Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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SPECTATOR 3 Ellie High Srhnnl Smertatnr Truth, to the fact and a good spirit in the treatment VoL. XVII. JQHNSTOWN, PA., OCTOBER, 1914. No. 1 hmm Z' Y 1 2 r A fn - I October l g Gertrude Sanford '15 VVhen the iields of grain are garnered, And the 'fHarvest Home we sing, Wfhen the rustling corn grows yellow, And the heavy grape vines swing, When the mountains glow with color, Scarlet, yellow, russet-brown Wlien jack Frost steals thru the forest, And the nuts come rattling down Then we hail thee, bright October! 4 SPECTATOR ' South America Everett Wetherbee '15 The war has deprived one country, South America, of most of its imports, and it has also given the United States the opportunity to take up this trade. Let us learn some facts about South America. South America, the southern division of the American continent, is a large, triangular shaped peninsula having a total area of from 6,500,000 to 7,500,000 square milesg and it is divided among ten republics and three colonies. Of this immense area, nearly half is included in Brazil and one- sixth in the Argentine Republic. But South America is an undeveloped country, and al- though discovered only ten years after ours, it is many years behind us in trade and manufacture. South America has as yet hardly any important manu- factures, the most advanced regions in this respect are Ar- gentine, Chili, and Southern Brazil. Most of her trade is in raw products, exchanging agricultural products, rubber and cattle for manufactured goods of nearly all kinds. The chief agricultural products are wheat in Chili and Argentine, coffee in Brazil, sugar in Brazil and Guiana, and chocolate on the Amazon. Columbia and Venezuela, the tropical regions, produce corn, fruits, and vegetables abun- dantlyg but these are little exported. The principal center of grazing is about the Plata in Argentine, in Uruguay, and in Southern Brazil. Rubber islthe principal export of the Amazon, parts of it coming from Bolivia, Columbia, and Peru. South America is also rich in metals, including gold, silver, copper, mercury, platinum, lead, and irong the first two are the only ones extensively mined. Although, at the present time, South America does not rank very high in the world's trade and business, it is a land of possibility, it is the ,land of to-morrow. South Amer- ica needs money to develope her resources and to build w SPECTATOR 5 cities and factoriesg and at the present time, because not many agricultural products are being raised in Europe, she will have a ready market for all her goods. She will get high prices, and it will be an age of prosperity for her. She will be a profitable customer for other countries. Steel for buildings and railroads, machinery for factories and farms, and all materials which she will need for building more and better cities will have to be imported. The time is, therefore, ripe at which to take up trade with South America. 'Consuls see there golden opportuni- tiesf, But work must be hard if we are to get the trade of these countries, for if the war is short, the competition will be sharp, because the Germans, English and French have induced their young men to go to South America and so they of course will favor foreign trade. Some of the for- eign countries already have a pretty well established trade with South America. Let us take Brazil for example. In 1913 Brazil got all her cotton from England, one-half her structural material from Germany and England, three-fourths of her musical instruments from Germany, her earthenware, porcelain, and glass from Germany, and her engines and machinery from Germany and England. The construction of the Panama Canal should encour- age trade with South America, for, whereas before a ship sailing from New York or any of the eastern trade centres for the western coast of South America had to go all the way around Cape Horn, now it can go directly through the canal. This should and will promote trade. Since indications seem to denote prosperity for South America, let us watch our southern neighbor, the Land of To-morrow and see her grow. ' The editor will write an editorial about the advantages in South America for boys. This will appear in the next issue of the Spectator. We hope the information may help some of our boys to decide what to do when they have graduated. 6 SPECTATOR Befogged on the Ocean M. S. '16 It is a .beautiful autumn morning. You have just break- fasted in the cabin, and step out upon the deck to enjoy the scenery. Qn every turn you meet faces of strangers which have become familiar to the memory because of your having seen them time and again during this ocean trip. Cloaks and dresses of every color imaginable, countenances typical of almost every nationality and all the stages of life are to be seen here and there. The slow unsteady crawl of the promenading people, the firm and decided gait of men ac- customed to the sea, and the occasional run of the sailors add greatly to the assortment of the scene. You walk up to the rail of the ship and look down into the surrounding ocean. As far as the eye can see, a vast expanse of dark-blue water stretches intermingled with white spray-like particles of foam. The sky above is of that soft- blue color which tends to bring into relief the almost im- perceptible bits of Heecy clouds as they move in a silvery path across the heavens. The sun reclines on his tlirone .rf the east, sending down upon us a temperate glow, extremely satisfactory to all promenaders. But there, as it seems upon the very outskirts of this world of ocean, where the azure sky touches the heavy, leaden waters, arises something hazy,-uncertain. You look closely at the object. ls it another vessel? Perhaps only a cloud! And now it has attracted the attention of other people. Now a number of sailors also turn their heads in that direction. It lies directly on our course and we must pass it soon. Can it be possible to sight land so early? Fog started a whisper somewhere, and passes from mouth to mouth. We are advancing rapidly towards it, and shall put all doubts to an end in but a few minutes. . . Fog it is,-a dense, heavy, all-absorbing fog-and before long we sail right into the midst of it. As by magic, the ob- jects around begin to disappear from view: first, the furthest SPECTATOR 7 end of the ship. then, in succession. the mast, the cabin, the smoke-stacks, the captain's deck, until finally you can't see the tips of your shoes. Most of the passengers go below, while some of the sailors move quickly about obedient to sudden orders of the officers. The mist now reigns com- pletely on and about the ship. You can touch it with your handsg you see it quite plainlyg you feel its presence by the moisture gathered upon your eyes and on your cheeks, you breath it into your lungs. lt is deadening in its effect: it seems to have hushed every noise. Ha! Wliat is this? A dull, hoarse, monotonous shriek rends the air. Ah, this is the fog-horn. Our ship is signalling and giving notification of her presence to all other vessels within earshot, in order to avoid crashing together. A crash in the midst of the ocean!!! The thought itself is enough to frighten any one. You close your eyes and try to shut out the horrible visiong but all in vain. As if in reality arise before your imagination the recent great sea disasters, both real and literary. You see the great Atlanta burn and sink in the sea. You see the suffering wretches of the Titanic in frail shells of boats, trying to save themselves from destruc- tion. Yes, you witness the heart-rending scenes which must have occurred on the Empress of Ireland. There, in the great vast expanse you see men dodging and coming up againg but alas! each rising brings up far less men than the preceeding one. NVith these harrowing thoughts in mind you bend over the side of the ship and look beneath. At the distance of four feet your eyesight is blocked by the impenetrable gray mantle. But your eagerly-straining ear catches the gurgling sound of waters cut by the nose of the ship. How like the rush of onpouring waves through a gash in the side of the vessel it sounds! You find yourself immediately surrounded by a frantic crowd of hysterical women shrieking for helpg by white-faced sailors running to and fro in a vain effort to establish orderg by men pushing and squeezing each other in the helpless turmoil. You seek to find a way out of the press 8 SPECTATOR that you may come into the boats, but it is useless: you are wholly at the mercy of the crowd. Unable to reach the boats you seize a life-belt and, grasping it, throw yourself into the pitch below. Almost instantaneously you sink into the piercingly cold waters. You rise and sink continually, a helpless plaything of the mighty waves. You cannot hold out any longer! You gasp for breath! This is the finish! . . . A dull hoarse monotonous shriek rends the air. You have recovered the control of your imagination and now are complete master of yourself. Heaving a sigh of relief, you turn gladly away from these gruesome thoughts. You take another comprehensive view of the surroundings. It is dark, -so dark and vision-defying, that even the densest night cannot equal it. Yet no form of blackness is to be seen. This strikes you as unnatural,-out of the ordinary. Of a sudden you light upon a brilliant idea. Of course, you have left the earth, the abode of man, and are speeding fast to the Kingdom of Dreams,-that wonderful fantastic Dream- land of which every one has heard so much. Yes, no doubt, that is where you are going. It is the land where Night reigns year in and year out 1-but not the ugly dark mysteri- ous Midnight during which ogres and witches perform their missions of evil. No! no! lt is a much brighter night... The moon and the stars? Undoubtedly you will see them soon. They have not come out yet. By and by we will see them. Oh! Look! Here they are! Oh, how magnificent! how beautiful! There, one by one come out the tiny, silvery, bright little stars. But they are not shaped like those we see from the earth. No! They are perfectly round, like the sun and the moon, but, of course, much smaller. Look! they increase in number. There another one has come out, and here another and another .... What is this that sounds like footfalls! Nearer and nearer moves the objectg louder and louder clatters the noise. Presently it passes in your vicinity, enabling you to catch a glimpse of some being with a lighted torch. This is .the night-watch of Dreamland, employed in the task of lighting SPECTATOR 9 the stars. There! the noise ceases, and in that direction shines out another of the ball-shaped stars ...... But how shall I get inside of this charming Dreamland? No doubt, there is a high wall around it. Perhaps some frightful dragon guards its entrance! I haven't even a weapon to defend myself .... Oh! Yes! They surely will send a messenger or guide to bring me in, since they have called me to their land. Ha! that sounds like the footsteps of some one! It cannot be the night-watch, as he has pass- ed in the opposite direction. Surely, surely this is their guide, the winged Mercury. O Mercury! Noble guide! Hither! Here am I awaiting ...... A dull, hoarse, monotonous shriek rends the air. Dis- gusted and utterly displeased with this rude intrusion into your glorious meditations, you give it up, and descend to your stateroom. i An Old Darkey Helen Mathews '16 The firelight cast quaint shadows over the face of the old darkey. Slowly he rocked to and fro, puffing lazily at his corn-cob pipe. He was almost bald. There were, how- ever, two spots of grizzled wool, one directly over his fore- head and the other directly over the nape of his neck. It was curly wool, and faintly resembled small puff balls of cotton. He wore old tortoise shell spectacles, and his mild black eyes, alert and penetrating, glowed with a kindly humor. His cheekbones were broad and rather flat, his nose straight and well-formed, his lips thick but gently molded. His chin was concealed by a short cropped white beard, conforming with the white spots of wool. Physically, he belonged to a line type of manhood. Although now he was feeble, his stature showed that he had once been tall and straight and manly. He was in his shirt-sleeves. There was a patch on one of the sleeves and several ragged tears on the other. His trousers had seen better days. They were 10 SPECTATOR an indescribable greenish brown color, torn and frayed at the edges. His shoes showed a dull black on the toes and a brownish yellow on the sides and heel. Apparently they had once been russet shoes, and the black toes were only feeble attempts made by the old negro in his desire to gain once more a semblance of respectability. The Reformation of Shorty' jane Conrath '16 Shorty drew his ragged coat more closely about him, crouched lower on the bench on which he sat, and shivered in the cold east wind. It was a chilly evening in the latter part of November, and the wind brought tiny particles of snow with it, which blew into peoples' faces and caused them to walk on more briskly. The benches in the park were almost deserted. and Shorty realized that he could not stand many more of his evenings there in such weather as this. Shorty was a tramp-just a plain, ordinary, every-day tramp. He was willing to beg, steal-do anything whatever, except work, there he drew the line. During the summer he easily managed to provide himself with food by one of the above methods, and as for lodging, all he needed was a sleeping-place, and as long as there was a vacant bench in the park that was easily provided for. But in the winter it was different. One could not spend the cold winter night like the warm summer ones, and Shorty realized this fact only too well. Another fact he realized was that winter was rapidly approaching, as this chilly evening served to remind him. Something must be done. Work was, of course, en- tirely out of the question, and Shorty was greatly puzzled as to how shelter was to be provided him. Only one pos- sible way presented itself. That was to commit some petty crime, for which he might get sent up for thirty or sixty days. There was always plenty to eat in the jail, and it was, all in all, a most satisfactory lodging place to Shorty. SPECTATOR 11 The more he considered this plan, the more it appealed to him, and so, rising from the bench, he set out over the city, trying to conceive some Way in which he might git pinched. He had not far to go. The second building he passed was brilliantly lighted, and after a glance at the electric sign, Thornton's Restaurant, Shorty disappeared behind its mas- sive doors. Picking up a menu, he ordered the most expens- ive dishes and wines upon it, and ate a dinner the like of which he had not enjoyed for many a day. Eight dollars and sixty-five cents, sir, said the waiter an hour later, presenting the bill. 0ver eight bucks for that feed? Well, it sure was worth it. But mebbe it would int'rest you to know that I hain't got eight cents-let alone the coin for my bill. See? Well, why don't you call a cop ? Why the waiter didn't call a cop Shorty never heard him just exactly explain, for when he opened his eyes, he found himself lying on the pavement in front of the restau- rant, and he had a dim recollection of the waiter's having gently escorted him there by the back of the neck. Ah, rats! I thought that stunt would sure work Guess I'll have to try somethin' else. He crossed the street to where a policeman stood in front of a saloon, and seeing some hope of arrest here, en- tered. He tried to get into an argument with several per- sons, which he hoped might develope into a fight, but, much to his disgust, everyone seemed to be very amiable, and ex- actly agreed with his opinions on all subjects, whatever they happened to be. Then he espied hanging on the railing in front of the bar, a man's crook-handled umbrella. Here, at last, was his chance. He walked over, with all the noise and show possible, and took the umbrella from under the owner's very nose, and started out, expecting to be followed. But the man only looked at him and remarked, quite casu- ally, Your umbrella? So you came back for it? Came back for it?,' echoed Shorty in surprise. Why, yes. Aren't you the man who was in here a few 12 SPECTATOR minutes ago and left that umbrella hanging there? You- still, you hardly look like- But he found he was talking to space, for Shorty had vanished and left the umbrella behind. 'Tain't no use A cop won't even look at me tonight, he muttered, as he once more pursued his way down the bril- liantly lighted street. I'm hoodooed, datis a cinch. He wandered aimlessly along. The streets became less brightly lighted. and he found himself in the residential sec- tion of town. It was not far from mid-night by now, and Shorty decided to make one more attempt to secure his win- ter's lodging-place before retiring for the night. He looked about and found himself standing in front of a large house, in which no lights were visible and which was partially screened from the street by two large trees. 'Shorty walked quietly up the steps, across the veranda, and he espied two large windows, one of which he found to be unlocked, and through which he easily forced an entrance. The interior of the house was quite darkg and Shorty was about to start to explore it, when suddenly he paused. From somewhere 'in- side the house there came to him the voice of a woman sing- ing a melody which was, somehow, strangely familiar. As he stopped to listen more closely he distinguished the words, Be it ever so humble There's no place like home. The song went on, and suddenly there came to him a vision of a mother-his mother-singing her child to sleep with this same song. How many years had passed since then, though now it seemed like but yesterday, and what a change those years had wrought in him Then a sweet, innocent child, listening to his mother's song, now-this. His mother, now in Heaven-how proud she had been of her boy then! What great things she had expected of him! How little she had dreamed of his ever coming to what he really was now! He had been a failure-a hopeless failure, He was absolutely worthless! But still-is it too late? There are still many more years to live. Tears gathered in his sPEcTA'roR 4 13 eyes, and he inwardly resolved to reform, to show the world what he could do, to make a man of himself. Saloons and jails had seen him for the last time. The very next morning he would go and hunt work. He almost shuddered now when he realized what a worthless, good-for-nothing sort of existence he had led. Walking noiselessly over to the win- dow, he went out the way he had entered, quietly descended the steps, and started slowly down the street. Watcha doin' here? he heard in a gruff voice, accom- panied by a touch on the shoulder, and looking round he en- countered a blue-coat glaring at him suspiciously. Why, er-why, I was just goin' home. just been fer a little call in dere, don't ye know? Wall, I guess you kin just come along wit me. There's been too many robberies in this neighborhood lately to have any 'callers' like you hangin' around at this time 0' night. You can come on, an' we'll hear you tell about your call in the morningf' wr ak wr Pk Thirty days, said the judge. And thus began the reformation of Shorty. A Yellow Streak James Piper '16 'S'matter there, big Freshman, that you don't come out for football? Got a yellow streak? asked the captain of the Chester High football team. This was addressed to a tall, muscular young man who was leaning against a tree while he adjusted his books under his arm. Jimmie Worth grinned at this onslaught, then turned, and walked across the street. Coach Winters of the Chester team had already had his boys in the field for five days, and was scraping up all the material he could find. james Worth, the so-called big Freshman, had not yet volunteered and all candidates 14 SPECTATOR thought he had a yellow streak. The fellows talked about this every time he was around, so he never enjoyed the times when he was at the corner, Walter Miles, his best friend, was the first one to prove his failing. Jimmie, said Scoop one afternoon, won't you tell me the reason you won't come out for football? Are you permitted to play by your parents? Yes, waslhis laconic answer. I might have known it. Is there anything the matter with your health that deters you ? No, there isn't. I'm as able as you are. No doubt you are. Well, I'm sorry, jim, but there's only one more question I can ask, and that is: Do you have a yellow streak? 