is a gg5, ':,',9Tug2L0g'l 5 mighty good time to prove it 'rj' to yourself. NOBBY FUR CAPS at 32.50 AND UP John Thomas 8: Sons RELIABLE CLOTHING In Answering These Advertisements Mention the Spectator. 84 The Spectator n On December 19th, we will emgva Otlcg move into the Mosse BLDG. next door to Tribune, and oc- cupy same as TEMPORARY QUARTERS during the construction of our new building 'Bib United States National Bank RESOURCES, S2,400,000.00 Iohnstown's First-Class Hotel we Capital TER Remodeled, and furnished throughout with the best Popular prices, S2 to S3 per day 1: American Plan You'11 find your friends at P A U L ' S Billiard and -ill Suppes Building Pool 00000 Franklin Parlors 0.0.0.0 St. 0.0 l:'ranke's Skin Cream A delightful reparation for the toilet. A preventative for rough and, chap ed skin when applied before going outdoors. Also, a lieautifier of the complexion. Price 25c the Jar. For sale only at the Franke Pharmacy Cor. Franklin and Haynes Sts. In Answering These Advertisements Mention the Spectator. The Spectator 85 ll gr , ' V319 Cv: ggi'-1 iz fA'i 1 RADE Y 'Eg' Sliilldflftlv 22 0 . i What IS Good Plumbing? Q U It is plumbing that combines the three points of reliability, long service, and 7? thorough sanitation. It is our aim to Q Q furnish plumbing fffigpii 'ri-ELL-1 service that will ' W3 'Q meet these require- J ments exactly. H ff' f W W .a , :-EE t l '?-?P ' 435 M y , . l T fi T - Mft ' - T 5 , . Ask us for prices 2 on .Standm1' fix- Ili lill e 3 tures . ll l'Rl,u,4fgiM ,,ggjwff ,gy ' Johnstown Supply' House Plumbing Tinning Heating it 9'Q?gi2 4- I 11. 1: v 8 For a dainty lunch try the SATISF Buffalo Dairy Lunch and Quick service at the where you get home Stare Lunch prepared food' 541 Main Street Quick Service Open day and night In Answering These Advertis ments Mentlo th Spectator. 86 The Spectator PROFESSIONAL THOS. J. ITELL, Attorney-at-Law. Suppes Building. FRANK P. MARTIN. Attorney-at-Law Bank Building DAN L. PARSONS, Attorney-at-Law Bank Building ALVIN SHERBINE. Attorney-at-Law Suppes Building H W. STOREY, ' Attorney-at-Law Suppes Building C ' ' ralg s BARBERS SHAVE TO PLEASE TRY THEM Haynes Street is the place J. BERG H. HOOVER Berg 8: Hoover Wholesale Notions Gr Hosiery 609-611 Franklin Street Phone 2442 Johnstown, Pa. Schoenfelcfs QTL.. Holiday Presents This store is well equipped for your holiday wants A Sale on Bathrobes See our Robes at 52.50, 53.00, 54.00, and 35.00 Formerly, The Surprise Store 139 CLINTON STREET For your next Suit or Overcoat PENNANTS ALL NICE FOR Books, Fa11Cy Goods PRESENTS, at IEICDELAQN' S 5 545 ' 54' Main BooK STORE Main In Answering These Advertisements Mention the Spectator. The Spectator 87 I I For Social Functzons Let us supply your invitations, announcements, calling cards, etc. We represent an engraver noted the country over for first-class Work. His samples are here for your in- spection any time. New Writing Paper for Fall, ready Franklin St. Wm. B. Waters 8 Bf0. Compliments of the T. K. E. .Fociety Compliments of the Emerson Literary Jociety Reliable estern Market 232 Franklin Street For Christmas Poultry and Meats Branch Market, Corner Coleman Ave. and Ohio Strt, Moxham Go to Louther's Good Reliable Footwear 547 Main Street In Answering These Advertisements Mention the Spectator. 88 The Spectato The Largest Bank First National Bank in Johnstown 48 YEARS IN BUSINESS Capital, Surplus. and Undivided Profits .............. ............ gg 860,000.00 Resources Over Six Million Dollars ............ ................... 6,500,000.00 Interest Paid on All Time Deposits Christmas Candy' GIVE A BOX OF BELLE MEADE SWEETS IT WILL BE SURE TO PLEASE . . Only At SCI-IRADER BROS. EIS It suggests Furniture --- The best that is produced in the world. This is the store for Main and Franklin Sts. GIFTS THAT ENDURE 'TP1c-1 For Sale V ERE I only N0 at Ponca BROS., Inc., vine a. Franklin In Answering These Advertisements Mention the Spectator. The Spectator 89 C. T. WILLIAMS Office hours. 8 n. m. to 6 n. m. Telephone No. 440 Dealer In n ' The Sanitary Fancy Grocerzes D . entlsts DR. F. H. Darsnnme, Manager. Corner Market and Vine Streets J d ' fugdigg-AMai':i grtfeeti between Phone 502 ' sL.ti0.,'.f,f., pills e' T. E. MORGAN High Grade PIANOS Musical Nlerchandise 118 Market Street Watkins Bros. Fire Insurance Notary Public 446 Lincoln Street. Phone 1582 Residence Phone 8108 Phone 9-18 B Before purchasing your Christmas Candies 'gig' the finest line ef package can- dies in Johnstown. Fresh Chocolate Candies put up in all style packages, all sizes. Young's Pharmacy 205-207 Franklin St.. Johnstown, Pa. We take and deliver all orders free of charge Suit Yourself Sfgfnffurfiff shall fill your prescriptions for you. But be careful. Consider the matter well before you decide. et us fill your prescriptions for ou. elle have the drugs-just any- thing your doctor wants. KREDEL 8: FARRELL DRUGGISTS 114 Clinton Street Glasgow Woolen Mills Co. World's Largest Custom Tailors Suits and Overcoats Made to Measure, Sl 5 to S25 5 I 7 MAIN STREET Soda Water and Sundaes Our Sodas and Sundaes are the most delicious to be found in the city. Harry Decker 111 Market Street In Answering These Advertisements Mention the Spectator. 90 The Spect t Leather Pillows Made of Velvet Sheepslcins, The Hit of the Season. Also, Table Covers, Picture Leathers 124' del' See Red Lenhart l06 Clinton Street WE PAY Per Cent. Interest QNXSAVINGS Why not open an account with us? Johnstown Trust Co Capital and Surplus, S400,000 I Th d ti ements Mention tl Sp t Th Sp tator 9l Gulhif Christmas World - Famous Cutlery Chocolates In Beautiful Holiday Packag- at Roth's S. A. SNOOK Pharmacy Hardware 0 qt C b' . ppoaghiatigl ma 509 Maru Street Where Quality Counts Kline's 5? Christmas Shopping Center I A ig Th Ad t ements Mention th Sp t t The Spectator .f xx: Q sis , -1 ' A U ap Q 5 I' X ' ' Q5 'V ' . - li ' J MF f A 1 'xr 12, K Mn Al K ' S! 5 ' V M X O A 7 -,' ' 1 wl 1' 9 Q' f sg A w ' ll -: A fl I I l M if i 1 x ff fig Illy.l '?,v!sQ,yQ'l , X N What to Give The Youn Man F you want to be extremely ractical - one of our Smart Style Suits or Bvercoats. Of course, you know we specialize on Clothes for the young fellow. But, if it's something else-something that does not represent quite so large an expendi- ture - we would suggest a House Coat or Bath Robe, Muflier or Reefer, Bag or Suit Case, Fur Cap or Umbrella, Gloves, Neckwear or Hosiery. This store is chock full of gifts for young men - and older men, too. Woolf 8: Reynolds, Inc. Clothes That Satisfy In Answering These Advertisements Mention the Spectator. The Spectator 93 There's a Difference in Coal TRY OURS SUPPES COAL CO. TELEPHONE 10-54 Prompt delivery to all parts of city ,S e Clinton Sireef Magnificent Autumn Millinery. Trimmed Hats very becoming and easily worn Fall Tailored Suits and Coslumes Pony and Caracal Far Coafs Fall Waisfs and jumpers QUINN 'S Conrad' 3 OI Franklin St. In Answering The Ad tis ments Mention the Spectator. 94 T' Spectator PHONE FOR A TAXICAB ARE you thinking of having your car overhauled or painted this winter? We do the highest grade Work in this line. Estimates furnished. We have the best repair and paint shop in the city JUi1IiSiUWiI iilliliililliliili UIJIIIIJEIIIU In A we ng The H t me-nts Mention tle Sp ctato Th Specta r I 95 Q ' 'W ea Electric Eoaoter Stoves Have become popular, as well as Chrlstmas. 'illew Electric 'JLigbting Outfits and numerous other devices which would I make acceptable Christmas GIFTS FOR YOUR FRIENDS. VISIT OUR NEW SALESROOMS Gitigens light, 1beat 8 Ilbovoer Go. 515 MAIN STREET 96 Th Spectator ,I r, T f H W U' ,, J RAH ! RAH ! ' 5 RAI-I u vy 6ld'0l'f' XX Fo P WW QWW W a I Jnhnsluwn Hugh lf' ENV? X gl oz and WM NM I W ,v,,!, m f? u , l MIHBP5 BIUUIIHU l :,f w Both N XM Ab VK Everybody's u W xxx Favorltes xt 1 pm 4 A A lvl I LLEFFS, Main Street U. F. A. Nz' tx, f jig K GHEEH Q Milli! 5W? ?' Q- t 1' ,Bedford U Street V x X ' 16 V X Down We Go! Fifteen to twenty-tive per cent. off on the choicest JVIEAT S in -the city. Give us a call. Poultry, fish, butter, eggs, etc. Quick delivery John H. Young Cor. Conemaugh CQ, Walnut Sts. Phone 886 Christmas Ca cdliies Our delicious home-made products in great variety, and the finest boxed can- dies in the broadest variety of packages. JVIake this candy store your candy storeg no regrets. We always please. ELITE Cozrfecftio ery 510 Main St. Pew K. Lmufmrm, Proprietor 5 7 I g 'A 11.41 W f VII' .151 NAS f If X! w 1 I' '- I :Ill u In 1 x J F 1--L, -li, as . f 9 ., 2 -' f A ,, ' ' . 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Ghz 3obnstown 'ilcligh School Epectat r Efanuarvg 1911 2. w 1 E 5 S 5 5 M Z s 5 E s 5 5 E F5 5 if 5 55 5 me E 5 E Contents Page Cover designed by Bert ha Stamfnler Is there Waste? .............. 3 Antonia .,... . 4 Tonguo, Indian . . ..... . 5 The Soul of the Corporation . . . 9 A Trip to Borneo ...... . . 13 Refiections on Life .... . . 19 Child Labor . . ...... . . 20 Richard Lewis's First Case . . . . 22 Clovelly ........... . . 23 Editorial. . . . . 26 Exchanges. . . . . 30 Society. . . . . 32 Current Events. . . . 33 Athletics. . . . . 35 School Notes. . . . . 36 The Fnnny Spot . . . . . 37 To Our Advertisers . . . . 44 Advertisements . . . . 44 Efhrrr arp ilinur fllflain Qllaaz Bintinrtinnu I. Between those who work, and those who play. II. Between those who produce the means of life, and those who consume them. III. Between those who work with the head, and those who work with the hand. IV. Between those who work wisely, and those who work foolishly. RUSKIN. Glue Thigh School Spectator Truth to the fact and a good spirit in the treat'n1znt VOL. XIII JOHNSTOWN, PA., JANUARY, 1911 No. 6 TIERDR Is There Waste? By J. H. C. '11 Is any knowledge gained, not gainedg Is wisdom's guarding shield e'er rent, Or culture's guiding star e'er stained? Is time in learning spenlt, ill spent? The answer. When leaves have fallen from the tree Is their task over, are they free? Their heauty's gone, their shade decayed, But from them next spring's food is made. Are rocks that layer coal all Waste As one would think who thought in haste? D0 not they form the Weight with which The coal is molded in their niche? Does sun's rays make no heat, no light, That passes by our earth by night? Does not the moon receive these rays, Reflect them thru the dark and haze? 4 The Spectator Antonia By Clerc Nelson, '12, NTONIA., do you ever think of our home in Italy? Oh, sometimes, father, but I have many other things to think about. You know we have been here nearly twelve years, and I am an American. No, daughter, we are Italians, and I am soon going to take you back to the old country with me. Oh, father, can't you be content to live here? Everything would seem strange to me in Italy, and the Italian customs are so queer that I should hate to return to them. Her father shrugged his shoulders. Soon he rose and went into the nextroom to smoke and to ponder his daugh- ter's words. He knew that his daughter despised his foreign ways and was ashamed of his foreign appearance, her scorn hurt him. After he had gone, Antonia hurriedly washed the dishes. Then she opened the doors and burned sugar on the stove to kill the odor of garlic. VVhen she had exchanged the red handkerchief she wore to please her father for a bright ribbon, she looked so pretty that no one could wonder at her being the favorite of the village. She had just tied the ribbon when she heard a knock at the door. She answered, and admitted a tall, dark haired American youth. all if Dk 1? Pk sk 2? There lived in the village a young Italian named John Brerik. He was a friend of Anthony Merrik, Antonia's father He frequently called at the Merrik home, and Antony as fre- quently thought what a fine husband Brerik would make for his daughter. He would take her to Italy where she would learn to love his people again. It is not surprising then, that when John asked Antony if he might have his daughter for his wife, he gave his consent, especially since john had a for- tune and had offered five hundred dollars for Antonia. The next day after his interview with john, Antony broached the subject to Antonia while they Sat at dinner. The Spectator 5 Antonia, how would you like to go back to the old coun- try, he asked. Antonia guessed that he thought of going home and so she replied, Father, you know work is very scarce in Italy and wages are so low that we should have a hard time to get along. You have a fine job here, and you are making good money. Antony then told her that john wished her to be his wife. Antonia was now obliged to tell her father that she had promised to become the wife of an American, and begged him not to give her to john. But her father's heart was hardened by her estrangement from his country, and he refused to hear her. The next week, amidst a tumult of dancing and revelry, she became the wife of John Brerik. Pk at is Pk wk if wk ak When the steamship Romanic was two days at sea on its way to Italy, there was a great commotion on board. Every- one was yelling, Man overboard! man overboard! They stopped the vessel, lowered boats and searched for the woman who had been seen to jump over the rail, but they found no one. After a few hours delay they resumed their journey. But Antonia was missing. nor was anything ever heard of the girl who would rather die and leave her Ameri- can lover and his country. Tongue, Indian By Waldo NVright, '11. N THE start-off Roydale's runner had made a clean gain of almost an eighth so that Bentville's second man was under a handicap. But yard by yard he had edged toward the leader and the third man of each school's team got off at the same instant. Unluckily for Roydale, their runner had only partially recovered from a late sprain and Bentville's sprinter was drawing away from him by leaps. On their marks, boiling :aware they were calling his name, urging him on. His senses 6 The Spectator with impatience, the two best runners of the schools were in position to travel the last mile of the relay. Bentville's man was already off. Half their rooters had now found their voice, cheering their man who was now racing towards the goal tancing the Roydale sprinter, whose every stride was misery. The waiting Roydale man, a big, raw boned Indian, was not perturbed, however, and before he settled into position, he cast .a glance back at the runners. Then he turned towards the pavilion where his school was watching with breathless inter- est. His eye wandered over the crowd till it caught sight of .a girlish figure, clad in a white sweater. The figure waved a red pennant at himv, but he pretended not to notice. His high forehead, prominent nose, and large cheek bones, gave his face -a savage look as he stooped into his marks. Bentville's man was already off. Half theh rooters han now found thehir voice, icheering their man who was fast racing towards theh goal. 'Then the waiting runner's arm extended back of him, felt the -clasp of his partner's hand, and like a deer he was away down the course. I-Ie ran with the spring of a wild thing. an animal of speed. His eyes knew one object, the black speck of his opponent's figure. As he crawled towards it, he was dimly were now gone, he moved like a machine while his chest beat and throbbed with the awful exertion. Then before he knew it the race was over and Roydale had won the event of the day. Then the boys crowded around him, giving a deafening yell 'for Tonguo Indian, Indian Tonguof' In the training quarters a few minutes later, while Tonguo was resting on a couch after his rub-down, a boy came up to hand him a note. He read it hastily, then more slowly, finally ipressing it to his lips before slipping it into his coat. 'That night two figures walked up the shale drive-way and 'turned off through the pines up to the porch of Judge Penton's Southern mansion. At the steps the girl turned to her broad- ishouldered companion. Don't come in tonight, Tong-uo. I'm deathly tired and I :suppose you are, toof' The Spectator 7 I-Ie took a step towards her. The Southern wind tiapped back his evening coat. Before you go in, I want to ask something of you, some- thing that means everything to me. The girl turned pale and bit her lip nervously. She looked hastily down the drive in hopes some one might interrupt. The fear of this very moment had often warned her to avoid Ton- guo. But today after the great race, in school-girl rashness she had taken a foolish step and she knew it only too late. He was speaking again. I want to ask you, unworthy as l know my parentage to be, for what, by my training and education, I have as good a right to demand as any of your own rank. Long have I thought of the prospect. It furnished the stamina that caused me to endure through years of weary study, that aided me to win my races, that made me send back the chieftain's belt that my people sent me last month. that- I-Ie stopped short for he noticed the pain'in her face. She turned as if to run, but he caught her in his arms. She fought madly, tearing herself loose. No, no, she sobbed, I couldn't. It is not fair that you should even ask me. He held out his arms to her. The light of a high and worthy love shone in his face, on which all savageness had been surmounted by longing and tenderness. One word struggled to his lips, bearing tales of years of austerity and self-control, Why ? Oh, she cried, can't you see, can't you understand. It would be impossible. My family is of the oldest, most aristo- cratic blood of the state. They represent the height of breed- ing and culture, while you and your lineage are but Indians, poor savage Indians. . She was up the steps and the heavy door swung to before he knew it. Her speech had left him dazed. Gradually the full realization dawned on him. So this was the way they served one of his race. This was his reward that they had promised him when the spotters had searched him out in the reservation and brought him to Roydale. They had told of the wonderful 8 The Spectator success, recognition, and popularity that would be his. But this was the climax, ever to be held a good-for-nothing Indian, to have his birth Hung in his teeth! Bitterness, anger, and hatred burned in his soul as he swung down the path, crouched like a wild thing that had been whipped. Down the lane, across the campus, up the back Dorm steps, into his room, he ran without a pause. When he had switched on the lights he sto'od trembling in the center of his brightly decorated room. The low animal in him, held in bond for years, now rose in surges, crushing out all that study and culture had labored to bring about. He staggered while this inward battle lasted, his mind filled with wild, eerie emo- tions. As his eyes roamed about, he realized that they had given him everything when they brought him to Roydale, a poor Indian. Yes, even the clothes on his back had come from them. Bah! they only wanted. him because he could run like a deer, because he could win honor for their school. Damn them! he cursed, I'll fool them all. XVith a delirious laugh he began to rip his clothing from him. tearing it off in shreds and casting them into a corner. NYhen he had removed even his shoes, he crawled over to an old trunk and after pulling out piles of books and clothes, he came upon an old pair of moccasins and a dirty leather girth. Swearing and blabbering bits of Indian lore, he doned his nat- ural apparel, and rose to his full height, stretching his mighty arms high above his head. A moment he remained thus, his lips forming slow gutteral phrases. Then he turned as if to leave but noticing that the room was still light he grabbed a book and hurled it at the offensive bulb. It evidently found its mark for a bursting report and the rattle of falling glass were the only sounds as the room plunged into blackness. For Tonguo. Indian runner, was already out on the sandy lane, running like mad towards the West, towards his people. The Spectator 9 The Soul qf the Corporation By Wm. Joder, '11. ARRY was tired-every nerve, every muscle, every bone in his body was excruciatingly tired. His mind iagged, his will power benumbed. Oh, if I could only lie down and sleep for one minute, I could be happyf' he sighed as he gazed longingly on the burlap-covered bench behind his boiler. But look here, Har- ry Mason, he fiercely upbraided himself, Wl1at would happen if you should oversleep while enjoying that little snooze? NVhat if Boyd the foreman should catch you napping? And,- and, he hesitated, then shudderingly suggested, the boiler might blow up. . But you won't oversleepf' something in him urged. Well, but I might just this once, he parried. Think what would happen. The general manager is in the shop in- specting the tube works. He might take a notion to look into the engine room. Oh! I wish Matt would come. I Wish Boyd hadn't entrusted the boiler to me. I wish I hadn't stayed over at the club till after midnight for the last couple of weeks. I'll go crazy if I don't get some sleep. His conscience was silenced and he strode to the nicely- concealed bench -and slept. Matt Swanson, the engineer, looked into the engine room, and thinking that Mason was in the big coal bin flooding the coal, passed on, and went home, for he had leave to attend a wedding, his own. He was happy and thought no more of his engine. In the meantime Mason slept on and on. His one minute lengthened into five,-into ten,-Fifteen,-fifty! The steam gauge mercury slowly but surely rose higher and higher. The limit of the boiler was five hundred pounds. Three hundred and ninety pounds were enough to run the gigantic compressed air engine and eighty pounds were sufficient to blow the whistle at quitting time. The gauge registered four hundred pounds. Up,-up it rose as Mason's nap lengthened into an hour,-an hour and a I0 The Spectator half,-two hours! Four ten,-four twenty,- four thirty,-fifty, -sixty! Higher and higher rose that slender column of mer- cury,-that little finger of fate. Four seventy! VVhy will not the fireman awake and save himself? Four eighty! It lingers for a moment. But it quickly resumes its relentless upward course. Four ninety! Why does not someone awake the ill-fated man? Four ninety-live! He stirs. Four ninety-six! He rolls off the bench, wakes up, looks dazedly around, and strolls dreamily around to the gauge at the side of the boiler. But by this time it registers four ninety- nine and three fourths. ' Ff-h-hs-s-ss-s! Bang! A terrific explosion shook the en- gine room. Boyd and about a dozen labor bosses rushed to the spot. When the smoke and steam cleared away, Mason was found unconscious at the other end of the engine room. His right foot which had been cut sharply from his leg by a piece of hurtling steel plate, hung to his limlb by a Single thread of muscle. Peter Harkins, his room-mate and chum, a labor boss in the works, ran to the 'phone and summoned the company's ambulance. ' V Harry's worst fears had been 'realized when he found himself in a bed in one corner of a large ward of a hospital, with pink-robed figures gliding noiselessly around attending to the needs of other patients. Wliere am I, he asked dazedly of a watching nurse. You're in the Men's Surgical Ward of the American Steel company's hospital, she replied. Not before that did he know that his right foot had been amputatedg he felt a throb of pain in the place where it had been cut. Only then did he realize the gravity of his position. For if the company found out that he had been sleeping at his post he would be discharged. And who would hire a cripple? He would have no means of livelihood. The Spectator ll As he lay thinking of these things his old friend Harkins was ushered in. Hello, Had, he cheerily exclaimed. What are you look- ing so blue about? VVhy, man you ought to be thankful you're alive. That was an awful explosion. Come on, let's hear what's the matter. I'll never tell a soul. Well, and Mason's words almost failed him, I,-I was, -er,- ahem! I,-- He paused, swallowed about three dozen Adam's apples, and blurted, I was asleep, Pete. lt's all up with me now. Is that straight P asked his chum in a stunned manner. Then he was lost in meditation a short time, pondering what he could do for Mason. Finally, when he saw that none of the nurses were near, he smashed his right fist into his left palm and exclaimed, I've got it. Cheer up, old boy. You're all right. Listen! Peabody, -that's the factory inspector of this district,-he's a good scout. I'll put him wise and he'll say the boiler was mere junk. Mum's the word, So long! Harkins rushed off in his usual impulsive way, without stopping to consider his quickly-formed plan in any other light. 'The company, thinking the explosion clue to not fault of Mason's would probably sue for peace to prevent him from suing for damages. What shall I do P Mason pondered. To keep quiet would bring his employers to him with propositions favorable to him, for they knew that they would do almost anything to avoid a law-suit. On the other hand, to tell that he had been asleep would almost certainly lose him his position. i Wihat won't they do if 1 confess, he mused. They're liable to arrest me for letting the boiler blow up. But I'm honest,-always have been, and always will be. If they want to can me, let them. l'll be honest. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, repeating. I'll be honest,-honest-honest! Say, Miss, would you please call up Frank Boyd, the foreman of the tube works? Tell him to come up here at I2 Tho Spectator , quitting time. Tell him Mason wants to see him- on a very important matter. You can get him on 9853-B. At half past Eve the nurse returned and told him that Mr. Boyd would be up. At a quarter past six Boyd arrived. He was a good-na- tured, kind-hearted man for all that he was very strict in his discipline. He approached Mason with a smile, an extended hand and a cheery, Well. howis the injured P You're looking better, he continued, than the old boiler, anyhow. It was completely demolished. QI'm glad she blew up.j Although I'm awfully sorry for you, for now we can get that dandy new eight hundred pound boiler I've been wanting all along. What's the matter? You look worried. Well, I am, replied Mason, and in the worst kind of a way. I just got to tell you that explosion was all my fault. I was terribly tired and went to sleep beside the boiler. I just woke up too late to turn the escape valve. u The other looked at him in his sternest way, and then relaxed into his former attitude. His many dealings with men brought him a ready answer. That's tough, Harry. But I'm glad you told me. Pea- body, the inspector, is due tomorrow to look into the explosion. But I am compelled to tell the general manager. But don't worry. Your honesty in confessing it will certainly count for a great deal. Don't fear. A whole lot of pessimists may declare that corporations have no souls, but I've been employed by a good many that have. Ilm sick and tired of hearing the big corporations knocked when they give so many men a means of livlihood. I think you've been punished enough by the loss of your foot and your peace of mind. And Ilm sure the Ameri- can'Steel company will think the same. So don't worry your- self sick. I'll arrange things this evening. After the foreman had gone, his conscience clear, Mason slept the first restful sleep since the accident. Cn the evening of the fourth day after this talk the nurse brought his supper in on a tray as usual. Covering his nap- kin there lay a long white envelope bearing the stamp of the American Steel company's general office. The'Spectator Q 13 Would it be as Boyd said, or would it be a realization of his worst fears? He opened it and read :- 4 Mr. Harry Mason, American Steel Co., Hospital. Dear Sir:- I am sorry for you in your misfortune, although due, as you yourself admitted, to your own carlessness. But your hon- esty and the fact that you have been punished severely enough by the loss of your foot have recommended the company to be very lenient with you. So when you are able you will be placed at the scrap machine in the main works at the same wages you have been earning as Hreman. I have no doubt that you have learned a lessson of carefulness from your accident. Yours very truly, Richard C. Burlingame. Gen Man. A Trip to Borneo By J. H. C., 'l1. mHAT GULLIVER-LIKE visions are pictured by our imaginations at the mention of Borneo!--this land of im- penetrable jungle, peopled by that link in the chain of human evolution, so often mentioned in the tales of adventure and represented in the side-shows of circuses, the wild-man! And yet these visionary conceptions and glittering imitations are not entirely fabulous. The peculiarities of the island and its inhabitants make a very interesting narrative when related by an American who sees Borneo from a comparative point of view. This story I shall endeavor to repeat as nearly as pos- sible in the manner it was related to me. In the party which had accepted the terms of the Shell Transport and Trading Company of Great Britain, were seven Pennsylvania oil-drillers who had worked in the oil fields near Pittsburg. Cf these seven I was one of the four who return- ed, the others having succumbed to jungle malaria. I4 The Spectator We left New York on the Campania of the Cunard line and arriving at Liverpool traveled by train to London. After a few weeks' visit we sailed on the S. S. Flintshire of the Shire line to Marseilles, spending but a few days at that invulner- able fort, Gibraltar. Our next stop was made at Alexandria, which we found interesting as the center of caravan trade. At Port Said we enjoyed a camel ride into the desert. We glided thru the Suez Canal and made a short stop at Suez City, soon afterwards entering the Red Sea. On the shores of this sea we visited many interesting historical points such as Mt. Sinai, Jacobs Well and the supposed location where the Isrealites made their journey across between the walls of water. In .the Indian Ocean we experienced six days of monsoons. Dur- fing this period the sun shone brightly and the sky was cloud- less but the ground swells rose forty and fifty feet tossing and fdrenching the vessel. The liklihood of suffocation prohibited -our retiring to our cabins so we wrapped one arm about a sup- port and ate our meals from a bucket. Penang, a small city built on an island of the same name just northwest of Malacca Strait, proved interesting for the fact that it is the cleanest fcity of the far east. Ditches are constructed on the sides of 'every street and the high tides by means of these flushes the 'entire city, rushing in on one coast and retiring on the other. At Singapore we boarded the Decerns for Borneo. As the Shell Companys wells are in South Borneo in Dutch territory, we shipped for Banjarmassin, a city of some hundred and fifty whites, mostly Dutch soldiers, and about five thousand natives of the peaceful Banjarmassin Tribe. At Ballackpappin 'Bay CT'urn-plank Bay would perhaps be the name in English for the water is always in commotion and a plank floating on it would be turned over continually, hence the Malay name, Ballackpappinj we landed at the company's private docks. Here we found a refinery with a capacity of 25,000 barrels per day. By means of launches and Steamers we, together with the supplies, were carried up the coast about thirty miles to the mouth of the Sanga Sanga River and flfty miles up its course to Morea D'Java, our post office. Fifteen miles up stream we reached our destination, a colony The Spectator I5 known as Sanga Sanga with forty-seven wells and a production of about ten thousandrbarrels per day. ' During our stay of eighteen months we witnessed and learned many interesting facts about the Borneo of today. The natives, known as coolies, earn from one-half cent to ten cents for eight hours work plus their grub which consists of a cad- die of rice, about one and a third pounds. Of course they have as food in addition to rice the wild fruits of this region which are oranges, bananas, limes, mangoes, claydungs Qbread fruitj, cocoanuts, pineapples, coffee, tobacco and numerous varieties of berries. The people are Malays and of small stat- ure. They are of dark brown complexion and very seldom taller than Eve feet. Their religion is Mohammedan and they are staunch defenders of their faith. Originally their dress consisted of monkey skin with the tail in place. From this custom arises the widespread rumor of people with tails. The common dress of today consists of a shirt and short dress. They decorate themselves very gaudily, wearing bracelets and anklets and rings in their ears and nose. Their dress natur- ally corresponds to the climate as does their working ability. The days are sultry, the nights very damp with no twilight. In the morning the water will fall in drops from everything which has been exposed during the night. For days- a leaf will not be seen to move, so void of air currents is this region. So worthless are the natives as workers that it has been figured it would take one two months to accomplish an Americn work- man's daily task. They prefer to hunt, fish or fight chickens and gamble. But in order to observe the law which requires seventy-five percent native workmen they must be employed. 'The drinking water is very bad and as a result fever is prevalent. Cholera and smallpox work with a vengeance. During the plagues, which last for thirty or forty days we cast the bodies of as many dead natives in the rivers every day. The bodies were devoured by crocodiles and alligators and strange to say, the feast did not seem to affect them. Horses and mules cannot survive in Borneo and cari- bous are substituted, but these animals are even worse than the natives. They will work for one hour and bathe in the river I6 The Spectator for twog the heat is so intense that they can endure it no long- er. In case there is a hurry call it is best to let them swim and so we moved our boilers by lashing four or five hundred natives in a network of ropes and poles. The coolies build their houses, or rickets, of bamboo poles :and palm leaves sewed together with rattan. They are raised on piles six or seven feet from the ground. The family, dogs, goats and game chickens enjoy the same apartments and one pot forms the average supply of utensils. The natives are very hard to control. They are treach- erous and superstitious and consider people of other religions pigs or 'boobiesfathe latter being their strongest curse. If one of them touches pork he is ostracised. Certain of the tribes will not venture forth at night and those that do are frequently confronted by apparitions. Several nights I was commissioned to lead three or four hundred to inspect the various wells. All were armed with their knives and carried torches but on every occasion they were completely defensless, so startled did they become at sights which in order to retain their respect I was also obliged to witness. They huddled about and begged me to shoot and in order not to admit that I was blind to such vis- ions I always asked one of them to sight the gun. This as- sured me of the direction and sometimes after the first shot but often not until after several shots the apparation disappear- ed. Naturally a white man is the center of protection on such occasions for the natives are forbidden to have a gun in their possession. Twenty-Hve dollars is offered for the capture of a gun from a native and the means of capture is not limited. If the native is killed, all the better. Five years imprisonment is the penalty for smuggling guns and a permit to carry one must be presentable upon inquiry. The harbormaster decides all such questions. He is, as we liked to term him, the Dutch law. Among the inhabitants can be heard six languages and dialects of which our interpreter was a complete master. The natives are discouraged in the formation of any coalition and subdued in all relations to the white man. The Dutch officers teach them to step aside from a path or highway when a white The Spectator I7 man approaches and to extend their arms from their bodies. They must kneel when approaching a white man's office and enter on their knees. In their work they are handled by num- bers. As an illustration, in discriminating between families each family receives a number. Seaman is a common appelation and so a family is known as seaman number one and so on. They have to be coaxed or driven 'to work and watched care- fully for they steal and lie without limitation. Steel and brass fixtures, burs, nuts, and many removable objects will disappear .and as they are of no use to the natives the incentive of such actions seems to come from instinct. Native dances and feasts occur often. The music is fur- nished by a tom-tom made of a hollow bamboo with a skin head stretched over one end and a sort of mandolin, some of these instruments being six feet long. Their songs deal with war, religion and love. They serenade their white employees and sing a song something like this: You're an excellent master. We like you very much. We wish you joy without end. You're a fine man to work for. Give us a little money. One of their love songs tells the story of a belle mar- ried to a young man who professes to be rich and to be the owner of many boats. After the ceremony she discovered that he commanded these boats' and riches for another man. Boats, jewels, and chickens are in their estimation indicative of wealth. Numerous fights occur among the various tribes. The white man is informed during the day when the tribes work to- gether, that the fight is to take place that evening and is warned at the same time not to interfere. The quarrels, which generally arise from individual collisions, are taken up by the tribes and fought to the death. Each warrior poisons his weapons, which are short straight knives, and then greases himself. The side having the most men left considers itself the victor but each party buries or hides its dead in order to con- ceal the number. The fight takes place after sundown. The I8 The Spectator attitude of the Dutch is this.-'Let them fight. The more there are killed the less dogs we have to deal with.' The Diaks or head hunters, an interior tribe, are canni- bals and the real wild men. A white man dare not wander far into the jungles for the experience of becoming soup is the result. The heads of captives are placed on poles and set in front of their houses thus forming delightful decorations and denoting the abiding place of a chief or brave. This tribe is. ruled by a Sultan who sends a detatchment of his court to trade at the ports. They bring gold, ivory, much rattan and gutta-percha which they exchange for cloth and jewels. They are dressed in monkey skin with a skullcap supporting a row of feathers. No army has been successful in conquering them for they poison all water and food as they retreat into the jun- gle and shoot their blow-pipes with deadly results. These weapons are four or five feet long and are hollow, forming a barrel thru which darts two or three inches long and tipped with poison, are blown. The natives are very skillful with them and are accurate for a distance of a hundred feet. Their knives or mandows have a blade two feet long. The sheaths bear the- emblem of their people which is represented in various ways. A small piece of tiger, bear, or monkey skin is a symbol denot- ing the tribe. Tassels, strings of beads, or bands of rattan represent the number of days travel .from the seat of their Sul- tan. Any sickness with which they are indicted is accounted for by them thru visions of ghosts which they have seen. They make an intoxicating drink which during its influence invari- ably drives them crazy. Our homeward journey took us first to Singapore, then to- Manila and Hong Kong. At the latter port we found a floating population, people living on boats, of ten thousand. Men-of- war of all nations were anchored in the harbor. We visited an interior city, Canton, and examined this typical Chinese city. The streets are about six feet wide and filthy. No sew- ers carry away its stagnant water and almost every highway forms a dumping ground for refuse. Shanghai presented the same characteristics. At Nagasaki, a Japanese port, and our next stop, coal was carried on our ship in baskets by Japanese The Spectator I9 men and women. At Yokohoma we saw a typical modern Japanese port. Shipping and manufacturing are carried on very extensively. The city is clean and well policed. At Hon- olulu, Hawaii, a very much Aniericanized city, we saw the Punch Bowl and Diamond Head volcanoes. The latter is a knot of glistening lava, a valcano whose top was not blown off. From Honolulu we sailed direct to San Francisco where we took a train to Pittsburg, thus together with making a visit to Borneo, completing a trip around the world. C I Reflections on Life By Earl Cavanagh '11. 'IINTO THIS wondrous world we come with eyes that see not for us Our ears, our minds, act not as though they really in us dwelt. We laugh: we cryg But why? we ask, yea all in awed chorus. Kind parents pray and guide us rightg but why they've work- ed and knelt, The infant child, guiltless of thought, has never truly felt. From infancy to childhood gay we gladly enter ing Life to us only joy :revealsg its pain We scarce have met, Each sight we see delights the eyeg no deep thoughts yet beging By worldly things we're lightly made either Ito laugh or fret, No hint yet entering our minds of meeting social debt. To manhood's vigor having come, hard problems us confront, We plang we strive life's puzzle queer to read as best we mayg Our daily path, no longer smooth, has stones both sharp and blunt. If heaven's eternal hounds we'd win, we must strive all the day, . And He on high, as all men know, is both the Light and Way. We may be of the favored few who live three score and ten: We may win foisons of the spoils the earth allows to fewg To me, the skies may gray appear and rosy red to you. Or indigent serf or wealthy lihane, we all can act as meng Eternal life awaits us all if His commands we do. 20 'Tho Spectator Child Labor By Bessie Statler, '11, HILD LABOR is performed in every part of the United States in a protected or unprotected form. In England and Germany laws protect child-laborers. It is sad to state that our nation is in arrears in the legislation designed for the protection of children. There are in the United States fac- cording to the latest censusj 2,000,000 children under the age of sixteen years who earn their own livings. Of these 2,000,- ooo, 580,000 between the ages of ten and fourteen years cannot read and write. It is distressing that so large a number of children are using up energy that belongs to the next gener- ation. By permitting children to labor, we are working det- riment not only to the child but also to the nation. We are increasing our list of paupers, breaking up the affection which binds parent and child, and building up a nation of citizens un- able to carry on the government I ani glad, however, that we live in a state in the United States which has passed a law protecting its children. This law was approved April 29, 1909. It provides for the health and safety of minors in certain employments, by regulating the ages of which said minors may be employed, their hours of employment, their protection against injury, prescribes rules for the obtaining of employment certificates, and provides pen- alties for violations of the provisions. This law is composed of fourteen sections. This law is enforced in Johnstown. Section 8 and 9 are all important, for every child between I4 and I6 years must have a certificate for employment issued by a district superin- tendent, supervising principal, principal of schools, or secretary of the board of school directors, or by some one whom they appoint to do same. Before issuing certificate the authorities must have a birth certificate, baptismal certificate, passport, or other ofiicial or religious record of the child's age, or if they cannot obtain these they may get age from school minor has attended, or from the parents, or guardians. This law prohi- bits children under I4 from getting certificates. These employ- ment certificates are sent to the public officials. The certifi- The Spectator . 2l cate is composed of a stub which the issuer retains and the certificate proper which is given the applicant. Certificates of this nature are in the hands of our city Sup- erintendent, Catholic authorities, etc. In the year 1910 our superintendent issued 350 labor certificates to children between I4 and 16 years. This means that about 5 per cent of the num- ber of pupils in the school received labor certificates. 75 per' cent of these 5 per cent had not finished the sixth grade in our public schools. Out of the first 100 of these 350 certifi- cates, I3 were issued to children in the fourth grade, 23 to child- ren in the fifth grade, and 38 to children in the sixth grade, and two to children in the first year of high school. Many of the pupils who received these certificates were mentally retard- ed, undeveloped, undersized, poorly clad, and seemingly under- fed. As these certificates are given only to children between I4 and 16 years, children under this age can not get them. lf a parent tells an untruth about the age of the child, public records are likely correct and they can't have certificates. The law enables a community to keep children in school until they are I4 years old. Our Superintendent is conhdent that none of our children under fourteen are employed and that no one between fourteen and sixteen who does not have a certificate labors. Since this is true our boys and girls are being protected in Johnstown. E only wish every state in the Union had and enforced such a law. There are a few cases which this law cannot correct or avoid. For instance, a lad of ten was taken from school on the sworn statement of his parents that he was too delicate to attend school yet they put him to work in a coal breaker, where he was forced to work nine hours a day in air thickened with coal dust. The employer denied the fact that the child had no certificate. Those directly interested in the move- ment for protection of children say that there is one plan-- the scholarship plan -by which the evils of child labors may be overcome. By it, the parents of children who are in real need of money are paid just as much as the child could earn, and the little one is sent to school. May our legislatures soon adopt a plan which is sufiicient to protect our children. 22 The Spectnfdf Richard Lewis's First Case By Walter Krebs, ,13, ICHARD LEWIS, an honest and upright young lawyer ' sat in his office wishing for some business. Arthur Strong, president of the First National bank of the town enter- ed the oilice. Lewis looked up with surprise at the man, for he knew him to be a well known business man. Look here, Lewis, said Strong. I've been watching you for the last few months and I think you're the man I want. The state is trying to prove that I approached an assembly- man with some money and asked him -to vote for the recent banking law that just failed to pass by a few votes, I want you to defend me. . All right I'll do my best, said Lewis. The following Sunday he went to the post office for his mail. After pushing through the typical Sunday crowd, he reach- -ed the window and received his mail. Wliile he was pushing his way out he dropped his four letters. llc did not notice that he picked up Hve. On opening the letters at home he took the fifth letter from .the envelope, which was unsealed, without noticing the address The letter ran as follows: Mr. Arthur Strong, I have receivd the money and will see Harry Norris, the qassemblyman, tonight. Yours truly, ' john Norton. . . He pondered over the letter for fully five minutes. Here was a chance to earn some money, propably a large sum, or a chance of being honest and losing his first case. What was .he to do? The next morning the papers announced that Arthur Strong, the well known banker, would probably be sent to jail for bribing, as a result of the evidence of Richard Lewis, a ,young lawyer. The Spectator 23 Clovelly 1 BY D. C., '12. In a secluded ravine in a desolate part of Devon, where no passing news or reports drop messages, stands a typical mediaeval castle. The cold gray picturesque ivy-covered walls intimidate every one who approaches. At the time of my story the inhabitants of the castle were three: Edwin, Earl of Corn- wall, a stern, aristocratic baron, his son Francis, an ambitious, head-strong youth, and Elvina, a beautiful, fresh girl of nine- teen. About a mile from the castle, a neat, quaint i'lSllCI'1113.I1'S village nestled in a vale at the foot of a steep hill. The fish- ing industry was not a lucrative one, and the fishermen were acquainted with the Struggle for existence- In one of the rose- covered thatched cottages Amos Achen lived with his daughter, Rose. Like his fellow seamen, Amos had grown tired of toil- ing day in and day out for his poor fare. Now despair is one of the most baneful stimulants of vio- lence, and Amos knew it. VVhy the Earl of Cornwall could come to the village and laugh at the fishing nets, and take a fish when it pleased him, Amos could not understand. Neither could his comrades. He summoned his fellow-sufferers to his cottage one evening. He saw that Rose was snug in bed. Une lone candle liickered in the adjacent room. The scent of the hoses covering the cottages, and of the new hay in a thatched roof did not appeal to Amos. He was obsessed with the idea of redressing his wrongs. When sixteen hardy fishermen had gathered in the humble room, and not a sound was heard but the rolling of the sea on the pebbled strand, Amos arose. Every man has a right to fish in that sea. Look at it thru yon window. Look at the moon playing on its waves. Who can stop it? Who can stop us from fishing? God made the woods on the top of this hill. VVhy can't we hunt in them? Should one man shut out twenty? All of the assembled socialists agreed with the speaker. VVell, what are you goin' to do F spoke up one. That's jest why I got yu'h ere. Tomorrow noon the 24 The Spectator Earl and his son will hunt. We can capture 'em. Then we 'wonit let 'em go till they promise. NVhat do yo, say ? Amos had not spoken long, but every word had sunk into .a soul waiting for such words. All assented, and the meeting adjourned, two men having been designated to seize the nobles. Now Rose had been an attentive listener to the conspi- iracy. All night it troubled her. She had never seen the Earl .and his song they had never harmed her. She had heard of Elvina, and the lot of the unfortunate girl aroused her girlish sympathies. When the next sun rose, the fishermen were astir as usual. The boats rocked as usual in the harbor, and nothing out of the ordinary occurred. The fishermen winked at each other. Rose knew what they meant. She gathered a string of fish and pretended to set out to a near-by monastery to sell them. Soon she approached the castle of the Earl of Cornwall. So urgent were her demands for entrance, that she was shown to the spacious, luxurious baronial reception hall at once. 'WVhat kind of a serf have we here? Couldn't do your day's labor, I suppose? You're a poor piece of femininity. What do- you want P Don't be frightened, girl, I pray you. Father is only sour-faced this morning. How queer! A little fishermaiden. I know why you have come, you don' need to ask. I'll get you some clothes, said affectionate Elvina. Sister, you can't lower your dignity like this, father will tend to her. She's only a fishermaidenf' interrupted Francis. Only a fishermaidenf' echoed again and again in Rose's heart. Maybe dad was right. But they are God's men, they should know. And then addresing the Earl, she said, I do not seek for clothes, nor food. I come to give and not to beg, Like all the rest, roared the earl, trying to smooth things downf' Then she told her story. Her breast rose and fell swiftly as she described the meeting. When she had finished, Elvina kissed her Warm cheek and Francis clasped one of the limp hands. The earl was almost transformed. One week from today you may come to me and tell me The Spectator 25 what you desire most in the world, and by St. George you shall have it. VVl1o are you? I am Rose, the daughter of Amos Achen, from Clovelly. We shall call you Clovelly. It's a. pretty name, and ap- propriate, too, said Francis. The week passed slowly. The fishermen waited daily to execute their plot. Rose had been attracted by the splendor, the magnificance, the tenderness of Francis. He had a pleas- ing personality, but it had impressed itself a hundredfold upon her. He was so unlike the coy fisher-boys. In her dreams she saw him, heard him call her Clovelly. She would ask him to wed her. The week ended. She romped happily the whole mile to the castle. Its walls were no longer cold. He will not re- fuse, she thought. She was ushered into the same hall. The same splendor prevailed. All welcomed Clovelly heartily. You won't think me rude because I have taken advantage of your offer, Earl? It is your just reward. You are our equal. We are proud of you. What is your desire, Clovelly P She faltered, her head dropped. Francis, I have loved you since I saw you last. 'Tis my wish that I might Call you all mine. NVill-li' Enough, you fool! This is what has resulted from show- ing a favor to a serf. You are not our equal. Unless you have another wish, leave at once. By God, roared the Earl in his fury, I believe it was a plot to secure this. 4 That's'your dainty fisher-maiden of a week ago ! laugh- ed Francis to Elvina, who responded, We were all fools, and pointed to the door to Rose. It was a weary mile homeward. The gray walls were cold- er than ever. Never before as she approached the brink of the precipice at the top of the village, had the sea and the sail- ing vessels anchored therein seemed so welcome as they basked in the silver moon-light. Why the Earl of Cornwall always was surrounded by re- tainers when he hunted was a puzzle to the fishermen, and still more baffling to old A.mos was the word Rose would often uter in her sleep, a sweet sad smile playing over her gentle features, Clovelly. ' 26 The Spectator be ilsligh School Spectat r SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 75 CENTS. PER COPY, IU CENTS. SPECIAL ISSUES, 25 CENTS. Boltorial dnb JBll5IiIC55 Staff. Editor-in-Chief JOHN H. COVER 1911 Associate Editor THOMAS J. CROCKER 1911 Exchange Editors School News Editors BLANCHE BOYD 1911 WILLIAM JODER 1911 MARY RYAN 1911 JOSEPH MEYER I911 Art Editor Society Editors BERTHA STAMMLER 1911 MARY HANSON 1911 General News Editor LEONE RAAB 1911 WALDO WRIGHT 1911 Class Representatives ROSALIE MATTHEWS 1912 WALTER.KR.EBS 1913 ROBERT GREER 1914 Chief Business Manager PHILIP E. THOMAS 1911 Associate Business Manager CARL HALLER 1912 Assistants ROBERT SCHAD 1911 WALTER THOMAS 1911 CARL LUDWIG 1912 HERMAN ROTH 1912 RUSSEL PEBBLEY 1911 DONALD CUSTER 1912 CHARLES SHULTZ 1913 THE SPECTATOR ls published monthly during the school term. Address all communications to THE SPECTATOR, High School Building, Johnstown. Pl. Entered at the Postottice, Johnstown, Pa.. as second-class mall matter. In order to Insure publication ln the current Issue, all MSS. must be handed ln to the edltor not later than the 1st of each month. Editorial VVe devote this issue of the Spectator to socioiogical prob- lems., The term sociology has been interpreted in its broadest sense, that which deals with the knowledge and speculation THE about the associative life of men and the- SOCIOLOGICAL description of social facts themselves. NUMBER. VVe have not limited its application to the study of individualism or socialism, to its claim of recogni- tion as a science classifying social facts and studying the laws The Spectator 27 underlying it as such, or to practical sociology describing scien- tific treatment of problems of social organization and welfare, but have endeavored to include them. The opinions of great men from the dawn of social themes in literature represented by More, thru the intervening age when Ruskin was the bold reformer, to modern high noon, il- lumed by that rabid social agitator of our time, Jack London, have been studied and summarized, sociological themes like Socialism, the Roycroft shops, child labor and the American Federation of Labor have been dwelt upon. We realize that many topics fraught with social interest have been slighted, we have not reviewed Miss Adclams's latest book, Twenty Years at Hull House 5 we have made no adequate study of the work of Henry George. But thru the articles included in this issue we hope to promote thoughtful research into this live, everchanging topic. As we study the strong and appealing features of our fu- ture fellow citizens pictured on the cover page of this issue, we feel more fully the meaning of a Happy and Prosperous New A Year. May the hopes of their parents, wlio FRUITF UL adapted the United States as their country be EFFORT realized completely in this rising generation. It is for us, their hosts-for the native Americans are the hosts of these foreign strangers'-to assist them at all times in ac- complishing their honest desires and to begin this service by doing all in our power to make 1911 their most happy New Year. The result of our effort will be two-fold: By delving more deeply into the riches of humanity we shall have increas- ed our own happiness, learning how to appreciate our own comforts by promoting theirs, and we shall have strengthened a factor in the development and uniting of our nation. This is the first issue bearing our new motto, Truth to the fact and a good spirit in the treatment. It has been adopted from Stevenson's The Morality of the Profession of Letters, where it is found in this sentence: There are two duties in- 28 The Spectator TOUR icumbent upon any man who enters on the busi- NEW ness ot writing: truth to the fact and a good MOTTO. spirit in the treatment. We have chosen this motto to replace the former, Vires acquirit eundo, which is translated She acquires strength in her progress, because a 'magazine for the advancement of ia knowledge of English should have an English motto and because the former motto, ,altno it is a good standard for any magazine, does not directly involve the makers of the magazine. The school received a most excellent Christmas gift in the four shelves of books presented by the class and Spectator Staff of IQIO. Such a splendid acquisition should inspire us to spend our leisure moments in perusing their contents. But the AN INSPIRING Jbjection is raised that our leisure moments XMAS are too few. To remedy this, why not open GIFT. the library to the public during the vaca- tions? Altho the Cambria Library invites all to use its books, to many pupils it does not appeal as strongly as our own. , The school has been associated more closely with their everyday life and the works of the school library have been referred to as an aid in the preparation of their lessons. Very often a book is not available at the Cambria Library because it has been borrowed. A convincing argument in favor of this suggestion is that the pupils will without doubt become more familiar with the works of the greatest authors thru the High School Li- brary, for on its shelves cannot be found the inferior novels. We hope that this gift may be the origin of a custom to present to book-lovers the means of a refreshing and enlightening va- cation. Should not the children have the opportunity to enjoy the schools at all seasons? Interwoven with the associative life of men is music. The three centers of the public rendition of music are the church, the theatre, and the school. The church has ever been the in- spiration of composers who have bequeathed to succeeding generations their master-pieces. The churches of today under eHicient leadership produce these works. Of the three centers The Spectator 29 SOCIOLOGY it alone is free from the degradation of IN so-called popular music. Thus the MUSIC. - congregations have Splendid Opportuni- ties for acquiring a knowledge of this art. The theatre caters to the people and by its productions can be judged the artistic taste of the audience. Since the management runs it as a busi- ness proposition the standard of music thru the theatre can be raised in but two ways, by instituting a municipal theatre and by educating the people to demand the noblest works. Muni- cipal theatres and opera houses have proved a valuable educa- tional force in Germany. They should prove doubly success- ful in this country of theatre patrons. The school is the center of other learning, why not of music? It is to be regretted that music has not a more prominent place in the curriculum of the local schools. Doubtless our Christmas program awakened in every hearer the desire for a better knowledge of that of which it was but a suggestion, the carol and the Messiah Many modern school systems have instituted a complete course in this art, a study ranging from the intelligent reading of notes to the appreciative hearing of an opera. Freeport, Il- linois, has introduced into its High School music classes a Victor Victrola, by means of which operas are studied. The result of such courses is self-evident. An appreciation for the best follows and in one instance in Pennsylvania this influence has radiated throughout the whole city and the outcome has been the successful annual engagement of the foremost artists of our times for concerts. Thus the church and school, in or- der to obtain the best in the theatre and thru this trio to edu- cate the people to the appreciaion of good music, must be the promoters of reform. The argument has been used that after the day's work the people must have light restful music. Champions of this argument cite as an illustration the recent incident in Chica- go, where a band concert four nights a week was instituted. On two of these nights classical programs were rendered and on the other two 'popular' programs. The result was that the attendance of the two latter nights was double that of the two former. But let us peer deeper into this illustration and 30 The Spectator study the audience. It consisted on the 'classical nights' of tl1e well educated Americans, and many foreigners, on the fol- lowing nights of those who were unfortunately early deprived of a higher education. The fact that the foreigners assembled on the first two nights together with the fact that, as another illustration, the majority of occupants of the gallery at a re- cent concert given by the Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra in this city were foreigners, proves that those who understand can find rest and enjoyment in classical programs. Since there is so much pleasure and educational value in this art of music and since the church and school must take upon themselves the duty of enlightening their members, let us as members of these institutions make a New Year's reso- lution to the effect that our education will be broad enough to include what is beautiful and uplifting not only in music but also in all arts. ' Exchanges The holidays brought us an abundance of well-written and interesting exchanges: we regret that time and space do not permit us to criticize every one. All are welcome. Aitchpe fHyde Park, Cliicagoj-We congratulate you on publishing a paper without advertisements. Your cuts are clever, your photographs interesting. Brown 81 White QGreensburgj-Your football number is appropriate. The Visitor is a well-written sociological story. Bulletin CAlleghenyj-Your paper is one of our neatest ex- changesg it is indeed a pleasure to read it. But why do you scatter jokes throughout your magazine? Crimson and Gray-Your cuts are the cleverest we see. The Drexel Echo fPhiladelphiaj is a new exchange which we should be glad to see every month. The Criterion CBridgeport, N. H. Q-Your school notes and exchange column show originality. Junto QEastonj--Your Christmas edition was one of the best we receivedg the writer of the poem A Christmas Leg- end is to be commended. - The Spectator 3l The Interlude QSouth Bendj-As usual your stories are worth readingg a few more cuts would improve your paper. Mirror QOzarkj-Your editorials -are forceful, especially that on School Spirit g you have very many pretty poems. The Mountaineer fButtej always publishes witty jokes and interesting class gossip. Purple and White QAllentownj-Your paper shows the co- operation of the staff in every department. High School Q CQuincyj-A commendable feature of your paper is the strong literary departmentg you never lack clever stories. T Red and Black QReadingj-As a whole yours is a well con- ceived and cleverly arranged paper, but the smallness of the print makes it unpleasant to read. Tahoma QTacomaj-'The material in the Tacoma Num- ber is excellentg the Indian legends and historical facts con- trasted with the present prosperous city comprise a delightful magazine. Our only criticism is that the position of the ad- vertisements detracts from the beauty of your magazine. ' Totem QSeattlej-Your paper is progressive in every de- tail. Your stories are attractive and interesting. Tolte fDurango, Col.j-You are a new exchange and we like your materialg the essay Xmas in Greece was the best article in your magazine. The Triangle fWilmingtonj is well arranged and shows careful work by the staff. The World QSt. Paulj-You were our most attractive Christmas exchangeg you are indeed fortunate in being able to illustrate your magazine so profusely. The writer of the story The Open Window and the poem The Birth of Op- portunity were wholly worthy of the prizes they received. Whims QSeattlej-Your Christmas number abounds in clever stories and interesting school gossipg the cover is very attractive. Journal QPittsburgj--just received your Christmas num- ber which is neatly arranged and very attractive. Your liter- ary department is instructive and entertaining. Why not 32 The Spectator place the adds by themselves in the back of the magazine? Your Christmas number is carefully edited. We enjoy your foreign language department. Argus fHarrisburgD-Your Christmas number is very at- tractive. Your exchange department presents very interesting school happenings. But my how many ads we have to pass to discover your clever prize articles. VVe acknowledge receipt of the following exchanges, all good: S. H. S. Review, The Register, Echo, Messenger, The College Student, Marionette, The Evening Voice, The Con- wayan, The Tiger, The Herald, The Amulet, High School Herald, Red and Black fSalt Lake Cityj, High School Stand- ard, The Tripod, The Palmetto and Pine and the Powder Horn. X f--7' f' if E ' M ks GI .I Q K Q ' I LLEVENTRY 'll At the joint meeting of the Societies December 22 a splen- did Christmas program was rendered, No stronger argument for the value of well directed play could be urged than the en- joyment with which the young men and women presented the customs and games of the English Christmastide. The tabelaux The Spectator 33 were all lovely-the Carolers, the Players of Blindman's Buff, the Minstrel's Tale--allg but the picture that recurs most per- sistently to our memory is the dance, particularly that phase of it where the tiny children of the family enjoyed a dance with their parents while the adults danced. The Boys' Glee Club sang their numbers with spiritg the selections rendered by the girls were lovely. The great educator, Froebel, said: Child's play strength- ens the powers both of the soul and the body, and we cannot but believe he would have approved our Christmas festivities. The Agassiz Association has been studying birds during the past month. The talks were on the structure and habits of birds, preparatory to taking up the various species. Mr. Briggs's lecture on birds held the attention of the audience and was a success generally. On Monday, Dec. 2, the following ofiicers were elected to serve for the next three months: Vice President .............. Julius Porias Secretary . .. Ora Pearl Giflin Treasurer ................. Grafton Porch New committees were appointed by the president, Miss. Krebs. Current Events Andrew Carnegie in two donations gave 33,500,000 to- wards enlarging and improving his technical schools at Pitts- burg. One of Mr. Carnegie's suggestions was the establish- ment of an eating house in conjunction with the school where' students may procure their meals at cost. Besides this gift to his school, Carnegie lately set aside a fund of SI0,000,000 the anual interest of which at five percent shall be spent in the cause of universal peace. Eliu Root was appointed chairman make up the trustees. . of the fund, while many prominent lawyers and business ment 34 The Spectator Since the resignation of William H. Moody as Associate Justice of the Supreme court, the appointment of Edward Douglass Wliite, nominated for the position of Chief justice by President Taft, has been ratified by the Senate. VVhite is the first Associate Justice since the time of Washington to rise to the head of the bench. Justices Lamar and Van Devanter are the new associate justices. Judging by the total tonnage, number of officers and men, and considering vessels of more than I0,000 tons displacement excluding Dreadnoughts, the United States Navy holds second position among the Powers, with Great Britain first and Ger- many third. Mrs Mary Baker Glover Eddy, head and founder of Christ- ian Science, died December 3. During her busy life she found- ed the National Christian Science Association, conducted the Metaphysical College at Boston, organized and for a time led the Church of Christ Scientist, and wrote several books on her faith. The most puissant literary work of this remarkable woman was her Science and Health with Key to the Scrip- ures. Dr. Cook returned to New York from England to begin a fight for his former esteem and respect. He is full of opolo- gies for all his queer actions and assertions that won him a world-wide reputation as an imposter. He declares that he was suffering from something like lemporary insanity brought on by his northern trip. Mme Curie, of Paris, who aided her late husband in the discovery of radium and rendered it to a metalic form, may shortly to be elected a member of the Academy of Sciences. If this honor is given her, she will be the first woman to receive it. While Iourneyirig 'towards the scenes of his youth where he hoped to spend his last days in peaceful solitude, Count Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer and reformer, was striken with bronchitis from which he died in the Hag station at Astopova, on November the twentieth. This great author was of aris- The Spectdtor 35 tocratic parentage, received his education at Kazan University, and served in the Russian army in the war against the British and French at Sebastopol in 1851. Later he adopted the simple dress and unpretentious life of a peasant and gave his life up to writing with a view of improving the conditions of the Rus- sian peasantry. His popular views brought him into conflict with the government and the church. He was threatened with expulsion from the country and was exconiunicated by the synod. Some of his books have been translated into almost all spoken languages and perhaps no present day author has gained such wourld-wide renown as did this social reformer. just before the end of the old year, two great aviators with world-wide reputations met their death -on the same day by losing control of their machine. They were John B. Mois- ant, who met his end near New Orleans, and Arch Hoxey, who was crushed by his barograph at Los Angeles. Moisant, a Chicagoan, first came into popularity when he Hew across the English channel and again won recognition by his spec- tacular Hight from Belmont park around the Statue of Liberty. Hoxey, a Wright aviator, had within a week set a new altitude record of 11,474 fet, and met his death in the same machine he had used on that occasion. Athletics Conducted by the Associate Editor. The outlook for the basketball season, which was dull, has at last brightened. The Class League games, which were all but abandoned on account of having no hall, will be played off in the basketball hall owned by the Mohawk Club of the Eighth Warcl. The most promising of these players will then be taken to the Casino to practice with the 'Varsity. The first game of the season, scheduled with the Latrobe High School team for January 6, had to be postponed and for a time it ap- peared as if the entire season would have to be given up. This difliculty of having no hall, however, is finally cleared up. Al- though handicapped by this late start, the outlook for a good 36 The Spectator team is excellent. The games scheduled for the season will be played at the Casino. The General Admission will be It is to be deplored that a high school with our large en- rollment must content itself by hiring a hall for inter-class and inter-scholastic gamesg many smaller schools having a well equipped gym in which to hold them. The lack of a good gym not only means financial responsibility but also means that less effective teams are turned out by the school than if we had a well equipped place for practice. It is hoped that before many years this much needed addition will be made to the High School Athletics. Here is a local sociological problemg ELECTION OF BASKETBALL CAPTAIN. During the -Christmas holidays last year's varsity team met and re-elected Captain Sharkey. He, however, immediate- ly resigned in favor of Keller, the only other varsity man of last year still in school. A. A. MEETING. At the A. A. meeting held January 9, the following were the election results: Football Manager, Foster Smith iI2Q As- sistant Basketball Manager, Edwin Kistler '12, Frank Kellar resigned as captain of next year's football team. School Notes On Thursday, December 22 the student body and an unusu- ally large number of visitors were delightfully entertained by the menrbers of the Emerson and T. K. E. societies. The juniors gave a presentation of the old English Yuletide cus- toms and the Seniors,-both girls' and boys' Glee clubs, T611- dered Christmas songs. The whole festival reflected great credit on the participating students and the directing teachers. At their last meeting on Friday, january 6 the class of IQII chose the red rose as their class flower. The first of a series of lectures by Earl Barnes, of Phila- delphia, was given Monday, January 2. The theme, The Hun- The Spectator '37 ,ger for Food and Drink, or The Driving Forces of life. Those who heard Dr. Barnes were appreciative of his practical ideas. The success of this first lecture augurs well for the success of the remaining numbers of the series which will be delivered on alternate Mondays. The second of the number, of which there are six, was given on january 16. The charge for admission is 31.00 for the course, 25 cents for a single number, and an arrangement has been made by which High School students can attend the course for 50 cents, IO cents for a single admission. Students, the low admission and the high quality of these lectures should recomend them to you. Literary Contest The editors have decided to end this contest one month earlier, with the March issue. This leaves but two numbers for which to work. The Sophmore class leads by a small ma- jority at present. THE S P o T lil-' i e e, J-fa. As 'this is Sociai1ity Number Cherej we have obtained at great expense the ideas of a. number of famous people on sociability. They will speak for themselves: Custer- I-don't-know. K Wright- One sofa, lamp not lit, tgirl understood, of course,J and a box of Whitman's. Rose- A crowd of two. 38' The Spectator Ellenberger- Two pairs of skates. Pebllely-'A single couple. Evans- Her mother is out and the electric light plant slips a cog. O'Connell- VVhen the 'bottom falls out of the sofa. Crocker-Not fit for publication. P. Thomas-Ditto. Joe Meyer- A dark night, 10 P. M., and a hammock built for two. Tross- Two unmarried, unengaged, merry, iiirty, mutually Kissable peacherinoes under the 'Yum Yum Tree. ' Trent- Something nice when you have the 'Time, the Place, and the Girl? Rube - A run-a-bout and a run about: Chol1y - Will not express opinion under signature. J. M. A.