Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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18 SPECTATOR Uhr 'isigli Svrhnnl Svpvriatnr SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 75 CENTS. PER COPY, 10 CENTS Eilitnrial ani! Business Staff LULU MEYER, '14, Editor MERRILL DIXON, '14, Associate Editor Exchange Editors School Reporter KATI-IYRN BRYAN, '14 WALTER CRAMER, '14 MARGARET GREER, '14 School News Society Editors JOHN GERHARDT, '14 CLARICE GRUMBLING, '14 GRIFFITH OWENS, '14 RUTH HEILMAN, '14 EDWARD MARCHL, '14 Current Events, MARY EVANS, '14 Art Editor, CLEO RHINE, '14 Athletic Editor, CHARLES SPECHT, '14 Cartoonist, CYRIL SMITH, '15 Alumni Editor, WALTER DARLING, '14 Class Representatives CHARLES KRESS. '15 ALBERT CALLET. '16 PHILIP WALTER, '17 Business Manager, EARLE W. SHOM0, '14 Advertising Manager, LELAND W. WALKER, '14 Associates-JAMES LEWIS, '15 RALPH COLEMAN, '15 DONALD GOCHER, '15 HERBERT DAVIES, '14 JAMES LYMAN, '14 HERBERT SILVERSTONE, '14 OSCAR KAMINSKEY, '14 HARRY STETLER, '14 , The Spectator is published monthly during the school term. Address all communications to The Spectator, High School Building, Johnstown, Pa. Entered at the Postofiice, Johnstown, Pa., as second-class mail matter. In order to insure publication in the current issue, as MSS. must be handed in to the editor not later than the 12th of each month. 1 af. ,- H ! I! I ... ' 71-:Q2ra5 in-kjyzi 'I -1 P 0 5,52 llgf-'TM . ' - 'u:l:pe'FFf?l?5' ' - lv M - 4- llai i ' i I I A former editor has said that it is the custom and duty of each editor to make a lengthy appeal for material to make the Spectator a success, At that time such an appeal was no doubt necessary, but of late years such has been the in- terest taken by the students in the Spectator that it is unnecessary to ask for their best efforts. We feel assured that this spirit of co-operation has grown into all pupils until it has become a part of them. f

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SPECTATOR 17 In Memoriam By the death of Harry Walter Rhoades, the class of 1915 has lost one of its most loyal members. He was horn june 16, 1896, in this city and lived here all his life. After going through the lower grades of the public school, he entered J. H. S. in the fall of 1911. He left the High School near the end of his second year to work in the Franklin office of the Cambria Steel Company. He intended going to school this year again. August 16, 1913, he went to a camp along the Susque- hanna River and that day. in attempting to swim across the river, he lost his life. Everyone who knew Harry liked him. His school mates called him Happy, Through his death the members of the Johnstown High School have lost a dear companion.

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SPECTATOR 19 If persons writing for the Spectator read carefully the following directions, a great amount of unnecessary work for the editor and the assistants would be avoided. All material for the Spectator must be written on ink paper and in ink. At the top of the page write the title of the story and directly below it write your name and class numeral. Use new and original plots in writing stories, not subjects which have been written about again and again. Don't make your story a series of exciting incidentsg write fully and well about one important incident. Remember that your own experiences are more fitting than the unreal and imaginary. Poetry should have just as much sense and meaning as prose. While writing for the 'fSpectator keep in mind the motto of our paper, which is: '.'Truth to the fact and a good spirit in the treatment. ' But how to obtain good literary contributions is not the only problem of the school paper. We must have financial support. Even the kindness of advertisers can not insure the edition of our paper. It is the duty of every student to make the interests of the Spectatorl' his own interests. We know of no better way of doing this than by subscribing for the paper. Let us bear in mind the high standard of our school mag- azine and the enviable reputation it enjoys, and try at least to do work as good if not better than that done by the school in other years. SUPERSTITION STILL EXISTS That superstition still exists is an undeniable fact. NVe regard with contempt the belief in ghosts, witches, and appari- tions of the people in early English times. We feel that the period of James VI of Scottland, who was James I of Eng- land, was a very dark age indeed, and we shudder when we hear of the crimes committed because of the witchcraft which prevailed in Salem. But this is not to be wondered at for the people of today are not entirely free from superstition. Let us take a glance at some of our acquaintances.