'fHang it all, Walter, since you, my best friend, have turned against me, I'm going to do something to show you. I'm going out for football. Tell the coach I'll be out to- morrow. I'm tired of this fyellow' stuff. Here's my hand, jim, cried Miles. I'm glad you have the spirit, NV0rth.', Pk PF Pk Pk It is needless to say that Worth put on a suit the next day, trained hard, and, a month later, was considered as having a good chance to play left tackle in the first game of the season, with Bradford. The night before the Bradford game, in the dressing- room, after practice, Coach Winters read the line-up which he and Captain Fillmore had prepared. And sure enough, Worth was read after Left Tackle. There was much comment about Worth's making the team his first year, and the next day, when the yellow-and- blue, and the Bradford teams were warming up on the field, the Chester rooters gave special cheers for Worth. Jimmie had caught the spirit of the game and played his position well, making a touchdown through one of Coach Winter's trick plays. The game ended in Chester High's favor and the rooters again went the rounds of applause. SPECTATOR 15 In the dressing-room after the game, Munch Higgins, the quarter-back, remarked, Well, Jimmie, I guess we can't say you have a 'yellow streak' any more. Thanks, Munch, acknowledged VVortl1, enthusiastical- ly, but I'd like to have it said about me that I have a 'yellow and blue streakf I-Ioo-ray for old Chester! ' And amidst the yelling and cheering, Jimmie NVortl1 was borne from the dressing-room to his home on the should- ers of his comrades. A Trip Up The Lakes B. R. C. '15 I reached Cleveland about noon one day in the latter part of August. Soon after my arrival I went down to the harbor and stood there on the shore, looking out over that vast expanse of water, Lake Erie. It was a beautiful day, although there was a breeze strong enough to stir up waves sufficient in height to dash over the breakwater and come into the harbor. The scene was so very enticing that I was glad when time came to board the ship and sail away. The Townsend, one of the largest of the lake boats, is used for the transportation of iron ore from Duluth to Cleveland. It is a modern boat and contains beautiful apar-t- ments for passengers, besides having a capacity for twelve- thousand tons of ore. It can be unloaded in four or five hours. This is done by cranes which drop immense grab buckets down into the ore. It is very interesting to watch. During the work I had an opportunity of asking some ques- tions about ore. For the benefit of other girls who might happen to be as ignorant as I was about it, I shall say that iron ore is a kind of clay dug from the earth. The deposits are often three or four hundred feet deep. It is usually dark red in color, though this varies somewhat. Cambria Steel Company uses daily about four thousand tons in their man- ufacture of steel. 16 SPECTATOR J View taken while approaching the Locks, Sault St. Marie ' The iirst day on board was passed in asking questions -the captain was very kind-and getting acquainted with the ship and its people. Erie was the first lake to be crossedg beyond this were the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair. Everything I saw was very interesting, but I was particu- larly impressed by the appearance in Lake St. Clair of sev- eral villages built, as Venice is, far out in the water. Each contained attractive homes and churches, everything, in fact, that a modern town requires but land. These villages were laid out as any other town is, except that they had canals for streets, and boats were used for all purposes of com- munication and transportation. After crossing Lake Huron, we came to Sault Ste. Marie. The water there was so shallow that locks had to be built, two on the United States' side and one on the Canadian. Between these two are the rapids which we see so often in pictures. Indians with canoes were there willing to take travellers over them. VVe were not permitted to set foot on the Canadian shore, for a group of Canadian guardsmen were stationed SPECTATOR 17 Interior View of the Locks, Sault St. Marie there, who, as soon as the boat entered the locks, shouldered their guns and paraded up and down the clock. They were not in the least formidable, however, indeed, they looked more like soldiers drilling in some musical comedy. Superior, the largest of the Great Lakes, was then be- fore usg and this it took a day and a half to cross. In this, there was very little of anything habitable, and for hours at a time we saw nothing but water and probably a ship or two skirting the distant horizon. VVe neared Duluth, Minnesota, about ten o'clock one evening and for several hours we sat on the lookout, the very top of the boat, and watched the scintillating lights of the approaching city. These, seen at first only by the cap- tain with his glass, grew steadily brighter and brighter, and seemed to impart to me something of the joy and thankful- ness with which sailors must approach their homeland after long and dangerous voyages. The next morning we were anchored at Duluth. A large grain-elevator was the first object to engage my atten- tion, and it was much easier there to remember that Minne- 18 SPECTATOR sota produces grain than it was when I studied geography. Duluth lies between a mountain and the lake, so that it is but one-half mile wide, and twenty-live miles in length. It is larger than Johnstown and has a great number of ex- ceptionally beautiful homes, most of which follow the shore line with a frontage on the lake. A day or two spent there proves very interesting to travellers from the East. On the return trip, the water was much rougher than on the trip up, and for one whole day and night the fog was so dense that often we could not see the rear end of the boat. Fog horns sounded about us every few minutesg and they have a very weird and uncanny sound. Then from some place in the distance would come back the answer of an- other boat. By the time we reached Lakel-Iuron, a wind storm had cleared the fog and the waves were rolling ten or more feet high. The wind and water roared and lashed against the boat with great force, making it rock just enough to give us an exciting experience which added much to the trip. A l must say a little about the captain. He was a jolly old man, just like one in fiction, and he has sailed for years and years and touched on every country on the globe. His tales of thrilling rescues and his ever-present humor pro- vided excellent entertainment and kept everybody laughing. The best has been saved until last, the moonlight. As I cannot paint a picture of it or write a poem about it, I can merely say that the full moon on the water to me pre- sents a picture more beautiful than any other I have seen. As I looked up into the mo0n's face, it appeared so much larger and nearer than ever before. It almost seemed to be human. And then its background, those myriads of starsg and the big golden clouds silhouetted against itg and the gleaming rays which shown down over the rolling waves, made a scene of rare beauty and ethereal harmony. sPEc'rA'roR 19 A Burglar in the Night M. C. '16 It was just four o'clock. The thunder roared and the lightning flashed through the tree tops in the sedate old Somerset Grove. The usually brave and sleepy Gertrude lay upon her tiny cot in the damp tent and gazed uneasily through the darkness. Elizabeth and Helen, quite unaware of the clash of Mother Nature without, lay quietly by her side. Between the wars of Thunder-Gods the stillness was broken by the constant tick-tick of the tiny alarm clock in the corner. The weary girl tossed from one side to the other. Sure- ly that was some person huddled in yonder corner. But no! lt was only Helens well used tennis racket reposing on the trunk just as usual. To Gertrude's racked brain every gar- ment, each piece of the well-used furniture, took human form and came toward her. Crash! Crash! liy the fierce stroke of lightning, the career of a stately old oak tree in the distance was suddenly ended. 'And horrors! At last the long expected had hap- pened. Some person was endeavoring to gain access to the none too secure tent. Gertrude tried to arouse her sleepy companions. But in vain. Her paralyzed vocal chords re- fused to work, and her paralyzed arm would not move. Sneak! Snaek! First along one side of the tent, then the other, lurked the figure of the surely dangerous burglar. Now it was just without Gertrude's cot. A sickening, rip- ping sound was heard by the panic-stricken girl, and some- thing sharp and pointed, perhaps a knife, touched her head. At last Gertrude sprang from her cot, roused the peace- ful inmates of the tent and ran into the wanning night. A last, feeble flash of lightning revealed to them the horrible crouching figure and gleaming eyes of Gertrude's burglar- Farmer Gray's terrified cow vainly endeavoring to with- draw her long horns from the leaking tent of the young campers! - 20 SPECTATOR As the first faint glimpse of day appeared over the eastern horizon, Gertrude willingly joined in the merry laughter of her companions, while Farmer Gray's wondering cow dis- appeared among the trees. Q Lifefs Garden Catherine Hutchison '15 Out where the blossoms of springtime, Drowsily nod in the air Come dreams that descend with the dew-drops To dwell in a garden so fair. In one corner memories tender Flourish, unwatered by tears, While fancies and dreams dwell as flowers, Sweet guides, on the Roads of the years. A Brave Boy A. F. Z. '16 One hot Sunday afternoon in july, wearied by the dry, dusty streets of the city, I strolled leisurely out into the country. I wandered over meadows and fields for several hours until, becoming tired, I would have welcomed a rest- ing place very much. It did not take me long to find such a place, for I came upon a beautiful spot, shaded by two large oak trees, and secluded from the main road by a cl-uster of bushes. Here I sought to rest my weary bones and feast my eyes upon nature in its most beautiful state. I must have been sitting there for half an hour or more, when I became intoxicated with the freshness of the atmos- phere and soon felt a drowsiness come over me. Now I am a great believer in sleep, and thinking there would be nothing so refreshing as a little snooze in the solitude of the country, I rolled my coat into a bundle and placed it under my head to act as a pillow, and it was not long be- fore I was dead to the world. ' SPECTATOR 21 I do not know how long I slept, but I was suddenly star- tled by a hissing sound, which seemed to come from a cluster of bushes. I glanced in that direction and there I saw the erected head, forked tongue, and jeweled eyes of a rattle- snake ready to strike. Up I jumped and, never looking back, ran across meadows, through the marshes, and over a small creek. I ran for half a mile before I dared to look back. Then at last I found enough courage to look at my sur- roundings, and I suddenly became aware that I was not only exhausted from fright, but I had also left my coat be- hind. I dared not return alone so what should I do? I looked searchingly about that I might perchance find a wan- derer, who, like myself, had come out to enjoy the country. After what seemed to be a fruitless effort on my part, I came across a boy picking Bowers. I explained my troubles to him and he agreed to go back with me to rescue my coat. We soon came within the neighborhood of that awful spot, and, arming ourselves with clubs, we advanced cau- tiously. On we went, and soon came in sight of the coat. A cold chill ran up my back. What if the snake were in my coat? My companion carefully circled the garment, butting it with his stick. As every thing seemed safe, he cautiously lifted it with his stick. Then, to my horror, I saw where I had really been-over the very entrance to a den of snakes. VVe did not take time to disturb the snakes, if there were any in the den, but made ourselves clear of the place as soon as we could. Since, I have learned to prefer a walk through the dusty streets of the city to taking a stroll into the country alone. J ml g?:.5 0 X 22 SPECTATOR Q7VIargaret's Letter' ' Sarah Young '16 Margaret NVilliams and Geraldine Oldham were room- mates at boarding school, and as they were about to leave school for a two weeks' vacation, they sat on a large couch in their room talking about the two weeks before them. Geraldine, always called Jerry among her friends, liv- ed on a large plantation in Virginiag while Margaret, or Billie, as she was called, because there were so many Pegsy' and Peggysu in the school, lived in Philadelphia. Billie sat looking out on the campus and was thinking very seriously, for her, when suddenly she jumped up and exclaimed, Oh, jerry, I know what we'll do during vaca- tion! Let's have a house-party before we come back to school! The only trouble is where to have itf' 'fWhy, Billie, we can have it at our plantation and let's ask all the bunch and, of course, they can ask their own friends if they care to. All right, when they come up for the feast to-night let's pop the question and see how many are in favor. Accordingly the question was popped and agreed upon and the girls all left early the next morning for their differ- ent homes. A Week later the invitations for the house-party were sent out, and across the back of Margaret's was written, Billie, I know the nicest young man for you. Please let him to me and don't ask any friend to come for you. VVhen Margaret Williams showed her invitation to her mother, Mrs. Williams said she was very sorry, but she would need Margaret at home at that time because she ex- pected some company for the week-end. Margaret was quite disappointed, but being of a cheer- ful disposition, she did not remain cross long. The next day she scribbled a note to Geraldine telling her how sorry she was that she could not come and hoping they would all have a fine time. According to her custom, she simply signed, Your loving roomy, Billie. SPECTATOR 23 just as she finished her letter her mother called and said she wanted her to go over to the neighbor's for her, so Margaret left her letter lying on her table beside the open window. While Margaret was gone, a wind storm came up and blew terrihcally. It carried her letter out the window and down the street and deposited it on the sidewalk of the next cross street. Mr. Harold Vance, formerly of Virginia, and at present of Philadelphia, was walking along this street and, seeing this letter, picked it up. He looked for some sign of owner- ship and seeing none, decided to throw it away when the salutation caught his eye. It read, Dearest Jerry. At first he thought it must be a coincidence and decided to read further to see if it was such. The letter read: Dearest jerry, I have had the most terrible luck, nothing unusual, and mother has invited the Johnston's and that tiresome old English cousin of theirs out for the week-end. Imagine, Jerry, me with Lord Aspin showing him the beauties of Philadelphia while you are playing golf or tennis or riding that beautiful black horse of yours in Virginia. Oh, me, oh, my! I just- can't think of it. I'1l think of you lots. VVell, Jerry, I must go now and finish practicing before lunch. Hope you have a lovely time and am just awfully sorry that I can't come, I am, Your loving roomy, Billie. l'd bet my hat that this letter belongs to that friend of Geraldine Oldham's of whom she is forever telling me! Well, I'll just keep it and see if Geraldine can throw any light on the subject next week. Meanwhile Margaret had returned to find her letter gone. She went down stairs and asked 'her mother and the maids if they knew anything about it, but the letter could not be found. ' The next day Mrs. Williams received a letter saying that her guests could not come because Mrs. Johnston had 24 SPECTATOR to go South to see a very sick friend. Margaret received the news quite happily and exclaimed, I knew that I should get to go. The letter's being lost was an act of Providence, I know. Let me see, to-day is Wed- nesday and Friday the house-party begins. Well, I'll just start right away to get ready. I may go may I not, Mother? Oh, Margaret, you know that it would not make any difference to you if I did say, 'No,' but just to be agreeable I'll say 'yes.' Now run along and get your clothes ready to fake and I'll see that your trunk and other things are sent to school for you. On Friday morning Margaret was up bright and early and was ready to start to Virginia at 10:56. Harold Vance, M. D., was also ready to go to the house- party in Virginia at 10:56. Mrs. VVilliams went to the station with her daughter Margaret to see her off. Mrs. Williams said, Give my love to Geraldine and her mother and tell them both to come and see us real soon. Now don't forget to behave' yourself on the train. All right Mother, I'll be just as good, as good, called Margaret in imitation of her mother's tone. The.train pulled out and Margaret' found but one seat in the train left and part of that was occupied by a very handsome young man. He seemed quite a gentleman so Margaret seated herself and began to read. Her story was not interesting so she asked her companion the time. He answered just ll :50 and, then asked where she was going. I am going to 0ldham's plantation in Virginia, said Margaret. Why, what luckf' exclaimed the gentleman, 'Tm bound for that spot myself! My name is Vance and I believe you are Miss Margaret Williams, are you not? How did you ever know me? I am jerry's roomy and I just can't understand how you knew so much about me l After some conversation, Harold Vance, pulled the letter out of his pocket and asked if it did not belong to her. SPECTATOR 25 Why, yes, where did you ever get that P she exclaimed. Mr. Vance told her about the finding of the letter and about determining to ask Jerry about it. By the time the train pulled into the station where they were to get off, they had become quite good friends. ' When they arrived at Geraldine's home she was very much surprised to find that Margaret knew Mr. Vance for she had expected to enjoy the pleasure of introducing them. They explained to jerry how they had met and the part Billie's letter had played. ln later years Mr. Vance often laughed and said, Mrs. Vance wrote a letter which was delivered to me by the wind and later was the means of making us friends. The Difference Eva Brinker '16 Robert and Anna Bohman sat in the spacious living room with their parents. It was late in the evening and the family was gathered at its various tasks or pleasures. Four- teen-year-old Robert was industriously studying first year Lating while his sister, who was two years his junior and yet in the grades, drew a lopsided map of the United States. Mr. Bohman looked over the top of his paper. ' The new people in our house up on Fifth Street seem very nice, he said. Have they any children ? asked his wife, glancing up from her sewing. 'There is a child of thirteen, answered Mr. Bohman. Robert and Anna, who had been listening indiiferently, now jumped to their feet. A boy ?,' shouted Robert. A girl P cried Anna. A boy, said Mr. Bohman smiling. Anna sniffed disdainfully and sat down. Hooray! cried Robert, I am going up tomorrow. :of 4: x 4: 26 SPECTATOR It was tive years later. The Bohmans were again gathered in the large living room. Now Robert was a clerk at the local depot and Anna was a senior in high school. Suddenly Mr. Bohman laid aside his paper and said, Those new people in our house on Fifth Street have one child. When you say 'child, ' rejoined his wife smilingly, I never know whether to think of a baby or an adult. How old is this 'child'? Eighteen years, I think, answered Mr. Bohman. Robert sprang up while Anna leaned quickly forward in her chair. - A girl? cried Robert. A boy ? said Anna. A boy, said Mr. Bohman, smiling at his wife. Robert groaned and pretended to fall back into his chair. Oh, indeed ! cried Anna and then, smiling mischiev- ously, Mother, when shall we call on them ? '76 LZ SPECTATOR 27 I've Gotto Go to School john L. Schroy From Home Authors of Pennsylvania. Where is the good old summertime that I've so lately known? It's gone back an' settled down an' left me sad and lone. Where is the kite I used to ily, Go ask the high pole wires Where is the little yacht I made, Broke up for makin' tires. Where are the nice long tramps I took? And where's the swimmin pool? Them things is gone for Mother says, I've gotto go to school. Good-bye to forts that I have dug, to places where I've played, Good-bye to trees that I have clum, to friends that I have made. Good-bye to rollin on the grass a hummin' good ol' tunes, Good-bye to doin' as I pleased in long old afternoons. Las' night I heard my father say, It seems a kind of shame To stop that boy from runnin' wild, an' settle down so tame, Let's keep him home a week or so until it gets more cool. But Mother shook her head, and so, I've gotto go to school. Good-bye to sayin' ain't an' got, an' me instead of I, Good-bye to everything but set an' be as good as pie. I'll bet I'll be the very first to break some kind of ruleg No use to kick when Mother says I've gotto go to school. f- I Q : ' E , fs- IN MEMORIAM :tai 'v 'f::m.:.:',::.'.,':,:f:,1'rgrlxzfsef es ?'?5 E1 af? Johnstown Hidh School, Died July 2, l9l4f. Though Mr Wlghtman was only Wlth us two years he became endeared to the teachers and puplls because of h1S consclentlous efforts Wlth pup1ls and the excellent re sults he obtamed ln h1S classes Johnstown Hlgh School holds h1s memory dear h1s famlly has our sympathy because of hlS untlmely death 5: is Fi' be SPECTATOR 29 9397- 137- iw? T451 Q . 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In order to insure publication in the current issue. as MSS. must be handed in to the editor not later than the 10th of each month. ?n Tlf .7-f QV T T 5 Y A E 6 i 'ffif':ir.----szgjqiiffjl' ' 'aggiliif-it-zkf.1-32'-Iifii' U 'f5tkI'Wv1e.z', z',C?ff5fP3 4: kfi,..,. flux E A . i..::...-.-!.:.-fn.....- Q A nf.,.::i:v A Q -.