- Will not express opinion above signature. Walt Thomas- Every Little Movement has a Meaning of its Own. Max Rabinowitz- I'm surprised! Cuddle up a little closer. Wagner the Huge- If I get mixed in with it I won't be back till August. Scotlt- Um-In-mh! ! Stull- Mistletoe Day f'?J F. Snowd-en- 'Lovers' Lane. All aboard for a good old time. Eph CProperty M'anJ-'Sociability is a situation 'in which you and her go two by two, side by each, toward oblivion, where nobody a.in't but you and her, and then, when oblivion is reached, if It is the dark sea- son, sociability begins. Jakie Hobbs- A chair for rtwo and a Senior f?J for me. Long- I'll take a Bill Taft for mine. Berlin- Oh, you Holsopple! Korns- An evening stroll of two miles and one lap. Hearts-ease Sagerson- Main street on a rainy day. F. Fish- She's out of town? Biggity - It begins with four dollars. Smith is nothing but a social cannibal. What do you mean? Why, he lives on his friends and relatives. 'THE COUNTRY WEDDING ' no a country wedding went Four Seniors on pleasure bentg So warmly cuddled in a sleigh That bleak December fleflt like May. O'er hill and dale those four did glide Until the bride's house they espiedg They were greeted at the door By 'country folks, perhaps a score. So in thre house to escape the cold These Seniors went, so proud and bold. Once inside they felt so gay, . That they drove all gloom away f With their stories and their song, But soon the preacher 'came along, And his -duties did prepare To unite a happy pair. The Spectator When he'd tied the bride and groom Seniors made for the dining roomg At the table they did squat, And of manners heeded not. The way they ate, it was a shame, So I will here omit the name Of one who ate the wedding cake, 'Till it gavle him the stomach ache. The rest of the time was spent in fung Then fthe guests departed, one by oneg The Seniors were the last to go, Because thley liked it so, you know. So down the road quite merrily They sped, each happy as could beg Upon a harmless country man They played a joke that did not pan Out as they wished,-well, you'll see, When I tlell you more full and free. Have you a hammer? its what they asked, Sure! He brought it, running fastg Then the answer that they gave to him, Made him commit an awful sing The things he said as they drove away, Are uniit to be printled, I can say. But alas! The four had not gone far When their laughter ended with a jarg They 'hit a drift, the sleigh upset: They were a, down cast bunch, you bet. The farmer's jlcens they now could hearg The laugh is now on them, I fear. The horses caught and in the sled They piled. On down the road they sped, Content to leave the farmers slleep, And to themselves their bum jokes keep. Soon afterwards they reached their homes As they lay in bed thru them it roams, The saying that they'd heard expressed, 'He who laughs last, laughs best. -ALTJJMLF B RAT THE BRIGHTEST BOY YET Klahre imagines himself king of all Kidders Some smart youth is a sure-enough kidder He thinks he's the kid what built the pyramids but he aint He has a sneaking suspicion that he is the original Joker -'that he was the coiner of the first pert expression. Just listen to lthis: Campbell- You can't beat our sundaes. Klahre- Aw, gwan! I downed one last night 40 h o S p e c t a t o r MISTLETOE DAY CWe warn the young ladies whose lips were Cha.pped on thi memorable occasion to refrain from reading the f 1 they may be compelled to smil smile bustin 1-' T s o lowing rambles, as e, and you know thtere is -danger ot the g into a laugh-Funny Editorsl. Mistletoe Day! Hurray! Hurray! We'll leave it to you, If the missles flew- Eyay! Eyay! Mistletoe Day! Say! Jimmie was It, With a gay little chit. Eh! Mistletoe Day! Without any ifs, If you were confused, Refused, or abused, Did it make any diffs? Nay! Did he? Louis looked at Maryg 0h! Whait a pretty miss! He stole up nearby closer, Then bashful stole a-way. Nit! Thle Dare? My ruby lips are pouting for a. ki.ss. ' Custer- Oh me, oh my, I am so shy! A pair in a hammock Attempted to kiss, In about a. h - ILL alf second ZSIID 9PI!I DGPUPI 59 GRABBED! He siezed her i n the dark and kissed her, And for a moment bliss was his: Oh, my! I thought it was ' He c i my sister! r ed. Shle laughed and said,. It is. I stole a. kiss the other day, My conscience now pricks like a tack. I think I'1l have to go around And try to put the blamed thing back. The Lecturer- When I within a h was a boy there was no public school undred miles of my father's house. Rome - I wish I lived there! The Spectator 4l ANOTHER ONE. Funny Editor- These jokes are the worst lot that ever came in! Every one of them is a, chestnut! - y Kleinschmidt ffaintlyj- I suppose that's why you're roasting em. AND THEY DID! Mr. A.- Junior girls, turn, rise and pass. Mr. A.- Senior girls, turn, rise and gas. HOT FROM THE BAT. Everett Custer says he doesn't wonder that his sweet-heart is afraid of lightning-she's so awfully attractive. POOR RICHARD WEIMER'S ALMANAC. Fine feathers make line featherbeds. A word to the wise is use-less. It's never too late to spend. As ye sew, so shall ye rip. Laugh up your sleeve,-the direct route to the funny bone. Out of the frying pan into the race.-M0ther's doughnuts. A thought in time saves nine. Don't strike a fellow just because he insists that he is your match. The girls with the most cheek don't do the most blushing. Discretion, being the bletter part of valour, prefers to do its phit- ing over the 'phone. Necessity is the mother of invention, but invention is the mother of lies. Be sure you're Wright, then go up. It is usually the yyellow streak that shows when a fellow gets blue. A fish in the hand is worth two Iish stories. Its a poor mule that won't kick both ways. A good two-foot rule- Keep oif theh grass. Wisdom is a quality which the faculty lacks, but which is posses- ed by all the students. No matter how fast a horse is, he ca.n't beat an egg. You can drive a mule to water, but a pencil must be lead. No matter how slippery the sidewalk is, you can't make a. cow- slip. Absence makes the marks grow rounder. Invisible taxes -Senior assessments. BANQUITTIN' OATS! There was a banquet, all right, all right! Ask Knuff when he wakes up. The fun began when a big maple table started to advertise its holidays by yelling in piercing tones: Paralyzed sugar! . Another table asked theh crowd: Where are the Freshman? Home in bed! promptly responded anothler table. fThere must have been almost tive Freshmen there, though.J As the dumb waiters shutlled slowly around, a large table started to sing, All Aboard for a Good Old Time. Then the eats! Ah! We can still taste those fried cats,-er, smelt. - After the first course of grapefruit and cannister, the chicken 42 The Spectator consumme flowed in. The chicken could only be pursuaded to wade through it once, for the cries of Give 'im thier ax arose on every hand, and he feared for the safety of hi.s teeth and blizzard and other vital elements. After numerous Jerkinis had been administered the smelts saun- tered in. Spring the chicken, implored a little oak table, but the spring had already been sprung, and nothing was forthcoming but a dainty and nutritious shoe sole patched up to resemble beef. Demi-tasse closed the program of eats. Joie Dannenbaum said that it 'tasted just like coffee to him, and it is reported that he is still in the dark. Although the flowers tasted a little celery, the menu,-well, we've tasted worse. It was a clever idea to have samples of each dish pasted on the menu cards. Otherwise some Freshman might not have known what he was eating. After some stirring songs and spirited yells and some addresses, which were wise and otherwise, the banqweters stood on the tables: and watched themselves sailing home in their aeroplanes. A. E. K.- Can you boys hear back there? Chorus of voices from rear- Noi LITTLE LABORATORY LAUGHS! ' D. C.- Did you evler see force? Custer Casidel- Yes, fthat's the new breakfast food Biggitty sprinkles on the floor before he sweeps. Joder- Every time I get one of those baloon problems, I go up in the air. Rusellers- I feel like swearing every time I get one of those dam problems. QUEERIES! What did the Oxford tie? What did the Baltic Sea? How did the Diamond Dye? Where can 'the honey bee? Whom did the railroad track? What did the Polar bear? What did the carpet tack? Wh-at did the underwear? 4 Who heard the kitten's tail? Whom did the window-screen? What did the shingle nail? Who thinks the Paris green? -Ida Liketuno. Puzzle:- Add e 'to Max's name, spell backwards, and see what you get. Staley- Say, Rose, What are you going to wribe on for English? Rose- On p-paper, of c-course. - T he Sectator 43 Staley- Well then, What are you going to write about, you .bobb ? Rose- Oh, about three p-pages. Staley-ETAOIN ETAOIN fMe'an'ing 1 1 in Linotype talk.l J. Cobbs- State Pasca.l's Law. Ruselliers- Did you say Bachelor's Law? On New Year's Day the Sophomores made a. resolution resolv- ing not to study. It is reported that it has not been broken as yet. -SOME X-MAS GIFTS WHICH SANTA CLAUS HAS INDEFINITELY POS FPONED. Prof. B. A. -A bottle of herpicide. Prof. Mire-Ditto. The Freshmen-Cents. fsensej The Bunch-Society before 3:00 P. M. Miss A.-A rattan. Miss W.-A new pencil point. QSee the point'?J - Miss B.-A sergeant-at-arms. Don Davis-A place to play basketball. Athletic Association-That constitution. Fruhlinger- Did you ever see George Crossington washing the' ocean in the middle of the river on horseback, leading ten thousand men whom he is trying to overtake? Staley- No, Eph, old Pal, but I was at the banquet. Keep turning over. You might find some more jokes! The Spectator To Our qfldvertisers E issued 600 copies last month, and reach, approximately, 3000 peo- ple. The managers of the Spec- tator feel that they are not re- ceiving the full value for space. Beginning with our next issue, our ratas will be : Full page, S5 g half page, 52.505 quarter page, S1.25g eighth page, 75 centsg professional announcement, 35 cents. This is the First Raise in Spectator Advertis- ing Rates in four years or more, and is only in keeping with its growth and value. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute SOHO0L of ENGINEERING Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Send for a Catalogue N :Yu The- Spectato F. C. PATTEN, Sole Representative IKM. jf. Jfreberich Ilbusic Go. Suppes Building, Johnstown, Pa. Agents for Knabe, Chickering and thirty more of the world's best llbianos Complete line of Victor and Edison Talking Machines. All the very latest songs can be purchased from our Sheet Music Dopartment A. J. Haws CE, Sons Refractories Fire Brick Silica Brick g7VIagnesiteq Brick Chrome Brick Capacity . . . 40,000,000 Per Year The Spectator 1Rowe Q2 liege Open All the Year Students Enter at Any Time INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION .IN BOOKKEEPING SHORTHAND, TYPEWRITING, ENGLISH BRANCHES 8: COLLEGE PREPARATORY Rowe College stands for that which is best in Business Colle e tra' 'n . Ex eriemc d te chers in ever de art- EZ lm g P 6 3 Y P ment. No time Wasted on frills and fads. Energy and enterprise are at a premium. Its instruction leads to correct business habits. Join the ranks of the compe- tent-become an expert. Full value given for your money. If you mean business, attend 1Rowe GOUCQC, IDC IIBIISIIICSS College of 30bI15I.'OWI1 Call on or Address S. H. ISENBERG, Ph. D., Prest. Nos. 542-44 Main Street Johnstown, Pa. WE PAY P er Cent. Interest ICN SAVINGS Why not open an account with us? Johnstown Trust Co. Capital and Surplus, s400,000 The Spec tutor 47 C. T. WILLIAMS Office hours, 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Telephone No. 440 Dealer In n F G I The Sanitary anc ro cerzes 4 -v Dentrsts DR. F. H. DETERDING, Manager. Corner Market and Vine Streets Jordan fu5di3g'AM i':i itreeti between' Phone 502 ' si..tio.,'.f,f'p, Pills er T. E. MORGAN High Grade PIANOS 118 Market Street Phone 9-18 B Watkins Bros. Fire Insurance Notary Public 446 Lincoln Street. Phone 1582 Residence Phone 8103 Sult Yourself shall fill your prescriptions for you. But be careful. Consider the matter well before you decide. Let us fill your prescriptions for you. We have the drugs-just any- thing your doctor wants. KREDEL 8: FARRELL DRUGGISTS 114 Clinton Street Are you going to be one of the Prize Winners in East- ' man's Kodak Contest? 952,500.00 in Prizes. Call for information: at voung's Pharmacy 205-207 Franklin St.. Johnstown. Pa. Glasgow Woolen Mills Co. World's Largest Custom Tailors Suits and Overcoats Made to Measure, Sl 5 to S25 SI7 MAIN STREET Soda Water and Sundaes Our Sodas and Sundaes are the most delicious to be found in the city. Harry Decker 111 Market Street -43 The Spectator F ' ' The Largest Bank lrst Natlonal Bank in Johnstown 48 YEARS IN BUSINESS Capital, Surplus. and Undivided Profits .............. ......... 3 860,000.00 Resources Over Six Million Dollars ............ .....,............. 6,500,000.00 lnterest Paid on All Time Deposits Theres Loads of Fun vlfith a : . Summer is coming-you should have one. Only the best-EASTMAN'S. All prices At SCI-IRADER BROS. GEIS ,It suggests Furniture --- The best that is produced in the world. This is the store for GIFTS THAT ENDURE 'TPme1 For Sale ERE IT only No a' PORCH BROS., Inc.l vine 8. Franklin he Sectator N? Electric Eoaster Stoves EIU Tlcleating Ebevices SPECIAL SALE OF TABLE LAMPS VISIT OUR NEW SALESROOMS Gitigens light, 1Deat 8 . llbovoer Go. 515 MAIN STREET ' 50 The Spectator PROFESSIONAL THOS. J. ITELL. Attorney-at-Law. Suppes Building. DAN L. PARSONS. Attorney-at-Law Bank Building FRANK P. MARTIN. Attorney-at-Law Bank Building' ALVIN SHERBINE. Attorney-at-Law Suppes Building H W. STOREY, ' At torney-at-Law Suppes Building ' 7 Cralg s BARBERS SHAVE TO PLEASE TRY THEM Haynes Street is the place J. BERG 1. H. HoovER Berg 8: Hoover Wholesale Notions 61 Hosiery 609-6l I Franklin Street Phone 2442 Johnstown, Pa. QA Sale of Men's CE, Young Men's Hats A sale of Hats for men and young men which will move our stock quickly. The styles are the latest, the colors the new- est. All 53.00 Hats, now 31.95. All S2 hats, now 31.40. All Clothing and shoes at one third oif. SCHOENFELD'S Formerly the Surprise Store 139 Clinton St. PENNANTS ALL NICE FOR Gift Books, Fancy Goods PRESENTS, at Main 'BooK STORE Main 545 :EIORANS The Spectator 51 QAsk Your Grocer for Karoma and White House Coffee Quick Lunch Baked Beans Franklin Brand Mustard Lippincott .Apple Butter 'GWB' Ryan Correll Co. Distributors What is the Y. M. C. A.? It is a high-grade. low-cost, Young Men's Club-Christian but non- sectarian. It is an athletic organization that does not use men to promote ath- letics, but uses athletics to develop men. It is a night school for young men who work by day. It is a place for a young' man to find friends and to make himself a friend to the young man who needs friends. It is not an experiment, but it is the survivor of many experiments. To High School Students, it oHers opportunity for leadership with the younger boys of the city. Can we begin too early to assume moral and athletic leadership? COAL TI-IA'1' LASTS If you want good coal, try WVNI. '1'RINIBLE Deliveries to all parts of city Phone 24-16 52 The Spectator ' ' HE PLUMBINGisthemost f ,..-o o ff mmm NN' fihmdn LI 2 W 5 Mm r Q 1 t A RPA9 Q 5 +7 6 important part of the home l' equipment, because of its relation to lg' health and cleanliness. V Q my if Q I i You may make sure that I your plumbing is the very best obtainable by having wg. us install 'Standud' guar- : erg- I anteed fixtures. it K? Johnstown Supply' House gf 'Xlumbing Heating Tinning l Q? R s For a dainty lunch try the S Buffalo Dairy Lunch . and Quick service at the where you get home Staff Quick Lunch prepared food' 541 Main Street Quick Service Open day and night Th Spe t t 53- for young men 9 Sh0e5 and young women n that are decidedly different, at a g S Wh W All ' SANNER Loolinlor .e. . . Quality Shop SAMOSET Cl-IOCOLATES Chief of them all, are sold by us I-I. D. FOX EIKANYERTSELORS Shampooing 8: Hairdressing Corns and ingrowing nails removed without pain and all blemishes of the feet skillfully treated Turkish Baths open day and night. My Shaving Parlors are the Highest Up in the City atroni c Spectator Elbvertiaexs 'Costumes and llll Nlll llllflll M unless you are interested in good laundry and want your work done the way you want it. Although For all Masque Elfentg' the Stanley is the young- The only complete llne in est laundry in the c ty, the city. the persons in charge of the actual laundry work have had over 20 years' -l- experience, and to this fact is due our phenome- nal success. john Reidel Stanley 772 Laundry ' 925 Franklin Street Railroad Street City Phone 2306 DIQEEEQON 128th Year Will Open Sept. 14, 1911 DEPARTMENTS 1. College Classical, Scientific, Philosophical, Latin, Scientific and Medical. Preparatory Courses, each of four years. 2. School of Law One of the oldest in the Country. 3. Conway Hall fPreparatoryjA Prepares for Technical Schools and Col- leges. Opens Sept. 14, 1911. For Catalogue and other information, address Gas. Eiwarrl Reed, Pres't, Carlisle, Pa. The Spectator 55 UNION NATIONAL BANK 4 Per Cent. Interest Paid ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS S1 opens an account. Withdraw 35100 without notice. A strong bank that gives you courteous treatment. Capital, S200,000.00 Surplus and Profits, 585,000.00 Title, Trust and Guarantee Company Corner Main and Clinton Streets, Johnstown, Pa. Capital, 3500,000 DIRECTORS-W. Horace Rose, Percy Allen Rose, Samuel Lenhart, Hiram Swank, J. C. Stineman, Jacob F. Kress, Edward P. Riley 4 Per Cent. Interest on Savings Deposits V. S. FRY H. S. FRANK Metropolitan Tailoring Co. Rooms 601-602 Swank Bldg. Main St. Phone 1489 COLLEGE CLOTHES IN ALL STYLES Stylish Made-to-Order Suits and Overcoats, S16 to 545. Pressing' and Cleaning a Specialty. Goods called for and.delivered E S-ATISFY THE MOST FASTIDIOUS with our Sundaes and Sodas. A complete line of Perfumes, Candies and Toilet Articles always on hand KREDEL'S MAIN STREET. OPP. CITY HALL PHONE 284 56 The Spectator 4 On December 19th, we will emova Otice move into the Moses BLDG. next door to Tribune, and oc- cupy same as TEMPORARY QUARTERS during the construction of our new building T322 United States National Bank RESOURCES, S2,400,000.00 h Iohnstown's First-Class Hotel we Capital P. L. CARPENTER Remodeled, and furnished throughout with the best Popular prices, S2 to 353 per day :C American Plan You'll find your friends at P A U L ' S Billiard and l-ll Suppes Building gool g'g.g.g.g Frankgln arlors ... t. 0.0 l:ranke's Skin Cream A delightful reparation for the toilet. A preventative for rough and, chapped skin when applied before going outdoors. Also, a beautifier of the complexion. Price 25c the Jar. For sale only at the Franke Pharmacy Cor. Franklin and Haynes Sts. The Spectator 57 04nd for 1,911 - To the business man it probably means the installing of new oH'1ce systems - time savers, hence money makers. We have a great line of office supplies-loose-leaf ledg- ers, filing systems, in fact everything for modern ac- count and record keeping. Franklin st. Wm. B. Waters 55 Bro. Compliments of the T. K. E. .Fociety Compliments of the Emerson Literary .fociety Go to Western Market Louther's 2 for Franklin Street Good ME ATS Reliable Best of All Kinds. Poultry Branch Market, Corner Coleman Ave. and Ohio Sts, Moxham 547 Main Street 58 The Spectator There's a Difference in Coal TRY OURS SUPPES COAL CO TELEPHONE 10-54 Prompt delivery to all parts of city ,S Clinfon Slreet Magnificent Millinery. Trimmed Hats very becoming and easily worn Tailored Suifs and Coslumes Pony and Caracal Fur Coais Waisfs and jumpers QUINN 'S Conrad' 301 Franklin St. The Spectator Left Us Be Trunfllbufunll Splendid opportunities for the young man to buy fine clothes for Wfeislhnixmgitcsnngs irtlhicdlay E never hacked a cherry tree, or used a hatchet, but we know how to cut prices sometimes. And, here's the plain truth about clothes:-You'll never find better op- portuniti s for good investment than right here-right now. Because of the advancing season, we have reduced prices on all our splendid stocks of Men's Clothing and Furnish- ings. A call at this store any time during February, will reveal buying chances that will not be presented elsewhere. Young Men s Suits 310.00 to 535.00 A'l Conservative Styles Pe rm Traffic Co Jollnmeilowmfs Greatest Store The Spectator You Young fellows -- You want Clothing made for young fellows - distinctive - snappy - fashionable. That's the kind We offer you year 'round. Great bargains just now in winter Suits and Overcoats, Show you ? Woolf if Reynolds, Inc Clothes That Satisfy Apparel for School Girls Who Dfscriminate 0 ' , Kllne s Where Quality Counts 9 The Spectator 6l Shampoing, Hairdressing, Facial Massage, Scalp Treatment, Manicuring. Superiluous hair removed by elebtric needle. Switches, Pompadours and Puffs made from your own hair ..... Wrs. K 'B. Keefe Finesf line of hair goods Phone 1820 Otto Bldg. Bicycle Supplies The greatest bargain in town in a bicycle, 5lS24.98. A regular S32 wh' el, coaster brake and spring saddle. Get ready early for your fishing trip. A new supply of articles on hand. GENERAL HARDWARE Herman Banfba 8 Son 137 Clinton Street U. F. A, '! 33553 ,.... rf nv i.-- L ? Fis- ,.-1?:3.L, x -, AWG 1 ' WV 5 Bedford Street A Cover:Hamm Coal Co. Best House Coal. Deliveries to All Parts of the City Phone 1568 62 The Spectator PHONE FOR A TAXICAB ARE you thinking of having your car overhauled or painted this winter? We do the highest grade Work in this line. Estimates furnished. We have the best repair and paint shop in the city Jnhnsluwn Autnmuhile Eumpanu The Sectator JoHNsTowN's BEST STQR1-2 Q Valh ani V ii All F05fi16 week of February 13th to 18th. we announce our Sec- 2,3312 Valentine Silk Week. PLQFFQ week we will display in our window, and at the silk depart- ment, our Spring patterns of Valentine's Shedwater Fou- lards in all the new shades that will be fashionable this Spring and Summer. Their perfect Shedwater finish will also be demonstrated in the Silk Department. Both the display and this demonstration will be worth seeing. Watch our daily Newspaper advertisements for further details Berry Drug Company Wm. H. Raab 8m. Bro. lllilllll Bunk lllillllIlEllIllIl'BI'5, HUIEPS, BlIlllHl'5 Hllll PI'lIllEI'5 If its Printing, the artistic kind, we do itg or if you want ' your Spectator or magazines of any description, bound into a nice book, bring them to us. WE HAVE MOVED INTO OUR NEW QUARTERS- The Woolf Block Annex Cor Iranklm :nd Lincoln Streets, third and fourth Hoors. Entrahce on Lincoln Street. The Specttator All all il' l li ii lllll ll lnQi Snappy, Rakish Soft Hats for Young Fellows Natty, becoming models, that you can push into a score of fetching shapes, and that stay the way you push them. Every popular color is here and all the desired young men's models. The careful attention and painstaking work- manship our hats receive, guarantee perfect fit and permanent comfort and wear. This is especially true of our 51.50, 52, 32.50, and S53 Hats. The styles are distinctive, out of the ordinary- the Ht and Wear absolutely perfect. 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Contents Pure Cover designed by Anna Hatcher At the Game ................ 3 A Point Valentine . . . . 4 The First Valentine. . . . 6 Betty's Decision . . . 6 A Valentine Myth , . . . 9 Esperanto .... . . 10 The Roycroft Shops .... . . 12 The Meaning of Socialism . . . . 14 The Servant Girl Problem . . . 16 The Socialist Buccaneers . . . . 17 The Billikin ......... . . 19 The Sweating System ...... . . 21 The Appeal from the Sweat Shop . . . . 24 Editorial ............ . .27 Exchanges . . 1 .29 Society .... . . 30 School Notes . . . .31 Athletics . . . . .33 Funny Spot . . . . . 35 Advertisements . . . .42 Elvnarh is ihr man that hath fnunh his umrk, lei him awk nn nihvr hlrwarhneaz. Uhnman Qlarlgle Che lbigh School Spectator Truth to the fact and a good spirit in the treatinentn VoL. XIII JOHNSTOWN, PA., FEBRUARY, 1911 No. 6 TLELRDR At the Game By H. K. '11, All about we see the waving colors gayg Every loyal High School students here to day All who to the team are true And the Black and palest Blueg Johnstown High Scl1ool's team is gathered here today. Let our voices one and all united be In the hearty cheers that show our loyalty To our High School and the 'team From which her colors gleam . And which struggles for that High School's victory. Through the hard-fought contest struggling play by play, May that team its highest skill and speed displayg Strength and courage often tried. Best of luck be theirs beside, Team and High School, may they win success today! But the glory of the High School be the aim, Not the winning or the loosing of a game, Let it be our :are and thought, A Les't the shadow of a blot E're may dim the shining honor of her name? 4 The Speiididi' A Point Valentine By Leon Collins, '13. AM NOW going to tell you a story of a real old fash- ioned point valentine, not the sharp pointed kind that you sometimes send which cause hard feelings, but the kind which prompted good feeling in the olden days. Little John Merriwether lived in New England, his parents having come to America in 1710. In those days there were many articles which were very scarce, and one of the scarr- -est, was needles. In the village where john lived there were .but two needles, one of which his mother owned. These need- les were nearly always in use, each family taking its turn at using them, and they were very well taken care of you may be sure. Dame Herward had been laid up with rheumatism for a few ldays and wishing to spend her time sewing, she had asked Dame Merriwether for the use of her needle. Dame Merri- wether pinned the needle on the inside lapel of Iohn's coat and .sent him over to Dame Herward's with it. jWhile on his road to Dame Herward's he met his best friend William Johnson. And then, as all boys probably would do, they began to jump around in the snow. They had been fdoin-g this for sometime when John getting up and brushing himself off, thought of the needle. He felt for it, and it was gone. The last words his mother had said to him were, Now be sure and go straight to Dame Herward's with that needle, and look every few minutes and see that the needle is secure. .But John in his excitement had forgotten all about the needle. Th boys hunted all around the'place where they had been 'playing and sifted the snow with their hands, but they could not find the needle. Knowing full well what the result would be if he went home 'without thevneedle, John began to cry. Suddenly wiping the tears from his eyes he said, 'fDame 'Calkins has a needle and I will try to borrow it: I can get her another when the ship returns in the Spring. The Specttator 5 But, said William, Dame Calkins is a witchg you would not think of asking her, she would not lend it to you anyhow. Father says that there are no more witches. Anyhow I'm not afraid,-that is not very much, he added guardedly. So John set out for Dame Calkin's house. Arriving there he stood out by the gate for at least five minutes to get up enough courage to go up and knock. After knocking he held his breath as an old woman, leaning over a crooked cane came to the door. She was bent with the weight os years. Well, she snapped, What do you want P Would you please lend me your needle P asked john. So you want to borrow my needle? Come in by the fire and sit downf' Picking up his courage at this reception, Johnny went in and sat down and told her about the loss of his needle. Do you know what day this is? she asked. No, replied john. ' Well this is the Ii1l.tl'1. of February+St. Valentines Day. Back in Leiscestershire in England, where I came from, on the morning of St. Valentine's Day people went to each otherls houses and asked for points and pins. The first to arrive at the house was given as many pins and points as they wanted. As you are the iirst to ask me for a point today, and in Fact for many a day, I will give you this needle. Johnny was so delighted he jumped up and gave one big whoop and throwing his arms around Dame Calkins gave her a kiss. . May I come to see you once in a while ? he asked. Yes, you may come to see me every day if you like. But we have forgotten all about the needle. Here it is. She handed him a nicely engraved card containing a needle. Hurrying over to Dame Herward's he gave her the needle and then returned home. 1 On reaching home Johnny told his mother all about it. Then she repeated to him how Dame Calkins had had a son over in England who had turned out to be a criminal and she had come to America to escape the disgrace. But the news of 6 The Spectator her son came over at the same time and people hardly ever spoke to Dame Calkins. But, said she, If you go over and talk to her every day you might win her back to the people's hearts. And that is why the descendents of the Merriwether family have as an heirloom an old engraved card with a needle stuck through it. - The Firft Valentine By J. H. c. '11. Very many years ago, As told in ancient times, Lowly earth possessed no charms, Everything was bar-elg no farms, No trees, no birds, no rhymes To heaven sent 'their praise or woe. In heaven gentle Cupid gazed No longer on this loathed sight. Eagerly his bow he raised, Sent it straight to earth with might. Thus enhanced with life and love Sent by Cupid' from above Earth received without a, line I'ts Valentine. l Betty'.r Decision By Mary Ogle '13 H, DEAR, what shall I do? Betty unconsciously ex- claimed aloud, and there was a distressed look in her unfathomable grey eyes as she glanced over her mail. I hope you haven't had bad news, said her room-mate, dropping her own mail, and hastening over to Betty who sat at her desk with one letter in her hand and two more in her lap. Oh, don't be frightened, it isn't as bad as all that, and she smiled in spite of her perplexity, when she Saw the look of dis- may on her chumis face. The Spectator 7 It is just this, Nan, she exclaimed, here are three notes that all came by the same mail, and are all invitations to the Junior Prom. Which one shall I accept ? Is that all Fi' said Nan, greatly relieved, why, you goose, accept the invitation of the person you wish to go with. No, said Betty with a shake of her curly head, that wouldn't be fair. I must iind a way to decide. ' One is from Dick Calton, and if that one had only come by yesterday's mail, I should have been very well pleased, but of course as it is, he has no better right to take me than Arthur Casey or Jack Leonard. Dick and I, she hastened to add, have been chums ever since I can remember anything, and he is just like a brother to me. They have always lived across the street from us. I will offer no advice, said Nan, for it would be time wasted, you always do just as you please at any rate. The bell for classes rang, and she jumped up, took her books, and with a cheery goodbye, hastened from the room. Nan sat there a few minutes thinking of the strange moods Betty had been in lately, then her eyes rested on a picture on Betty's dresser, and she softly said under her breath, I wonder if she-but how foolish I am today, not finishing the sentence, Betty is scarcely more than eighteen, and with that she pick- ed up her books, and followed Betty to class. That evening as the crowd passed from the dining room, Betty whispered something to Nan, and escaping from the other girls, they slipped up to their rooms. As the door closed after them, Betty announced that she had found a basis for her decision. I suppose you haven't forgotten that tomorrow is St. Valentine's day, began Betty. No, said Nan, wondering what that had to do with her decision. . And maybe you haven't forgotten that I hate sentimen- tal love verses given the name Valentines, Betty continued, So tomorow, I make my decision, and accept the one who sends me no sentimental present , Well, if that is'nt clever, no one would have thought of 8 The Spectator it but you, Betty dear, said Nan, with a glance of admiration. You are very complimentary, Nan, but come, we must go down, or the girls will suspect something. Remember, say nothing of this to anyone. Why I can scarcely wait until tomorrow, Betty, said Nan as they went down stairs, I believe I am as anxious as you are to know the winner. The next morning Nan came rushing into the room, and deposited two large boxes in Betty's lap. Here, handing her a pair of scissors, open them, quick, I am crazy to see them. The first one proved to be three dozen American beauties, with a card attached on which was written the fol- lowing: 'The Cowslip is a country wench, The Lilly is a Nun, But I will Woo the dainty Rose, The Queen of every one.' Betty looked at Nan in disgust. That leaves two on the list. Give me the other one. The poor fellow,' Said Nan, obeying the order, and such beautiful roses too. I can't help that, they'll soon learn I'm not the senti- mental kind, said Betty with a violent shake of her head that released several more golden brown curls from their bonds. ' Dick is the only one leftf' she said when she found the next package was a large heart shaped box of chocolates with a very sentimental verse attached. ' As the door closed after Nan, Betty walked over to her dresser. and gazing earnestly at the picture of a handsome young fellow, softly murmured, Oh Dick I hope you will not disappoint me. Then she went to answer a tap at her door, and the color flew to her face when she took the box. It is from Dick, she said and stood in the middle of the floor, holding it, afraid to untie the string. Finally she cut the string, lifted the lid, and gazed at a huge bunch of violets, her favorite flowers, and inhaled their sweet fragrance. Then with a start she The Spectator 9 glanced at the card, and this is what it said: Valentine greet- ings to Betty from Dick. VVith a sigh of relief she ran to her desk and wrote a note of acceptance. - As she started out to mail the note, she stopped in front of that same picture, her face transtigured with happiness. and a tint in her eyes that seemed to be reflected from the violets. Ah. Dick, she exclaimed under her breath, I am so glad you proved to be what I thought you weref, ZS A Valentine Myth By Donald Custer, '12. Full many hundred years ago, In balmy Greece there lived a boy, Who, sitting on his throne of Love, Ruled mortals all and gods above. Cupid was a. mirthful youth, And knew no songs save those of truth, Until one day a lad he spied Kissing Psyche, his future bride. Into an awful rage he iiew, And summoned cenltaurs ninety-twog Gave each an arrow and a bowg Said To St. Valentine we'll go! The sylvan nooks they straightway sought And there a bloody battle fought Just as Aurora softly rose And broke the fair night's still repose. Away to Northern Thessaly, St. Valentine was forced to flee Doomed to live as Cupid's serf Till Love should cease to rule the earth., And so one day in every year Must Valentine take thoughts of cheer- To all those mortals who at heart Have suffered cruel Cupid's dart., l0 The 'Spectator Efperanto By A. R. M. '11 LMOST every one has heard of Esperanto, the proposed universal language, but few have given it any thought except to accept or reject it as their own second language. Can it be made universal? Will people be persuaded to learn it? Will it become a subject taught by public schools? These questions are not answered at the present day, but broad minded scien- tists have already seen the foreshadowing of a link-a uni- versal language-that will bind all humanity. The Esperanto language is not a new one, lately sprung up, but was invented long ago. The first mention of it is in a small pamphlet issued in 1887 by Dr. Ludovic Zamenhof. Dr. Zamenhof as a boy was taught that all men are brethren, but as he became a little older he found denials of this teaching everywhere. Although still a boy, it did not take him long to form the conclusion that the races hated because they did not understand one another. The rest of Dr. Zamenhof's life has been spent with other Esperantists in breaking down the barrier of language which exists between the nations. The language is for the purpose of adopting a desireable and easy means of communication, to be used at international meetings, and for the purpose of workers in different fields all over the world. It has already proved useful for providing reading for the blind and for international telegraph inter- course among commercial institutions. The best way to show the simpleness of the language is by explaining a few of the fundamental principles found in every language, sound, accent, vocabulary. Sounds peculiar to one language are eliminated. For in- stance, the English th and ww are found neither in the Ger- man nor the French, therefore are dropped from Esperanto. The French u and all nasal sounds, the German u , the Spanish n and ju have the same fate. Only sounds which exist everywhere are kept, therefore pronunciation, no matter to what country one belongs, is made easy. Spelling is pho- The Spbctaidr ll netic. One sound exists for every letter, there being neither mute nor double letters. Spoken Esperanto reminds one of Italian and the language has proven very melodius for singing. The accent invariably falls on the syllable last but one. The principles of the vocabularies is very interesting and shows much ingenuity on the part of the inventor. Dr. Zam- enhof compared the dictionairies of different languages and picked out, first, the words common to all. He spelled them phonetically, dropped the idiomatical endings and adopted them as root words for his proposed language, for example, atom , form , fosfor , histori',, pote , 'lprofet , tele- graf , etc. He next picked out those which appeared in most languages, although not in allg for example, bark,' CEnglish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanishjg flor, CEnglish, French, Latin, Italian, Polish, Russianj. For the re- maining few words Dr. Zamenhof made such a selection as would make the task of learning equally difficult or easy for all. In Esperanto we have the prehx of contrary notions. In our language are anonymns, a word and its opposite, both 'of which we must learn: as good, bad: weak, strong. Not so in the new language for we have but to memorize one word and prefix the contrary prefix mal to form its anonymg for example: good- bona , bad- malbona . There is only one article, la , for masculine, feminine and neuter, as in English. The personal pronouns are: mi, ir, li, fhejg gi , fitjg sin, fshejg ni, ili , Qtheyjg Noni , fone, theyjg si, Cselfl. To form the possessive adjectives, add the adjective ending, a ,: mi an, my. The cardinal numbers are: unu, du, tri, kvar, kvin, ses sep, ok, nau, dek, cent, mil . Add the adjective endings and you have the ordinals. The language is easy and pleasant to study and can be learned by the average student in six months. To learn it can do us no harm and will put us in contact with other coun- tries. XYQ may be able to help the Esperantist to attain his end: To establish a neutral foundation, on which the various races of mankind may hold peaceful, brotherly intercourse, I2 The Speciiieii' without intruding on each other and their racial differences. Vtfe might begin our study of Esperanto by learning the first stanza of our national hymn. It reads: Ho, Mia land, pri' vi Gojege kantas mi, Libera land' ! Mortis la propatroj Tie, la pilgrimojg Voku vi montflankojg Vivu la land' ! 'Dre Roycroft Shopf By Bertha O. Starnmler, '11. HE ROYCR OFT SHOPS is the name of a social cor- poration of East Aurora, New York. It is a distinctly social institution, run on a co-operative plan, the shares being 'distributed among the workers and among the workers only. Its purpose is to give country girls and boys a chance to earn their living and get an education while they are doing it. The institution gets its name from Kingscraft, a term used in the Guilds of the olden times for men who had achieved a high degree of skill, men who made things for the king. So a Roycrofter has come to mean a person who makes beautiful fthings and makes them as well as he can. The Roycroft Shops were established by Elbert Hubbard, a man of many professions, who realized the need of an attrac- tive place of employment for boys and girls. Mr. Hubbard 'who had been printing little pamphlets for some time, decided to try 'issuing a periodical. On account of debts of a printing house 'in East Aurora, Mr. Hubbard bought out the establish- ment, employed a few boys and girls, and thus began the Roy- croft Shops. The children became interested in their work, fcozily furnished the little shop, making it so attractive that others came for employment. Finally the original workshop became too ,small and additions were made. Now they are The Spectator I3 giving employment to over three hundred people, have three large stone buildings, another in progress and have plans for building an art gallery. The principal work done in the shops is printing, illumin- ating, and binding books, ornamental black-sniithing, cabinet work, picture painting, clay modeling, and the issuing of three monthly publications, The Philistine, Little journeys, and The Fra. Many of these magazines are returned for binding. Most of this work is done by children who have been care- fully educated in this line. Not many of these have yet become skillful in the craft, but are gradually becoming so under the guidance of the Master Book-binder, Louis Kinder. This man served a seven years apprenticeship in Leipzig learning his trade. He is, in- deed a master of the arty he does splendid work in encouraging and inspiring others. Mr. Hubbard said of him, He is a silent man, with princely pride who is sure that nobody will go to heaven except a book-lover. The Roycrofters have many opportunities for improvement and pleasure, especially seeing, hearing and meeting distingu- ished people. David Bispham has sung for them, 'Maude Adams and Minnie Maddern Fiske have favored them with a taste of their acting, and many distinguished men have visited and spoken to them. Every week they are entertained with concerts, dances and lectures. They also follow several distinct lines of study: every worker is enrolled as a member in one or more classes. There are no fees, but each pupil is required to buy and take care of his books-the care of his books and belongings being con- sidered a part of his education. All the teachers are volunteers, teaching without pay beyond what they receive for their reg- ular work. These are some of the things the Roycrofters are doing. The institution is trying to give honest, paying employment to the people of East Aurora and to save children from being lost in the maelstrom of some large city. It has succeeded in all of these. It has changed East Au- rora from a sleepy-little village with a church, a blacksmith I4 The Spectator shop and a village store to a breezy town which sends out spe- cimens of its handiwork to all parts of the world. It has im- proved the sanitary conditions and bettered the town in every way. The Roycrofters can, indeed, be considered a most Suc- cessful institution. They are accomplishing a great thing. No particular persons are profiting by it except its workers. Every one has a chance to enjoy and improve himself in it. It would prove a splendid thing if there were Roycroft Shops in other places. The Meaning gf Socialism By Louis Evans, '11, - 'IKHHAT is today termed modern socialism was founded in France by St. Simon about seventy years ago. This form of socialism existed in the schools conducted by St. Simon. So- cialism did not have a very firm foundation here and as a re- sult it rose and fell many times during the following twenty or thirty years. Each time it rose it became stronger and at last in 1863 it crossed the Atlantic and spread itself in America. Here it made many converts and during the last five or ten years has increased wonderfully. It is a movement that will in- crease steadily, but if it does fall, it will leave results behind it which will make a decided change in the future. A question often asked is, f'VVhat is Socialism ? The term is used by men of authority in three different senses. In each of these it is again used in a very broad manner. In the widest sense of the word, Socialism is the scheme of social relations which has in view a more equal distribution of wealth and the prevention of too great an inequality. Thus in the present clay it would embrace co-operative production, the communistic experiments in the United States and else- where, Christian Socialism, and many other movements. In this wide sense of the word, ancient laws and customs aimed at the prevention of poverty, the causes of the various risings of the The Spectator I5 people in England and in France, together with their results, may be termed Socialism. The second sense of the word is the one most frequently used and embraces part of the above. It is applied, in this case, to the aim and endeavor of the state to secure a greater equal- ity of conditions or to prevent too great an inequality. This is to be done either by law or institutions. This explanation of the meaning of socialism has been very clearly carried out in France and Germany. Much was taken from the nobles and given to the poor in France by the Constituent Assembly, and the contention held during the French revolution. Emperor William made many provisions for the workingman in time of old age and sickness. This all can be classed as socialism. When the improvements of the government are accompanied by the classification of workmen according to their merits and give those of the lower class who have the talent but not the means an opportunity, then is the time it will become nearer the ideas of St. Simon, who, as I have said, was the founder of modern socialism. In the third sense of the word, socialism is that system, both economical and political, in which the production of wealth is carried on by the state instead of the private capitalists, employers, or companies. It is this form of socialism which is generally termed Collectivism. It differs from communistic in as much as it does not take from one his own property for the use of others, but it does place all the properties under the ownership of the state. It also permits, to a certain extent the inequality of shares, accumulations and inheritance. It does not allow money to make money as investments. If this were done the inequality would return. It is well to note the relation between the three senses of Socialism. They all aim at greater equality of social condi- tionsg in the iirst place, to be attained by any meansg secondly, to be maintained by the state. But, as many of the social- ogists, as Comte and Herbert Spencer, have said, We cannot know the present or the future without knowing the past his- tory of socialism, we can, by gathering the general facts and statistics, make a broad prediction concerning the future his- tory of socialism. I6 The Sectator The Servant Girl Problem By Alice Gocher, '12, HE SERVANT problem is one of great perplexity. Every one recognizes the importance of having good servants, for it is they who control in a large measure the sanitary conditions of our houses and the food we eat. It is very hard to find a good domestic worker, one who takes an interest in and knows how to do her work, and is able to meet all the demands of a housewife. Many servants soon become dissatisfied with their work and leave one place to find another. Thus employers are kept busy trying to find new servants and few households are well adjusted for any length of time. Much of this difficulty arises from the fact that there are more servants in demand than there are workers to Fill this demand. One reason for this is the great number of factories where women are employed. Girls prefer to work in factories. They have shorter hours there and they have every evening and Sunday to themselves, while the domestic servant usually has but two or three evenings a week and only a part of Sunday. Then the factory employee lives and moves among associates of her own class, while the domestic employee, whose home is usually among the poorer class of people scarcely ever sees her acquaintances or even her own family. Therefore she often becomes very lonely and will sometimes leave a place with that as her only excuse. Moreover, although the domestic servant usually receives better wages than the ordinary factory opera- tor besides her board, she can look forward to earning six dollars a week at the highest, while the efficient factory em- ployee can look forward to becoming a forewoman and receiv- ing from forty to sixty dollars a month. . Miss Salmon in her book on Domestic Service suggests that the social barriers between employer and employee be swept away. lf this were done, more intelligent, capable per- sons would enter domestic service. But as long as domestic servants are considered socially inferior to their employers ca- pable persons whose circumstances force them to earn their own living will not enter this service. The' Spectator , I7 Another suggestion of Miss Salmoifs is that the employee be taken into the family circle of the employerg that she have a place at the family table, and be let into the family secrets. But there are many objections to this, among which is the fact that domestics want to live their own lives in their own way. The privacy of home life is destroyed by admitting those who are not of the family. This would be especially objectionable where negros or foreigners are employed as servants. Miss Addams suggests the lessening of household drudg- eries by placing them on the Same basis as other employments. For instance, clothing and the cloth for making it which used to be made at home are now manufactured on a much larger scale outside of the home. By having food prepared outside of the home on a large scale we could greatly lessen household drudgeries. Housewives nowadays hardly think of canning and preserving fruit and vegetables for winter use because they are prepared in great quantities by mamifacturers and can be cheaply bought. The work that still remains in the house- hold can be done by the piece. hour. day. or season. and much labor in the home will not be necessary. If the housewife should think of her relations with her servants as busines relations and not personal relations, do- mestic service would attract worthier people. lt remains for the' educated and wealthier classes to solve the problem of domestic service. The Socialist Buccaneerf By Robert A. Tross, '11. HE buccaneer stood on the highest point of the coast, his arms folded, his stern face looking over the rolling sea. The cold northern wind blew his crimson velvet cloak about his northern wind was blowing his crimson velvet cloak about his legs, while the loose strands of l1is turban were Huttered about his broad shoulders. VVhat a noble figure he did present. His eyes seemed fixed upon one place. Wlas he watching a ship? .18 The Spectator Was he watching the waves rise, curl, and dash upon the rocks below? Or was his mind wondering away into the past? Most probably he was havingfa vision of his younger days at home, of children playing under the warm Sicilian sun. He had given up his home, and discarded culture for a wild life upon the sea. iHe had now been a leader of a band of pirates for a score of years. But what care I, thought he, though I am an out- law? I possess a kingdom. I am accomplishing my ideal by robbing the rich, and have adopted daring bravery as my com- panionf' The brigand slowly went down the steep bank, jumping into a boat that was launched near the shore, he rowed into a nearby cove. He soon stood before a large cavern, where-in he had stored the harvest of his many years of sea robbing. He gave a long shrill whistle followed by two short ones. In an instant two of his men were at the entrance awaiting orders. Go to the little fishermanis village ten miles along the south- west coast. Go eight miles by water, and the remaining two by land. Buy as much food as you can carry. Off with you! The two pirates quickly departed. Their captain entered the cave. Over a bowl of wine, he began studying where he would make his next expedition. Taking a burnt ember from the fire he drew a map of the proposed route. From the -- sea he would go to the i sea, returning to his cavern pal- ace in the spring. In the evening the two piratesreturned and a feast was soon prepared. They told of the commotion in the little town, the hustling and bustling of the hsherwomen. As they passed a church, they saw a pine tree within, brimming with candles. Upon hearing the story of his comrades, the chieftain again sat dreaming. A long silence passed. My brave men, he said, at length, Tomorrow is Christmas. Have you ever heard of that word before? If not, I will tell you the story. He told it from beginning to end, from the time of the birth of Christ, to the modern Christmas celebration. The rich people in large towns give rare gifts to each otherg the poor must look on in envied sorrow. I have thought, boys, of a little surprise for the village to-night. Here we have, he said, taking a sup The Spectator I9 of wine and looking at the chests of gold and heaps of valu- able merchandise, more than we shall ever make use of. Boys, we will do one good thing in our wicked lives anyway. VVe will put a bag of gold on the door-step of every fisherman's hut. What do you say? Ay! Ay! Captain, was the loud response from all. Gag and Hip! -and two Hindoo slaves quickly arose to their feet, prepare one hundred bags of gold. Put about fifty sovereigns in each bag. The gold was soon prepared and the pirates carried it to the little village. In the dead of the night they distributed the bags. The next day many of the people were numb when they found the gold at their doors. They were overwhelmed with joy. They all joined in the belief that the Good Angel had really put it there, and went to the little church and gave thanks to God. The buccaneers too, were in better spirits. The next day they spent their Christmas by telling each other their imaginations of what the people would say and do. The next time the two buccaneers visited the town, they were told of the strange happenings on Christmas eve. On their return to the cavern they told their companions of the joy it brought to the people. The chief decided that as long as the band ex- isted, it should be a regular event on Christmas eve to dis- tribute one hundred bags of gold among the poor people of some village. The Billikin By Margaret. Ambrose, 'l3. OB BROVVN sat in the big law oflice cramming details of a criminal case from a large book, while at the corner desk, perched on a high stool, sat his clerk, diligently assorting a heap of papers. The clock ticked away the minutes with slow regularity, but to the clerk they seemed to fly. Bob Brown was a tall athletic man with brown hair and deep brown eyes. that often glowed with mirth. just now Bob's eyes show- ed discontent. It was hard to grind in an oiiice all day after 20 The Spddfdfdi' months of pleasant travel and three glorious years of college. Bob was not ungrateful to the uncle who had sent him to col- lege and permitted him to travel on the continent. But when that relative, who had showed scarcely any liking for him, died suddenly and he found himself in his uncle's law office, there to fulfil his relative'S wish, by making a lawyer of him- self, it was hard to work away with the old clerk and not com- plain. Bob hated law. It was only thru the feeling that he owed it to his guardian that he stuck to it. His ambition was to become a playwright. Gften he had worked over manu- scripts that were not even returned and he never received re- plies. He had mailed one a month ago and he had decided it was the last. As he looked up from the big book, he caught the eye of a billikin on the top of his desk, and smiled a wan smile in answer to the billikin's broad grin. Things as they ought to be. The very motto was a lie, thought Bob. VVhen the little monster seemed to broaden its grin, Bob turned away. The postman entered and handed a bundle of letters to the clerk, who looked them over, handed his new employer the envelopes addressed to him, and turned again to his work. They were mostly from clients, for the firm was well established. Billikin's motto proved false, for it would have been better for Bob to have inherited fewer clients. In the corner of one envelope he .saw the name of his last publisher. He hurried over to the window for better light. Quickly he turned the letter over. 'The seal was broken,-the letter empty. In mute appeal he looked towards his desk. The billikin grinned back in a blank stare. His jaw set more firmly, Bob strode to his desk, clutch- ed the little god, and held him at arm'S length, then he hurled the luck god out of the window and listened gleefully to its crash. 'Tm going out, Jenkins, he said to the clerk, as he strode out the door. At the door he looked out at the snow flying in thin Hakes thru the cold air. As he turned up street, he felt .a timid touch on his arm. This fell from your window, mister, and I picked it up. It only has its head off. You can easily fix itf' The Spectator 21 Brown turned to look at a little boy behind him, reached for the parcel the child handed him and slowly took off the paper covering the billikin. I wrapped him up in that paper so he wouldn't get cold, laughed the little man. Bob smiled indulgently but his eye caught the name, Roll 81 Klingf' on the paper. His publishers. He opened it out and eagerly read the contents addressed to himself. That paper I found near the billikinfl said the boy, mov- ing slowly off. 'WVait a minute, Brown called I-Iere', he said, handing him a coin. The little lad shook his head. Then, Seeing the wistful look with which the child eyed the billikin he still held, he laughingly extended the luck god. You take him, I don't think I understand repairing these things at any rateg maybe you can fix him up better than I. Up in his room, Bob Brown reread the torn manuscript many times. His play was accepted. The rest was of little importance except to explain that by the will of his guardian they were forced to reject his former plays but now that re- striction was lifted, they accepted his work. Since his uncle hat. so unscrupulous a debt with him, he felt all obligations ended. 'The law business of his uncle could pass into the hands of the faithful clerk for now Bob Brown was a playwright. U .i The Sweating System BY R. V. K '12 QNE OF THE gravest problems of our times is the elim- ination of the evils of the sweating system. Although not gen- erally known, it is very closely related to the lives of most of us because over 70 per cent of the custom-made clothing of this country is made in sweat shops of various classes. These clothes laden with germs are responsible for a large portion of the sickness and the occurence is the more dangerous be- -cause it is a very hard source to trace. This system is the outgrowth of the old method of sub- 22 The Spectator V contract and is made very profitable by the employment of large num-bers of immigrants, particularly Russian and Polish Jews, who pour into this country. The process of sweating is as follows: A manufacturer or merchant lets a contract for clothing to a man formerly called a sub-contractor, but now more often called the sweater because his commissions are sweated from the wages of the laborers. The sweater distributes the mater- ial to the laborers who take it to their homes or small shops to work upon with the help, sometimes, of hired laborers, but more often only with their families. The laborers are required to work very hard for short periods in spring and fall on account of the seasonable char- acter of the work in the clothing industry. During these per- iods the labors often work from fourteen to eighteen hours a day, for if they cannot turn out the required amount of work they will not only lower their incomes, which are, at best, small, but will lose the job. At the other seasons when work is scarce the workers are forced to be idle because the sweater, when once he has got a good workman, is very careful not to let him learn any other trade or have any chance to better his condition. This is one of the worst crimes connected with the system, The workers, who during the working months, can barely earn a living are forced on the community and steal or beg for a living. The wages, as above stated are very low, the average for making a suit being about a dollar, often less. Sewers receive as low as seven cents a piece for garments. The sweat- er pays these wages, buys the material, and receives the money from the manufacturer. He sometimes receives as high as 30 per cent of the value of the goods which pass through his hands and this leaves very little for the workers. But the most revolting part of the sweating system is the filthy condition of the sweat-shops. A report of the New York factory commission gives the following account of conditions in a typical sweat-shop: The shop consisted of two rooms in which, the laborers work, eat and sleep. In one room was a filthy bed in which The Spectator 23 the garments were laid and in this room most of the cutting and sewing were done. In the other room was a stove, a table and an ironing board. The rooms were so dark, on account of the dirt and smoke on the windows, that it was hard to see objects in the room. The temperature was almost 90. The floor was covered with garbage and filth and the air was so bad that one could scarcely breathe in it. The windows and door were closed tightly. There were working in this shop three men, a woman and a young girl. The menace of the sweat-shop to public health is so great that the government has passed a law requiring its orders to be filled only from factory made clothes. It has been found that few if any persons who have worked two years in a sweat-shop are healthy. The sweat--shop workers, moreover, keep all sick- ness in their families carefully concealed from the Boards of Health because it would mean loss of work which they cannot afford. In one case a boy was discovered, dying with typhoid fever, in the same room in which his father was finishing a costly evening suit. Many similar cases are reported. In fact many epidemics can be traced to the sweat-shop clothing. The work done in sweat-shops is by no means, of low grade. It is only the good clothes which are made in them. Cheap goods, such as working men's clothes and overalls are made in large and carefully inspected factories. It is the better grade of goods, such as S20 to S40 suits and women's clothing that is made in the sweat-shops and for this reason the problem should interest us all very much. Attempts have often been made to control the system. The worst cities used to be New York, Boston and Philadelphia, because they are the landing places of many immigrants. Boston is the only city which may be said to have got control of the system. There a careful roll is kept of all shops and they are inspected weekly. All goods are required to be label- ed, Tenement Made, by special inspectors. But the most sucecssful way of stamping out this, and other bad conditions of labor is the formation of the public into bands like the Con- sumers Leaguesf' This seems to be the only effective way to fight this evil. Wh.en the men and women refuse to buy 24 The Spectator goods unless they KNOW that they ARE manufactured under GOCD conditions the sweating system must die out. The Appeal From the Sweat Shop By J. E. Klahre, '12. ' ELL, said Bob Van Brunt to Carl Rambaud as the two stood in the New Haven railway station, do you still intend to take up your father's business F Yes, 11ow more than ever,', answered Carl. Just last week father wrote me that he had found a shop where he could buy ready-made goods at an exceedingly low price. There will be immense profit in it for me. Well, said Bob, I always did like mercantile work, but you know I like law better. just then the west bound train pulled into the station and the boys swung on board the last Pullman coach. They had just been graduated from Yale and were on their way home to New York. Both were members of wealthy families. Carl's father, as inferred above, was a dry goods merchant, while Theodore Van Brunt, Bob's father, was one of the best known real estate dealers in the city. The boys' fathers were close friends though their business left them very little time for inter- course. In less than a week after his return from school Bob set out for Europe with his father, who went there for rest. Carl went to work at once in his father's store. He liked the store and had Spent much of his time there before he had gone to Yale. Carlls father, willing that his son should take his place, in a month or two retired. Business went on very well for some time. Meanwhile Bob had returned, and, con- trary to expectations he started a dry goods store on the same street with Carl's but farther up town. In his enterprise Bob had the advice and confidence of his sister, Erma, who alone of his family favored the project. Erma was interested in settlement work. As soon as her brother returned, she broached the subject to him. He found The Spectator 25 it dull before he visited the shop where he secured much of his ready-made goods. Then he fell in with her views. He tried for a time to dismiss the subject from his mind, but try as he would, he could not banish the picture of that sweat shopg the low ceiling, the stifling atmosphere, the long rows of sew- ing machines, before which sat hollow eyed, round shouldered, girls, supervised by a yellow skinned, cigarette-smoking, brute of a man,-these details kept constantly appearing before him. He could see no way to help the toilers until Erma suggested that the merchants as a body might pay more for their goods. Bob's objection was that the proprietor would keep the dif- ference and that the laborers would not be benefited. Never- theless he promised her that he would see the proprietor and do for the girls what he could. The proprietor agreed readily to divide increased profits with the workers. But now came Bob's difficult work. His idea was regarded as absurd by the Merchants' Association: even Carl ridiculed him. His trade grew slacker every day. Even Erma began to despair, when one day Bob saw in the Times an article de- nouncing sweat shops, and commenting on the attitude of the merchants toward them. That newspaper article turned the tide of public favor toward himn. His trade increased slowly but surely. At the same time there was a marked decrease in the other merchants' trade. Carl's trade suffered especially, for he was Bob's leading competitor. Carl's conversion to rational business methods was not brought about by Erma, though she earnestly urged him to consider humane conditions. An object lesson convinced him that sweat shops are intolerable. One day he received a note saying that Mr. Schwartz, from whom he purchased his ready-made goods wished to see him at once at his shop. Carl hurried clown to the shop dis- trict. Climbing a creaky stairway and feeling his way back through a dark foul smelling hall he at last found himself in the sweat shop. He was informed that Mr. Schwartz, who had gone out would be back in a few minutes. So he seated him- self on an old box and took in the scene. When not giv- ing orders in his cursing, whining tones, the overseer was cast- 26 The Sectator ing glances of suspicion at Carl. Above the low hum of the .sewing machines he could hear the consuniptive cough or even a curse from one of the girls. The whole scene sickened him. He resolved to patronize no more sweat shops. This resolution, however, came too late to save him from defeat by Bob. People did not at once patronize him again. His trade continued dull. The failure of the Manhattan Title 81 Trust Co. embarassed him further and ten months from the time Bob Went into business, Carl was a bankrupt. Bob showed his true friendship. He no sooner learned of Carl's misfortune than he went to him, bought the store, and made Carl manager. ' But Carl did not devote all his time to trade. He spent some time every day together with Erma and Bob in the slums, studying men and conditions. This time was profitably spent, for at the next election he was elected to the legislature mainly through Bob's influence. With his knowledge of the condi- tions and his zeal in settlement work he succeeded in having a law passed which reduced the working day for factory women from ten to eight hours. But this was not all Carl gained. One morning readers of the Times saw this article: l'At a small gathering at her home yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Theadore Van Brunt announced the engagement of het daughter Erma to Carl Rambaudf' il' ag? can i m' Mi T ., - ill si ll ll The Spectator 27 he igb School Spectator SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 75 CENTS. PER COPY, IO CENTS. SPECIAL ISSUES, 25 CENTS. EUIIIOYIBI MID IIBtl6II1656 51811. Editor-in-Chief JOHN H. COVER 1911 Associate Editor DONALD CUSTER 1912 Exchange Editors MARY RYAN 1911 ROSALIE MATTHEWS 1912 Society Editors BLANCHE BOYD 1911 EMMA MARTIN 1912 School News and Funny Spot EARL CAVANAUGH 1911 JOSEPH MEYER 1911 Art Editor BERTHA STAMMLER. 