Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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SPECTATOR 21 Congressional Record and many valuable reports and bul- letins which are very useful to us in our work. Exchanges AS WE SEE Orange and Black, Milton, Pa.- The Girls' Pro- phecy was cleverly written up and the Last Will and Testa- ment was a new idea in Senior Numbers. Tattler, Ithaca, N. Y.- Charity's Reward was amus- ing and had a good moral. Crescent, Moorhead, Minn.-It is interesting to see that you have stories in a foreign language. Why not en- liven your paper with a few cuts? High School journal, Pittsburgh, Pa.-Your cover shows talent. The contents were well arranged. AS WE ARE SEEN The Spectator is as usual a fine exchange. The size and quality of your paper is excellent and your literature is fine. The cover design is also very neat and attractive.- 'Tattler, Ithaca, N. Y. , The Spectatorn has a number of interesting stories in its literary department, A True American Sport being one of the best.- High School Argus, Harrisburg, Pa. Alumni Foster Smith of 1912 and George Thackery of 1913 have enrolled at State College. Leo Schry of the class of 1911 is holding a responsible position with the firm of Schry 81 Hornick. Roman Widmann of 1912 is doing good work at Michi-

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20 SPECTATOR This woman is in hysterics because she has broken a mirror and as a result will have bad luck for seven years. Another weak-minded man almost severs his finger while setting a trap, and says he just knows it is more of his poor luck because he was born on the thirteenth of April. This little girl is afraid to look to the right or left while coming home after dusk, because her mother has preached to her about ghosts until her head is so filled with the idea, that if her father were to overtake her and try to walk with her she would run and scream to escape the ghost. Some time ago Lily Elsie, the actress who has been photographed more often than any other woman in the world, was married. She purposely defied every tradition known as bride's luck. She had thirteen buttons on her latest gown, put her left foot in her slipper first and stood under an open umbrella in her room. During the wedding ceremony she broke several mirrors, spilled salt at the table, and in fact did everything she could think of, to provoke the curses of the gods. Recently she sued for divorce, and dozens of I told you so's were heard from her friends. They imag- ined that her marriage was doomed from the beginning be- cause of her actions and not on account of a hundred and one other things that are causing divorce every day. Hundreds of little superstitions are acting as a drawback on the lives of men and women to-day. The Librarian wishes to express the gratitude of the school for the gift of one-hundred and fifty-three dollars pre- .sented by the Spectator staff of 1912-1913 to the Library. Part of this money has been applied to making a payment -on the new Encyclopedia Britannica and the remainder will be used to purchase new books. The thanks of the school are extended also to our towns- men, Mr. Warren Worth Bailey, and Mr. Anderson Walters, members of our national Congress, the former from this Con- gressional district, the latter as Congressman-at-large. Thru their courtesy, the school has been supplied with the

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22 'SPECTATOR gan. Owen Sharkey is going to return to Michigan this term after spending a year at home. Charles Pinder of 1913 is going to Syracuse. Carl Geis of 1913 has entered the University of Penn- sylvania. joe Replogle of 1912 has been starring in tennis at U. of P. Roy Kuntz, Fred Hager, and Earl Robinson, all of the 1913 class, have entered Dartmouth. Carl Haller of 1912 has enrolled at Lehigh. Harry Statler of 1912 has made the Varsity baseball team at Williams. 1 Frederick Thomas of 1914 is at Mercersburg. Edward Knuff is going to the University of Pennsylvania. William Jennings Murray of 1913 is going to Notre Dame. Charles Schultz of 1913 has enrolled at jefferson Medi- cal College. I I 1 1 9 ' ' 5 Q- 1 4, WP . 111 I' ' ' ' I 1 ' 4 x I J L Q 4 1 I ' The football outlook for this year is very favorable. VVith our new coach, Mr. Scmidt, with plenty of material, and with the spirit now existing, we may expect a very good team. Sixty candidates reported for practice on the first day. While there are but Captain Suppes and Wertz of last year's team in school, yet the quantity and quality of the new material insures us a team which will be equally as fast, though not so heavy, as the team of 1912, and which will surely live up to its record. The Seniors and Juniors have the greatest number of men out for positions, though