-..Js.f.f.f:':-fa. A Q '-':g:':-as-4.Qt'ff::e.sf Q Q 30 SPECTATOR Wea Vacation is over and we have come hack to another A nine months of school. XVhat that vacation has meant to us Profitable shows what kind of students - Vacation we are. XVas it profitable? There are two kinds of va- cations, the one of ease, and with this ease a certain amount of lethargy, and the other the active vacation with its resultant protit. People are coming to realize more and more the acl- vantage of a busy summer. This may he seen by the num- ber of institutions that offer summer courses and by the organization in many schools ofa term from june to Sep- tember. , It is a good plan to round out the winter courses by reading reference books during the summer. Almost every text book gives a list of books which are usually very en- tertaining reading. It is not necessary to go to school during the summer, however, in order to make the vacation an active one. This is the time when school knowledge can be put to practical use. From our study of drama and plays in school, we can often find an Ancient Mariner in his boat, watching the bob on the fishing line while he puffs whiffs of smoke into the air from a scarred pipe. Opposite, on the train may be a little old gentleman buried in his newspaper who proves to be a modern Shylock. The farmer's daughter who helps sell vegetables and flowers at market may be no less a SPECTATOR 31 domestic angel than Phoebe Pyncheon. The world is full of interesting characters for those who know how to find them. The rising sun should mean not only another hot dayg it might recall the beautiful lines from Pippa Passa, The year's at its spring, the day's at its morn. A tree might recall Bryant's Forest Hymn, and old man, Holmes' Last Leaf,', and so, an otherwise uneventful day may become a day of song. Not only observance of characters and nature are nec- essary to develope and train the mind but alertness to events and occurrances. Here is an instance which shows how valuable close observation may be. One day an editor of one of the New York papers was sitting in the governor's ofiice at Albany. An old shabby gentleman shuffled in and asked for a permit to go to see his brother at Sing-Sing. Last year when the warden at Sing-Sing refused to admit any one to see Becker the other newspapers thoughts it -useless to send reporters, but this newspaper man who remembered the event of a year before telephoned his reporter to get a permit from the governor. That newspaper was the only one which got the news and it all was the result of one man's observation. If this last vacation has not been profitable, resolve to make the next one so. Begin now by keeping a memoran- dum of books mentioned by the teachers or those named in text books which can be read next summer, and your next vacation will be more enjoyable than any before. One housand nine hun- dred and fourteen years after A Christ the bloodiest war of - - - ages is being waged. After C1V111ZCd all these years of Christianity, War the most enlightened coun- tries of Europe have returned to the lowest kind of barbar- ism. iVhy is it necessary to turn now to the savage ways 32 SPECTATOR of our ignorant ancestors. 'What has brought this con- dition about? Is it the result of the failure of practical Christianity, the influence allowed to monarchism, or com- mercial rivalry? The church has been so closely connected with the state or so subserviant to the rulers that it has not only acquiesced in war but participated in it. Instead of demanding the acknowledgement of the law, Peace on earth, good-will toward men, it gives actual moral and material support. This support though perhaps not very obvious is none the less powerful, as the incident of the Czar's declaration of war shows. When the Czar wishes to declare war, he goes to the historic cathedral at Warsaw where he receives a blessing and then, in the church, reads his declaration. The church is not so powerful to-day as it should be, because it has allowed too many worldly affairs to overrule it. As nineteen hundred years has not been enough to bring about the practice of Christianity, so it has allowed one of the most barbarous forms of government, the mon- archy, to exist. In this age it would seem that a better gov- ernment could be copied from the lower animals. The ants and bees live in a communistic state, and their leader is selected. But monarchism has been allowed to stay and has largely instigated the present war. In Germany, the Kaiser, by means of his vote in the Bundesrath, has the com- plete control of the army and power to declare war. Franz Joseph plunged Austria into war because of the assassina- tion of his heir. It is the monarchical party in France which controls the army and favors war. The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente are not blood bonds but the unnatural bonds formed by rulers for their own advantages. The Anglo Saxons are united with the Slavs against their brothers the Teutons. -Soon the whole Teutonic race will probably be forced to unite in order to check the stream of Slavs which constantly presses upon their borders and threaten their very homes. How can we hope for peace when men who de- light in being called War Lords, and men who seek for SPECTATOR 33 personal revenge, are allowed to have armies at their com- mand. Nothing has tempted these rulers to combat so much as commercial rivalry., Since these countries are all closely populated their future prosperity depends largely upon the commercial trade which they can build up. It is very im- portant to have a good sea-coast, therefore, and territorial expansion becomes another desire of monarchs. Would there be a war to-day if Austria did not hope for an outlet on the Adriatic, if Germany did not wish a sea-port on the Atlantic, if England did not fear for her maritime supremacy, if japan did not wish to control Kiaochow, if Russia did not seek an outlet through the Bosphorus? ,Connected with the, commercial rivalry has been the competition between the armies and navies, the preparing for war in time of peace. The Krupp Gun Company scandal which was disclosed to the people by the German socialistic leader, Liebknecht, showed how the company had tricked Germanyand France into spending enormous sums of money by disclosing in succession the plans of the other country for guns and then offering a little better gun to that coun- try. Millions of dollars which were collected by tax from the people were spent in buying guns which had superiors planned before they were completed. These are the follies and mistakes which cause a so called enlightened Europe to fight. Now what can America do to avoid it? First of all we can negotiate arbitration treaties and eliminate the implements of warfare. Then we must be content to let others share in our commercial advantages, and last of all we can show to our neighbors the justice and love which Christianity has tried to teach us. Esaye, Kreisler' and Adler, three of the world's greatest violinistsg Dr. Carroll, famous scientist of Rockefeller Insti- tuteg Caillaux, France's great est financierg Hauptmann, one 34 SPECTATOR one of the world's best play-wrightsg Baedecker, publisher of treatises on every country of Europeg Jaurez, world re- nowned statesman, have been requisitioned for war. The students are urged to read the advertisements, find who the business men of Johnstown are who support the paper and patronize them. Current Events 4'There never was a good war or a bad peace. Franklin. HAZE seemed to be settling' over my vison when I was startled into alertness by a long-drawn sob. From behind a bush the white-clad figure of a woman with flowing hair rushed forth. She seemed utterly worn out and in the M greatest grief. Weeping, she sank to the ground and made me an involuntary, although curious audience for her troubles. It is terrible, terrible! Only a few months ago they were promising to the world that I should reign. Now, now, they have all forgotten. At the slightest pretext' they have seized arms and hurried men to slaughter. Exceedingly curious by this time, I asked, 'WVhat is the trouble and who are you ? The great nations of Europe have again gone to war. They have exiled me, the Spirit of Peace. Oh, here he comes! Why does he pursue me? In this nation am I not safe from that monster, War? She cowered against me as a mighty man approached us. His brow was like the thunder cloudsg from his gloomy face his dark eyes gleamed like furnaces in the night. Suspended from his broad shoulder he bore a terrorizing sword which dripped with blood. His hands were splashed as was his coat of mail, which was rusty and worn with service. As he SPECTATOR 35 walked, the ground shook and sparks flew when his sharp spurs hit the stones. No more terrifying creature could be imagined. Heartless, pitiless, unyielding was he. Little won- der that this frail creature cowered and shuddered. Now will you boast that people love you? Not you, but I am ruler of men. It is I who call out the live million defenders of Russia. I who summon Germany's three mil- lion perfect soldier machines. At my bidding Austria places her million on the field and France twice as many. Only through me does England order her million men, her be- loved sons, to service. You can do nothing so great as this. My work brings into the world universal love, educa- tion, and progress. I use men to better the race, not to fill graves. You leave in your wake only sorrow, mourning, and devastation. When I live with men there is plenty, happiness and progress. Yes, but never create an empire in a day. You can never be of the importance that I am. Attend. Last July I whispered to the Austrian cabinet to demand a seat upon the committee of inquiries into the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. As I wished, Servia refused. It was the grand opportunity for Austria to gain another long jump toward the sea. Allegiance to me was declared. War was to rule, not Peace! Russia began to mobilize her hords of men. Of course Germany objected. Why could you not be satisfied that two countries murder? Would that not have been sufficient blood upon your alter? No, it would have been too short a session of joy. So Germany declared war upon Russia. The month of August was well started. I would have my pleasure. Gnly 5. few diplomatic councils and then because Germany refused to regard Belgium's neutrality, England declared war upon Germany. Oh, these two masters would struggle! Men had been easily won to give me my desire. You are so greedy for the lives of men. But now you have become a maniac. so sPEcTA'roR My delight was supreme when the Germans com- menced the bombardment of Liege on August fifth. And at the same time the Austrians renewed the attack on,Be1- grade. I can sing now, for ships are sinking and men are cursing me as they writhe in agony. The nations have all become crazed. From the conflict in which the great world powers are involved, the smaller states become infected and they have entered the melee. The Germans are advancing upon the old fortress of beautiful Paris. They have taken Ghent and Maubeuga. But the strong armies of France and England are keeping their ground. Men melt like snow before their fire. The smoke of battle is sweet incense which now comes from Kiaochow from Austria, Poland, Alsace-Lorraine, Belgium, and France. Could a master-spirit desire more? In command of these magnificent armies are the greatest soldiers of today, wonderful in military tactics. Servia places in charge men who have recently seen service: Chief of Staff, General Putnik and Prime Minister Pashitch. Kai- ser William is the moving spirit in his army, assisted by Von Moltke. From Austria orders are sent by Count Beich- told, Premier, and Von Hotzendorf, Chief of Staff. General Joffre and Premier Viviani have the colossal task of op- posing Germany. The ablest active soldiers in Great Britain, Sir John French, together with Earl Kitchener, direct the armies of England. General Sukhomlinoif is the Russian minister of war. All these princes of battle con- tend. They move apace at the War-God's call! They struggle with mind and body, but why? There has been no great military genius attempt to conquer the world. It is not the rulers nor heads of armies that have pre- cipitated this. People were ready for my War-whispers for various reasons: first, the people of Europe are not divided into nations as to races. This is a great factor because the growth of race antipathies cannot be controlled by parlia- ments. Russia desires a sea-coast on the South and West. 1 SPECTATOR 37 Repeated attempts have shown her that only through a general war may she hope to take the Scandinavian penin- sula and Constantinople. A jealous desire to guard her reputation as queen of the sea stirs England, although the chief motive is to protect her commerce. England has so much to lose if she is beaten at sea. Her empire circles the globe, and this must be protected. It would not be beyond Germany's greedy colonial eye to desire a portion of this empire. France is at peace within herself. She is thrifty and needs nothing. But she still claims Alsace-Lorraine. It must be hers. As does Russia, so does Austria covet a coast line with harbors and large territoryg Servia stands between her and the coast. Take it and she has made great progress to- ward the sea. Germany, perhaps the most advanced nation in the world in education, science, and military tactics, wants first: command of the sea, which would practically give her the English and French coloniesg an extension of territory, her greatest desire. By taking Holland she will ihave an excellent coast line. These desires can only be gratified by war. I have brought it. I am happy. Shrieks and groans come as tribute to my power. I am mighty. But to me are sung the songs of love and praises of nature. I will come and bring balm to the stricken ones you leave desolate. My other name is Hope. Europe now looks for my return. Through the peace-maker among the nations I shall return. Borne by the stars and stripes of the United States will I return to my place in the hearts of the nations now torn and bleeding. - As I listened to this strange dialogue, an angry whirl of wind swept the opposing spirits awayg but the horror and terror of War lingered and darkened my sky: while afar a faint glow of lightfrom the VVest gleamed from the abode of blessed Peace. - NEW HAMPTON FARMS At last the spirit of prevention of crime rather than punishment for the youth has penetrated the system of the largest of our cities. Commissioner of Correction Davis of 38 SPECTATOR New York City says that the system has worked very well, so far. The boys were sent to New Hampton Farms in Orange county, New York. Here, on their honor not to run off, they built their bunk house, repaired out buildings, plowed sixty acres, and planted forty-one. These were not boys who know something of farming but the most trust- Worthy from the reformitory. This seems to be the more Christian method of fighting crime. NEW TRAIN-LOAD RECORD The Erie railroad on july 24th established a new train- load record. XN'ith the new centipede locomotive, which weighs four hundred and one tons and has twenty-four driving wheels, a train of two hundred and Hfty steel cars was hauled a distance of forty miles at the rate of iifteen miles an hour. The total weight of the train-load was about twenty-one thousand tons, or almost ten thousand tous heavier than any ever before pulled by a locomotive. x D f ft 'f .W an-., SPECTATOR 39 ln May, 1914. the Alumni Association of the johns- town High School met and elected the following officers? President, Miss Matilda Krebs '90g Vice President, Merle Horner 'O5g Secretary, Miss Edith Mellinger '04g Treasurer, Ernest Cahoe 'O4. Miss Krebs then called a special meeting of the Alumni for the purpose of bringing the Association together as a live-body which should take a particular interest in the welfare of the High School by working together with the students and faculty. The meeting was unusually well at- tended and there was wonderful enthusiasm' shown by the former High School students, with the result that The Alum- ni Association and the High School are now in closer touch with each other. On Friday evening, May 29th, the Alumni Association, including the new members, the class of 1914, who joined in a body that night, and who were the guests of honor, met in the Auditorium of the High School. At this meeting, the biggest in years, the Alumni elected Arthur james '08 and Edward Marchl '14 as Alumni representatives in the Athletic Association of the High School. They also elected Miss Freda B. Brixner '04 as the first Alumni editor of the Spec- tator. i The rest of the evening was given over to pleasure. Dr. F. R. G. Schill '94 was master of ceremonies and he kept everybody in just the right frame of mind. In a few words Miss Krebs welcomed the new membersg Mr. Fred Krebs gave an entertaining talk on the Old Guards or The Mem- bers of the High School Before the Days of '82, when the first class graduated. Then each class gave its own little 40 sPEc'r'-ATOTR stunt, each of which was excellent. After refreshments the Alumni went home feeling that the Association had started on a new era in life. The Alumni has taken charger of the High School Lec- ture Course for the season of 1914-1915, the proceeds of which will be used for the benefit of the High School library, Athletic Association, or wherever they may be used to the best advantage. The course is a very excellent one, includ- ing the following numbers: 1.' Cathedral Choir, November 9thg 2. Walter Eccles and College Girls, November 25th, 3. Duggan Grand Opera Company, December llthg 4. I-Ion. A. C. Shallenberger of Nebraska, Lecturer, December 29thg 5. Montraville Wood, Scientific Lecture, January 7thg and 6. Bede-Seidel Debate, February 15th. The Association hopes for the co-operation of the stu- dents of the High School, and the townspeople. News from the Classes '82-Miss 'Mary J. Cooper, Supervisor of Primary work in the city schools, was a lecturer on Primary work at Penn- sylvania State College during the recent summer. Miss Cooper is also teacher of the Business VVoman's Bible Class of this city. '85--Mrs. VV. O. Keffer CMiss Mary V. VValterj is at present teaching history in the High School during the ab- sence of Miss Mary B. Butts. '86-Miss L. Grace Young is Treasurer of the Johnstown Christian Home. '86-C. C. Greer is District Attorney of Cambria County. '90-Miss Matilda Krebs is Head Teacher of Biological Sciences inthe High School. Miss Krebs is also a member of the Students' Committee of the Y. W. C. A. of Johnstown and teacher of the High School Girls' Bible Class. '91-Mrs. James G. Ellis fMiss Carrie Waltersj is a -member of the Board of Directors of the Y. VV. C. A. , '94-Dr. F. R. G. Schill ison the Board of School Con- trollers of Johnstown. - SPECTATOR 41 '99-Miss Edna Fearl is Head Teacher of Latin in the High School. U '99-Miss Ida R. Campbell has been elected Treasurer of the Y. W. C. A. of Johnstown. 'Ol-Miss Bertha Lowman has just returned from a European trip made exciting by the present war. '01-Miss Lillie Pinder is President of the Business Woman's Bible Class of the Y. W. C. A. '02-Charles E. Hays is one of Johnstown's prominent throat specialists. '02-Miss Bertha Davis was recently married to Walter B. Lotz of Johnstown. '03-Miss Elda Ankeny is Assistant Teacher of English in the High School. l '03-Miss Lulu Drebes was recently elected Vice Pres- ident of the Business Woman's Club of the Y. W. C. A. '04-Miss Ada O. Wertz, formerly Head Teacher of Eng- lish in the High School, was married on September 9th to Harry V. Hager '04. '04-Miss Anna Vinton was married in June to John F. Henderson '00. '04--The marriage of Miss Eulalia Lavelle to Dr. Robert Sagerson '04 took place during the recent summer. '04-The engagement of Miss Matilda Kline to Louis Moses has been announced. The wedding will take place in the early fall. , '04-Miss Mary Lowman is Assistant Music Supervisor in the Johnstown Public Schools. '04-Miss Freda B. Brixner is Head Teacher of German in the High School, and is a member of the Students' Com- mittee of the Y. W. C. A. . '05-Ralph Bolsinger has a responsible position with the Du Pont Powder Company in VVilmington, Deleware. '05-Lynn Porch is a prominent young physician in the Sixteenth Ward. J '05-Miss Anna Risch was married recently to Prof. C. M. Graham of Johnstown. J 42 SPECTATOR O'5-Roy Reese is a practicing physician in Bolivar. '06-Robert Entwisle has been interne at the Allegheny General Hospital during the past year. '06-Thomas Nokes has recently resigned his position as sporting editor of The Tribune to become Advertising Manager of the Cambria Theatre. Mr. Nokes is one of the prominent promoters of the playground movement in johns- town, and is a member of the Recreation Commission. '06-The engagement of Miss Elizabeth Swank to Ray- mond Shuster of Johnstown has been announced. '06-Miss Clara Thomas will be married during the fall to William Humpton of Birmingham, Alabama. '07-Todd Cocran, formerly Assistant Teacher of His- tory in the High School, is going to Princeton to do gradu- ate work. '07-Daniel jones has become one of America's promi- nent musicians. He is now Head Teacher in the Artist De- partment of the Indianapolis Conservatory of Music. '07-Miss Edna Bowers was recently married to Dr. Stewart of Johnstown. '07-Miss Edna Yost is Assistant in the Mathematics Department of the High School. '08-Miss Mary Clarke is Assistant Teacher of English in the High School. '08-Miss Florence M. Glenn is Assistant Teacher of German in the High School, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Y. W. C. A. '09-Maurice Rothstein and Albert Moore '09 are con- ducting scientific farming in Virginia. '09-Miss Margaret Thackeray is teaching school in Pan- ama. '09-Lee Miller and Alvin Reed died during the past year. '09-Miss Grace Cochran is Assistant Teacher of Ger- man and Latin in the High School. X '09-Miss Jennie Boyer is Assistant in the Commercial Department of the High School. ' SPECTATOR 43 '09-john Rodgers has accepted the position of foot-ball coach at St. Francis College, Loretto. '09-Frank Breniser is secretary to the Dean of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. '10-Miss Lulu Burggraf is a member of the Board of Directors of the Y. W. C. A. '10-Miss Margaret Krebs was elected secretary of the Woman Suffrage Party of Cambria County. '10-Carl Glock won the Clarke Scholarship of S500 at Williams College during the past year. He will do graduate work at Harvard this year. '11-Gussie Schultz is in the training school for nurses in the German Hospital, Philadelphia. '11-Miss Ruth Masters is a member of the Students' Committee of the Y. W. C. A. '11-The engagement of Philip E. Thomas and Miss Louise Martindell of Bealesville, Pa., has been announced. '12-Stewart Grumbling is .champion two mile runner at the University of Pittsburg. '12-Joseph Replogle is on the tennis team at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. '13-Miss Mary Keene is a member of the Students' Committee of the Y. XV. C. A. '13-Miss Elizabeth Lynch is Assistant in the Commer- cial Department of the High School. '13-Miss Alice Harris is Secretary to the Principal of the High School. '13-James Jones is one of the promising football can- didates at the University of Pittsburg. '14-Miss Alma Hughes and Miss Ethel Hurrell are Assistants in the Commercial Department of the High School. 