1911 Current Events KARL LUDWIG .1912 Athletic Editor THOMAS CROFKER 1911 Business Manager PHILIP THOMAS 1911 Associate Business Managers KENNITH RIPPLE 1912 JAMES KLAHRE 1912 EDGAR BASS 1912 GRAFTON PORCH 1912 Assistant Business Managers ARTHUR STULL 1911 WILLIAM R. THOMAS 1911 WALTER M. THOMAS 1911 EDWARD 0'CONNEL 1911 ROBERT D. SCHAD 1911 HERMAN ROTI-I 1912 Class Representatives MARY STOUPPE 1912 WALTER KREBS 1913 ROBERT GREER 1914 THE SPECTATOR ls publlshed monthly during the school term. Address all communications to THE SPECTATOR, Hlzh School Bulldlng. Johnstown. Pa. Entered at the Postoftice, 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 lst: of each month. Editorial So broad and interesting is the subject of Sociology and so many and good were the appropriate contributions that We THIS continue in the current issue the study begun for the ISSUE january number and in addition include that which is so characteristic of the fourteenth of February, the valentine. 28 The Spectator What great events are crowded into this, the smallest THE MONTH month! Many of the greatest men of our OF nation and, therefore, of the world, entered GREAT MEN upon their wonderful careers in this sturdy winter month. Washington, Boone, Lincoln, Longfellow and Lanier are numbered among the births of February, the month to which is attributed sincerity and the amethyst. Is not the fact of these great births and the attributes of the month in which they occured a coincidence? The greatness of these men needs no discussion. The attributes, in order that their fullest significance be understood, must be defined. Sincerity has two meanings: it denotes reality of conviction or earnest- ness of purpose, and exemption from unfairness or dishonesty. How great a part of these famous men were these qualities! The amethyst, that royal birth-stone of kings, derived its name from a Greek term signifiying a remedy against drunkenness. As We study the lives of these February born we are moved to consider them the very flasks, labeled plainly, containing this remedy. In this coincidence there is indeed much food for thought. The visit of Dean Fine, of Princeton University and the A PRINCETON impression which he received of the SCHOLARSHIP? work being accomplished in our school, suggests the possibility of a yearly scholarship. Professor Fine expressed himself as pleased with our system of mid-term examinations. Princeton's present policy requires entrance examinations in all branches and upon the decision to continue or modify its policy depends the scholarship possibility. If a new entrance code is instituted it will in all probability still require examinations but will limit the number to include about four fundamental branches. Thus, the scholarship will not el- iminate the entrance requirements but will provide for the financial necessities. The Spectator 29 Exchanges Acropolis CNewarkJ.-Your splendidly arranged paper ls above cri- ticism. The many photographs of your city and the ecellent de- scriptions ot your municipal departments make the Newark Num- 'ber very entertaining. Aitchpe.-We find one fault with you well written paper, with the exchange column. Why do you not strive to make this department more interesting? Amulet QWest Chesterj.-A. few more cuts would add to the bright- ness and cheerfulness of your paper. Brown 8a White CGreensburgJ.-You have a plentiful supply of jokes and class notes, but why do you persist ln scattering them thru your literary and athletic departments? Enterprise CRaleighJ.-The literary merit of your paper is high. It surprised and pleased us to find a department devoted to scienceg it is the tlrst one we have found among our exchanges and is ex- tremely interesting. Erasmian fBrooklynJ.-Every department of your magazine is care- fully edited. But are your students so serious-minded that they do not enjoy a joke column? Journal fPittsburgJ.-The stories in your last issue were very enter- taining. As usual your photographs and cuts add to the beauty of your paper. High School Q. fQuincyJ.--Your cover is very attractive, but your .cuts are crude. Masten Park Chronicle QBuffaloJ.-Your Christmas stories were apro- priate for the season. Why do you not keep up your old custom of separating your advertisements and literary matter? A The Mirror fWalthamJ.-A joke department would add to the attrac- tiveness of your paper. The News 1EugeneJ.-Dt is a pleasure to read your paper with its splendid print and its :finely glazed paper. Your cuts are v-ery attractive. The Purple Ku White CCAllentownJ.-Your paper is the neatest we have receivedg the stories prove the literary merit of your contri- butors. Red 8: Black iReadingJ.--You make your exchange department so interesting that it is a pleasure to read lt. The Toltec fDurangoJ.-Don't you think the literary skill of your students could provide more than one story a month? The Spinner CMemphisJ.--With your clever stories and interesting photographs, you are one of the best exchanges this month. Whims fSeattleJ.-The two themes in your debating number on Demosthenes and Cicero are splendid. As usual your cuts -are among the cleverest. The World CSt. Paulj.-Once again you come with the cleverest cuts and illustrations of all our exchanges. Your cover design is very attractive. Interlude fSouth Bendl.-We congratulate you on one of your stu- dents winning the Chicago Prize Examination 3 it was a very clever idea for you to print the questions of the different exarnsg they looked formidable. As always, your exchange department is orl- ginal. . 30 The Sectator Ogontz Mosaic, Agontz.-Of all the exchanges, which came to us this month, we liked the editorials in the Mosaic bestg they were excel- lent Gold 8: Black CHonoluluJ.-We greet you cordially. Your publication lattracts our attentiong we are anxious to become better acquainted with you. Are you not going to devote one issue to your city? We gratefully acknowledge the following exchanges, and regret that We cannot give the-In individual attentiong Tiltonian, Student CNewport Newsb, Palmetto and Pine, High School News, Review, Tripod. X E Q .av- K 2 X T 5 L..LcvcNTRv 'u T. K. E. SOCIETY. The meetings of the T. K. E. Literary Society held during the last. month have been pleasing. On January the thirteenth an interesting meeting was held. The program was as follows: Original Oration, Eva liatzensteinq cleclamation, Emily Fearlg story, Eugenia Aleg selected oration, Bruce Kring. After the program, election of officers for the Spectator for the remaining tfrm took place. The succeeding meeting was held January twenty-seventh. The program showed careful preparation. It consisted of an The Spectator 31 -original oration by Joe Replogle, a story by Martha Evans, a talk by Russel Custer, a piano solo by Louis Wagner, a story by Mabel Shumaker, a selected oration from Henry V, by Charles Ling, and an original oration by Helen Reineman. EMERSON SOCIETY. At the meeting of the Emerson Society on January thir- teenth, the following interesting program was carried out: Talk, Ethel Goughnourg story, Gussie Schultz, piano solo, Rhea Smith, declamation, Mary Berkebileg oration, James Klahreg current events, Emmet George. At this meeting, a new election for the Spectator staff was held, and Leone Raab and Robert Tross were appointed as the program committee for the Society. In the next meeting, held on january twenty-seventh, a rather interesting program was carried out, but it did not come up to the standard of Emerson programs, which fact was due to the brief time given the pupils for preparation. School Notes Since the last number of the Spectator was published, Dr. Earl Barnes, of Philadelphia, has given the second and third of his series of six lectures on Our Human Hungersf' His subject for the second, given on january the sixteenth, was The Desire for Self-Aggrandizenient, or The Non-Social Forces. That given on January the thirtieth was entitled, The Social Impulses, or Family Friends and Humanity. These lectures are delivered on alternate Mondays, in the High School Auditorium, and begin promptly at 8 p. nl. Ad- mission to a single lecture is 25 cents. The next will be on February the thirteenth and will be on the subject t'The Appetite for Knowledge, or Sensation Hunting and the Search for Causes. This will be followed on February the twenty--seventh by the Subject The Love for the Beautiful, or Admiration and Artistic Creation. The final ,number of the course will be on March the thirteenth, on the 32 The Spectator subject, Longing for the Good, or The Hunger for Righteous- ness. The students of High School have once more passed thru the trying ordeal known as Mid-Term Exams. Many have succeeded in getting safe thru and have begun with renewed vigor the duties of the remaining portion of the year. A few failed and have taken to heart much-needed lessons. Those who failed have determined to work harder, more steadily, and more consistently than ever before. They have comic to the conclusion that although a lap may be lost, the race may still be won. We extend to all such our best wishes for the winning of the next lap, and finally, of the race. One of the members of our faculty, Mr. E. Wilber Long, was married to Miss A. Estelle Nininger, of Daleville, Va. on December 31, 1910, at the brides home. The school and the Spectator unite in congratulating Mr. Long and wishing him a long and prosperous married life. LITERARY CONTEST. It has been decided by the editors of the Spectator to close the literary contest with the March number, one month earlier than originally intended. This leaves only one more number in which to work for the pennant offered. The Sophomores have imade a great race as the following statistics clearly show. But they have by no means cinched the leading place. The Jun- iors still have a good chance to win, for the following score -does not include the work done in this number. The standing follows: Class Articles Contributed Percentage 1913 16 1.000 1912 I3 .813 1914 5 -313 On january the twenty-third the music lovers of Johns- town enjoyed a rare treat in the concert given by the Nordica concert' company. The appearance of Mme. Nordica with her .able constituents marks, we hope, the beginning of a new era The Spectator 33 in the development of local musical taste. It is to be regretted that more High School pupils were not able to hear this con- cert. We admit that the prices of admission were exceedingly high, but let us in the future pass by the more common enter- tainments so that we will be able to hear the better. Athletics BASKETBALL. The first game of the season, played at the Casino against Kiski, resulted in a victory for High School by the score 21-16. Although the team had but three nights practice, they played all around their opponents on the floor. Their shooting, how- ever, especially in the first half was very poor. Kiski started the first half with a rush and was never headed, the half ending 10-7 in their favor. In the second half, however, High School came back strong and within ten min- utes the score stood 19-16 in their favor. They then started to play for time. just before the final bell rang, Keller caged the last goal, making the score 21-16. The lineup was as follows: J. H. S. Position Kiski Capt. Keller forward Capt, Henderson Robinson forward Crawford Pinder center Holden Nelson guard Sloan Sharkey guard Weber Fouls, Keller 3 out of 12, Pinder missed 3, Henderson 4 out of II. Feild goals, Keller 3, Robinson 2, Pinder 1, Nelson I, Sharkey 2, Henderson 3, Crawford 2, Sloan 1. Substitutions, Schenan for Crawford, Funy for Weber. DUBOIS GAME. On january 21st., High School went to Dubois and was de- feated 54-29. The first half was close and exciting, it ending 24-17 in favor of Duois. In the second half High School, 34 The Spectator handicapped by the slippery Hoor and six inch baskets, steadily fell behind until they were hopelessly lost. The lineup and score was as follows: J. H. S. Position Dubois Capt. Keller forward Weaver Schry forward Craig Pinder center Capt. Dunsmore Sharkey guard Hartridge Nelson guard Bowser Fouls, Schry 8 out of 14. Craig 7 out of 12. Substitutions, Robinson for Schry, Schry for Pinder, Killung for Hartridge. Feld goals: Keller 2, Dunsmore 6, Schry 1, Robinson 2, Shar- key 3, Nelson I, Craig 6, Weaver 10. DUBOIS GAME. The third game of the season was played here with Du- bois. Confident of the result they came' expecting an easy game. High School, however, was determined to even up their defeat at Dubois. As a result the team started the game at a whirlwind pace. They early secured the lead and were never headed. The first half ended 25-7 in favor of High School. Late in the second half, Capt. Keller sent in four substitutes who did well for the brief time that they were in. The lineup and score was as follows: J. H. S.-46 Position DL1bOlSiI4 Capt. Keller forward VVeaver Robinson forward Weaver Schry center Capt. Dunsmore Pinder guard Harlbridge Sharkey guard Bowser Fouls: Pinder I out of 8, Keller I out of 4, Craig 4 out of IO, Dunsmore missed 1, Weaver 2 out of 3, Schry o-1. Substitu- tions: Ludwig for Schry, Shomo for Robinson, Kistler for Pinder, Zipf for Sharkey. Field goals: Schry 7, Robinson 5, Keller 5, Pinder 3, Sharkey 1, Ludwig 1, Weaver I, Craig 2, Dunsmore I. The Spectator 35 INTER-CLASS GAMES. The first of the inter-class games was pulled off as a pre- liminary to the Dubois Game between the Junior and Soph- more teams. The result was never in doubt for the Juniors won IO-3. The next of the games will be played between the Sen- ior and Freshmen teams as a preliminary to the Pittsburg game on February 17th. The lineup for the Soplimore-Junior game was as follows: Juniors-IO Position Soplimores-3 Replogle forward Korns Shomo forward ' Gould Ludwig center Mulliolen Kistler guard Reese Zipf guard Hager , W E if ' I ff V Z X X xi In JN 5, VZ Q W e wh - e I+' T ' 0 NZ 322 5- f'-5 ' JADED .TESTS Pete's Awakening. Irvin it's seven o'cloek now. Get up and ride the chickens to water. Jake Obs-- What is the standard measure? Shark- Half pint. The Five O'Clock Club has come safely through another Dan- nenbaumbardment! y 36 The Spectator Stout girls there areg Slim girls there beg But all the girls Look good to me. Don't Be Alarmed No,' said the geology teacher, the fact that a large island was thrown up by the sea does not indicate that sea sickness is becom- ing more prevalent' I BEWARE! BEWVARIGT ! Ye Bachelors of Our Faculty, Beware! We hear from a very reliable Q75 source- -the American History Class-that all bachelors will be taxed by Congress in the near fu- ture, provide-d such a bill passes. KNOW don't say we didnit give you fair wa.rning.J Trent fin Civicsl- Sup-pose a person was born on the way lo the United States, would he be considered a citizen? Miss Butts-'That depends on the nationality of his parents. Mary O'Connor fbutting inj- But suppose his parents weren't along. In Fizzicks ! Pebley- What is the formula for curling the weight of a body? Joke Hobbs- Common sense. A Daring Hold Up ! Fork over that money, Mr. VVi'thl31'SlJDO'fl, or I'll knife you. Miss W- What do you think would be a good plan for dispos- ing of crazy people? Tross- Send them to the Scilly Islands. Translate, said our 'steamed friend, Mr. Kraybill. to the un- lucky Soph, 'A 'Caesar sic dicat in die cur, egessi lictum! 3' The poor Soph hesitated and then triumpnautly exclaimed Caesar sicked the cat on the dog, and I guess he licked him. 1 Kleinstein- Katsenschmidt, they have named a postoiiice out west in your honor. - Katzenschmidt- Is that so? Did 'they name it 1iatxonschmidt? Kleinstein- No! Marblehead. Cholly- Which line would we naturally see more of? Berlin- The largest one, of course. VVidmann Ito waiter in S. Q. L.J-'Say, my cocoa's cold. Waiter- Put your hat on then. Der Plumber Who iss dot man so right abused, Who charged for sthuff he never used, Who, ven he dies, von't get excused? Der Plumber! I The Spectator Who always round mine house does schneak, Mit mine big servant girl to schpeak, Who dells her make his tam pipes leak? Der Plumaber ! Who sends his man with poy and pag, To stick on lead mit. a. little rag, VVho drives around mit his fast nag? Der Plumlber ! Who, ven der's nothing wrong at all, Says dot der's leaks inside der wall, lWho says, by gosh, mine house vill fall? Der Plumber ! Who to his working man he says, Yust take your time-dot Dutchman pays, Who makes dat job last dirty days? Der Plumber ! Who swears he put in forty feets . Of bipe, und dirty-nine foot scheats, Who is der meanest kind ov beats? l Der Plumber ! Who, Ven he sents to me his bill He makes it yust 'bout four bags fill, Who clean me out my grocery till? ' Der Plumber ! Who gots a mortgage on mine schtore, Mine house-vell, he's got two before, Who soon vill kick me out mine door? Der Plumber ! Theorem CM To prove that a beehive is a diseased potato. Proof:-A beehive is a bee-holder. But--A beholder is a spectator And-A specked 'ltater is a diseasie-d potato. Q. E. D. A poet once said, All men are liars? Therefore he was a liar. what he said was not true. all men are not liars. he was not a liar. what he said was true. all men aref liars he was a liar. what he said was not true. all men are not liars. 'he was not a liar. what he said was true. all men are liars. he was a liar- Help! Help!! Miss W.- Donald, did you ever see the Catskill Mountains? Wolfe- No, but I'vie4 seen 'em kill rats. 38 The Spectator As Mother Sees lt. A rush- A scramble- A 'tackle- A fall. Six Wounded- Three senseless- Four dead- Tha.t's football.-Copped. English teacher- Have you ever 'seen a man-eating shark? Sharkey, Jr.- No, but I saw a man eating codiishf' WHO WILL DISPUTE IT? The sweetest words of tongue or pen Are those that say: Enclosed find tern. But of all the sad words penned by men, The saddest are these: I've iiunked again. Jake Hobs.- Mr. Joder, do they run steam engines on air? Joder.- No, sir. Joe Cofbbs.- Do they run them, on Smokie? Joder.- No, sir. Jay Cubs.- Well, what do they run them on, then? Joker.- Wheels, of course. Freshman excitedlyj.- Is that thunder? Accustomed Senior.- Oh no, it's only Phil Thomas coming into -study hall. Prof.- S-ay, boy your corn is mighty yellow. fBoy.- Yes, pa. planted yellow corn. Prof.- You won't get more than half a. crop. Boy.- No, we don't expect more 'an half a cropg we's workin' on shares. Prof.- Say, boy, I don't think there's much between you and a. fool. Boy.- No, nothin' but a fence. -Appropriated. Scott.- Are you going to take Burke along to English? Cmeanflng look on Burke J Stull.- I didn't even know he was here. Where is he? I'l1 wring his neck if I catch him. I have a. few scores,'to settle up with him. AT SENIAR BOYS' GLEE CLUB MEETING. ' Snowden.- Well, what'1l we sing? Trent.- Here are several notes followed by a rest. Snowden.- All right. You sing the first part, and I'1l sing the west. ' HoW's business? asked the hair tonic. It's falling ol? greatly, sighed the dandruff germ. lScan1on.- Were you ever in Ireland? Sharkey.- Yes, you mutt, that's my home town. It is the custom at a. certain public school in Maine for the The Spectator 39 teachers to write on the blackboard any instructions they desire the janitor to receive. The other evening thel janitor saw written: Find the greatest common devisor. Hu11o! he exclaimed is that durned thing lost again! If Knuff weight 250 pounds, how far would a mosquito have to go to fall through a tin roof? Every Llttle Meaning Has a. Movement of it's Own. The above is the very latest song hit just from Broad Street iCambria Cityj. It will be rendered by the Sophomore Glee' Club of Riverside at their concert next April. We will now proceed to carry the program out, announced the Emerson president. But it could not be found. Biggity had already carried it out. Meyer Kto Cavanaughj.- I do wish we could think up some abso- lute novelty for the next number of the 'Specta.tor'. We want some- fthing that none of the rest have 5 something that will take every man. woman, and Freshman in Johnstown High by storm. Joder Kas he fledb.- Say! Why don't you put in a joke! Gonder.- I use smokeless tobacco now. Kring.- What kind is that? Gond-err.- Chewing tobacco. Printer.- Is that joke a chestnut? Linotype Operator- No, it is a great grandmother to Ann. A bunch of fellows were standing on the corner. Which way will 'we go, fellows, north, south, eas't or west? asked one. Rodgers Cjust arrivingl.-- Say, fellows, let's go up to West's. THE SONG OF THE NEEDLES. So strong and useful, never tired, 'Tho work be coarse or fine, We seek repair in emery balls And never fret nor pine. The hobble skirtfs the human name For dress we always wcar. We're ever bright, ne'er lose the point When us-ed with common care. Al'tho we lay at rest by night And work like man, by day, 'Tis queer at work our eyes shut tight At rest wide open lay. Soph.- Did you ever take chloroform? Fresh.- No, who teaches it? 40 The Spectator A 'tutor who tooted the flute Tried to teach two tooters to toot. Said the two to the tutor, Is it harder to toot, or To tutor two tooters to toot? Editor Kas he gazed on a pile of rejected matterj.-t'Oh, students we have all this litter-at-ure, expense. y Crocker treading Milltonl.- Ay me! I fondly dream 'Had ye been there-' Evans.- Waite up, Crocker, you'll fall out of bled. Noisv. Noyes joined an artillery corps, He was fond of the loud cannon's rorpsg And at night when he'd dream He really would seem To enjoy his own thunderous snorps. -Simple Theft. D. C.- We owe a great deal to Chemistry- Junior.- You bet. To Chesistry, frinstance, we owe a great many of our blondsf' WANTED.-A storage roorn for a gentleman eigh't feet wide and twelve feet long with sliding doors. I-I-Ich-ch-hh-chew! said the sneezer. Five Brothers! piped another gezer. Irate Teacher.- Rise where you stand! AWFUL CALAMITY. Gonder got his eye on a seat and Wagner sat down on it! On April the first, 1911, the Sophomore Glee Club of Riverside will render 'the first of a series of high class concerts. The follow- ing will render selections: Puss Rodgers, Skunk Rose, Cat Pinder, Clarice Shultz, Slicke-r Slick, Fat Korns, Euie Rodgers, Pete Coyle, Penle Wallace and Chick Messenger. . The place has not yet been chosen, but it is learned from Rut- ledge, the water boy, that the audience will be paid to come. PERISH THE THOUGHT! Wouldn't it be awful? What'? If Wagner should fall Hatter than a pancake. The Spectator 41 QUESTION BOX COwing to 'the limited space in this department we have decided to answer only fthose questions with which we were able to cope with- out placing our lives in jeopardy.J they follow: What saved Campbell and Masters from being mobbed during their recent attempts at music on Market Street?-Maul Paul. ANS.-They quit. What is a ducket?-Mix Duketure. Aus.-We can't just express it, but, when anyone throws a snow- ball at us, we ducket. HOW 10I1g would Edgar Wait if I went to C. Imhoff?-Dur Bull- ham. ANS.-You'll have to A.shton. Why does Cavanaugh like to take English the first period in the morning?-Miss Iles. Ans.-For the same reason that Staley likes to visit the Cam- bria Library so often. And that, we assure you, is not to write a. debate on the superiority of private libraries over others. What is the meaning of itransmagniiicanbamdamuality?-Alber- tdannenbaum. ANS.-Ignorant friend, it is simply a phrenological cycle of ora.- torical sonorosity circumscribing a molecule of fact whose identity is inxperceptible in verbal profundity. If it takes a glass-eyed hornet with a plaster paris leg ten days to bore an artesian well in a cheese sandwich, how long will it take Staley to crack a good joke?-Still Attit. ANS.- Well, 'till his jokes no longer bore us. Time will tell. What relation is Korns to John Bunyon? William Howard Taft Wagner. Ans.-After a careful research into Korn's ancestry and Bun- ya.n's posterity we could only get tolej within two feet of the cor- rect solution. How did Hutchison get the snowy suit?- ANS.-He tried to get in the limelight, but someone gave him the lie. Why is the Spectator like a book of anecdotes?- ANS.-Because you will always find some good stories in it. D. Gardner Ccoming into ofliicej.- Where is Mr. Long? H. Gardner.- Oh, just a short way off. Will someone please tell Staley who 'the Antipodes is. He is still under the impression that it are a islands in the West Indies. If ignorance were bliss Pete certainly would live in a. state of con- stant esctasy. 42 The Spectator Did Wright Write Right? Rifte, we know is written right When we see it written writeg But when Wright had ilt. written wright We know it. was not written rightg For, to have write written right, I't ca,n't be written right or wright, Something Else Righted. 'To write properly-Hold the pen with your feet flat on the floor Snaw! Sna-a.-w! l Sna.-a-a-a.-a.-W! l ! Wha.t's the matter? Nothin'. Only Nelson asleep in Study Hall. A Romance! M-m-m-hll 613 123 Q35 C41 Mr. Meet More Miss Miss Kiss Kisses Mrs. P. Thomas.- Say, 'Weezer,' what have you in the way of a cool refreshing smoke? Weezer, - Well, here's the 'Iceman's Delight. ' A THOUGHT. Who Pays For Advertising? DOES THE CUSTOMER? NO! He obtains better goods at lower prices by reading them. DOES THE ADVERTISER? NO! He gets the usual profit on a new sale and prospective profits on future sales. THEN WHO DOES? MOST ASSUREDLY the man who does not advertise. ADVERTISE IN THE SPECTATOR. It goes to five hundred homes seeking the beslt at the lowest. Rensselaer Polytechnic lnstltule SGHOUL of ENGINEERING 1824 Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Send for a Catalogue NnYn 9 The Spectator Patronize Spectator Advertisers 59 sm 9 31. sm F51 3 U H T thlllg' YOU Wan 0 relllefll 81' an HTC 'G mga 5 55 5. 3 5 W 5 rw 3 Ci: Q 9 t t b d almost sure to forget-unless record lt. Not one thing, but a dozen-OR SCORES-of them. ll forget NONE of them if you use a Year Book, Memorandum ook, or Office Pad Calendar. Complete lines here. Complimenls of the T. K. E. .Fociety Compliments of the Emerson Literary Jociety .Reliable Western Market 232 Franklin Street MEATS Best of All Kinds. Poultry Branch Market, Corner Coleman Ave. and Ohio Sts, Moxham Go to Louther's Good l Reliable Footwear 547 Main Street The Spectt to QAsk Your Grocer for Karoma and White House Coffee Quick Lunch Baked Beans Franklin Brand Mustard Lippincott Apple Butter 'Gif Ryan Correll Co. Distributors . J. Haws CS, Sons Refractories Fire Brick Silica Brick q7VIagnesite Brick Chrome Brick Capacity . . 40,000,000 Per Year The S ctator 45 For a dainty lunch try the Buffalo Dairy Lunch ' where you get home prepared food. Quick Service OH-ice hours. 8 1. m. to 6 p. rn. Telephone No. 440 The Sanitary Dentists ' DR. F. H. DETERDING, Manager. Jordan Building, Main Street, between Y. M- C. A. and Transfer Station, ODP. Park T.' E. MORGAN High Grade PIANOS Musical Merchandise 118 Market Street Phone 9-18 B Watkins Bros. Fire lnsura nce Notary Public 446 Lincoln Street. Phone 1582 Residence Phone 3103 Suit Yourself SQQEQQUTQQS shall fill your prescriptions :for you. But be careful. 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Ask your neighbor The Spectator 49 WW Pl'Ul955l0ll N9 YW 3ll00'-Will? lfh1t..lls?l?fT12ll2Z'l?!lfallilfifiagliiliiii Zi THE MEllllllJ-llHlllllllGlllllL GULLEGE lll Philadelphia It is in the city which has been and still is the American Center of Education in these Sci- ences lt has Departments of and grants Degrees in all four of them. It has its own Buildings. comprising well-planned and well-equipped Laboratories, a large and modern Hospital, and the finest clinical Amphitheatre extant. Its Courses in each Department are carefully zraded. It has abundant and varied Clinical Material. Its faculties are renowned and of high pedagogic ability, lts Training is essentially and thoroughly practical, Special features are Personal Instruction and Individual Work: Free Quizzes: Ward Clas- ses limited in size: Practical Clinical Conferences: Modern and lvl oditied Seminar Methods' Special Lectures by eminent authorities: Practice and training in technique, etc. Write to-day to the Dean of the Department in which you are interested for announce- ment describing the course and containing full infoyrnatiov as lv fs es. Cunparn- the advan- tages this college offers with any other before making a final decision. Seventeenth and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, Pl. Photographs, Cnly Photographs li? BEST he 527 Main St' Horniclc Studio t Williner Smart Models Every Wednesday Seventh Floor Title, Trust and Guarantee Building Hllain and Clinton Streets I-I. P. MULLEN Pool 55 Billiard CParIors HANNAN BUILDING The best equipped and most properly conducted parlor in the city 50 The Spectator School -- Then What? This is the liroblem facing 9 out of 10 High School boys. THE SCI- ENCE OF IVING series of lectures at the Young Men's Christian Association embraces the following subjects: How to Produce What We Eat, Dealings in Commercial Life, Aid to the Injured, Physical Development by The Art of Swim- ming, and Sex Hygiene. These courses can not determine your vocation in life but they will help you. Consult Educational Director today. Members reserved seats free. Non-members 51.00 without reser- vation. Iohnstown's First-Class Hotel We CaPiE?3l...... Remodeled, and furnished throughout with the best Popular prices, S2 to S3 per day :2 American Plan You'll find your friends at P A U L ' S Billiard and l Suppes Building Pool g.g.g'g.g Franklin Parlors ... St. l.l Franke's Skin Cream A delightful preparation for the toilet. A preventative for rough and chapped skin when applied before going outdoors. Also, a beautifier of the complexion. Price 25c the Jar. For sale only at the Franke Pharmacy Cor. Franklin and Haynes Sts. The Spectator IIRQWG G Ilege Open All the Year Students Enter at Any Time INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION IN BOOKKEEPING SHORTI-IAND, TYPEWRITING, ENGLISH ' BRANCHES 85 COLLEGE PREPARATORYQ Rowe College stands for that which is best in Business College training. Experienced teac'hers in every depart- ment. N0 time wasted on frills and fads. Energy and enterprise are at a premium. Its instruction leads to correct business habits. Join the ranks of the compe- tent-become an expert. Full value given for your money. If you mean business, a.ttend 1Rowe GOIICQC, the JBIISIIICBB GOIICQC of SOIDIISIOWN Call on or Address S. H. ISENBERG, Ph. D., Prest. Nos. 542-44 Main Street Johnstown, Pa. WE PAY ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS Why not open an account with us? Johnstown Trust Co. Capital ancl Surplus, 3600000 The Spectator 'i ,mg ycaw ,X Qigf' n Standard -1 C L, As a Matter of Economy, you should have modem plumbing installed. It will not only save the expenses and annoyances that poor plumbing causes, but it will If 40 is f Z ti .1 . . 1 MAR Q? protect the health of your family by Qi. .. keeping your home in good sanitary ,,.r,,g, ' 3 condition. -- ' 1 -,sq 'Standard' fixtures are designed Wjil' if to give the very highest sanitary 'Q efficiency, and lasting service. You take no chances in buying this ware, 9 1:3 f :Elly f-v-- 1 lim 8 Il Ng ln ,iw .I 14 Q- K' A N N 'ni . .N ' 'I because you are fully protected by Q hyhfl-ig L w- the 'ZS1andmvd guarantee. YVe can supply just the fixtures that you negd, whether for your - Q. bathroom, kitchen or laundry. Why ' 3 not consult us now ? Ex Tohnstown Supply' House AQ l SQ3 IL 1-z u r A ,. C of n 1 -vw ,sag Street Q Q l 1 The Spectator JOHNSTOWNSS BEST STORE W V 'Q V aih an ii E541 Kolorfast Wash Fabrics for Summer Frocks Sun willl not fade them Washing will not fade them And you choose from all the newest and prettiest 1911 patterns in every wanted color. Fabrics that will make up into beauti- ful dresses, and you can buy the Regular 750 Qualities for 12Lc, Regular 25c Qualities for l7c, Regular 39c Qualities for 18c. When You Are Ready to invest a dollar or more in a KO DA K, don't forget that you'l1f1nd the best line of Kodaks in town at 401 Franklin Street. . Berry Drug Company Wm. H. Raab 8a Bro- Blilllli llllllll lllilllllliilIlllI'EI'5, lilllEl5, BlllllEl'S Elllll Pl'llllBI'S If its Printing. the artistic kind, we do it: or if you want your Spectator or magazines of any description, bound into a nice book. bring them to us. WE HAVE MOVED INTO OUR NEW QUARTERS' The Woolf Block Annex, Cor. Franklin and Lincoln Streets, third and fourth floors. Entrance on Lincoln Street. 54 The Spectator UNION NATIONAL BANK Interest Paid ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS S1 opens an account. Withdraw 35100 without notice. A strong bank that gives you courteous treatment. Capital, S200,000.00 Surplus and Profits, 385,000.00 Title, Trust and Guarantee Company Corner Main and Clinton Streets, Johnstown, Pa. Capital, 5500, 000 DIRECTORS-W. Horace Rose, Percy Allen Rose, Samuel Lenhart, Hiram Swank, J. C. Stineman, Jacob F. Kress, Edward P. Riley Interest Paid on Savings Deposits V. S. FRY Metropolitan Tailoring Co. . ' Rooms 601-602 Swank Bldg. Main St. Phone 1489 COLLEGE CLOTHES IN ALL STYLES ' Stylish Made-to-Order Suits and Overcoats, S16 to 545. Pressing and Cleaning a Specialty. Goods called for and delivered WILL H. KREDEL, Drugs Cover:Hamm Coal Co. Best House Coal. Deliveries to A11 Parts of the City Phone 1568 - The Spectator 55 The Largest Bank F National Bank in Johnstown 48 YEARS IN BUSINESS Capital, Surplus. and Undivided Profits .............. ............ S 860,000.00 Resources Over Six Million Dollars ............,.. ................... 6 ,500,000.00 lnterest Paicl on All Time Deposits Soft as Velvet An ideal complexion cream. Will not grow hair-keeps the skin soft and smooth . . . . . .................. 50c a Tube At SCHRADER BROS. Quality in Furniture and Carpets in Johnstown Suggests the GEIS Store Ei f' of For Sale PORCH BROS., Inc. Vine 8: Franklin 56 The Spectator PHONE FOR A TAXICAB ARE you thinking of having your car overhauled or painted this winter? We do the highest grade Work in this line. Estimates furnished. We have the best repair and paint shop in the city Johnstown Aulnmnhile Eumuanu The Spectator Y M ' s ' oung en s ults cent c ll ll gg ,eh 1,L n - N THIS GREAT SHOWING ash-1 -.-,- - I. W. . U 5 Q -33.Qis,2- 1 ' of Sults, are many distinct H' Ulf - ' , 1 ' sack Suits. The X it U E,M.q, styesm 4 ll Egg diversity in pattern and color 'wa' .. , - L, ' ins irih . Think what this -..,1 mi .fl meansl There is no other 33: 22:0- store m thls city that offers ii uf K its patrons such values as 151 1:- E, -. ::, E' .-: ' 1f.a::f:f'.1zr 53 'fi' 3:54 Q - -V 21211525234 T' 2,5 Q , gg:-.-:.,:g: 1'c1's?1-fzlrzig -zz :,- ,.1 gqzyzf l' 1325- -. f25gE5:55:g:5:4 2 :Ef9 ,. 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Switches, Pompadours and Puffs made from your own hair ..... Wrs. IC 'B. Keefe ' Fines! line of hair goods Phone 1820 Otto Bldg. It is time to consider the Spring 'ioaintirgi A complete line of paints, stains and varnishes. Brushes of all kinds. Sole agents for Acme Quality Paint, 99-100 pure. A complete line of Johnston's. Stains. Herman Banfly C5 Son 137 Clinton Street What is the Y. M. C. A.? It is a high-grade. low-cost, Young Men's Club-Christian but non- sectarian. It is an athletic organization that does not use men to promote ath- letics, but uses athletics to develop men. gg, ,nj It is a night school for young men who work by day.1 FUR? 71 It is a place for a young man to find friends and to make himselfQa. friend to the young man who needs friends. It is not an experiment, but it is the survivor of many experiments. To High School Students, it offers opportunity for leadership with the younger boys of the city. Can we begin too early to assume moral and athletic leadership? COAL THAT LA TS If you Want good coal, try WM. TRINIBLE Deliveries to all parts of city Phone 24-16 The Spectator 59 9 for young men and young women that are decidedly different, at ' Office Hours 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Sltu d y W' F' PATTEN3 Sole Repfesn' Evening until 10 p. m. tatwe DR. GEO. R. COOK Fl'EllBl'llIll Plallll EU. SUPPES BLDG. Iohnstown, Pa. ' . Agents for KNABE, CHICKER- mzrrsshrlqpag Yilllg-lggplease you aswwork' ING, and thirty moye of the Wor1d's Best PIHUOS T-tie Trusts Gqarant B ilding Complete line Talking Machines, b th bank, Mam and Cl t t ts All Latest Sheet Music l Where We All I t SANNER Look for .... 1 Quality Shop SAMOSET CHOCOLATES Chief of them all, are sold by us atronige Spectator bvertisers 60 The Spectato QTQ IU A OQP-LJ7j N i.-.-i1 V C ' .ill- 9 9 9' QCHANO C Q69 - W o L WQLTH .' h .21 ' it Ci 'L ixtfi QI ,fur 'lax X9 0 Q9 'VNS GULEPK Young mrnamns, we sellll prroypnetlly made clothes Clothes properly made from good ma- terials insure complete and everlasting satisfaction. The best materials the market can aEord are used in the mak- ing of our Suits tot' em amd! young me MD to 35 is the price, and they are made by skilled tailors. They are out of the l b th' t l d commonp ace, o in s y e an appear- ance. The new spring styles are ready when you are Pemmn Trattie Company Jollnmlstowmns Greatest Store 1Knn1n11vhgv in 1gH11IPI',, All of us learned that in our spellers way hack in early school-days. Read the statement again. Don't you know many college grad- uates---well-educated people---who have failed, or at best only partly succeeded? Why, you ask? Because they haven't the ability to use their knowledgeg they didn't learn how to turn knowledge into power. That's exactly what we teach--- knowledge and the ability to use itg and we help to place competent students in positions where they can turn their knowledge into salary checks. Don't procrastinate --- investigate --- do xt now. 'N Wx f .' 1 .51.,Q4'! Qtamhria Tguainrwa Glnllrgr Sixth Zltlnnr Iinrnln Wutlhing, Zlnhnatuum. livnnngluaniu V -2.-. , Q- . V ,,-Wd' git. 1-.f.V- . .-13. -. 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The Bessemer Process .... ....... 2 4 Life History of ' a Switch .... . . . 26 The Maklng of a Steel Ingot . . . . . . 27 Process Which Designs Undergo . . . . 29 Reminiscences of An Old Man . . . . . 30 An Interesting Industry ..... . . 31 The Manufacture of Coal Gas . . . . 33 Maggie Sluggins ....... . . 34 Moore's Utopia, . .' . . 36 Editorial . . '. . . .38 Societies . . . . . 40 School Notes . . . . 42 Athletics . . . . . 43 Exchanges . . . . .46 The Funny Spot ' ' . . 47 Advertisements . . . . 51 F1 , a L .il 1 ., -.I ' L. I, g- -. V .- fev- X ak . -5- 4- .. ,. - W1 if J-447 'QQU f ' ,J Hu, ' 1 re ' ,V--V 1 , :N -1- 7 A - sf :M Jfvil 3 . 4 . A ' , xiii .--Ja w . mf.. f. . -'V , 'I 2' ' ,. ' , , - ':' - , . - 1--J, w, ff , - f f fr r ' ,A W -wwf-A ffm' - , - .. . W' Gbe 1bigb School Epectator Truth to the fact and a good spirit in the treatment Vox.. XIII JOHNSTOWN, PA., MARCH, 1911 No 7 A Sonnet On Watching the Incline By .I. H. C, 'll 'l'I1uu.:1x'!lzws vllilwl ui' IIIZIIIYH 111-Vis-4' 111141 Vulv, .Xrl -till vnnlf-1xl 1415111111 I1H'l'Yl1l'LUtlSl1!jH', 'llr tI'1lIl lin- 1.1l'll'l'iI1L1,' Vaxil. 'll v:ll1I4--wvgw 'l'l1x uuidv :1 mlxln- mm-Iuinn-. mmm- 1-ml. Hww Ximilzu' lu life-'S lwmuxlf-:X -11111 'Huy I-1rl1x's14-zlmvx lI'S xxitll wllivh lhv lu-111' 1v1ltIl:4 1'u1w. 'l'l:y xxzu lim-:Nm-1:1-In-1I. lI1vir'4-1-m-kklg llwirIr11llI11lSvlu1n- 'IU1 llxu-1l1iSslv1v1llwirslu-llv1's sn-mw-Inn-11, tlninu mml. Vs XVIII- in xxx-:1l'5' I1'zlx Ilr-rf tImll'st Ibl'4't4l'IlI .X 1':11Ii-I, mln' lumix- In l'l'Zlt'h'llI1' hvislll. EMU 'tis xml 4111-4-411 IVIIU. this I?1y':1Sm'1-III. .X-' is1Iw11:n1hs' wh-x'4:um---xvrtsl1is1uig'ht. Mr. win-11 ilu- g-ml IS nun. tmmlplnimns rvnt. Vis :4u1m'l1ui1xg' ln lzlxn- Iuilm-rl'g:':1i1wl S14-wpznld night. 4 THE SPECTATOR Miss Frainie By Helen Hinchman '11 HE BRIDE and groom were very much interest- Q ed in each Aother. But even they were aroused and forced to take notice of the com- motion. A little lady was holding desperately - ,,., to a small hair trunk. But, my dear madam, exclaimed the cap- tain of the rickety little portage train, your trunk will be as safe on the top of the car with the rest of the baggage, as here, Madam nothing! she exclaimed primly, tossing her side curls and arranging her hooped skirts. I'd never, never put this up there. Why, it contains all of Grandmother Sull's sil- ver, every piece of it. Do you think Iid put it up there ? Come, come, said the bridegroom, hating to see others unhappy when he had so much joy. There's plenty of room down here and it won't occupy much space. Of course the trunk can remain? Thank youf' courtesied the little lady, as the captain left somewhat mollified. All went well for several hours. The train had moved on regularly and had passed several inclines. Absorbed in the scenery, the bride and groom had forgotten little Miss Frainic-. As they ascended the last incline they were recalled near the top by a low tearing sound. The car stopped a moment and a slight shiver ran thru it. There was a snap and the car start- ed slowly down the incline. But it did not go slowly long. lt kept going faster and faster until the rate was terrific. Every' body sat terrified. Not even the most timid of the women cried out. At last the bride clinging to the groom exclaimed, Oh Herbert! VVe were going to be so happy. At that up sprang Miss Frainie. Help me! Help me! she panted, dragging her precious trunk towards the end of the car. With the help of several men the trunk was thrown over in front of the swiftly moving train. A sudden jar shook the car as the trunk wedged between THE SPECTATOR 5 its body and a cross stone of the plane. It held for a breath- less momentg then moved onward as the trunk was crushed be- neath it. But the impetus of the train was broken. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief as the train glided safely to a stop at the bottom of the plane. In their joy and relief everyone forgot Miss Frainie for the moment. The bride was the First one to remember. Where is Miss Frainie P she exclaimed, looking around, we must thank her, but she had gone. Later they found her pick- ing up the broken and mutilated pieces of Grandmother Sullis silver. .T Map of Cambria County By E. O'C. '11 F WE take a political map of Pennsylvania and look for Cambria county, we find it in the southwestern part of the state. It is bounded on the north by Clearfield county, on the east by Blair and Bedford counties, on the south by Som- erset county, and on the west by Indiana and Westmoreland counties. It is shaped almost like a rhomboid and contains 666 square miles, or 426,240 acres. The Allegheny mountains traverse the eastern part of the county while Laurel Hill range covers the southern and western part. The streams that flow thru the county are small but numerous. A branch of Clearfield creek, which empties into the western branch of the Susquehanna, enters the county from the north and flows south as far as Ashville. When VVFI- liam Penn got his grant of Pennsylvania, it included land as far west as he could travel by water. Penn had a man sail up the Susquehanna and down the west branch as far as he could go in a boat, then take a canoe down the branch of Clearfield creek and entered into what is now the bounds of Cambria county at Cherrytree. The Conemaugh river originates in about the center of the county, Hows southwest, and meets the Stonycreek at Johnstown. The Stonycreek enters the county from Somer- set, forming the boundary between the two counties for a short distance. I 6 THE SPECTATOR' While studying the map, we notice fine red lines scattered all over the county. These lines indicate the railroads. The B. 81 O. comes to the county from Somerset and terminates in Johnstown. The P. R. R. enters from Indiana county, follows the river to Johnstown, and travels northeast. It has several branch lines, one at South Fork, another at Cressou which travels northwest in twin branches, one leading to Ebensburg. the other north to Barnesboro and Spangler. The names in our county are odd and various. Some are from the Indian tongue, as Conemaugh, from the Indian name of the river, Caugh-naugh-maughg Quemahoning, called by I11- dian traders Cowamahony, and Susquehannag others derive from the NVelsh, the name of the county and probably that of the county-seat being VVelsh. The name Adams perpetuates the surname of the Hrst white man to locate within the limits of the county. Wilmore, Yoder and Johnstown are named for pioneers. Cresson bears the name of a Philadelphia phil- anthropistg Carrolltown, that of a Catholic archbishopg Gal- litzin, that of a prince and priestg while Loretto is a namesake of a little Italian town on the Adriatic sea, where the Santa Casa is worshiped. A geological map of our county is quite as interesting as the political map, but we leave its consideration for another ar- ticle. - Can-ne-maugh . By J. H. C. '11 N THE Indian village of Quin-num-maugh-Koong or Can- ne-maugh, meaning Otter Creek, which lay quietly at the junction of the Can-ne-maugh and Sinnehanne or Achsinhanne Rivers lived two united tribes in peaceful contentment. By Fishing and hunting, for the rivers abounded in fish and the for- est rustled with the movement of its game, these tribes were enabled to secure a wealth of food, the surplus of which was traded to the palefaces. Altho living in constant friendsliip .each tribe retained its head chief. Okowelah was the leader THE SPECTATOR 1 of the restless and treacherous Shawonese, Alymaepy of the brave and noble Delewares. The latter, a stalwart and youth- ful warrior, who had just been chosen chief following the death of his aged father, was in love with Okowelah's beautiful daughter, Queloma. Returning from the chase one day Alymaepy presented Queloma with a young buck, the pride of this year's hunt. Of course there was another reason for his calling alone as was soon suggested when, hand in hand, they sauntered up the bank of the stream, watching the fish leap into the air in an endeavor to catch a beam of sunshine, and wonderingly admiring the progress of the silent otter as he toiled in the construction of his watery home. Suddenly a young hare, evidently a dis- obedient little fellow who had unheeded his mothers instruc- tidns and wandered away from his nest, jumped across their path and was soon a captive. Here is a plaything for you, Queloma, a get. Let it go, do not hold it a prisoner. Perhaps it, too, has brothers or sisters. It too? But who else has? I have! Perhaps I have never told you of mv b1'Otl1C1' whom we have not seen for many moons. Since we were de- feated by the Tuscaroras and driven from the land to the southward, he has been absent. Likely he is a prisonerg nia-y- be deadly' Do not feel so badly, Queloma. These creatures of the wood live in happiness, but tomorrow we go to hunt and some must perish. So do we 'live todayg tomorrow the palefaces may be angry with us and we pass to the everlasting hunt. At dusk the two returned. A bright glow arose from the center of the crescent-shaped village and besides welcoming the observer to a comforting warmth announced thc approach of the festive dance. The warriors clothed in their gftyest paint and brightest feathers, were already gathering around the fire, where they threw their blankets back over their shoulders, thus revealing their family emblems, emblazoned upon their muscu- lar chests-a wolf, a turtle or a turkey. Okowelah advanced and took the place which always awaited him. He glanced 8 THE SPECTATOR with a frown at the vacant place opposite, out as Alymaepy now joined the group his brow cleared. As soon as Aly- maepy had gained his position he was handed tl1e peaccpipe. He advanced to the fire, lit the pipe, took three draws and ad- dressed his followers: My people, we have prospered in the season's hunt. Our wigwams are full of venison and peace. May our enemies fall as our game. Hail to the Great Spirit. With these words the pipe circled among the warriors and the women pressed forward, eager to get a glimpse of their brave sons or lovers. When the pipe had finished its course the old Sachem arose and in a feeble voice recounted his many years of bounti- ous service and told of the bountiful harvests of game and grain with which his tribe had been blessed. He exhorted the rising generation to be deliberate in all their relations to each other and to other tribes and nations. He rebuked the Shawonese for their hasty methods and reckless daring and pointed to numerous accidents which had occurred since their blending with his people. Finally he related as an illustration of the Great Spirit's method of revenge the following story: Many years ago upon the loftiest summit of yonder dis- tant mountain there lived the wicked tribe of the Six Nations. Their warriors were murderers, their children thieves, their squaws liars. They did not love the Great Spiritg they said they were his equal. At last the Great Spirit looked upon the peo- ple. He saw their evil ways and sent the paleface to rebuke them. The paleface fought with them but they ran away and built their wigvvams in the great forest where the paleface couldn't find them. Then the Great Spirit grew angry. He sent a great wind that swept over their camp and carried every- thing with it. Wigwams fell and disappeared, trees Hew into the air and people :blew into the sky. Ever since the spot has remained bare. Nothing will grow thereg no deer will pass over its parched ground and no people will set its wigwams near it. Thus take warning, my people, that you fare not like- wise. With this oration the ring was broken, the women fell THE SPEOTATOR. 9 back and made room for the warriors who prepared for the dance. 'lhe squaws formed an inner circle of the spectators and with stretched-gut instruments and a paddle, proceeded to send forth a dull, but evidently inspiring, musical thud. The warriors began to dance in order of importance, Alymaepy and Okowelah leading and the youthful fighters and hunters bring- ing up the rear. Round and round the dancers trampled, the stamping growing louder and fiercer, their yells wilder and shriller and their bodies swaying excitedly under the influence of the intoxicants. Occasionally an inspired participant broke from the whirling monotony and advanced to greet the rising moon, soon again returning to the group. On and on the bodies swaggeredg now and then one dropped exhausted on the way. Away into the night the celebration lasted. Early on the following morning as tho nothing had oc- curred, groups of hunters rode forth to augment their winter's supply of food. The squaws and children spent the afternoon in gathering fruit. Queloma led a group of small children to a distant berry patch. One of the number, a small Delaware youth, caught a beautiful grasshopper with which he amused his fellows. A young Shawonese coveted the prize and ac- quired it by force. A struggle ensued in which the party di- vided into two bodies, one of Shawonese, the other of Dela- wares. Queloma endeavored to quell the feud but without success for the Shawonese hurriedly retreated to the camp fol- lowed by their opponents. Here, unexpectedly, the squaws, unable to settle the dispute peaceablytook part and the village was in an uproar. Upon the return of the hunting expedition the warriors became engaged in an endeavor to revenge or de- fend injustices falling upon members of their family. So ter-- rible was the result that the camp became a battlefield and six hundred Indians were soon fighting for their lives. All night the conflict continued and on the next day rose to its climax. Gradually, owing to the successful tactics employed by Aly- maepy the Shawonese were driven deeper and deeper into the woods. Finally Okowelah proposed terms of peace but So great was the hatred existing between them that the Delawares would not agree to let the Shawonese return. And so the Shaw- 10 THE SPECTATOR. onese receiving their wives and children, with the exception of Queloma, whom Alymaepy refused to surrender, marched off to the westward where they joined the French in their war with the English. The Delaware tribe returned to its dwell- ings. So badly had the Shawonese been defeated that the Delawares entertained no thoughts of a return. That night, however, a muffled cry aroused the sleepers. When her wig- wam was opened Queloma was missing. Resolved to search until he found her, Alymaepy traveled westward with a few young warriors. It was on this journey that he rescued a party of colonists from the marauding band of Shawonese, formerly his fellow-tribesmen. From a prisoner he learned that Okowelah had started west with his daughter. West, then, was the direction in which Alymaepy turned his footsteps. O , l U it Four years later Alymaepy visited the tribe of Hurons camped near Detroit. He had just entered the village and was walking thru its main highway gazing inquiringly from side to side. He was attracted by the sound of girls' laughter and turned in that direction. In the open space between the row of Wigwams the young braves and girls of the village were en- gaged in a curious game. The youths formed a circle and tak- ing her turn each girl entered the ring. Turning her back to anyone of the boys she would straighten herself and fall di- rectly back. She was immediately caught by the youth whom she first favored who pushed her in turn toward another. In this manner the girl never held her balance but was subject to the shoves of her captors. Alymaepy turned from the scene disheartened-another tribe visited and Queloma still unheard of. Thrusting his way past bushes and shrubs which skirted the sandy path leading from the scene, Alymaepy plunged suddenly into an open space forming the bank of a small stream. There before him was a young couple. The youth at the sound of the cracking bushes had sprung to his feet and stood steadily and anxiously await- ing the unwelcome stranger, his hand on his riHe. Alymaepy paused. He stared at the figure sitting before him on the large THE SPECTATOR 11 sloping rock. One word escaped him: Que1oma ! . Rising she ran to greet him. Ugh! uttered the Huron, and who are you that you should interfere with our enjoyment ? He advanced and tore Queloma from the embrace. Alymaepy sprang upon him. Stop! called Queloma. It is a mistake! He is an old acquaintanceg a friend whom I have not seen for many seasons. He is Alymaepy, the chief of the Delawares with whom I once lived. A Delaware chief! one of the Shawonese enemies! Did you not just say you were a Shawonese P I did, answered Queloma, but he was a friend. Ugh! a friend! VVhat right has he here? A Huron will fight a Delaware to the death. I challenge him. Alymaepy stepped forward. It must be a chief that I fight in single combat. VVho are you? I am a Huron chief who has risen from a hostage to a foremost brave. I am the son of a great chief who tho stirred by the best Indian blood. was unfortunate in his conquests and passed out of existence without winning due fame and glory. I am the son of the great Okowelah! U li lil Q A month later Alymaepy with his bride and escort hur- ried back to the scene of his youth. Upon his arrival he found the camp deserted. Brambles and underbrush grew luxuriant- ly where the wigwams had formerly stood. Can-ne-maugh was deserted. On the site of a distant hill rose the smoke from the cabin of a paleface. 33: vt I' 12 THE SPECTATOR Seeing 'Thru a hdegaphone By William Joder '11 IGHT this way, ladies and gentlemen, for a fine auto tour through the city of Johnstown. We will show you every- thing to be seen and a few things which cannot be seen, for the sum: of a dollar and twenty-three cents. IWe will start as soon as the shover gets ready. Don't be alarmed, lady, we can't go fast enough to hurt anyone. All full, Skipper, and away she goes! We are now on John street. It is nam-ed in honor of Jos- eph Johns, the founder of Johnstown. The fenceon our right is the Point, Johnstown's best athletic field. The baseball that just knocked the gentleman's gondola off is one that Bert Conn dropped over the fence from home plate. Straight ahead we see the Westmont Incline, which leads - N VN x .fj,,T,f,,r. E-5' .W ll E lift' . x N ,gf 'lg 1 r ,1 ., w i X x . g,., i J L Llp: ' - .V A sw ' rw A ,gy ,..,e- ,Q fjkfmlh Vnyejlx ll, 12: 'f 5? f, a ,W 1 nf , tn ' ' f?fL': gq5j1!n ,-,- 7-:Q 'll 1 ., .dv up to our most fashionable suburb. In the center of Westmont THE SPECTATOR 13 is a large knob. The part of Westmont to the left of this knob is known as the dinner side, that to the right is known as the supper side. We have now reached Indian Mound, and as it is inaccessible to automobiles we will walk up. Right this wayg here we find a path. No, madam, this is not the highest moun- tain in Pennsylvania. Green Hill is a little bit higher. We are now at the top. Let us proceed now to the bottom of the In- cline. We now pass directly out Vine street. On our right ob- serve the original Evans residence, built by the ancestors of the Evans family. If Cambria County is ever roofed over so that it can be used as a banquet hall the Evans family will hold a grand reunion every year. Straight away in the distance can be seen Green Hill, where also can be seen. the Daisytown Incline by those who are fortunate enough to be able to look into the future. The Daisytown Incline is the steepest proposition Johnstown has ever come up against, in fact, it is a joke. When you hear a ,Tohnstowner saying Daisytown Incline be sure to laughg he is saying something funny. We now enter Market street, which, as its name suggests, is the great market location of the city. Notice the bright rainbow-colored light, like a halo, down the street. That is Sir Knight W. T. Dawson going to work. Now we approach the Johnstown High School. A short stop will be made while we go inside and rest our long suffer- ing eyesight with a vision of the beautiful green colors found in the first floor rooms. It would be real mean to tell you that it was caused by the Freshman Class, so we wonit do it. Johns- town has this one High Schoolg two colleges-Rowe College and Cambria Business Collegeg and one academy-the Wind- ber Academy of Fine Arts. We are proud of our educational institutions. We are carried on to Franklin street, where we may see Diogenes watching patiently but in vain for a street car with round wheels, seats enough to go 'round, and a polite con- ductor. Office of Dr. Frank Massey, celebrated trainer and fa- 14 THE SPECTATOR mous specialist in Spring Fever. He has relieved more cases of that dread malady than any other physician since Shake- speare's time. A ki yi for Doc. One! Two!! Three!!! If you will sit very close together now, ladies and gentle- men, we will pass up Locust street. Passengers are requested not to reach in the windows of the buildings as we pass. This street is so narrow that a Hy can sting a resident on one side of the street and keep an inhabitant of the other side awake by his buzzing at one and the same time. Notice, if you please, the little sign tacked up on the City Hall. It is Professor Skinner's advertisement. Skipper, hand me the Held glass and I will read it for the audience. Thank you. Now pay close attention. Pedal Teguments Artisti- cally Lubricated and Illuminated for the Infinitesimal Compen- sation of 5c per Operation. And yet it has been said that no genius resides in Johnstown. As we pass down Franklin street you will notice on the left one of the most celebrated sights of the city. It is the United State National Bank site. Looking back we see another sight -a policeman who is not an Irishman. Increase the speed a little, Skipper, before the sights injure the auto. We now approach the Johnstown Trust Company Build- ing, Johnstownls highest building, which was built on trust. It is built down in the ground so deep that it needs no other heat than that of the earth's internal fires. This heat is used in the hot water system, and the elevator is run by the elevator boy. This is the B. and O., Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, pop- ularly known as the Bum and Old. That snorting you hear in the distance is last Tuesday'S' train from Rockwood. It will reach Johnstown in a few hours if no wrecks occur. At present it has stopped in order to allow the brakeman to search for hot boxes with a hand lens. The enormous building directly ahead of us is the Penn Traffic Company Store. It is so large that by the time a wo- man has carried her new hat to the door it will be two seasons out of style. But this can be remedied. The management has placed chairs near the doors where all who are so disposed may THE SPEOTATDR 15 sit down and wait for the styles to change. In this store you can find everything you desire from pocket sawmills to pickled humming bird brains. This building is so capacious - 4 1 nflxlmj ITV I 4 ,M . .--llnlll H31., gf ss: - .- .':'.,',u' Q: . ,T5:5- ' Q !'g'7. QiIfiH .if -,-1.1 Eyi?lE'lrIsIf,l.H.iT, . V ':1 ' I - ' - --:' P-'! !!!Q !'l :H igffiiibl 1-ms, ' f, SHE!!! !-! 1- tr- !g! eu Egiugiltgg. 13:1 i,,i -. !-1 !l!! sg: ET m4L:ff'f'mlm !!1'!iW.i5r ' !'i':: iii' l..i.gig - Nz: wif, may . f Lila : -' ,,,, T that were a person to try to walk to every part of it he would wear out two pairs of shoes and suffer the pangs of starvation. These difficutlies, however, have been overcome by the man- agement. In the shoe department can be bought shoes which are twice as strong as an ordinary shoe. A grocery department has been placed every twelve miles, so that no visitor need starve as he travels over the store. If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we'll have a nice day. No, madam, the specimen of architecture before us is not an incubator. It is merely the P. R. R. Depot. If you care to, you may make use of the telescopes with which the car is equipped. By means of these instruments perhaps you will be able to disclose to your own satisfaction the true character of the building in question. Beyond it we see Prospect in the near distance. But as the prospect is not inviting we will not digress in that direction. fWe now pass along Iron street. An iron constitution is needed to get safely over this thoroughfare. Here one must prepare for the shock of seeing men steeling iron further on. This takes place in the Cambria Iron Works, which lie on our right. These works are ranked among the greatest in the world and are the primary cause of Iohnstown's greatness. Seventeen thousand men are employed here, and they wear out two front gates a day going to and from work. The Cambria Steel Company sells steel both wholesale and retail. It does 16 THE sPEo'rA'roR ' not do a mail-order business, neither does it advertise on thea- ter programs or street car cards, yet it has one of the largest trades in the world. On our left hand side'we see the famous Stone Bridge. It is, as its name implies built of stone, and you might as Well 1 ,, 1 ,. , i try to storm Gibraltar with a blank revolver as to try to dis- lodge this stolid structure with anything less than a ton of nitro-glycerin. , Let me now Warn the passengers to take a vigorous grip on their seats, for we are going to Cambria City if our car doesn't break down before we get there. We are now on Broad street, so called because it is broad enough to accommo- -date half a dozen autos abreast. Back in the distance is a pedes- trian who has just succeeded in crossing it. Hats off, gentlemen, while we pass over the railroad, for if you don't remove them, the railroad will. One of the main reasons why we visit Morrellville is to give every one the dis- tinction of saying he has seen the Morrellvillians. They can now be seen sitting on their front steps. -Observe as we pass up Broad street the little house on the left which appears to be a chicken coop, as indeed it is. At their last meeting the Civil Club seriously considered the plac- ing of bill boards around it in the hope that such action might improve the scenery. - Oh, yes! You may look at the scenery all you want. You can't wear it out. As we perambulate towards the city again I might say that the population of Johnstown is fifty- five thousand. If you don't believe this, you can count them this evening as they promenade along Main street. Another of the principal sights of the city. This is the Federal Building site, and the persons who can prove that it is not a sight gets a free ride next trip. Let me call your atten- THE SPECTATOR 11 tion to the absence of advertisements on the fence around it. Oh! I beg your pardon. There is a man now putting up a tooth advertisement. I This ends the tour, ladies and gentlemen. Those wishing to hear my new story about the Daisytown Incline may take the next trip. Others can getlto Moxham by changing cars at Grubtown, if the conductor is willing to give them transfers. Everybody out! Song of 'Dre Conemaugh By R. G. '11 EOWN o'er rocks and mountains I hurriedly rush along Fresh and bright In the sunlightg I carry with me a. song. Long ago I bore on my bosom The Indian's dainty canoe, Swift and lightg By day and night Ready to dare and do. 4 The canal-boalt, then I carried On her way to the golden west, Slow and steady, Loaded heavy With goods of the very best. But soon my work was overg The great iron steed rushed in i Swift and strong, Deadening my song With mighty roar and din. I Then I flowed peacefully onward 'Till one dire morn in May, Deadly and Welling The great floods swelling Bore all in my valley away. I And now as I flow down that valley, Down past the huge mines and mills Straggling and small I hear the call Of fresh rivulets in the hills. ' 18 THE sr'Ec'rA'rou An Indian Mound By Karl Pribek '12 ' EOPLE who go to Westmont, notice rising before them as they turn to the left from the Incline, a high cone shaped hill from the summit of which they can see for miles and miles, over a vast region, consisting of hills and valleys, hills extending beyond hills, valleys snugly between. When I stand on this eminence I like to go back for a century or more. It was the year 1800. The sun was shining down into a pleasant, green valley, watered by two Sparkling Streams, Whifrh flowed on opposite sides of a little group of cabins built on a point of land at the junction of these two streets. Little old- fashioned gardens and fresh orchards spread out from each cabin. It was a peaceful scene. Two figures could be seen toiling up a hill, south of this settlement. If one were closer, one could see that the the fore- most of the toilers was a white man, short and past middle age, while the other was a rather tall, well built Indian of about the same age. Ah! exclaimed the white man, who was no other than the founder of the settlement below, Joseph Schantz, or Joseph Johns, as his American friends called him, 'tis good to sit here and look down on that quiet scene. Ay, answered his dusky friend, twas not so always. See'st thou yon high hill back of us P johns nodded and the Indian related: Many, many summers and many, many snows ago, there lived two tribes here, one in the valley, the other on this hill. Braveheart was the only son of the chief of the valley tribe. He was tall, strong, fleet of foot, and handsome as the tall pine. He had fought in many battles with the hill tribe and had slain many warriors. ' One day as Braveheart was resting on the hill-side, he saw coming towards him a beautiful maiden, carrying an earth- en-ware pitcher, full of water. She was the daughter of the chief of the hill tribe and was named Sunshine. Braveheart at Hog Back Tunnel, B. KL O1 R. R., Johnstown, Pa. lr-sv Cuts Printed by COIIVYPSY of Slmlfs-r-Imvis Dru 5' , 'N y -qw, '31 n I. , my 515 Tl, LIS V ,,,fx - .. -, ii Q ' J'-'M' - ' ' .,.g.,' 4' Q A.,-v ', ,wx ' , M' f' ' V, . 0 ,-'g'1x1g3s 5 Y ' ,K .- ' Q ' - xy ,,kk , :KQV .1 L- sv bt 3. , HA ,HI V, yin- - , p , in 5, ' fx .X . S!! ,s ' .' 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T he next day there was confusion in both villages 3 chal- lenges were sent and accepted. The hatchet was dug up, arrows were made, bows restrung, tomahawks repaired, and knives sharpened. Then war began. The braves in the valley tried to climb this hill, many were killed. Hard were the trials .to climb the hill, discouraging the failures. Then they tricked the foe. One of the Indians remembered an old bugle, which had been found on the battle-field. It was immediately brought. Then several made a detour, and reached the further side of the hill-top Indian's camp. The charge was blown. Again there was confusion, dogs barkedg warriors ran they knew not whereg squaws and children set up a wail, while sentinels came running in, believing they were set upon by the colonials, their foes also. , By this time the main body of valley Indians had reach- ed the top, and there was fighting. The next day they fought and the next, also, and many braves fell. So they fought for four days, 'twas terrible -- the Indian paused to look over the then quiethpeacefnl scene before him- and on the fifth, among heaps of dead warriors, they fought again, now only ten to a side, and these twenty fought 'till all were killed'- his voice lowered- and the squaws of the braves piled ,them on one mighty heap, with their tomahawks, knives, bows and arrows, and blanketsg and now after many summers and snows, dark and daylight, they are hidden. Some of the 'squaws and children diedg others wandered away and starved, and I am thel last of my race. You! exclaimed flohnsl ' Q A i Ay, replied the Indian, brokenly, I am Braveheartlnn 20 THE SPECTATOR The South Fork Dam By Ruth Masters '11 EVVENTY-TWO years ago the site now known as South Fork Dam was known as Lake of Conemaugh, a beauti- ful sheet of water hemmed in by rugged hills and natural em- bankments of earth. A delightful driveway, lined on both sides by magnificent trees encircled the lake, affording a charming spot for pleasure-seekers, The beauty of this place attracted some wealthy merchants of Pittsburg, who organized a pleas- ure club, known as the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club. Their main house was situated directly overlooking the lake, while quaint cottages, about eighteen in number, were built around it. This dam was the largest in the United States, either arti- ficial or natural, being about three and a half miles long, one and a quarter miles wide and in places as deep as one hundred feet. It was situated in the mountains almost four hundred feet above the level of Johnstown proper. The lake was originally a reservior, used as a feeder for the old Pennsylvania Canal. When the Canal and the Old Por- tage Road were sold by the state, the dam was closed and all the buildings which sheltered the operating machinery were burned. In 1889 the great clam burst and Hooded Johnstown and its vicinity. For several weeks laborers had tried to repair the great embankments where the great force of water broke out at places through the unsafe walls. One laborer states that the outer side of the wall resembled a huge watering-can, some places the water shooting out as far as thirty feet, so terrific was the force. Although much blame of the catastrophe was thrown on to the Fishing Club, there is no doubt grave fault lay in the im- perfect mechanical construction. All the pipes and the large 'apertures were filled up by earth, rocks, leaves, loam, mould, indeed almost anything, and covered with clay. The only bit of masonry was about the base and even this was imperfect for THE SPECTATOR 21 it had been built when the first steps were taken to its realiza- tion. No traveler who passed through that country twenty-two years ago and passes through it today would believe it to be the same settlement. Today there is no trace of water. The primitive club house has become a modern hotel, surrounded by homes and houses of business, while a railroad line cuts di- rectly through the main field of the old site. ,i.il.