44 sPEC'rA'roR About The School This term there has been an increase of 150 in attend- ance, making a total enrollment of 960, which, it is believed, will increase to 1000. Owing to these large numbers, the upper classes meet on Wednesdays for their chapel exercises and the Freshmen on Thursdays. The Senior Class met and elected the following ohicers: President, Maurice Pearmang Vice President, Robert Rut- ledge, Secretary, Mary Weaver, Treasurer, James Lewis. The Class Pin committee is composed of Ludwig Tross, Chairman, Margaret Rose, Ruth Dempsey, Byron Custer, Winifred Krebs, and Cyril Smith. On Friday evening, September 4th, the Senior Class were the guests of Ludwig Tross, at a cornroast at his home near Southmont. The Senior picnic was held Saturday, September llth, at Ben Avon. The outing was enjoyed by all despite the cool weather. The orchestra this year is larger than ever before, hav- ing a membership of 25. This year it contains two instru- ments, cornet and clarinet, which have formerly been lack- ing. It is very well balanced and promises to be the best we have ever had. Instead of the choruses and Glee Club which we had last year, mixed choruses have been organized. The classes will be conducted during the study period on Wednesdays. For this work one credit is given. A new course in the High School is the co-operative in- dustrial course for the boys. During the summer vacation about 30 have been employed where they could gain as much knowledge as possible of the trade they have chosen. These students who are instructed by Mr. Alexander, Mr. Blank, Mr. Steel, and Mr. jacques do all their work in school the first year, the other three years they do school and shop work alternately. As would be expected in Johnstown, quite SPECTATOR 45 a number 'of these students 'are interested in the various phases of the steel industry. T Among the many improvements in' the buliding is the new electric lighting system. All the old chandeliers, have been replaced by large artistic globes. The students espe- cially appreciate the lighting of the cloak rooms, which had been so dark. 1 V T ' There is now in the course of installation a periodregu- lating system which consists of a main clock in Mri Stock- ton's office and another clock in each room. This main' clock regulates the ringing of all bells for assemblynand classes. The system is similar to one which has been employedlvery successfully in one of the large Chicago buildings.. The new south and north wings of the building are still unfinished, although the south wing should be completed, in part, in about one month. ,.Two.features of these wil1,be a student's lunch room operated in part or wholly by the do- mestic science department, and the large gymnasium in the north wing. Our teaching staff hasbeen strengthened by the ad- dition of three teachers, making a total of 33. . - The new teachers are Mr. F. Howard Callihan, teacher of English, who graduated from Allegheny College. Mr. Callihan also studied two years at Boston' university. Mr. Elmer M. Hykes, who is a teacher in the Commer- cial department, studied at the Zaner School of Penmanship. Mr. L. E. Smith,,who also studied at the Zaner School of Penmanship, is our instructor in penmanshipf Miss Grace Cochran, who was an efhcientl substitute teacher last year, is now a teacher of Latin. ' Mr. Arthur B. Wallize, head of the English department, is a graduate of Lafayette. Mr. Wallize was formerly head of the English department in the Shippensburg State Normal School. ' Mrs. Maude Keat, a graduate of Dickinson and of Colum- bia University, and head of the English Department in the Carlisle High School, teaches in our English department.- 46 SPECTATOR Mr. Harry Blank, a graduate of Cornell, who taught English in the Franklin High School, teaches English. Miss Jessie Tomb teaches History. Miss Tomb grad- uated from Allegheny College in the 1912 class. Mr. XV. S. Krise, head of the department of Mathematics, is a graduate of Lycoming State Normal. He has also re- ceived degrees from liucknell and is a teacher of 20 years' experience. Miss Helga Swan, who comes from Ashkosh, XVis., is our music instructor. , Miss Alice Harris, a graduate of the Johnstown High School, is now Mr. Stockton's clerk. The Sepctator', and the students welcome these new teachers and wish them a most successful term. ,ar X if ETHCS ly . a 4 'it y - Y, ' A gy Q' f W ' X e fs S ld - .-, Touchdown, High School! High School, Touchdown! Once again we will soon be hearing the old familiar shouts and yells of encouragement to our players on the football field. Plenty of enthusiastic spirit and rooting by the stu- dent body is the only necessary asset for the most success- ful football season in the history of the school. Manager jordan and his assistants are doing yeomen service in mak- ing preparations for the 1914 seasong the players are will- ing: between thirty and forty answered the call for candi- SPECTATOR 47 dates on the first day of school, and since then this number has been greatly increased, the coach and his assistants feel confident and have many new plays and formations to use this year. On the hrst Tuesday of school, September lst, a mass meeting was held in the Auditorium to stir up footbal spirit. A large number of the student body were in attendance and showed great interest for the opening of the season. Many stirring talks were given by different faculty members, grad- uate players, members of the present team, and students. Manager Jordan, Captain Leifordg Coach Vic Schmidg Chas. Speck, last yearis manager, VVa1ter Krebs '13, former Varsity quarterback, Abe Korns ,13, all-star halfbackg Prof. Stockton, Mr. Steele, Mr. MacGowang jim Springerg Mary Cover, and others made enthusiastic speeches. After the meeting Coach Schmid gave all the candidates for the team a lecture on some new formations and the style of play to be used. The Coach's oifer of a silver loving cup to the most valuable man to the team for the season of 1914 was given out at this meeting. The selection of the player is to be made by the three sporting editors of the city papers. The players all expressed their determination to win the cup. Mr. Steele, also, spoke, emphasizing the value of train- ing and that of a scrub team. On Friday, September 4th, the first Athletic Association meeting was held and officers for the ensuing first half of the school year were elected. The returns were as follows: President, Robert Rutledge, Vice President, Harry Drewg Secretary, Ludwig Tross. By the new constitution, in effect this year, the treasurer must be appointed by the Principal. Mr. Stockton announced Mr. MacGowan as his choice. Mr. MacGowan is a graduate of Allegheny College, where he stood very high in both scholastic and athletic circles. His appointment was very timely and met the full approval of the A. A. members. Robert Rutledge was elected basketball manager, with Geo. Slater, Lester Korns, and Hayden Evans as assistants. 'Miss Krebs and Seward Davis, representing 48 SPECTATOR the Alumni Association, made the A. A. a proposition of selling tickets for the High School Alumni Lecture Course, which was accepted. Another call for football men was is- sued. . At present the squad consists of between fifty and sixty men, including Capt. Leiford, Broderick, Pinder, McCloskey, Springer, Custer, Korns, and VVertz of last year's Varsityg Drew, Rose, Rutledge, Strouppe, Tross, Schry, Bruner, Tay- lor, NVa1ters, Suppes, Murdock, Geist, Connor, Goldstein, Buckwalter, and others from a list of First string players who will make the letter men hustle to hold their position-s. Coach Vic Scmid has the squad practicing every evening on the Point. Others who are helping to get the players in condition are Red Baumer, Til O'Connell, and several former football stars of High School. Manager Jordan has arranged a very attractive schedule for the coming season. It includes a game with St. Francis College on the Point on October 31st, This will be, un- doubtedly, the biggest and hardest fought battle of the year. Our old friend and former coach, john Rodgers, is coaching the team at St. Francis this yearg and he is determined to give our team the biggest surprise of the season. Our coach and players are equally determined and are making special efforts to land a victory. The Greensburg game should also be of great interest to High-. Although playing at Greens- burg, our fellows intend to get revenge for the defeat we re- ceived last year at home. A large crowd of rooters will accompany the team on the trip. The other trip away from home is to Vtfilliamsport on the seventeenth of October. We want to beat them again this year. The schedule, although not ofhcial, will probably be as follows: October 3 ................................. Open October 10 .... ...... ' Uniontown High 4'October 17 .... Williamsport High October 24 . .. ..... Connellsville High October 31 . . .... St. Francis College November 7 . . . ............... Open SPECTATOR 49 'November 14 .... . ..Greensburg High November 21 . . . ....... . . . Jeannette High November 26 ...................... Scottdale High 'Games away from home. Notes on The Team Assistant Managers Ellis, Evans, and Fox are doing very efficient work. , Capt. Leiford is out of the game so far this season with an injured hand, which he sustained during the baseball season. However, he will be in the first game with his usual spirit. ' Rose and Holzman are also on the sick list with broken collar-bones. Goldstein and Buckwalter are two promising players from Portage. The Freshman Class is well represented on the squad this year by several huskies. Right end Slater of last year's team has enrolled at Kiski Springs School this term. Some views on the coming season by members of the squad: ' Manager Jordan: 'fWe're there to win. Capt. Leiford: We will have a winning team all sea- son. Coach Vic Schmid: The team and I will do our very best. Jim Springer: We're out to beat 'Buck' Rodgers and his team. Pap Broderick: We want revenge on Greensburg. Tip Pinder: We don't quit until live o'elock on Thanksgiving Day. Barney Custer: We must beat St. Francis. Red Baumer: The prospects are very good for the best team in years at I. H. S. S Student Body: We're behind you, boys ! 50 SPECTATOR Qflgassiz Chapter W. S. C. The Agassiz Chapter began its work, September 18th, with Virginia Lewis, the new president, presiding. After a program committee had been appointed, and the constitu- tion read for the new members, it was decided that the Chapter go to Meadowvale to study the wild plants along the river bank. This iirst excursion was devoted to the study of what are ordinary termed weeds. Here weialso observed the sand piper and were able to come quite in-:ir ix. On Thursday, September 10th, Virginia Lewis spoke to the Freshmen class assembled in the auditorium for their chapel exercises. This talk aimed to acquaint them with the purpose of the Chapter and show them that the Chapter would benefit them no matter what phase of nature study they are interested in. p If you are unacquainted with the Agassiz association speak to the president or the other officers who are: Stanley Notfsinger, Vice Presidentg Clyde Knepper, Treasurerg Ida Weisberg, Secretaryg Sanford Cable, Reporter. They will gladly talk to you about it. To any High School student interested in nature, a cor- dial invitation is extended to visit the meetings or join the members in their excursions. SPECTATOR 51 Jottings of Science This year is undoubtedly the best in the history of the Science Department of Johnstown High School. There are more students taking chemistry than ever before, the effi- ciency of the department has been greatly increased by the addition of new apparatus and will be still more increased when four hundred dollars worth of apparatus, which is being held up in Germany, arrives. Much interest is also being shown by the students this year. Last year enough interest was shown by the boys in in- dustrial chemistry to warrant the inauguration of a class in advanced chemistry, something our high school has never known before. The work includes a study of inorganic com- mercial preparations and in the later months of the year, anal- yses of coal, steel, and other industries of Johnstown will be made. J The lirst n1onth's experiments include the manufacture of potassium nitrate from saltpeter, manufacture, of caustic potash from wood ashes, sodium carbonate by the ammonia processg and the making of chemically pure sodium chloride from rock salt. The charts which were made last year on the industries of Johnstown have been carefully boxed and will be dis- played shortly. The articles which appeared in the Tribune on these industries have been stopped because of war news, but it is expected they will be resumed soon. This is only the third year for Household Chemistry in High School. Up to two years ago, it was not thought neces- sary, but now it is required for graduation. The present course in Household Chemistry is very in- teresting and beneficial. It is interesting because it is dif- ferent from other studies, and benelicial in innumerable ways. If a girl expects to take a Domestic Science course or to be a nurse, it is almost imperative that she take chemistry, for it not only teaches her the elements of food, but also the proper value. Then too, she learns how very important it is to keep a room well ventilated. She learns what effect 52 SPECTATOR air has upon a person when it has too much carbon dioxide, which results from bad ventilation. Here she will become sleepy and restless and a headache may result. This is only one example of how Household Chemistry benefits a girl in every day life. Attention is called to a new book called One Thousand and One Tests by Wiley. It is invaluable as a reference book and should often be used. A change in the arrangement of rooms in the science department is intended. The physics lecture room will not be changed, but the laboratory will be where the domestic science room is nowg chemistry lecture room will be in the old physics laboratory, but the laboratory will not be moved. The physics department has been improved by new ap- paratus, among which are a motor and blower for fusing in such experiments as making glass, and a powerful storage battery. An expensive electric oven which is self-regulating and which keeps a constant temperature has been purchased. On alternate weeks, a class in industrial physics of the students enrolled under the Fitchburg system meets. of -iff -Q 1 u ' . ..-1.511 , ' -' 044.11 '- , .... 4..,,,.-- .,,,. SPECTATOR 53 fa -x C 2 ri-f5k7fxQ 6 EXGHHHGES NVhoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. -Pope. The Senior number of The Habit, Salina. Kansas, was an especially well prepared paper. lt fairly bristled with class as well as school spirit, and showed that the class of '14 was composed of hustlers and enthusiastic workers. judging from the number of advertisements, The Habit had an energetic business staff. It is intensely interesting to know that the students print their own paper in the high school press room. . The cover of the Mountaineer tSpring numberj, Butte, Montana, was unusually attractive, and invited one to further investigation. It was fully as attractive inside, but could be improved by confining the advertisements to the back of the paper. An interesting department of the Alumni Number of the Record, VVheeling, VV. Va., was the directory of grad- uating calsses. Cross Sections of Life showed the humor and sentiment of the every-day affairs of life. The Record was liberally supplied with jokes, and good ones too. A good department of the Easterner, Washington, D. C., is Critical Comment. Since you are interested in crit- izing your own school, why not lengthen your exchange list, and aid the rest of us with your critizisms and sugges- tions? ' SPECTATOR jf! WRX XXL' X X f XX ' NW 'W ' 12 , Flikgr- . X 3' W, X 4 -1 '- f X . is' X 5 ' f T ' fl .331 A 1' -T A-4 :Q X, -- A . f Advice Concerning money, l never careg I have as much as a frog has hairg People are after it everywhere, Poof! Be ullf of the ordinary. Girls these days are all for style, Wearing silks, satins and fancy lyle. Why don't they come with just a smile. Sure! Be out of the ordinary. The student these days, as a rule, Carries twenty books away from school. Wfith seven periods don't be a fool! Huh? I'n1 out of the ordinary. Each teacher gives you an hour and half Night Work, mind if makes you laugh, Figure it up QThis isn't chaffj. Do it! Be out of the ordinary. The football man I will declare Thinks the game is just to stare, And see how loudly he can swear. Gracious! Be out of the ordinary. SPECTATOR Smart, high school suits for nobby young fellows at S10 to 320 THESE smart, snappy suits of ours have made a tremendous hit with style-particular young chaps-and when you stop to con- sider that they are suits especially designed and made to con- form to the critical ideas of young fellows who like good clothes, it's easy to see why they are so popular-they are suits which maintain the jaunty, boyish appearance and yet at the same time afford all the style and well-dressed looks that men's clothes do. The Famous Widow Jones' make They are just the right sort of clothes for the particular young chap who is keen for the smart and nobby in good material and weave-the celebrated Widow Jones suits-made with long trous- grs and built for boys young in years but too large to wear knicker- ockers. Smart models that are nobby and stylish There's a. broad and pleasing variety of snappy, new models here to choose from-fine quality Worsteds, Cassimeres, Tweeds and Homespuns in plain colors, fancy weaves and new stripes and checks as well as the popular Blue Serges-sizes from 13 to 18 years-at S10, S12.50, 51350, 515, S18 and 520. Boys' school suits at S2 to S18 An exceptionally good showing of smart, snappy suits for little chaps at moderate prices-the better sort of clothing at prices much less than those usually asked for garments of such exclusive style merit and quality. Snappy double-breasted and norfolk styles in many handsome weaves Our showing of suits at the prices named above include all thc season's smartest models in Double-breasted ano Norfolk styles- good quality Cassimeres and Worsteds in handsome, fancy weaves and colors as well as the ever-popular Blue Serges-all of them with regular or knickerbocker pants-excellent values at 52.50, S3 and 585. Boys' blouse suits at 52 to S10 An extensive showing in either Russian or Sailor Blouse styles- all the popular materials, colors and weaves in sizes from 2 to 10 years. Boys' K. :Sz E. Waists-blouse style with soft collar attached or neckband effect-made of good quality madras, percale and sateen, in plain and many fancy patterns-sizes run from 3 to 10 years- 25c, 50c, 75c and 51 values in stock. Boys' Shirts-with soft collar or neckband style-made of good quality madras and percales, in plain colors and fancy patterns- sizes run from 12 to 14 years-large assortment to select from-at 50c and S1 for choice. PENQJRAFQIS, co. 56 SPECTATOR In Study Hall there drops a cent, And every foot to the floor has went, Look at the energy they have spent. Bah! Be out of the ordinary. A certain teacher informs us that you can tell a man's occupation by the way he carries his hands. We haven't detected any pickpockets, as yet, with their hands, as we would naturally suppose, being carried in other people's pock- ets. mum, - i, li, ff 9 - li' fA-'--M- rf: fi X' . i , ,K AAHE ,K u ' P l i ,V rh.:T. v by f 'Y ' ' Z 1 V C' N n x if KTHSTHN Two ways of Tackling the Dummy. Teacher-For instance the air to My Country, 'Tis of Thee. Future Lawyer-Boise Penrose, l'll bet. Mrs. W.-Have you noticed magic in a page? Stude Qasidej-Black letters being read. . This section of the Spectator will be devoted to slam- ming at times the occurances of this school. We will further explain that the aforesaid slams will be directed to the student body only as no diplomacy would be shown if otherwise directed. ' SPECTATOR You Fellows In High School- ARE you thinking of New Clothes? Con- sidering the buy of a Suit or Over- coat, a Hat, Shoes, Furnishings? There's a store in Johnstown that's strongest on what young fellows want, and that store is this store. Woolf SL Reynolds, Inc CLOTHES THAT SATISFY 1 CLASS PINS CLASS RINGS IGH SCHOOL FOBS ROTHSTElN'S, 529 MAIN JEWELERS AND SILVEFISMITHS LOOK FOR NAME AND NUMBER 889 1914 H 58 SPECTATOR Student-This European mixup is as complicated as the first program a Freshman gets up. ' The demand of the teachers for strictly good behavior upon the part of the students is all well and goody but, it knocks the life out of this department. Dobbin-I make hay while the sun shines. Slats-Yes, to fall into and sleep. Mrs. W.