-. Coal Measures in the Vicinity of Johnstown By J. Lewis Evans '11 That Johnstown is the proud owner of one of the largest independent steel corporations in this country is due, in no small degree, to her situation in the heart of a great coal pro- ducing region. There are six veins of coal lying in Johnstown, four of which are worked. The AH seam, the lowest in this locality, produces inferior coal that is not worked anywhere in Cambria County. The B seam, often called the Miller seam, con- tains a very good coal and is worked by the Cambria Steel Company at the Franklin No. 2 mine and by the Citizens' Coal Company at two of their mines. The C seam is a. very low seam and is worked but little. The principal seam of coal near Johnstown and the seam considered by some the best in our coal measure, is the C prime CCT' or cement seam. This is worked by the Cambria Steel Company at the Rolling mill Mine, by the Citizens' Coal Company at one of its mines, and by the best house coal mines in the locality. The next seam is the D or Limestone seam. It is not worked to advantage in the southern part of the county, but in the northern part of the county it has proved to be what the Cement seam has proved in the southern. The E or Lemon seam is worked by a few house coal producers. Cambria County ranks high among the coal producing counties of Pennsylvania. In the year just past, the total out- put for Cambria County was over sixteen and one half million 22 'l'i-1E Sl'EC'I'A'l'0R tons of coal. In the putting out of this great amount of coal, about thirty thousand men were engaged. These figures, which greatly exceed those of 1909, show that coal production is greatly increasing. The greatest of our local mines is the Rolling Mill Mine, operated by the Cambria Steel Company. This mine can be classed with the greatest mines in the World. There are very few larger than it in Pennsylvania, one being Vesta No. 2, op- erated by the Jones 81 Laughlin Steel Company of Pittsburg. It has a tonnage of 1,604,000 tons and employs about 1,200 men. The Rolling Mill Mine produced 725,235 tons of coal in 1910 and employed 765 men to do the work. Every day in which the mine is run steady, I4 to 16 trips are taken from the niineg each trip has sometimes as high as 100 cars, which carry about 200 tons a trip. Near Johnstown is Windber, one of the greatest mining towns in Pennsylvania. In and about this town are about thirteen mines which ship many hundred thou- sand tons of coal. They are operated by the Berwind-VVhite Coal Mining Company. To conclude my subject I will give you a small table of the production of coal by counties of Pennsylvania, 1909 report. Westnrorelancl .. ............................... 26,020,845 Fayette . . ..................................... 28,212,379 Allegheny . . . . . .I5,254,743 Wasliingtoii .... ..... 1 3,305,443 Cambria . . . . . . .15,259,196 jefferson .. . .. 5,133,579 Somerset . . . . . 7,278,894 Clearfield . . . . . 7,268,358 Indiana . . . . . . 8,029,856 Armstrong . . . . . 2,595,014 Elk ....... ... 1,221,858 Centre ..- . 1,257,131 WIN, -1 T. 1 i II S, -3 ,u x X, 1' Xl f ll X A5 -Ax: . X THE SPECTATOR. 23 The New Wire Mill By Arthur Cranston '12 Since the Johnstown Hood no wire has been manufactured in johnstowng wire-rod was made for a short time afterwards, to be finished in other cities. After the flood, some wire that had been made before the flood, was gathered together with what remained at the barbed wire mill and finished. From that day to this no more wire has been drawn or made into barbed wire. In October of last year, however, the Cambria Steel Com- pany began work on the construction of a mammoth wire plant. This plant will occupy approximately twenty-one acres on the site of the Cinder dump, which lies between the Penn- sylvania railroad and the river and extends from the Coopers- dale bridge to near Sheridan station. The buildings so far completed present a very neat appearance, the foundations be- ing of concrete, the structural work of steel, and the sides of red brick. A part of the plant, the rod mill, began operations about the middle of February and worked successfully. In order to understand the operations, the reader should know that the steel is conveyed from the yards to the furnace in the form of billets, one and three-quarter inches square and thirty feet long. There they are heated and passed through six sets of roughing rolls and thence through ten sets of finishing rolls. By this time the steel has been reduced to No. 5 wire-rod, which is about .220 of an inch in diameter and between 2,000 and 3,- 000 feet long. This piece of wire rod is then wound on a reel. This ends the rod mill process. These reels are then conveyed to the cleaning house, where the scale is removed from the wire by a process called pick- ling, that is, the wire is passed through acid, then the acid is removed by passing it through limewater and then baking The wire-rod is now ready for the drawing shop, where it is drawn through a number of steel blocks with holes in them, called dies, the last one of these determining the size of the finished wire. During the drawing the wire gets hard and has 24 'rum SPECTATOR ' to be annealed and pickled again. This wire is now ready for sale or to be used in other forms. The drawing room where this process takes place is not yet completed, but it is planned to have it in operation by the middle of March. It is hoped that early in May the annealing house, bail ties and galvanizing rooms, fence and barbed wire mill, nail department, copperas and cooperage departments, and the warehouse will be completed and in full operation. The prod- ucts turned out by this plant are to be nails, staples, fence ma- terials, and wire. About a thousand men will be employed, mostly skilled operatives from other cities, who will probably bring their fam- ilies, increasing johnstown's already growing population by about three or four thousand people. This inliux of humanity must necessarily be followed by an increase in building, etc. Our name as a manufacturing city will be made stronger, and as a whole, our city will be benefited by the progressiveness of the Cambria Steel Company. The Bessemer Process By Walter Krebs '13 Bessemer steel is made by placing a quantity of molten pig iron into a pear-shaped iron vessel called a convertor, and blowing through it a stream of cold air at a very high pressure. The oxygen in the air combines with carbon in the iron and produces a very high degree of heat, making decarbonized iron. As some carbon is always required to produce steel, a certain amount of carbon in the form of spiegel is afterwards added. No fuel is requiredin the manufacture of bessemer steel. The oxygen in the air combining with the carbon in the molten iron produces enough heat to drive off the carbon. This steel is called bessemer steel after Sir Henry Besse- mer of London, who took out patents in 1855-56 for the pro- cess of forcing air through the liquid metal, and also for the in- vention of the wonderful machinery used in the process. When the patentee took out patents in the United States in Tl-IE SPECTATOR 25 1856, he found that William Kelly, a native of Pittsburg, had a prior claim which was allowed by the commissioner of pat- ents. J Mr. Kelly, with his brother, had an iron plant as early as 1846 at Eddyville, Ky., and in the process of making iron dis- covered that after the metal had been melted, no fuel was necessary in refining the pig iron. Mr. Kelly experimented with this process for several years. He came to Johnstown between 1857-60, where a convert- or was made for him by the Cambria Iron Company. This convertor is the first bessemer convertor made in the United States. For a number of years it stood near the old offices of the Cambria Steel Company near the Lincoln bridge. .It now stands in the new building of the company on Locust street. Mr. Morrell, general manager of the Cambria Iron Com- pany, with several other gentlemen, secured control of Mr. Kelly's patents by forming a company called the Kelly Pneu- matic Process Company. Later this company combined with the Bessemer Company of England and called themselves the Bessemer Steel Company and sold patents to various com- panies. The Cambria Iron Company made the first bessemer steel in 1861. The first steel rails ever rolled in the order of regular business were rolled by the Cambria Iron Company in 1867. Q9 26 THE SPECTATOR Life History ofa Switch By Arthur Stull '11 The work required to produce a common switch, such as is used at the intersection of railroads and street railway tracks is great. This common thing is the result of more la- bor than many would imagine. If anyone does not agree, let him consider the amount of machinery necessary for its con- struction, the number of men who work upon it before it is finished, and finally the time elapsing before it can be delivered as a finished product. In order to prove the great amount of time and labor needed in its construction I shall describe the process of making a switch. When a company sends in an order for switches, it sends a drawing, which contains the most minute details of the work required. The drawing is given to the architects of the com- pany. They make copies of the original drawing and send them to the various departments of the mill. One is sent to the Iay-out floor, where the angles of the switch are determined and boards about 4 inches wide by three-quarters of an inch thick are firmly fastened together to represent the switch. These rough models together with a blue print thereof are sent to the pattern shop. After the blue prints are used, they are filed away, to be used in case another similar order must be filled. In the pattern shop experienced workers carefully make a wooden switch according to the drawing and the model. The wooden switch is an exact representation of the steel switch. It is made with a detachable bottom for a reason to be ex- plained later. After the actual work has been finished, a coat- ing of shellac is necessary to render the pattern smooth enough to be withdrawn from the sand in the moulds of the foundry. VVhen the pattern arrives .at the foundry, it is placed in a mould. Sand is then packed tightly around it and made damp. The detachable bottom of the pattern is removed and the en- tire pattern is drawn from the sand, leaving therein an impres- sion of itself. The sand containing the impression is baked in a large oven. Then molten metal is poured into it and allowed to cool. Presently the hard sand is knocked away and a rough THE SPECTATOR 27 switch, ready to leave the foundry, is found. In another de- partment, large emery wheels grind off the rough edges. Fin- ally the switch is taken to the lay-out yard, where it is tested. If all measurements are correct, and all workmanship is satis- factory, the switch is loaded with many others upon freight cars and shipped away. The Making of a Steel Ingot By 'William Scott '11 mY FRIEND from Michigan who had been visiting me for several weeks, one day related to me the, manner in which iron ore is mined. He then asked me to tell him how iron ore is made into a steel ingot. This I told him was impossible to do unless he saw the machines and furnaces used in mak- ing an ingot. We decided to visit the departments in which the ingot is made. Having secured passes, we visited the ,mills one night. At the ore clocks the ore, which comes from Michigan and Minnesota in boats and by rail, is dumped on a large pile by a one hundred and fifty pound crane. It is again transfered by the same crane into small steel cars which carry it to the blast furnaces. We watched the unloading and loading of the ore for a while and then went to the blast furnaces. Here, the ore mixed with coke and limestone is heated until ilt be- comes molten metal. We stood watching for a short time the metal running from the furnaces into metal kettles mounted on trucks, which convey it to the open hearth and pour it into a box-shaped vat. In this vat, the metal is kept in a molten state by oil and gas. We next visited the open hearth, where we saw the metal being poured from the vat,- for the vat is so constructed that it can be overturned,-into a large metal bucket. This bucket was carried by a fifty ton crane and its contents were poured into one of the furnaces, where they were mixed with chemicals and heated until they boiled like water. 28 THE SPECTATOR Working men were making a test of some of the metal from one of the furnaces in a small mold in the floor. This testing of the steel is a very difficult job and requires great skill. One of the testers must take some of the metal from the fur- nace in a ladle and pour it into the mold. Then the foreman must determine by examining the contents of the mold if the metal in the furnace will make good steel. If he allows the steel to become burnt, the company incurs a big loss. FWhile we were watching them making the test, one of the workmen gave us each a pair of blue glasses, and told us to look into the furnace. This we tried to do, but the heat was so intense that we were unable to secure a good view of the in- side of the furnace. The foreman then told us to go to the bot- tom of the openhearth and watch the metal being poured from the furnace into a large brick cased kettle and from there into the ingot molds. We hurriedly descended to the bottom of the open hearth and were astounded to see the metal running from the furnace as water runs from a spring. After about seventy-five tons of metal had flowed into the kettle, a hundred ton crane lifted the kettle and poured the metal into the ingot molds. This pouring requires skill in handling the crane, for if the crane man does not place his crane so that the metal will run directly into the mold, the metal will splash over the car and ground, and probably burn some of the workingmen. After the metal had been poured into the mold, we went to the stripping crane. Here we saw a crane removing the molds from the ingots, which are partly cooled by being hauled about the yard. After watching the stripping crane work for a while, we left the mills. The ingot is of various sizes, but it is generally fifty-three inches wide, twenty-four inches thick and seventy-five inches high. An ingot of these dimensions weighs about seven tons. My friend was immensely interested to learn what we do with the ore. He found the making of a steel ingot of the most wonderful accomplishments he had ever seen. ' THE SPECTATDR 29 Process Which Designs Undergo By Ethel Goughnour '12 N REPRODUCING the pen drawings for headings, ini- tial letters, and tailpieces for the Spectator Mr. Henning first photographs the design by the wet plate process and thus secures a firm negative Film. The Elm is coated and dried so that it can be transferred to another piece of glass. Metal, in this case polished zinc, is sensitized, rendered susceptible of being easily acted upon by the light. Then the negative is placed against the sensitized zinc and exposed as in ordinary photo printing. The printed metal is taken out, rolled up with special ink which covers the entire surface, and is developed under a water tap with tuft of cotton. The print is dried and then powdered with dragon's blood, a resinous powder. It is next heated to render the image im- perious to the action of acid. Then it is put into acid. The acid eats away unprotected parts but leaves the image, stand- ing. The plate is taken out, repowdered, reheated, and again etched. Etching' is the producing of figures or designs on metal, glass, or the like by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by some strong acid. This process is continued until the acid has etched to sufficient depth and the image is in sharp relief. The plate :is then routed,-superfluous metal is removed,-and blocked type high, and then it is ready to be printed in the Spectator. Half tones are reproductions made from photographs and the like. The negative differs from that made for the zinc etching in as much as it is made thru a screen. The screen is a piece of glass containing a certain number of lines to the square inch. For fine screen work metal, in this case copper, is sensitized with enamel solution, and after the print is made, it is developed in water but without a tuft of cotton. The plate is then baked, after which it is etched in perchloride of iron, When it is sufficiently etched, it is beveled and blocked and is then ready for printing in the Spectator. In the current Spec- tator there is one half tone, the frontespiece. 30 THE SPECTATOR Reminiscences of An Old Man By Margaret Walters '13 EFORE the Hreside, watching the dying embers in the grate, sat an old man. His frail figure was almost lost in the large arm chair. His soft, white, hair fell about a thin face, lined by wrinkles. Everything was quiet thruout the house, he could hear only the low, gentle murmur of the au- tumn leaves without. He forgot the present, as one picture after another of the old days came back to him. He saw a young, sturdy boy, with his books, trudging up the steps of a little red brick school house on Market Street. Again he saw the same boy going thru a graveyard near by, where he had been dared to walk at night. At the recollec- tion a shiver shook his form, for he recalled how his teeth had chattered as he walked from one grave to another. In fancy he wandered up Market Street and saw the old Market House and primitive lock-upg he heard again the clamor of the people in the market place, remembered the dreadful fear he had had of the lockup. He saw the men stopping to have a friendly little chat at the outside stalls. He always liked to go on Wednesday and Saturday mornings with his mother to market, for while she was buying, he would play with the other children, swing on the cranes, climbing around the Stalls, roll- ing marbles on the long tables, and playing mumblety-peg on the butcher's blocks. He roamed to near the corner of Clinton and Canal streets to the Weighlock. He saw the boats coming up the canal from Pittsburg. He became interested in the manner of weigh- ing the boats. He recalled how after one had been run into the lock at either end, the water gates were raised, and the lock being made as water tight as possible, was drained thru a race leading to the waste weir. Thus the boat was left resting on the frame of the scales, when it was as accurately weighed as if on land. He roamed down Canal street to the P. R. R. station. With a start he came back to the present. Strange! strange! all the old land marks were gone, but the railway station alone THE SPECTATOR. 31 remained the same and he wondered if little Robbie, his grand- child, would find it so when he also was in the autumn days of life. Again he sank deeper into the arm chair, the coals be- came duller, the wind did not blow so loudg he thought of his old friends that had gone before him. He wondered when his time would come. His eyes grew dim, a strange peace settled over him, the fire gave a last faint glowg the wind ceased rustling the leaves, his eyelids fluttered, and the dear old man breathed his last breath with a beautiful smile on his face, for his last thoughts had been of Johnstown in the long, long ago. An Interesting lndustry By Leo Trent '11 AR AXLES are one product of the Cambria Steel com- pany. The steel from which they are made is known as medium carbon steel. Cambria axles are made from openhearth steel, for it is freer from impurities than Bessemer steel. At the blooming mill, the ingots of open-hearth steel, heated to the proper tem- perature by being placed in a soaking pit, are bloomed, or rolled into blooms about eight inches square and ten feet long. These blooms are conveyed to a rolling mill near the axle plant, where they are rolled into rounds of the required diameter. VVithout being reheated, these rounds are placed under a 6,000 pound forging hammer and forged roughly into the shape of an axle. Again reheated until it becomes a cherry red, the axle is plunged into water of a definite temperature and left there for a few seconds. Then it is taken out and permitted to cool nat- urally. This is called the Coffin process of toughening. Mr. john Coffin, the discoverer of the systemi, discovered that if steel heated at a certain temperature, the carbon changes to hardening carbon. Wlxen cooled gradually to a certain degree, the carbon again changes to non-hardening carbon. But if 32 THE SPECTATOR the steel be suddenly cooled to temperature required, the car- bon does not change and remains hardening carbon. This kind of steel is very tough and ductile. A cut-off lathe cuts the axle to the required length, rang- ing from live to seven feet. Next the journal and wheel seat are roughly turned, about one-eighth of an inch larger than the required size, in a journal machine. The journal is about three to five inches in diameter while the wheel seat ranges from four to seven inches in diameter. Then the axle is taken to a turn- ing lathe and the body is turned. All axles made from one heat are then placed in a pile, from which the inspector of the purchasing firm chooses one to be submitted to the drop test. An axle is placed upon two supports which are three feet apart. A tub weighing 1,604 pounds, is dropped upon the axle from a heighth varying from twenty-four to forty-three feet in comparison to the diam- eter of the axle. After the first and third blows, the axle is turned. It receives five blows. The temperature is sometimes considered in the test. If the axle withstands the test without fracture, it, with all the remaining axles in that heat, is accept- ed. They are then taken to the car shops where the journal and wheel seat are turned and polished. The wheels are then forced on by a hydraulic pressure press with a force of forty to ninety tons to the square inch. The wheels and axles are then ready to be placed under a car. THE SPEUTATOR 33 The Manufacture of Coal Gas By Leroy Scanlon '12 'P OAL GAS was first used by Williaiii Murdock of London in 1792. The manufacture of coal gas is profitable, be- cause in this process no material is wasted. When I visited the gas plant in Morrellville about two weeks ago, accompanied by Mr. Patterson, superintendent of the works, I was Surprised to note that nothing was wasted in this process. I will now en- deavor to show to you the way in which coal gas is manufact- ured. Coal which contains from one-half to two per cent of sul- phur and yields from four and one half to five feet of gas to the pound of coal, is the best for the manufacture of coal gas. In the gas works at Morrellville, the Westmoreland county coal, which is a cross between bituminous and anthracite coal, is used. The coal is put into a retort, which is heated by a furnace underneath. This coal forms coke, which is used in the fur- nace underneath. The heat drives out of the coal gas together with ammonia and tar. These last substances are pushed by 3 vacuum engine into an hydraulic main, a large tank about fifty fieet in length, and eight feet in diameter. Here the three substances collectq The gas and the ammonia are then pushed ahead by the vacuum engine, while the tar, which is a heavier substance, is drawn through the pipes by a slow constant suc- tion into a large tank. The gas and the ammonia then pass into a condenser, a large tank about four feet in diameter and twenty feet high, which contains three-inch pipes filled with water. As theigas passes over the pipes into the serubbers, it cools. These scrubbers are shaped like baskets and have in them small holes about the size of a pin. In passing through these holes, the gas is separated from the ammonia by the water coming down in the pipes. After the scrubbing, the ammonia passes into a concentra- tor, which is about ten feet high and contains trays shaped like cones. These trays contain about ten gallons of ammonia, which 34 THE SPECTATOR - generally takes about two hours to become purified. The ammonia is then pushed to the absorber where it is purified to about sixeen per cent pure ammonia, when it first enters the concentrator, it is only about ten per cent pure ammonia. The manufacturers generally receive from four and one half to five pounds of ammonia from one ton of carbonized coal. The gas is passed into purifying tanks which are about twenty feet square. The outside of the tanks are surrounded by water about one inch in width, which prevents the gas from exploding. About thirty inches from the top are trays full of square holes one half inch wide. On top of these trays is placed oxide of iron, through which the gas passes from a pipe which leads from the scrubbers. After being purified the gas is forced through the outlet pipe into the station meters and measured. It is then pushed into a storage holder containing about one- third rainwater, which is held in in top of the tank, and prevents the gas from exploding. This gas is then ready for use. Maggie Sluggins By Anna. Miller, '11. AGGIE SLUGGINS was a peculiar girl. When I say peculiar, I mean in character and not appearance,for Maggie did look chic. Her hair was sort of a washed out red and she usually had it frizzed for Sunday. Her eyes were a heavenly blue, and when she became excited they sparkled just like stars. Her complexion was that coveted pink and white, but concealed by freckles. But with all her attractions her neatness was most noticeable. This charming girl held a high position in a boarding house patronized by college students. She was a waitress. Her garb was a plain little black dress with white collar, cuffs and apron. She made a hit with the students, especially with Billy Keith. Now Billy Keith, you must understand, did not have a case on her, but Maggie, owing to some bit of kindness done for her by Billy, had fallen desperately in love with him. The T' h THE SPECTATOR 35 kindness, I believe, was Billy's carrying a bucket of water up to the second floor for her. From that time Maggie had en- tered her sole affection and devotion on Billy. At breakfast she would urge, Mr, Billy, would you be having some of this here good breakfast bacon. At noon Mr. Billy was the first to be served, at dinner it was just the same. At last the boys got wise to the fact that Maggie had a case. It was in Billy's senior year at college that the tragedy ac- tually occurred. Billy had never needed to worry about punc- tuality at meals, for Maggie would serve him at the latest pos- sible hour. VVell, as I said, it was in Billy's senior year, he allowed himself to rely upon his reputation as a football and basket ball hero, which he had earned his previous year, to get him out of every trouble. He was generally liked by every- body, teachers and students, for he was a jolly boy. On this particular day of which I speak Billy cut Math and with one of his girl friends, who lived in the city, went to see Madame Sherry. He took the young lady to lunch and then they walked home with leisurely taken steps and Billy stopped for the evening. In the meantime, Maggie, who knew nothing of this, thought Billy was detained at school.The devoted waitress put aside a little lunch for Mr, Billy. This was against the rules of the boarding house mistress who knew the tricks and sins of college students from dearly bought experience. Her rigid rules were, that no meals were served after the specified hours, 7 to 8, I2 to I, 6 to 7. N0 lights were to be burned after 10:30 upon penalty of the of- fender's removing his goods and chattels to another boarding house. Maggie's courage was dauntless. With stealthy tread and cautious looks she carried Billy's dinner to the second floor. But only to the second Hoor, for as her eyes wandered searchingly through the corridor they fell upon the boarding house mistress, who was strolling toward the stairway. Maggie was in a predicament. In her hurry to escape the ever-seeing eyes of the mistress, she hurriedly began to de- scend. Her descent was so rapid that when she realized that 1 as THE SPECTATOR she was at the bottom she was sitting on the Hoor with all the food, not on the tray, but on the floor beside her. When I think of the result it grieves me to tell it. The- next morning when Billy appeared for breakfast no freckled- faced maid stood at his chair. The breakfast bacon was of- fered by another hand than Maggie's. Billy received his cof- fee in order and not first as usual. For Maggies devotion to Billie had cost her the place. Moore's Utopia By Louis F. Berlin, '11. TOPIAU was written by Sir Thomas More to express. his ideals of political and moral government and social, life. In Antwerp, More meets his friend Peter Giles, and is. introduced by him to a great and far traveler, Rapheal Hythol- day. Thru the words of this traveler More denounces the evil condition in England and expresses the beautiful ideals of his dream country Utopia. Hytholday points out such wrongs, as the feudal despot- ism of the landlords, who exact enormous taxes from the poor, and the high power of the nobles and the practical servitude of the lower classes. He describes Utopia as a country naturally protected from invasion by sharp rocks and intricate ever-changing channels known only to the inhabitants. The government is one of the people, but with a king. The country is beautiful and all in a state of cultivation. It is divided up into farms. The cities are placed at regular intervals. They are not more than a day's journey on foot, apart. The farms are furnished with all useful inplements and husbandry is taught to all. Each farm is occupied by a dozen men and women and two boundrymen. Every thirty farms are governed by a bailiff. Men are brought from the cities, taught agriculture, and again returned while others were taught the THE SPECTATOR 31 rudiments of soil cultivation. Altho the breeding of cattle is encouraged, there are few horses, oxen being used as beasts of burden. It is evident that More thought of something sim- ilar to the modern incubator, for he said, For hennes booe not sytte upon the eggs, but by keepyng theym in a certain equall heate they brynge lyfe inte them. The produce of these farms, beyond the need of the farmers is conveyed to the cities and exchanged for articles required by the country folk. This kind of farm life would be impractical today, nor would it be beneficial, as it would tend to destroy the indivi- dual independence of the farmer. A typical Utopian city, Amanrole, is situated on the banks of a large river, forty miles from the sea. This river is spanned by stone bridges. This city is surrounded by irrigating ditches and furnished with cisterns. The houses are three stories high and are joined together on either side of the broad streets. Every ten years the people change housesg in fact all property is common. Everything pertaining to the commonwealth is brought up in the election house, and it is death to have anye coun- .sele for the commonwealth oute of the counsele, or the place of common electionf' The streets, houses, and bridges are like those of today The only impractical part of this scheme would be the com- pulsory exchanging or houses and the removing of the citi- zens to the farms. While science is encouraged and idleness discouraged, yet the inhabitants of Utopia, would and could not be, the active, energetic, free lovers of liberty that we are today. They are necessarily a sordid grubbing people. Their attitude in time of war shows none of the high national pride governing men of today. Their love of home and country was shown not by personal sacrifice and devotion, but by the hiring of mercen- aries to do their fighting and by the bribing of foes to desertion. More has drawn in this book a Socialistic community that would be as productive of unhappiness as the seliish condition of his day. Thus we must look elsewhere for an ideal govern- ment for Johnstown. . , Ebe igb School Spectator sunscmp-rloN PRICE 15 CENTS. PER copy, no CENTS. SPECIAL ISSUES, 25 CENTS. Eottorlal ano Business Staff. Editor-in-Chief JOHN H. COVER 1911 x Associate Editor DONALD CUSTER 1912 Exchange Editors MARY RYAN 1911 ROSALIE MATTHEWS 1912 Society Editors BLANCHE BOYD 1911 EMMA MARTIN I912 School News and Funny Spot EARL CAVANAUGH 1911 JOSEPH MEYER 1911 Art Editor BERTHA STAMMLER 1911 Current Events KARL LUDWIG 1912 Athletic Editor THOMAS CROCKER 1911 Business Manager PHILIP THOMAS 1911 Associate Business Managers KENNETH RIPPLE 1912 JAMES KLAHRE 1912 EDGAR BASS 1912 GRAFTON PORCH 1912 Assistant Business Managers ARTHUR STULL 1911 WILLIAM R. THOMAS 1911 WALTER M. THOMAS 1911 EDWARD O'CONNEL 1911 ROBERT D. SC HAD 1911 HERMAN ROTH 1912 Class Representatives MARY STOUPPE 1912 WALTER KREBS 1913 ROBERT GREER 1914 THE SPECTATOR ls publlshed monthly durlng the school term. Address all Communlcdtlons to THE SPECTATOR. High School Building, Johnstown, Pa. Entered at the Postofnce, Johnstown, Pa., as so-cond-class mail matter. ln order to Insure publication in the current Issue, all MSS. must be handed in to the ITORIAL editor not later than the lst of each month. Secreted in the heart of the Allegheny mountains, the surrounding lofty ridges protecting it from nature's stormy huniors and sifting upon it the raincloud's satur- OUR ated burden, rests Johnstown, a representative CITY third class city, a center of trade and production The intensly interesting history of our city,-how it formed the site for Indian activities, boiled with the excite- TIIE SPECTATOR 39 ment of the revolution, coupled together the old portage rail- way and canal, struggled with increasing energy to preserve peace and the union, brushed away the awful gloom of the Hood catastrophe and energetically rebuilt its very foundations, -all this should lure the child's imagination and attract the adult's practical research. The present activities of Johnstown represented by the manufacture of steel, mining of coal, making of coke, brick, cement, cut glass, stoves, furniture, tar paper, cars, wire, radiators, tile, leather and woolen goods, and num- erous other articles, supports some 75,000 people, What the future will bring, with its possible adoption of the commission form of government, its regulated sewer system, new railway stations, uniform grade crossings, installment of wires under ground, new trolley lines to the smaller towns, enlargement of the school system, particularly the kintergarten and ath- letic grounds, is a question which even a pessimist cannot pass by without offering a cheerful prophecy. With a population of over 55.000 people and surrounded by boroughs. inhabited by about two-hfths as many more, Johnstown naturally desires to expand and A GREATER annex these adjoining communities. These JOHNSTOWN outlying districts have refused to become a part of the city, claiming that they would be forced to pay a higher tax and that the improvements re- ceived would not be in proportion to these taxes. They cite as an instance Moxharn, which it is maintained has not receiv- ed one tenth of the improvements to which its taxes entitle it. On the other hand, those in favor of annexation argue that thru its means expenses will be reduced by combining the municipal governments, and that as suburbs they will pros- per by the advantage of better accomodations and schools. A bill is now before the state legislature providing that, by a ma- jority of the combined votes of the two communities, the small- er may be annexed. This, should it pass, presents an easy victory for the larger city, for, having the larger population,, its votes will readily make the majority. Altho we greatly de- 40 THE SPECTATOR sire to adopt our enterprising neighbors, we hope that it may be done by the fairest means, not by such a method of force Let us turn from the parched roadside of practical life and rest for a moment by the cool refreshing spring of fancy. As we draw near, we become aware of its delight- BY THE ful ripplingg a zephyr, refreshed by a dip on its SPRING surface, welcomes our approach. Suppose this OF LIFE road the highway of local industries, this spring the oracle of local art. Within the drift of pass- ing travelers we recognize the honored tread of many. Upon the spring each ripple murmurs the name of those transient few who have lingered by its wealth of pleasure. But as we pause we are overjoyed to hear that 'tho so few they are so many and that we may rightly claim them all-poets, historians, orators, novelists, sculptors, painters, scientists, musicians. Societief The Emerson Society extends its congratulations to the T. K. E. Society on the success of its annual open meeting, held on February 24. The programe which attained the usual high standard of the T. K. E. programes, was novel and proved extremely interesting to those who were fortunate in procur- ing tickets. The most important event of the month in the Societies was the T. K. E. open meeting. The program follows: IOrchestra ........... Selections from the Arcadians Welcoming Address .............. By the President T. K. E. Gration ................. Earl Cavanaugh The Practical Power of George Washington. VIRGIN IUS A Tragedy of Roman Life Selection .............................. Orchestra 'PHE SPECTATOR 411 A VIRGINIUS Dramatis Personae Prologue ........................... Isabella Bird Virginius ......... . . . Julius Porias Appius Claudius . . . . . . . Bruce Kring Claudius ........ Donald Custer Icilius ...... T .... Ivan Pearce Numitorius . . . . . . Forrest Shaffer Lucius ...... .... I sabella Bird Virginia . . . . . . Anna Miller Servia . . . .......................... Ruth Glenn Slave . ............................. Mary Hanson Lictors, Soldiers, Citizens Leo Trent, james Adams, C. Shomo, W. Heller, Miss Nettie Young, W. Thomas, E. Evans F. Ellenberger, S. Grumbling Committee: Philip E. Thomas, Stewart Grumbling, Nettie Young. Faculty adviser, Miss Ada Wertz. TI-IE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION. The Agassiz Association has completed the study of birds for the present. One of the most interesting features of the month was Miss Mitchel1's talk on the Thrushes. It was very instructive and awakened enthusiasm in the members present to seek for these K'American Nightingalesf' At the last meet- ing Miss Krebs read a portion of an interesting article on Davey the father of tree Surgery, by' Elbert Hubbard. Sev- eral interesting talks were given by members. The members are getting some valuable practice in par- lamentary law since the vice-president often takes charge of the meetings. The Association is preparing for its walks, which will begin in a short time, by a systematic review of the trees studied in the fall. A plan has been adopted by which each member has a list of the birds in the vicinity and will check them off as found together with the time and place. The fol- lowing have already been reported,-the Nuthatch, the hairy and dawny wood-peckers and the junco. The sweet voice of 42 THE SPECTATOR . the songsparrow heard a few weeks ago near the eighth ward reminds us that spring will soon be here when the most enjoy- able work of the Association in the woods and fields will begin. School Notes On Friday February 10, was held one of the most delight- ful receptions ever given a Senior Class by a Junior Class of Johnstown High School. With few exceptions, every member of both upper classes was in attendance. After the party, in which was a large representation from the faculty became ac- quainted by means of a conversation game, they adjourned to the auditorium, where they were entertained by some clever tableaux, a delightful play, and refreshments. The rest of the evening was pleasantly passed in singing and dancing, and the guests and entertainers started home promptly at twelve o'clock, all feeling that they had spent the time of their lifes. An exceptional opportunity has been opened to High School boys to become better acquainted with the current events of the day. This is found in the organization, on Feb- ruary I5 of a club whose chief purpose is to discuss political and economic questions. This club, which has not yet select- ed a name, meets every Wednesday evening at 3:00 p. m. The officers are as follows: President, Emyln Evansg Vice- president, Everett Custerg Secretary, Karl Pribek. As the literary cdntest draws nearer to an end, the con- testants rappidly close the gap which exists between them. The struggle is now between the Sophomore and Junior classes, the Freshmen having never really found their pace. The figures shown below include the contributions up to this number, the last number of the contest. They speak for them- selves: Class. Articles Contributed Percentage 1913 19 1,180 IQI2 I7 1,100 1914 5 .313 THE SPECTATOR 43 l Q fl 2 if g Z! ! A 5 y TlCs .12 1 f Q - 4 4 ' -T ' KISKI GAME. The return game with Kiski which was played on their floor February 4 proved a most disastrous one for High School. Our team seemed utterly lost on the big Kiski Hoor and as a result the score was one sided. Capt. Henderson was the star for Kiski while Schry did the best work for High School. The lineup and score was as follows: J. H. S.-22. Position. Kiski-60. Capt. Keller forward Capt. Henderson Robinson forward Crawford Schry center Holden Sharkey guard VVeber Pinder guard Sloan PITTSBURGH GAME. The following week High School went to Pittsburgh, where, in an interesting but rough game, High School went down to defeat by the score of 36-23. The lineup was as follows: 44 'rum SPECTATOR J. H. S.-23 Position P. H. S.-36 Capt. Keller forward Capt. Baker Robison forward McGeary Schry center Glass Pinder guard Glick Sharkey guard Polaski -14 ' 5 PITTSBURGH GAME. On February I7 Pittsburgh again beat High School, the :score being 37-23. For Johnstown, Schry's general all-around .floor work and foul shooting was the feature, while McGeary 'shone for Pittsburgh. The lineup and score was as follows: J. H. S.-23 Position P. H. S.-37 Capt. Keller forward Lloyd Robison forward McGeary Schry center Glass Nelson guard Glick Sharkey guard Polaski The last game of the season was played with the High JSchool Alumni and ended in a defeat for the school by the -score 40-30. The alumni team played High School off their :feet in the first half, the score being 22-Q. In the second half High School played a much improved game but were unable 'to overcome the big lead. The lineup and score was as fol- lows : Y nj. H. S.-30 Position Alumni-40 Capt. Keller forward Hoerle Schry ' forward R. Replogle Pinder center H. Replogle Nelson guard C. Replogle Sharkey guard Reese Y Substitutions: Robinson for Schry, Schry for Pinder, Kistler for Nelson. THE SPEOTATUR 45 The season just closed has been a failure both in regard to games won and to money made. Out of the seven games played High School won but two. Yet none of our defeats. were walkovers except the Kiski game. The outlook for next year, however, is exceptionally bright for only one man from the first seven will leave school. INTER CLASS LEAGUE. SENIOR--FRESHMAN GAME. In a spirited game, which was played as a perliminary to the Pittsburgh game, the Freshmen team defeated the Seniors- by the score 14-I I. The lineup and score was as follows: Seniors-1 I Position Freshmen-14. Stull forward Speck Trent QCapt.j forward Cramer QCaptj Cavanaugh center Zipf Tross guard Lambert Snowden guard Thomas JUNIOR'-FRESHMAN GAME The game between the Freshmen and Juniors for the class championship was close and exciting. The final score was 15-11 in favor of the Juniors. The lineup was as follows: FRESHMEN-II Position JUNIORS-I5 Shomo forward S. Replogle Cramer forward C. Shomo Zipf center Ludwig Thomas guard . W. Zipf VVolford guard ' Grumbling 46 THE SPECTATOR Exchanges ARGUS QI-Iarrisburgj-Your cuts this month are the best among our exchangesg your exchange column is fine. 'THE BLACK AND GOLD QHonoluluJ-You are a welcome exchange from a distant landg the distance makes you even more enter- tainingg we enjoy your joke column. THE CARNATION CSL Louisj-iour commencement number was splendidly arrangedg the photographs of your graduates, the class prophecy and class roll make your paper especially inter- esting at this time in the year. 'THE HERALD lSpringfieldJ-You are a new but welcome exchange: your literary department contains fine essays. INTERLUDE fSouth Bendj-We always have an inclination to com- mend after we have read the Interlude g its stories are always entertaining, the school notes are attractiveg and the cover de- sign is clever. THE MIRROR CWa,lthamJ-A joke column would add 'to the interest of your paperg otherwise it shows careful preparation. THE NEWS CEugene-Your paper is ve-ry neatg every department shows careful consideration. AGONTZ MOSAIC COgontzJ-In such a cerefully edited publication as yours, we should find criticisms on exchanges. 'THE PURPLE AND WHITE fA1lentownD-We should like to see more cuts in your otherwise note-worthy paper. PALMETTO AND THE PINE Cbvt.PetersburgJ-We see a marked improvement in your literary materialg every one of your stories is attractive. REVIEW fShaJm'okinJ-Although your literary material is fine, your cuts are crude. RED AND BLACK fReadingJ-Your stories are, indeed, novel and we enjoy reading your good joke department. 'TRIPOD CBostonJ-We are glad to see that you have designed a -new cover for your paper. 'TOTEM fSealttleJ-Your new cover design pleases us. Your stories are extremely interesting, while the many pictures of the scenery around Seattle enhance the beauty of your paper. X-RAY fTitusvil1eJ-tour poems and stories are both attractive and original. WORLD fSt. Paulj-As usual your stories are above the ordinary. Your cartoons and cuts are always clever. 'ERASMAIN fBrooklynJ-Your paper is clever. But why not arrange your material in departments keeping the literary material and athletic notes separate? ' THE SPECTATOR 41 THE a s FUNNY SPOT gf Borrowed for March 17! Dennis- Bego'bs, Oi fell off a sixty-four foot ladder yesterday. Flannigan- Och! Ye're the luckiest man Oi iver saw. Phat saved ye? Dennis- Oi fell off 'the bottom roundf J. Cobbs- When rain falls, does it ever rise again? Staley- Yessir. Jacobs- When? Irwin- In dew fduel time- Jacobs- That will dog sit down. Pete- !S?: Did again! Miss B.- Translate, 'Er hat eine nacht mehr.' Kring- He had a nightmare. Can an English knight be a dey in Algeirs? To learn one's weight should one- use scales, or is there a better weigh? Are a mans' shoes holf-soled when they are pawned? Can a standing committee sit? . President, at the Senior class meeting Qmuch disorder in rear of rooml- Say can't you fellows keep quiet? What do you think this is,-a faculty meeting? Bell couldn't draw a triangle because he didn't know how many sides it had. There will be a grand opening--when Gonder yawns. 4-B THE SPECTATOR If anybody doesn't like these jokes, let him write some himself: then come to the editors and apologize. Mr. A.- Who constituted lthe flrst geometry proposition? Junior- Noah. Mr. A.-'HoW's that? Junior- Did-n't he construct an ark? Miss F.- Translate, Ceasar traxit tres aciesf Soph.-funpreparedb Ceasar drew three aces. George Washington By Edgar Allen Poe Tats,'18 He was born in February, One month after Januaryg And the day was twenfty-two When he entered in this world Destined to redeem his land From the haughty English hand -And to rear a nation grand He the stars and stripes unfurledg Freedom gave to this new world. He's the boy that cuft the tree down, Chopped it up for kindling wood. Father met him with a frown, But his ground George firmly stood, And said, Father, I hewed it down. CNow for bright and breezy poetry with lots of swing to- it, Toto certainly wears a label-gFunny Eds.J . 'Q Cavanaugh- I can't get over that. wg'X' Snuke- What? , Cavanaugh- The Johnstown Trust Building. . Put - Wagner, what is the oldest piece of furniture in exist- ence? E. Wagn-er- The multiplication table? Put - Put 'er here. Pebley-- Which would you rather do Rudolph, or go fishing? Rudolph- Fd rather reside in a bee-hive, up at Buttermilk Falls, there where Luke McLluke lives, where the road hangs over the bushes. Wagner is trying to reduce his weight by singing. He has not lost any fat as yet, but the rest of us have. Phil.- What is the prettiest flower that grows? Weezer-fab-sentlyb Mabel, Cpresentlyj err-ahem-I mean blue bell. ,ffl f EI-IE SPECTATOR 49 Weather recast for March 17. Whether it rains, or whether we've snow, We mu have weather, 'whether or no. Motto of second year Freshmen: Always put off 'till tomorrow what you should learn today. Eph-fin chemistryl My clothes are on fire! Rose-''H-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-11-helpl ! ! Eph.- Oh, the flre's all out now, Rosy. Recalling Washington's birthday memories. A warning to the Senior girls! Don't put these jokes too near your hair, Or you'll be blown to chowder. It is not safe to place dry things So near a. store of powder. .l.i.-i-- fThe following lines, hot from the pen of Wash Georgington, will commend themselves.-Funny Editors.J Washington was a. man of action, A man of sterling worth: Safely overcame a faction- His country gave its birth. In war he beat the Britishg Not a man who served for pay. George! He never acted kiddish, Tried to drive our cares away, Outdid the red-coat English band, Nationalized our glorious land. IN STUDY HALL. Max- Can you change a dollar? Joder- No, bwt Ash can. Making Irish stew the piece de resistance on the St. Patrick's Day bill of fare is a somewhat questionable evidence of loyalty. Mr. A.-Cafter Spectator staff meeting? What is all this noise? Walt Thomas- We just came from staff meeting. Mr. A.- It sounds more like a. club than a staff. At any rate we'1l make it a. club. Sign up for two nights. Put cracked a smile twenty feet from the engine room door on the 22nd. of February at exactly 3 minutes, 43 seconds, 755 ticks after 9 a. m. Why so inquisitive? Weaver- The other day I hollowed across Market street to Walt Darling. Gerber- Well, what's funny about that? Weaver- Every young lady within a block looked around and blushed. M. W.- Have you ever been in Greece? E. B.-- No, buft I worked in ra machine shop. 50 THE SPECTATOR QUESTION BOX Pray, Mr. Jokeman, tell me who r Is this wondrous Dannenbaum crew, Whose names appear in public places, Who set for them their own fast paces?-Izzy Burlap. Ans.-Oh, s Dannenbaum! Oh, Dannenbaum! They are three little Freshmen. They go to school, Break every rule, To wrath are fuel, And act 'the fool. Oh, Dannenbaum! Oh, Dannenbaum! They are a Freshmen trio! What paper contains the most fine points?-Vernus. Aus.-A paper of needles. What is womans indisputable right.-Agricola. Aus.-To bare arms. What is the oldest cup?-Rastus. Aus.-The hifc-cup. Who was the Ancient Marin-er?--Shake Spear. Ans.-Noah. What is eloquence?-Miltiades Cavanaugh. Ans.- Gab with its good clothes on. Why is the letter T like an island? -U. S. Grant. Aus.-It's in the middle of water. Aw! give us something hard. VV'hat is it that goes around the earth, yet never moves? Joke Smith. 'W Ans.-Equator, sure! You ca.n't ketch us on a little easy one like that! How much will it take to Phil. Thomas? 'Cheer up, the vvurst is yet to come. ,',1Evans- I can clean up anybody in this school!-with a. -bucket of water. Q O'Connell-Cin Physiologyb Why do baseball players chew slip- pery el-m bark? Butler Sr.-fin stage whisperj So they can slide to first. Karl Pribek, better known as Porcupine Pete, having given due consideration to the subjeclt, has decided that a certain member of the faculty should be called Little Round Top. Who? ' ' At Pittsburgh Game. Yum - Pipe that Gass! ' Rutledge- Aw, I think that cinnamon-topped guy is the spiciesft player on the team. Chief Mulhollen- Yoy betcherneck. He sure can put the gin- ger into the game. ' - i f', , , ...W V 1 , . . 'K I ,ff r n 4 -1-u V 1. X Kiwi? A 4.-rx ., Q M v .4 ...f i5- 9 , N .-X ' f---,1 x-.ff - :Wr- w ?gt-f ,, , -.K-.: .M .K 1: ffm ' 5.- . 413 5.13 ,-,F - .Q , - 1 K :fx -- ' , 'fix'-Rkg' S 1:--'Al :'v- --Q --1 fs: , L F W' A... - 'Y' . A. r' 44 X. ,U - .Nw ANA A ' 4 'M-1 -.. .ai ,4lY9' mu- ,Q .-,- ,- 4-.' - 9, -...K St. John's Church, Johnstown, Pa THE SPECTATOR 51 Yes, the gon went--to smash! Conciliation. fFreshmen will have to read Burke's speech in order 'to appre- ciate the following quotation from Edmund Burke's speech on Con- ciliation with Americaf' Read it on a rainy day and it will keep you water proof. It is dryer than a dry battery.- Funny Editors.J Where is Europe compared with America? No where! Where is England? No where! They call England mistress of the sea: bult what makes the sea? The Mississippi river makes itg and all we have to do is to turn the Mississippi into an iceeplant and England will iiounder in the mud! ' . ,.-.- Heller- What are my three nights in the Club for? Poetic Senior- Every Freshman, hearken and heed! Every Sophomore, listen and read. Seniors and Juniors, Amos and Meyer Heller took 'Put' down out of the choir. He lifted him gently, just like a dad. Heller loked wise, Mr. K. looked mad 'Go to your rightl' Mr. Kraybill demanded But out to his left Mr. Heller meandered. Down the steps to the basement he rapidly new, He met someonei.--Well, you can guess who. The dummy's back was to the front, but The gent he encountered was P-U-T, 'PUT. 'y LOST-A derby by ia man with a broken crown. We see by the papers that many cities are striking for shorter hours. Johnstown is not in the list. We will continue to use the same old hours containing sixty minutes. Ellenberger- Did you hear about a man getting shot in Swa.nk's Hardware store? Tross- No. What for? Ellenberger- To go hunting, of course. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute SGHDUL of eeeie'-U ENGINEERING Glvll, Mechanical, Electrical Send foracalalogue NIY- THE SPECTATOR qAsk Your Grocer for Karoma and White House Coffee Quick Lunch Baked Beans Franklin Brand Mustard Lippincott Apple Butter me Ryan Correll Co. Distributors A. J. Haws CH, Sons Refractories Fire Brick Silica Brick Q7VIagnesite Brick Chrome Brick Capacity . . . 40,000,000 Per Year 9 THE SPECTATOR.. You Z' l-14 if ng 38. CI' lgiscount...25 gent ,lam 4194.1 .FWQ-f Q R 'Wi 'Milf' f Q if his g-fd:-I i' u A! 75 it ' if Jlflillw 5' A W- lv L:.., V ggi, A:V.- 11- ' ' KA i :,1 2. 2-2: 1. ' fi F er . ' 111 .5531 ':A:' I' 'I'-J tix:--. f'9!H, '- COUYRIGHT IDIO sraousa at BROS. :Au.TllvxuFlE. John Thomas 8: Sons Young Men's Outfitters N THIS GREAT SHOWING of Suits, are many distinct styles in Sack Suits. The diversity in pattern and color is inspiring. Think what this means! There is no other store in this city that offers its patrons such values as these. COIIIC and See the Beautiful Shades of browns, and fashiona- ble greys in many tints and tones, at 59.50 Sl 1.25 312.50 Sl 3.50 4 54 THE SPECTATOR PROFESSIONAL THOS. J. ITELL. DAN L. PARSONS. Attorney-at-Law. Attorney-at-Law Suppes Building. Bank Building' FRANK P. MARTIN. ALVIN SHERBINE. Attorney-at-Law Attorney-nt-Law Bank Building Suppes Building H W. STOREY, W DAVID LLOYD ' Attorney-at-Law ' Attorney-at-Law Suppes Building Room 217 Suppes Building H EARL SORBF R ROBERT C. HOERLE, ' Attorney-at-Law Attorney-at-Law Woolf Block Otto Building CI-aig'S SATISFACTION and Quick Service at the BARBERS SHAVE T0 PLEASE Star' Quick Lunch TRY THEM 541 Main Street Haynes Street Open day and night is the place Authentic Style - Geo. Kline'S in Suits, Coats, Dresses Furnishings. Pasticularly pleas- , H ing lines for Misses and Children Where mahtj' Counts PICTURE FRAMING T k ll ,itil T25 l'loran's Book Store Z2?3iie1y it can be framed, and at what little cost A nice new line of Pennants just received T'HE SPECTATOR 55 UNION NATIONAL BANK Interest Paid ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS S1 opens an account. Withdraw S100 without notice. A strong bank that gives you courteous treatment. Capital, S200,000.00 Surplus and Profits, 585,000.00 Title, Trust and Guarantee Company Corner M-ain and Clinton Streets, Johnstown, Pa. Capital, s5oo,00os . DIRECTORS-W. Horace Rose, Percy Allen Rose, Samuel Lenhart, Hiram Swank, J. C. Stineman, Jacob F. Kress, Edward P. Riley Interest Paid on Savings Deposits V. S. FRY Metropolitan Tailoring Co. Rooms 601-602 Swank Bldg. Main St. Phone 1489 COLLEGE CLOTHES IN ALL STYLES Stylish Made-to-Order Suits and Overcoats, S16 to 845. Pressing and Cleaning a Specialty. Goods called for and delivered WILL H. KREDEL, Drugs Cover:Hamm Coal Co. Best House Coal. Deliveries to All Parts of the City Phone 1568 56 'l'I-IE SPECTATOR Joi-INSTQWNS BEST STORE 'il V Q V aih an ii Kimi See the New Pantaloon Skirts - E Here In Great Demand for Horseback Riding and Outdoor Exercises When You Are Ready to invest a dollar or more in a KODAK, don't forget that you'll find the best line of Kodaks in town, at 401 Franklin Street. Berry Drug Company Wm. H. Raab 81. Bro. BIHIIK BUUK MBHUIHBIUPBPS, HUIBPS, BlIl!lEI'5 Elllll Pl'iIllEI'S .. , .. ,, .. . . . If ICS Printing, the artistic kind, we do lt: or if you'want your Spectator or magazines of any description, bound into a nice book, bring them to us. WE HAVE MOVED INTO OUR NEW QUARTERS-The Woolf Block An C F klin and Lincoln Streets, third and fourth floors E t L ln Street THE SPECTATOR. 57 'Gil' R011 Call Pick out the smartly dressed fellows in the crowd and you'll find practicoliy all of them our customers. It's not so much the fact that there's extra style put into our clothes for young fellows, as the fact that the style is lasting- through a long term of serviceg it's tbis that counts. Now, call the roll and think it over. Woolf CS, Reynolds, Inc. Clothes That Satisfy ' Shampoing, Hairdressing, Facial Massage, Scalp Treatment, Manicuring. Supertluous hair removed by electric needle. Switches, Pompadours and Puffs made from your own hair .... . JESS Keefe Fines! line of hair goods For CPrinfir3,qO that 'will oqftract aqffenticgg, place your order 'with the johnsfofwn 5 I 2 Main Street Second Floor 58 THE SPECTATOR ' If it is either Medicine, Dent' try, Ph Chemistry, do hot fail to learnlihe advarrltgglg gg THE MEDIIIU-BHIHUHGIUML COLLEGE of Philadelphia It is in the city which has been and still is the American Center of Education in these Sci- ences It has Departments of and grants Degrees in all four of them. It has its own Buildings. comprisinz well-planned and well-equipped Laboratories, a large and modern Hospital, and the finest clinical Amphitheatre extant. Its Courses in each Department are carefully graded. It has abundant and varied Clinical Material. Its faculties are renowned and of high pedagogic ability. its Training is essentially and thoroughly practical. Special features are Personal Instruction and Individual Work: Free Quizzesg Ward Clas- ses limited in size: Practical Clinical Conferences: Modern and Modified Seminar Methods Special Lectures by eminent authorities, Practice and training in technique, etc. Write to-day to the Dean of the Department in which you are interested for announce- ment describing the course and containing full information as to fees. Compare the advan- tages this college offers with any other before making a final decision. Seventeenth and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. Photographs, Qnly Photographs iii' BEST i?he 527 Main S l-lornick Stuclio W i Williner Smart Models Every Wednesday Seventh Floor Title, Trust and Guarantee Building Sllain and Clinfon Sfreefs att ni e Spectator bvertisers Tl-IE SPECTATOR 59 The Largest Banl: First National Bank in Johnstown 48 YEARS IN BUSINESS Capital, Surplus. and Undivided Profits .............. ............ gg 860,000.00 Resources Over Six Million Dollars ............ . .. ................... 6,500,000.00 lnterest Paid on All Time Deposits Soft as Velvet An ideal complexion cream. Will not grow hair-keeps the skin soft and smooth . . . . ..................50caTube At SCI-IRADER BROS. Main and Franklin Sts. Quality in Furniture and Carpets in Johnstown Suggests the GEIS Store 'T?1e: ERE I 0-ly N0 at PORCH BROS., Inc. Vine 8: Franklin For Sale 60 THE SPECTATOR See the spring styles in SHOES at . . Zangs 0Hice Hours 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Saturday Evening until 10 p. m. DR. GEO. R. COOK Dentist The man who will please you as to work- manship and prices. Title Trust 6 Guarantee Building, above the bank, Main and Clinton streets W. F. PATTEN, Sole Represn- tative W. F. FI'BllBI'iI3K Piilllll EU. SU PPES BLDG. Iohnstown, Pa. Agents for KNABE, CHICKER- ING, and thirty more of the World's Best Pianos Complete line Talking Machines, All Latest Sheet Music ' Candies A Cup of Coffee and a Sandwich, Appetizing Lunches and the best of service and F ancy Sanner Qlallty Shop Pastry 536 Main Street Johnstown, Pa. ARE YOU PROUD TO SHOW YOUR SILVERWARE? Is it Brilliant, or is it gradually becoming dimmed and dark? You can keep it as bright as when new with very litt e toruble. Dont trust to Soap and Hot watery Donlt use scratchy Powders. Don't use chemical cleansers. Apply COSMOS CREAM SILVER POLISH once a week. You will enjoy the work, as it is Simple, Easy, Quick, and the wonderful improvements it makes will be a revelation to you, Ask Your Dealer for it, but insist on getting' the genuine made only by H. M, HAY, Mgr. Phone 2077-A COSMOS MEG. CO. Johnstown, Pa. THE SPECTATOR 61 Patronize Spectator Advertisers For 'Draffsmen Instruments and Supplies - Triangles, Scales Tracing Cloth, Paper, Paints - practically all needs can be supplied here Franklin st. Wm. B. Waters E6 Bro. Compliments ofthe T. K. E. .foclety Compliments of the Emerson Literary Jociety Go to Western Market L0llfl'ler'S 232 fo' Franklin Street Good MEA-I-S Reliable Best of A11 Kinds. Poultry Footwear Branch Market, Corner Coleman Ave. and Ohio Sts, Moxham 547 Main Street 62 THE SPEC'l'A'I 0R f:4.4s.N .J sz d Ian ar O U cannot be too partlcular about your A plumblng No other pa t of your home equipment 1S so closely related to your health and comfort There is one Way to obtain plumbing ii I and sanitary Have I L A us Install ,Standard 'L 1 f flxtures and thus h X K solve your plumbing T g p1'0bl6II1S Derma 'if nnuunuu nently Johnstown Supply' House Plumbing Tmmng Heattng 41 K-5 or u lr - gxnnbl, lam- -- ':..:zv-1 V -s L fi-zrwarwfz. 1'.v4c1!f:.-1:-'Inf-1. ,-'L-J' x TWADE Q 31 I i 2 dl 4 . l r MARK Q . 160 99,0 Y ' . A A ' ,. . . 17 . 5, ' 1? :Q ' ' ' f -. , f . ---f 1 1 ' I 4 that is clean, durable Tl Si A ' . ji - ,J y - Q , .Af . l W H A f Wgf ' l S' lx W f JZ - 4' ' -E v.q,5gLjgX-H l l - , fn .H X my a . . . . l . ' ' . -I W 'e f ' JohnstoWn's First-Class Hotel we Capital P. L. CARPENTER Remodeled, and furnished throughout with the best Popular prices, S2 to S3 per day :: American Plan Invalid Utilities Supporters, Trusses, Crutches, Cushions and everything else needed in the sickroom. The advantage of buying here comes from high quality and an assortment large enough to admit of suitable selection for any demand. Cor. Franklin and Haynes Sts Ffallke Pharmacy THE SPECTA l'0ll 1R we Ctollege Open All the Year Students Enter at Any Time INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION IN BOOKKEEPING SHORTHAND, TYPEWRITING, ENGLISH BRANCHES 8: COLLEGE PREPARATORY Rowe College stands for that which is best in Business College training. Experienced teachers in every depart- ment. No time wasted on frills and fads. Energy and enterprise are at a premium. Its instruction leads to ' h b'ts. J ' th nk of the com e- correct business a 1 o1n e ra s p tent-become an expert. Full value given for your money. If you mean business, attend 1Rowe GOIICQC, the JB'L15fl1655 College of SOIJITBIOWII Call on or Address S. H. ISENBERG, Ph. D., Prest. Nos. 542-44 Main Street Johnstown, Pa. 'WE PAY ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS Why not open an account with us? Johnstown Trust Co. Capital and Surplus, S600,000 B4 THE SPECTATOR For a dainty lunch try the Buffalo Dairy Lunch where you get home prepared food. Quick Service Oiiice hours, B l. m. to 6 p. m. Telephone No. 440 The Sanitary Dentists Dn. F. H. DETERDING, Manager. Jordan Building, Main Street, between Y. M- C. A. and Transfer Station, opp, Park T. E. MORGAN ' High Grade PIANOS Musical .Merchandise 118 Market Street Phone 9-18 B Watkins Bros. Fire Insurance Notary Public 446 Lincoln Street. Phone 1582 Residence Phone 3103 When in need of a good KODAK or supplies of all kinds, give us a call. A fresh stock on hand at all tlmes. Young's Pharmacy 205-207 Franklin St., Johnstown, Pa. When you're sick - thafs trouble enough. You wou1dn't like to add to distress by sny untoward fears. Send all prescriptions to us to be filled and rest assured you will get every particle of power and bene- fit to be had from fresh drugs cor- rectly eompounded. KREDEL 8z FARRELL DRUGGISTS 114 Clinton Street Glasgow Woolen Mills Co. World's Largest Custom Tailors Spring Line Ready Suits and Top Coats to Measure S15 to S30 5l7 MAIN STREET We're New, Boys But, O My! L. STUVER 105 Ohio Street, - Moxham THE SPECTATOR 65 There's a. Difference in Coal mv owls SUPPES COAL CO. TELEPHONE 10-54 Prompt delivery to all parts of city . ainn 'S Slore Clinton M Magnificent Millinery. Trimmed Hats very becoming and easily worn Tailored Sails and Cosfumes Pony and Caracal Fur Coats Waisfs and jumpers QUINN'S The United States You Natlonal Bank Can Temporary Headquarters S Next Door to HVC . Tribune Office Money at 9 Take advantage of its Savings Conrad S Disssrfszzzmbgzbmzfszies 30 I Franklin St. every particular Capital Sr Surplus, S300,000 Resources, over 52,500 000 THE WPECTATOR PHONE FOR A TAXICAB ARE you thinking of having your car overhauled or painted this Winter? We do the highest grade work in this line. Estimates furnished. We have the best repair and paint shop in the city Juhnsluwn Aulnmnhile Enmpanu Our stock of Gas Heaters must be sold regardless of cost Citizens Light Heat 86 Power Company. New Display' Rooms 515 Main St. f 'PHE SPECTATOR Clletlbee Deimt Mellze The Mean hut they make all of him exce t his hands and face, says Ogd John Graham in Letters of a Self-made Merchant to His Son. And just because good appear- ance is so important, We contin- ually lay stress on good clothes, for good clothes, particularly Penn Traffic Clothes, are one and the same- We call particular attention to thc new spring assortment of Memfe emmdl Yetmmilg Me le Seite -m 10 te 35 They are made in the newest col- orings and combine both atyle and fit, which is an essential not to be overlooked in buying good clothes. This is not all, however, as the fabrics are the finest obtainable, and they are tailored by the best workmen to be had - therefore, when you buly clothes here, you buy good c othes ...,. 'ff '15 Egg ..x '8qz.,:fgci. A - ,- 'vu' 1- K : I 7' 25 'de' ' 'ot - 34... 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Prepare to answer those questions in the affirmative, by spending the short time necessasy to acquire the defi- nite, practical training given at this school. Re- solve to come and see us about it without de- lay, or, at least, send for our free . . . . catalogue TO-DAY . . . . Cambria Business ollege q Sixth Floor Lincoln Bldg. Phones-City 1352, Bell 268.1 JOHNSTOWN, PA. Z9 at if 31 3 R wg . A P5 K i A ,pi X iff. 5 u x 'L Us ' x THRSWERQZBQQR L if 'fi' 9 fb- CAC1 3' 0 li yammwagmmu scueeu . ! Contents Page To a Dandelion ............... 3 Der Vorzug der deutfchen Sprache fur den Amerikaner. ........... . A Visit to Athens. ,... . . . . 6 Grieg.. ...... .... . . 10 From New York to Naples . . . . 12 Three Brown Birds.. .... . . 15 The Master's Legacy .... . . 18 Work and Play in Chicago . . 22 The Work of a Deaconess . . . 25 The Sounds I Like to Hear , . , . 26 Botanical Ravings ..... . . 27 Editorial ...,.. . . 28 Societies ..... . . 31 School Notes. . . . . 3 Alumni ....,. . . 34 Current Events . . . . 36 Athletics ..... . . 18 Exchanges ..... . . 41 The Funny Spot . . . . 42 Advertisements . . . . 50 2'f.' t - I Uhr nm inn mm-fini um up mm-?3 1 Glipir mm mijlfmhrutng hlunlp mm mum Blur: an Ihr iarryn. Jima muh Jura ' 'With mlynm mr nun mr: mrll arqnainteh? ' ' A - mum 5 v 'L 1 Ebe 1bigh School Spectator Truth to the fact and u good spirit in the treatment VOL. XIII JOHNSTOWN, PA., APRIL, 1911 t N obvil I fe '-'A-'M so oooo .LX ws fr e rj' . W?x3nV'1 ' L . x W111 .D .I .,-.fx -.1 Y-'Lb V , 4- ,ww--m wx fr-ollllrlf,,llLltf N I NX J . as V ffxf kv K X .Qc X To a Dandelion By Mabel Davis '07. My soul has dwelt on you an hour, Dear common unloved little flower! And, sweet-faced Dandelion fair, I fondly wish that I might share Your beauty. Not a. tlower of May In sparkling crown and raiment drest, Or prouder bloom of sun1mer's day, So dear to me as your array Of unsought wealth by Nature blest. The sunlight of forgotten space Has kissed your gold-complexioned face. Your locks are spun with patient care Of that same Power that placed you there Among the grass. Man seeth not Your hidden grace and love divine. An unseen Hand has traced a. rthought Of Truth in Beauty finely wroughtg And, like a star, bade- you to shine. 4 THE SPECTATOR Ent Bnrzug Der Deutfrhen Sprnrlir fiir Den Amerikanrr. I Bun if. n. 11. 'n4. Sber Dielgeliehte Qichter DeQ Deutichen 3oIfe5, Sriebrich Schiller Qgeb. 10. 92013. 17595, iagt in uniiIJertreffIich ieinen 2Borten unD in ieinern DoIIenDeten Sprachan5Drucf in Dem 05eDicht ,wer Qauimannf' non nmclch' hohem Qfiierthe Der fgjanbel fiir Die geiainmte Liibiliiation aLIer Sliinber unD Siationen iit: ' ,iiiohin iegelt Dafa Schiff, es? trcigt fibonifche Slliiinner, 50ie nun Dem irierenben ST2orD' bringen Den Bernftein, Das? Sinn. img' e5 gniiDig,.ST2eptun, unD miegt e5 ichonenb, ihr iIBinDe, in ben1irtenDer Qiucht rauich' ihm ein trinfbarer Quelll Gush, ihr Giiitter, gehiirt Der Qaufmann. Qjiiter gn iuchen Q5eht er, Doch an iein Smhiii fniipft Dai? Qinte fich an. Jiir Da5 anierifanifche 5BoIf, Dag am meiteften tmargeichriitene 3011? in inDnitrieIIer nnD fommergieller Qinfichi, finD Dieie hohen iiiurte Der Qlnerfennung in gang Imeinnberem Wiaiae bebeutungfmofl. Um .sDanDeI mit freniDen Eliiilfern an iernen Qieiiaben gn treiben, ift ez hebingungflos nutmenDig, in Die Sprachen Der eingelnen Qiiifer ein3uDringen unD fich Dieielhen an eigen 511 machen. 