-What right have I to ask such a question? Tross-Because you're the teacher. Senior-Columbus placed a colony in Hade's Island, but it became too warm for him. Teacher-Did they know Columbus had reached a new land. Student-Not until he died. QThinked.j To Penmanship Student-Your riding your peng get off and walk. Stude-VVa-da-you-mean walk, won't the penholder? In English-Tell us how to bake a pie in two minutes. . Stude-Bake it in how long. ' In English-No, tell it I must have been thinking of eating. This is told of a Senior but all names have been kindly omitted. Her Pa-Well, daughter, that beau of yours made a record last night. She-How's that? Pa-Mother reported him off the hat rack at 10 o'clock and he hadn't reached the vestibule when your brother blew in at 12. SPECTATOR m -qualit apparel For Girls and Misses. Suits, Coats and Dresses here that are distinctively individual in style, certain in quality, and at a price that insures true value. Let us show you. W 60 SPECTATOR Foreman-Who left that pick hanging in the air? Pat-The whistle blew just as I raised it. Women and Children First What would be the result if there were two men in a boat, each one rowing in a different direction? Springer-The boat would sink. V. w GAME JHS BH9'1 RTHSTEIN The Return of the Spectator McCloskey-You look tired, Jim. Springer-Yes, we have Hikes in penmanship every day. Freshie-How do you like penmanship? Senior-Oh, its all write. Compliments of Johnstown Grocery ' Co. 62 SPECTATOR Oh, You Cornroast! Well, the Seniors had some cornroast up at the Tross summer home fnot nobody homej. Previous to the corn- roast there was a hay-ride which was also some affair. There was a large turnout. among the out of town guests being 'Squire Naugle of Conemaugh Township and Buddy Benshoff, the mayor of the Eighth VVard. It is reported on good authority that the above named officers of the law were seen accompanying two 'young maidens about the premises. This was indeed a surprise and shock to the more serious members of the class who immediately hastened to report them to the Treasurer in order that they would be lined Qor foundil. After diligently searching for several hours, the posse found Mr. Lewis with 'lg if ' in ll' if 'F Dk ' gf. At an early hour the crowd dispersed. X Cut out by war censor. '16-NVl1at was the detective doing in the pool room last night? ' '15-He came in to spot the balls. Heard In Geometry Teacher-VVhat kind of a line is that? Student-That's a dandelion. In Physics-VVe are now going to study density so you will have to use your heads. Bensholf-Say, Lud,,' when does a horse eat best? Tross-I don't know. Buddy-VVhen it doesn't have a bit in it's mouth. Lump-I had my picture taken this morning. Lewis-Gee, who would steal that. Cable-VVhy did you let Lump play centertield? Pearman-Recause he can cover a lot of ground. SPECTATOR 63 FIRST NATIONAL BANK Cor. Main and Franklin Streets JOHNSTOWN, PA. Capital, Surplus and Profits 51,000,000 Total Resources - - - - 7,500,000 DIRECTORS H y Y H John McDermott, I-I y S k W. E. Matth , J M M d k S. C. Ream, D d Barry, John Widmann, P. F. McAneny. OFFICERS HENRY Y. HAWS, President. HARRY SWANK, Vice President. J M MURDOCK, Vice President. DAVID BARRY, Cashier. P F MCANENY, CHAS E. MCGAHAN, Assistant Cashie September Kodakery Gives the best results of the year. A FULL EASTMAN LINE Developing, Printing and Enlarging The MOXHAM PHARMACY PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS Cor. Grove Ave. 81 Village Si. JOHNSTOVVN, PA. HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS I ie . Y Systematic saving leads to success. Start the new school terrn right by open- mg a savings account in Ee United States National Bank 206 FRANKLIN STREET lones-Morton ADVERTISING We Sell Buttons and Badges We Make Signs of All Kinds 64 SPECTATOR War Poem H. E. From o'er the eastern border The Czar's vast host came nearg And a hundred thousand Russians Stormed by a million kegs of beer. The Russians poured out bullets, They got the range at lastg And soon the kegs were filled with holes And foaming beer flowed fast. The Russians charged with fury n Into the beer they sunkg They never found the surface ' Because they all were drunk. QNix on the war stuff-this place is neutral.Q Note-This is not an advertisement. At last a place has been found where the heavyweights of our school may reign in peace. On the second Tuesday of last week the fat boys held a meeting and decided to or- ganize a club to protect themselves from the insults and abuse of the more dignified societies. It will be known as the Mellon Food Club. Requirements to join are plenty of beef, but no brain or brawn. Must weigh over ZOO pounds. Motto-Don't eat grape-nuts. A certain lady teacher-Have I got all your names now? Walter-You may have mine if you want it. lOh! this is so sudden lj Pessimist-If you fellows want to be well bred, you better not loaf so much. T inf. -1- J Teacher-Open the windows. -Theaair is foul in here. Senior-Why don't you take the chickens out? SPECTATOR 65 ,Egl- E -,'.i -Y -, -,-75 - k vu -Y',.' 'f E, 'E '..-1, - You Owe It to Yourself T0 BE A MEMBER OF THE Junior Department, Y- M. G. A. IT is not a kid's club, but rather a department for older boys. Special attrac- tion for High School fellows, including Evening Gym, Classes, Instruction in Swimming, Aquatics Athletics, Games, also complete Club, Reading Room, Social and Entertainment facilities, all under expert directorship. , The Happy fellow is the Healthy Fellow--Healthy in Spirit--in Mind--and in Body. Costs you but S56 or S8 to become a Happy Fellow. VINE STREET ENTRANCE ' l.T ,'-1-'J' 1' 'Y' 'TTY' i'Y'.Af.' -'- Y Y - - - 2 PACKS Z Our price for Chewing Gum-all brands except Beech-Nut. H OG A N 84. E V A N S Opposite Cambria Theatre eserve for Park Famil T eatre 4 66 SPECTATOR Bright Student-Alas, we are all children of nature. Shark-Yes, some of us are nuts. B. S.-Now, you leave. Teacher-I fear there are not enough pencils to go around. - Jim-Aw, they are all 'round. First Student-VVhy is it a horse stands up while sleep- ing? Second Student-Because there is stable equilibrium. , There's a Reason High Exalted Chief Boob--Sir Walter Holmquist.. Secreary to His Highness-Rosman Smith. Doortender- Fat Farrel. Promising Young Candidates- Mick Caufliel and Don- ald Gocher, who is not fat but is just nice, Echo From a Fusser If I went to see my girl in the rain, would you call me a rainbow? .1 SPECTATOR STOP AT BADER'S Right at THE POINT GROUNDS YOU CAN'T MISS IT Fresh Candies at all times. Ice Cream Cones. Soft Drinks of all kinds. Best Peanuts money can buy, roasted every day. Cigars, Tobacco, and Cigarettes. I 1. H. S. Colors, Arm Bands PINS A SPECIALTY FOR THE BEST Elnnanrial mark in the city see Logan Stuver 105 Ohio St. l Lee Walker Mac Lavelle Herb Davies Photographs of all kinds, sizes and styles We have a style that you Will like l L. G. Hornick PHOTOGRAPHER 527 MAIN STREET THE EXCLUSIVE SHOP Many suggestions for Parties, Teas, Wed- dings, Receptions and Banquets. SANNER'S Caterers 67 68 P, SPECTATOR he pectator Staff lfears has been puttin all its Art Q up ous lt is a habit with us to win patrons Through efficient + co operation C VA LLEV ENCRAVINGQ. c'o1w:,1Pc'f,4L ,mr 8 fuck AVlNG ' Sm H999 WOOLF' ANNEX 1.uvco1.1v . srnzsr E3 . 1 Bngraging problems J .. .. . .,.1 ,- After School-- A period here- no school problems- only a cool, delicious Soda or Sundae-the Kredel kind. That's the best to be had- served just right. KredeI's Drug Store 412 Main Street The Pioneer Trust Company of Cambria County . The JOHNSTOWN TRUST CO. Capital, Surplus and Profit S425,000 Pays lnterest on Savings Accounts CHECKING ACCOUNTS SOLICITED Quinn's Store Trimmed Hatsand Millinery at Reasonable Prices. Ladies' and Juniors' Suits, Coats and. Dresses. - Waists, Blouses, and Neckwear. Laces, Hosiery and Gloves. S P E C T A T O R '59 More People Wearing IVIITI1 Sggggv PIANOS E D ' ver a Try a pair and vou'Il knjw thi T' E. rezison. Stores in three states. 1 Market St. FOUT BALL For Insurance GOO DS and Sporting Goods go to Generally . . rloRAN's Book sronf Arthur Gr'ff'th 545 MAIN ST- 501 Title, Trust 8: Guarantee Bldg. Every Dept. is Now Complete Mifh New Fall Goods at N0 Advance in Prices Over Last Season ILLER'S RELIABLE CLOTHIERS When you Want some- thing out of the ordinary in- Ice Cream for Weddings and Par- ties, call LEWIS Phone 272 SPECTATOR Palace Laundr 606 FRANKLIN STREET DCES IT RIGHT -'- A-T.- ' tTv 'Y' v' 'YTYTY ' . .T- A-7-'-Y -1 v'- 'vr-7 A,',' f Y ,-,- mv ', ,911 -v-,- r -Y - , -,-,A K - High Art Clothes For Fall and Winter, 1914, are shown at John Thomas Sz Sons, and from that store comes this Personal Invitation to You HIGH ART CLOTHES-the best in ready-to-wear-are worthy of the best companyg so everything we sell, from socks to hats, is of the same high standard. Our shelves are stocked with the newest things for Fall and Winter in Furnishings, Hats, etc., and our long experience in catering to the men of this vicinity enables us to say: we have what you want, at the right price, and we can serve you best because this is a conscientious store-a store that stands for progressiveness and fairness and honor. Are you interested in HIGH ART CLOTHES? In smart furnish- ings at popular prices? In Hats that top all with satisfaction? Come in today-this is our personal invitation to you-and you ll find your ideas and ideal of a Men's Store here. Come see the goods. John Thomas 81. Sons SPECTATOR 71 AUTUMN is one of the , prettiest seasons of i ,I the year to take pictures. - 'L ALJ W An Eastman Kodak gets jf'X them right. We have- . iii: r . r nies - - - 1,00 to 10.00 l if x .r..., ,. .... , goiizks ---- 310.00 to 255.00 'I fl A ' I ' - do Ex ert Develo in lim 4 4' We andpPrinting. p g ,i ' L Y ..,,r .7 Young's Pharmacy lf w : 'r- - 'TP' 205:207 Franklin sn. - --A TT -'1'l,--.iff v-,'- D11 i',',Dl.i Ti-.XT T--A Fashionable Fabrics Our Fall and Winter Woolens actually gleam with snap and style. Let us exemplify our fitting skill by taking your measure now. T here are scores of men wearing our clothes with pride and satisfaction. f You don't have to be made of money to buy clothes o us. We make them to fit your pocket-book as well as your body. Suits and Overcoals Sl5.00 to 5535.00 V The Kay Tailors 206 BEDFORD STREET GOOD PICTURES MADE BETTER gnigsksgf E'N'L'A'R'G'E'M'E'N'T'S Amatellqrrgggatives A full line gf Kodaks and Photographic Supplies Films, Paper, Ste. 32.215 -- SCHRADER BROS- -- F.'L'3lT.3'S-,'l.. SPECTATOR l o 3'5Efli:1'1l553Z5I., 6 6 I h t , , -Use the Mazda . . E There are mnllnons of dollars worth of electricity used every year in homes that d0l1'l USC m0dC1'H langps. Are you lone of the wast- ., HS' Are you dar ening your house Wllh Obsolete Carbon lamps? Are You wasting current? Then cert- ainly YOU flidlfr kr10W about Maz- fla'S-Illffe times as much light as Calboll lallllls with lhe Same Charge Lol Current- Mazda lamps COSI less ere. lf5252E2525ffii252E 'ffflll F 2 5 2 11 luu jigisisiifsgsfll ' ' l lfsf 2 2 f5fffffffs2 25252iifsiifiiifififiiisifi - CITIZENS ELECTRIC 8 ' -'-'-' ' C00 Distributors r Citizrfns Light. Vine and Franklin sts' Heat di Power Co. nfPa. , l Un O U will 5173206 C5 on 5 co 'S on U7 : 'cs E. 5. an Stop after school and I2 let us serve you With U one of our delicious Sun- G daes or Sodas.MBest in S the city. .uf all .al SPECTATOR 73 f--'---I I WE invite you to inspect the I I new Eight Cylinder Cadil- lac-the latest and best in motor I car construction ...... I I - - --f - -f-W --f - L Johnstown Automobile Co. I Ft JESTIC THEATRE .'M. J. BOYLE' Mana2er JOHNSTOWN'S COZIEST THEATRE Presenting Keith Vaudeville THREE TIMES DAILY The Cream of American Vaudeville Together With Choice European Importations Matinee-l0c and l5c. Time-2:30. PNCES: 3 Night -l0c, isc, zsc. Time-7:30 and 9. 74 SPECT ATOR Cement Vein Miller Vein Lemon Vein Citizens Coal Company Sells the best House Coal and delivers to all parts of the city prompt weight. Try a load. LOCAL PHONE 1078 ly and guarantees full Follow the crowd and go to GATES THE BARBER For everything in the line of barbering 'FIOUNDTHE CORNER 414 FRANKLIN STREET I COLONIAL PRINTING COMPANY Removed to 646 Main St Cor. Main and B. Q O.R.R I' If You Are Making Your Purchase a Quality Proposition-- Furniture Carpets Draperies GEIS Clinton Street-Near Main SPECTATOR WM. H. RAAB 84 BRO. Blank Book Manufacturers Printers, Rulers, Binders Engraved Stationery, An- nouncements, Cards, Etc. Why not have your Spec- tator bound into a nice book? WOOLE BLOCK ANNEX Corner franklin and lincoln Sts. JOHNSTOWN, PA. The Laundry that Satisiies Why not try having y o u r collars done by our new process, and note the result? Telephone and our Driver Will Call Troy Laundry Company W. 1. Rose 84 Sons SASH, DOORS, LUMBER, CEMENT and all kinds of building materials, good planing mill Work our specialty. BOTH PHONES Orders promptly attended to 328 Lincoln Street PORCI1 BROS. NCORPORATED The Recognized Leaders In Artistic Pianos and Player Pianos THE HOME Of THE Everett Piano Porch Bros., Inc Cor. Vine and Franklin Sts. 75 SPECTATOR New . 7 if I 5 Kashi-Qchgesr Miz. Building 0 I 0 N E RY Street Purest Home-made Candies- You always get them at The Elite - the only kind We sell. We are very exacting about the ingredients that go into Elite Confections. And the taste tells. All High School students know the goodness of our products- Candies, Ice Cream and Soda Drinks. New Candies Every Day- Fresh Every Hour SPECTATOR n Interesting Phone Call Johnstown's Prominent Business Men GOOD POSITIONS await our GRADUATES because the business men have learned to associate our name with expefrt work done in an intelligent manner. Yesterday one of Johnstown's prominent business men conveyed the following message over the phone: The services of the young man you sent me the first of the year have been highly satisfactory. In fact, we have never employed a more efficient person in our accounting department. He is nowassistant manj ager and is getting along fine. I want a first-rate stenographer tomor- row morning. She must be able to do the work, because I have no time to train any one. Am asking you first because I have found out that the people you recommend and send out always MAKE GOOD.' We sent a young lady to this business man's oflice this morning. She has been carefully and conscientiously trained and we KNOW she will be able to do the work ln a manner that will satisfy her employer and reflect credit to the school. A GOOD OPPORTUNITY awaits you if you will only prepare yourself for it by taking one or more of the courses we teach. We teach the ACTUAL BUSINESS BOOKKEEPING, SHORT- HAND, TYPEWRITING, Penmanship, Business Correspondence, Com' mercial Arithmetic, Rapid Calculations, Practical Banking, Corporation Accounting, Business Forms. The Most Legible System of Shorthand, English Composition, Spelling, Typewriting, Stenographer's Office Practice, Mimeographing, Billing, Tabulating, Typewriter Dictation, Use of Telephone, Telephone Dictation, Manifolding and Civil Service. We prepare you in the short- est possible time and gsg you to a good position. Cambria Business College The School That Gets Results. JONES 6: HUGHES . . . Proprietors L I ld OHNSTOWN, PA. 'nw Bu' mg City Phone 1352 J . Franklin Street Bell Phone 268-J L I l 1 I n 1 I v CQNTENTS An Enchanted Spot ..,.. 5 A Mixed Affair ............ 6 The Poem of Tagore ,....... ...... 1 1 The Haunted Orchard ....... ...... 1 3 Dogs and Dogs ............ ...... 1 5 A Trip on the Rhine ,....... ...... 1 8 I-Iallowe'en ...............,.. ..... 2 2 A Girl's Revenge ........ ..... 2 2 A Real Movie ..,,........ ,,.., 2 4 He Lost His Head. ....... ..... 2 5 A Narrow Escape ........ ..... 2 7 His Letter Won .....,.,..,,.. ..... 2 9 A Daughter's Strategy. ............. ...... 3 1 The Teacher has a Pick on Me ....... ...... 3 6 Editorials ..........,...................... ...... 3 7 Alumni .......,...,,. 42 Current Events ........ ...... 4 5 The School News ...... ...... 4 7 Athletics ..........,.. ...... 5 0 Agassiz ............,.... .. 54 J ottings of Science ..... ...... 5 5 Exchanges ...,.....,... ...... 5 8 Jokes ................. ...... 5 9 Advertisements ..,.. ,...., 6 0 The truth is, that ignorance and indifference are almost the same: we are sure to grow interested as fast as our knowledge extends in any subject whatever. W. B. O. Peabody. SPECTATOR Ellie igigh Svrhnnl Svpnrtatnr Truth to the fact and a good spirit in the treatment VoL. XVII. JoHNsTowN, PA., Novi-JMB!-m, 1914. No e W' H 'W S ' fd! 'SQ ' 6. 2 2 at S u. . An Enchanting Spot Mary Cover '15 l know a place where sunshine is gold, XVhere dew-drops of loving words sparkle and 'glow There's a mossy nook sheltered by stalwart friends, And cooled by the gentlest of winds that blow From a crystal fountain, bursting with joy, Sweet little deeds of kindliness How. And in this refreshing, sunny cove The rarest flowers called Happiness grow. They are tinted with light from the skies aboveg They bloom in June heat or winter's snowg And when you have breathed of the cooling wind, And supped from the crystal spring, you know, You must pluck some Howers, and keep them fresh, And give them to others, just so The world will be full of Happiness XVhich will grow, and grow, and grow. 6 SPECTATOR A Mixed Affair Margaret Linsey '17 wonder why that tramp is following me? thought Laura ill Doring as she turned to look for the second time at the man in question who was slouching along a few rods behind and who was a very good type of a Weary Willie, that is, judging by appearances, but appearances are some- times very deceiving. As Laura entered her home she noticed that the tramp stood in the shadow and watched her. Then as she entered the music room she forgot the tramp for her twin sister Louise turned from the piano and said, Where have you been all day? The mail came and there were several letters for you. One from Mumsie dear, and one from jack. Laura gave a little squeal of delight, for mother's letters were always a treat. She removed her hat and coat and then was soon lost in the perusal of the letters. Oh! Mumsie says that she can come home next month. She also says that-um-um wait till I tind the place-that there are two people at the hotel who are in the same corri- dor as she and who make life very disagreeable for her. They track her from morning until night. Jack says that he has been very conspicious at school on account of his good behavior. I bet he has been in another scrape. Meanwhile at the preparatory school, which Jack was attending, many robberies were being perpetrated and the faculty could iind no trace of the thieves. One morning Jack was on his way to chapelg and as he was crossing the campus he picked up a piece of paper, blank on both sides. He, stuck it into his pocket and never thought of it until that evening when he was making a fire in the fireplace in his bedroom. The piece of paper fell into the flamesg but just as it was beginning to burn Jack noticed some words appearing on it as it became heated. Picking it up he read: Lawton: Castle went to Montana last week. The box is in the SPECTATOR 7 hollow oak tree in Smith's woods by the spring. We will wait for instructions at Glenwoods. We are watching the boy pretty closely now. Shaver, jack took the note to the head teacher's office, and the next morning they went to the woods. A few valuables were found in the hollow treeg but, most valuable to the gang, was found an iron box containing jack's name and address and his room number. Also a plan of the dormitory Where his rooms were. Wonder what they wanted that for?,' said jack in a puzzled tone when this was unearthed. The teacher, Mr. james, did not wonder because -Iack's father was a well-known congressman and it was rumored that the United States was trying to make an alliance with Mexico. japan was very anxious to know if this were true because she had large interests in Mexico. Mr. James con- jectured that perhaps some spies from Nippon were trying to get inside information and perhaps they might also have designs upon Jack. ' In the meantime Mr. and Mrs. Doring were enjoying their trip through Montana, although their footsteps were dogged by the .two men. Every message Mr. Doring sent to Washington was intercepted, and he was at his wits' end. At last the Dorings decided to go homeg and as they were packing, Mr. Doring happened to go to the window for a breath of fresh air. As he raised the window he no- ticed a man standing behind a window across the courtyard, with a spyglass, watching every move that was made by the Dorings. Well! said Mr. Doring in exasperation, that's the limit! Pretty soon they'll be putting poison in our food if they keep on at this rate. Why not go down stairs and eat our dinner, and let the maid pack our clothes in another room P said Mrs. Boring. They'll think we have given up our idea of departing and 4 8 SPECTATOR then when we see our chance, we can catch the first train homef' All right, that suits me to a T, and Mr. Doring went to the window and shook his fist at the man across the yard. That evening they left for home and they had the pleas- ure of seeing the spyvmiss the train on which they speeded away. At home Laura was between two fires. Louise would sit for a half hour at a time gazing into space. Then, as she was one of the buds of the season, she would plunge into the social whirl with such forced gayety that Laura was becoming a shadow of her former self Worrying about her. She did not want to spoil her mother's holiday by sending for her so she did not know what course to take. One day as she entered the home she met a stranger leaving it. Laura asked him what or whom he wanted, and he told her that he had been called in to tune the piano in her father's study. Instantly suspecting something she hurried to the study, but everything was in apple-pie order. The next day the butler told her that the piano tuner had been there since luncheon and had not yet gone. Laura hurried to the study, and, finding no one there, she conjec- tured that the rnan had left by another door. As she turned to leave the room she was startled by the figure of her sister Louise watching her with the greatest interest. Did you find what you were looking for? asked Louise with a curious smile on her face. No, I didn't. I wonder who is ringing the doorbell so hard? Why, it's mother and daddy.. Oh! I am so glad to see you, and Laura flew to. her mother's arms. As the rest of the family made their way to-the dining room where dinner was being served, Louise stayed behind, unnoticed, in the study. Quickly taking a note from the pocket of her skirt, she slipped it between the top and mu- sic rack of the piano. She then joined the family in the dining room. Later that evening Laura went into the study to get a SPECTATOR 9 pencil, and, like all daughters of Eve, stopped a few minutes to peep into the mirror that hung over the desk. In doing so she noticed the top of the piano slowly opening and a hand appearing. For a minute she could not get her breath, she was so startled. Then she began to hum a tune, and turning around from the glass, started to dance a few steps. All the while she was trying to think of some way to notify