0 Mir aI5 Qlmerifaner treiben .sjanbel mit beinahe jeDer Eliation Der QBeItg nnD iriiher fchon hatte Dai, amerifaniiche BDI? Die Eliot: menbigfeit Der Sprachenerlernung erfannt unD fich Derielben mit Den beiten Grfolgen hebient. lion Den tunangebenDen Sprachen 1'inD in Der Giefchichte Der ilieugeit Die frangiififche, Die Deutiche unD Die ipaniiche Sprachen Die 2233eientIichen, nJiihrenD Die engliiche Sprache 5rneifeIIo5 Die anerf fannte .SjanDeI5i1Jrache Der 2I8eIt ift, wie uns Die Statiftif Der Sprache nniiienfchaiten nor Qiugen fiihrt. .bat Doch ein Gielehrter Die inte: refiante Qlufftellung gemacht, Dafg bon 12,000,000,000 iiriefen, Die alljiihrlich uerianbt Iverben, 8,000,000,000 in englifcher, 1,200,: 000,000 in Deuticher nnD nur 1,000,000,000 in frangiiiiicher Sprache nerfaigt finD. 3m 17. unD 18. Sahrhunbert naar Srangiifiich Die Sprache Der gebiIDeten 2I53eIt, aber mit Dem Llntergang Der 2Ukacht unD Def, Qilangeii Defi 9ZapuIeoniichen Qaiierreichii ianf auch Die 2BeDeutung ieiner gunge. 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Sfher ein noch griifgerer Qiargug erxniiihft Dem 6tuDirenDen in Dem LImftanD, Dafa er fa Ieicht Berfonen finDet, in Deren Qiefellf fchaft er fich feine Gprachfenntniffe beDienen fann nnD in gefefiigeni Bufammenfein hat er Oieleaenheit, fich miiheioe Cbefiiufigfeit im Ciprechen angueignen 11nD Dabei Dae erhebenhe Giefiihh al? gehiIDeter Elfienfch gu erfcheinen. Grin grneiter ilinrtheil Diefer Sprache ift Die Iatfache, Dafa ihre Qirlernung eine ante Borfchufe gum gfllhillm anDerer fremDer Sprachen ift, Da Die Deutfche Qiratnmatif geraDe5u eine grunDIegenDe Sugif fiir biele anDere Ehrachen in fich hirat. iiier fich tiefer in Die Sntereffen fiir Die Deutfche Sprache unD ,fiir Da? gefaminte Dentfche Chefiihlss unD Qieifteilehen Derliert, mirth haID Die genufgreiihften Stmiben Damit herhrinaen, in Die Sagens unD in Die 2D2iirchen1rieIt Diefee Belief? ein3,1uDrinaen 1inD Der fiifthchfte Rohn ift ficherlich Dent hefchieDen, Der Die Sliiihe nicht fcheut, feine gange Strait unD fein gangee ernfthafte5 Etrehen 11nD Siloflen Dem 6tuDinm Der Deutfchen Sprache 511 mibinen. A Visit to Athens By Edna K. Fearl '99 ' E APPROACHED the mainland of Greece at dawn, on our way from Constantinople over the lovely island-stud- ded Aegean. As we rounded Cape Sunium, the lonely Temple of Poseidon, perched upon the topmost point oi the promon- tory, came into view. A short journey brought us to the an- cient seaport of Athens, the Piraeus-once a mere landing placefnow one of the busiest harbors along the Mediterranean coast. The road which connects the Piraeus and Athens runs along the ancient wall, built under the direction of Themis- tocles. The drive is one of rare beauty, leading as it does along the sea, through vineyards and olive-grooves and long lines of graceful pepper-trees. lts charm is still further enhanced by the glimpses which it affords of the Acropolis. 'As the ancient life of the Athenians centered about 'the rocky hill of the Acropolis, so it has remained the center of interest for Athenian and foreigner alike. It was the repository THE SPECTATOR T for their most precious works of art. It still contains the noblest temple ever reared by the hand of men. The summit of the Acropolis is reached by a narrow mar- ble staircase, which leads to the Propylaea, or main-gate. This gate is built of Pentelic marble, and has justly been called the brilliant jewel on the front of the rocky coronet of the Athenian Acropolis. just at the right, as one enters the Propylaea, stands the little Temple of Nike, one of the loveliest of the Greek temples. From the steps of the Nike there is a wonder- ful view of the Attic plain, with the sea and harbor of the Piraeus in the distance. The Propylaea leads to a rocky slope, on the right side of which stands the Parthenon, on the left the charming Erechthe- ion. The Parthenon has been surpassed in size by some of the other Greek temples, which have come down to us in a better state of preservation. The barbarous hand of man has dealt it fearful rounds, but still it remains the most imposing and most perfect monument ofancient art. In the course of centuries its marble has taken on a soft golden hue, and whether seen in the brilliant dawn, or at the violet close of an Athenian day, it forms a soul-stirring spectacle. The most striking feature of the Erechtheion is the Portico of Caryatides, so-called because the roof of the portico is sup- ported by six figures of maidens. The artist performed here the unusual feat of substituting human figures for columns, while at the samfe time he made these figures retain the sem- blance of life-like beauty. On the western ,slope of the Acropolis lies the Theatre of Dionysos. In this theatre, more than two thousand years ago, the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes were first presented. The theatre is cut out of the solid rock. The seats are arranged in semi-circular tiers. The front row consists of marble chairs, which were reserved for various dig- nitaries, as the Greek inscriptions indicate. The stage is adorned with reliefs, depicting the myths of the wine-god. After one leaves the Acropolis there is still much of inter- est in the ancient quarters of Athens. Besides the Thesion, which is the best preserved temple of Greek art, there are a few columns of the Olympieion standing sublime in the midst 8 THE SPECTATORV of ruin. Then there is the so-called Prison of Socrates, which consists of three rooms, hewn out of the mountain side, and suggesting the bee-hive tomb of Atreus. A short distance from this prison, just outside the city gates, is situated the ancient burial ground of Athens. This burial ground, which consists of a street of tombs, is the only one extant in Greece. It recalls similar streets outside of the cities of Rome and Pompeii. This street contains tombs of rare beauty and surpassing workmanship. Unlike our mod- ern tombs, these depict the dead in some attitude of their daily lives. ,For instance, there is the young warrior on horse-back, in the act of striking his foe, and the lady of high degree at her toilet, attended by her maid. What I have said will lead you to see that Athens is a veritable treasure-house for the antiquarian. However, her charm does not all lie in the past, thanks to the generosity of her sons. Her boulevards lined with marble palaces, her uni- versities, libraries and museums, her theatres, baths, and bazars make of her a second Paris. The Royal Palace and Garden add much to her beauty, and give her a social life of great brilliancy. The Acropolis and National Museum contain some of the world's rarest art treasures. The former is devoted to sculp- tures taken from the temples on the Acropolis. The best known of these, perhaps, are the Mourning Athens, and the Nike Fastening Her Sandal. The National Museum has a more varied collection. In addition to numerous pieces of sculpture, there are vessels and ornaments of gold, taken from the tomb of Agamemnon in Mycenae. The vast collection is the largest in the world, composed, as it is, of specimens dating from the earliest times down to the culmination period. Mention ought also to be made of the charming Tanagra figurines, and of the large collection of Egyptian antiquities. Another place of great interest in modern Athens is the Stadion, where many of the Greek games were originally held. It was laid out in the year 330 B. C., primitive in its structure at lirst, but ultimately built ,of Pentelic marble. In modern times it has been perfectly restored at enormous cost. In 1906 it was inaugurated with the Olympic Games,w hich are to be THE SPECTATOR 9 reproduced every four years. Its enormous size, and the rich- ness of its marble decorations add much to its imposing appear- ance. The union of ancient and modern beauty makes of Athens .a glorious sight, as she nestles among her violet hills. As we look down upon her from some lofty height, we can readily ap- preciate the ardor of Aristophanes when he cries: 'fOh thou, our Athens, violet-wreathed, brilliant, most enviable city ! Several times during the course of our stay in Athens we climbed the rugged sides of Lycabettos, to the little chapel of St. George, which occupies the highest pinnacle. For hours we sat in the narrow enclosure of the yard, now watching the old bell-ringer joyously performing his tasksg now gazing down upon the fair city, spread at our feet, as we thought of her heroes, sages, poets and sculptors, and of their mighty deeds wrought in the name of their well-beloved city. On the last morning of our stay in Athens, again at dawn we climbed the mountain side, and in the chapel lighted candles were sailing toward Eleusis vygiga-L 1 for our safe return. A few hours later we had taken boat and f f??e+.v. ,fig a .1 ' hgh: 'sir ' tp! fl ,,-fri lj Q ,e. 1 A l lu . Qt . l' ' My rt . l l, ..,,..-.1 10 THE SPECTATOR - Grieg By Bryant Itell '09 HEN THE subject of music is mentioned, most of us turn our thoughts and fancies to the Fatherland or to sunny Italy for inspiration. Most naturally we have in mind either the wonderful instrumental compositions of the old Ger- man masters or the great operas of the Italian school. Few of us would think of turning our attention to any of the Norse- lands for musicians of the very first rank. Yet, even in the less genial conditions of the frozen North we find musical artists of the first rank. It was Sweden that gave to the world its most famous singer, Jenny Lind, and, as Denmark has its Gade, Norway comes forth with a truly great representative of its national character in Edward Greig. Greig's life and musical activities have been discussed so freely by magazines and all sorts of periodicals since his death in 1907, that even a review of them would be tiresome in an article of this nature. It is sufficient to say that he was raised under auspices very favorable to a musical career. His parents were people of means, and his mother gave him his first in- spiration in music and his early instruction on the piano. After Grieg had exhausted the wealth of musical instruction in his own land, he went to Germany, where he studied under such masters as Richter, Hauptman, Reinecke, and Moscheles. Even in his early student days signs of his composing genius began to crop out. At his graduation from the Leipzig' Conservatory Greig received high praise for one or two compositions of his own, which he played at the final rehearsal. However, it was not till Greig began studying with the Danish master, Gade, that it began to dawn on him that it was his mission to create a national music for Norway. After his acquaintance with Gade, Grieg spent most of his time in Chris- tiana, where he became very closely identified with the musical activities in Norway's capital. He served as director of con- certs for a period of ten years. During these years he spent his spare hours in the development and perfection of his Nor- wegian music. In 1869 Grieg received from the Scandanavian TI-IE SPECTATOR 11 Parliament a pension that gave him opportunity to travel and become acquainted with some of the great musicians of the day. It was at this time that he formed an acquaintance with Liszt that was terminated only by the death of the latter. Grieg's music was received with cold or very reserved ap- proval by the musicians of the 6o'c and 7o's, with the exception of Liszt. The old German pianist was electrified by the spon- taneous wealth of melody and harmony in the music of the young Norwegian. And it has been mainly through Liszt's in- fluence and the great number of Grieg concerts in Norway that the musical populace of Europe became attracted to a real ap- preciation of Norwegian music. Probably the chief reason for the rather cold reception tendered Grieg is the fact that his nationality is always upper- most in his music. All his music is distinctly Norwegian. Nor- wegian music had been made known to the world before by Norway's great master of the violin-Ole Bull. But Edward Grieg was the first to write Norwegian melodies in their true color. He used the peculiar rythm of the Norwegian dances in some of his compositions with great effectg and the striking harmonic successions found in all his works he has employed with better taste than any of his predecessors. Yet, with all Grieg's wonderful imagination and artistic conception, he has a rather limited number of devotees in this country at least. In fact, it is very probable that Grieg's passion for nationality will narrow thru monotony his final audience. On the other hand, in this very nationality he found the full expression of his tal- ent. The nationality of Grieg is forced upon the attention by the man, his music, and his friends. If his songs are ditiicult to sing because of queer harmonic successions, or if his melo- dies do not seem to appeal to humanity at large, the composer can congratulate himself with the thought, that in the greater number of his works he has sung the fortunes of his race. Bearing this always in mind, perhaps we can be lead to a more unbiased opinion as to the just merits of the compositions of Edward Grieg. i 12 THE SPECTATOR From New York to Naples By M. V. W. K. '85 N A SUNNY morning near the end of February the steamship Barbarossa lay in New York harbor readyfor a trip across the Atlantic. From stem to stern the trim little vessel glistened in her fresh coat of white paint and with colors flying and band playing gaily, she seemed to say: Come with me from this wintry shore to the sunny land of Italy. A gay, happy company was that which accepted the invita- tion and sailed away with her for a cruise on the Mediter- ranean. All care and worry were left behind, and, for the time, we gave ourselves up to the enjoyment of the passing hours. The days on board went all too quickly. There was so much to occupy one. There were the long walks on deck, the visits to the Marconi station at the top of the boat, the letters to be written ready for mailing at the first port, the nice, long, rest- ful naps in one's steamer chair, the book that had been kept for just such a time as this, not to mention the many oppor- tunities for conversation with one's fellow passengers. After a week had passed in this delightful way we carne into the region of the Azores and early one morning We began to discern the outline of the islands. For several hours we sailed close to St. Michaels, the largest one of the group. Long lines of low-lying hills were visible with white houses nestling at their feet, which reminded one of minature Noah's Arks. Above the villages, the land on the sloping hill sides was divided by hedges into plots and fields of all shapes and sizes. The green was showing in the grass and foliage and formed a beau- tiful contrast with the white cottages below. After a week of ocean and sky the sight of land was pleasant and we spent the morning on deck with our glasses trying to see as much-as possible of the islands. Here we had our first sight of the sea gulls. Early in the morning they appeared near the ship and followed us for miles. The graceful movements of these beau- tiful birds as they flew about the ship or rested on the waves were a delight to us all and we were sorry when they finally disappeared from view. THE SPECTATOR 13 Three days later we passed Cape St. Vincent and sailed into the Strait of Gibraltar. The coasts of Spain and Africa were visible and on both sides of us huge mountains could be seen lifting their snow-clad tops high in the sunshine. The clearness of the air and the blue of the sky were wonderful. About nbon we had our first glimpse of the Rock and the nearer we came to it the more impressive it appeared. In the beautiful harbor were many vessels of various kinds, and towering miajestically above them all was the steamer Ca- 'P i ......,...., nopic, homeward bound from Italy. As we were leaving the Barbarossa for the lighter boat which was to convey us to land we were besieged by men and boys in small boats offering flow- ers and fruit for sale. A short ride across the bay and we had arrived at Gibraltar. Clustered around the huge Rock is a town composed of people of many nationalities. There were officers of the English armyg tall stately Moors from Africa, just across the narrow strait 5 tourists from every nation on the globeg rosy-cheeked English children in charge of dusky nurse- maids who looked as if they might have come from Indiag Spanish boys trying to sell us oranges, dates and post cardsg and everywhere and always the English soldier with his gun. It was truly a motley crowd that passed back and forth thru the narrow streets, making way for the English ladies in their carriages, and the donkeys with panniers filled with vegetables for sale. Some distance from the fort, outside the town, We came to a parade ground where an interesting game of cricket was being played by the soldiers. Still farther oif in the same di- 14 THE SPECTATOR rection lies a little Spanish town and thither we made our way. After passing the English guards who have charge of the cus- toms, we entered the quaint little town. Leaving the carriage outside the gates we went on foot through the narrow streets. Donkeys laden with skins filled with water from the snow-cov- ered mountainsg little boys begging for moneyg dark-skinned Spanish women with gay-colored kerchiefs on their heads, crowded us closely as we moved along the narrow way. From the street the houses looked uninteresting but after entering one of the passage ways through which our guide con- ducted us we came to a bright sunny court. The big flag-stones with which the court was paved were clean and white, gay flowers bloomed in flower pots about the court, and birds sang in cages fastened near the windows. As we entered the court out from the various houses came beautiful dark-eyed Spanish girls who smiled at us and bade us welcome in their native tongue. It was all so quaint and pretty that we felt as though we were in a story book. just as the sunset gun was booming its warning for all Spaniards and Moors to leave the town we boarded the little tug to return to the Barbarossa. As the ship steamed out of the harbor we stood by the rail for a last look. The gorgeous pur- ple and rose of the sky were reflected in the waters of the Medi- terraneang tiny boats with red and yellow sails bobbed up and down close byg and in the distance rose the Rock, dark and forbidding, in the lovely evening light. It was a picture I shall not soon forget. Our next stop was at the interesting city of Algiers in Af- rica. The French quarter of the city is beautifully situated on the side of a hill overlooking the sea and is made up of charm- ing villas with large gardens surrounded by high walls. As we drove by, the houses of white or cream-colored stucco with del- icately tinted trimmings made a striking picture among the orange trees with their golden fruit and almond trees laden with pink blossoms. The Arab village in the old part of the city was a decided contrast to the French section. Here we followed our guide up steep streets lined on both sides with tiny shops, picking our 'l'll E Sl'El I'A'l' 0 ll 15 way among Moors, Arabs, French soldiers, young Moorish girls veiled up to the eyes, old men, children and dogs. We made a short visit to a rug factory where some beauti- ful rugs were being made by women, and we were shocked to find tiny girls of five and six years helping to cut the threads. VVhen we saw the nervous little lingers working like lightning at their task we longed for a Child Labor law in Africa. The next day was our last on board the ship. On the sec- ond morning after our visit to Algiers our boat entered the bay of Naples and there spread out before us the sight we had dreamed of for many a day. As we gazed at the city, the bay, at Vesuvius, and then at the bay again, we did not wonder that the Neapolitan is fond of quoting the old saying: See Naples and die! Three Brown Birds By Vincent R. Peterson '10 OFT BLOVVS the west wind from his bowel' in the VVest. Gently, the clouds, piling high one on another, travel to- wards sunrise, while the observer stands peering between their folds into the deep vault of che azure sky. For some time the robins have been wakening us from our slumbers in theearly morning and the song sparrow from the tasslc of a mullein stalk now peals forth his song of hearty good cheer. There is a lure of cities, but that does not concern us, who love to steal away from man and his haunts, to hold com- munion with nature and to hear her speak her manifold secrets to us, who know how to interpret them. Nature is like art, she has to be studied to be app reeiated. lt is said that the untutor- ed, on seeing a work of nrt, calls it horrid and fit only to be burned. Just so with nature. Those not acquainted with her will tread on the loveliest Howers, and not see them, will pass thru woods filled with song birds, and not hear them, and will even go near a singing bird and not hear that song. However, it is not my purpose to tell you the value of na- ture study from a philosophical viewpoint, but to let you know x 16 'I'l-IE SPECTATOR A of a few of our birds that can be seen by anyone, if he but keep a good watchout. The first two are with us only a few weeks in spring and a few weeks in autumn. The other is with us during the summer. These three birds have many points that to a novice would be catalogued as belonging to the same bird. They are all gifted with a high power of song, have breasts marked with blotches of brown, and brown upper parts. Yet, one is a sparrow, and the others are thrushes. Some day towards the last of March, while strolling thru the still leafless woods, the bird lover is startled by a song, full, rich, much varied, some notes like the sweet notes of a Hute, and, above all, exceedingly sweet, with only a tinge of sadness. He peers in vain for the songster, but unless he have sharp eyes, the bird will escape his view. At length he sees the singer, the fox sparrow, perched on a low bush, singing away and flooding the leafless wood with song. Suddenly the song ceases. The bird drops to the dead leaves on the ground, and scratches as industriously as any chicken, but somehow or other surpassing the chicken in that he contrives to use both feet at the same time. When I first saw the fox-sparrow, I mistook him for a thrush. Indeed, he looks much like a thrush, having a breast streaked with arrow-shaped marks of dark brown, a back of brown changing to bluish slate on the head. But above all as a distinguishing mark is the stout comical bill, which tells that the singer is a sparrow and not a thrush. Perhaps the reader wonders why such a sweet singer was called fox sparrow, when the word fox as now understood im- plies all that is cunning and deceitful. If we look into the deep- er meaning of the word we learn that he is called fox sparrow because of his ferruginous color. Again, we may be prejudiced against him because his last name is sparrow. Alas, too many of us have a wrong impression of the sparrow because of the evil done by that foreigner, the house or English sparrow. All American sparrows, however, are peaceful and law-abiding citizens, they are ever on the watchout to destroy the seeds of noxious weeds. Several weeks after the fox sparrow has made his sojourn with us, the hermit thrush pays us a visit. The hermit thrush ,I 4 H v 'PHE SP E l l'A'l'0R 17 looks much like the fox sparrow, but is olive brown instead of reddish brown, and has finer arrow-shaped spots on the breast. This bird, it has been said, is the finest singer that America can produce. Yet with all its sweet songs not half has been written about him as about the nightengale of Europe. The hermit thrush is said to surpass even the nightingale. I have never heard the hermit sing, and it was only after watching that I got a chance even to see him on his way north or south. To hear and see him at his best, it is necessary to travel to his northern home in the wilds of Canada and northern United States. There he opens the day with a burst of song and closes it with a vesper hymn. john Burroughs has likened the open- ing notes of this hymn to, O, spiral, spiral, 0, holy, holy 3 that seems to tell of the peace with which the song is imbued. It suggests no passion or emotion, but seems to be a voiced strain of what one attains in his better moments. After the fox Sparrow and the hermit thrush have passed to their northern home the wood thrush comes to take up his residence with us during the summer months. The wood thrush can be distinguished from all his relatives by having the breast and sides more heavily streaked with brown and having heart-shaped blotches of the same color. Other thrushes, ex- cept the robin and blue-bird, love the solitude better than the haunts of man. Not so with the wood thrush. Altho somewhat retiring, yet he is often seen running with hopping steps about our lawns, thru the garden rows, and underneath our low shrubbery. His song is rich, sweet, and liquid, opening with a series of flute-like notes. Now he pauses, now he sings again with full volume, and now the notes are low and scarcely audi- ble. I always associate the wood thrush's song with the early morning or late evening, when, perched upon some tip-top limb in a very high tree, he gives vent to his feelings thru song. Sometimes in summer, when passing thru a low underwood, I find the wood thrush's nest in the crotch of a tree. His nest looks much like that of his cousin, the robin, being constructed of mud and dried grasses. The nest usually contains four eggs much like the robin's in size, shape and color. Indeed, the nest would often be mistaken for the robin's, were it not for 18 THE SPECTATOII the presence of the birds, whose call of pit, pit, pit, nervously given, betrays the anxiety the birds feel. Still blows the wind from his turret in the West, but now more boisterously, for the spring and summer have passed away and autumn has come. The clouds yet roll over the vast expanse of blue like ships on the sea. The robins and the thrushes have left us in their search for southern homes. The fox sparrows tarry again with us for a few brief weeks, and then hurry to join the throng of southern migrants. For a few days the hermit thrush has silently slipped from tree to tree in our woodsg so that only a chance person has seen him. And the wood thrush, nesting cares long since over, has de- serted our forests, and gone to a more southern clime. The wood is almost silent for winter is fast on the way, when we shall hear only the chance caw of the crow and the callings of a few other birds that love the snows of winter. The Master's Legacy By H. W. G. '10 SPENT my first year after graduation from medical school in a small Western town as official surgeon of a mining company of which my brother was chief engineer. Aside from my duties in the mining camps I had almost no practice except in a little group of white tents that stood on a rise above the town, a settlement of lungers, as the sturdy Westerners in half-contemptuous pity called the victims of the white plague. To me, however, with the enthusiasm of youth the sight of that little settlement brought no other feeling than a realization of the pathos of the situation of these people and a desire to help them. Late one afternoon in August, I was on my way down from the hill-top city of sufferers when a boy came running up, telling me that I was wanted in one of the near-by tents. En- tering the one the boy pointed out, I found a youth of about twenty years bending over a white-haired old man who was THE sPEc'rA'x'ola 10 stretched upon a cot. The lad turned as I entered the tent, and, with tears streaming down his white cheeks, he incoherently explained that his father had fainted. A hurried examination showed that it was a ease of heart failure, and I made an injec- tion of a powerful stimulant. I did all I could to restore con- sciousness and in a few minutes the patient slowly opened his eyes. While giving the medicine time to do its work, I examined the occupants of the tent mlore closely. A more unusual pair could scarce be found. There was about them both an air of refinement and culture that spoke of patrician ancestry. In the father's face there was the expression of an artistic and moral nature, that loved the beautiful and sought the good. Ill tho he was, as he looked up at his son his face seemed to glow with something .akin to mother-lovs. The lad was ap- parently his father's own son, with just a suggestion of a mother's personality. There was in his white face, as he knelt by his father's bedside, an unusual charm that corresponded well with the almost-feminine grace of his manner. By the time that I had finished my scrutiny, the old gentle- man appeared sufficiently revived for conversation. I question- ed him, with the idea of finding out why one with so weak a heart should venture into so high an altitude. Did you not know that it is dangerous for a person with a heart as weak as yours- At my words an unusual agitation seized the old man He interrupted me quickly, seemingly almost in fear. 'KI hope, sir, that you will not speak of that. I --- some- time again, when I am stronger- Concluding that the old gentleman probably had some good reason for not wishing to speak of the matter, I said nothing. Giving the :son directions as to what he Should do in case of another attack, I left the tent, promising to return the next day. The next evening as I returned to fulfill my promise, I found the old man seated on the rude platform before his tent, a violin lying idle beside him. At my approach he looked up with a smile, the gentle cordiality of which made additional welcome unnecessary. 20 ' THE SPECTATOR I fear, sir, he said, as I seated myself beside him, that I owe you an apology for the way I spoke to you last evening. No, no, I assured him, an apology is unnecessary. But perhaps an explanation would not be out of place, he insisted, with a quaint smile. In spite of my encouraging silence, however, he did not go on. I sat there, wondering over this man, the slight for- eign accent of his speech, and the mystery of his position. Seemingly forgetting the explianation to which he had referred, he, too, was lost in reverie, watching the changing colors on the snow-capped range to the west, behind which the sun had just set. Oh! This country of yours, these mountains, suddenly exclaimed the old man in a quick out-burst of feeling. VVhat would I not give to be in my own native land? I was born in a little town on the Rhone in southern France, a land of sunny blue skies and green olive groves. I was happy there as a child 5 there was every reason to be so. As I grew older I became still happier, for I came to love a beautiful girl, to me of ir- resistible charmg and I married her. That was my mistake. I knew that we were different, but I thought that the sweetness of her nature would overcome her restlessness. I was no mate for her, but I did not realize there was such a word as incompatible. Yet was I to blame? Who has never picked a beautiful spring flower, to let its deli- cate sweetness wilt in his warm grasp? We loved each otherg but her feeling for me was the quick intense passion of the Latin, while my affection for her was tempered by the con- stancy of my Norse ancestry. We were happy for a time, then suddenly her love went from me. Later a boy was born to us, but it was too late to win her back to me, and within a year she left me-in the com- pany of a younger man. I For two years I lived on in my little home by the soft- flowing Rhone: and no bitterness came into my heart, for there was too much love. I loved three things-my violin, my little son, and the wife who had gone from me. At the end of these two years I received a letter from my wife in America, entreating me to go to her. She was alone THE SPECTATOR 21 and dying. The letter had been delayed-I reached America in time to find the grass beginning to grow over her new-made grave. The years passed and my son grew up in this foreign landg but in this changeabel climate he contracted the disease which you call the white plague. Finally a doctor told me that I must take my son to the high mountain regions of the West, but he told me that I could not accompany him, for my weak heart would not stand the high altitude. I could not keep my son in the East. I could not part with him, for only two of the three things I had loved were left. So I concealed the truth from my boy and we came to this place. The old man was silent for a time, then he took up the violin that lay beside him. Dance music, I think it was, that he played at first, dance music that changed into a song, the joyous full-throated song of a robin in the mating season. The song in time changed until it seemed to voice the low moan of a deeply-wounded wild thing, and the cry of pain changed to a sob of regret so poignant in its grief that I caught my breath in sympathy. Then the music passed into the low strains of the harp, sweet and clear, like a human thing become divine, and ceased. The short summer passed on quickly, and soon the early night frosts of September crisped the air. All this time I was a daily visitor, half professional, half social, at the tent of the old master, as I had come to call him, and his son. Finally the master called me aside to ask: My son is not getting any better ? I could not answer. Will it be long, now? the old man asked, almost in a whisper. As I continued silent, he bowed his head in quiet grief. It was not long. As the flakes of the first snow-fall blew down' from the mountains, we buried the lad in the bleak grave- yard by the forlorn little church of the town. I walked with the old man back to his lonely little tent. My eyes ached with the tears that could not flowg and my throat was full of sympathy that words could not express. As -- THE SPECTATOR we reached his tent the old man turned to me with an expres- sion on his white face that was half longing, half eagerness. Again I ask, he said gently, will it be long? And again I shook my head, unable to pronounce doom upon my friend. I am glad, he said, holding out his hand, and I knew that he was sincere in what he said. After we had shaken hands, he entered the tent and as I walked back down the slope I heard behind me the sad strains of the low-pitched violin. It was not long. A month later tl1e master lay beside his son, and I was possessor of a vio-lin that I could not play. It was the master's sole bequest, his legacy to me. Work an? Play in Chicago By Elsie D. Canan '01 Y EXPERIENCE with both work and play at the Uni- versity of Chicago has been confined entirely to the sum- mer quarter. As far as the work is concerned, however, a description of any one of the four quarters of University work would fit the other three as well, for summer work at Chicago differs from the summer Sessions of the majority of universities and colleges. The summer quarter there is of just the same length Qtwelve weeksj as each of the three quarters during the regular school year. The same courses are given and the stu- dent who does the full quarter's work of three majors receives just the same credit that he would receive in any other quarter. Thirty-six majors are required for a degree, and they may be secured either by the regular way of three quarters' work each year for four years, by continuous work for three years, by work in the summer quarters added to correspondence work done through the winter, or even by work done in summer .quarters alone, although the last process is rather lengthy. The summer student at Chicago always has the oppor- -tunity of studying under some of the best regular professors rand instructors of the University, as well as under well-known a Tl-IE SPECTATOR 23 men from other schools, for the work is so arranged that the instructors who work through the summer may take their va- cation during some other quarter of the year. Work during each quarter is limited to three majors. To each course it is expected that three hours a day will be de- voted, one to class work or lecture, two to preparation, but, as -one professor seemed to take pleasure in reminding us, that meant that it was possible to do the work in two hours, not that every student in his class could by any means do it in two. This man was a brilliant mathematician, but not a very popular teacher. As a mfatter of fact, he really gave less out- side work than any other professor whose classes I attended. The rest of them just gave us the work to do and said nothing about it, yet almost everybody did it. It seemed they couldn't help doing it. The spirit of hard work was in the very air. It was an inspiration to be in class daily with so many people so interested in their work and so enthusiastic about it. It meant much, too, to come in close contact with people interested in such a wide variety of subjects. Even among the sixty or seventy girls in Green Hall, one of the dormitories, I found girls doing special work in literature, in science, in languages or in mathematics. Une girl I knew wrote stories, another, who was doing her last quarter's work for her master's de- gree, was interested in some experiments in the development of certain forms of plant life, one was taking the course in the law school, and quite a number of them were taking special courses for teachers in the School of Education,connected with the University. With all the hard work, however, and all the splendid op- portunities ior work in the excellent libraries and laboratories, it is impossible to be in the midst of the school life, especially if one lives in the dormitories, and not have a good time play- ing as well as working. Each dormitory has a very pleasant social life of its own. Almost every Friday evening the girls have some kind of a, party. In the summer beach parties are very popular. Jackson park, one of the most beautiful of Chi- cago parks, is on the shore of Lake Michigan about half a mile from the University, and just beyond the park are some ex- cellent places for such parties. 24 THE SPECTATOR The Monday afternoon excursions, conducted by Uni- versity guides, give the students the opportunity to see some of the points of greatest interest in the city, but such sight- seeing is a little two strenuous to try very often in warm weather. One of these excursions on which I did go and en- joy very much was a trip to Hull House. The work at the Uni- versity Settlement is also extremely interesting. Some of the- students teach classes there once or twice a week. The Art Institute, while some distance from the University, is so easy of access that it is possible to enjoy it whenever one has a few hours to spare. I remember one very delightful afternoon spent in the studio of Mr. Lorado Taft, just across the Midway from the University. Mr. Taft had given a course of lectures on sculpture, and invited the students who attended them to visit his studio. Busy'as he was, he took time to show us his collections and tell us about some of the work he was doing. His work was so interesting that we all enjoyed every minute of the time we were there. There seems to be great enthusiasm for outdoor sports. Tennis courts all over the campus are filled every hour of the day. All along the Midway are grass courts. In jackson park there are line golf links, and a great many of the students take advantage of the beautiful lagoons for rowing in both jackson and Washington parks. Almost all class work is done in the morning, so that it is always possible to have some time for recreation in the after- noon. Each afternoon from four to five and from five to six there are lectures on subjects of general interest open to all the students. Following a course of these lectures alone would furnish a very interesting summer's work, but the number of them a student is able to attend is determined by the amount of other work he has to do. With these, as with the regular work and the opportunities for play as well, there is so much of interest to do, that no matter how varied the tastes of the dif- ferent students, it is possible for everyone to find something suited to himself, and even if he has no intention of complet- ing the Uuiversity course, can spend a very profitable and a very busy summer. THE SPECTATOR Z 'Dre Work of a Deaconess By Floy P. Cameron '03 EACONESS work is always under the direction of the church, whether it be the Lutheran, Episcopalian, Bap- tist, Presbyterian, or Methodist. The Methodist Episcopal Discipline states very clearly the work of a deaconess: The .duties of the deaconess are to minister to the poor, care for the sick, provide for orpha.ns, comfort the sorrowing, seek the wan- dering, and, relinquishing all other pursuits, devote herself to these and other forms of Christian labor. No vow of per- petual service is exacted from any deaconess. She is at liberty to retire from her vocation at any time upon satisfactory no- tice. Deaconess work is divided into many definite lines of ac- tivity, namely, the industrial classes, kindergarten, nursing, settlement work, travelers and work at our railway stations which consists in caring for young women, children, and wom- en who are traveling alone in our large cities, systematic vis- itation, and regular church work, which is assisting pastors. The deaconess goes into the dirty iand crowded.city slums where poverty and vice go hand in hand and where little chil- dren, poorly clothed and badly fed, live-whose only play- grounds are alleys and streets which bring them under influ- ences that make criminals. Because of what they have to suffer, many children grow to manhood and womanhood dwarft phy- sically, mentally and spiritually, to be a burden on society. These little ones are gathered into classes for sewing, gym- nastic training, reading, cooking, kitchen, garden and Sunday School, where they are given a chance to grow into a better life. Boys and girls who, after a hard day's work in factory or mill, have no place for recreation but the street corners, nickel- odeans and saloons, are gathered into missions and churches for educational work and classes in physical culture, dress- making, basketball, and other games. The deaconess aims in working for these-our citizens in making-whether Protest- ants or Catholics, Polish, Italian, or American, to raise the 26 THE SPECTATOR spiritual, educational, and social standards in the congested districts of our cities. Besides the various classes and religious services, the- deaconess must keep in close touch with the places of squalor and misery that many of our people call home. All the homes are not such, for many people of good family, because of lack of employment or sickness are often reduced to conditions which compel them to live in two or three dark rooms between an alley and a street. In these homes are poverty, no comforts, insuiiicient food and clothing. Do you see the work and op- portunities of a deaconess in these homes after she has de- veloped a relation of friendship with these people, and won them to have confidence in her power to help theml The Sounds l Like to Hear By F. M'M. B. '09. Once, when in retrospective mood, I mused on things both far and nearg There came into my solitude One of the sounds I like to hear. While listening to its happy strain, The thought of others just als sweet And noble, too, like rush of feet, Came crowding headlong in my brain. The roar and splash of mountain stream, Which dashes on with sparkling gleamg The song of robin and of thrushg The low, soft murrn'ring of the wind, The thrilling melody and gush And swell of nature's organ. Find Me anywhere such sounds as these, The stream, the birds, uthe playful breeze, I see thus while I meditate, What nature does-men imitate. THE SPECTATOR Botanical Ravings By H. L. S. 'O8. The little Pleurococcus, he sits still upon a stump, A fission slowly subdivides this tiny mite of spunk, Whom nothing ever frightens, neither snake nor dread earthqua And who many, many times has been found dead upon the stake. Clathrocysft and Coelosphaerium go Heating down the drain, A-wandering and wondering how, why, and whence they came: But the little Pleurococcus has a patience all his own, He just divides and drearuily sits still upon a stone. A Tragedy Averted. Two smvall Paramlecia met one morn Way down in the circle of Capricorn. The sun shone bright, With all his might, And each Paramecium felt just right. Says one to the other, Good morning, Jim, Your cilia and gullet are looking trim, But your ectosarc and endosarc Are as dried-up as if they'd been in the Ark! u u 'AGO on! You Amoe-ba! :to Jack says Jim, My ectosarc may look a trifle thin, But you're just as bad- Now, don't get mad, For the truth has a. habit of sounding sad. Now, all of the pulsating vacuoles Between your dorsal and ventral poles I say it with gravity, You're filled with depravity, So is your old gastro-vascular cavity. u u Just then a half-grown little medusae Of the Gonionamus Murbachii, Came swimming by With a languid sigh And swallowed them both like just so much pie. The tentacled lophophone once within, ' They found the true coelom was dark as sin, And says Jim to Jack, 'As he wriggled his back, This 'gins my ganglion cell to wrackl' Just keep your food vaccuoles moving, Jim, Says Jack, the gastruloid lllm seems quite thin. And, wriggling with glee, I Both soon won free Of that irksome Archenteron. 27 ke 28 THE SPECTATOR 'Ciba igb School Spcctat r Eoitorial ano :Business Staff. Editor-in-Chief JOHN H. COVER 1911 Associate Editor DONALD CUSTER 1912 Exchange Editors MARY RYAN 1911 ROSALIE MATTHEWS 1912 Society Editors BLANCHE BOYD 1911 EMMA MARTIN 1912 School News and Funny Spot EARL CAVANAUGH 1911 JOSEPH MEYER 1911 Art Editor BERTHA STAMMLER 1911 Current Events JULIUS PORIAS 1912 Athletic Editor THOMAS CROCKER 1911 Business Manager PHILIP THOMAS 1911 Associate Business Managers KENNETH RIPPLE 1912 EDGAR BASS 1912 GRAFTON PORCH 1912 Assistant Business Managers ARTHUR STULL 1911 WILLIAM R. THOMAS 1911 WALTER M. THOMAS 1911 EDWARD O'CONNEL 1911 ROBERT D. SCI-'AD 1911 HERMAN ROTH 1912 Class Representatives MARY STOUPPE 1912 WALTER KREBS 1913 ROBERT GREER 1914 THE SPECTATOR ls published monthly during the school term. Address all communications to THE SPECIATOR, Hlgh School Bulldlng. Johnstown, Ps. Entered at the Postoftice, Johnstown, Pa., as second-class mall matter. ln order to lnsure publication ln the current Issue, all MSS. must be handed In to the edltor not later than the 1st of each month. 'YQ X Imam An Alumni issue is an innovation in the field of subjects chosen for the Spectator. Altho the students show commend- able loyalty to their publication While in the ALUMNI school, it has been the general misfortune NUMBER to let this loyalty waver and decline a few years after graduation. This is deplorable, for graduates have so many interesting experiences that it is TI-IE SPECTATOR 29 of educational value for the students to learn of these inci- dents. It is the hope of the editors that thru the means of an alumni number the students and alumni will be brought in close and more profitable communication with each other. In a forceful address delivered at the athletic banquet some months ago Mr. Anderson Walters directed our thoughts to the incapacity of the present High School and the means of overcoming this dehciency. Mr. Walters called our attention to the fact that at a late election the voters refused their consent to a loan for erecting necessary school buildings. He AN OPPORTUNITY declared that if it was proposed to AS ALUMNI add one tenth to the cost of the school to provide pleasing archi- tectural effect, men would rush off for an injunction to pre- vent the godless waste of maney. He stated that there are members of the Board of School Control who regard sports as mere nuisancesf' Contrasting with the present state the ideal Mr. Walters drew a picture of the High School that should exist commen- surate with the demands of our modern city,- a school situ- ated in a twenty-acre plot, buildings adapted to classic, scien- tific and technical training, laboratories where the foundation work in the sciences could be taught, accomodations and a faculty sufficient to give individual training, buildings which would present an architectual appearance conforming to the wealth and importance of a city of 100,000 people a, gymnasium equipped and managed so that the wind and weather would not interfere with the care of the body and its development, and a campus where football, baseball, track and field sports could be held without dickering with a fence owner or dealing with the majestic representative of archaic laws. Upon quoting this we regret for perhaps the hundreth time that our High School life has not been spent in the midst of at least a fair proportion of this ideal system. We wonder at the extent of work accomplished with our scanty supply of apparatus and compare the bare straight fronts of our buildings with the artistic inappreciation of the general public. We turn aside 30 THE SPECTATOR with a sigh at the very mention of a gymnasium when we real- ize the limitation of our own and especially when we read of the well equipped institutions of other third and second class cities,-a gymnasium in which all basketball games are played and daily exercises scheduled. The dream of a campus without the anxiety of rent and the trouble of schedule arrangement to overcome conflicting dates, and of annual concession for athletics of a sum abolishing the present begging system of col- lecting funds is too improbable to fully appreciate until we realize the fortune of other cities,-as an instance, Tacoma, Washington, where in a city of two thirds our population a million dollar public school stadium has been built. The lack of means for the development of the physical side of the stu- dent's life is a grave deficiency in our school system. One of the greatest questions of today is, How can the body be developed to create a healthful mind P As a remedy for these errors Mr. Walters urged the stu- dents of today to remember their lack of opportunity when in future years, as voters, they are called upon to decide the limit of opportunity of their children. He says in part, Are we, as taxpayers, going to withdraw into our narrow shells and glory in the fact that we hold the country-wide record for the smallest per capita debt ? Work for a Greater johns- town, that is don't be afraid to levy taxes sufficient to give its boys and girls what they are entitled to. The possibility of the alumni accomplishing such an end is greatly strengthened by the assurance that the alumni of our High School cauld easily control the destiny of this city. The spirit found in our loyalty to High School, Mr. Walters asserts, if carried into civic life, will be a factor in the upbuild- ing of the Greater City of Johnstown. Surely the object is worth striving for and should be supported the strongest by those who have spent four years in the midst of High School life. Let us remember this when we are alumni. - The illustrations of this issue are the work of Miss Hen- rietta Ott, '09, We are indebted to Miss Mary Clarke for an interesting article on The Sabrina Cult, which we are unable to print. THE SPECTATOR 31 Societief EMERSON SOCIETY NOTES. At the Emerson meeting on February 3, new ofiicers were elected. The following were chosen: President, John H. Coverg Vice-president, Donald O'Connorg Secretary, Mary Stouppeg Critic, Robert Kleinsehmidtg Sergeant at arms, Frank Geis. The following program was carried out in the next meet- ing: Declamation, Hayden Hewsg Stories, Marion Broderick and Florence Martin, Current Events, Owen Sharkeyg Select- ed Oration, Kenneth Ripple. In the meeting of March 17, the following numbers were given: Story, Elizabeth Morgan, Dramatic Presentation, Marion Reese and Ruth Sellersg Selected Oration, Grafton Porch: Current Events, Israel Malasky: Piano Duet, Rhea Smith and Elda Shaffer: Talk, Pauline Miller. On March 25, the societies held a joint meeting at which a little play, The Magic Swan, dramatized by Ella Swank, was presented. It proved interesting. The thirteenth annual open meeting of the Emerson So- ciety was held in the school auditorium, March 31. The pro- gram committee was composed of William Joder, Sybil Nowell, Gladys Reynolds and .Arthur Cranston. The faculty represen- tative is Miss Anna O. Woodring. The following program was given: PART I. Selection ............. ........... H igh School Orchestra. Address of Welcome ......... ..... B y the President Violin Solo ................... john H. Cover Qaj Madrigale' fSimonettij Qbj Mazurka QDrakej Folk Songs ................... .... E merson Chorus faj All Thru The Night. fbj Santa Lucia. - Qcj Suwanee River. T Selection .............. . . . Orchestra 32 THE SPECTATOR PART II. THE RIVALSX' Characters. Sir Anthony Absolute ............ Capt. Jack Absolute Faulkland ........... Bob Acres ........... Sir Lucius O'Trigger Fag ............... David .... . . . Boy ..... Thomas ......... Mrs. Malaprop .... Lydia Languish . . . julia ............ ....... . . Waldo Wright . . Joseph Meyer James Klahre Karl Pribek . . . . Edgar Bass . . . Harry Statler Roman Widmann Oscar Kaminsky Roman Widmann . . Ruth Masters . . . . Mary Ryan . . . . Leone Raab Ethel Weimer Act I. I.-A street in Bath. II.-Mrs. Malaprop's lodgings. III.--Capt. Absolute's lodgings. Act. II. I.-Acres' lodgings. II.-Mrs. Malaprop's lodgings. . Act IU. I.-King's Mead Fields. Lucy ......... T. K. E. At the meeting on March 3, Max Rabinowitz's talk on Courtesy an Essential to Success in Business interested every one. The program of March Io, which we print in full was of great interest. Program.-Story, Florence Krueger, Oration, Forrest Shafferg Story, Grace Ernest, Music, The Societyg Declama- tion, Mary Stutzmang Story, Margaret Jones. At the meeting of March 17, James Adam's plea for in- struction in dancing in our schools was thoughtful and con- vincing. THE SPECTATOR 33 We congratulate the Emerson Society on their finished open meeting. John Cover's violin solos were charmingg the Chorus sang with great expression. So many of the young actors in The Rivals showed great histrionic talent that we do not discriminate among them. . THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION. ' Owing to the inclement weather, the club has done little out door work. We took one walk in which we collected con- siderable material in buds and twigs. At the last meeting the following officers were elected: Vice-president, Emily Fearl. Secretary, Julius Porias. Treasurer, Katherine Patterson. The excursion committee is planning a number of week- ly walks as soon as the weather permits. About twelve com- mon birds have been reported. School Notef On Friday, March 31, we received a splendid portrait of one of our greatest statesmen-Alexander Hamilton. This picture was the gift of Mr. Fred Krebs, one of the leading and most public-spirited citizens of Johnstown. In presenting it, he gave a short but interesting sketch of Hamilton's life and expressed his deep interest in the welfare of the High School. The school unanimously voices their gratitude to him for his recent gift, with the hope that it is indicative of his fu- terest in us. Once more we have taken a short rest from the arduous task of gaining an education. On Friday, April 7, an audible sigh of relief arose from some six hundred students of Johns- town High. Sometook advantage of the vacation to absent themselves from the city on pleasure trips. Others divided the time between health-giving out-door recreation and making up back work. But we are certainly glad to say that the lat- ter took up but a small proportion of any one's time. Vaca- tion was meant for relaxation from regular duties, and as such it should be observed. X 34 'PHE SPECTATOII And after vacation, what? The close of this short period of rest marks the beginning of the most diliicult part of the school year. It is the part which in a race is called the sprint. We sincerely hope that the number who have to sprint violently will be very small. Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors,- here's hoping that not one fails to qualify! THE PENNANT CONTEST. At last the decision in the pennant contest has been awarded. - The class of IQIS, thru their constant work, held the lead until the March issue when the Juniors forged to the front and tied. In order to break the tie it was decided to award the pennant to the class submitting for this, the April number, the most comprehensive and Well written current events. To the interest and successful endeavors of Miss Ethel Meyers of the Sophomore class must be attributed the final victory of that class. The Juniors owe their appreciation to Everett Custer for a close second. The Spectator congratulates the victors for the numerous and instant response to the calls for material during the past term and thanks the other classes for their earnest endeavors. Alumni By Julius Porias '12 We print a list of students who have served as editors- in-chief of the Spectator, and who have helped to make this magazine as successful as it is: Harry F. Confer ,Q9. I. I. Kramer 'oo. A. P. S. Turner 'o1. Edward F. Entwisle '02. Francis P. Horn 'o3. J. Earl Ogle 'o3. Ernest J. Cohoe ,O4. Fred G. Smith 'o5. Robert E. Gipe 'o6. Tl-IE SPECTATOR 35 Todd D. Cochran '07, Maurice M. Rothstein 'o8. Frank McMillan Breniser '09. Earl E. Glock '10. Miss Mary J. Cooper '82 is the Supervisor of the Primary department of the Johnstown public schools. Mr. Charles C. Greer '86 is a candidate for election as District Attorney of Cambria county. We wish him success. The Quemahoning dam, the largest artificial body of water in Pennsylvania is being built under the direction of John -Gocher '86. George S. Fockler '93, was recently elected President of Select Council of our city. John Henderson '00, was captain of the Harvard Basket- ball team in IQO4. Lloyd Adams '02, a graduate of Princeton is practicing at the Cambria County Bar. Roy Lowman ,02, a graduate of Annapolis Naval Academly is a commissioned ofiicer on board the cruiser Tennissee. Mr. Lowman recently married Miss Vera Morris. Five out of the eighteen boys who graduated in 1902 have studied law. They are Lloyd Adams, Milton Ashton, Vincent Day, Israel Kramer, and Albert Stenger. Walter Marsden '01 is a lawyer in New York City. Daniel jones '07, who has been studying music in Berlin, will tour Germany next year as a piano virtuoso. john Lindsey '07 will serve as captain and play end on the University of Pittsburg football team. Thomas Pinder '07 will run in the hurdles for Syracuse. He is an end of their football team and commodore of the Syra- cuse crews. Webster Saylor '07 was captain of Franklin and Marshall football team two years ago. Douglass Story '07 is considered the greatest cheer leader that Washington and Jefferson ever had. Francis Wolle '07 was a point winner for the U. of P. 36 THE SPECTATOR track team last year and will represent Penn as a two-mile run- ner this year. He is also a meniber of the Mask and Wig Club. Bryant Itell '08 will study music in New York next year. Florence Glenn '08 had an important part in the Bryn Maur out-door play last year. Frank Breniser '08 has been chosen a member of this. year's cast of the Mask and Wig Clubi' at the U. of P. Morley Kline ,IO was the star forward of this year's Law- renceville Prep. team. Alexander Louther ,IO played on the Syracuse Freshman football team this year. Marie Itell ,IO Won the literary prize at Indiana Normal School for the best original story of the year. The members of the faculty who are Alumni of the school are Miss Fearl ,QQ, Mr. Ashton '02, Miss Ankeny '03, Miss Brixner '04. Albert Walters '10 has won great honor in Latin at Law- renceville. He also distinguished himself on the debating team.. Robert Gipe '06 is principal of the Glassport schools. Current Eventf By Ethel Meyers '13 Feb. 19.-Japan denounced the existing trade treaty with- Canada. Feb. 20.-The Chinese Government took the first active measures for represing the plague by ordering the villagers. to burn their dead. 1 Feb. 22.-The Canadian Parliment declared political loyalty to Great Britain in answer to assertions that reciprocity withr the United States would result in annexation. Feb. 24.-Feb. 24.-The new treaty with japan was rati- fied by the United States Senate. '1-HE sPEc'rA'ron 81 Feb. 27.-The Senate passed the spy bill to prevent dis- -closures of national defense secrets. Mar. 3.-A successful Bight in an aeroplane by Lieutenant ,Foulois and Aviator Parmalee proved that the aeroplane will be the future message bearer. This flight was made in two hours and seven minutes, covering one hundred and sixteen miles. Mar. 4.-President Taft called the Sixty-second Congress .to meet in a special session on April 4 to consider the Canadian reciprocity argreement. Mar. 7.-Richard A. Ballinger resigned as Secretary of Interior and Walter L. 'Fisher of Chicago was appointed to succeed him. Mar.8.-President Taft assured President Diaz that the 'object of mobilizing troops along the Mexican border was not the occupation of Mexican territory. Mar. 12.-A severe earthquake caused a portion of the crater of Vesuvius to fall. Mar. 13.-Sir Edward Gray, the British foreign secretary, ,in a debate praised President Taft's suggestion for an Anglo- American treaty providing for the settlement of all disputes by arbitration. Mar. 18.-Ex-president Roosevelt opened in Arizona the Roosevelt storage dam which is the second largest in the world. Mar. 25.-A horrible fire in New York City destroyed a factory in which tive hundred women and girls were employed. Inadequate tire escapes made it impossible for them all to escape. One hundred and fifty were burned. M3f.29.1ThC Albany State Capitol with its invaluable -collection of English and Dutch documents, its law library and a special collection of biographical and geneological records was destroyed by fire. V 38 THE SPECTATOR a y 1 1,5 fe K ' E 2 I 2 Tliis .F f I W g ' On Monday, April 17, immediately after the spring vaca- tion, track practice will begin in earnest. Never before in the history of the High School have the outlooks been more favor- able. As a result the team will in all probability be able to get a number of good trips. Manager Suppes has abbout decided to take his team to Pittsburg to participate in both the Uni- versity of Pittsburg and Princeton Alumni meets, to the State College meet, to the University of Pennsylvania, and possibly to the meet held at Indiana by the Normal school of that place. An interclass meet will also be held in May. With such pros- pects as these there should be no trouble in having enough candidates report to Capt. Stull at first call. The following information concerning the University of Pennsylvania meet has been received: PENNSYLVANIA'S RELAY RACES TO BE BIGGER, MORE IMPORTANT, AND MORE INTER- ESTING THAN EVER. Pennsylvania's Relay Races promise to be even more important than ever before. Practically all of the big colleges, such as Harvard, Michigan, Chicago, Columbia, etc., have already sent word that they will have teams in the meet. This 'rum sPmc'rA'roR 39 guarantees a repetition of the magnificent racing that has made the Relays a synonym for all that is highest class in track and field sport. Chicago will bring on such a wonderful runner as Davenport, who won both the quarter and the half-mile West- ern College championships last june in 48 4-5 seconds and I minute 56 3-5 seconds respectively. Michigan will send on Craig, who won the 220-yard Intercollegiate Championship, equaling the world's record of 21 1-5 seconds. Foster, the Har- vard captain, the Sprinting Champion of 1909, will also run in the sprints. Burdick, of Pennsylvania, the Eastern Intercolleg- iate Champion, will meet French, of Kansas, the Western Champion, in the high jump. Chisholm, of Yale, the Eastern high hurdle Champion, will meet Edwards, the Western Cham- pion. And so it will be in all the special events, namely, the 100 yards, 120-yard hurdle, shot, hammer, discus, broad jump, high jump and pole vault. The College Relay Championships will, as usual, bring to- gether the fastest teams of the year. The success of Harvard and Cornell this winter, together with the fast running of the Western teams in recent Western sports, guarantee that Penn- sylvania will have to do almost the impossible to retain the three championships she won last year. Cornell, Harvard, Chi- cago, Michigan, Illinois, and Princeton are all out for one or an other championship. In fact, Yale seems about the only one of the big colleges that has not at least one team up to championship calibre. At present writing wfMarch Istj, nearly zoo school and col- lege teams have entered, so it is a surety that April 29th will see more than 250 college and school teams in competition. Many big things lack -quality, but the work that has been done at the Relays the past ten years, proves that these sports are not only the biggest of the year, but they are also the best. 1, A. A. VAUDEVILLE SHOW. 1 The Vaudeville show held on April 7 for the benefit of the Athletic Association under the managment of Don Davis, Q THE SPECTATOR Dick Suppes, and Foster Smith, was a grand success from all points of view. From the financial side it exceeded all antici- pation, for after the paying of all expences, 3250.00 remained. The entertainment itself was also successfuly carried out. A large amount of credit for this success is due to Miss Frieda Brixner, who spent much time in proparing the acts. The program, which was so successfully carried out, was as follows: A. Overture Selections from Qaj Bright Eyes fbj Newly Weds High school Orchestra-Donald Custer, Leader B. The Athletes Ludwig, Chas. Butler, Gonder, Robinson, Kistler, Speck, Widman, Korns, Riddle, Clark Butler. C. .The Meyer-Crocker Co.-In their language farce. The Man Next Door. Philip Melville, so near and yet so far-jo. Meyer, jack Wister, who makes most of the trouble-Tom Crocker. Constance Parker, engaged to Melville-Katherine Paul. Mary, a woman who scrube and talks-Ruth Sessers. D. The Four Agonies.-A funny quartet. E. In the Light of Other Daysf' Col. Philip Clayton, master of Old Oaks -Earl Cava- naugh. Ralph Clayton, his nephew-Leo Schry. Virginia Carter, one of the Xmas guests-Emfma Martin. jeff, house servant--Leroy Scanlon. F. The Girls.-A musical extravaganza. Maybe it's a Robber. ................. Emma Martin The Rest of the Week He's Mme. . . Marion Broderick I Like to Have a Flock of Men Around Me. ..... . Elizabeth Werry A. Gocher, E. Schaffer, M. Davis, F. Werry, F. McCaus- land, M. Wolfhope, S. Werry, M. Broderick, F. Nowell. G. Finale. High School Song by all the happy home talented stars. THE SPECTATOR 41 ' Exchanger ACROPOLIS lNewarkJ: The Acropolis contains an abundance of good jokes and school notesg we t-hought the story Jim Harstrongf' a. very forceful story. AMULET fWeslt Chesterlz One feature of your paper which is espe- cially instructive is your mosaics of thoughtf' they will make your readers more familiar with the great writers. TAHOMA CSeattlel: This monlth you are our best exchange. Judg- tainingg although your cuts are clever, your cover is extremely' plain. BROWN AND WHITE: We are glad to see the Brown and White again, as it has 'been absent from our desk for a few months. The early history of your paper was very interesting and novel. CONWAYAN CCarlisleJ: Why should your entire paper be devoted to school notes and athletics without a single story or poem. MOUNTAINEER fButtel: Your sntories are the best we have read this month. Your school notes are clever. MESSENGER fWichitaJ: Can't you improve your cutsg they are crude? PALMETTO AND PINE:We should like to see a few more cuts in your otherwise good paper. PURPLE AND WHITE: Your athletic edi-tor must be very capable, for he seems to do most of :the work for your paper. THE QUILL CDes Moinesl: A few more good stories would add to the attractiveness of your paper. RED AND BLACK CTampa.J: Your editorial department is very in- adequate. TILLTONIAN lTiltonl: We like your plan of placing your good editorials in a. prominent place. TRIPOD: We enjoyed the leading features of your paper this month, the pictures of your amateur t-heatricals. TOTEM fSeattlel: In such a well-arranged and neat paper as yours, a. page of advertisements should not be ilound between the edi- torials and the alurnnae nortes. TAHOMA fSe-attlejz This month you are our best exchange. Judg- ing by the poetry in your last issue, you must 'have real poets in your school. 42 THE SPECTATOR WHIMS: Your cuts and photographs are extremely novel. WORLD fSt. Paulj: Your paper is very neat and well-arranged, ex- cept that you have advlertising matter before your literary ma- terial. The cuts and cover are well drawn and artistic. X-RAY CTitusvilleJ: Your departments are cleverly arranged and written. We gratefully acknowledge the following exchanges: MIRROR CWalthamJg STUDENT fCovingtouDg REVIEW fSha- mokinjg BULLETIN fAlleghenyJg CRITIC iLynchburgJg Moccas- SIN fLake Genevalg ECHO fPortsmnouthJg ECHO Uuniataj. ,itlrfg THE E94-s. We F SPOT J' ... . Presumably Gay. E. Wagner- Can a cat-fish or a. cracker-box? Bell- No, but a tomato-can. Pebley- That's nothin'. I saw a rail-fence. , D. C. fin Physicsj- Why are some street cars always cold? Meyer- Because they have poor conductors. D. C. lin PhysicsJ4 Why are some street cars always cold? hurning up? 'l'I-IE SPECTATOR 43 Stranger- What's your name? 'Schad- Fish. Stranger- What do you do for a living? Schad- I'm in the army. Satranger- Oh, I see. A sword fish. A-rub-a-dub-d ub! A- rub-a-dub-dub! We belong to th' Eraser Club. Butler Lemon tree Horner Butler's Memory Wallismith Wagoner. Bass- I'd like to H11 my fountain pen, but I don't have the proper implements. Klahre- Aw, iill it with. ink. ' Nothin'butdeutsch! The horse became so lame that he couldn't see anything. The only German rule to which there is no exception is that beer is prevalent. He rode the horse on end. ' Under his feet the grass was filled with snow. The cow wandered under the Held. The head of the old Knight became soft. Lost-An umbrella by a prize-fighter with broken ribs. The boy and girl were brothers. Mrs. Malaprop Again. I have enjoyed your sermons so much, said she. That is very graiifying, indeed, modestly replied 'the new pastor. Yes, we really never knew what scoundrels men were till, you began preaching! - Another' Boring Question. If a man from Poland is called a Pole, why isn't' a man from Holland called a Hole? You may talk all you want of absent-rnlndedness and absent- minded people, but we'll have to be shown a case which beats that of a sweet little Freshle-tte we know. She is so absent-minded that she bluffed an excuse on Apr. 17, 1911, for absence during the Easter vacation. On a Dutch boardingkhouse was wtritten: ALL WELCOME HERE BUT IRISHMENJ' An Irishman, passing by, wrote un-der it: UWHOEVER WROTE THIS, WROTE IT WELL, FOR THE SAME IS WROTE ON THE GATES OF H- 44 THE SPECTATOR ' Our town-clock has his hands on his face, he goes on a strike fnequently, he's always running around, he's never still-yet we all look up to him. Queer, isn't it? First Year Student- Is her charming voice falsetto? Fresh- I don't know what her voice is, but I knofw she has B. false-set-o' teeth. Before marriage it is customary to kiss the bride. After marriage it is Hkistomary to cuss the bride. Impossible, Dad! Half-jast twelve 5 John still there, ' Dad goes down The hall-way stair, Reminds poor John V The time of night, And bids him now To 'take his flight. But little 'l ed's been watching close- He hollers out in words verbos-el, Honest, dad, he can't nudge, Sis's on his lap, feedin' him fudge. -Henry Whatsworth Doing. Some Stage Hits U5 No Wedding Bells for Me -Bess Statler. What's the Use of Running When There's Plenty of Time to Walk? -Crocker. Naughty Eyes -Net Young. This Is No Pl-ace For a Minister's Son -Fred Ellenberger. Mary Is a Grand Old Name -Mary Ryan. 'Tm a Member of -the Midnight Crew - Blink Gonder. Talking about stars. Orion! CO Ryangl Hist!! The RivaIs. . 'Tis whispered 'round these staid old walls that a great rivalry exists between three of our, upper classxnen- Rome Widmann Blink Gonder, and Showen Arkey. At the last reading the stand- ing was as follows: Blink .......... . . . .... .258 Rome ..................... ..... . 