the rest of the family without letting the spy know she had, for that he was 'a spy she had no doubt. Sitting nonchalantly at the desk, she started to write a note. When she had Hnished it, she rang the bellg and putting the note inside of an envelope and addressing it to her father, gave it to,the maid with the instructions to give it to her father to mail. When .the maid handed the letter to Mr. Doring, he glanced at the name and address and was surprised to read his own name and an Urgent marked upon it. Quickly opening it, he read: , Father, come quickly to the study. Call the Station House and tell them to send a few policemen here. Hurry! Laura. Mr. Doring called the police station, and a few minutes later two stalwart policemen and Mr. Doring were sneak- ing up the stairs. In the meantime Miss Doring was endeavoring to see the spy before the men came. Seating herself at the piano, she tried to play a few chordsg but no sound came from the instrument. The spy had removed all the strings. Then Laura went to the door and opened it, shutting it with a bang immediately afterwards. The ruse worked. The spy lifted the top of the piano and peeped out. Laura caught a glimpse of his face and said, The Tramp ! just then the policemen and Mr. Doring entered the room.. Laura pointed to the piano and then fainted. When the top of the piano was lifted, a lively little japanese was found inside. He was immediately arrested. Mrs. Doring down stairs was at her wits' end wondering 10 SPECTATOR what all the fuss was about. So she sent Louise upstairs to hnd out. Of course'Louise saw the spy taken to the police patrol and then her self-control broke. Rushing to her mother's arms she cried, Oh, Mother! I did it because I did not want to go to prison. Why, child, what are you talking about?,' exclaimed her mother in surprise. Well, you know I belong to the Thursday Afternoon Club and lately we have been gambling. Well, that is all that you can call it, gambling, as she noticed her mother's shocked expression. I met Mr. Ross on Pennsylvania Avenue one day and he asked me if I would help him. You know his wife be- longs to the club too. Well, I am terribly in debt at the clubg I think I owe two thousand dollars. Mr. Ross said that if I helped him to get some information about the al- liance with Mexico he would pay me for it. I thought that was an easy way to get the money to pay my debt. At the time I never thought of my conscience which has been worry- ing me ever since those men began to bother you and jack. They intended to kidnap him and then make father tell about the alliance before he would be let free. Then one of them took the strings from the piano in the study and then climbed in so as to hear everything that went on in the room. Laura has found him and now they have arrested him. Oh, Mother, please forgive me. Mrs. Doring sat very still for a few minutes with a very stern look on her face. At last she put her arms around Louise's neck and said, I forgive you, Louise, but I will give you some advice that my absent-minded father gave me when I eloped, 'Marie, I forgive you, but don't do it again.' Jack came home the next day very much excited over a plan to kidnap him that had fallen through. The kidnapers had been caught, so that end-ed it. When Mr. Doring was told about the plans that had been made to get some information about the alliance with a SPECTATOR 11 Mexico from him, he fairly roared with laughter. Why, that was all a hoax, he said, Congress had no idea of an alliance with Mexico. The United States has enough troubles of her own without bothering with Mexico's trouble. Dear mel that joke is too good to keep. The Poems of Tagore - Margaret Mahaffey '15 f Sl 1913, for the first time in its history, the Nobel prize Qjjfor literature was awarded to one of a darker race. And so Rabindranath Tagore, Hindu poet and philosopher, came into world-fame. An interesting review in Collier's induced me to buy several ,of Tagore's books. The Gardener, which the editor called the most perfect of love-lyrics, is strangely musicalg the thoughts are sublimely simple, and the verses are filled with a depth of feeling and a sincerity which touch the heart. A My heart, the bird of the wilderness has found its sky in your eyes. They are the cradle of the morning, they are the king- dom of the stars. My songs are lost in their depths. Let me but soar in that sky, in its lonely immensity. Let me but cleave its clouds and spread wings in its sunshine. The Crescent Moon is a little group of child-poems. The following is my favorite from this group: Baby's Wayl' IZ-abyinever knew how to cry. He dwelt in the land of perfect bliss. ' Though with the smile of his dear face he draws mother's yearning heart to him, yet his little cries over tiny troubles weave the double bond of sympathy and love. But Sadhana, or the Realization of Life, seems best to give Tagore's philosophy of life and his religion. It ic 12 SPECTATOR breathes of Hjoy, which is the product of the union of kin- dred things. Sadhana' reveals to us the true spiritual value of the Hindu religion. Our knowledge of the religious life of the Brahmins has come to us shrouded in conventions. For like Christianity, Brahminism has deteriorated in its practice, permitting conventional forms to take the place of spiritual force and truth. In Sadhana,' we perceive it stripped of all falsity-fin essence the same as Christ taught. Love is the ultimate meaning of everything around us. To live the life of goodness is to live the life of all. The spiritual atmosphere of Emerson's Over Soul leads us to believe that Emerson must have been familiar with the religion of Brahma. The Over Soul teaches that the realization of the soul is attained only through the ab- sence of all hate and bitterness from the heart,-through the harmony which comes from universal love. Tagore says that these sentiments have absorbed the thoughts of the Hindus to such a degree that a whole people in India have given up the eating of meat in order to cultivate a loving sympathy with all creatures. Peace, my heart, let the time for the parting be sweet. Let it not be a death, but completeness. Let love melt into memory and pain into songs. Let the flight through the sky end in the folding of the wings over the nest. 'fLet the last touch of your hands be gentle like the flower of the night. Stand still, O Beautiful End, for a moment, and say your last words in silence. I bow to you, and hold up my lamp to light you on your way. , From The Gardener. IK SPECTATOR 13 The Haunted Orchard June Rauch '17 EIT was an old, old orchard and noted for ghosts, for the people in that part of the country were very superstitious. One reason for these strange beliefs, came from the fact that the orchard was locatednext to a grave-yard and the white- washed trunks of the trees presented a spectral appearance. Besides this, every sensible young fellow left the apples in this orchard hanging just where they belonged for the farmer who owned it was very severe with trespassers and inclined to be Hgrouchyf' U But on one particular night at a late hour when all seemed to be quiet, two boys jumped quietly over the fence and stole as quietly through an open space toward a great old tree, which bore large choice sweet apples. Here each boy laid down a bag and started to work in earnest. The boys came from a nearby town, and they too, had heard how this orcharld was haunted, but, like all boys, scoffed at the idea. At length the younger boy broke the silence thus far maintained between the two. I I say Art, it does look rather spooky here, but I wager there was never a ghost within ten miles of this place. If there are any here they will surely come out to-night, for you know that piece about witches and hob-goblins on Hal- lowe'en night. If they come out, I am going to stay to see them. Ah shucks, Vtfal! I don't believe a word of the people's silly talk about this orchard, because it's so quiet in this place that you couldn't raise a racket within ten years. 'fSure it's not true, replied XVa1ter, but I said 'if. ' Had the boys realized what was going on within the farm house nearby, I think they would have hastened their departure. As the boys had gone into the orchard they had been spied upon by two merry young girls, who were looking for victims on whom they might play Hallowe'en pranks. These girls were now busily masquerading in sheets, for what reason, we will learn directly. They were Soon ar- 14 SPECTATOR rayed, and they started toward the orchard with rapid steps. The girls walked cautiously through the orchard to a tree adjacent to the one under which the boys were at work. They drew their sheets closely about them, and one of them uttered an uncanny groan. The boys started, but, thinking it was mere imagination and being ashamed of themselves, they said nothing. Another groan, louder and more hideous, followed the first. Say, Wal, did you hear that! ejaculated Arthur, rais- ing himself from the ground and anxiously scanning the orchard to learn from whence the sound came. Yes, and that isn't the first time either, confided Walter. I thought it was mere imagination, but I heard it the other time, too, I guess it's time to move, replied Arthur. Not If, said Walter, if there are any ghosts to be seen I am going to see it out, that's what I came for. , Well, I guess I'l1 stay too then, replied Arthur, but say, did you see some thing move behind that tree, Wal? Yes, 1et's investigate since you're so anxious to see spooksf' The boys started toward the tree, but only took a few steps before two ghostly, white forms appeared, heading straight for them. The boys didn't wait to investigate, but turned and started with all speed for the fence. Arthur reached the fence first and fell, rather than climbed over it, Walter fol- lowing closely. They never stopped to look back but hurried on toward town. If they had looked back, they would have seen, emerg- ing from the sheets, two young girls, screaming with laughter. Well, I guess they got enough investigating, don't you, Marie ? said Alice, addressing the younger of the two. I rather think so, replied Marie, and both girls started SPECTATOR 15 - for the house still laughing, and greatly satisfied with their success. The boys reached town in no time and had a wild story to tell of their experience. After that they always took a roundabout way, if they happened to be visiting in the vicin- ity of the orchard. Dogs and Dogs julia Short '16 SHE was very pretty and very evidently in distress. She stood at the railing of the bridge and wailed and wrung her hands. 'tOh! Oh! Little Bobby! He'll be drowned! Jimmy sped toward the railing, shedding his coat as he ran. Where? he demanded. There! she replied, pointing to a place directly be- neath where she stood. . jimmy leaped. When he recovered himself in the water he looked about for Bobby and saw him just as he came up for the last time. Jimmy hesitated for the fraction of a minute, then he grabbed Bobby by the collar and towed him ashore, where My Lady stood on the bank to receive them. jimmy 'threw Bobby at her feet and said, For the love of Socrates! sending me in after that! I thought it was a boy. If it had even been a real dog, I wouldn't have minded, but-ye gods! and he raised his eyes to heaven in profound disgust. My Lady paled and reddened by turns. She was angry, no-she was furious! Indeed! she said, at the same time attempting to give first aid to the half-drowned Pomeranian, Indeed! I want you to know he's the dearest dog alive. I was going to thank you, but now-I just can't! I'm sure I didnit ask you to rescue him. I'd have done it myself, but-but- Yes? queried Jimmy drily, I have a life size Rem- brandt of your getting over that rail in that- 'lBe still! You horrid thing. Don't speak another word ! Yes, but I- 16 SPECTATOR Be still ! Oh, I say-U Be still ! And with the dog in her arms she walked haughtily away. Well, I'1l-be-dawg-goned! jimmy remarked as he watched her hurried departure. Speaking of tempers,- and looks! S' funny, but I always did like girls with spirit. I wonder what would have happened had I refrained from making remarks? Well, Friend James, I'm inclined to be- lieve the honorable professor was correct when he intimated that you were a boneheadf' as 4: Pk The spectators had gone wild. Cheers, rooting, screams and yells rent the air. A crowd of shouting college boys were carrying a very dirty and badly battered bootball hero about the gridiron. Feminine spectators waved banners and shrieked till they were hoarse, for, the very dirty, badly battered football hero had, by a magnificent play, saved the day for his Alma Mater. A certain very pretty girl grasped her brother's arm and exclaimed, Oh Dick! wasn't he just wonderful! I never saw such football in my life! What is his name?,' ' His name,', said Dick, formally, is James Rantlandt Sangdon, Junior. He is a Senior and belongs to my fratern- ity. In fact, we are very intimate, very. No! Not Jimmy? Not the Jimmy you talk so much about? The same. I don't suppose you'd like to meet him? No, of course not! All right, I'll bring him around at the dance to-night. I don't think I'll be able to land him before that. zo: vs Pk James Rantlandt Sangdon, jr., leaned agaist the wall, idly watching the gay dancers as they hesitated to the strains of Isle de Amour. Dick, or to be more specific, Richard Francis Byrne, walked up to him and asked, Why aren't you dancing? SPECTATOR 17 Just came in. Jimmy replied. just then a certain pretty girl led by an intellectual-looking individual, danced by. jimmy started, Say, Dick, do you know that girl? he asked eagerly. I rather guess I do, answered Dick. She happens to be my sister Louise. Well, I'll-be-darned! Say, does she have a good mem- ory? Oh, nothing phenominal. Come around, I'll introduce you. They made their way through the crowd and came upon Louise as she stood laughing and chatting to two de- voted young men. Jimmy thought her quite the prettiest girl he had ever seen. As they were introduced, the girl gave Jimmy a startled look of recognition, then promtly be- came very cool. Jimmy, on the other hand, gave no sign of recognition. He acknowledged the introduction and said, I've pictured you in my mind's eye often. You see, Dick has spoken so much of you that I've been anxious to meet you. You have more than fulfilled my expectations. Which was very true, indeed. Louise looked at him quizzically. Had he really for- gotten her? He certainly had the most engaging smile. She hoped he wouldn't remember that detestable incident about the dog. At any rate, she would let it go at that, and so She did. About half an hour later, Miss Byrne and Mr. Sangdon were getting along famously. They were both splendid dancers and good talkers, and seemed to have much in com- mon. They were sitting out a dance and were discussing riding and horses. Yes, I am very fond of horses, Jimmy said. In fact, I like most animals including dogs and excepting cats. What sort of dogs P she asked quickly. Oh, every sort, from Great Danes and St. Bernards to French poodles and-Pomeraniansf' Pomeranians! exclaimed Louise, I detest them, that 18 SPECTATOR is-now, I know you remember that day. You- Which day? inquired Jimmy innocently. You know very well, and you're just making game of me. Iwon't- Now, see here, little girl, I certainly am not making game of you. VVouldn't for worlds! I think we should for- get that canine, but then, you see I can't because he was the cause of my first meeting you. Now- After a half hour's discussion, pro and con, everything was lovely as roses in June, not excluding Louise. By the Way, said Jimmy, where is Bobby now? Why, he's dead. Dead? Oh, that's too bad. Where'd you bury him? I'll have to visit his resting place at least. In the meantime, however- He did visit the resting place. The second time, about two years after the first, he stood looking thoughtfully at the small plot. Turning to certain pretty girl at his side he said, Poor Bobby! 'Requiescat in peacef Insigniiicant as he was, I can forgive him, for, was it not Bobby who brought about my first meeting with the very nicest person I know-my wife? A Trip on the Rhine Clifford C. Pinder ,16 AS the title indicates, this is a trip on the Rhine, famous in song and story. It was a sail of eight days. The points of interest are named in the order in which they were seen. Mayence is the greatest city of the grandduchy of Hessen, with about 110,000 inhabitants, and a first-class fort- ress. The city lies extended along the Rhine, which is here spanned by three very large bridges and a bridge of boats, and commanded by its lovely cathedral which was built be- tween the years 978 and 1009. Soon we lose sight of this town, and to our right we see the prettily situated town of SPECTATOR 19 Bielbrick, a town of 21,000 inhabitants and its Residenz- schloss, or royal castle, overlooking it from above. On the same side we pass Walluf, Rauenthal, Eltville, and Erbach, near the celebrated monastery Erbachg and there are several other pretty places, all celebrated for their wine of the favored district of Rheingau. We now approach Lei- senheimg the great island is the Fuldaer Au. In the back- ground scattered buildings come into view, crowing the cele- brated johannisburg with a castle of the same name. Its church is a stately structure with two towers of Gothic style. Next we see Rudesheim, the most popular place on the Rhine. The town lies nestled along the shore with its in- viting hotels and its vineyards as a background. From the Niederwald on its heights, we are greeted with Germania, The German National Monument. Opposite Rudesheim, on the left, lies the old and pictur- esqe town of Bingen, overtopped by the ruins of a castle. The chapel of St. Rochus can be seen peeping out from the mountains. After leaving Bingen, the ship passes the island with the Mauseturm ta castle which is connected with the legend of a faminej. To the right may be seen the Ruin Ehrenfels. The mountains here lie near each other and present a line view. VVe pass the village of Assmannshausen, from whence a cog wheel railway takes one to the Niederwald- Denkmal National Monument. On the left bank follows the picturesquely situated Burg Rheinstein, capped with the ruins of beautiful castles. Now follows the interesting Ruin Son- neck on the same side, high above Trechtlingshauseng this was formerly the stronghold of one of the boldest Robber Knights on the whole Rhine. Nothing remains now but the ruins of the castles overlooking the river. In the distance, on the left bank, the attention is drawn to the little town of Bacarach, which even to-day retains its wall fortifications. Here is also the picturesque ruin of the Wernerskirche, the prominent town of Peterskirche, and the highly situated ruins of the stronghold at Stalbeck. 20 SPECTATOR The many towered Pfalz rises into view, and the Trutzburg heaves itself out of the river and stands like a sentinel. To the right is the town of Kaub, with the statue of Bluecher erected in commemoration of the crossing of the Rhine by the Prussian and Russian armies in 1814, and com- manded by the castle forts on Burg Gutenfels. Now we arrive at the famous Lorelei, it is a mighty basaltic rock, 132 meters high, projecting from the river. It was about this rock that the well known song, The Lorelei, was written. Rounding the next corner, we obtain a view of 'the little town of St. Goashausen and its restored Burg Katz. The stronghold, Rheinfels, a beautiful spot on the Rhine, raises itself over St. Goar. It dates from the thirteenth cen- tury. From here one can see the ruins of the Mouse, a castle: also the monastery of Bornhofen with its romantic setting, for this is where hostile brothers of the Katz and Maus fought. To the left, the town of Boppard affords a pretty View with its church towers. Then the mighty Marksburg, the only one of the old strongholds not yet destroyed, appears. After passing several beautiful bends and vineyards, we come to Coblence. Coblence, situated at the junction of the Moselle and the Rhine, offers many objects of interest to the traveler, among which is the defiant stronghold Ehren- breitstein. The city is guarded by another fortress from the other side. Soldiers may be seen entering and leaving these strongholds at all times of the day. Near Sayn extensive ruins of strongholds are seen, as well as a beautiful castle, dating from 1850, containing many paintings and a rare collection of works of art. The mountains now dlose in upon the river which adds to the beauty of the scenery. To the left we pass the old village of Leutes with its solitary Pilgrim's Church, Holy Cross. After passing several beautiful stretches of coun- try and some unique villages, we come to the beautiful castle Rheineck. Here the mountains recede a bit, and at the foot of them, we see many little villages scattered along. SPECTATOR 21 Halfway up the slope we see peering out the little castle of Arenfels. The land flattens out on the right sideg and as we pass down the river, we see the chapel of Apolinaris high up on the hillside. Soon after leaving this place, the seven mountains show themselves for the first time during the trip. VVe now fol- low the mountains to the left, passing several villages and seeing many beautiful cuts. The ship here passes between the islands Grafen and Nonnenwerth. The town of Hinnef extends itself to the right with various smaller places, and before us rises the Seven Sisters. From Koenigsvvinter, the Rhine valley and its charming heights contain a great number of villages. To the right, Petersburg with its hotel on the top, projects itself till it almost reaches the Rhine. Then the green background of the vineyards show themselves and add to the grandeur of the Rhine with its many ruins. Bonn, the birthplace of Ludwig 'von Beethoven, is the seat of a university and a garrisoned town for infantry and cavalry. From Bonn, the Rhine enters a low plain and with the last of the mountains, strongholds, and vineyards, it loses its splendor. From this point we pass little of interest except the royal palace and farther on the harbor works of Cologne. Cologne, the most important city of the Rhine province, is situated on the left bank of the Rhine. Numbers of promi- nent structures of every age shpw the former greatness of this city. Cologne is noted for its beautiful cathedral, which can be seen from a great distance. It is also the city of expositions and one that offers many pleasures. Here, the beautiful part of the Rhine ends, and as we leave Cologne, we see plains on each side. Here also is the German aviation held. VVe sail on until we are stopped by the Dutch customs officers. After leaving here, we pass quaint Dutch villages and see the flat land of windmills, clogg foot-wear, and draw bridges. 