212 S7howen ............... f .......... .136 The last man still has a good chance of running away with the prize, The others had better look to their laurelis. Keep your eye on the 'Mystic Three Rivals'! Oh! Yes! Crocker was there with bells on!! Caufliel- Turn into a rwbbersball and bounce away. Korns- Make a noise like a tree and leave. Wright- Change into a lamp and go out, kid. Melodious Wagner- B, sharp and C. naturalg don't B. flat and tlhink you're D- sharp. THE SPECTATOR 45 Half Q. Half. Poetry by inspiration, and verse by perspiration. A May you ever glide gently down the river of time, Like a bob-tailed chicken on a watermelon rind. -Ralph Willdo Everyperson. A young fspeaker's first production was to begin thus: I have a few scattered thoughts to impart to you. This is what he said: I have a few thoughtered seats to de- part from you. Chickens dressed weigh less than those un-dressed. fAn Axiom.J Fat Wagner dressed weighs more than the same individual un- dressed. fAn Axiom.J But Wagner is not a chicken-An Axiom is not an Axiom. Q. E. D. Snuke- Can you loaf in a baker-shop? Cavanaugh- Noi And you canft get over the Johnstown Trust Company building: Say, Snook, did you know that your joke died the same year that Caesar crossed the Stonycreek? The Wrong Right. Waldo, said the governor, 'tthis should be a lesson to you. Never again let me hear of you trying to ily an aeroplane. But I could not have been doing wrong, father. I was following a good example. What good example? The Wright brothers. You Bet! Ain't it funny that the School Board should employ a contractor when the expansion of a school is necessary? Put maintains that half the lies told about him are not true. Dunkle- Is this cross-piece on straight? Stull-- No, it's decidedly un-straight. Climacks! He courted her quite gently Thru the Helds of golden ryeg Led her onward reverlently, 'Neath the clear and radiant sky, .At a gate they paused a moment As the bars he did remove, S-he looked on with proud contentment, As his act did right behoove. Then she entered thru it quickly And no thanks did she avowg He was but a farmer boy, Slhe-a Jersey cow! -Edgar Alum Eater. 46 THE SPECTATOR Sharp- Go out to the nest and see if the chicken layed. Schry Qten 'minutes laterl- There is nothing there. The chicken lied. The awful sings swhich Wagner sings warrant him a place in Sing-sing! A. E. K.- Come down the- steps two by two-side by each. At the second landing form into quadrupedsf' Professor Jacobs speaks two languages-Physics and Chemistry! A Vain Search. The cop found Sagerson wandering aimlessly about the streets. He was apparently looking for something. He stopped at every cor- ner and carefully read the street signs. Thinking that he might be of assistance, the cop politely inquired: . Hay, whatcher lookin' for? Signs of spring, Sagerson wearily replied, as he continued his search. Wolfe- We want nothing but silence land but little of that. This was the occasion for a great outburst of but little of silence. Our friend looked puzzled. Finally fhe spoke: Come now, it's time for this picnic to break up. Butt the racket, noise, disturbance, confusion, etc., continued with unabated vigor. l Well, said he, with fire in his eye, let the picnic proceed. In about a, minute I will pass the clubsandwichesf' Acwaftualstrophel ! Gardner's face fell! Mental Telepathy. K- is in the Study Hall. You could hear a hair-pin fall. It is now two iifty-threeg All are working busily. Now it's time to ring the bell Everyone is working well. Toward the oflice K- tiptoes, No one hears, no one knowsg But the instant, Know beholdlj Kraybill reaches the threshold, Everyone jumps up to go. Telepathy has told them soC?J -James Woln'tco1ne Really Kc Funny Eds. Custer Cin Grandview Cemeteryj- I had a dear friend born-e up here. Stlaley Claughing till he's bluej- You had a dear friend born up here!! . Custer Cpatheticallyj- Ah! Irvin, look up' the word B-0-R-N-E in Johnson's dictionary. Chawley tto Cramer, who was pulling Burm's hairy- Don't 'l'l-IE SPECTATOR 47 pull his hair. If th-e-re is any hair to be pulled, I'll pull lt. I need it. Little Clarence Horner Stood in a corner, Cleaning a big brick wall. Along came the boss With th' Eraser posse. And up to the present moment It is reported that Horner is Still pushing an eradicator. Watch for the Seen-yer Number! ACCOMODY IN ONE ACT. Dramatis Personae:-A husband and wife jealous of each other's wit. SCENE:-A Moxham Sitting-Room. Frank and Martha had decided to move to some other city. They were not quite certain where to settle. Frank- Well, there's Providence. That ought to be a good place for frugal, economical people. Martha- But not half so restful as Davenport. Frank-t'Quite right, as usual, but you know, the new country rattracfts me more strongly than the old. Now, there must be some- thing worth while in a Fort Worth Texas. Martha- None of those military towns for me! I'm too old. Now, has it occurred to you that it is quite impossible for unhappi- ness to exist in a town thatfs Joliet? Frank- Tut, tut! If you're going to make as bad puns as 'jolly .yet,' I'm certainly entitled to suggest that there must be a lot of furnaces in Au-burn. ' Martha- Or a lot of green wood. But on that principle, I s'pose the baby's always crying in Pawtucket! Frank- I guess so, but you know when Racine Wisconsin he liked it. Martha Crlefusing to srmilej- I know what was the matter with .the founder of Schenectady when he named it. He was sneezing. Frank- By the way, we might go to West Virginia. Wheeling that state ought to improve its location. Martha.- I don't know. I was born in West Virginia and I have seen few states that were less in need of moving. Speaking of your state, tho, they've tackled a hopeless job in Reading Pennsylvania. Frank- Now don't get personal. S'pose we go a little further from home. Here, for instance, is a place where the lawyers are :always busy. Martha- Divorces? Frank- Partly-but mainly because so many Sioux the City. Martha- Huh! I s'pose you think you ought to live in Superior! However, I'd have you understand thalt the lightest weight town in the country is Troy. - Frank frisinlgj- We1ll, you seem to be out of humor this even- ing, and when you're out of humor the-re's no living with you. I'm going upstairs, but in closing this discussion I should like to say that there's a great deal of good advice in lthe suggestion, Tacoma, Wash. QExlt Frank, followed by something that reminded him of Au- burn.J CURTAIN. 48 THE SPECTATOR How About lt? At 1h0l!I1G, when every course is gone, And mamma says to hungry John, Won't you have something more, my son? It's Yessum! The good things then are passed up nighg They strike his hunger-laden eyeg And asked if more of each he'll try, It's Yessum! Here comes the sauce and apple pie, These also strike his watching eye, And 'asked if more he'l1 try, It's Yessum!'l N. B.-He's dining at a friend'sg Watch him now make his shy amends, 'It matters not what it may be- Potatoes, meat, sauce, pie, or tea, His answer now will meekly be, No thank you-I've got plenty. -John Greenback Wittier Thaneaux. Did you ever h-ear of- Anyihing but a closed fist? A harmless poison? J. Cobbs- About the only kind of prizes some of you fellahs get, will be surprises. Cook- Irvin, do you know how many pancakes you have eaten? Pete- No, Cook- Fourteen! ' Pete- Well, you count and I'll eat. Tross- Did you ever hear a gum-drop? Joder- No, but I've heard the night-fall and the day-break. TO THE GRADUATES. iFrom the D-1-aily Democratj , Commencement time is approaching, young sirs and lasses, and soon you must prepare your gradualtion theses fThe-ses, n., French for swan-song, accent on neither syllablej. We have arranged a sample list of subjects just to show what we can do and in return for the price of admission we will furnish essays of interminable length to all subscribers. Sample subjects: Not Across, But Crossing. CBoat scene.J Across the Alps Lies lltalyf' fNo slides.J Flowers CWith list of gestures.J Upward and Onward fValedictorian.J Hitch Your Wagon to a Star. fTheatrical 'dnish.J On account of lack of material the question box has been omit- ted. There were only a few questions asked, but those few were TI-IE SPECTATOR 49 cracker-jacks. The only one we will attempt to answer now is- When will the Seen-Yer Number be out? 0. G. Canyoubeatit? It will be out next month and you certa.inlyca.n'tbeaJtit! Bad Signs! ASTOR HOUSE-HOT BUSINESS MEN'S LUNCH- COME INSIDE AND WAIT ON THE CAR- BOOTS BLACKED INSIDE. Mr. Long fcollecting Algebra papersl- They say that variety is the spice of life. If ithat's true, this is the liveliest place I ever got into. He sot to kiss A girl from Wis. She murmured, Oh You must not-No! He sighed, Marie, Don't you love, Me? And then said, PshaW! Don't call your Pa. Coaxed thus, the Miss. Gave him the kiss, And yet again, Till he took Tenn! -Oliver Wanders Home. Eph- What is the difference between a boarding school and a. fencing school? Knutf- I guess fthe students of the fencing school are better posted. Some of the Wise UD Sayings of X. Y. Z. Barnyard Kindling Mire, . The School Room Philosopher. Hope springs eternal in the bald-headed man. A successful man may be known by the excuses he doesn't have to make. Au'tofmobilists go in pairs: automobiles go in for repairs. A second is lost everytime a lazy Freshman looks at the clock. A fool is born every minute, but it seems as if rthe death-rate is not more than one a day. Pride is always too big for its shoes and not large enough for its hat. The mule has a reputation because it knows which end of its ability to use. It would be interesting to learn where fthe folks who assert that the devil isn't as black as he is painted get their information. The bald-headed man must be right, for he always comes out on top. ,Take care of the pennies and the pennies will take care of you. A joke is always just as funny as the other fellow thinks ilt is. Talking about jokes, it is not a good idea to use the teeth when cracking one of the pesky brutes. Let the other fellow use.his teeth. Cartch on? Yes? Well, hold on tlght! 50 THE SPECTATOR Foolish Question, 2,858,253l H. Gardner- Are you sawing wood? Put Csawing wood!- No! You boob! I'm up in the Physical' laboratory eating electricity with a spoon. We hate to boast, but we just must say that every alumnus of Johnstown High has made his mark. flf you don't believe this, ask any member of the Eraser Clubll ,Lil-2. SWEET REVENGE! KA Tragedy in 4 Acts.J ACT 1-Scene, P. D. Q. L. Restaurant. CEnter Red Cooper, sits down, is waited on, and proceeds to- eat, e-a-tll CEnter P. D. Q. L. Waiter.J Waite-r- 'Slcuse me, sir, you don't seem able to get all,tha.t soup up with your spoon. Shall I get you a piece of blotting paper'?' ACT II. Red - I'll get revenge on that celery-fed son of a Borneo mule-E driver! Waiter! EXIT. fEnter waiter.J Red - Do you see this egg? Waiter- Yes, sir. What do you want done with it? Red --Take it out and Wring its neck! fExit waiter.l Ha! ha! ha! Good sftart! I'll get good and even before I leave here! Let's see. Oh! just the thing. Waiter! ACT III.-iEnter waitelr.J Red - VVhat's this? Waiter-'It's bean soup, sir. Coop - Don't bother about what it's been, the question is- Wha:t is it now? Exit Waiter flooking mad.J Hee! Hee! Hee! I'm doing great! He's good and sore now Well, I'll not be square till I hand 'im another retort courteous! So' here goes! Waiter! ACT IV.-CEnter waiterj Coop - Waiter, has this steak been cooked? Waiter- Yes, si.r-lby electricity. Coop - Well, ftake it back and give it another shock! Exit waiter ftearing his hair.l KCURTAINJ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute SGHDDL of assess' ENGINEERING Glvll, Mechanical, Eleclrlcal Send foraCatalogue NIY- THE SPECTATOIK 51 1R we CE Ilege Open All the Year Students Enter at Any Time INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION IN BOOKKEEPING SHORTHAND, TYPEWRITING, ENGLISH BRANCHES 85 COLLEGE PREPARATORY Rowe College stands for that which is best in Business College training. Experienced teachers in every depart- ment. No time wasted on frills and fads. Energy and enterprise are at a premium. Its instruction leads to correct business habits. Join the ranks of the compe- tent-become an expert. Full value given for your money. If you mean business, attend 1Rowe GOIICQC, tbe 1511501655 College of 3'0I3ll5IOWl1 Call on or Address S. H. ISENBERG, Ph. D., Prest. Nos. 542-44 Main Street Johnstown, Pa. WE PAY ON SAVINGS nterest Why not open an account with us? Johnstown Trust Co. Capital and Surplus, S600,000 THE SPECTATOR i h qOHNSTOWN,S BEST STORE lu-i,...1,, Q Valh an? A Q A i Smart Footwear Newest Pumps, Oxfords, and Dress Shoes for young girls, in all leathers, suedes and velvets. Famous La France Shoes here in all the latest styles for spring 8: summer When You Are Ready to invest a dollar or more in a KODAK, don't forget that you'll find the best line of Kodaks in town at 401 Franklin Street. Berry Drug Company W ELITE CONFECTIONERY Pefeh K. Linderman, Prod, Rich, pure, wholesome Candies. made in our spotlessly clean secnnd- floor candy kitchen each day. A try means another buy New Dibert BIdg,, 510 Main St THE SPECTATOI i Young Fellows' Clothing OTS OF SNAP Sz dash and go --to the patterns and to the tailoring. Lots of value in the garments- with proof kin service as well as in the appearance when you first buy them Woolf 8: Reynolds, lnc. Clothes That Satisfy Shampoing, Hairdressing, Facial Massage, Scalp Treatment, Manicuring. Superfluous hair removed by electric needle. Switches, Pompadours and Puffs made from your own hair .... . 3555 Keefe Finesf line of hair goods For Trinfirgqo that 'will aqftracf aqtfentigg, ' place your order 'with the and Sllillinery Johnstoccvn 5 I 2 Main Street .D t Second Floor ernocra THE SPECTATOR gAsk Your Grocer for Karoma and White House Coffee Quick Lunch Baked Beans Franklin Brand Mustard Lippincott Apple Butter 'Gif Ryan Correll Co. Distributors 4 J. Haws CS, Sons Refractories Fire Brick Silica Brick q7VIagnesite Brick Chrome Brick Capacity . . . 40,000,000 Per Year 'PIIE SPEC 'I' A 'I' 0 55 First National Bank The Largest Bank in Johnstown 48 YEARS IN BUSINESS C p'tal, Surplus. and Undivided Profits .............. ............ 3 860,000.00 R rces Over Slx Mllhon Dollars ............ .. ................... 6,500,000.00 lntefest Paid on AIQ Time Deposits xi Carpetssimingugs for 'S 0 S w mvng GER 'lil 1 Lgllintoiiiimgwitn EaslmanKudaksi1SuppIies ear ml AT Superior Qualities Schrader Bras., nn The Burner Better Values 'The For Sale ERE I only t NO. a PORCH BROS., Inc. Vine 8: Franklin -56 THE SPEC l'A'I'0R For a dainty lunch try the Buffalo Daiy Lunch where you get home prepared food. Quick Service Office hours. 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Telephone No. 440 The Sanitary Dentists DR. F. H. Dsrrznnmc, Manager. Jordan Building, Main Street, between Y. M- C. A. and Transfer Station, opp, Park T. E. MORGAN High Grade PIANOS Musical Merchandise 118 Market Street Phone 9-18 B Watkins Bros. Fire Insurance Notary Public 446 Lincoln Street. Phone 1582 Residence Phone 8103 When in need of a good KODAK or supplies of all kinds, give us a call. A fresh stock on hand at all tlmes. Young's Pharmacy 205-207 Franklin St., Johnstown, Pa. O EVER BEEN SICK 5 When you're sick - that's trouble enough. You wouldn't like to add to distress by sny untoward fears. Send all prescriptions to us to be filled and rest assured you will get every particle of power and bene- fit to be had from fresh drugs cor- rectly eompounded. KREDEL :Sz FARRELL DRUGGISTS 114 Clinton Street Glasgow Woolen Mills Co. World's Largest Custom Tailors Spring Line Ready Suits and Top Coats to Measure S15 to S30 . 5I7 MAIN STREET We're New, Boys But, O My! L. STUVER 105 Ohio Street, - Moxham 'PHE SI' here else can y o u fi n d such bound- less variety of splen- did clothes as you will see at Thomas' for 5512.50 515 S18 S20 The extra big value We are giving is a fact, not a theory. This is a very strong statement, but the young man who wants the best can find it here to his entire sat- isfaction. Come and see what we have in Young Men's Clothes, Hats, Shirts, Neckwear, etc john Thomas 61 Sons 1 li 57' ,y ,,11,,r M S Q ff? x 1 ' Ns 1 QS . f If , 1' , , ' '! ,I ' I 1', ' 'llh 9 '1 c, Al l 1, 11 , K hx W1 13 f 4 T -:ill f f ' 1 vs! . 1 .1 1 l, . N, MX, - L l 1 li-l K 1 , W, Q11'x1lw1 1 1 1' 11' ' 11 1, 1 11 xxdwq iii! 1 'l'1'1 ll11l ilu iii I 11, H1 l ' I , 1l11 1 i 'il lv , 1K1-J !Y,M11,!1f 11, ffif 1 f X Xl KV ,f fl A f ii lAil1 1, M1 L 11X K X '11 lll'l 1'Y4ft l'l' ' S x ,l1 1 iW1111,l Wink K1 0 1 N , 1 il 1 'M l 1 ,ii il Nl! l 1X 1 ml i I 11 1 1 Milli WN lm 1ll, ,,l' ,1 11 1111 li lifnli X 11 1: 1X1 11 ,1 Wllllll 1 111, ,Q wlhl, 111 I ' r A QQ ri ml lj X ' . ?-IQ' 'T1HE 05TEll ELK BRAND ' Cl-UTHES 58 Tl-llfl SPECTATOIK UNION NATIONAL BANK Interest Paid ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS S1 opens an account. Withdraw S100 without notice. A strong bank that gives you courteous treatment. . Capital, Y'p200,000.00 Surplus and Profits, 385,000.00 Title, Trust and Guarantee Company Corner Main and Clinton Streets, Johnstown, Pa. - capital, s5o0,ooo DIRECTORS-W. Horace Rose, Percy Allen Rose, Samuel Lenhart, Hiram Swank, J. C. Stineman, Jacob F. Kress, Edward P. Riley Interest Paid on Savings Deposits V. S. FRY Metropolitan Tailoring Co. Rooms 601-602 Swank Bldg. Main St. Phone 1489 COLLEGE CLOTHES IN ALL STYLES Stylish Made-to-Order Suits and Overcoats, S16 to 3545. Pressing and Cleaning a Specialty. Goods called for and delivered WILL H. KREDEL, Drugs Cover:Hamm Coal Co. Best House Coal. Deliveries to All Parts of the City Phone 1568 THE SPECTATOR 59 PROFESSIONAL THOS. J. ITELL, DAN L. PARSONS. Attorney-at-Law. Attorney-at-Law l I Suppes Building. Bank Building' FRANK P. MARTIN. ALVIN SHERBINE. Attorney-at-Law Attorney-at-Law Bank Building Suppes Building' H W. STOREY, W DAVID LLOYD ' At torney-lt-Law ' Attorney-at-Law SuDDeS Building Room 217 Suppes Building H EARL SORBFR ROBERT C. HOERLE. ' Attorney-at-Law Attorney-at-Law Woolf Block Otto Building- Craigg SATISFACTION and Quick Service at the BARBERS SHAVE To PLEASE Star' Quick Lunch TRY THEM 541 Main street Haynes Street open day and night is the place Authentic Style - Geo. Kline'S in Suits, Coats, Dresses A Y V Fumishin s. P ticuI rI I - , ,, Ing lines fir Misgis and ghllcifn H Where Qgallty Counts PICTURE FRAMING k h gfltiri if I'Ioran's Book Store zggvsiiiely it can be framed, and at what little cost A nice new line of Pennants just received 60 THE SPECTATOR. STYLES IN OXFORDS for Youx?gHgElzi Egg Young Women, at ..... Zangs Office Hours 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Saturday Evening until 10 p. m. DR. GEO. R. COOK Dentist The man who will please you as to work- manship and prices. Title Trust Ez Guarantee Building, above the bank, Main and Clinton streets W. F. PATTEN, Sole Represn- tative W. F. Fl'EliEI'iCK Piilllll EU. SU PPE5 BLDG. Iohnstown, Pa. Agents for KNABE, CHICKER- ING, and thirty more of the World's Best Pianos Complete line Ta king Machines, All Latest Sheet Music Candies YOUR LUNCH to-clay. Why not here? Good things to eat and first-class service and Fancy Sanner lailty Shop Pastry 536 Main Street Johnstown, Pa. USE COSNICS CREi3yi.gn'?uVER Sold by All Dealers Ph0 'e COSMOS MFG. CO. 2077-A Johnstown, Pa. THE SPECTATOR 61 If.. .h Man, .IP Wim Pl'Ul955l0'l W YUU lillllllslllll ? chlilisfli, 52 hit 2227502123133 adliliiiii Zi THE MEIIICU-BHIHUHGIUIL BDLLEGE of Philadelphia It is in the city which has been and still is the American Center of Education in these Sci- ences lt has Departments of and grants Degrees in all four of them. ' It has its own Bnildinz-4. in nprisinz well-planned and well-equipped Laboratories, a larze and modern Hospital, and the finest clinical Amphitheatre extant. Its Courses in each Department are carefullv irraded. It has abundant and varied Clinical Material. Its faculties are renowned and of high peflaizogic ability, its Training is essentially and thoroughly practical, Special f-:stu -es are Personal Instruction and Individual Work: Free Quizzes: Ward Clas- ses liinitll i i -size: Practical Clinical Conferences: Modern and Modified Seminar Methods Special Lectures by eminent authorities: Practice and training in technique, etc. Writedto-day tothe Dean of the Department in which you are interested f or announce- ment escribimz the course and containing full information as to fees. Compare- the advan- tages this college offers with any other before making a final decision. Seventeenth and Cherry Streets, Philadelphla, Pl. 1 Photographs, Only Photographs lil' BEST fin 527 Mal' S Hornick Studio I I n GL 'X x 5 : i V H Kvrr :. '-JJKKPYVVY Q H ,. :::::i li , ..l. mann :until g lllll or ? atHf - - ::::: li - Bedm ie C ' Street 'il N 0 THE SPLCPATOIK There's a Difference in Coal TRY OURS SUPPES CCAL CO. TELEPHONE 10-54 Prompt delivery to all parts of city Fashiorfs Home Hats that are f that fit perfect stylish Salts and of full value Spring Dresses Xfihbiiiieliiokes New Neckwear Quinn's Store The Uniteel States You Natlonal Bank Can Temporary Headquarters S Next Door to HVC . Tflbune Office Money at - 9 Take advantage of its Savings Conrad s 30 I Franklin St. Department, whlch provldes most liberal treatment in every particular Capital Bl Surplus, S300,000 Resources, over 52,500 000 PHI PhfI'Kl0R PHONE FOR A TAXICAB ARE you thinking of having your car overhauled or painted this winter? We do the highest grade Work in this line. Estimates furnished. We have the best repair and paint shop in the city Juhnslnwn Autnmuhile Ilnmpang 64 THE SPECTATOR Patronize Spectator Advertisers For CDraftsmen Instruments and Supplies - Triangles, Scales Tracing' Cloth, Pafner, Paints -practically all needs can be supp ied here Franklin st. Wm. B. Waters 55 Bro. Compliments ofuthe T. K. E. Jociety Compliments of the Emerson Literary .fociety Reliable G., to Western Market Louther's, for Franklin Street Good MEA-I-S Reliable Best of All Kinds. Poultry Branch Market, Corner 547 Main street Coleman Ave. and Ohio Sts, Moxham THE SPEl 'I'A'l'1QB Our stock of Gas Heaters must be sold regardless of cost Citizens Light Heat 86 Power Company. New Display' Rooms 515 Main St. as' THE SPECTATOR ?x,.. ? f 'Six wg i fyilzlhllmd 72 I i ' X, MARK li W W To Most People, the problem of choosing new plumbing Q' equipment is a matter of considerable uncertainty. i Our advice in regard to sanitary equipment may re- 'dll lieve you of much anxiety I and doubt. We can supply' 'Standard' IL Ag ' guaranteed fixtures in sizes W gli X and designs just suited to your needs. Ask us for prices today, before it slips from your mind. f N Q Johnstown Supply' House SN ' Plumbing Tinning Heating N ik if? is QQ? A L IohnstoWn's First-Class Hotel P T356 Capital P. L. CARPENTER Remodeled, and furnished throughout with the best Popular prices, S2 to S3 per day :Z American Plan 1 Invalid Supporters, Trusses, Crutches, Cushions ' and everything else needed in the sickroom. The advantage of buying here comes from high quality and an assortment large , enough to admit of suitable selection for any demand. 1 Cor. Franklin and Haynes Sts Ffanke Pl1a,I'I'IlaCy 'rum sPEc'rA'r0R The emfe summits that we ere eelllliuimg et S515 are tllne ecqlunell et suits sellcdl elleen where et S20 f i s - T 6 ll who are interested in Suits that look the part, are asked to see the assortments We are showing at 315. N KL YOUNG MEN They are the equal of suits sold elsewhere at S5 more, and they come in a splendid assortment of styles. The colors represented in the assortment at this price are the same as those in the higher priced suits, and the styles are the same identically. The only difference in the suits at S15 and those at a higher plrice is in the qual- ity of t e fabric, and the values are proportionately large. I W, FUW f l f lllllt L . f wif f a' JI, i' l K , il W ill ,-1 'Xi iv i K ' 1. :mul If your New Spring Suit is 1 X not purchase . DO IT ', NOW, AND HERE. ll' X K, lll l Gtllneir' stunts at vnu ,-,JW 6 Z ' .ata 310 te 353 1 3 gf Pemiim Trettiie Cemmfpnermy Jelhumstewmb Greatest Store -5 f-5.25 THE SPECTATOR . 67 If You Want SUCCESS In This World you must be able to earn it by doing the work the world wants done and pays to have done. When you apply for a position, the Big Queslion you will have to face, is- What Can You Do? Can you operate a typewriter with speed and certainty ? Can you write Shorthand? Are you quick and accurate with figures ? Do you know Commercial Law? The science of modern office methods? Ac- counting? Business Correspondence? Business forms, customs, etc.? 1 Prepare to answer those questions in the amrmative, by spending the short time necessasy to acquire the defi- nite, practical training given at this school. Re- solve to come and see us about it without de- lay, or, at least, send for our free . . . . catalogue TO-DAY . . . . Cambria Business College Sixth Floor Lincoln Bldg. Phones-City 1352, Bell 268J JOHNSTOWN, PA. L A . ., w w - .-I' . . 1, . .- fi ' .-. v I. ,A Q 4 Ar ' .1 Q ?Y,. 4 b .. '.45. Oi' , 4 , -- - M .bv -, - S f frivr-.' , - if A-'Y 5'-we 1 4. 4 'at ' ' 1-5 , 11 1- A 1 .Q 45- V' .4..'x ,V 'gr . I 11 ,i V 1 H , ' E , -zx. A 4Zc Y ,v, LVCJ14 - LKB? ..., , -V 1 f--.- .,., . ,.,Ll,J K. v Rs- f wliw 132- - 5 I. r. 4, rf. 'T' .. Myfzig is h L, HA- iw, y , t Lg-if - 3. 3.1.-' , , M P'g'L'g1z-'W '-4 1. x. ,H..A..,' , f-L k N Yu . iii-fj V ,' - VL Q. ' 4 Mal wr,-+'.3, 1 vi X ' ' ,M -. , A kl'l,: ,Z 152- W 21' 5 , . f - ,.1,,-.-, . 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E i rra .............. fl How Elllfe Caught the Stone Roller . . 16 iff? Arctivity . . .' ...... ' ...... ' 18 Jim, First Lieutenant United States Aerial Crew . ........... 19 523 llvfsy Friend? thes IIOIEGH ....... 5 ,J his ers o a eu-s e . ...... . ggxgi F52 is The .lbhnstown Literary Herald ..... 28 Zijj- The Chamber of Commerce ....... 31 i? 'q My Favorite Poet ........... 33 Sanitary Conditions in the High School 34 ii A Canal Boatman. . ......... 37 a 35, The History of a Cigar ......... 41 l A ig.: King James of Scotland . . . 42 l z- ii Horses for Mme . .... . 45 gill Our Guide . ..... . . . 48 l gijxanslriined . .t ..... . sr' ,s e en er oo ...... . 1 'I ' A Day With The Horses . . . 54 A Our Class Flower ............ 57 A Q A J ohnstowner at Gettysburg ...... 57 F The Largest Iron Ore Pit in The World. 59 iv it The Ifinotype Machine ......... 61 'L gg Experience of a Baseball Player .... 63 lx Ei ilgris, Detectlve ......... . l 'I ' nvoi ....... . . . . X Editorial ..... . 75 ggi To the Seniors . . . 77 , garewell . . . . . IE oc'et'es .... . it Sgchgal News ......... . .... ff xc anges ....... E . . . ..... ' Senior Theses.. .1. .I ..... . ..... 35 li 55 wi Seniors who will Continue Study in College 87 1 A Record of the senior Class ...... ss E 4 Class Alphabet .... , ........ 90 . Senicirr Sensgs .t ....... . J ig? . The unny po . . . Advertisements . . .. . . . ..... 107 xi 52:1 if 5 , . ...... . A .. A .Z A --- is-.1 , .LJ 1 Q. 5.3 gl iis Q ij? L M' ii iff? .gi P11 39513 Gbur lgarrntn unh Zlhivnim .fig . U urhn have hrmeh Ihrmnelnra a thnuaemh ggi iff,- Iuxurien anh mang rnmfnrtz Sis , . if - that thvg aught gmv un 3 X a lihvral nhumtinn 12 f, 4 mr, 1112 Qllevau nf 1911. ME gs' r ' Brhiratv Gbur Svninr Numhsr A S14 5 .Q R,- :E R 15: 'E 353' f si 1f P . 3305 f:.- 4.-xl'-:sms 08.11 - :...' f T'4'f ' ' Y -xI w's r' 9 'U 2 , W N Km? Smeg Z Sv ' ig , A ,wh 5 Q , f A ig xii W '. 4. H ,wk r-' 4,- . 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Cover nail! . I wandered sullen, in despair. My path encumbered wasp the air -?:.-gil Waxed morbid as myself. Eg The song of thrush appealed no more, The gushing mountain stream's sweet lore Aroused my bitter hate. Again I wandered, but in joy, To where the chip-munk, ever coy, iffy Frisked blithely with an elf 3 When lo, the music of the spheres Came gliding 'to my human ears E My soul to thrill, elate. 5 . I sought this rich enchanting How Of melody, and there, below, 53- Bathed in sunlight's radiant gleam, EN-5 . Sang the gurgling, sparkling stream And feasting thrush. I mused awhile and then withdrew Enriched by Nature's gentle view Of man:-To hear the sun and moon And planets sing, the beauteous tune Must be of us. It-:EF :55 0-,fsuxq-'gre ':53-:jj '--- 235.---M-N r I . -4, ----z-.::e:.---'QS' , is 3 Q s' lx ' ai' I ii if EW 3 N 4 1 2 -: i Ex ff L! .5 Ei. :Q His Q wit :miie fr! Fi saws: ff 1:: :INXS SE gk-3 II F iw E: :s Ni ' 1 . Q: ll si lil Q5 in 'Wt 'il IE 3 -it X N1 . . 41 if il if .ll 5 qi, 4 N1 . YI 3 4, 1- l AI 5 J 1. edt.. ,muff-lt. 1: W 1 1:5 IJ 4 a A1 H 'Yi '-. W '- .- ,, .- .. .- :i :L- ? Y? :LY-,:.3:, A-fl 1 , g, ,W 1 ,. 1-HE SPECTATOR Eze. S C 1' a P By Anna W. Lewis. 5553 if E NE EVENING last summer while at camp ne r D-, we were sitting about the cam - fire, not knowing how to pass the evening, until one girl suggested that each of us tell a story. I will tell you the one that interested me most. It was told by a girl whose grandfather had been in the army, and who said it really happened. At sundown the regiment, twelve companies, Went through Meyerstown on its way to the summer camp, and it was here that Scrap joined it. He did not tag at the heels of the boys of th last company, or bark at the band like the othe dogsg but he walked in front of the tall first lieuten- ant of Company A, with ears cocked, and tail erect. The lieutenant did not see him, he being so new to the service that his shoulder straps hurt him. He li' ' did not, therefore, see Scrap who was very small, and M 5 very yellow, until he stumbled over him, and meas- Q: ured his full length. He aimed a kick that sent if Scrap flying, very much surprised, to the side lines, lf? Where he considered, head cocked. He passed the regiment until Company K with old Murphy, ser- geant on the Hank, came by. He made a dart and fell in abreast of the company. Murphy saw him iffig and growled. Scrap growled too, but not illnatured- ly, and fell back a pace. He kept as close as he could, and yet escape Murphy's boot. Murphy looked back with a threat that sent Scrap gl retreating. The sergeant was satisfied that the dog was goneg but when camp was reached he was con- fronted by a disreputable cur, with a ragged ear, cocked over his nose. VVell, I'm domned! said Murphy. His heart igstkzgksri-S3Qg.:g1?j.:Q ---+ giziifhzrs.--g.::vx. ,.Gxg.-:,-g.::::::5,-:ggi-E,,'-4sgs,Nx -1,.,.,- 4 -. -: Z 5 .,-..., x 'i il V is THE SPECTATOR ul which was the toughest thing about him, was touched by his fearless persistence. Ain't ye afraid o'noth- in, ye little scrap ? he said. Scrap, answering to the ivxxl 1 first name he had ever known, barked sharply. 4 U What's that dog doing here? asked the tall lieutenant, who had had the experience. Fm after kickin' him out, sor, explained Mur- phyg but upon the lieutenant's departure he was seen retreating toward the cook-tent with the hungry Scrap at his heels. That evening Scrap slept in the sergeant's tent, but next morning he had disappeared. He hunted for him and finally found him in the camp of Com- pany B jumping, amid the shouts of the men, for bones. if That evening Scrap slept in the drummer's cap, and next morning he had again disappeared. The morning drill began, and Scrap was for a minute forgotten. When Company H came past, there along the side lines, keeping time to the band, marched lg, Scrap- 'gi l 4'Well, talk about the ingratitude of dogs ! growl- k fi ed one of the men, remembering the elaborate feast he had given Scrap the night before. 'Tm on his game. Don't ye see, cried Murphy, I he wants us to know that he doesn't belong to any one, but to the whole regiment. He's what that if Frinchman calls a-ea mascotg and be jabers, he Xl walks like a soldier! l Scrap had few personal friends, yet independent S as he was of individuals, he obeyed regimental regu- lations. He knew the bugles and calls, and obeyed ,fp immediately. 5 The crisis came, h.owever, in an unexpected man- 5 M ner. There was no place in camp too sacred for Scrap to penetrate. He would deposit rats in the 5 .Y .g: .. ,. e..a..A?'2?G'Cf THE SPECT-WOR French horn, or the colone1's shoes, sleep in the bugler's cap or the major's hat box. One day after a plunge in the water, Scrap, drip- R ping wet, went to the colonel's tent and curled up aff on that gentleman's coat for a nap. The colonel returned, and to say he was angry would be mild. He kicked Scrap from the tent, and decided he must SN be gotten rid oi immediately. Tn a day there ap- peared a poster in each camp which read, No dogs allowed in camp without a collar, by order of the colonel. Now there was only one dog in camp, so there was no mistaking the order. Next day the colonel did not see Scrap, nor the third day. He thought he had gained an easy vic- The fourth day the camp marched out on their way to the parade grounds. As the twelve compan- ies wheeled into place the colonel, who was talking to the first lieutenant, stopped in the middle of a word, and gasped, What in the name of heaven is that? Then as THAT moved nearer he gasped in another' breath, Collars The colonel's shoulders shook, but hastily Q-,tj straightened, he cried in a stern voice, Have that ldog iemoved-Lno, let him stayino, bring him ere. - 3: pr Murphy slipped from the ranks, picked up the squirming Scrap, who shone like a hardware store, igfl and carried him to the colonel. How many collars has that dog ? he asked. Thoirteen, sor, answered Murphy. Why thirteen ? was the next question. One for each regiment, and one for the band, s 'sg as - - sor, answered Murphy, as he moved away, smiling serenely. as 1---'. A- -'-- X-:rr---1 - e-:f ----- ss .-sv --::--::--e--'-v -'-grg.-c. 'X -32 I s v -- -.Q X ' Y . '-'.f -1 -f-. ,.mf.1ggy:::11g 3-: g':'2 ww S1-E-:won The Legend qf The Valley I - By waldo wright iq! 'in ATUOTA swung her canoe toward the sand- fig bar shining white among the dark pines. Soon - the prow of her boat had nosed into the soft earth and Natuota had leaped to the ground. Laying her B paddle in the bottom of the boat, she drew the canoe S high on the bank. 'Ifhen she started back a grassy , ath that wormed its way towards the Indian village fiom which she could distinctly hear the dull tum, 3 tum of drums. : 1 Fi As She trotted along unaware of the path, so fa- l.-f miliar to her, she suddenly stopped short, falling -' fs noislessly into the long bush grass, for to her left will among the underbrush- something was moving. As she lay listening with beating heart, her eyes grew, ge, ,g more accustomed to the blackness of the forest. To her gaze a blurred object gradually took the form 5 of an Indian on his knees busily engaged in remov- 3 file liniciffl. Qfffif' on fu r.. e 5 , , wh1ch he placed one arrow, lfeptoik a lonlg hunting knife in his hand. N atuota heard him grit his teeth and saw lt him rip several gashes in his chest. As the hot blood lim flowed, he daubed it over his body with the palms of Ui L' his hands. Before she realized it, he had jumped ,l over the few bushes intervening between them, near- it gg ly stepping on her as he did so, and had dashed il away down the path towards the village. i Natuota lay still until the sound of his pattering lin moccasins had ceasedg then she followed until the village lay before her, its campfires lighting up the ii opening 1n the forest. Excitement was in the very ll air. Squaws hustled about g black-haired children jp 7 HIE SPECTAT MM T 2 w X V fi 1 1 Q . q 'M M ffgpw ' JN I fQ,V h' H W 5 ...ii- 5 1 :.5 -,. Tl-ITE .SPECTATOR Qing peeped from under the Hapsg and braves gathered ,EX-3 around the chief's tent. Natuota was immediately surrounded by jabbering squaws, all attempting to Simi? tell her of a curious stranger. To these she paid Afif little attention, pushing forward to the circ e near t e chief's tent. The braves made way for her and she crowded into the ring to where her father, the chief, Q sat by the fire. The old, gray-haired chief held out his hand to her and she sat by his side. Not before she was seated did she notice that some one was speaking in the queer. high voice, but in a language not unlike her own. Her eyes sought out the strang- er for whom she already felt an interest. He half reclined on a bundle of grass, a great muscular In- dian, with long, braided hair and piercing black eyes that were now fixed on her. His features were well molded, almost delicate, and Natuota felt with a sud- den start that she had never seen one so beautiful. Clay covered the gashes on his breast that now heaved with the pain of his wounds. He had ceased speaking when he noticed Natuota's curious gaze rxilr and now lay still. Q The old chief drew his pipe slowly from his lips, ll You were lost below' the forks of the river yet did 'not come to a village before you found ours ? B J I was returning from a hunt and became con- 'Til fused with the paths. I had no arrows but this ' broken one and have had no food for three suns. il This evening I killed a bear and thus received these wounds and so I can travel no farther tonight. R The braves looked inereduloilsly at one another , and a faint trace of a smile gathered on the old chief's lips. What do you want from us P he ques- Q l tioned. 7 But food and rest for a night, chief. the strang- 5 er replied. ' ' il zurb- . .:1: 's?.:':?-- --v Ny ---me:-'Q ' - ' l 9 -Xx ..- --fu . -... ,.. ,: m11:'.1g ''7: g':'2 v ' ' ' .rylgflgf THE .SPECTATOR EEE-.FE :5 Rf? Suddenly a stir arose from the crowd as Tewa, the leader on the war path, pushing forward and go- ing up to the stranger, quickly and deftly slipped his XIX? moccasin from his foot. The stranger attempted to prevent but could not rise. Tewa glanced contemptuously at the heel of it and then casting it aside turned towards the chief. ffzanabi i Zanabi, murmured the crowd and the word flew from mouth to mouth. The crowd surged for- ward and attempted to tear the stranger limb from limb, but the chief interposed. The spy, as he proves to be, of our bitterest ene- my, the Zanabi, must be killed, but slowly and with great torture. Tie him to the stake and after we have practiced on him, we will kill him. He had no sooner spoken than the spy was drag- ged from the bundle of grass to the torturing post and tied in an upright position. Natuota watched all this as in a dream. That she had seen the self- inflicted wound and great boldness of this warrior made her sympathise with him, even though he was 5' a spy. She was eager to help the stranger, but what could she do? Although her word ranked next to that of her father, the chief, any attempt to prevent 5 -E his plan would arouse suspision of her. So she quiet- ly lentered her tent and busied her brain in chemeri- ig '23 ca p ants. -- Over at the post, ideas of a more tangible nature were being executed on the spy. Strapped to a stake, the prisoner stood, the embodiment of contempt and ' deiiance, a slight sneer playing on his lips as they 1,35 taunted him by whirling knives that barely missed L75 .his body. When they had tired of this, some fell to I rubbing his legs with sharp stones 'until they were ' covered with raw flesh. Others lighted the braids if E1 5 QQ: -::.:'-- -r::-- .,, v -- .3 .... . - . 10 ii! P '- 'I . s THE .spmcfruron K gr-...Z-v.W!lm.q3sb' ...1 I.. Af -Z:zwC1:11:f..1-Q1 1 :? get gr :: 5555 of his hair, dancing about him as he strove to free ag -5, himself from his bands. Natuota watched this till she grew faint with 5 T anger. Then she hit on a plan. Grabbing a Hint Lf! and tinder she dashed out beyond the farthest tent. Gathering together a pile of dry grass and sticks she lit the flame, then fanned it into a blaze. Then she quickly ran back among the tents, catching up a water jar as she returned. When she came among ,i the crowd, she called their attention to the myster- E ious fire over in the forest. What, ho! a fire! What is it? Who might it be, the enemy P were the cries that arose. The braves grabbed their bows or clubs and started on a run across the field. All the people flocked at their heels .unwilling to remain in the un- protected village. Natuota waited but a moment. She had no time to lose. Dashing the water from the jar on the fire nearest the post, she plunged that end of the village iii into darkness. Next with her hunting knife she cut the prisoner's bonds. He had fainted from the pain and fell limp bn the sod. She grabbed him by mam 353 strength, pulling him into the bushes. As she re- Q turned for water to revive him, she heard the shouts 5? of the Indians across the meadow. They had dis- gc, covered the deception of the fire and deriving some mischief were returning on a run. Darting into the si iz, bushes she poured the water over his body. His eyes slowly opened. Quick, she cried, in feverish haste, this wayg quick ! Already the foremost runners had reached the 5 Ti! 'lla e' discovering the extinguished fire and finding l-' aa V1 3 ' . ' I i the prisoner gone, they were setting up a yell to the Q jf! others. Braves were dashing everywhere. The two Q were liable to discovery any moment. The spy un- steadily rose to his feet and, leaning on Natuota's 5. 'S I 2. .. it Il--:NE : 1. ' il SE, Q 'Z ?m -- ' . Vi 11 5 I x-- . . ll I V' 7'u 'f j2,'-ff3:'s.44 . . . THE sPEc'rA'ron .,.y'Z,7d,Lw7.,g:am1-:WW Eliafii fi FH .- arm was able to half walk, half crawl into the woods. Back of a fallen tree she made the spy kneel down . -'Ni' . . . K f: while she covered him with brush. Then she se- ix creted herself. Before lon runners were dashin 3 fi XQ 3. g g L M all around them. Two ran by the tree under which they lay. They pierced farther into the forest, strik- EN i2inOZld0l.ES3'ZZbfE. 12311 nfif. iff TZSZ, Ziflwfff ,IQ that his eyes were fixed on her face in an attempt ,' to read her intentions. He had not said a word to her yet, and she could not help wondering at it. As she stooped to help him rise, he whispered, why do you do this for me, a spy upon your own people ? The question cut, but she turned it by saying, 'iff Follow silently this wayg ask no questions, and make as little noise as possible. Q She led him by a hidden path, known only to Tewa and herself. The spy fniinwed with difhcnhy, often treading almost carelessly on a dry branch. Where she intended leading him she had no definate 'Gi idea, whether to the river or along the old road to the north she did not know. She would guide him to if 'ji 'l I safety and then return to her people,-and to Tewa, for she was betrothed to the successor of her father. She bethought herself that she was to be taken under limi: his blanket in too moons. In the midst of her thoughts she was surprised to feel a hand on her 132 shoulder. She turned to find herself in the spy's if lg arms. As she strove to pull away, he spoke, My Wi little guide, but lead me to the river and we will if soon be away to the north. I am of the Zanabi, as they found out, but they did not know they had the Zanabi chief in their hands. In the north I will make ' you my queeng you shall have all that your heart fi ,I desires if you but go with me. ll Under the powerful gaze of the spy, Natuota felt fi 'e veg-S-er'-m ig , o I it 12 I R 5 'm-rm 'SPECTATOR her devotion to Tewa. slipping from her 5 yet she said, I am saving you only because I pitied you. Ask nothing further from me than that I lead you to the river and give you my canoe. Comeg you must ,gs E535 hurry or they will find us. As she started on, he grabbed her almost rough- ly. If you do not promise to accompany me, I Lf , will return and let them kill me. I love you passion- Wi ately although I have seen you only an hour. I will neither return without you nor will I permit you to return to your village to be the bride of one of your tribe: You must go. ' A rustlmg in the bushes beh1nd her made Natuota E,,f'54l turn, but not quickly enough. The powerful form of Tewa stood before them. I-Ie took in the situa- Ei? tion at a glance and stood with arms akimbo, the impersonation of jealousy. He interpreted their po- sition in the worst light he could. One word came to his lips. New Then his passion broke. With drawn knife he ip ii sprang on the helpless spy, forcing his body back iii? over his knee. When he had his prisoner pinned A gg by the neck, he drove his knife deep into the spy's breast. In a fit of savage madness he stabbed the Ip, y, lifeless body again and again. As he came to a real- it ization of his position, his fingers relaxed and the I limp body slipped to the grass. Turning he found IL that no one was to be seen. Had Natuota fled? He must get herg she too must die. As he was If X gr starting away on a run., the toe of his moccasin struck li another warm, soft body. Stooping he raised her ll if head. From a wound in her neck the life blood was if 7, ebbing in slow, oozing beats. Her delicate lips were ii parted, but her eyes were wide and staring. Then r F she imagined that the spy had her in his arms, for EP- zu-'bg-.. , -- 'e'.:3: ' ' :.:11t--- ----v W - ---:'.::-'-: --:- - , N 18 THE SPE CTATOR 1?- W if lv 1 si . Y' ' x F - A - QT ,iff 01 .' 3 Xi? X 1 -5 was MXL I jx us X 1IlllIrlU ' f WW W 1 I f Lb ,. U A 1 Y n W f 9 M , V ' N 29- 1 ' p l, ,, ,n. ,4 gal ' L RN! ll M,Mfu,n .w--,, A 2 0 -- , ' 'Q 4 ,Q-Q1 Timing . X N2 K X g X X :ai if H , AHWXM xl : f I l ' M l f X T 1 X X x 4 l , ' 14 3 LA YI 1: ff x 1 'x NH ft 5' if I V il AH 4 I if 1 W1 3 4 'Iii . fi EQ 'V Cf-,,.. 1 1 fm 1 r 'X i w 1 n rv . ...... :,...,..?5, e We SPECTATUR ,W .v 4 Q7 .1 ft- , . - 1 she said, Tewa will bother you no more, my lover, F, i now you can return to your people. But before you E go,-kiss me good-bye. 1 Tewa was dazedx Then it was as bad as he had '- , E19 devined. No, never! it could not have been. Yet -sa.. . . , he had done with her. He cast her from him and strode away toward the camp. Soon he paused, turned back to her as she lay softly moaning on the , sod. Tenderly he raised the head, gazed at the deli- r .1 . . ,Q cate features, then slowly pressed his lips to those Ci -5. 1513- of the dead. gg' f And even toda after eo le have heard the stor Hs' E i . Y, P P Y . . - - ll'?4 Y Rf.-i of Natuota, they go out into the night and look up li . - 4 '- to the hill where the moon stands behind the bare trees. And soon they catch a glimpse of the large mound, standing bare against the hill. For that is where the old chief buried them when he found their -is 52 . I 'jf bodies, the spy, Natuota, and Tewa. :Pls 'l x .C-' - x,-'ii ---i is get i. 5 iffy ' , il El Sierra l :bf ': 1 By Lewis Berlin. ll S3 Hence, calm lowq V lying Plain, With mighty river wide and babbling brook: lg , How much art thou mistookg ips, How much they overestimate thy gain gi - Who dwell on thee content. lg Eg But hail 'to thee, majestic mount, l ,, With rugged charms exceeding count. il Impetuous torrents lay bare E' Thy rugged rocks, layer on layer, li ff .2 Even cuting in thy very side li Si A canyon deepg or a landslide al., 4 Falls on the valley far below. 'L High on thy summit gleam-s the snowg i X' Far up thy slope are forests hoarg lr Above thy crags the eagles soar l While small birds twivter in thy trees, Or bark the squirrels or buzz fthe bees. l These delights, oh mountain, give, - f, And I with thee do mean to live. li , Jak: 3 l 5 :gg 14 1 'E 5 --'N-az:-,,,--,gm Ny- --e:-:-::.-5,-':-Q5- f D ' if L 15 VZ I ,l jl . i r,-. tx n . 1 it-iii 65225 iii 'J' il, IL I ' 'il Y 4 . 'r l w N Ill! . J! L W . 4 4. 'f 1 my .rl ' lik! Fl, ,Q ll. J, ..,... Q, I1-41::mwf?7i':QffSizN THE srEc'rA'r0R ,.f:7'2i747f'7'iRZiQi? How We Caught the Stone Roller By Helen Kleinschmidt. QT WAS October. The beech woods were a glory of russet and gold 5 a bright carpet of rust- ling, fresh-fallen leaves below, above like rich hang- ings the branches still clothed with russet and yellow leaves. Filtering through them a mellow light fell on the stately tree trunks. Along the brook grew gorgeous purple asters, and the pendent golden How- ers of the snap-dragon like rich jewels of curious workmanship overhung. But in all their glory the beech woods preserved the royal calm which is all their own, only intensified by the melody of the brook, which danced along among the rocks, making here and there a tiny waterfall or a miniature cas- cade, as it dropped into some rock pool, where yel- low leaves were Hoating. Now it slipped over a smooth ledge or into a long quiet pool. Again it was darkened by the shadows of a clump of hem- locks, dark green amid the golden brightness. Jack and I made our way along the brook, looking for stone-rollers for the new aquarium. Stone-rollers are dull brown spotted fish three inches or less in length which inhabit the brook. They have two fan-like fins near their head. With the helm of these, and their quick-moving tails, they can dart like a flash in and out among the stones, where they live. Their color is a yellow brown which exactly matches the sediment that covers the rocks and bottom of the stream 'and rises, clouding the water, at the slightest disturbance, just as dust does on land. This makes it no easy work to catch ' ' ' rrf 16 . :Shi f '.::'.. ',.-:'--.. .,. ..., ..,1,1.g5g.-,zzwg '- g':',g':':9 THE mmm them. Their greatest enemies are the crabs or cray- fish, big, clumsy, slow-moving crustaceans, easy to catch but unpleasant to handle becauseof their large pinchers. jack and I were well equipped for the work. Each of us carried a stick for poking the stone-rollers out of their holes. Besides this I had a long narrow piece of cheese, cloth for a sien and a can to put the fish in. Jack had a corn popper with a long handle, for catching them. As we wandered along the stream, we kept our eyes open for likely places. Once or twice we stretched our sien across a shallow pool, weighted it down with pebbles, then beat the pool to drive the fish in. Seining was a new idea, but it proved more alluring than practical. No fish were caught. We continued our way up the stream, still on the look- out, poking our sticks under the stones and stopping at the likeliest places to explore more thoroughly. About one lovely rocky pool we lingered long, but in vain. Our luck continued bad. There were cray- lish everywhere, but no stone-rollers. Once, to be if 5 sure, we caught sight of one bucking at the edge of a stone just below the surface. But in our excited scramble we frightened him and so stirred up the mud that Mr. Stone-roller escaped under its cover. We had about given up and were turning home, hungry and disappointed when jack, taking one last survey of a broad pool shouted, Oh! Jim! a beauty l Where? I cried. There he goes! See him P He pointed to a stone in the middle of the pool. There, just disappearing under it I could see the tail of an immense stone-roller. Hunger was forgotten. As the stone was too far out to be reached conveni- elif is ,Gas sf' is Ji- it :2 i.-' Q.--n ., 2343-I si :gig .Q :UE SQ ss iii :AUS MVN! z1Ni,5 5 5 itil R I-is Ks N id ii? 12 it ll ggilfl 5.1 Vi 'sn Q..-N rvb- x---:r:-:-:----r-1--s-- --s . ....,,,.,.-.,..... .. 51 . I x:-jfQ '5--'SY' :T-eL?.Q.-:TT ?J-17 QQx fav S-if-z5YQ.Zi,p-jf --.F il ''itzzzsifirzmzzgiii-ESS-Iigsgg Q Si -'-W - --Q...--. ' s-:.s. ..--3, 17 5'-Q:::z'.11'- . ' '7152Z'1'-S'--.,.,,..!-- 1 ,- ,.,...1.3-1:.:::c:p g':'jg':'g TIIE SPE CTATOII I ,,,,fff,T''33-:1t15g:, rUlff 'sw ... -1' --. -,. -1. f ,..f . L 3-,ae-. I N I I gpg if . . . ently, Jack, keeping watch with one eye, built a gig! causway of stepping stones to get within easy reach bi' while I found a longer stick. Then we stretched the is sein across below, to intercept the stone-roller should EAD he make a dash down stream for safety. I filled the .vi . , Q'5,' can with water and set it on the bank. The handle of the cornpopper was not long enough. Keep your 5 eye on the place while I splice it, said jack. I obeyed. At last we were ready. jack perched on the last stone of the causway and lowered the cornpopper just in front of the hole. Trembling with excitement I crouched on the bank with the stick. I poked cautiously under the rock-no result. I-poked harder. A sudden rush, Filling the water -Withblruilig -Lacli jerked up the cornpopper with ad- 'si , mira e ex eri , E21 We've got him, he cried. 3 rcGOOd.a9 Ni Eagerly we looked in. There in the bottom of the net, twiddling his long feelers lay-a large crab. Shell I i iii X :vii k , P2 0 0 ggi A c t 1 v 1 ty . 5? By Fred Ellenberger. .fs 1' Hence despised Laziness, Eg Of lndolence and slothful Numbness borng jgfgg With filthy clothing torn ,, Hi An-d a life iilled with inactivenessg 'I iii Find out some sunless cell, .5 J z? And there with stupid sluggards ever dwell. 5 15 gi gf But come thou spirit fair and free, 1' Q On earth known as Activity, ' Eodheartls of nap: give Euergyg ggi n ue em W1 aeri y. . i. 'kphvillage playgrounds bend thy wing, L ere happy children dance and sing. V With thee I'll stayg with thee I'll live, To thee alone my praises give. li EL- ,E 1' I Q: ii --' .,. - -is '1 18 '-: I .u -.T if -s fll R l ll Tuma: sPEc'rA'ron Jim, First Lieutenant United if States Aerial Crew V i' By Robert sehad. IM was a prisoner in the hands of the Japanese. Jim Gordon, first lieutenant of the United States Aerial crew, a prisoner in the hands of the enemy, he kept saying to himself. It was hard to pi believe but it was so, and these were the facts as to V his capture. The Japs had caught him spying and iff were holding him prisoner because they knew that he carried to Gen. Dempsey, concealed on his person, important papers. These they were eager to get. Egg The cabin in which Jim was confined was about El twelve feet square and solidly constructedg its door was locked on the outsideg its three small windows Nr were guarded by small iron bars. For the tenth time since he had been shut up Jim worked at these ii 'f bars but to no avail. He glanced rapidly around the Y room for some tool with which to force an exit-a ff file, an axe, a chisel or a saw-but he found none. y The situation was desperate. They were coming to Q search him. He crossed the room and sat down, taking a small pipe from the pocket of his flannel pw p shirt. The white Hash of the match brought him to his feet. He had found the moi for which he had QE Fl. been seeking. The table went first 3 he overturned it with its four 'ki legs against the wall of the cabin farthest from the WM-L door. Into the space between the table legs he piled fragments of his chair and paper. Gver all he I poured the contents of a kerosene lamp. He lighted the pile and drew back under the window in the farthest wall. The cabin caught quickly and filled rapidly with l' :muh-g. r --r- R!'3RP ':?l'R1T.': ' --N .-x,,--smmgtrm - -lil J ' 19 I .w .,. . -. 4- L?::.y::fn1Z...6-7-l177f7 ff., .,-... ....4:g5m:::aeg729?',gpg? sv K n THE SPE-CTATOR USL smoke. From the window Jim saw the guards run toward his prison. 'Q Suddenly heavy blows fell on the door. They were beating it in. Now the cabin was a mass of flames. The door fell in but they drew back in dis- may. Then suddenly one seized a coat, wrapped it around his head, fell upon his knees and crawled through the blazing doorway. Iim's last realization before the smoke stifled all sensation in him was of the Jap grasping at his shoulder while the shaking ceiling threw sparks upon them. He came to his senses in the open air. Through his lashes he saw a guard on his knees beside him. Jim tried his legs and found them whole. His fin- gers closed on the Qlap's revolver and .as the Jap rose, lt came away. ThlS he quickly hid in his shirt. A group of men approached and said they had de- cided to put him in the wireless tower for safe keep- ing. He was marched into his new quarters less ,'-: hurriedly than he came out of the old. He looked around his new quarters and surveyed the table on which the wireless lay. A message either from some far off station or from some weak lil! instrument nearer was flying by and being registered upon the tape. gag! The Jap's eyes met his. He shouted in broken English: I forgot you knew wireless, still, he plucked off the four little caps essential for connecf 'SEE ting with the power current and put them into his pocket, taking these I guess you safe. And now gun please, he commanded. 5' Jim thought a minute then ejected the six cart- ridges onto the floor and tossed the gun over. The guard caught it, locked the door and was gone. r, His footsteps had not died away when Jim was on pf the floor Sweeping up the cartridges. He could find g . sg! 1 :gb-.-. Te-,vt ?.:11'lt:11--'tl i N 4-5,-N .......:. ..- - -s -l 20 I s . -.. THE sPEc'rA'roR EEF only four-he tore at the first with his teeth. The gf? lead came away and pouring the powder out he il V' placed the copper cap over the last contact cap that gf had been torn away. By chance it fitted-holding 2 the connection loosely and insecurely, but holding it. Quickly fitting the other three he grabbed the key. Psst-tssh! the current supplied under the shak- P3 ing connection hissed at him. He could get far less gb than full current. riff - 'sl 5 S 523: firll N- D Pi ai.. 5? HES? Wig . X 2. if it ll I' 451: ii 55: asses gs-Scif si 3153 - , lxn. !s,., .S was .- 'VF :V Signal Officer, Weavers Valley, he dispatched. - 4: K 'What force have you P l ls Regiment infantry, two troops cavalry. Who are you P the reply came. Gordon, U. S. Aerial crew. Held prisoner by Jap scouting party. Have valuable papers. Rescue. FRN Approach from west. East guarded. Use care. jf Do you get this P Yes, but where located, came the reply. One mile- a flash of blue flame interrupted his 'Z' directions and he saw one of his makeshift connec- tions had burned out. He dropped to his knees and searched for the remaining cartridges. He was still hunting these when he heard shots ring out. He ran to the window and saw that his message was answered.. 2' 1: fi Q2 'I tl l, My Friend, the Horse By Nettie Young EN l 4, , mY LOVE for horses prompted me to choose for ig . . . ,ig L my thesis the proposition that horses should be cared for and managed intelligently. There have l .,f . been horses that I have liked much better than many acquaintances. I have seen horses so abused as to bring tears to my eyes. By intelligent care and man- 1 ,Lg li Nz. :rw-'Q' -f:-::-- , , JU v. 53:1 21 N x :L..v2 h nm SPECTATOR agement I do not mean that a horse should be taken for work just when he wishes, have his own way in the gait he takes, or be allowed to stop when he so Q -i 'ex desires. This certainly is not my idea of the prop- is fl osition. My idea of a well cared for and properly managed horse is in part that he should have his three regular meals a day. In the very cold winter a horse should have for his breakfast something hot like mush, for most horses dearly love cornmeal. For his dinner and supper he should have oats or other grain, good grain, not that from which rats. have taken all the nourishment. A horse should have to drink all the water he wishes, unless he is overheated or in a condition that it would be injur- ious. This water should be fresh and cold, not Wa- ter that has been standing in the hot sun for hours. Most, if not all horses, like to be exercised but not overworked. Many men seem to think that when a horse is taken out for exercise after he has stood for several weeks in the stable, he should be given much of it. They take him for a drive of perhaps thirty miles at a rapid pace and then think they have given him enough exercise to last several more VIE weeks. This is an erroneous notion, for a horse that has not been exercised for so long a time is not pre- l' pared for such a trip, and the result is more harmful than beneficial. In a case like this the horse should be taken for a short drive the first day and then ch: next day he will be prepared for a longer drive. A horse cannot stand long-continued exercise after a Elf-Q long period of rest. I-Iave you never noticed how a jocky cares for a race horse before a race? Many days before the great event he drives the animal around the track as though that were the day of the contest, and even up to a few minutes before the race, he drives him around the track at a very rapid . as is 3 I R 3 K ' 22 -ei I ..4 mm 'mm srmcqwron 'Eff iii pace. If, on the other hand, the horse would be ilk? resting up during the time just previous to the race, he certainly would have few chances of winning. A horse can be managed far better with kind 9 words than with a whip. Many men, especially teamsters, seem positively ignorant of this fact and li use a severe whip on the horse for every trifling thing. They make a. bad mistake. I have many times seen kind words do more to encourage a horse it I than the heavy lash of the whip. A few weeks ago 'L I noticed a driver trying to force a team of horses iii, 3, to pull' a heavy load oi' brick up a hill. It seemed as Til though they could never climb up the hill. He ,i ii swore at them furiously, jerked them madly, and used M his heavy cow-hide unsparingly. But still they could ,I-' 'l not even move the load. By the time both the l driver and the horses were exhausted an elderly and likewise a very sensible man requested the driver to gig l give the horses a rest. After the horses had re- 3 ceived a short rest, frbm which they obtained both a supply of breath and new vigor, the elderly man tool: the lines, spoke to the horses, and started them off together, he had a knack of which the driver was incapable and the load was soon pulled up the hill. 'Yes, I acknowledge that some horses will take acl- vantage, if treated with kindness, but they are the ig ll ones that were brought up under the whip, and even in their cases this tendency can be overcome by patient training. ft Horses then, should be cared for and mianaged in- telligently for they have feeling, affection, intelli- gence and character. Although a horse cannot prove his feelings by words, he proves them by actions. Perhaps you have noticed a horse while standing draw or curl up his footy well, that is a pure evidence that it pains liar' E R .... . .,. ,.,,,,,,.,,...,.,,,, 23 THIE SPECTATOR Q IM: lx M A Xt x u NT Q .f xx A Y 1' 15 Y U ' n' 1 I , x x f I f A 1 'FAU WW Q Ji' Q ' hu' I mr A Mr - . gr ffm M XL J WML I M M ' if fi ' MS f + Qf M ' E I!l 1 E L. R. . s V f ,,, . 1 'mm iS1PE'C'l'A'I'0R. ,yf7 ly .- S' 455 ? him severelyg or maybe you have seen him draw his lm E. ? skin like a shiver when you have touched him on l a sore spotg this shows that touching the spot causes S i him pain. A few days ago while driving, we touched Q li MED- the horse with the whip to urge him ong although it did not hurt him he started off 'on a faster gait. This goes to prove that he had feeling and did not l h wish to be touched again. A horse has affection for both dog and man. I knew a very handsome horse whose best companion V was an ugly little black and yellow dog. The horse would lay his ears back, snap and kick at anyone ffl who dared to strike his companion. For an example Eg of the affection that a horse has for man I will tell you of a horse we used to have. Her name was ff? Deatty Hal. She liked two of the family, my father Eff' and me-the rest she seemed to hate. She showed fbi' jig her affection for us by wishing to put her face up against ours, by following us around the field, by ifyil seeming anxious to see us, and by allowing us to do f almost anything with her. On the other hand, if pg' any of the rest of the family would put their face f Q 55? up against hers, she would draw it away and snap ' ii at themg she would hardly allow them to be around 5? her at all, and in the field or, in fact at all times, she A , would positively ignore them. At last we sold if pill Deatty Hal to a man who kept her in a livery stable. 1' i gig! She apparently had no affection for any of the men M working thereg in fact, not one man in that stable 'i li could go near her. I think this example will prove ? p to you that a horse is affectionate, but not with all n , people. .y A horse is very intelligent. I will state some of ,i ip the things a horse can understand. He knows W when he is in a raceg he knows when he is pettedg i. he knows when he is treated with scorng he knows 45 'ii .1 zgzgqf , ' -. - .. r- rm v --'--.e---'-- -ii .... , 25 fv- ..t.-.u.:,,,,,NNl. I ..,. :.:1-:-:- . 'mm isrmomwron ,459'f'Z747l,7.-. I U v N-'2 g. . . his friends and his enemiesg he knows when it IS meal time, he knows when it is bed time, and he can always find his way home, provided it is a good home. If a horse once finds out where the feed box is he will always remember and at every chance try to reach it. We owned a horse that knew the ring of the ice cream wagon so well that he would make ig' a fuss if the wagon was allowed to pass without someone buying for him some ice cream. piggy A horse has many characteristics, some of which are the gait he takes, the poise of his head, the carrying of his tail, the cock of his ears, and his dis- position. There is' a horse in our neighborhood who is a single-footer, who carries his tail gracefully, who cocks his ears at all times, and who has a noble ff. gl and lovable disposition. This is a valuable and well tif? bred animal. Kill A well bred horse does not always need a pedigree to indicate his breed. It can generally be ,told by his actions and looks. He is gentle, but generally a little wild. He carries his head and tail with grace, lifts his feet with ease, carries his body as though he ls? if? thought it were beautiful, and has hair that shines like silk. In fact, in every movement he shows that he is a well bred horse. 5 ? -- liigi M . Whispers qj' a Sea-shell it it 1. By Lewis Wagner. 'iHAVE YOU ever heard e See-ehe11 whisper? 1 have and such stran e weird stories the do is I 2 g . . Y . 2 tell. Why just the other day, I picked up a little plnk EH and white shell and held it to my ear. At once it be- gan relating the following story: I lived in the dark, deep, rolling ocean. Oh! how .M gg:----N - -s-a'v--------- -- ' I 26 -'- 'j:.-...gdf - 1-3. QQQWS ,- -1-f K h 15501, ,,f---1333, '- ,f 1 THE SPECTATOR 4--1' 'inf Af L7'i2::g-,,.,.gg,-4f::1a ' 1,' 1. Q Il l N I 1 .I V l .. Q, J 'li happy I was listening to the murmur of the sea, or to ' 'p 5' the wild, sad song of the mermaids as they danced il? over the foam-crested waves telling of ship-wrecks I lg ' and other disasters. I lived in a little cavern with il thousands and thousands of my fellows, but one day after a terrific storm, I found myself out on the yel- low bed of the ocean. The mermaids were singing X softly in the distance, but as it got calmer and calmer ki, they finally ceased to sing, for let me tell you, it is ,ggi only when there is a storm that the mermaids sing, and woe to the unlucky mortal, who hears the sad, lamenting song of the mermaid, for he will never reach the shore again. It was delightful and strange to me to be tossed hither and thither on the breast of a giant wave, but as I became more used to it, it didn't seem so strange. My chief companions were the star-fish and often we would gather in groups and talk about you mortals, about Whom the rner- maids were always singing. Sometimes the clams would join in the conversation, for they seemed to ljilrill know quite a bit about mortals, for several of the clams had escaped from a fishing party once. Some- qu times a great whale would come ploughing his way I through the water, lashing it with his tail, until we 5? little shells could see nothing but foam while he was A W passing. We had but one enemy and that was the will sea-serpent. Although mortals believe sea-serpents are extinct, they are by no means so and to prove it , p' just go down into the Pacific, where you will meet ll some of them. These great snakes would sometimes 5 Q' come around where we were and when they got a ll .1 li chance, would eat the poor little fish. Many mortals ' shudder at the thought of going down into the dark, ti' . deep, ocean like the divers, but let me tell you that when you once get down there you are delighted with the strange and beautiful things to be seen. 22.5 i .: 211251. . ' RE 'R .? +- '- .v -- V, --'- A - ii mg, s f 27 3 I .1 .- ----4---s..........n..,.. .. ' THE SPECTMOR Lff'27.2zrfQ5 ., 5-:vel Ez? . 1 1 Why, one of the divers that came down after pearls fgvfi was so delighted with the ocean, that he never went i up again and I guess he is there yet. The ocean ,Wxi E is a beautiful place, but alas, I was not to stay there long, for one day a diver picked me up and at the top he gave me to a little cripple, who was enjoying the fresh breeze on the sand. The little cripple car- ly ried me home-but how I came here-well, that 15 E a secret between myself and my little owner. I al- ways whisper of the ocean when you plafe hme to your ear, for I can never forget my dear o d ome. if 5, -'s I 543. '171e Johnstown Literary Herald X l uk-: . I' li .5 By Joseph Meyer. fri' F .-1 I ANY YEARS ago, no doubt the time when the . ' z fathers and mothers of the present students in our High School were going to school themselves, the Johnstown High School consisted of one room, Ii in the building now occupied by the Baltimore 8: 'E ll Ohio depot. The school consisted of thirty pupils Rail i divided into two classes, and was taught by Professor A. C. johnson. They had a literary society and pub- p lished a paper called the Literary Herald. The Literary Herald was a four-page sheet, ten 5 F' by fifteen inches in size. It was published by the IL M firm of Wagoner and Griffith. The motto of the pa- if Qi per was Onward, and it was edited by George W. Wagoner, now one of johnstown's most eminent l li N! h sicians and H. F. Beam ith W Weaver and C. W' it Eg .55 P Y 1 1 W - 'P Wagoner as associate editors. Of the four pages of the Herald three were devoted to literary work and ld . the last page, with the exception of one column, to ' advertisements. The Literary Herald was published ' weekly. I , 35.52 - . fig 'P r S' rf-:stress . . c' I 28 2- 7 .H . I 5 Q l ...IE SPECTATOR gg 7 The editors had great difficulty in procuring mra- E terial for this paper. The scholars showed little in- terest for it, and many times the teachers were obliged to write stories to make up for the lacking gui material. But the paper as a whole was a very cred- itable production for the students of the school. The stories were very interesting and entertaining. The paper was devoted mostly to the society, intwhose interest it was published. Most of the stories. are f signed with fictitious names, such as Luna T1cs, 5.5, Ima Froste, Ura Peach, and so on. 5 Scattered throughout the paper are numerous witty remarks which become tiresome and mono- ii tonous on account of their frequency and quality. For instance: To make catfsj sup-give them milk. To make f1'lD1C6 cream-stick a pin in a in 'Lf baby, and others of like quality. Little fault can be found with the typographical work on the Herald. 5, 3 There are only a few misspelled words and typo- if V' graphical errors. This shows carelessness more on i ,ll the part of the proofreader than on the editor. 4, in The advertisements are few. Among them are found the names of merchants who are still in busi- H T ness today and who still continue to help support the Spectator by advertising in it. A few are: john ,lt Thomas and Sons, E. Zang, First National Bank, l and the Johnstown Savings Bank. 1 i 'A comparison between the Johnstown Literary Herald of four pages, and our Spectator, containing l 5-' between sixty and one hundred pages each month, ii -gl shows the advancement made in education. It shows l that the students have become more and more inter- J ested in literary work. It shows that they have taken ll lx an interest in the welfare of the school. It shows that ' i the students now work together in making their if paper one of the best in the country. The Herald I '-55? 4: 5 i .... . .... ....... .-...-....,,... W, ,, .....,....,, ,...,. - N gl? 1 29 HE SPE CTA I aw ,K N. ,1..,-- fi ww ww Jw w, I I IH' 41 In A. I if K ,Ff,f.51 ff all I y U' ' WJ ' ' lil V , ds w, mx , 11 law n M 11 ,r , 'W 5 J X ' Iw i w -f I W , :X P M '11 f l f'.,A N V ,J a' 'L fu ' wr? W w V jf L 1 I M AS 'Z' X X T cl. i -..- -.?'..Tg guy - vgj--.,.-.tmrgggrgj-111135 z'1'::'1'zr Q S 'PHE SPECTATOR ,,35f':f7 a'f 4'y 'P' -- K J ' '.. .Lili-'z::11'.1'AfI112ff reveals to us the advantages we have for educational D progress, for, while the Herald upheld the Johnstown L Vi' High School, saying it was the best place in the , 'gl Q world to get an education, it surely could not have come up to our High School in an educational way, . judging from the respective literaryiproductions of isa the two institutions. 3' b The Literary Herald lasted only for a short time. 4, Lag Although it was receiving encouraging support from gif many prominent people of the city, at the end of two years, not proving a financial success, it was dis- W- RX - - . 2: continued in 1875 , and we can say succeeded by our 525 Spectator in December 1898, after a period of twen- ty-three years. i l i E23 fsff 1- iw frfl. The Chamber of Commerce By w. R. 'r. UR CHAMBER or COMMERCE was found- ed about April 15, 1910. It is an auxiliary of the Retail Merchants' Association of Pennsylvania. The purpose of this organization is the protection and development of the business interests of its members. It is open for membership to the proprie- tary interest of any legitimate business except those dealing in liquors, and to all professional men. By il far the great majority of the business men in Cone- mlauglhhvalfy are members of this board of trade, ll w ic as ecome so useful that it is really a neces- sity. It benefits its members in a number of dif- ferent ways. The Chamber of Commerce aims to secure leg- islation in the interests of the merchants. For in- stance, believing that it is to the advantage of both the merchants and the community at large, it is ,Q lg: 11:-'N r -'2a-: ':., '::'-- - i -- --:-Hee--V-s -'- iii 31 ... ,,,,,, ,, , ... . ....... . .... I---,U - wfy 'cggmeg-fE1Q'r'h:g:s4ff' , '-,g3W7e3a:1if:.3'wuzvfiv' M5 THE SPECT ATOR 1.1! 'iifu f'7'i t':-1-.wizzzme strongly advocating a commission form of govern- ment for this city, and is doing its utmost to secure it. Soliciting cards are issued to people doing char- ity work for some needy and worthy charity only after the institution they are soliciting for has been closely examined and investigated. This assures the merchant that the charity is really worthy, for no fraud would be able to stand the rigid investigation that must be undergone in order to secure the in- dorsement of the Chamber of Commerce. In much the same way the retailers are insured against fraudulent advertising. A list of good, bona fide advertising mediums is submitted to each mem- ber. By referring to this list a merchant can easily tell where he can get the best results, for to stand on the list, all the papers must furnish absolute proof of their circulation, purpose, and scope, etc. The Spectator is on this list. But without a doubt the most benefit to the members of this institution comes from its credit regulations. Twice every year a book is published containing the credit records of all the families with- in a trading radius of Johnstown, giving their record in cipher, as the reports of the different merchants Warrant. The advantages of this can be readily seen. Every community contains some people who deal at one store until their credit is exhausted and then go to another store and repeat the same thing. This was a bad thing for the storekeepers. Now, if a new customer desires to run up a bill, the merchant looks up his record in the book and can immediately tell These are only a few of the many ways in which the merchants and indeed the people as well, are whether or not it is safe to trust him. A 32 . THE SPECTATOR 4-fQ 5,7u Z'7:'a,,.,.fmi1e th!!! . ' . benefited. The best thing that can be said of the Chamber of Comrrferce is that it is living up to its purpose-the protection and development of the business interests of its members-in a fine way. KX EEA My Favorite Poet Nx By Mary Wolfhope. If . . mY FIRST acquaintance with Tennyson's poems was through his songs, Sweet and Low and The Splendor Falls on Castle Walls. I can recol- lect singing these songs early in my school life. The pleasing melodies, combined with these beautiful : 1- i. e: E if gr f S. :Q-65 -.-.- :5 . iz., 15 Y : lg rs gg Qi? is fif? if E--' - 3 F:- FP EP' E: . iw - 4 5955 2? Er 5: 5: X if ig IE ,.-33 is 'I 42 :: Ei A-1: .: .x.. :: ,Nu x .. wif: fa.-,N st: rs gi :Q :UI E: 4: 551 EL -: x NIH' i'-+R: 5 c ..x. ...-gzgs -. .--a....x... poems, made me love Tennyson's poemsg my -.love has grown greatly as I have read more of his poems. Crannied Wall, a beautiful The Flower in the little poem of six lines, shows Tennyson's active in- holds the little flower, root terest in science. He and all, in his hand a.nd it brings to 'him this thought: Little flower-but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and mlan is. Break, Break, Break is a sad poem. The author tells us that he wrote it at live o'clock in the morning between blossoming hedges in Lincoln- shire in sorrow for the loss of his friend, Arthur Hal- lamg to him Tennyson refers when he says: But oh, for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! , It is the Idylls of the King that I like best. si Sm? 'bfi J' t: 3825. 5' it Y I 1 z , if +N' . , ii Qzffe, if-fr-ei sms R' u was wi Q if rl Sw: if s K These poemys are stories of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table. His description of a true knight is given in the vow Arthur's knights take and in the dedication of the poem to Prince Albert, whom the poet describes as t or ??2i5'l :i:: 3-: :?X s tire: --:::::-:::2 -r- '- -5. if 33 v.. ., :E ht: , .. -f s: t n'F l7 'BT . 1' esiivwfwffaffxqsblfg THE SPECTATOR 4fi5 117u Writ cz ' 1 - - is--1 My kings 1deal knight sh' .3 P Who reverenced his conscience as his kingg re s . - Whose glory was, redressmg human wrongg Hifi ,S Who spake no slander, no, nor listened to itg in Who loved one lady only and who clave to her- I-Ier-over all whose realms to their last isle, Comingled with the gloom of imminent war, -' The shadow of his loss drew like eclipse, Darkening the world? p, rigs: At some future time I hope to read his In Me- iff moriam,', which my teacher considers a wonderful elegy. ,il S5332 will 0 0 0 0 yjg Sanxtary Conditions m The gf. : - flirt High School is .-' e.P By Edward O'ConneII fjii RE MODERN schools more sanitary than the if Q5 schools our fathers attended? To answer this question we will observe the sanitary conditions in iw' our High School. We will consider the matter from I 5' two points, the system of ventilation and heating, and x the manner in which the water is purified. The schools which our fathers attended were IEA? heated by either a coal or a wood stove, probably placed in one corner of the room. The boys took il il turns about in carrying fuel and emptying ashes. yy Q Little consideration was ' h f - ll i 565.35 given to t e matter o ven N jj tilationg if a large room became too warm a window was hoisted till the room acquired the desired tem- perature. Thermometers were not used. l There is installed in the High School a hot air , heating apparatus. I will in as brief a way as pos- E-it sible endeavor to describe it to you. In the rear of 5 the building are two large stacks surrounded at the f 5 'T qi ' ima or-gg.. '-ee g--172222211517 legi. a.5,:6e11-geeeeaf: +V - A. .Elf 5 34 s W.-. .0 ft' 5 I ,. ......,... , W, ,,,, ,,..,,m, ....... e 'PHIE SiPEC'l'ATOR. -1fHMi 5521.5 'LY top by wire netting, thru which pure fresh air passes ' 23? down to two caves dug in the ground. Directly op- ig posite the mouth of each of the caves, which are Qifl Q about forty feet apart, are two huge fans which draw fm air over a set of pipes filled with steam. This set of pipes, which are arranged vertically in a parallel po- sition, are called the temperate coils. They take the chill from the air before it is forced over another larger set arranged in the same manner. Between the two sets of pipes is a fan, run by a steam engine. iv Three large furnaces, each with a boiler, supplies 3 these pipes with steam. When the steam in the pipes is shut off, cold air can be sent to the rooms without being heated. In each room in the building there are two screens, an upper one thru which pure air Ea? enters the room, and one nearer the floor by which the foul air leaves the room. just as there are two fans to force pure air into the room, there are two gg others to draw foul air from the room and force it up a chimney on the outside rising higher than those 2 3 thru which the pure air enters. In each room is an - automatic register. When the room becomes too Qi warm a piece of steel, which is very sensitive, ex- ,Ll pands and causes to be set in motion a device which closes a damper, thus shutting off the heat. It re- fs E mains closed till the room returns to the normal tem- 3F09 perature. This system in perfect working order will supply each pupil with thirty cubic feet of pure air ix, a minute. So much for the ventilating and heating system. ' A QM, We will now observe the way in which the water is purified. lg L Our fathers usually got their drinking water from a pump in the schoolyardg this water was pure il ,. enough to drink without fear of disease. Bu-t now, when all sorts of disease germs and refuse enter our N qi ! ' ' 11:-'be r '--:axe-1 -f---- -:,:::1::-:.--:-- . Ns- --::-:rss-1--v - -1' 85 .x i .E -- .... . .- mi '.f-1 ':i4U'5'41E., lf --f, .. ,... r .1'-l L 1::r:g '1 f THE sPEc'rA'r0R Q K streams. and pollute the water, we must take more precaution. In the- basement of the High School is an apparatus consisting of two filters, an electric box, and a gas cylinder between the two filters. if When anyone in the building draws water from a faucet, the pressure of the water sets in motion a spring which controls a device for closing the circuit and permitting an electric current to be sent to the electric box. The system is an economic one, for electricity is only used when water is being drawn. E555 In this electric box are plates over wh1ch the water from the city mains passes, and all germs that may be lurking in the water are effected just as a human being would be if he received a shock of electricity strong enough. to kill him. .The water now passes to the gas cylinder. The s1mplest.way'1n'wh1ch I can illustrate the purpose of this cylinder is like when a person blows carbon dioxid gas from his lungs into a glass of water to freshen it. From the gas cylinder '. the water passes thru the filters, where by means of sand and fine screens all foreign matter is removed. The water is now ready to drink without danger. The one defect in the system is that no provision has been made for cooling the water. Now in order to bring our problem of pure wa- ter nearer to perfection we must do away with the common drinking cup. There are several solutions if for this problem, the simplest of which is the indi- vidual drinking cup. By another the water is spurt- ed high enough into the air to be drunk without the lips coming in contact with the spigot. 5 From these few facts we will agree that the im- provements in the way of sanitation in the school are indeed surprising. But even yet there are a few problems to be solved in order to protect the health gif of every pupil. We should strive to bring about a .M ,1 33.31 ---- ----'Q-ze: ---- ?.::?1t:a:-..:: 'N- X sm- 1-'4'222l2 f' Y' .. 513' 'i 36 1 'H' .:,. rg-.,,-f.mfQEZSC5ff ':2 ',: R2:::z QNbg THE SPEUTATOR f..fi1IZ7.1,l 1- l .'s iklili iff x.-- . -s condition of sanitation that would insure the whole i I' 'Il B 221 -'n Aw 1: . - I . . . 3, gl E school a alnst an conta ious disease whatever. 'Q F Q' 8' Y g igqfi I --i- 2 lf Ks' . I xilfijlg A Canal Boatman HN 5 By Foster Snowdon A Q E NE MORNING at the breakfast table ames , RN I , , W: ggi, Fletcher said, Mother, I believe I'll go to sea. ' li' V ' ' -l . . ' :L Well james, replied his mother, a noble sympathe- tic woman, you know I would rather have you help gift me on the farm. I realize that it is very lonely here I since your father died., but I believe it will be best for you to go to school and spend your spare time 55452 working here 'ill ' :H Mother, you don't know how much I long for the sea, or you wouldn't object to my wishes. I know I will gain by it, replied James, in a some- .ji ggi. what disheartened tone. 5. His mother saw that he was determined, and so L she concented to compromise with him. E5 'flamesf' she said, I'll concent for you to go to k J Pittsburgh and get work on the canal that you may get a taste of such a life before you go to sea. RQ 'Tm willing, answered james, very glad, When can I go? Tomorrow I'll get your things ready tonight. James was up bright and early the next morn- ing, ready for his journey. After some kind words FX, from his mother and sister, he started on his way. iw V Late that night he reached Pittsburgh. He en- X! gaged boarding with a kind old lady, who had been recommended to him, and retired for the night. g I The next morning he went over to the canal and i if- Q after a few hours got a job as driver on a small I 19 i F1 I ir ,. . ' s Li at .LZIFW fQfEs...:-.s:.3 SQQN 1 37 .N. X ,W .-. i Z N, ,,,,,,,-Mmm Q, ,,.A V-WH,,,,,,,, .... ,.,,:,.,.,,.. TI-EE sPmc'rA'roR .1 boat named Starlight Fortunately for James, his captain was one of the noblest and kindest men on the canal. The captain told him to be ready for work YQ'-i E, at six o'clocli. is The dawn of the following day found James at the boat ready for work. In a few brief words the :wx . ---- su captain explained the nature of the work on a canal boat. The boat was manned by two steersmen, two drivers, a bowman, and a cook, besides the captain. The bowman made the lock ready and stopped the boat as it entered the lockg each dirver had two mules which he drove one before the other, one driver worked a certain length of time, then he drove the mules on board, and the other driver with his mules took the tow-path. The first morning James only helped the driver, but in the afternoon the captain gave him full charge of one team of mules. James wasn't conceited, but he thought it would be easy to drive the mules along the shore. His first lesson was to come. Toward evening he saw another boat approaching. He steadied his mules so that he could meet the boat without danger. The captain shouted, Be careful xii or -ah, it was too late! There was a collision. Both James and the mules were pulled into the water. Quick to the rescue, shouted the captain, much alarmed. james was soon rescued, none the worse Si Li, for his lesson except a few bruises and a good wash- ing, but the mules had a struggle before they got out. 5243: The captain ordered a change of mules and the other driver took the tow-path while James went on board to dry his clothes. The boatmen had lots of fun at his expense. Yer a funny fellow, jim, laughed the cook. Were yer trying to give the mules a morning dip. 55 .E fit--1-'fx-.'-' walt-R' :Li1:fi::::---zgev , .N-sv --:it::::t?'2'. :' N. --if 38 51,3 That's a greenhorn's Hrst initiation, sneered the if bowman. l . '-'RS Was the water wet? asked the captain in a i joking way. james took it all as a joke, saying not gl a word to those who were taunting him. All the boatmen were more or less rough spoken. Profane, coarse, vulgar, whisky-drinkers, describes A them exactly. Whisky was their idol. They gave 'D morals and religion no thought. They were a harm- ' ful class of men for james, a young boy, to associate sw with, but he won their admiration. Wigs One day he had an especially good chance tO Nfl act as peacemaker. It was the custom for the boat - 'ei first at the lock to enter first. On one certain occa- sion it was diilicult to decide which got there: first. A dispute followed as to which had the lock. Well -N fight it out, shouted the angry captain, and all the boatman jumped on shore. Stop, cried James. liqiheliilcihshlllltbe nofghti dth furious crowd We if S o' s o us. roare e - were here first land you all know it, but why not settle it like gentlemen and draw lots? The boy is right, shouted James' friends. We'll draw lots. They drew lots as James suggested, and the Starlight won the right of way. Thus by a thoughtful word, James stopped the quarrel and won the respect of the whole crewdim lt. th 1 :Wu ames encounterec many 1 cu ies on e cana. Moie than once he was almost drownedg many a time he made mistakes, many were the jokes played on him, but in spite of all he showed his best nature -a noble s irit. Before glue canal was -abandoned james had be- come a captain of a passenger boat between johns- town and Pittsburgh.. Probably the grandparents of many of my readers traveled in his Packet. I ' 'K ---- - M- vee- -'--::.r-- .,. ---se:---. 39 ' 1 'l'I'lIE SPECTATOR xi E 1 Q0 rn ' Y PM WJ! 4+ 1' X JI ' 453 It 'W It 5 + U1 ,N ,Eg 5 3 , 14 I 1 1 gra m' 3 4' Fy ,I I A ' '11 w K , 1+ ML W ff ig K WIN mf WWW :ML Ig R Q WMU 3 ff - 1 Q CTE ' . fa Wg' M 4 w V w 1 1 V ,Q JU I W . 1 1 Y 1' 1, ki N . , , U 4 11 gl I J E n UT N 'r ll 2 Q i : : i A I -H iw 'r 'rim .SvPEC'l'A'l'0R -3 'Dre History of a Cigar :gg By Anna Weishorg gifs' S MY FRIEND Tom sat puffing clouds of to- i bacco into the air one December night, the little Fairy Nicotine who lives in good cigars told him how cigars were made. Her story ran in this wise: The cultivation of tobacco does not differ ma- terially from cultivation of cabbage. Seed beds are prepared in February, March or April. The bed is raked or tramped lightly and then covered. The land for the growing of tobacco is well broken, made fine by repeated plowings and harrowings. The plant is toppedg that it, the seed-bead pinched out, leav- ing ten or twelve leaves. The length of time between topping and harvest- ing tobacco varies from two to eight weeks. The leaves are then spread on laths or narrow strips of board about four and a half feet in length, about six iii plants to each lath. These laths are hung on tier poles in the curing house. Some tobaccos are cured iii' by splitting the stalk, others by drying in the open, ,e il y and still others by heat and pressure. it ii After the tobacco is assorted it is shipped to the leaf tobacco houses or directly to cigar makers. gm , Now, I can show you the process, the tobacco goes thru in the factory until it is ready for ship- gl li ment. As the tobacco leaf is very brittle, the manu- pigs, facturer must moisten the hands with water, or the leaf may be made soft and pliant by steam. liilfxu The strippers open out the leaves and pull out the midrib. They weigh them on a small scale, ll for they are paid by the number of pounds they strip each day. The binders and ,wrappers are strip- - li ped the same as the fillers, except that more care is ' taken in smoothing the leaves, especially for the 5.1 .... . ..,....-.......,,....,, .Ll 41 v' ,: if 4 ii QIQ 'rum isrmcmwroiz 32-.FE Iilfe' wrapper, for it is the outside covering of the cigar. The worker takes sufficient quantity of material, filler or scrap inhis hand, and experience enables him to select very uniform quantities, which he covers by the inner covering or binder. This is called mak- ing bunches. He then puts the bunches into molds, one by one, and when the molds are full, he closes the blocks and puts them into a press for a few hours. The rollers take the bunches from the molds, and ESQ cut the wrapper into shaped pieces of the proper size. Beginning at the thick end of the cigar, he works down to the pointed end, where he dexterously finishes it by carefully pasting the top called the head. In the stogie, the head is nnisnsd by twisting it to a point between the fingers. In the packing and stamping room, the hnished cigars are spread on tables to be dried where they are exposed to gentle heat. They are then sorted according to color and quality. They are pressed into the cigar boxes which are branded with the name and trademark of the manufacturer. All cigar boxes must have a stamp before they can appear on the marketg the stamp for every hun- dred cigars costs thirty cents. This is paid to the government thru the revenue departments of the large cities. The amount of revenue from cigars alone in the United States amounts to many mill- ions a year. King James of Scotland . By Florence Day NASMUCH as my ancestors were Scotch, I am deeply interested in Scotch life, history, literature, and everything pertaining to the country ..., . , ,,,.. ,.-s.,.....,, . , 42 st 'SY fs: Wi 5 .5 i is ns :sf eg kiss ang. - , N .I Sari iiika' 5:23 sw-fi e,, Rig : .-':1: IX New Y sg as E: Ni 2' ,ffl sl 5 lift I ll ' F l i E llli I: , H , I i l 3, . x g.: Q ,.. I s THE SPECTATOR 47 11fLfL7 if1::-A-a::zzC::e1f Q r-li of highlands. I was exceedingly interested to dis- ' it cover that one of the kings of this country, james I. ' ll Sig was a literary man, although of no great note. I I g 5 have taken his life as a study, and, much to my de- 3 light, have found some very interesting facts. For many years James was a captive in Windsor castle, James spent his time in reading, thinking and studying. He would arise, after a vain attempt to sleep, and read to beguile the tedious hours. The book he usually chose in a case like this, was Boe- tius' Consolations of Philiso h , which was then 55,-'Ji kQ5 P y ills! a popular book among the writers. He would often arise and read and then sit with his head against the side of the window watching the birds, and the earth below, the pleasures of which he was deprived. In his poem, King Quhairf' James tells of many thoughts he had as he looked from the window. After 33 sitting for hours he would l1e upon his nightly pillow '-f .' . . E: X -r and think of the loneliness of confinement. He pours 25.15 forth his soul in melody like a captive bird. Have you not seen the nightingale ,iisl A pilgrim coop'd into a cage, Q if How doth she chant her wonted tale, IL 'U 'In that her lonely hermitage! There is sweetnes in the complaints of James. A i They are rendered very touchingly by their simple brevity. No harshness and exaggeration are given ---i fi by him but natural touchin h ' I ' H ' g pat os. His comp amts t are not elaborate and vent their bitterness to the li entire world, but they are given with acute sensibil- ity, and after they are given, he passes on as one who disdains from brooding over on unavoidable calamity. We cannot help but sympathize with this i ' active, romantic and accomplished youth as we do E ig with Maron with his blindness f . ' . A E One mornin , after a slee less ni ht, ames arose I ,lg ,, 8' P 8' il ll -' X. ?.2'.:3.-7---nw K S-4, --:-:.z:-..:-.--M I '. N-5 QQ 43 S - . I'-P l s I Eihf.-Pi lima at the ringing of the Matins bells and went to his window. I-Ie cast his eyes downward and beheld the lovely Lady jane Beaufort who was walking in the garden enjoying the beauties of that fresh May morn- ing. Lady jane was the daughter of the Earl of Somerset, granddaughter of John of Gaunt, and was therefore a princess of the royal blood of England. gb The description of her given by James gives la por- jpg- trait of a beauty of that day. He dwells with the fondness of a lover from the net of pearls, splendent with emeralds and sapphires, that confined her gold- en hair to the goodly chaine of small wrought gold about her neck from which hung a heart of ruby upon her white bosom. Her dress of white tisue was looped up with bows. She was attended by two maids. . About her sported a small Italian hound de- corated with bells. After the disappearance of Lady Jane from the garden, james relapsed into his former attitude of ff musing. The beginning of his happiness started by limi a. message sent from Lady Jane by a white turtle dove which flew in the window and lit upon his hand. if In her bill was a branch of red gilliilower, on the leaves of which was written in letters of gold: Awake! awake! I bring, lover, I bring Swv! The news glad, that blissful is and sure, Cf thy comportg now laugh, and play, and sing, For in the heaven dearest is thy cure. fx After james's release from prison he married Lady Jane. I 6 , li l NFS . .IJ I li me r ----- ---- -r.:-:xr----N qui' ----r::-:---N - -ll 44 HE SPECTATOR .f:r'iZg74f Kirks.-ae-..!w.,Q-1 -N. TE: S- . ..- .- l I: Horses for Mine Eff : 55 .. By Robert Tl-oss T WAS a 'sultry August afternoon. The sun threw hot rays upon the street. Everybody hunted shadeg even horses fresh from their stables, hung their heads in the beating sun, In the shade, opposite Jack Dalton's horse exchange a little group of men gossips bemoaned the heat. An autogiobilei 'E ' i ' f illiiiileiisiliicbaizelptanudpociillltsliel nzildnlmnliffiicili slliufliinog and choking took place before the crowd had settled again. Now and then some member of the crowd would curse the automobile, saying it was a public Ji nuisance. QL' Them dern things are purty easy riden, an' they can go some too, said on elderly man, leaning his EQ' chair back against the wall and taking a big swathe of E-twist chewing tobacco. Awe, what do you know about an automo- lu A bile Dad P asked a cab-driver, blowing toward the 1' old man smoke he had inhaled from his home made il li cigarette. I had a ride in Bert Ham's car yesterday. He took me all over town an' a little ways in the country. ll, f My! but those things kin go, was the responce from T' the old man. Them things kin go all right, so W, ll they can. They may be comfortable in this kind of weath- ll er, said the proprietor, but ask Bert the next time . he takes you out, whether that machine could save ll him six thousand dollars like that little six hundred 'l sorrel team of mine did several years ago, will you ? dlp Why, said the old man, looking up in surprise, and drawing his chair next to the esteemed colonel. How was that? he asked. I MN, A i tl' 45 To THE SPECTATOR Dear Old Johnstown High. , JOHN H. Covmn, Feb., 1909. IILnIeruto. , N , I i el 4 le .I I pg' T' J ' '- ' E -0- ' Q ' . 'U' 1. In the Shad -ow of the mount-aiu, Vvlith the stream me - an - d'ring by, 2. From thy cha, - pei in the morn-ing VVhere our Mak-er's help is sought, 3. In ath -let - ics as in stud- ies, Min -gles hon -- or of' thy name, 4. So to thee, our in - spi - ra - tion, Lift We this, our song of' praise, 5 I mo' 'QLL L at :WJ 'f F Ee- . irnf l . H Q-F ' L I V I If If I I V I I' I I fx y 1 +1 - t- -4- ' L e e ' or I -- l , Z Ju-h J ' Q- X 4 ge- 'W Y 't' Q t Ris - es glo -rious Johns-town High School 0'cr sur-round--ings tow ring high, To the end Of' ev - 'ry scs f sion Truth and stead-fast - ness are taught. Which spursour men to vie - t'ry C And makes thee knovsm to fame. WVl1iIe to thy most faith - ful gulil - anne We will trust our u ' f' ture da5 s. o 'IZEg A5E: J A- -P - U, . -' IQ? il' I If 5 ' A-I I govt:-' 1 I I-5 V I I I I I CHORF. I I .I .I p ,I I IA -A 'I J. I it I - I ,J i fir-as-1535352 ,PT -xii il 10 V ig I i Raise your voi -ces, waft the ech - oes Thru the val - leys, far a. - way, :F' HJ, ' 0 Qi5IJEE9gI'I:I :'if E'fF? px - I I I- I F I-,,' milgso. Z rg, I5 1' P 5 I- i Kaffe? 'iff 1 ,Q tux . I in I- + I f V Hoist the black and pale blue ban - ner, VVith our prais -es let it sway. -- E-gi ZFQSI 'lg-gi-:E9':e: Milli I I lgblziiig -ftttiilifztl, Qgfigzig? tfliiigigiifi 48 r il r 3' ,. 1-2, -11, f' 1 - '- -- -1: '--. ,,..,u153g:fg31111gg r:':: '1'- 27 ww swam-IR t.. si Never hear the story, Dad? Well-about tive p years ago, on a cold January day, I was swappin' I I hosses with Danny Harris. All of a sudden Bert il' N come runnin' up to me an says, 'can you take me RO' to Ebensburg? Can you take me to Ebensburg? I looked at him and says, 'Sure. What's up P' I ask him. 'You'r not goin' to jail are you?' 'No,' says he, 'important business, old Simmon's store's been shut up by the sheriff, an he owes me six thousand fgjl dollars. Lehenberg, the old miser, loaned him five lv li thousand, and has left on the I 215 train for Ebens- 'l burg to get the first mortgage, and,' says he, 'I must get there somehow. If I don't I'll lose every dern cent I ever made.' 'Well,' says I, 'I recon I can take Qiijnf you up.' lil li Well-there was a fast sorrel team that hadn't been out for a week, and the sleighin' was purty good, but cold, Ugh! It makes me shiver to think gg of it. It was eight below, an eighteen miles to drive. Eg Well-we started a-kitin. There was life in those hosses. They just Flew over the ground. Bert was still excited. He sure didn't wanta' loose those six RE, ff thousand bricks. He looked at his watch an' said, if 'jack we have one hour and ten minutes to make it in. That train's been on its way twenty-tive min- gh , utes a1ready.' Well-I told him I'd get him there if.the hosses kept their pace. The road was good until we reach- ed Munday's. There We struck drifts as high as that little barn yonder. We drove over fields an' :lf-X: fences, losin' considerable time. Bert was near wild, 2' an' was about givin' up hopes when we struck a good road. Well, if ever I tried to push on the lines, I tried then. To make a long story short, we were in 5. sight of the court house when the train pulled in. l ' Bert was jumpin' in the sleigh, wavin' his hat, clap- ,. .X .,,, . ,,,,,..,, ,.,.,.. ., .....,,,, ,,,,,N Nw , , 47 J 4 i 'PHE sPEc'rA'roR W 1' pin' his hands, and, yellin' like an Indian. I told Y him to sit still or we'd upset, an' just then we did,' Z out we went, head first into a pile of snow. i Well-when I got up an looked around, nobody A U was in sight. As I looked down the street, I could if see Bert runnin' for all he was Worth. Well, I run ' ki after him. I found him in the recorder's office get- I tin' things straightened up. just as we were leav- V4 1n', who stepped in but old Lehenberg. Well, I never saw such a funny sight in all my life. There 1 ' was Bert laughin' an' giglin', an' there was the old ' miser lookin' as sad as an old worn out cart hoss. I' l Well, I couldn't laugh just then, cause my jaws were Y 5 froze shut, but I'm laughin' my share today yet. j, il, Somebody had caught the hosses. After a short ill! fr all little time at the hotel, an' after speculatin' at Barnes' 14' Livery, we started back. It took us only one hour W M' and eight minutes to do the trip up, an' we didn't I, i 'li care how long it would be goin' back. The next time if lp Bert takes you out for an' auomobile ride, Dad, ' i ask him if his machine could of took the place of 4, il, those hosses that day. I'll bet that machine would RW! 5 j a got so frozen up, that he'd a never got to Ebens- Q burg until this hot old sun would of thawed him lp , out in April. 'lv HQ 2 Ui Our Guide lx Y I By o. M. w. fi' ijt ly NTERESTING characters in the Yosemite Val- I 'pl' , 'il ley are the drivers and guides who accompany M, i ' ' the tourists on their trips. Our guide to Inspiration , Point is a fine example. He was a man of medium g 5 height and rather stout. By his brown almost black A 48 .1 .5 , . I 1 Q.3.t,,f 1'-'-S. ' X . . as THE SPECTATOR aff: Z7a7f'7::31I::-.w.cf:1::f::e1- Lf? .5i FL iff' .skin and queer speech we judged him to be part Indian and part Mexican or entirely Mexican. He K, looked rather savage with his dark skin, coarse long 5' Xi, black hair, half Worn sombrero, and a bright red iii, handkerchief tied around his neck, and at first we seg . -5 feared him. , 'z . .-.f--xg EEN No one could have known more about the tradi- tions of the valley than he. He knew all that was true and much that was not but he was strangly re- ticent until we gave 'him a coin, then he became garrulous, telling where every path and road which we passed led, what every bird and tree was, and why R 3,5 - 5:51.45 every rock was named as it was. At first we were emi rather afraid of him but before the trip was over his stories and earnestness had fascinated us. gf-Q. Sunshine gg .if 35 S: 1' I iii By Arthur Stull. -215 e. 11-Las ' Hence, thou unwelcome Rain, 1' 5 From overshadowed skies descending now, Q ff 4 Forever seeking how, . From patient, struggling men to wrest their gain! No longer cause distress, gg By laying waste the sadly needed crops With heavy leaden dropsg gi ici? Felling with giant hand the monarchs grand, gi Ls, As if in reprimand, Fiji Making thy coming felt with bitterness! IN li But welcome, Sunshine, bright and clear, 5 ,Ei Of all 'things ever master here, :L N- . ,AN Approach, dispel all sorrow, Q ' gi Lead each one to gayly borrow Hopes, which will be greater far ,X Than any tieeting pain can mar. None save thee makes men rejoice, Because thy sweet melodious voice 5 wif Awakens every sleeping tree, And bids all nature turn to thee. 5 fgngg . PF ! - .-5gE13?3f'5'EY?'1?5lE?l''1f':'?EV5'- ll 52321 'fri'-f2f12 ' 'Q97-f ' .Ps 2. -5 qv 49 v.-. ,. . 2 :.5 25 .1 .- x r 1: I! il 1. 2.15 The Tenderfoot 3? Q :gs 5 i' By J. H. c. ,mfg AD WAS vice president of the Southern Pacific ig at the time and owned a ranch in Oklahoma. I decided to spend the summer and fall after my EX four years at Yale on his pasture, X 5 Before leaving New York I bought all utensils and apparel which I thought I would need. Of course the latter included a riding habit-the most attractive I could find. Big Bill Harrel met me at the station and after eyeing me from head to foot and turning me around with a glance that portended mischief, informed me that my father had notified him to be my 'body- Pj- guard.' From the experience of the first day, in which I innocently assented to ride around the 'pasture,' a ride which occupied eight hours to encircle 'cutting if the corners,' I realized I was a tenderfoot. My first humbling, however, occurred on the second day. 'Big Bill' had informed me that he had A is some business in the neighboring town, twenty miles i away, and would like an early start. Four o'clock was the time of the start. After dragging myself flvlg out of bed and donning my New York riding habit, I hustled to the stable. There was 'Big Bill' with a broncho already saddled for each. I preferred my iv! fancy saddle, however, and altho my guide urged me Jixl' to adopt the other, together with his type of wool fringed trousers, I assured him and myself that thru my frequent excursions to New York I had become a 'i rider of some ability, and could get along better in I familiar garbs. He acquiesced and held the broncho i for me to mount. I crawled on and sitting erect proudly told him I was ready. He let go the bridle I. . is lu . rw' :street-iii.-if ' :-' . , +-::-ff:f:f- A -- A i .... 4 50 I gt?-W 'mm sPEo'rA'roR Affpjl, Z7., H E 4 1 sw x. . . Eilify gpm and started for his broncho. Mine, however, no sooner found himself free than he rose in the air with g, such a lurch that I soon swam in the prairie grass. 1 Xi After a half hour of chasing and brushing we start- Q' 1,5 N . , , , . . 6- ed again. This time I limbered up, determined to 'stick to the hide.' We had a fine allop, that is, I RCN . . . . g. :tiki iff told him it was, but I was wishing right along that I was back in New York. As we reached the out- is- as - - itil skirts of the town we struck a shanty which ap- peared to be a sheriff's oilice. Bill said he had some business in there and asked me to hold his ' on .' 'gfsi Qi . . p y . fa I shakingly consented. During what seemed to be an hour, I waited and noticed at close intervals sev- eral cowboys creeping from the back of the shanty Ziff! toward the town. I aid no attention, however, as .u ,E P ,NH long as they 'silently stole' in another direction, and spent my time in whistling our college songs. I had just completed the first verse of 'There'll be a hot- time in the old town tonight' when I noticed a cloud of dust approaching from the farther side of the Q town. It approached so rapidly and seemed so big that I began to look around for cyclone shelter. My 3 U search was interupted by the clang of horses' k E3 hoofs and I became aware of the whirlwind approach of a gang of cowboys. Within several hundred yards of my shivering figure they began to shoot and the hair-raising tales of 'shooting up a town' crowd- ed before m brain and I was riveted to the saddle. If i fbi it y . . :I ri My horse's ears 'went up' in accompaniment to my ' ' il . . 11 hair but the broncho also seemed rooted-at least it I stood still. It only took another second to convince H4 me that I was the center of attack and in vain I 5' sims . . 5 called for Bill. Suddenly there was a whiz and I tk found myself drawn head-first from the saddle, my Z was . - arms pinned to my side by a lasso. I was suddenly 1 jerked and while flying thru the air received a check ! i.'f.':'i::'tEE:z1::'f?fi: Z..f.-.....:2.I'?1 ml- 51 .L . ,iss sz s 5495 55 EXW ggi! if as bl s 'G' 55 N55 is si :E I xi E asia Q5'A 'in :st I. ...,,., Kg ES 595.53 5561-' If Ii - :E ' g E. fs: !E 5 EE p: 2' 15-9 5 ..- 2 .r F? gas :-P? GR 7 1: 'I 2? .3 ,. 5? 13'-'95 SWE: g:i T: F3 5:I H EE saws as ss ff me YNY! . ..: . f,-' :,,,.-gg f-'- W:--. ' H -L- . ...... .1 -.QL7 '71 AJ ,,. .,, 2 s-' THE SPECTATOR ' Ifyizylg' . I hifi in the other direction which left me suspended in the air-my feet were also lassoed. At this point the bronchos which supported the lassoes began to move and I flew thru the air, now skipping over the whiz- if zing ground, now mistaking white specks of cloud for the milky way. 'Round and 'round we spun and suddenly came to a stop. As soon as my breath had returned I entreated, prayed, threatened and em- plored them to stop this hazing. At this moment my friend 'Big Bill' appeared at the door, and in a gruff, commanding voice demanded my release. The captain of the gang refused and guns were drawn. I called to them to reconsider and settle the dispute by a peace conference, but my cries were drowned in the volleys of shot. I am sure in five minutes I would have been a nervous wreck but the sheriff appeared with a posse and to my amazement sen- tenced them to -- an immediate departure. It was thru my father that I later learned to designate 'Big Bill' as the 'mock hero.' After I had been 'branded thoroughly I was ad- mitted to a partnership in the escapades of the 'hap- py-go-lucky' cow-boys. Perhaps the most 'college- FYI like'-it was, at least, the kind I had often dreamed about during my college days, happened just before the time of my departure. 'Big Bill,' my now fel- low cattle-ranger, had lost his 'big' heart in a de- gif' lightful love affair, in which a dark-eyed Mexican girl ig 3 figured as the leading lady. This girl-I believe her name was Ricarno-had been assigned to a convent by her father, who favored a marriage with a fellow 5 countryman. She was kept in close confinement but by the use of a carrier-pigeon, which was one day smluggled to her in a basket of fruit, was ascertained E the position of her room. For many nights 'Big Bill' pined in spirit as he offered messages of love 1 xxx.-5-we -'-' Y s-:Q ---- ?.1'L1':x :----'x- ...s. ---M-----H - -Q 52 WI? 'ggi ii tri if? 'x Q N if-ig ll tb gig! Qu? H E: ii? .,.- g: 2? 15:62 f' . , .,..:..u.... 'Ev f' ' wifi? .,. ' , -f---. , ..... - .13-fusing ' '. zu: -1--f THE V ' :3 :'1:g..., '- ,. V SPE CTATDR f-THVZYAI by means of his mellow voice and 'stringy' banjo and endeavored to waft this expression of his sentiments over the high stone wall and spacious courtyard to the darkened window in the second story. At last his meekness gave way to determination, and hap- pening to learn of the drilling of a well in the court- yard, he engaged himself as a laborer. Thru another unwilling inmate who appeared to be in the same straits as Ricarno and who Bill stopped as she was crossing the yard one morning, he sent a message to inform her of his plans for elopement. To be sure these plans were rude and would have been worth- less in the East, but in the free West, where one sheriff rules and he is a fellow cowboy, the most ro- mantic scenes can easily be realized. Well, on the night set, Bill and I with ten sympathizing fellows hurried toward the convent. As we came near we became aware of the light in her room-the signal of success in quieting all suspicion. But now the difficulty arose. What about the twenty foot wall with spiked and barbed summit? Of course the fellows could have scaled it, but what about Ricar- no? The iron gate was beyond hope of forcing. Bill was desperate. He was willing to give his 'king- dom' for an entrance. Finally, picks were suggested and immediately four men were scaling the rise for ik the work shant . The wall was undermined as easil 5531 y y as a sand bank and upon the alarm being sent to the sheriff by those in charge of the convent, the whole Eff osse a eared-but onl to assist in the undertak- EN.. P PP Y ing. Amid the cheers of his fellows, Bill scaled, Romeo-like, a ladder to his Ricarno's room, and descended with his bride in his arms. 2 XI 35 EN 3 53 li t intl 2 H 3 f ' s Q s Q..- iv' , itil .gf ' fb 1 ESQ? HKS. :: 5: : :5 ll? sg- i 1 l ii I -- x fr V 2,1 ll P is lx W li . .gl 'X i swf 1 GQ? X it le 1 Z la i L5 si I r s . . ll' 'Eine-7-E.5'7:'gz 'rim SI-'ECTATOR A Day With The Horses By Lewis Evans g, is URING my last summer's vacation I had the 30 pleasure of being at Buffalo the time the Grand Circuit Races were being held at the Fort Erie track, a short distance from Buffalo. My companion was a gentleman well versed in horse racing. He was secretary to one of the largest horse dealers 1n Pennsylvania and kept in close contact with the history of the principal racers during that racing 12,055 season. is We started for the track about nine o'clock Wed- nesday morning, August 17. There I was introduced to several of the officials of the Buffalo Racing Asso- ciation. Among these men was James W. Wilson, better known among the racers as Big Jim. He was the starter for all the races and his voice was golden to the drivers. He was a tall, heavy-set man, about fifty-five years of age. He had a short black mustache and a deep bass voice. He always wore a black derby on the side of his head. Mr. j'---i-- and I were granted the privilege if of the judge's stand where the timers and starter had their headquarters. We were not seated long before Big Jim rose to his feet and shouted down the track towards the stables: Bring those horses gl Lit out for the 2110 pace. Presently we could see them coming down the track, one by one. The entries for this event were Prince Earl, Handsome Widow, Fine Goods, and Shadeland Nutwood. They had little difficulty in starting, being given the word go by jim after their second trip towards the wire. All the horses got off well, except Shadeland Nutwood, who broke as he passed under the wire. But after he ran a short distance, he was again set on his feet l . ating-'A-.:wXvg.:2e'.1Q XZ1'b.::,:--:vw V-X --::1'::':--:'-'te -'- '. Q ' 54 ' 'run SPEC'I'A'l'0H, aff! 'Q and ran a good race. Prince Earl had the pole and was closely followed by the Handsome Widow and Fine Goods. The Nutwood Horse was far back on p lips account of his poor start. As they came in the home ' stretch the Earl was leading, with the Widow direct- -if ly behindhand 'I!1hehGoods fat hes side. The driveils 'Q were pus ing t e orses or a t ey were wort . Vs gf' The Earl finished first, the Widow second, and Fine f' ? B Goods third. The Nutwood horse came fourth. The ' second heat of this race was the best heat of them 'fx all. T'hey started with the horses well bunched. Shadeland Nutwood showed his speed in this heat. , f He was on the outside and before they had reached ,, 'gl the first quarter on the mile track she was the pole horse. They all scattered until they came to the .7 f, stretch. Here they gathered in on Nutwood and if made her pace very fast to win the heat. The third ' and fourth heats were won by Shadeland Nutwood with ease. 3216 time for the heats were: 2:05 I-4Q ay. 2:05 3-452: . T The feature of the Race meet was the Third and g. last race on Wednesday afternoon. It was the 2:07 i class trot. The entries were Mika, Barron Nell, Tom Heart, and Baldy Wilkes. The first heat was very difficult in starting. Big -Tim was given most of ,EW his work in this heat. They had just returned at the 2? itaizting Hfzimgfand stagted tovgagds the lvgire. B Big . nge im raise is megap one an egan: ow, aron Nell, if you push that pole horse, I'll pull you out of ll l the race. Hold Tom back. Pull that pole horse up a V little. Now steady, boys. Keep those whips still. f., That's nice. Go. They were off. Mika had the il pole. By her side were Baron Nell and Tom Heart. . Behind her was Baldy Wilkes. At the half mile pole 2 Baldy Wilkes broke but was pulled down in great i style by her driver. The Mika was being pushed ' if Q3i?3 bM'Qs' rf 'N' - Eisinzgifguzuzfgi-Msw-N I T ' Q! . ii ' -- ---- -........................... . Q., 55 a :' S :li - it I ' n'.2. 1...., ,'- '45 -. ,.,,,15g51::11L 2'5 2'1 'rim SPECTATOR p W, hard by Baron Nell and Tom Hearts. I As they came p ni? down the stretch, it seemed as though the race was if Tom Heart's, but as he passed under the wire he f broke, throwing him back a place. This gave the lbl heat to Mikag second place to Tom Hearts, third, to Baron Nell and fourth, to Baldy Wilkes. The time was 2 :o7 I-2. f The second heat was somewhat like the Hrst, Hn- F ig! ishing in the same order, the time being a second iii., as fasijag . . . e third heat was considered by the officials E X1 the finest heat run on the Fort Erie Track. They got the word Go at the second start and ran in a bunch until the half post was reached. Here the Mika wanted to pull away from the crowd but Baron galil Nell would not allow him to get out of her reach. 55 Wit? They ran neck and neck till they reached the stretch. wi Here we all rose to our feet and over the railing of ff the stand to watch the horses coming down the Ni track. Bill Saylor, the driver of Baron Nell, had 1 pi his whip raised and was shouting at the top of his J ,I voice, but Pa Campbell, who drove the Mika, came lp down the track holding the reins steady and had a S big smile on his face, and as he nosed his horse's head under the wire, only a few inches ahead of ' I Baron Nell, he shouted, '4Who, Who. After turn- YXIV ing his horse we all advanced to the track, where - Big jim, the starter, and several other officials, 1, il congratulated Pa upon his fine driving. After V H being told he broke the mile record for trotters from I 2:02 4-5 to 2:01 I-5, he explained, Yes, gentlemen, l I could have made it in two Hat but I did not wish to M ,wi push the finest mare that ever ran on a race track. 1 M He then gave a smile and was lead away by the if ,T negro. Pa was sixty-four years of age and when .l not in the sulky he was lead by his negro, and he li used a cane upon occasions. ' l ga...-age. tttt , ,,,t Y cl. 56 ....-.--s.....-.fn-.. - ,N N L ...,L1... ........ .1--M... vu egzprf ff ww-ye:-.41'2faz:vz5' 'mm .s-Pmcmwron ,Cf-5374, A Q I . 's .- 'T Our Class Flower il ir 1 Q. J i 'i By Earl Cavanaugh. lk, ' As I strolled within a, garden, 0 px In a quiet, peaoeful dell, .5 Ep, Why we chose the sweet red rose Was revealed to me quite well. There among the beds of flowers, 3 with their myriads of forms, ' g is I beheld our stately emblem gif Q On a branch of prickly thorns, , With a hue of blushing crimson 1' ' Wafting waves of odor sweet. I QQ-if And, a metaphone it taught me , ' In its chaste sublimity, Q! il Said it grew from thorns to beauty, QQ: aim? Signifying Love, 2- fgisf 5,- 922 , 5 fs -i 1. i 1 ' Pt K. A J o nstowner at Gettysburg By Miner Bell HE day rose clear and bright as the one hundred ll and forty-second regiment came into the bright ' little town of Emmitsburg. It was vacation among Eg, 5? 9 the soldiers, for it was pay-roll day, the day for sign- PE ing a contract for three months more service. I was 53 the captain in company F of that regiment of volun- R I teers. I was fatigued by the forced marches from Washington and so this little vacation came at an op- il portune time. In less than five minutes, our com- pany had started up the Emmitsburg road on the run, with General Reynolds at the head urging his horse to canter, and calling to us, Come on, boysg xg we must head them off. That entire distance of twelve miles we marched double time. Everything 5 : Lv: 2' gs' l '11 L . . . . ' cavalry, which had been out skirmishing, had come 5 in contact with the advance guard of the rebels. The I 'N' Pwr' - ' 9 if sPs....esf ....'5Xfs. -N . ' - was in an uproar when we arrived on the scene. The . .v' ..... ...., sflij 'S ..... nz: to f 57 'rl-us: SPECTATOR 5?-ii enemy was too numerous for them and they had to retreat. Our entire regiment had come up by this time Xi and we arranged ourselves in battle line before Get- tysburg. In the meanwhile the rebels had not W. MQ fri ' 1 I:-PE ea N f ebgxf' molested usg so General Reynolds, on his black charger, started to reconnoiter the woods in front of us. He rode up bravely to the edge of the woods, not knowing that the woods were full of sharp- shooters. Placing his field glass to his eyes he pro- ceeded to do his duty, when a musketball from one of the sharp-shooter's guns pierced his neck and he fell from his horse mortally wounded. The rebels then sprang from their hiding place and advanced upon us. We fought desperately till We were out- Eg flanked and had to retreat through the town with the rebels at our heels. They had come upon us in two bodies. Up the Emmitsburg road came some and up the Chambersburg pike came others. As night came upgn us and thi fighting ceased, we took 311.3 our stand on emletery Ri ge. The next day we did scarcely anything. The two ff hundred or more cannon stationed on Little Round Top poured volley after volley into the ranks of the enemy. The third day, however, my regiment played an important part. We were stationed on Seminary Ridge when Pickett made his last desperate charge. His brigade faced our regiment. As the rebels step- ped out of the woods in front of us, we were amazed to see one of the most beautifully arranged marches ever seen. One hundred men in file, marching shoulder to shoulder, prepared to meet their doomg confronted us. Our cannon then began their depre- dations toward the enemy's right. We tore big gaps in their files, but they still came on again shoulder 1'b'-sfs.Q..w.' e--:.r-- -::-- at -- 58 z' fini? we if S rf f : Q if 5 Q We :L-':, .-N lg: f .3 x-sf 5 Q 4' if li ir 5'-frat 32:2 ffl 'gil 5, Nl - 2 g In 1 il if ig r ig ll r W ll iff ix 4 il I ii ' 'I 1 lg Q: ii 1, fi 4 55 t ,,. ' -,:L,,,,,. .4 ,,, mm5:L,.,..:. .,..2 3 ,,,, 7.,1::.,..... me SIPECTATOR . ' to shoulder. It seemed that they could not be kept gif back. We poured an incessant fire into their ranks, i if but they came on and on, until some had reached , lg our breastworks. A bayonet charge was the order fl then and we flung ourselves upon them like lions. Thus, this final effort had been checked, and Lee steadily retreated into Maryland by the Chambers- psig burg pike, with the boys in blue hot after him. Through this encounter our little regiment had J dwindled to less than half its usual number. In the b, 1.5515 meantime the sky became dark, and it rained just as 4151! we came to a halt for the night. The wet ground gil' afforded us a soft bed upon which to rest our weary bones wrapped in our blankets. The next morning after mess our division set out toward Washington, where we arrived after a few days marching in the mud, shoe-top deep. Here our regiment was recruited and we marched with the rest of the army under General Grant toward Richmond in the final eFfort to destroy the Confederacy. E515 l' iii? 1-11- i fi The Largest Iron Ore Pit -In The world 58 .F mg By will-am sean 3 hh 'w HILE visitinglrelatives in Minnesota last sum- mer I had an opportunity to inspect the largest iron ore pit in the world. This pit, which is owned A by the Hull Rust company, is situated about one and iq Q a half miles from the town of Hibbing. Upon just I seeing this pit I was amazed at its enormous size, for it is about one and a half miles long at the top, two 5 Ji hundred feet deep and a mile long and three-fourths of a mile wide at the bottom. The next thing of in- ' if 1, i-:s:ua3: .19s'-1w'e '11'r-'f-'-,-',-1- Q- r -X-is ---c:---'- -li gl. 59 ' ,, A4u1M:,M:5,... ...fl----n ,pw Z.-v-H--In-.......4,,.,. '-nj ' '- ' 'fam S. ,. EE I! ll 'e R M e'ff+'fMr'4 fa. s . terest to me was the manner of mining the ore. In this large pit were twelve large steam shovels be- Q55 gif? sides many locomotives and cars. After walking for R' .k a long distance beside the railroad track I reached a if N place where I could watch a stripping shovel at work. A stripper, as it is called, is a steam' shovel of ninety tons capacity which removes the dirt and Wig' ' rocks from 01? the ore before it is taken up by the E ore shovels. These stripping shovels carry a crew of gf three men, the engineer, fireman, and craneman. In gigs addition to these there are four laborers who work ip' about the bucket, and six men who go ahead of the shovel and blast the dirt down so as to make the 9 progress of the shovel more rapid. The running of a steam shovel requires great skill and is very inter- had esting to watch. The engineer must know exactly iid when to lift and when to swing the bucket to the car, after it has been 'filled by the craneman. The i' bucket holds about three and a half tons per lift and empties its contents into steel hoppers of fifty tons capacity which are hauled away in trainloads of twelve by a locomotive through a number of switch E5 backs. I next watched the ore shovel at work. This Q' shovel scoops up the ore and dumps it into steel cars which are hauled t0 the laboratory to be tested. I fgwg then visited the laboratory which is situated a short distance from the pit. Every five cars of ore sampled il . N' are sent to a crusher near the laboratory. The ore is ,fbi crushed into a powder by this crusher and is then sent to be analyzed, where is found the percentage it of iron, silica, and phosphorus that it contains. While inspecting the laboratory I learned that this one pit li' put out 3,196,000 tons of iron ore during the year 1910. These figures alone can indicate more clearly if than words the enormous size of the pit and the im- 2 mensity of the iron ore industry. i i rf- , . is-5-4 --rsrrsf:- W , , 'ii 0 00 . :NI Q... I ll ir ll ws, 'mm 'SPECTATOB WUNLZ 'Q The Linotype Machine ' By Loo Sagorson BOUT THE year 1870 Otto Mergenthaler in- vented the linotype machine. This machine . . . FNEQ does the work which formerly required the servlces of five men. gm The mechanism of the machine consists of many intricate parts, all working in unison to produce type, ji which is afterwards reproduced on paper. h .- 'P The type is cast from molten metal, composed of Ji tin, lead and antimony. There are two mfoulds, one known as a matrix, and the other a slug mould. The matrix mould carries two types, dark face and light face. These matrices are carried in a magazine at top of incline. Each matrix has a special channel of its own. In response to touch of key on keyboard, which releases keyboard mechanism, operating in connection with mechanism of magazine, these if matrices drop from magazine into what is called the lfalf assembly elevator. Here they are assembled, letter by letter, forming each word, until a complete line is I 55 formed. The matrices are now ready to be sent into the casting mechanism. The line is now raised to line delivery carriage, gw' and carried to what is called the first elevator. This elevator now takes the line and lowers it to the cast- ii ing position. The slug mould, which is carried in a A geared disk, comes into position, facing the line of matricesg it is then pushed forward against the line. The space bands are then driven up, tightening the L., line between two paws, and spacing each word. f We now come to the metal pot, which contains the metal from which the type is cast. The pot con- sists of two parts. One part is inside the other, being separated by asbestos, in order to retain the 'it I :L--'TE : ixzu-'b-'Q-X -'--' Ir SQ -' ?.::'::::----:rv tv -- --: .-:--':-,a5g N Q' 61 Q.. -x 'c U Q W3 1 W iii.--t heat. The metal is heated by gas to a tem t 5 ' pera ure L of 550 degrees Fahrenheit. In the center of the in- side pot is a well two inches in diameter, with exten- Sl' ' lax 5 sion from bottom, running up to front of outside pot, 3 Here is placed a mouth-piece, with a series of small fi holes as outlets for the metal. Fitting in the well is a plunger, which is actuated by means of a spring, iii' and forced down at the proper time, thus pushing the metal t-hru the mouth-piece into the slug mould, and agagijgotietiilouldst in the rinatgqx. h e cas 1S ma e, e pot containin t e metal comes forward, bringing the mouth-pieie in contact with the back of slug mould. The adjust- ment here is sohperfect that no metal is allowed to 'wh escape except w at is necessar for use in the mould. We now have the line cast. y The 'pot goes back to its original place, and the 'Eg mould disk containing the line of type pulls loose from the matrices, which .now start back on their way to 35:53 the magazine, to which they are carried by means of a second elevator after being transferred from the first elevator. As the transfer is taking place, the mould disk makes a three-quarter revolution, trim- ' ming the back of the slug, and bringing it in posi- tion to be ejected. As the slug is ejected, it is forced ye out between a pair of knives which trim both sides absolutely even. The second elevator carries the matrices to the top of the magazine, where they are 'X separated by means of a mechanical device, which is 'i' called the distributor box. As they are separated, : they slide off onto what is known as the distributor .M 4 lplar. 'tlllheybare carried along the bar by means of l bulleiolgtirlreuttour screws, which not only propel them, i V l into th l in per ect position for their entrance E h I e1r proper channel. This distribution into HJ t e1r proper channel is made by means of a series of Q ,,..,,..,,,,.,,M f 5 -c-. .. P 5' V' ninety different combinations. That is, the distributor bar is made in such a way that there are small steel L rails laid in combination upon which the matrices R slide. Combination notches or teeth are cut in the matrices corresponding to the rail conibination on xii the distributor bar. The result is that when a matrix is directly above its proper channel in the magazine there remains no rail upon .which the matrix can hang, consequently it drops into its proper channel gil and is again ready to be used. Experience of a Baseball Player By Max Rabinowitz N THE small hamlet of Bingville in the late if sixty's, baseball had become a sport freely in- 5 dulged in by the inhabitants of the village. Among A the numerous backyard performers there loomed up a phenomenon, nick-named Slats, on account of his unusual appearance. He was tall and lanky, about ilk' seven feet in height, broad-shouldered, large bones, if small body, and arms projecting almost to his knees. ll To his team-mates he appeared a giant. ' When any game of importance was to take place between Bingville and a surrounding village, Slats was called upon to pitch for his team. When he en- tered the pitcher's box, the result of the .game was almost always determined. It seemed a pity the way lt, he would make the batsmen chop at the ball in their effort to hit it. If a batsman happened to meet a ball fair and square, Slats would be all over the diamond spearing the balls right and left. He was not only a il: good pitcher, but a good batsman as well. When Slats came to the plate, the outfielders moved back to f the fence on the limits of the ball field. It really .P il E, Ex ,... .,... ....... .,........ . N ,,.,,.,,,:,..,.,.,., ,l 63 t 'w?.?aqlZ qLe5 'rum SPECTATOR ,gyffyu seemed as if he could hit the ball before it had much chance to leave the pitcher's hand. He had the adi vantage over other batsmen because he could hit a curved ball, that is, a ball which is supposed to curve, before the curve had a chance to break. When he once met the ball with his mighty stick, it was sure to take a merry ride thru space, sometimes continu- ing on its journey until wornout by the atmosphere. With the crack of the bat and the whizz of the ball, Slats would be off like a shot, reaching Hrst base in about twelve steps. W'hat the Bingville team would do without Slats could easily be ascertained, for he was the whole team himself. At last the news of this marvelous being reached the ears of the major league teams, and scouts were sent out on his track. The first scout to arrive at Bingville was the Hrst served, and Slats was booked to play the game on a paying basis. His appearance on a major league team caused much comment, and Slats anxiously awaited the day when he would have an opportunity to show his ability as a baseball won- der. He showed up well in practice, and was called upon to pitch a game the third day after his arrival. Being notified the day before the game that he would have his first chance, Slats retired that night good and early. Somewhat unfamiliar with his new surroundings and nervous at thought of the morrow, Slats spent a restless night. At last the day dawned. Many fans had wandered to the ball grounds eager for a peep at the wonder who was to make his bow to the baseball world. After the umpire had announced the bat- teries for the visiting and home teams, a loud roar of applause and shrieks went up from the field in response to the announcement that Slats was to lf' 64 U 'I .F :, W. Ni: .-5 ' . J., Wham Q.?T's ff's ....2-f?'ee'c m mmm pitch. Slats nervously wandered to the box and stood Q52 -2..' 1 . - H motionless for a few seconds. After he pitched sev- ii eral balls to the catcher, the game was on. He was a lg little wild the first inning and gave two men their bases on ballsg this connected with a hit resulted in the first run of the game. After the first inning he pitched wonderful ball, striking out twenty men in the nine SQ innings. In the meantime, his team had been held :f . . . sw.- scoreless and his first game 1n the league looked mfg . . . . . . gvv' much like a defeat for him. But 1n the llllltll inning things looked different. The catcher had drawn his base on balls, and Slats took the bat. Having struck NTS: . . . . out his first time up and received his base on balls the next time, he was aching to make a hit. The pitcher wound himself up, hurled the ball over the plate, and to the surprise of every one Slats struck at it, but a ain missed it. A loud ell then went u N 8' Y P from the field. Land on it ! Kill it ! Show us T? fi , . . S: s if what you can do!, , and Slats did show them what he could do, for amid the excitement he met the ball fair and square and away it sailed over the center- fielder's head. One run had been driven in before S? him, thus tieing the score, and the second run which gag would win the best game of the year was also about to be brought in. The ball was being quickly returned USS? - ' ii... -i to the diamond and as Slats rounded third base for 151,42 home, a yell went up, Slide and you'1l make it! 1 R . . i . 1 Slats made the slide and the game was over, for in 'vi his restlessness he had made one dive out of bed. 'Fil 51 -5 ill fl 2-721 sv-ai i if 'af i w sw'4:r1qfss'm-'25f 's2g'qsx.. :mai all 'L-M 65 y 2-.-u-2....u-valign .J- K ll 'rms srmcmwron -I . , J' , Harris, Detective is By William Joder 5 If go w NE DARK rainy night, as I sat in my private study trying to solve some abstruse problem in mathematics, I was suddenly Cand I must confess, S not altogether to my liking,j interrupted by the en- iw trance of my good friend, Oliver Harris. This nran was a detective in the town of Glendale, f Ohio, where I was then engaged in the duties of a sanitary engineer. He was a thick-set, heavy little fellow about thirty-three, with a head which cor- responded to the stockiness of his body. His most striking features were a small, determined-looking Hifi mouth set below a well-trimlmed moustache, and a pair of beady, glittering brown eyes, which darted from one prying of oblslervagorfq tohanotherbwith light- 'lg ning-like rapi ity. is t ic c estnut rown air was combed Teddy Bear fashion. . His dress was immaculate and he strutted about more like a goutyf millicinaigel thanh adpplor fcityb de- tective aspiring to ame, or iver a t us ar een .EY if ii unable to impress the world with the fact that he Q A was no common ordinary detective such as one sees frequenting police stations on rainy days. Although he was none of your tall, slim, Sherlock Holmes type of sleut-h, the felt that he was a great detective, and he was determined that the world should recognize him as such. Fiery in both word and action, he was gg what you might call, for want of a better name, a 3,3 fiend for work. He would be up early in the morn- iff ing before daylight off on the trail of some clue, while the rest of humanity slumbered. In the even- ll ing he would be scouring the city in search of what I he needed to prove a point. Often he would spend y whole nights in the pursuit of evidence, and, of 11 V .............. ll .. , . sz--11?'-3 7 'rim srmcflwron -h: 'l'l75 Q I ,- .. 3.3-. .ss course, he always worked during the daytime. His entrance was like a ray of sunshine on a rainy day, or perhaps it could be compared to a cool- Rxxg ing breeze in summer's draught. My first feeling on being interrupted had been one of extreme. displeas- ure, but when I had ascertained the identity of my lixf guest, this feeling promptly changed to one of cha- grin at my displeasure, and to one of great delight. For I was interested deeply in having Oliver fulfill his determination to be a great detective. Did he not confide to me his ambitions and hopes, his trials and tribulations? And did he not frequently turn aside from his duties to aid me in the solution of difficult perplexities? Difficulties seemed to fairly fade away before his indomitable will and clear, analytical rea- lif? sonings. Well, Fred, he began, how are things going P To tell you the truth, Oliver, Fm stuck, I said by way of reply. I've got a problem here in sani- tary engineering that I don't seem able to solve. Out- side of that, things have never been better with yours truly. Well, well, well, he chuckled, we can fix things up in a jiffy if that's all that's wrong. Here's a paper. You read it while I work, and when I'm through tell me what you think is the most mysterious case recorded there. Without any further delay we both sat down and started to work-he to solve my problem, and I to find the greatest mystery in the morning paper. In about half an hour we both heaved sighs of re- lief and exclaimed in unison, Well, I've got it. Then he explained my puzzle to me, in return for which I pointed out to him a recent murder case in which no violence seemed evident. Not at all, my boy, not at all! Why, you missed i 'ii --.-Q...---.W-.-...,....,, N 07 if -4: la W I gil ' 5. ly SE st ll 5 5 , V l l . . at 1,-l ,, I il 1 .lg 1 It l .I , qu, Q .:L1?1':Lw:11r4g-i?L'7'4l7Zj7 J, In 'Mw51,,?....a-. 'mm srmmwron .F Q ?JI . A the best one here. Pointing to an obscure little piece gy Q 5 1 155. Q on the sixth page he said, Read this. I read, in -5 small uninteresting type, the following: SMALL CHILD KIDNAPPED. ., Ls. :-, .. e if 1: .. .Ev . s s 2 Strange Disappearance of Smfall Tot. - Arcanus, O.-T he police and detective ggi forces of this place are much wrought up over the mysterious disappearance of little , Evlyn Harding, the six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Harding, of the East gg'-ki' ., E ' Eh :ir -sa . . . :f Although the police have been working tirelessly for three months on the case, it continues to baffle them on account of the lack of a good clue which would lead to the conviction of the perpetrators of the out- rage. Little Evlyn has light wavy hair, blue eyes, light complexion, and rosy cheeks. She is about 3 feet 2 inches in height, and, when qffr last seen, was dressed in a White linen Buster Brown dress, tan slippers and stock- xii ings, and a little red tam. ,ig 53 A reward of 355,000 is oifered by the dis- R i tracted parents to anyone who will lead to fl . . . 1 her safe return, and an additional 35,000 will L ji be given for the capture of her abductors. . X 5 Right below the article was a little three by two picture of the child taken the same week in which iifxi '53 ' .5 she disappeared. 5,5 W'hy,,' I suddenly looked up and exclaimed, ff -:sis . --A 'Tve seen that kid somewhere, but she wasn't dressed fini: like that. I could swear it was the same girl, though. By George ! Harris shouted, slapping his right nj leg a hearty blow with the palm of his hand. I in it is :xr-Wm:-r -e-- Mar-sf--N. .c -1 nv-ff me . N 5 'v 68 ,533 'PHE sPEc'rA'mn 'F Ritz: ' f-1fJ 1f,74l i l l .i ir ' L gl 7 knew it. I've seen her, too, and it's me for that ten thousand. i Where did we see her? he continued, as he if meditated in a brown study. After musing for some T time, he suddenly sprang from his chair, clapped his ilerbyonto his head with a bang, and told me to fol- ' ow lm. D I grabbed my hat and, quickly locking the door, Qs made after him at a brisk pace. The rain had ceased - falling, the sky was clear, and the moon shed a pale V 5 yellow light on the streets of Glendale. H355 We turned out Sayre Street, and proceeded in silence until we reached the third cross street-Sham dpn. Here ive stopped till E-Iarris outlined his plan 1- o action. t was extreme y simple, necessitating A Q nothing more than that we get near enough to the 'fy house of a certain blacksmith at whose home we had seen the child, tohgain a good view of her in order to identify her positively as the missing Evlyn. ' iii The carrying out of this plan took hardly more p time than it takes to tell it, and we were soon hiding 1' behind the shadow of a large tree looking intently . ' thru t'he sitting room window. The blind was slight- ly raised, revealing sitting beside a table on which an electric light cast its mellow rays, the blacksmith, 1 M reading his evening paper. Before the open fire- 9013 place sat his wife, preoccupied with a piece of fancy 5563: work. Upon the hearth we could see the object of y i our search playing with some various colored blocks. l if Come along in, said Oliver, finally, as soon as we were sure of our ground. 1 We entered the house and in as clear a manner 'l as possible disclosed the identity of the child. The blacksmith said that three months ago he found the l girl in the railroad yards, sitting on a carsping weep-- ing as if her heart would break. He had taken com- i' ' 'R .... .... ......... ' ' w C'.J is s-sf: SCX z. sis? is X -l 132 ii K EE'- ki m: N?-'ii 3' I mx s-:gf C: Q gf gn,-,. Elf?- If ti-: 25 if 25 ff' E: ESL-'ss QUE!! :-' ' EE.: EE qs as ax -N jp' E? QPR: :NYU 2? BR 5: :Nu 1: :E if f.-Q.: ig..-'it gt- ez at- :: , X. :I R-N Yi? EE E? Yi :r N5 QR E: EE ,E M... .. xlf 55 NE: -: Lv: 3- N: IZ' N. nxt x -ms: N tk: ME: :NYE rr- ss Er KN .. -.. f5IEi'?i :Sv 1. . ....,- .K --. . ,.,, -- ---N --Cf.m..r::.lE---.tt ' he -x. z...- ........:. lX:.,.f 1:QR2i-'SE'xiQ 32!hL.5t I K ,Q ,fp ,r 'IQ' 1rq .:-'- -cg,.,.aasgg'm2est29251ijj4'i5' ,cwand 'rnrm sPEc'rA'roR ,4y27ly'Z5T:,bM',mC:, passion on her helplessness and he and his wife had cared for her ever since. Although reluctant to part with the little one, for they had learned to love her, the blacksmith and his wife consented amicably to allow us to take her home. , bk lk bk bk Bk lk Harris and me again in the last train from Glen- safely delivered the little parents. We confronted such a scene of pathos and tenderness that we could scarcely keep back the tearsg in spite of the fact that we were both strong men, and as such, inclined a little to stolidity. After Mr. Harding had had time to compose himself he promptly paid the S5,ooo, which Harris insisted on sharing with me. The next night found my study. VVe had taken dale to Arcanus and had child to her grief-stricken We were now studying ways and means of cap- turing the kidnappers and thus win the other five thousand dollars. While we were discussing clues and evidence, Oliver remarked: By the way, Fred, did you know that young Dr. Martin, of Arcanus, has been out of his mind for about three months? Yes, he has been insane for about that long. I'm going over tomorrow after- noon to see him, and I'd like you to come along. I have a little instrument which I have been working on for about eight years to aid me in the study of insanity and criminality. I am going to try it for the first time on Dr. Martin. If it works properly, I have my fortune made, old sport, he said, slapping me on the back. But let's talk of something else now. Let my fate wait. What do you know about Glendale leading the league? Some class, eh ? The next day Oliver and I boarded the train for canus Municipal Hospital. Oliver carried a little U' 5:5 5- 5 .1 :t xi ttf - ffl lt' 'wg Q s ati -lv. as' 5 E? fl :TE sffui iaifxai :bil 5:2 'ii 2 'fun mugs iixe l ss I2 : 1- :5 NI- il 'Ei 5' X: 'swf l TEE Ng .539 If 5.53 R i, 1 ll L13 we Ei g . I .IQ Arcanus, where Dr. Martin was detained at the Ar- '-' 'ZF5Y i:-'23 - 70 ,W M . ,H ..,..., THE mmm-on ia! 5, . 