22 SPECTATOR The manner of dress of these people is pretty and clean. We sail on until we strike Rotterdam with its large harbor and canals. Here the trip comes to an end, and one can feel that he has spent a profitable eight days in seeing most beautiful scenery and studying the customs of a strange peo- ple. Ha11oWe'en Nan Haynes '15 I-Iallowe'en comes in the solemn season of the year When the trees of many shades, scarlet, yellow, brown appear, When the bright orange pumpkins 'neath the many corn- stalks lie, And phantoms in the cool night air go rushing madly by, When the pale October moon falls softly on the leaves, And the wind sweeps past them with a melancholy breeze, When the many ghastly spirits hover all around, Then we know it's Hallowe'en by every sight and sound. A Gir1's Revenge Elizabeth Sauers '16 EORGE Washington Worthington was a bright young assistant postmaster in one of the western towns in Missouri. Unfortunately he possessed the idea that he was born to become a traveler. He carefully studied celebrated and distant places which he thought he would like to visit, and then he wondered how he might obtain the necessary funds for traveling ex- penses. It would cost him more than he could save by the strictest economy in several years. He was impatient, but de- termined, and so one evening after the postmaster had locked the safe and gone home, he returned to the office, unlocked the safe, helped himself to the contents composed of stamps, registered letters, and a large roll of bills belonging to the SPECTATOR 23 postmaster's wife. He locked the safe and then started on his four. One week later, he sailed from San Francisco on the Shellsea bound for Sydney. Of course the postmaster did not go to Sydney. The expenses of such a journey would have exceeded his loss, but instead he went to Iowa to Worthington's sweetheart whom the young man had heart- lessly left behind. He asked her what her plans were. She was very angry and wished for revenge. She said she would like to play detective and bring him back to justice. That was the very decision the postmaster had hoped for. In a few days she received a letter from him, which he had written just before leaving San Francisco. He said he would write again as soon as he reached Australia. She sent this letter to the postmaster and also a copy of her reply. This continued for more than a year, till finally he located in Liverpool. His funds had now become exhausted and he was com- pelled to work in order to gain passage to America. He did not know where luck would next lead him. Ten days later the postmaster received a note from Miss l- saying that Worthington had sailed on the Ropes and would' arrive in New York about the 27th. When the Ropes reached her dock at pier 31, East River, the post- master was there looking for the traveler. Soon he saw the traveler coming down the ship's walk, and, as he was pass- ing by, the postmaster said in a friendly manner: Hello George, I have a ticket for you for Kansas City, when would you like to start? He smiled and answered, To-night. He did not understand why the postmaster knew of his arrival,'but he finally decided that one of the sailors was a detective in disguise. 24 SPECTATOR A Real Movie Virginia W. Lewis '15 66 OTHER, I want this room because I like it better than any of the others. Bob was choosing his room in the new home. The family had moved into a strange town and had selected a large old-fashioned frame house for their residence. Someone had'said that the house was always for rent, no one seemed to stay long in it. The Sidneys were delighted with the roomy old place. Rapid work had the house almost in order by the ,next eveinig, Bob worked diligently to help in his room. He was busy tacking up pictures when the maid said to his mother: Mrs, Sidney, here- is a large red-spot on the Hoor by the closet which I cannot get off. i Heh, jack, I've gotta idea for a movie called The Spot of Blood. Doesn't it look like one? Some room, isn't it ? Tired out, the family retired early. Bob and Jack, as they got ready for bed, boasted of the distinctive features of their rooms. Both were so sleepy that they soon dropped the argument. My, what a start! Bob's eyes opened with a pop, but his mother had not called because it was still night. The moon just showed her edge above the hill opposite. Darkness enveloped everything in the room. He turned to go back to sleep when something light in front of the window caught his eye. It seemed to move. Oh, what was it? The thing was white, and slowly crossed the room. Bob was stiff with fear-a robber, queer sort of a burglar to be dressed in a loose night-gown like that. Step, soundless step, noiselessly, deliberately, the form moved across the room. As if frozen the boy lay there, he could not stir. ' It paused at the foot of the bed. The room seemed lighter, but the figure was still shrouded in mist. Mechanic- ally that grey shape advanced slowly until it reached the closet. It paused. Half way round, slowly, deliberately it SPECTATOR 25 turned. A ghastly white finger seemed to point to the floor. Would it never leave? Who or what was it? That spot: Now he knew! Bob ceased to think: he was horror struck. Up, up, the finger raised until it pointed to the bed. A dry, hard rattle as of a throat gasping for breath echoed through the silent room. Terror had completely seized Bob. He tried to scream, but his throat was parched and no sound came. The stage of trembling had long since been passed, he could not move. But thank fortune the thing was moving away. Bob's breath began to come back. Suddenly again he saw the gleam of that white robe. That inhuman rattle sounded. Thump, Bob's feet hit the Hoor. He almost Hew down the hall. A rustle as of a garment sounded behind him. He grew weak. But he reached the door of 'lack's room and with a bound he was into the bed beside him. Shivers and chills shook him. The rest of the night he lay awake in dreadful fear of seeing that apparition again. He Lost His Head Garrison Price '15 Jjonce had an uncle, Howard Andrews was his nameg but we called him Harry. He was a great hunterg he had been in the Rockies and captured bears and Mountain goats, to say nothing of smaller game. He had been in Canada and captured deer and moose. He was the proud possessor of the largest moose head and bear skin of the Ralston Sportsmen Club of VVashington, D. C., of which he was zz member. He had climbed dangerous passes for mountain lions. He had waited in lonely malaria-breeding swamps for panther. Never in all his experience had he ever lost his head, and it was his boast that no game, however large or small, could make him lose it. Strange to say, in all his hunting he had never shot a wild turkey. 26 SPECTATOR At this time, 1894, we were living in Virginia, and father invited Harry to come down, offering wild turkey as an inducement. It required no second invitation. He ar- rived a week later, bringing with him all his beautiful and expensive guns, his game bags, his hunting clothes, in fact his whole outfit. The next morning Harry, father, and I started out for wild turkey. We walked about thirty miles over the moun- tains, but all we'could manage to scare up were pheasants and rabbits. These gave Harry a chance to prove his marks- manship, and a prettier shot I have never seen. The next day we had the same ill-luck, and the next, and the next. Harry then gave up and hired a native guide who had shot a few turkeys that season. He and Harry spent the re- mainder of the two weeks he was with us tramping over the mountains, but without success. Of course he was greatly disappointed, and the night before he left he told father he did not believe such a thing as a wild turkey ever existed in the state of Virginia. The next morning he piled his outht into the buggyg and we started for the station, which was about two miles distant. We had driven hardly a mile before, out of the woods at the side of the road, walked the most beautiful turkey gobbler I have ever seen. He turned and looked at us and then walked serenely on down the road. Harry made one lunge for a gun, went headlong out of the buggy, and started to put his gun together. But the turkey had accomplished the heretofore impossible. Harry had such a case of buck feveri' he couldn't get his gun together. The turkey, in the meantime, had walked on down the road about a hundred feet and then had turned off into the woods once more. Harry had lost his head-and the turkey. ++ 'X'k9f ss ++fw,l,i,bk SPECTATOR 27 A Narrow Escape Marguerite E. Robb '18 ' LACKVILLE was a little town of about four thousand 'M inhabitants. The town inrluded very few buildings, among the largest being the inn, the bank, and the railroad station. The homes of the people with a few stores and shops made up the rest of the town. , Mr. Robert Dell was squire of the town and also night telegraph operator at the station. He was a man of high standing, very well known and liked by all who knew him. He had the responsibility of flagging the night trains and get- ting all messages that came over the wires. - One evening as the time drew near to go to the station, Mr. Dell was taken seriously ill and was unable to go to his keyboard. He fully realized that calls would be coming over the wire that must be answered. He could not think of anyone whom he could put at the board who could be fully trusted with the money of the company, and the many calls that must be taken. Mr. Robert Dell had a daughter. Betty, who seemed to be his whole life and light. Betty had just returned from college, where she had been taking a course in art. She was in her eighteenth year, although she seemed much younger. Betty could not see through the statement that her father must go to the keyboard, but as the fact became vivid in her mind that someone had to go,'she determined to take her father's place at the keys. Her father at first would not hear of itg but sitting by his bedside, Betty teased and taunted that she might go, Although a stern man, her father always had a weakness toward his daughter which he could not overcome. So Betty soon secured her father's consent, and after bidding her parents good night, she started for the station. On several occasions she turned around with the idea that someone was behind her, but could see no one. This 28 SPECTATOR did seem unnatural, and Betty decided that nothing should make her lose courage to-night. She arrived at the little station and was soon hard at work. As she worked, several times she imagined she heard sounds outside, but tried not to think of them. Suddenly she heard men's voices, and the next minute she was in utter darkness. She could barely see in the dark room the figures of two men. One of the men stepped for- ward and spoke. Do not'be frightened, young lady, he said, for we will not harm you if you do as we say. All we want you to do is to open the safe, and we will do the rest, but if you refuse to do so, we will soon get you out of the way, and then go ahead with what we have come to do. You may make your choice, but do it quickly, or you'll get the con- sequences. All this happened while poor Betty was at a loss to know what to do or say. Everything was done so suddenly that she almost thought it was a dream. Thinking of her dear father at home, she determined not to betray him if it cost her life. She decided to act calmly and coolly. Don you gentlemen think for an instant that I would betray my dear father for the sake of you who are thieves and murderers? No, not even for my life would I betray my father! Then do I understand that you have given us your answer? inquired one man. VVondering what to do, she suddenly saw lying on the desk what in the dark room reminded her of a revolver, but really was only a pair of scissors. Knowing by this time that the men had no revolvers, she thought she might take a chance, and lifting the make-believe revolver, she addressed the men. p HI will now give you my answer, hands up or Illl shoot! Not daring to turn on the lights lest the men should see that she really did not hold a revolver, she moved toward the telephone, still holding the men under cover of the make- SPECTATOR 29 believe revolver, and phoned for help, which came almost immediately. . Jack Neary, a very dear friend of Betty's, was one of the first to her aid. The lights were then turned on and the very useful pail of scissors were shown to the astonished robbers, who were struck in amazement, at the idea of being held up by a young girl armed with a pair of scissors. ' Betty's rescuers then took care of the would-be robbers, while Jack took Betty home to her parents, who were over- joyed when they had heard the story. Betty's father thought it a very heroic deed and praised his daughter again and again for her bravery. As Jack and Betty stood before the blazing fireplace, the squire inquired, VVell, Betty child, what shall I give you for this heroic deed?,' 'WVe1l, Dad, Betty answered laughingly, Usince you want to grant me something for my bravery, why grant Jack and me a marriage license and we shall be happy-bold defend- ers of those who would rob us of our happiness. His Letter Won Kenneth Richardson '16 BACK Harvey was a young man whose ambitions had not yet been satisfied at the school which he attended. This was to win his foot-ball letter from the Cawsley Preparatory School. He had a rival who was much heavier, if not quite so fast, who. could hold the position at full-back with ease. Leonard Pindue was his rival. There was one more letter game to be played, it was with Cawsley's rival school Harlison. Harlison had a pow- erful team this year that had not yet been defeated. She had ten letter men on her squad, while Cawsley only had four. Pindue was down in one of his subjects. He could not 30 SPECTATOR play unless his trigonometry was made up, and he didn't know enough about it to make it up. This was Harvey's chance to make his letter. Well, Pindue, said Coach Lutton to him, I guess you canit play Saturdayf' I am awfully sorry, but it couldn't be helped, returned Pindue. I am goingto ask young Harvey to tutor you, said Lutton. There is no use, replied Pindue, he wants to earn his letter, and I don't blame him. That evening as the men were in the dressing-room Pindue gave Harvey his uniform and said, You go ahead and make good this week, and beat those Harlison fellows. You have the speed and endurance. As Harvey was leaving the dressing-room Coach Lutton came up and said, Harvey, you are a good mathematician, won't you tutor Pindue so he can play Saturday and assure us of success? I know you want to earn your letter, and I would like to see you earn it, but think of your school be- fore yourself. Harvey absolutely refused, but the coach told him to think about it. That night he did think about it and de- cided to help Pindue. He coached him for two days, and at the end of that time Pindue passed his review. Everyone congratulated and thanked Harvey, but that did not get him his letter. When Saturday came it was plain to be seen by Harli- son's playing that it was a fine team. Cawsley played hard and managed to hold them till the thirdhquarted when Harli- son kicked a field goal. When there were but five minutes to play, after a hard tackle, Pindue lay stretched out on the ground. It was found that his collar-bone was broken. At last Harvey was placed at full-back. What was that? 2-4-7-ll, that was his signal. He made a successful plunge, fell to his knees, was up again and going at full speed. The quarter-back dived at SPECTATOR 31 his legs, he shoved him aside and was free. Over the line he went for a touchdown. Then the whistle blew and the game was over. How happy he was when he heard a yell with his name attached to it. And last but not least, he had won his letter. A Daughters Strategy Gussie Gottdiener '15 HE girl sitting in the law offices of Earle Barrington was I in deep thought. Her eyes had a far-away puzzled look The past few weeks her thoughts had been occupied with the fact that when she tried to broach the subject of her father, her mother's face bore a pained and miserable ex-- pression. VVhat was this mystery, she questioned herself. Why did she not have a father like other girls? If she only had some knowledge of him, it would be a little more satis- factory, for she knew he was not dead. VVhat, then, was the trouble? She could not understand. Claire Miller was nineteen, and considered very pretty. She was the sole support of her mother and two younger sisters. It was very difficult to make ends meet. Her girlish heart craved the pretty things to be seen in the shop windows, but she knew that such things were not for her. Suddenly her face beamed determinedly, she would demand an explan- ation from her mother. She would solve the mystery of her mother's sad face and tear dimmed eyes. As it was after closing time, she placed the cover on the typewriter and reached for her hat. just then, Earle Barrington stepped into the room from his private office. Still here Miss Miller, he exclaimed, Well you certainly are a thrifty worker. His look, as it rested on her, bespoke frank admiration. A bright color stole over the girl's cheek as she lowered her eyes. Oh, I had a few more letters to write, but I do not mind an hour more or less. She put on her hat, and with a smile, she passed out. 32 SPECTATOR Earle Barrington was a tall, fine looking man of twenty- six. He was a shrewd, as well as an honest lawyer. At present his face had a tender expression, for he was think- ing of the time two years ago, when Claire had come in answer to his advertisement for a stenographer. He remem- bered how anxious she seemed when she beheld the numer- ous applicants. It was on account of her worried and al- most appealing look, that he decided to try her. Since then she had been a faithful and industrious worker. She was rather proud for one in her position, he mused, but he ad- mired her immensely. With a shrug, he turned off the lights murmuring to himself, Time will tell. Meanwhile Claire reached home, ate her frugal supper, and helped her mother to clear the table. The two younger children having gone to bed, Claire decided that now was the time to question her mother. Mother, she said, I want to speak to you, please promise not to be cross or put me off. I must know at once about father. Immediately that pained expression stole over Mrs. Mil- ler's face. She surmised to what Claire referred. In spite of the painful expression, Claire hardened her heart for a moment, insisting. I want to know, mother, where my father is. and why we have no one to protect us as other girls have. I am old enough and have a right to know where he is, also what has happened between you, she concluded vehemently. Mrs. Miller remained silent for a few minutes regarding her daughter with a tender, but sorrowful gaze. My dear little girl, she began, HI cannot tell you much, however, what I know, I will tell you. Your father had one great fault, and that was gambling. I pleaded and begged him to discontinue but all in vain. Possibly I too was at fault. I was young and did not quite understand him, and was not duly sympathetic. I can realize this now, but then I could not. When you were Five years of age, he disappeared, and has not been heard from since. No trace of him has bee11 found in all these years. That is all I can tell you, dearf, O sPEcTAToR as Claire listened with deep interest. When her mother ceased speaking, she asked if there was a photo of him about. Yes, her mother had a photograph of him. W'hen Claire saw the picture, she gazed at it as though fascinated. She saw a handsome, but rather weak face, closely resemb- ling her own delicate features. She placed the picture in her bosom, kissing her mother an affectionate good-night, she went to her room. Three weeks later Claire was busily pounding the type- writer, thinking constantly of her father's strange disappear- ance. Suddenly the door opened, and in walked a well dress- ed, prosperous looking man. The girl glanced ,up and a startled look flashed from her eyes. She could barely answer when the man asked if Mr. Barrington were in. She glanced at the card, which he gave her to hand to Mr. Barrington, and read Henry Wilton, Banker and Broker. She gave the card to Mr. Barrington, and returned with the answer that Mr. Barrington would see him. As soon as the door of the private office closed behind him, she took out the picture and looked earnestly at it. The resemblance was remark- able. This photo was a younger type, but the image of the man in the next room. just then Mr. Wilton, having concluded his business with Mr. Barrington, came out. Wit-h a bow and smile to Claire, he passed out of the office. She drew her hand nervously across her eyes. Was it possible? She ridiculed the thonght, but still it lingered. Mr. Barrington had stepped into her room. She im- mediately determined to relate her story to him and ask him for his advice. He listened to her attentively, and looked at the picture, which she handed to him. He, too, could see a likeness between the picture and the man who had just talked with him. Mr. Barrington promised to aid her in every possible way to find out about the past of this man. All he knew of him at present was that he claimed