'Syl I 5 XX B 5, 'iii B S is - a 1 .J pl Fa? S 15135 ii live QM? Qi Q? Si 'u Q- Eilf is it :. '! 'Q' It box-shaped package in his hand, the contents, or rather the work of the contents, of which I was just aching to know. But no persuasion could compel Harris to divulge his secret. If it is a success, well and goodf' said he, but if it fails no one but you will ever need to know of it. And with that I had to be content. - We were soon at the hospital, for it was not far from the station. Martin was in a room by him- self. The house surgeon wanted to accompany him but Harris insisted on entering and performing his experiment alone. While we waited, the surgeon, a pleasant little Frenchman, told me all he knew of Martin's case. It seems that he had been reading a lot of wierd ghost stories, which had made him very nervous. He had been found one morning at the side of the railroad station. He could remember nothing,-not even who he was. After a short wait, Harris emerged from the room, the litte package still in his hand. Well, gentlemen, I think I shall be able to re- port in a couple of days the result of my investiga- tion, he cheerily remarked, Fm a little bit doubt- ful now myself, but we shall see what we shall see. On the following afternoon, Harris and I attend- ed the ball game. Glendale was pitted against Ar- canus, their most bitter athletic enemy. The end of the season was approaching, and Glendale led the league by two games, followed closely by Arcanus. The excitement was intense. Oliver and I forgot all about kidnappers, investigations, and fortunes as we rooted', for the home team. Our rooting must have helped, too, for Glendale gained the day to the tune of I to 0. ak is at :of ak ik ff x wk Pk 1- -sv uw n-n...,m.v-ug... -5. . Q. .xx i?I5h::'f1'5?:?gtz::1g?f ,Ya ,,,l ill: l W lil .lf 5 3 9 ! E i if i wi I I -2 li i ls , i il ii it 71 fi: lv z 'mimi SPECTATOR 5 3 Two days after our visit to Martin, as I was quiet- ly sitting in my study, Harris burst into the room 14 iff shouting, Eureka! Eureka! lr I sprang behind my Morris chair, for I began to i MIX, think that his study of insanity had at last effected him in the head. As soon as he saw me thus on the gag IIN defensive, he went into paroxisms of side-splitting V l laughter. When he had at last calmed down, he gb pulled up a chair and bade me sit down, at the same V 1, his timg: handing me a little picture the size of a post- gigx Car . 1 W By George! If it isn't the kidnapped kid ! I shouted, as soon as I had glanced at it. She was gif being rudely dragged along by two villainous look- y ing men, whose every feature was plainly discernable. I Eg if Wh-W-w-why, where did you get this ? I stam- Q: ggi? mered , unable to comprehend the situation. QQ. That's what I came to tell you about, skip, he in replied, laughing at my consternation. 5 Well? impatiently responded I. f , You remember that trip we made to see Dr. 4 y Martin ? Q Yes, I rejoined. I And that little instrument I told you of? Yes, I eagerly answered, delighted to at last 1 find out what the instrument's purpose was. if Well, that's my fortune-maker. I have spent a fl! iii, long time working it out, but it's worth it, I'm sure. 1 I won't go into detail concerning its structure, but it I'll tell you a little bit of what it does. You probab- if 5 ly know from your study of Physiology that the eye is composed of three layers of tissue,-the sclerotic 1 coat, the choroid, and the retina. Images of objects j are directed on the retina by the crystalline lens and if , we say we see. Well I arrived at the conclusion, , l after years of study, that the picture cast on the if K? retina could be reproduced by photographing Ac- -'ea 4, I my ff--xy'-'- Q'-' -:'4- - - -s- 'U ,V 72 Q-N v ,,,z,,.,,,m 1 ,,,,,:,m., ..... .,,. fi' cordingly, I made a small camera so arranged that the lenses graduated from just the size of the pupil of an eye to an ordinary lens, the case covering the lenses forming a truncated cone. This camera I 239. placed right up against Dr. Martin's left eye ball and in plain United States, took the picture on the retina. I repeated the process on the other eye. Then I 3 developed the pictures. Both were alike in every de- is tail. I was as surprised as you were to see Evlyn t Harding's likeness. By the way, I've sold the patent on my little eye camera for 320,000 to a rich scien- tist. And it didn't cost more than live dollars to make it. Making money, eh? Well, I should say so, said I, as I wrung his s if hand in congratulation. But what gets me is how 5 the little kidnapped girl came to be in the picture. Oh, I've figured that all out, said Oliver, You know Martin was found out in the railroad yards by the station. And there are railroad tracks in the picture. Conclusion number one,-just as Martin saw the kidnapping of our little friend, his reading of all kinds of wild novels so worked him up that his senses left him. Conclusion number two,-the vil- lains shipped the girl from Arcanus to Glendale, FX as expecting a confederate to get her here the same night. The confederate failed to arrive and the child fi got out of the car in that same miraculous way in which all children are protected from harm. She 55572 was found the next morning by the blacksmith, and you know the rest of the story. F Now we'll have to find the men, he continued, but that isn't much of a job, I'll have them in a week. It is known all over the country now, and they can't escape. True to Oliver's word, the kidnappers found .... . 73 L 25 :fr 153- -q,,-F..-:sf-Q , MaN' TQQQi nm SPEWATOR 'HJIZ7-4' 1755:-.mc-az!!! themselves in the toils of the police inside of a week. Harris received the promised S5,ooo, and, on account . -v- . . . .- is of his experiment in eye photography, was the man xg of the hour. The newspapers all over the country told in glorious headlines of this marvelous scienti- lic feat and proclaimed Oliver Harris the greatest af Y: . . . . QQ detective of his time,-a veritable Sherlock Holmes. He received a dozen mxedals of honor from as many exclusive, scientific and medical societies, and was literally besieged with congratulations of his many friends, to say nothing of the many rich offers he gg- received from detective bureaus. In a short breathing spell between the enthusias- I - . . . Y' ' tic congratulations of his friends he turned to me and laughingly said: . . . MXN.: ff, Well, skip, I'm a detective at last. wil . q ff , 5 la as 'Lis l Eliil s v 'll L EHVOI gl ll Pi! By w. w. Q f The crowd assembled by the temple's face To mark the outcome of a youthful race, R I And as the nrst few iigures took the bend 337 ll The fog-like silence, shouting, 'they did rend. 5? EQ The race is on! the watchers cried. S, -'wi a -2 r - Some faces radiant with triumphant look, JN.. Some with throes of dire exertion shook 5 ll li Pale-faced exhaustion also claimed her toll 3 ig But soon they dart across the marble goal. The race is o'er! the watchers sighed. Lo! what wonder happens 'fore their eyesg What looks of question, what wild-eyed surprise, is Though goal is passed they not a moment stop, 7 A less sure, harder course now is their lot. li ,lt Nm- . ! The ra.ce's begun! the watchers cried. jg 4, .g,. .E s it f .5i'E ii ,1 ' REE1'- rQ+ 'r. 'N' r tl . 'N--N ' ' ig if 74 'sfwwefrag mE Em. fe' W SP ATOR 477, 41 ,L7':'-2:-,-,ygg-,1-55:14 - .. X W ,, K ZEbe1bib5h I5 if Q C 00 -DCC 8 OIT . p .5 - P 1 SubserintionPrice 75 Cents. Per Copy, 10 Cents. Special Issues. 25 Cents' 5 . ' JN 1 . 1 Bbitorial anb Business Stair. ,gfrfzi Edcioi--in-chief is .rome 11. covm 1911 gag? if z Associate Editor Business Manager 4.-f , xg DONALD CUSTER 1912 PHILIP THOMAS 1911 fi X Exchange Editors 'I . KARY RYAN 1911 Associate Business Manager 3 'iii ROSALQE ,MSEEEWS 1912 KENNETH RIPPLE 1912 I -5 X 0018 1 ors 5 W Azassiz Association 5515 school Nm- and ,Funny Swv, HELEN KLEINSCHMIDT 1911 E Assistant Business Managers Lai? JOSEPH MEYER 1911 ARTHUR STULL 1911 U ff- Art Editor WILLIAM R. THOMAS 1911 51152 41 is BERTHA STAMMLER 1911 WALTER M. THOMAS 1911 :Egg current Events EDWARD o'coNNEL 1911 'QQ Q5 JULIUS PORIAS 1912 ROBERT D. SCI AD 1911 Athletic Editm- HERMAN ROTH 1912 53 ,LF THOHAS CROCKER 1911 GRAFTON PORCH 1912 :.+ , , X Class Representatives gl MARY STOUPPE 1912 WALTER KREBS 1913 ROBERT GREER 1914 z : , mil 'I-'ER 1 ' THE SPEc'rA'r0n. is published monthly during the school term. ' ' Addgafls :ll corlxgmunications to THE Srscnron. High School Building 1 ' ': ' 0 DB own. I. ' Entefiied at fha Postofgice, Johnstogvn. Pa.. as secondicllzgg mail mgttir. ded In or er to nsure pu ication in t e current issue, a . must e an Q 5 in to the editor not later than the lst of each month. I -s .R :U if , , 1- .E i ,. Edxtorral fi 41 li After a pleasant effort of four years the class of his Q. . . . . -2 IQII has realized its aim-graduation. S, 'I in it Ei FAREWELL Durin these ears it has looked for- 1, Q1 1 9 Ei - .: . . e - L' ward anxiously to the period when as iff y Seniors it could take the initiative in the school 5 ': H . . . . . . . 1. activities. As a senior class it has felt the responslbil- 5 ity which attends these duties and upon laying aside its work it does so with a certain hopeful sigh that I. I: ' sf 31-94? . I N.: 5 ,. page 9: ' .... 'Il 5 I -,. ia ,, ,, , s yy? -f 'nm svmolwron 27,41 H I 'ui' Q' A Quit lx.. , , : ' these endeavors have been fruitful, and, with an earn- figs est wish for the progress of its successors. iff' Thus as one of its duties the class of 1911 closes f l N 1 w 5 Q with this issue the thirteenth volume of the Specta- Q1 QIQ5 tor and greets the editors of the succeeding volume with a hearty, Best wishes for unprecedented suc- fg-3, ,..-QW. IQQ cess. V26 m ilk The growth of our esthetic taste has manifested it- X self within the last few years by the presentation to 5331 i' s our schools of numerous ictures, the ' fl , P . . ES-'f 5 PICTURE creations of the masters. It is gratl- H 5' ' h t h l ' 5 112 master-pieces. It is of educational value to know 'it and appreciate these works and no time is so favor- able to this acquaintance as the period of youth with an opportunity to live and grow up with them. These pictures, both portraits and scenes, inspire the Nl. imlagination of the child, are illustrative of what he lf gl reads, and lure him to mould within himself their ideal 1, of beauty and nobleness. They increase his power I to grasp the truth which he is taught and aid him to it ,il develop from the realization of that truth his own character. In the selection of pictures arises the pos- y sibility of reaching beyond the child's appreciation 3? but this possibility is minimized when the selection 2 , is based on the scale of the child's experience and ll pl advancement. ll it Eiga: i rg The seriousness of the numerous strikes thruout li the country is suggested most vividly when their centers are near our home. W'hether ii p THE brought about by the greed of capi- li T .5 STRIKES tal or the boy-like actions of laborers ddenl realizin the stren th of rs- .. Suv .g .g I their unions, the strike is a disgrace and hindrance I . 1, . nu Eggs-I-Q-9:3 3,5---5--,+1F-'seizes-fxffff re- rr Wg- '-'::'1:i2 :Z ' 'M h 'i 70 4 14 J 1 'L i 'nun 'S'P'EC'l'A'I'0R '2.?.- 4f.'7':,7.4.1 LN if 'HSSP i - to the nation and a costly experiment to the indivi- sy i . duals concerned. The chief cause for their prolon- el gation is the reluctance with which the party in the wrong realizes and acknowledges its error. Much fi if bloodshed and suffering could be spared by the im- mediate concession of recognizeable rightsg indeed 423.55 agreements even after long delay generally contain Egg thtetlteirms of ha compromise which could have been se e in an' our. :wi V i The Spectator staff wishes to extend its apprecia- 339 i' tion to Miss Wray and Miss Wissler and their re- ,i spective departments for their kind assistance and A ready suggestions in the publishing of the Spectator during the past year. 522 53 sf The illustrations of this number are the work of li, Q it Miss Bertha Stammler. fi r fi if Qs E3 4' -- l To the Seniorf it i' im . i. By G. P. f ii G HE CLASS of 1912 wishes to congratulate you R5 on the successful culmination of your High y School career. For three years we have looked up i T3 to you and followed you. When the time approaches y, to bid you faerwell, it is with a real feeling of regret i that we say these few words at parting. li 'Ll Your success in all phases of school life has been if li numerous. Barring last year there has never been T 1 Wi so lar e a class as ours There ha r b bl i been 5 class with iso good generals rijvsraleg n?IYfie ii I Spectator has been an honor to the Senior class. It if was remarked by the publisher that never before has .. the Spectator had so energetic and eilicient a pair of lx i if it , 'UN' ' rv - '1:2:'- M . 'f ff 5 :Z '22 - 'rum srmmwron 3? 'Vi editors. The Hallow-e'en play given by the Senior ' ig? ' class was of the highest order, the Merchant of Ven- ice as presented by class of 1911 in its sophomore lg ' year was more than a nine days wonder. Can we i i. ever forget W's realistic protrayal of Shylock? How M and D impersonated Brutus and Cassius! The whole school shone with S's reflected glory after the Marathon race two years ago. Who will break the mile record for us when he is gone? Thus far you have all been working together and on practicially the same lines, but now you will go . .i in sixty-three different ways. May you never forget the work you have done here, the good times you have had here. It is with deep, whole-hearted, fffiil friendliness and the sincerest wishes for your future gig welfare that we bid you farewell. is ' ll '.f'.f YU ill is fi fi Farewell ay P. T. GHE SENIORS bid farewell to their friends in the ,ll student body and in the faculty. The four years X ' Vt . past have been filled with work, pleasure and pleas- fp 5' ant associations and we leave them with regret. Still' g we feel that the future has more for us than the past F75 if and we are glad to go out into a broader world. 5 Our friends, the Juniors, are now the ones upon 1 5 whom the task of upholding the name of the school falls. And the Spectator! We should suggest a 1225, larger and better paper issued four times during the 5,4 5' school year. And we should also suggest that there be more vocational training in our High School. The gay young Sophomfores are enjoying the station Q they have worked two years for, upperclassmen. e And last but not least, the Freshmen! May you all lp Ei 4? i 2 iw' f is t it is '- fi 78 . , ... . .,. 3.- s-' :', t. g . 'mm srmcmuu-on 43 1, , be Sopliomores! Already the Faculty are preparing T for another year's work while we,-we are glad we are going, but sad to go! But go we must and we xg bid you all, Students and Faculty, farewellg And may the world go well with thee ! J .: f., 5 ' Societief ' P A joint meeting of the Emerson and T. K. El. I Societies was held in the Auditorium on Friday, April y twenty-first. Instead of the usual program, a well acted and very interesting German play, Ein Eff Knopf was presented under the direction of Miss QL Brixner. The cast was as follows: Dr. Rudolf Bingen, Universitats professor ........ ....................... Everett Custer Gabriele, seine Frau ................ Hilda Leckey Dr. Karl Blatt, Universitats Professor ........ 4' ..................... Kinter Blough rx Bertha Maller, Gabrieleus Cousine.. Fannie Nowell 1' EMTERSON. il At the meeting of the Emerson Society, held April 28th, the following interesting program was 5 y carried out: The Bag of Gold, Ethel Berkeyg Dec- H7 il lamations: Ina Mattingly and Anna Lewisg Stories, -lk 55,53 Emma Baker and Sybil Nowell. it ' A musical program was rendered at the following li 'gl meeting, May 5th, and proved to be one of the most enjoyable meetings of the year. The following was rl ill' the program: 5+ ig Piano Solo .................. ...... R hes Smith if Selection .... ................ O rchestra l Vocal Solo .... ........... C atherine Philson i Vocal Duet ..., . . . Ruth Masters Sz Leone Raab T l '5 rfw'f'N Nf --W ' it sifsh 'N r L 79 mm S1-Eamon Reading with piano accompaniment, Marion Broder- ick. Declamation .................. ,... E thel Weimer T. K. E. At the T. K. E. meeting on April 28, the program was exceptionally pleasing. The following numbers were given. Piano Solo ............. ....... L ouis Wagner Selection ..... ................... O rchestra Declamation ................ Mary Hanson Piano Duet . . . . . . Mary Wolfhope 8z Anna Miller Declamation .,................... Florence Day Mandolin Solo ................... Robert Schad At the meeting on May 5, new officers were elect- ed. The following were choseng President, Karl Hallerg Vice-president, Joseph Replogleg Secretary, Grace Ernestg Treasurer, Emlyn Evansg Critic, Jul- ius Porias: Sergeant-at-arms, Fred Irwin. The following program.was carried out after the election. Presentation of Thesis . .. ..., Mary O'Conner Declamation ........... .... Z ola Grumbling Current Events ............... Charles Peterson Story ........................ Ora May Williams THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION. During the past month we purchased the fern in the Study Hall and assumed its care. We have watched with interest the hatching of a brood of tadpoles and bought two goldfish for our aquarium. Miss Dixon identified about twenty-five of the beetles we collected last summer. We have taken only one of the several walks scheduled. Thursday, May 4, Miss Krebs and five members went to Hogback tunnel where we procured . W r ' ,F 80 x- .tg .- .- -av.. Y: . -E. '. eg. ..- x s -.-. , 'rms srlszvlwron large quantities of squirrel corn, hepatica, spring E beauty, blue cohosh, wild ginger and fawn lily. We had the pleasure of seeing a pair of cheewinks, 5 Vg little brown and black birds who live on the ground and whose call cheewink suggests their name. 'N' use i.-... :-...Ni Eg School News We have come at last to the closing month of another year of school life. As we think of this, we imagine we see nine large volumes open before us. Each contains twenty chapters profusely illustrated with beautiful pictures. As we leaf over each volume, page by page in review, we find many enjoyable scenes depicted therein. There are also a few of the other kind, but we will pass them quickly,-let us forgive and forget. On the last page many find writ- ten the single word, Finis, -the final verdict in re- if gard to education. Others see emblazoned in shin- ing characters, To be continued, meaning that this is only the end of the preparation for higher schol- Iii astic endeavors. .Both those who will not be per- ' mitted to read higher volumes and those who are fortunate enough to be directed to continue will meet 5,555 with all kinds of trying circumstances. To cheer and encourage them when down hearted by reviewing the achievements made, to create and foster an al- W truistic spirit toward their fellows, to provide them , ,li with practical equipment for duty, may this be the L mission of the volumes just completed. On May 9, the names of the eight honor students were announced in chapel in the order of their stand- ing. They are :-Waldo Wright, Ora Pearl Gifiin, Bertha Stammler, Mary Hanson, Bessie Statler, its-x.,.?+-.zsi--2:12-:Q ---- mamma.-R-X. ...W ----M..--.-.-. - ., di Sl - -:::'--...., . ,-..-.tf:g:::g'111 '-1 2'1 ' -- ml f q YQ' THE sPEc'r.A'ron 6:51131-f -'- '42r4, ruHffi i nz. ., .. ,,,,,. . T .2 - x iaffih-is -nf af wa .Q vi -: nib 6, gig Thomas Crocker, Mary Wolfhope, and Ruth Glenn. Fl M 1 .: ig The commencement exercises of the graduating ' , class were given on Thursday evening, June the first, 5 5 N' in the High School Auditorium. i l . . . wt? The class of 1911 is to be congratulated on its -determination to give up the usual class day from the ' closing exercises of the school year. The class of 14 3,4 5 1902 was the last class which took such action g Et, - TP several classes since that time have thought of aban- 'E ii doning it, but, being fearful lest the public should E disapprove, kept up the useless custom. E' The faculty also, deserve credit for the way in tif: which they stood behind the class in launching this ultimatum. is -fl 5 The abandonment of this annual nerve-wracking xiii- and health-breaking institution has more than one 1 good feature. It not only removes the quarreling, the anxiety, and the desire to outshine all preceding classes, but it makes the close of the Senior year,- ll the most critical time in a school career,-an joy, my pr rather than a burden, to the graduating students. lp Some may disparage this action by saying that l ll class day shows the public what the graduates can do, Rx R but what is Commencement for, if not for that? As R i for having a social time, that may be obtained in 15051 sg if ways less trying to the pocketbook and nerves. It lp - is said that the holding of a class day fostersa healthy 'ii M class spirit, but on the contrary, nothing disrupts a 4' ,U class organization more quickly and more surely than it t -E . . . L. it ,Sp a class day, with which all cannot be satisfied. ,1 ,git In view of these facts, the Senior class and the 1 faculty deserve praise for arriving at such a happy r conclusion. il lj EEE lg i ii On Sunday morning, May the twenty-eighth, the baccalaureate sermon was delivered by Rev. C. C. pl ii - ii ' -2 as 4' 1 if ....... 1 A-. -..A . - T - it Q, .gy s Q15 i e rf e- 1 82 l 2 L is Z 1 Qfx V '- it , 'V li it if r il if E51 R -.Q ii - :I Il E S . 1 4 vw X a.. V- HK ,fe wily N i ..f? ii Nl il is i 1 .I ix lv l 1 l Q, 'nm SPECTATOR 5227 Hays at the Majestic Theatre, where the First Pres- Bi byterian congregation is temporarily worshiping. The annual, published by the class of 1914, is now ready for sale. Copies can be purchased from any Freshman for twenty-five cents. Perhaps the closing year means more to the Seniors than to any other class, for it now develops upon them to adjust themselves to widely different spheres of activity. Whether they continue their edu- cation or not, they will meet with discouragements and disappointments. Those who attend higher schools will no doubt awake to the realization that college life is not the rosy picture they had painted. Those who enter the College of Hard Knocks will be compelled to tackle questions beside which pres- igifii' ent difficulties will sink into insignificence. Both to those who continue school life and to those who leave school to enter life's school, we extend our sincerest hopes that they may finally accomplish that for which they are striving. 'rs' El 6' MEET AT STATE coLLEoE. At the meet held at State College, Johnstown took fourth place. The point winners for Johnstown were: Captain Stull, first place in the mile run Butler, second place in the twelve pound shot-putg Grumbling, second place in the two-mile. By win- ning the mile event in 4:45 4-5, Captain Stull broke the record for this event in that class. Speck, after qualifying for the finals, was compelled to quit on account of a sprained hip. The judges awarded him a point. Other entries from High School were 'Lud- wig, Sharkey, Horner, and Chamberlain. Indiana State Normal School won the meet by a large margin. A Q... S3 'w:'q1i'zfl7 177,77 162' Q' NZM' 'nm srmoflwron 4,.:',,f?'Z7Ag- nw ' tv if' r . A77 Y A Y . ., ,.. , . -:S 3 A , I ig: if K , -VY X EQ? E' X U' x f : f 5 : X X ' - Six :ali x xr iid 1 5 X ' ' 1 ' S 5 X s '. - ' - . f R- X is A L-7 M ' J. if - 13, sv 3, Y IC H '21 E NM' sz:-5 , as'- Hifi In this, the last number of the Spectator issued this year, the exchange editors wish to thank the editors of ex- changes for their just criticisms of the Spectator during yijfgf the past year. It has been the good fortune of the editors to have numerous and excellent exchangesg and their 5:15 parting wish is that the improvement noticed from month QQ Q? to month may continue, and the next semester may see fp 35 egeryonedof this year s papers on the desk of the new ex- Er 5, gg c ange e 1 ors. :fri ' Aitchpe CHyde Parkl. Your stories are extremely in- X5 teresting, but your joke column contains not one really g J funny joke. ' 'J W Argus CI-Iarrisburgj. Although your cuts are good, Li , yet they have become monotonousg your echange depart- KY F it 1 ment is idea,l. ixyli Q3 I S I .' Brown 8: White CGreensburgJ: This month's stories if '- 55 . are up to your usual high standard. Your class notes and l ' 5-ig! athletic departments show careful preparation. JN ' . Bulletin fAlleghenyJ. You should have separate de- LQ partmlents for your exchanges and jokes. Don't combine , . ,i them. g f- sf Sig Black Kr Gold CHono1uluJ. You are an exceptionally H59 Hne paper, both in quality and in subject matter. The iii?- pictures of your southern home were interesting and beau- 11 ii- S tiful. . K S limi Cornus CZanesvilleD. To you belongs the honor of hav- ing the cleverest cuts this month. ,' 2 sign? Lex .4 5 3 3 5,gf,:xz-'35-5.15-'f N- gf: r- .1.-:: ..gf-- r X ,-4 --::4:.'-.e:..-- J 'X pri' gi' ESX g.. J' 84 u-. ,am THIE srlwiwron 471174, ,I Lf' 'Q7 Criterion QBrldgeportJ. The chief fault of the Cri- ..g 3 -' v terion is lack of cutsg your stories are entertaining. 3 Emblem KSouthingtonJ. Your paper is made less at- -.xf tractive by having advertising matter scattered on every -at page. Erasmian fBrooklynJ. The Erasmian with its many H513 photographs and clever class notes is always welcome. D Your stories are of a high standard. E Interlude fSouth Bendl. Your Fools Numlgeftis both N clever and originalg the cover shows art stic a i y. H Journal QPlttsburgJ. We wonder that so enterprising QNX a paper as the Journal should have Ads before the lit- erary department. Your cuts show the skill of an artist. J t QE t J Th il'issu of the Junto is ad sw suno ason. egrs Ie - mirable in every way: the literary material and adver- tisements show both skill and business ability. Mirror CWest Hobokenj. We think your cuts crudep Q otherwise your paper is good. News iEugeneJ. The News abounds in excellent lit- SQQ! erary matterg the exchange department is eiilclent and the cuts are splendid. . J Ogontz Mosaic: As usual your paper shows the earnest preparation of fthe editors. i-1? . X! Quill CDes Moinesl. Judging by the poems which ap- Q? pear in your paper, you must have real poets in school. Lt The stories this month are novel and entertaining. Km 5+ r:',.x! R . 1-Qu ed 8s Black ifbeadingl. A ilne part of your paper is the school note department: your athletic notes deserve X praise. Tilltonlan CTlltonJ. Neater and better arrangement would improve your paper. Ni Tripod fBostonJ. A few more stories and poems would be more appreciated than so many class notes. Tahofma 1Tacom-al. The Tahoma ranks as a. leader among our exchanges. Your stories are excellent and your 2: A cuts nne. Q1 l Whims tSeattle0. The ueatness and excellent ar- .lifixz rangement of your paper is the most attractive. Clever 25- it cartoons are on every page. r S5 3 l I r QA! H ,Q SPT? E x- , - fi 17 is 4: -.1 hi PEN ii Q ,Q S' 2 EEN H. 4, il l 1 4 ' 1 if F, .lv i . J-. li ,. f. , .x 4 .ff-.lr7,,,,,.5.3Ev.:3:-gains':': 5:: p I THIE PECTATOR ,j'f'z'767. 'P . 'Ge ' We acknoledge the following exchanges this month: 22 E Tiger, Red 85 Black, Hera.ld,Register, Talttler, Messenger, if ' igqf! Red Sa Black, The Palmetto and the Pine: News, S. H. S. ti.-'ii if Review, Echo, Varsity, Mountaineer,Spinner, Amulet, a.nd 1 if Enter rise. p -1- Senior Theses Mary Berkebile-Luther Burbank's Work Blanche Boyd-Sanitation. gi Mary Darling-Literary Prisoners. 32.55 Florence Day-King James I of Scotland. 5 Mary Driscoll-High cost of Living. Martha Evans-Insects, Destructive and Otherwise. Icjaurg Galbrai?-Compiling of an Index. M35 ra ifiin-A ob e Woman. Ruth Glenn-Bryn Mawr College. 535.452 Zola Grumbling-California. Mary Han on-Hamlet Was Insane. Ei, Edna Heading-Puritan Excellencies. Helen Hinchman-A True Friend. Margaret Jones-Dicken's Caricatures. X, Helen Kleinschmidt-Our Feathered Friends. Florence Krueger-The Requirements of a. Librarian. Anna Lewis-Culture of a Great Singer. 'I ' tg Ruth Masters-The Kindergarten. Ina Mattingly-Familiar Fruits. ij-S, Mary Menoher-Vacuum Cleaning. Anna Miller-Classical Composers. QQQQ Sybil Nowell-The Cry of the Children. . Mary 0'Connor-Our County Courts. Katharine Paul-Miranda and Portia. FX R Leone Raab-George Meredith's The Egoistf' P Q Mary Ryan-Are Poets Born? ,lggg Gussie Schultz-Florence Nightingale. gi is-X Ruth Sellers-The School Beautiful. Q L- Bertha Stammler-Illustration of Speotator. 3 23.5533 Bessie Statler-Folk Songs. 'X, Anna Weislmerg-The Life History of a Cigar. 5:53 Ora. Williams-The Yosemite Valley. iz if Emily Wilson-Our Union a Growth. il-fi Mary Wolfhope-Musical Education. .Q P Nettie Young-Our Friend, the Horse. Miller Bell-Canadian Reciprocity. I Louis Berlin-The Resources of Cuba. Earl Cavanaugh-Washington's Practical Powers. John Cover-Ediltorship of the Spectator. 5 - If Thomas Crocker-Our Jury System. Russel Custer-A Parcel Post. Donald Davis-Underground Conduits and Cables. as sk-92? 5 .... .,. . ..... .. ......... . .,...,. --. ..-.. - .J '1 . h?'E1?11-Nb --'ser-':s e 'N RF- - Ei - ' '-5 .-' V S6 5,94 , ,Ha X 4 5 Ny, 1 .35 E i Q -,sz -g . -I fx :fa ei Q Q5 N116 lv-Y: . 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Spec- lg' s 5- tator staff representatives: John Cover, Williapa if Thomas. 5 November-Football representatives: Miller Bell, Leo 2 xg Sagerson. Class banner purchased. ' hh 0: February 11-Junior-Senior Reception. Noted feature, fl- 'Egq' ' :.. 3 A original tableaux 'Na March 7-T. K. E. Open Meeting: representatives on pro- Eg gram: Philip Thomas, Bertha Stammler, Katherine ,. Paul. R April 8-Emerson Open Meetingg representatives on pro- ' gram: Waldo Wright, Mary Lenhart, Pauline Levy, , J, . Leone Raab, Mary Ryan. V? ll May 6-Presentation of Love's Labors Lost by Juniors. V .1 Joint meeting of Societies. Presentation of Julius , - 5 Ceasar by Junior girls. Spectator Staff representa- S, ' kit tives elected: Editor-in-chief, John Cover. Pittsburg N University Track Meet and Princeton Alumni Track .1 Meet: representative and winner, Arthur Stull. Class picnic and hay party at Geistown. gig!! senior Year 1910-1911. 4 September 3-65 members came back to study. Class EEK., meeting, oiiicers elected as follows: President, iii tgtif William Joderg Vice President, Robert Trossg Sec- 153 retary, Leone Raabg Treasurer, William Thomasg ff: Historian, Ora Giiiin. Flower: red rose. Reception ,gg of Juniors into Emerson and T. K. E. Societies. ,Qi I' September 16-Senior Boys' Glee Club organized. Corn W l rg. -Roast at Southmont for Seniors. W' N October 31-Hallowe'en Play. Senior Girls' Glee Club or- 4 ,V ganized. l November-Athletic Association oiilcers elected from it 35 5 Seniors were Presidemt, Miller Bell: Secretary, 3 Thomas Crocker, Treasurer, Philip Thomas. Foot- ball representatives: Miller Bell, Leo Sagerson, Donald Davis, Ralph Rose, Lewis Evans. Arrival of class pins. Recital by Sol Marcosson and Mrs. 4 5 if Marcosson. ESQ December-Music for Boar's Head Carol dedicated 'to 5,42 Senior Class by M. M. J. 5' February 24--T. K. E. Open Meetingg representatives on program: Donald Davis, Earl Cavanaugh, Anna ' ,i ' Miller, Ruth Glenn, Mary Hanson. l it Ai March 31-Emerson Open Meetingg representatives on x ,g gi- program: John Cover, Waldo Wright, Joseph Mey- ' ai er, Ruth Masters, Mary Ryan, Leone Raab. 1 K 'gg April 25-Picture taken. l May 9-Honor roll announced as follows: Waldo Wright, ' Ora Pearl Giflin, Bertha Stammler, Mary Hanson, li i Bessie Statler, Thomas Crocker, Mary Wolfhope, . Ruth Glenn. Senior Glee Club Dance. Track Meet: k , winner, Arthur Stull. ', x J z It i. kgxzu-'. l .Q -'rr--N'-'T-f I , ,V . WN ,,,,,,:. ,, .4 ,. 89 ---4... 'oh d',..f'--raC:1a1'352?2'f?Z? f 'rn-E sPmo'r.1'r0R ' l gg-x...gmfQS 4' I' Al ?ZsusC'.:ad'I7 if-Pi SLS? as,.--. May 25 to June 2-Class p1cn1c and banquet, Faculty ssfw S - - - - ive ,Hp 'GHIOI' p1cn1c, Alumni banquet. . UQ June 1-Commencement Exercises. QQXK if . f Class Flower ............ ...... R ed Rose 5 is bi-3 Class Colors .............. Maroon and White iii . Class Officers - Senior Year President ........ . . . William E. Joder 'VPN Vice President. . . . . Robert Tross Wg? ggi Treasurer .... . . William Thomas -'LN QQ, Secretary. . .... Leone Raab i, its Historian . . ......... ora Pearl Griffin 5 , me CLASS YELL- il wx - -2' .5 il the I-Ialla-ballu-balla-ballee ! , ,tal , lg? Who in the Rah! Rah! Rah! are we? 5 I :AY X? . :iff ws? We are the bunch that started in Seven Sfbii kgs: :BREW We are the Class of 1911. - ' i , 'Ez 'Gi 2 I: icxsi S -r sc: Class Alphabet iw, A is for Anna, both Miller and Lewisg We've got to be careful, or else they will do IIS. if ,- .i ,-fy B's also for Berkebile, stately and tall, if QI Likewise for Bell, fond of foot-bon. 1 SF? ' 1' B's also for Boyd, a maiden demure, 1. And Berlin, fond of autoing, we are all sune. ' 4-' ' G C's for Cavanaugh, our orator bold, Q44 Who makes quite a hilt, so we are told. iN S? C's also for Cover, Crocker and Chem.- lx'-sl Av ' I ,RE The latter a science, the former two, men. ,Y EF' , s- And C i-s for Custer, so bashful and shy, Who rather than walk with a maiden would die. I' V ' 1 li D stands for Darling, Driscoll and Day, And Diddle Dorandoj' so jolly and gay. 19031, Yes, D is for idamsels of nineteen eleven I l, ii No better are found on this side of heaven. if sir Knight William T., to Whom uiores some oioss, Tl l-Ie'll take your four dollars without any sass. V' Evans comes next, both Martha and Lew, Who are not related,-no, not by a few fi i il u is E.-is V? if hs r so ' A 00 'i ,,,-. QYWWW' 7: 'rum srmcawron , '-Ul Z'J' U.. I 7.45-i ,:,::....,?.. 4?5g2.7f7'Z7 ii? E23 S 1' li Si . . 3. yt .1 2: x LS.. ll R S ig'N is qgii? ft. 1? s 2 f N le li gs 55,1 2: Styli P' f Ei-f-:if if -Q' gp.. . 'NU 5 is as si is gg if gal eg i?NQr -: .321 l -- . xi Ex AS ze sg- if 35 .: .i 513: .: -xr: :5N5E . .,.. asf .-N 2 II ' X sa--N I 2- :3 at I? :zu-:5 1' 15.553 F indicates a boy named Fred, And Freshman, of whom a page could be said. G stands for Giifln, a. maid of stald mein, Who attends to her studies it's plain to be seen. Ditto for G1enny, as bright as a dollar, In matters of brain, she leads and we fo1ler. Galbraith and Grumbling begin with G, too. The 1atter's no knocker, but always true blue. H stands for Heading, so gay and so merry, As bright and as good, but too large for a fairy. But Hinchman and Hanson we cannot forget. The former so cunning, the last a coquette. I is for Irvin, our Pete so fleet, Who in this dauncing is always quite neat. J-William Joder, a joker 'tis true, Tlme result of his jokes he some day will rue. And there's a bright lass, odds triggers and bones! Fate has concealed by fthe psuedonim Jones. K is for Kleinschmidt and also for Krueger, To whom thene's nothing to rhyme except sugar. L stands for a room held by one Chawley Meyer, A room in which of Trig. we all tire. M is for Meyer, a history shark, The way he gives tariffs will give him some mark. Masters, Mattingly, Mary Menoher, Without any doubt, not one is a. knockler. N comes along now with Miss Sybil Nowell. Yes,--matrimony is surely her goal. O's for O'Connor, a merry young elf. When Mary's around, peace is laid on the shelf. O's, too, for O'Connell, an Irishman staunch, Crossed the Atlantic in a steam launch. In P We have Pebley and Miss Katherine Paul, The Queen of the May -the belle of us all. Q is for questions we have in reviews, The ones which to answer we always refuse.. is-by Q hxvL'x.LTss7ssalS-na'.?au..: -wx D -Q-Q-Fzq-:gnu-ny. 3-Ps--5'15 ivirts.1-y:fX:Pf'N-s'1 f av if KN xi' K 'vs ' x.X Q' in 4 F- ,.,, , LQzffi:-.ti1 ag J 91 .s- ig' as 5 -.' sg. S gl 5? 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E+-'QP 0 A If 5,05 Ulm midug-54 rg E E Jr- . 5:55 Wcgagcds BZ' Q oi? E!! I? ik V155 0E'.I'.g+-'wcgog m Ti 1, -:,...fw4i1.,. rl: Q H gs Xl was - Su 0 : Eg LN.. '-WNGGSS-x wwf me -'fi Q :-1 1 --.-,,,.,...-1-gc F was s.. H -0 ,dn do 5 -iss, E-QEEQQ :woman 1 -.Lg . -,A E 5--.-ws.4 by -Ag :g .-.-53,-Y::,L E Egg:-sg '-. K Vvvxi' Y: 1 Hag Yggy i 1:-,fx f . ' 1' -ggi Km- A ,E , f-QNX. if 'hs' I , A ,. 111. Nl 94. - . t F v - w 1 't.'!:-.-.:- THE SPECTATOR dd' 2.741 473K:me.......,.- W Egrji B3 'Dre Funny Spot hid' . ,, 33 X33 And now, dear friends, Q! The laughter tends With this, the Seen-yer Number. f3?'1il'l No more will we, FENV tw-fx! As you shall see, fmt Q Your minds with bum jokes cumber. . ? as - 5 . -si lit ig'-ii CASEY'S REVENGE. it EN , By Earl Cavanaugh. X RN When Casey fanned the breezes at 'the Mudville game that ,, day 351: k 2 ET: S' ' Mudville's boss told him that evening to be moving on his way. Casey went immediately and signed up with Seldom-Seen, xi Said he'd get revenge on Mudville, and he said it quite Q11 5 5 : serene. if 'i' are -3 My Casey's fielding's an exception, for to be an infield man, Sf Q' When Seldom-Seen got ready down to third Mike Casey 5' ll 5: ran. iw ' 'Twas the last game of the season and for ilrst these two 1 P' l M45 were tie, , .. You can readily imagine nre and hate in Casey's eye. 1 For the first fast seven innings both the teams played 1' 'i bang-up ballg it l Strike, Your Out, or else a. pop-ily was the umpire's 'lil only call. In the eighth they each scored one run and the battle still R I ,gi k was tie, ig Casey grinned with satisfaction, his turn now to bat was 51 if nigh. jig 1 rim: 1 ' In the tlrst half of the ninth one Mudville tried her besvt X, ir-Ns to win, it Down to third the first two knocked them, graceful Casey .gt , 5 called them in. il' 1. if Third man up was mighty Cooney and a mighty crack did ii 'i S! wield 54- ' 'S - I., Q if But his effort gained no valourg it was nabbed in deep left- i Held. 1' FNS Vi? L t In the ninth the Mudville rooters all began to whoop and ,U yell, They ne'er dreamed that mighty Casey had a, different tale gif. to tell. M , 52 , 5 'E sf il E ig ..,. . ...-...-..... ........,,e:,......' 1 if t2:P f 'w'4x i 2' - . 'G 95 'a Q- rural :nuns 'ur my is if 5f,2,f,e 4 We 1 ll l 41 1 'rim SI-'ECTATOR First man up was Shaney Murphy, he struck out very genltreelg Second man was Patsy Weigandg he flew out to Bill 'O'Nei1. Here comes Casey with his willowg every Mudville fan is awed 3 First thing heard is Ball One loudly-see the rooters' doubtful nod. Casey's talking to the pitcher, tells him where to fling the ball, Ball Two is the umpire's echo, Mudville fans they see 'thieir fall. 1 Some say, Oh, if we'd kept Casey, what a mighty man is he. gk Just then something fills the breezes, for the umpire cried 19 Ball Three Out comes Flanagan the pitcher, in goes Murphy Mud- ville's best Sparks of hope now spring eternal, maybe he'll a victory b 1 wrest. l Murphy warms up, Casey's waitin',and he rubs his bat 'lf with sand. Q Y Casey 'talks to several players with a smile both broad 3 and bland. ' Play Ball is the umpire's orders, Murphy steps into his box U Mudville rooters sit like statues, never move, but act like 4 , rocks. , 1 1 J' Lookl. Watch Murphy, now he's winding, for a curve it's 5 evident. ,S There he hurls the sphere in quickly, with terrific speed its ' spent 4, ' Crack! We hear a. deafening echo, all the flelders turn ' W and run. YQ Save yourselves, dear Mudville players, it' a home-run, all ' is done. il Oh somewhere, yes oh somewhere, the stars refuse to ? shine. And in that same old somewhere, Mudvi1le's baseball boss , will pine. He could stand the rheumatism, or the agonies of gout, But he lacks one consolation, for Mike Casey drove it out. A young man with a. bronze complexion fell In love with a. girl with a silvery laugh and had the brass to ask for a kiss. Shie immediately called a copper, who, with ,S 'r 0 iL In 1 rl H we .Wg ,.,,.-. , , 96 Q 1: '?lMuG.Sm1::5:i..5 --.. a -3. -- R- Q:..,,, p TEE sPEo'rA'roR ig? 257 steely gl-ance, lead him away. A1as! cried he, my hap iw g plness is o'er. -Steeled. Sf I il. gm it Il - Umpire.- Foul! 5 Q F Fresh- Where are the feathers? Q ERB Ump.-- This is a picked team, you idiot! Miss Harper, said Mr. Gordon, who is fond ot dogs, ' I Qffxif don't you think you ought to have an intelligent animal 3 about the house that would protect you and? :, if, ix Oh! Mr. Gordon, giggled Miss Harper, this i so s qs sudden! Mg! -l me , llj 'tim W 9 if ii? 4' ET: E ilk -' . s if ling x wi , il 'wi 1 5? I 1 55,24 Q 't ' e i, , FN? 'li' - l if Footbal1! growled the angry father. Ugh! But surely, said his friend, your son won high honors 5 in football at High School. N wr 'Yes, assented tuns pater. I 7 I First he was quarterback- 1 ' Yes. l l Then a. fullback-- sg Yes. , And now-what is he now? Now, roared the father, he's a hunchbackf' ' , r -mm N li 4 97 1 il I L V , ' f e3qgNf 2?:?f:p.4rr iffy.. THE SPECT-ATOR effihzfgf ig, si I . f' . Junior Girl.- How did you know I was going 'to wear fl l my hair curled this evening? Q' 'Q sf? Senior Boy.-- I saw it in the papers this morning. Qi! , ew S Xl Chawley.- Why do you consider women superior in 5 l' , i intelligence? L .ji NA Ja-cubs.- A bald-headed man buys hair restorer by the quart, doesn't he? Cholly.- Er-yes! if fi Jakobbs- Well, a. woman buys hair. . ,-iii.. A ' H The monkeys, our ancestors, wene educated in the ' 5 higher branches. 'fx ' .........1 - vs i P SENIORS , V it We used to think we knew we knew, , L J' But now we must confess QQ R5 The more we think we know wie know WS: We know we know the less. 5215 ' 1- f , Gonder.- Have you any 'travelling ink stands? t jg clerk.-ffwe have them with feet and legs, but they - 5 a.ren't old 'enough to travel yet. tiki? -er: ,, 5 'gi' A cross-eyed man was watching the activity of Niagara.. :SE What a big waste, he remarked to his friend. 'F Ex Ti .a is :Q A stout lady standmg nearby suddenly turned and said, gg ali? Mind your own business, will you! 32 - tif ---- T liflf The Sweet Girl Graduate. 1 She's now received the sheepskin, A And so we may surmise lx ' That she will find it useful A 1. 5 To pull wool o'er our eyes! E1 The first of March was icy cold and Eph was Raven .sf mad.-Shivermore! qs t gfavg: ix- Y, Butler throws the 12-lb. shot :JUL At the time when come the leaves. tl ', :g I, Big C. B. can throw it some , tiff! Because he has the heaves. , i siixfi ....-..i- H 'fi :- wg. ti ig A subdued Menu. 5? CRUSHED OATS , lt MASHED POTATOES BEATEN BISCUIT :, ' 3 L --5 -W .l FRESHMAN YELL. q wiki: 4' Q Rah! Rah! Rah! tg ig iiaj Ma! Ma! Ma! ' Pez Pe: Pe! 3 ESX: li Generally speaking, girls are--generally speaking. V N if gl, - N 'rms sPEUrA'roR 65715741 u'-. u V I'd like to be a senior, -Q And with the Seniors standg ,gi A fountain pen behind my fear, 2,41 A notebook in my hand. I would not be an emperor, K gl I would not be a. kingg I'd rather be a. Senior, And never do a thing.-Adapted. Fresh.- Where are you going? QL ' Soph.- To Fishhookf' -' Fresh.-Where's that? X Soph.- At the end of the line. ks T N i. L is - -six 2' - N iz., sh 23-555 ii- PN, An Englishman watching his first ball game was struck by a, hot line drive. On coming to, he asked, faintly, What was h-it? A foul, they rom him, ffonly a foul. My word! he exclaimed, H-i thot h-it was a mule. Scan1on.- I left my watch up stairs this morning and it ran down. H 1 - 'a .. i . K i'SI' Z?5q: Tr ? 'g','P ' r rw' W-Q ' , . L!5.5l.::T'4'E?g.15i.f. .-... 212: 1?-.........,df-axe - 90 J l I 331155 'iwfis M v-22' u, r ': 5? x if 53: fl ilk-- in Q: ff 1 , r lg 1 iq 1? J 1' ,, l V 1 I ll 1- J th y 2 P if , ml l J L 1 5 V uL171'x-waz:-TCI' 17117 ,Jr lnmmx, ...tl-...... - 'rum SPEUPATOR V c , li . . ...ng vi Pebley.- How far is it between Moxham and Morrell- gf? ville? 5.5 'Q ga? Davis.- About four miles as the flow crys. ,I 'ggi Scott.- You fellahs mean as the cry Hows. tb ' , Davis.- No, I mean as the iiy crowsf' 5 R. And they all looked at each other with a. feeling that Z' 5, something was wrong. . :1 EJ, ee' va -ll' gg: Distinguishing features of the four leading types ot 531:13 young American manhood:- -' Freshman.-Short pants, scared looks. 1, ! Soph.-Flashy socks, no books. gh Junior.-Bunch of girls, pompadour. 'E gig Senior.-Lofty looks, works no more. R -. .. -l-- L - C Fresh. Crushing in Libraryl.- I want the Lite of Julius 'Sw a.esar. 5? 55 Librarian.- Sorry, my boy, but Brutus got ahead of 5:25 you n :fgig 'Hike ' 339.5 First Fly.- Been on a vacation? Second Fly.- No, just on a tramp. ,- : 'E xq 3 He failed in Latin, he nunked in chem. tai They heard him softly hiss: I'd uke to and the man who said if i: Ignorance is bliss. :E S:-li? E5 SE? rf ei -- -s si gag, Now You Stop!! img Breathes there a. man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, led As he banged his toe against the bed, !!!!!!?????-K:J!!!?'?- - ? ,li . SE WANTED. 5? A JOB .................................... The Seniors gg , Wright.- I hear Rockefeller is going to donate a large sum of money to the government. 1? Ei ,ii Stull.- What for? l ' Wright.- To buy chairs for the standing army. 4? li Stull- Mr. Jacobs, may I be excused? lx if Here's where I lose ground, said the tramp as he 2015 slid infto a. bathtub. Gonder.- Got your Du'rha.m-er-I mean your Glen- NE man. is , ' - ..-.. le fi s A man who detected a. piece of bark in a sausage Q 'SNS visited the butcher shop to find out what had become of ,EJ the rest of the dog. The butcher was so atfected that he il . ii could give him only a part of the rtale. Q 2 .Q . . E ' E! il' st ik . ....-t.....-...-....-... .- .. - .142 V wif-5??rJ12'Qrs,. ggef, sf -pw- + - .: !!f?--'Q'-?-'2'3 fr .. 9 100 'ffl f-'.'.2. ' , ...,.,,m.'.fig:.'.1::',Eg j': 1 ' ,vi E TILE sPEc'rA'roR ' 3 it , wsu. FLAVORED. Don't you dare as-sault me, or I'l1 pepper you.' The plot thickensf' said Biggity, as he sowed grass seed for the third time. i -ll- 5' SENIOR POLITICS. Tross is an Insurgent, Scott is standing pat, 'i fi'a Sharkey's a Progressive, 'gk' Schad's a Democrat ' Wagner is a. German,, 5 Bessie wants to voteg Crocker isn't anything- Eifk ' Crocker's just a, joke. 55325 1- 251 - I :EEE si tid 1s35I ig E sgzi.-i E:-'fx ' 55--:ii ws! ar' ii gt if 2? 243325 . , WITH APOLOGIES T0 GRAY. The boast of knowledge, the weary days of work, The hours of thinking, all carefully laid plans Await alike, from this no power can shirk Sigel The paths of study lead but to Exams! Meyer.- Here's a joke about a peroxide blonde. Cavanaugh.- Well, lthat ought to be pretty fair. x :E X- - ifS54:?QSg2z::f5m:: ,,..lT9 ng.-Sl.... ............ wr , 101 r I E Ive 3 ft Egg 1 Ii! ' b fl: .Clw- Sfi- 5 N :T . Qtr 9 EYYII ,,-'QI Il 5' I 5' ll: iixi... if ' rm iv Q '14 :lv :F NW' :: I gig x '11 IL r v. 5 217 It I I-I I I I tl I -5 w . ,pw W 'cr .4 'rms SPECTATOR ,Mg-Zyl, 'bqmgzztze E' Wagner.- Can you speak German? Q5 5 if Sharkey.- Yes, if it's spoken in Irish. if . -'--1 itil Fresh.- I'm looking for a job. i 'gp Senior.-'Tm seeking a position. xx I' .' :'l - - vas: 1914-Grass 1912-Gas eggs 1913-sees 1911-Class -'ll 5555 gjx We went to Lover's Lane, 5 QNX We wandered o'er the sand, The moon was coming up, 55535 I held her littlelshawl. ggi? I held her little shawl, gfjlg How fast the time fliesg The band played a lovely tune, Ei ,Qi I gazed into her--lunch basket, I gazed into her lunch basket, I wished I had a taste. There sat my little charmer, jfgqa fF5f,eij My arm around her-umbrella. fi My arm around her umbrella, E1 This charming little miss, Her fizyfes were full of miischil-if, -I -I syysoea-san WIC. ,g I slyly stole a. sandwich, Altho 'twas hardly fair. if The moon rose o'er the meadow, z 5 EEN' I svtroked her shiny-umbrella handle. -Oh slush! But the ocea.n's dustyl- :--33: -iii 3, Father.- My boy, here's a. musical cigarette case I Si bougx you. M 19 if eezerf'- usica . a Father.- Yes, every time you take out a, cigarette it FT? plays 'Nearer, My God, to Thee.' avi Mary had a little mule, One day It followed her Ito schule 31,33 And teacher, like e little fule, kj Got right behind that little mule, And for six weeks there was no schule. gxgg Teacher.- Leo, do you understand what is meant by 2' crisis? 5515 Sage- You bet. It's itwo out, the bases full, and two strikes and three balls on the man at the bat. IS LNEE mf Commencement time is once more hereg 51-1,55 The girl decides affairs of state, ly And yet we never seem to hear About the Sweet Boy Graduate. :L.-NY! l fs? ' Q ---- Lgjsij ---' 21 'ginrg-.::,:::-cv. sxN51',2-.. ::t-E'5'4:: 'Q ' J I ' 102 s. k ,. ,Qy fr... . eimmfisiiyg 'fm SPECT-'TOR is Si- Man may descend from a monkey, but there is no gg' 1 question but that woman springs from a mouse! ? Zola Grumbling F xl' Went a-stumlbling l Over her recitationg And in a review .Q Everything seemed new, i. 53, So she stopped without hesitation. iisifi y - - s Q, n 5, 5? s fs: is' 2 7 si fl if ' 'mil I I - 1:1355 - 'ii' 5:2 15 - 13 3521 J gr 5? 'P 15 55 ii' in 1. 55 F ff ii l W is l is , 1.. p I: I . 'v g wi Y M is 5 f :Q , l QUESTION Box 5 ii. .E Ladies and Gentlemenz- U 5 We wish to expness our gratitude to you for forbear- U 'S 3 ing to fotten egg this department. What between trying X i? xg! to make Put illu-minalte his countenance with a-yes, a gi gi smile, and keeping out of the Five O'clock Club, we have 55? been leading a strenuous existence for the last nine C97 Ng months. We feel that we have succeeded in far greater it measure than we had ever hoped, for it was reported fl ' xf once that Put really grinned over our jokes and we saw 33 him once ourselves. Conclusive proof! And we have suc- il cessfully dodged a membership 'to the famous F. 0. C. C. 4 ' ' 'F 1? . L.. -1+ if 103 ,v -wr-0-'Q-N--:tg ...Rami .. '-..,. .,M:iggx:.112',g Tin W 'nun sPEc'rA'roR 1Zy7Z7J7YZ5-ig.. '74 'f45fZ-iff - Sl if 5 What more could we want in life, ladies and gentlemen? ' an g We thank you for your attention! !-Funny Editorsj. g l ay' gi When is a joke not a joke?-Foster's Myth. iw Ans. Usually. E What causes Knuff and Wagner to be so upset at pres- ' - ent?-Jake Eats. Ans. They lately received sample bottles of an a.nti- 'gif avoirdupois medicine. , ,Wg-. what is a dimple?-R. Uno: write. Pia? Ans. A dimple, curious friend, is a ripple in the gentle 9 whirlpool of a pretty girl's smile.-U. R. Write. 1 What is hash?--R. U. Going. gig! Ans. Hush! How many seeds are there in a drum corps?-R. U. 4 X - YI Coming. pf Ans. Say, man, are you Going or Coming? Just from 1 F the country, we suppose? A little seedy, anyway! 5, 1 1. Is this the Seen-yer Number?-O. G. Canyoubeatit. if Ans. Yes, this is the Seen-yer Numberandyoucertainly- 2, ' ' can'tbeatit. What is Geometry?-Worried Soph. ' if? Ans. Geometry, my boy, is an exact science treating of 5:3 fa !' the roundabout ways of arriving at a. conclusion. ,J iii? When is a hammock not a hammock?-E. Pluribus Ii f .,, g Unum. wr YQ agzist Whenkit i7s aispoontholcier. h i. 1,5-g a is a. iss .- nquis ive res . N Ans. Nothing divided by two. gi I want to go out for track next year. What events 1 ii would you advise me to try for?--Knuff. ' Ans. Knuff! Knuff! EnuE! There's nothing open to 1 , Ei-gif you but the weight events. W. ' Dear Editor:-I am a Freshman and I have recently 4' if 5', fallen in love with a. sweet litle Sophomore blonde. But ' a. Junior fellow is in love with her. How-do-you-do in a case like that?-Smitten Fresh. 155 5? Ans. Oh, Freshie, when you butt in, qi, And when you feel in doubt, l' The wisest plan is just turn round gg And calmly butt right out. X it 45 Will you please inform me when the quarrel between G-and C-ended? I thought they were still on the outs. 1. X 'S -H2 SO4. F Ans. Oh! they made up just before :the show. 53 Az At what time of day does a joke seem flmniest?-Cataf 4 y line. Ans. Being very experienced in jokes and their effects, X 35.55 gveffeeli ccrniidlenrt itha: vlgel are right in saying that a. joke s unn es w en t s ri es one. l ' 5559 it Patient tea-groundign YOIE' cup form letters, what does 'Q 1 M, 5 n ca e.- upers 1'10'l1S ass. i Ans. It's a sign that you forgot to use the strainer. 5 Fifi VVha1t is Ada.m's phone number?-Sir Roger de Coverly. 1, f , ,Ei Ans. 8-1-2 Green. H ' ' 5: it F gxkafc-x,,.. M - '- -' ...Af---a -- W,-N . ... , - ,W wx... , 104 E ,. 5,77 ...............-,1:'.5 '1,,-3.. ,- I mizulwq 'mm srmcraron 'Q,f5.'7MA, Ft X' iii.. s SEQ gy? And what is so rare as a. day in June?-Jas. Russell ,. 53 : Lowellephant. 33 Eg-xi! Ans. We supposed that everyone knew that the 29th L li 'HX of February was four times as rare as any day in June. - l Perhaps our questioner ls a. Senior dreaming of Com- 1 y, Ng. mencement. fx 'sag How do you pronounce the new Superintendent's name, sqft anyhow?-Gen. Public. iiiffk Ans. Just like the lst and 4th letters of the alphabet. .- :X A A ' X Figure it our for yourself. V'-2' s D F Q gg We pity him-our Biggityr Indeed all people must, wtf For every night the poor old Knight Doth again return to dust. 'ly ii 31 5- Eph- Can a 00Wh1dB in a shoestore? :Lf Staley- No, but calfskinf' Ig .., E -,li-,1 5-3 Judge--'zl'll give you your choice-lten days or twenty- ll .uf ive dollars. H i I , Eh 5, . : Prisoner- If th-ere s no obJection, Your Honor, 111 take px, 1352 the twenty-five. ggi, -1 if Wg if Ashes to ashes, N' is Dust to dust: i if If Latin don't kin us, gi Ni if Chemistry must! 2' J Pg' -.-.-- u 1?-gill Miss F. Cin Ceasarl- William, what is the datlve of l ly 'donum'? 4 . 1: 51553 Wm. S. imeditaltingl- Don' know. ,N f ' 9 Miss F.-Good, William, you are improving very nicely. lr Cavanaugh- Do you think our jokes are any good? 53 Joder- Sure thing! Why, man, a blind man can see them! tab I - 2 L ,I - x 1 -'-'- -' W lg 3' You saw me' steal things from the cupboard, if fl! it The ?Ik5r1?otgoy sadly blaipboard, C I gg-'il a er c as ise me, N ' - But most it surprised me li FL V He didn't whip you 'cause you rupboardf' lx 'I' i A. A. President- What shall we do concerning send- ,1 N 5? -5,2 mg a team to Pittsburg? ' l ,355 Butler- I move we appoint a. committee to investi- it -l if gate the matter. QBift! Bang! Zipp!! Two dictionaries it Q and a zero-filled mark book hit him and he wakes up CID 'll , ' i P English Teacher- Do you know 'How doth the little l busy bee'? QF Sophisticated Soph- Nos I only know he doth it. pr PLE? A N, 105 I' ,. l l is I Am 'nun srmvryron 4-11274, 3'-P I' Q ' v Rock-a-bye, Seniors, on the tree-top, gg As' long as you study, the cradle will rock, Q5 But if you quit digging, th-e cradle will fall, gi And down will come Seniors, diplomas and all. - s i x -' -s ,-5 gig Evans- How do you feel, Joe? Meyer- Like the bottom of a. stove. Evans- How's 'tl1a.t? Mire- Grate N Teacher-+ Give me a sentence using 'notwithstand- ' mg., ,, X :xii Fresh- The old horse was tired, but notwithstanding. CHARACTERISTICS OF INITIALS. E? Waldo Wright-Well-known Writer. 5315 Miller J. Bell-Malicious Jester, Begorra! Louis Wagner-fLigh't Welight. 3.5 William E. Joder-Witty Egregious Joker. Robert A. Tross-Rare Agricultural Temperament. 1. 8,2 wif William R. Thomas-Waggish Racy Talker. ffl, A. Leo Trent-A Little Tease. gif,-,. Philip E. Thomas-Painfully Eloquent Talker. Joseph J. Meyer-Jawbreaking Joke Maker. :iw 3 .3 JoKEl REDlscovEREDx THIS SIDE UP! it is HANDLE wlTH CARE. ' X , : 5' ii Man Cin the storel- There's a hair in my soda. water. ' Clerk- It's that Vic Campbell again. He's so care- A less in shaving the ice. E, ' Little spots of knowledge, Little puis of wit, 4 Make thfe simple Freshmen 52,55 Think the senior ir. fs pl ' Oh! You dark-horse honor student, Tom!! 1 ' 5 :L fr? -. i 1 .. .As . ' Eph was literally devouring the dictionary. ig r ., i , , Q: Staley- Well, Eph, you must think you have a mono- tony on the dictionary. if --- if Shark ias alarm goes offl- I fooled you that time, old i ii sport. I Wasn't asleep at a1l.' IT 55 it lf This is a rough estimate, said Put as he Worked a J' problem on a scrap of sand-paper. ' 55:5 : ll i3x:c::-,.:gw:Qua5.-f---'--r.':f,-,f-- f ... Ts. 106 THE SPECTATOR Rensselaer Pelylee SGHO0L of hlllc lIlSililIl6 E :'eee ENGINEERING Glvil, Meehanlcal, Eleetrlcal Send for n Catalogue N :Yu 3' PROFESSIONAL THOS. J. ITELL. Attorney-at-Law, Suppes Building. DAN L. PARSONS. Attorney-at-Law Bank Building FRANK P. MARTIN. Attorney-at-Law Bank Building ALVIN SHERBINE. Attorney-at-Lnw Suppel Building H W. STOREY. ' Attorney-at-Law Suppes Building W DAVID LLOYD ' Attorney-ut-Llw Room 217 Suppes Building H EARL SORBER ' Attorney-at-Law Woolf Block ROBERT C. HOERLI. Attorney-at-Law Otto Building Craigas Patronize 331i11ife1fiESHAVE KJEGM9' TRY THEM vertlsers Haynes Street is the place PICTURE FRAMING Take that and see 7 picture to Horan S Book Store how nicely it can be framed, and at what little cost A nice new line of Pennants just received 107 THE S'PEC'l'A'l'0R qAsk Your Grocer for Karoma and White House Coffee, Quick Lunch Baked Beans Franklin Brand Mustard .Lippincott Apple Butter 'are Ryan Correll Co. Distributors Straw Hats at 69c to S3.91 Not the 'biggest store in town, but the W storc of the biggest 'values SCHWARTZ BRos Boys' Suits at 51.98 to 89.90 108 THE SPECTATOR Patronize Spectator Advertisers For the Graduate: The memory and sentiment of the occasion-it is best sug- gested aud carried thru the years in our kinds of gifts- Books and Pictures. A broodiassortmam of new things. A special showing of FINE Stationery. See our window Franklin st. Wm. B. Waters .55 Bro. Compliments of the T. IC. E. .fociety Compliments of the Emerson Literary .fociety Go to weifgraet Louther's for 232 Franklin Street Good MEA-I-S Reliable Best of Au Kinds. Poultry Footwear Branch Market, Corner 547 Main street Coleman Ave. and Ohio Sts, Moxham 109 THE SPECTATOR THOMAS' Straw l-lats Are ready, and you're probably ready for them. Styles this year are dectdedly different from last season. More uew styles and more kinds of braid , some with Wide bands, some with narrow. A good choice from 51.0010 53.00 Flannel Outing Pants and Out- ing Shirts a plenty John Thomas 8: Sons 110 'l H'E SPECTATOR I'Iot Summer Months Can be made enjoyable by Cooking with Gas Ironing with an Electric Iron Washing with an Electric Washer Keeping the air cool with an Electric Fan These appliances can be purchased from us at exceptionally low prices. If your home or place of business is not equipped for using these modern neces- sities, we will do the Wiring or pi- ping for you very reasonable ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED Citizens Light, Heat 8: Power Company of Pa. 515 Main St. 111 THE SPEC Firft National Bank Ulf. iiiffifwfank 48 YEARS IN BUSINESS C p t l, Surplus. and Undivided Profits .............. ............ 3 860,000.00 R rces Over SIX MIIIIOD Dollars .. ....... ................... 6,500,000.00 lntere5t Paid on Ali Time Deposits E X if Carpets and Rugs for , fe ' A Spring ' a. fe ' EJ l TIME G E H S up , lk ey glliiimitomiiwfigjtf. Eastman Kudaks 6 Supplies ear mm A-r Superior Qualities Schrader Bras., nn The Burner Beeeee Values 'TP1ez PORCH BROS., Inc. Vine 8: Franklin For Sale THE SPECTATOR PHONE FOR A TAXICAB ARE you thinking of having your car overhauled or painted this winter? We do the highest grade work in this line. Estimates furnished. We have the best repair and paint shop in the city .lnhnstnwn Aulumuhile Eumuanu 113 THE SPECTATOR. ' If it ' either Medic' e, Dentistry, Pharmacy or ? Chenllstry, do not faglto learn the advantages of THE MEDIGO-GHlllUll6lIlllL BULLEGE or Philadelphia It is in the city which has been and still is the American Center of Education in these Sci- ences It has Departments of and grants Degrees in all four of them. It has its own Buildings. comprising well-planned and well-equipped Laboratories, a large and modern Hospital, and the finest clinical Amphitheatre extant. Its Courses in each Department are carefully graded. It has abundant and varied Clinical Material. Its faculties are renowned and of high pedagogic ability Its Trainin is t' ll d h hl ' . , g essen ia y an t oroug y practical, Special features are Personal Instruction and Individual Work: Free Quizzesg Ward Clan ses limited in size: Practi l Cl' ' IC f ' ' ' ca mica on erences, Modern and Modified Seminar Methods Special Lectures by eminent authorities: Practice and training in technique, etc. Write to-day to the Dean of the Department in which you are interested for announce- ment describing the course and containing full information as to fees. Compare the advan- tages this college offers with any other before making a final decision. Seventeenth and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. YOU'RE NEXT. lf in need gf a clean shave, a good hair- cut, or a first-class face massage, call at M V UP-'ro-DATE 4-CHAIKq e V S Barber Shop 442 Washington Street . . Wi1d's Hotel Building CUPPING Relieves all Aches and Pains. LEECHES F0113 SALE Razors Sharpened Sanitary Shop WX N A nl Fl Au - ll e ,f s5i!:, e 4 Y or 7 X e-fe ' ' l X 19 H 1 li Q l l 'W u::::: : ll, mi 'aaasai 5 -lm ll,li:liililllllIll will ' ll : - -Ii lingmlllhlmlfll 'Ns' ' ' rl. ,Leif H-11qllf:l.gfm 'lf-32'Milan! s:1e1i95W5iif.E.i'ii'I' ' fl X Q- ii-,.Q,'2f333'x?EZ2i?' - - -..vu P g md jimi 'fe 3? Street YM ' l e- -- 114 THE S PE CTATO R , , jlgfffka 'lf f .ca f flQ?iHJf N W? r '771' W 5 Q ,lf 1 'fqfs . 'WF -1 fmkkgagggffifi 1 A f E' W 1 ? 1'3Xf 6' X fgwq'-gmc 'i Vi X' 1 ff 1 W' 1,11 N W Dx tv I 1' , 1 ,gm visa'-:pi 'Em A,3f!qm,X,i,.e, QQ, Congratula- sf? v4 tions. Wil J George K. ,, , V . M 1111111111 X111 ' - 115 THIE SPECTATOR The Best Sodas, Ice Cream and Sundaes in the city are at our glace. Just drop in ond nd out. Roth's Pharmacy Gpp. Cambrio Theatre Oiiice hours, 8 e. m. to 6 p. m. Telephone No. The Sanitary Dentists DR. F. H. DETERDING, Manager. Jordan Building, Hain Street, between Y. M. C. A. and 'Transfer Station, opp, Park T. E. MORGAN High Grade PIANOS Musical Nlerchandise 118 Market Street Phone 9-18 B Watkins Bros. Fire Insurance Notary Puhlic 446 Lincoln Street. Phone 1582 Residence Phone 8108 We like t an ,......., f? K O DAK There's a reason for it. If in need of one. give us a call Brownies ....... S 1 to S10 Kodaks ........ 10 to 50 We car y a full line of material for Pevel- . opinz and printing. Leave your films here for amateur developing and Drintlng. l'ir4t-class work. Young's Pharmacy 205-207 Franklin St., Johnstown. Pa. The Complete Store with the complete service KREDEL 8: FARRELL DRUGGISTS 114 Clinton Street Let us tailor your summer suit to personal measure Glasgow Woolen Mills Co. World's Largest Custom Tailors 517 MAIN STREET We're New, Boys But, O My! L. STUVER 105 Ohio Street, - Moxham 116 440 THIE SPECTATO R y'A5gQl WgRD from Tllizi gohrgtawrq 'l f,QNf -til emocrat to ig c oo Pupils. arming .- - The f-m-4lEi44,, . . so highly proper things these days are engraved name cards and The Democrat Job Printihg Office is the place to get them. IJI We give you the plate and it can be used for a llfe-time, thus enabling you always to get engraved cards at the minimum cost. The first cost is not much. QI Let us show you the styles. Try the i Frank W. H Buffalo annan Dairy Lunch cordially extends to all or the High School Stu- Star Finest Soda in tow dents his best wishes for a pleasant vacation and desires a continuance of their appreciated pa- tronage. Qiick Lunch A for a dainty lunch Qgicl: service and satisfaction Open All the Time 117 THE SPECTATOR 'N . lVlocl1llecl MLM ' Cl I -NZM Engllsh lVlo e s w . y f l ll W MART SUMMER SUITS M ll till S gsgnzagnsngeasfszgsnfsz: lllfgq- ssssloalsofiueilaze zivslsazaiig ,K ll ll - , store. ff l ff, -, ll l l 510 to 525 1 . l K 1 X Woolf 8: Repyolds, lm- , ,swam l j Clothes That Satisfy When You Are Ready to invest a dollar or more in a KODAK, don't forget that you'1l find the best line of Kodaks in town at 401 Franklin Street. . Berry Drug Company The Elite Cemzfeetiennerfy NVITES its High School patrons here to enjoy H the delicacies- Elite Ice Cream and Sundaes. Ice Cream that's absolutel pure. fresh select crushed fruits with Sundaes. gervice prompt. Peter K. Linderman New Blldlg., Mal-lm pau 118 SPECTATOR Girl Graduates Who are planning a vacation trip should have a F0 LARD Silk Dress to take along These Foulard Silk Dresses are the coolest and most ser- viceable frocks imaginable for summer wear. You can pack one in a small hand-satchel and when taken out and hung' up it shows no traces of hav- ing been crushed. The Foulards we are now sell- ing for only 50c a yard, are the original 75c qualities, that water will not spot, and they are here in complete assort- ments of the prettiest pat- terns in combination with ev- ery favorite and popular color. To see them means to buy, ancl remember, you save 25c on every yard by selecting from regular 75c Foulards for only 5Oc. l athan's 119 THE SPECTATOR UNION NATIONAL BANK Interest Paid ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS S1 opens an account. Withdraw S100 without notice. A strong bank 'that gives you courteous treatment. Capital, 5200, 000. 00 Surplus S100,000.00 Title, Trust and Guarantee Company Corner M-ain and Clinton Streets, Johnstown, Pa. capital, 3500.000 DIRECTORS-W. Horace Rose, Percy Allen Rose, Samuel Lenhart, Hiram Swank, J. C. Stineman, Jacob F. Kress, Edward P. Riley Interest Paid on Savings Deposits V. S. FRY - Metropolitan Tailoring Co. Rooms 601-602 Swank Bldg. Main St. Phone 1489 COLLEGE CLOTHES IN ALL STYLES Stylish Made-to-Order Suits and Overcoats, S16 to 545. Pressing and Cleaning a Specialty. Goods called for and delivered WILL I-I. KREDEL, Drugs Cover:Harnm Coal Co. Best House Coal. Deliveries to All Parts of the City Phone 1568 120 -THE SPECTATOR :?0+ 'p , , :.1uf-- ', 5-,W,.,.,.-uf? I1 '. 1 ' 5 i i5ra,n25rfl 2 , ' 1, ' f1j?K1g'l o . f -' Q The Test of Plumbing . l i is in the service it will give in the future, not - i what it will do at the time of installation. g It is our policy to give plumbing service that Will stand the test of time-that can be relied upon to g f maintain good sanitary condi- Q - tions during years of service. ,.. ,vm Q, ,ggi-,-.'i! . If you are a believer in . the value of good plumbing, it -15 'Q-if,-ggi-'IElQ ,af - -12 ' 1 Qrfsgf-,NN I w11lbe to your profit to have - i -'grew . 6 1 V HE -ry! 1 Q us install a 'Standard' modern -, I bathroom. if ii Johnstown ,' f f M.1N 'git 6 Supply House -- -232:45 1 Plumbing, Timing, Heating 'L Sl , johnstown's First-Class Hotel Remodeled, and furnished throughout with the best Popular prices, S2 to S3 per day :: American Plan Invalid Utilities Supporters, Trusses, Crutches, Cushions and everything else needed in the sickroom. The advantage of buying here comes from high quality and an assortment large enough to admit of suitable selection for any demand. Cor. Franklin and Haynes Sts Franke Pharmacy 121 THE SPECTATOR 7' Y ---- -Y A---- -- A--- 7'----1'-1' 00oo1::Jot,,1-J-1:,,--,,,,----,,,-----,,- Y, - is NI A J E SQT I C 'I johnstown's Perfect Theatre 223325 Summer Stock Cool as an Ocean Breeze r V MR. AUSTIN WEBB ' The Popular Leading Man Presenting Ulttractions -gf 'Gfe First Rank -1 , ,jj ' .f Productions Scenically Beautiful Uldmirably' Enacted CA delightful place to spend an afternoon or evening during vacation ' Ulfternoon ....................................... 10c and 20c PI'1CCS Night ................................. wc, zoo, soc and so QYVIATINEE EVERY DAY 77 -'Y'- Ja: :tooo-Q --:n-c'1q:-- ,,- ,1c-,,,--,,, 122 if .df qs . THE SPECTATOR, C-m0u1itcdloo1r 1 5 5 Sports .glwfx g f as cs Will fx 'sz 'Q There is no Spring tonic known that equals the great out of door. P enty of exercises in the open, deep breathing and right thinking make for health and happiness. Whether you like the modest exercise that you get at playing cro- quet or the more aetlve game of tennis, or the more strenuous game of baseball, you will flnd here every essential for personal or field equip- ment. We have the largest stocks of essentials for outdoor or indoor sports, and these are some suggestions: Baseballs 25c to 5135 Catchers' Gloves 50c to 58.00. Fielders' Mitts 25c to 53 Catchers' Masks 2-5c to Body Protectors, 52.50 to 58.00. Tennis Rackets, 51.50 to 58.00. Tennis Nets 51.25 to 56.00. Court Markers 51.00. Tennis Balls 30c to 50c. Golf Balls 65c to 75c. Caddy Bags 51.50 to 510. Golf Clubs, all kinds, Putters, Cleeks, Mash- les, Niblick, Lofters, Driving Irons, etc., at 51.75 to 53.00 each. Golf Marking Discs 60c and 51.00 each. Croquet Sets 51.00 to 56. Bicycles 515.00 to 550.00. Bicycle Tires 53.50 to 510.00 Pair. Bicycle Supplies of all J7 85.00. kinds and hundreds of BMS. 150 to 51.00. other sporting goods. El We invite your Inspection l Pe h , Traffic: Co.. lrli Johnstown's Greatest Store . W l 123 'FHJE Sl- EC'l'A.'l'0R. Boxed Lunches, For Cutings and Picnics Dainty and appetizing-we prepare them. You'l1 certainly appreciate this service of our Delicatessen department. Try it. TI-IE SANNER Quality Shop Next Door to Iohnstown, Trust Co We are headquarters in john- stown for the Best Teas, Coffees, Baking Powder, Spices and Ex- tracts. Our Special Blend Coffee at 30 cents cannot be beat. Grand Union Tea Co. 438 JVIain Street. 14 THE SPECTATOR There's a Difference in Coal TRY owls SUPPES COAL CC. Prompt delivery to all parts of city TELEPHONE 10-54 Summer Hats Wliniiite Simmer 'Dresses Summer Waists, Summer Coats, Summer Neckwyar, Summea Gloves, Parasols, Fans, Summer Hosiery. Best for the money Qminmgs Stere You Can Save Money at Conracrs 301 Franklin St. The United States , National Bank Temporary Headquarters Next Door to Tribune OfHce Take advantage of its Savings. Department, which provides most liberal treatment in every particular Capital 8: Surplus, S300,000 Resources, over 52500-000 1 HE SPECTATO QA. HHWS CS, Sons KLIMITEDD Refractories Fire Brick Silica Brick Magnesite Brick Chrome Brick r Capacity . . 40,000,000 per Year THE SPE CTATO R Office Hours 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Saturday Evening until 10 p. m. DR. GEO. R. QOOK Dentist The man who will please you as to work- manship and prices. Title Trust 6 Guarantee Building. above the bank. Main and Clinton streets W. F. PATTEN, Sole Represn- tative W. F. l:I'EllBI'llIll l'lHIlIl UU. SU PPES BLDG. Iohnstown, Pa. Aients for KNABE, CHICKER- NG, and thirty more of the World's Best Pianos Complete line Taking Machines, All Latest Sheet Music STYLES IN OXFORDS for Youx?gHlNJlI?-:gl giig Young Women, at ..... Zangis Valley Engraving . DESIGNERS ILLUSTRATORS ENGRAVERS Line, Half-tone and Color Plates Cuts that the printer can print Sixth Floor Lincoln Building . . Johnstown, Pa. C 'tl St k Farmers Trust 8: 52201000250 Mortgage Co 407 Main Sf., Johnstown. Pa. We solicit the accounts of all, and are able to give such accommodation as ale consistent with safe banking. 4 per cent. interest paid on sav ings deposits. 127 THE SPE CTATOR EE! IQ M llllllllllllliilillllli fgliikiuilmii wwf I N ' ' 5 HI ki 1. 1 : :gy Q in TUIEPHIEU 2 4? ' X 4ip l gh Ill BUSINESS USINESS MEN have no time to teach you that which you ought to know. The young man or young woman who knows how, will win in the race for position and preferment every time. You can pre- pare yourself for positions that pay by tak- ing a course in Actual Business Bookkeeping, Shorthand' and Touch Typewriting at the Cambria Business College. Onr cetalogua will give you all the other de- tails if you are at all interested. 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