to be unmarried, also that he was a successful business man. Claire was greatly cheered at her employer's encouraging words, and holding out her hand she tried to thank him. 34 SPECTATOR He took her hand, patted it lightly, and left the room. One week later, Mr. Barrington came into the office with good news for Claire. He had discovered that there was a story of Mr. Wilton's having deserted his wife and children about fourteen years before. He advised Claire to speak to Mr. Wilton, and confront him with the truth, when he came again. Two days later Mr. Wilton came into the office. Claire felt her very knees shaking, but, taking courage, she smiled, and looked directly at him. Mr. Wilton looked at er ad- miringly, thinking what a pretty girl she was. Then there came a vision to him. He saw his wife and children as he had left them many years ago, when he was but a weakling. This must be the sort of girl his eldest daughter was, if she were living. She must be about Claire's age, he mused. But he drove the troublesome memories from his mind, and asked for Barrington. Noticing his far-away gaze, Claire had, in the meantime, drawn the picture from her purse. She now handed it to him. He looked at the girl, then at the picture in his hand, and with a cry dropped into a nearby chair. Where did you get this, he demanded hoarsely. Then Claire knew her surmise had, indeed, been correct. She told her story, anger blazing in her eyes as she de- scribed the poverty in which they lived, and the struggle they had all these years to make ends meet, while he had been living comfortably. Mr. Wilton's head sank on his breast in shame. The door opened and Mr. Barrington came in. When he heard Claire's excited words, he im- mediately understood the situation, and added his own opin- ion to that of Claire's. When he concluded, Mr. Wilton stood up, and tried to explain how for the last few years remorse had seized him. He had tried to trace them, but to no avail. He begged Claire to take him to her mother. At last she agreed to do so, as she knew it would be certain to bring joy to the mother. Mr. Barrington asked permis- sion to accompany them, and the three left the oiiice to- gether. When they reached Claire's home, she went in SPECTATOR 35 alone. She told her mother she had a surprise for her and asked her to step into the next room. In the meantime she had beckoned the two men to come in. When her mother faced Mr. Miller, as we will now call him, she swooned, for the happy relief was too much for her. When conscious- ness returned, she called, Henry, and without a word of reproach glided into his open arms. W'e will draw the curtain over the scene which followed. Suffice to say that happy tears shone in her eyes when they finally emerged from the room. In the meantime, Barrington had made good use of the time. He drew Claire to him, and told her he loved her and asked her to become his wife. Her answer came muffled from his coat sleeve, so we can surmise what that answer was. , M ' , 0 as Ox X A ay 'ff ' Q N 4 rg M SPECTATOR 'Bib Teacher Has a Pick on Me john L. Schroy From Home Authors of Pennsylvania All trouble that is hanging round comes finally my way- She She She She She She The The teacher has a pick on me. keeps me in at recess and denies me all my play, . Because she has a pick on me. makes me do my misspelled words a hundred times or more, makes me do my tables till my finger points are sore, Because she has a'pick on me. makes me pay sometime off for notes that I forget, The teacher has a pick on me. tells my mother when she sees me smoke a cigarette. Because she has a pick on me. makes me study lessons that I say I know by heart- reason I can't say them is, I can't think how they start- When I kick jim beneath the seat the teacher takes Jim's part, The She Because she has a pick on me. , very smallest thing I do, she manages to see- The teacher has a pick on me. knows that I am talking when her back is turned to me, Because she has a pick on me. One day I didn't feel like work and talked back at her fine, She wrote a little note to Dad that he was asked to sign, He licked me like the mischief said, You've got to toe the line. And now Dad's got a pick on me. SPECTATOR 37 Ellie High Svrhnnl Svpvriainr JOHNSTOWN, PA., NOVEMBER, 1914. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 750. PER COPY, 10 CENTS Ehitnrial anh Euainrza Staff Editor in Chief, MARY E. COVER, 1915. Associate Editor Business Manager EVERETT WETHERBEE, '15 RALPH COLEMAN, '15 w1ti'?1i'EEg?q5fSE'5i '15 ASS0ggg'f5,E1?.,u5g'35fS1Y1fgagef Society Editors , , ' BEATRICE COURTNEY, '15 Advertlsmg Manager GERALDINE MARTIN, '15 HARRY ROSE, '15 School News Agsgciates SANFORD CABLE, '15 LEE BENFORDY '15 Current Events EARL COOK, '15 VIRGINIA LEWIS, 15 CLYDE DUNMEYER' '15 Athletic Editor LLQYD BRYAN' '16 MAURICE PEARMAN, '15 PAUL LAVELLE, '16 Alumni Editor ROBERT HORNER, '16 MISS BRIXNER, '04 cl R t , Aft Editor KENNEISH 1?fgiianR?1gsiifI '16 CYRIL SMITH' '15 PHILIP WALTERS '17, Joke Editors ' ROBERT RUTLEDGE, '15 ALLEN GEIST, '15 The Spectator is published monthly during the school term, Address all communications to The Spectator, High School Building, J ohnstown, Pa. Entered at the Postoifice: J ohnstown, Pa., as second-class mail matter. In order to insure publication in the current issue, MSS. must be handed to the editor not later than the 10th of each month. Editorial Of course, we do not beleive in in fairies, even if Hallovve'en is in OPPORTUNITIES session, but nevertheless, there are op- FOR BOYS portunities for young men in South IN SOUTH America which are almost magical. AMERICA These treasures do not come without without hunting difficulties, however, any more than Syltyle and Mytyl found the blue-bird for it. But for the thrifty, industrious boy, 38 SPECTATOR advantages lie before him in the land of our southern neigh- bors. The United States has just recently begun to realize our opportunities in South America, but England, Germany, and France have been awake to them for sometime: so awake that they have introduced all kinds of manufactured articles which the people need, and in return have secured access to the unbounded natural resources of the country. A few of the progressive firms of the United States have seen the advantage of the South American tradeg but they have been hindered from action by the lack of American bank in these countries. However, by the new banking law, any national banking asociation possessing a capital and sur-- plus of 31,000,000 or more may apply to the Federal Reserve Board for authority to establish branches in foreign countries. But still the most necessary condition is lacking, young men. Because all the foreign powers are now busy at home with this great war, the time is ripe for the United States to take up the trade which'these countries had to drop. Although conditions are perfect for our trade, the draw- back lies with us, we have not trained young men to take up the work. Not everyone will do. There are several qual- ifications which the men must have if they are to be suc- cessful. First of all they must be willing to make South America their home, they must be willing to cultivate the South Amer- ican's friendship, his customs, and his business methods. To do this, he must be able to speak Spanish and Portu- guese fiuentlyg he must know the history of this great coun- try, and the economic problems which have grown up, so that he may be tactful and sympathetic in business dealings. A successful North American agent does not necessarily mean a successful South American agent. The experience of a talented Chicago salesman illustrates this fact. The agent, who was selected because of his excellent SPECTATOR 39 record as a salesman, spent a little time in studying Spanish, then went to South America. His business-like manner, such a delight to his employer, was utterly lost upon his new customers who were rather insulted. His attempts at eloquent phrases in broken Spanish were ludicrous. To cul- tivate greater interest he decided to have cards printed ad- vertising his line of goods. An old resident advised him to copy the style of a native business man's cards which had pleased the customers. After reading it the agent said, It is so polite that I cannot tell whether the advertiser is pro- posing to the customer's daughter or whether he expects to borrow money soon. This man's knowledge of his goods was thorough, but he did not know the South American. He Hnally gave up the Held, explaining that only young men who could afford to take time in building up 'a trade were fltted for the posi- tion. To become a successful foreign salesman, it is necessary to have some training before leaving home. There are courses in the curriculum of many colleges which aim to H1 men for foreign trade. At these schools boys are usually surprised to learn that Buenos Aires is larger than Phila- delphia, that Argentina has had a splendid electoral reform, that mail to Brazil must be written in Portuguese while that to Buenos Aires must be in Spanish. Another condition which is advantageous is the opening of the Panama Canal. Every boat that sails through the canal will contain many foreign immigrants, ready to work for low wages. , With the advent of the agent and the laborer comes an urgent call for the doctor, the nurse, the teacher, the news- paper man, the lawyer, the mechanic, and men from every other occupation. Men who are willing to make the build- ing up of South America their life work and in return to receive the abundant of wealth and health which South America has in store for them. 40 SPECTATOR VVith the addition of new' facilities to the High School Building should some the THE HIGH greater usefulness of the building to the SCHOOL AS students and to the community. A SOCIAL, Over thirty cities in the United States CENTER have found that the school is of greatest service when it is used not only during the day for classes but during the evenings for social centers. Last year, the night schools on three evenings a week were a step forward. VVhy not take another step and have the building open to the public every evening? Why not use other school buildings on every evening? The new gymnasium at High School would be a delight to the children, their older brothers and sisters, and even their parents. Lectures, concerts and musicals could be conveni- ently conducted in the auditorium. The library would be a store room of wealth to book-lovers. Class rooms could be used for story-telling hours, paper doll shows, sewing classes, and other enjoyable employments. Such race tracks as those halls would make! The High School would feel that it was becoming tremendously popular in its old age. Now let us consider the practibility of using the school for evening recreation. Many difficulties may arise, but other cities have met them successfully and so canjohnstown. First of all, the school is now idle a great part of the day. What is the use of building amusement halls, which we may have to do eventually, when we can use the school building? The hours for recreation are very different from the hours for study. Few people have time for recreation before the late afternoon or evening, when the schools are empty. There would be no conflict here. Sometimes the school board has been unsympathetic. Many cities have found it very profitable to put the school board on the recreation commission board. It has been found that all plans have been more successfully carried through when the school board was willing to cooperate. However, in Johnstown, this fear is more imaginary than real as the SPECTATOR 41 institution of night schools showed our school board's ap- proval of the use of the school during the evening. But it may be the teachers and principals who object. Here is what one teacher says who has had experience, We teachers have seen so clearly the value of the work that We have undergone a complete change of heart. Although three or four years ago we were hostile to the idea, you may now expect our cheerful and hearty cooperation. Are the teach- ers in Johnstown different from the teachers in New York, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and other large cities? The janitor is sometimes the hardest of all people to deal with, and he has reasons for his objections. No janitor who takes charge of a building during the day should be expected to take charge in the evening without extra help or pay. A janitor should be provided to make the rooms comfortable for the evening and to clean up before the morn- ing classes. An objection may be raised because of the danger from infection caused by the use of the building by all classes. Children meet all classes of people every day in the stores, in the street cars, in the theatres, and if rooms are properly ventilated and cleaned, no harm will result. If we consider a school a place for the mental develop- ment of the child only, we can find many objections to its further use, but if we consider it an institution for the social and spiritual, as well as the mental development of every class, where are our objections? 4 I 42 SPECTATOR Ufilumni AIM of the Alumni Association of the Johnstown High School: l. To cultivate a feeling of closer fellowship among the graduates of the Johnstown High School. 2. To advance the cause of secondary education and to encourage the work of self-culture of those whose school days are over. Inasmuch as the Alumni Association of the Johnstown High School aims to be a body in our city, which stands for close fellowship among the students of Johnstown, and also for the best in secondary education, it is offering to the public this year a program consisting of both light and serious entertainment of a high-class nature. The Alumni Association has been approached a number of times not only by Alumni but also by people who are not in the Association, to give a course of entertainment to the townspeople. Therefore the association in presenting a lec- ture-course is both trying to attain its purpose and endeav- oring to give the people high-class amusement. The Asso- ciation is now hoping for the patronage of all members as well as that of citizens at large. The High School students in whose hands the Alumni have placed the sale of the tickets for a specified time, have met with much success. A committee, however, composed of Alumni chosen from different classes has now taken charge of the sale, and judging by the enthusiasm shown by the As- sociation, every entertainment ought to be very well at- tended. The Girls' Bible Class of the High School has decided to reorganize into a High School Club. This club will be af- filiated with the Young Women's Christian Association, and also with the World's Student Christian Federation. Its constitution will be founded on that suggested by the Na- tional Board of the Young Women's Christian Association. According to the suggested constitution, the membership x SPECTATOR ' 43 of this club shall be divided into three groups: annual, alum- nae, and honorary. The alumnae membership shall be composed of five per- sons who shall act as a sub-committee of the student com- mittee of the city Association, together with the president of the student club. The alumnae membership shall be selected in accordance with the constitution of the city Association, and shall be chosen from the recent college or high school graduates resident in the town. The responsibility of the alumnae members shall be the general supervision and the ultimate control of all the activities and finances of the stu- dent club, and the preparing and forwarding of an annual report upon request to the national headquarters of the As- sociation. They may also serve as group advisors, keeping in personal touch with the annual membership. The alumnae membership shall hold regular monthly meetings to hear reports from the officers of the club and to make such suggestions and take such actions as they see lit, keeping full record thereof. News from the Classes '85-Dr. Bertha T. Caldwell is a probation officer for the city. '88-Miss Emma Tredennick is a training teacher in the Johnstown Public Schools. '93-Miss Myrtle lfVaugh has resigned her position as teacher in the Public Schools to study in the National Train- ing School for Secretaries of the Young XVoman's Christian Association, in New York City. '95-Miss E. Grace Stewart is teaching in a private school in New York City. '96-Miss Kate Baumer is Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Young Woman's Christian Association of Johnstown. ,OO-Merrill Baker has always been an active Alumnus of the High School and an ardent supporter of High School athletics. He is a prominent members of the Sales Depart- 44 ' SPECTATOR ment of the Cambria Steel Company, which is about to be moved to Philadelphia. '0lMiss Elsie D. Canan is Assistant Teacher in the Biological science Department in the High School, and a member of the Students' Committee of the Young Woman's Christian Association of Johnstown. '04-Miss Florence Berkey is a teacher of Music in the Pittsburg 'Public School. '05-Miss Ethel Pinder is a very successful trained nurse in Philadelphia. '07-Webster Saylor is Teacher of Mathematics in the Greensburg High School. He is also the very successful Coach of the High School foot ball team. '08-Miss Mildred Adams ex-'08 was married recently to David Crouse of Johnstown. Mr. and Mrs. Crouse are making their home in Moxham, this city. '08-Carl Zipf has entered the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. '09-Miss Marguerite Hinchman is Domestic Science Teacher in the High School. '09-Ralph De Frehn died during the recent summer after a prolonged illness. ,IO-Miss Elizabeth Jones has been accompanist for the last few weeks for the High School music classes. '10-Miss Margaret VValters is a successful violinist in this city. 'lOAlbert Walters is Business Manager of The Pictorial Review at Princeton Universityg he is also secretary of the English Dramatic Club and Treasurer of the Tower Club at Princeton. ,l0-Frank Scharmann is Interne ati the West Penn Hospital, Pittsburg. 'll-Miss Ira Mattingly was married in September to John Hudson of Bedford. '12-Miss Martha Harshberger is secretary to Charles Meyers, secretary of the Johnstown School Board. SPECTATOR 45 '12-Edwin Kistler was recently married to Miss Edna Reynolds of Moxham. '13-Harry Rodgers has received an appointment to An- napolis. He left for the Naval Academy in September. '13-Miss Mary Glenn was chosen for the Glee Club at Bryn Mawr College. '14-Miss Mary Evans has been elected cheer-leader of the Freshman Class, and was chosen a member of the College choir at Wilson College. 'l4+Miss Ethel Tomb has won a place in The Merry jestersf' a dramatic club at Sweetbriar College, Virginia. If any Alumnus has any news regarding members of his own class or any other class, the Alumni Editor of The Spectator would greatly appreciate it, if such news were sent to her. Address-Alumni Editor, The Spectator, Johnstown High School. gs Current Events 'Tis education forms common mindg Just as the twig is bent. the tree inclines. HE State of Kansas has a court without lawyers. This I has been almost unknown since the ancient Roman law courts. Claims up to twenty dollars are settled by this small debtor's court in an informal but strictly legal manner. There have been claims as low as twenty cents handled here. To the man who works hard for small wages it means a good bit to be defrauded by a dishonest employer. A small sum collected often means as much to him as for a prosperous man to recover thousands. The court in Topeka in one year handled 378 cases which amounted to little more than S2,000. When the debtor is poor, what he owes may often be paid in installments. This court eliminates dead-beats because it 46 sPEcTAToR will collect very small sums which formerly were not worth going to court about because of the fees. Judge Kemper serves without pay and neither side is permitted to have lawyers. They have under consideration whether they should raise the maximum to fifty dollars. During August, 1914, only 28,114 immigrants arrived in New York as compared with 104,727 last year. Twenty-five years ago Rabbi Berlin with his young son Irving came to America from Russia. They lived in an East Side tenement in New York. Irving, when young, was taught by his father to sing a little. As a small boy, he sang some in a cheap cafe in Chinatown. NVhen he was about fifteen, they gave him a salary to work as waiter and entertainer. Sports was the common point of interest in the cafe. Irving wrote a lyric on the defeat of the Italian runner Dorondo by the Indian Longboat. This was refused by a vaudeville actor, and by a publisher who, nevertheless, suggested that Berlin write the music to it himself. That was five years ago. Now he is the author of the most popular rag-time songs, among them. Everybody's Doin' It, That Mysterious Rag,', My Wife's Gone To the Country, Snookie Ookums, and others. His royalties have aggregated S250,000. In one year they exceeded S100,000. Strange to say, he knows nothing of the technic of music and can only play chords in F sharp on the piano. To write his songs, he hums them over and then finds the key on the piano. His secretary listens and takes them down. Last month the Rockefeller Foundation gave to the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor a fund of 320,000 for a NVidow's Pension Fund. This amount is enough to pension fifty families and also leave 31,200 for the salary and expenses of a visitor to administer to them. A The experiment of last year with forty-three families was so successful in improvement in health, efficiency, school work, and behavior that this pension is given on condition that it be administered on the same plane as the forty-three families. SPECTATOR 47 The conditions demand that a specihed list of familes be selected and reported to the Foundation. Pensions will be paid in weekly installments for not more than six months. If any families are removed, others cannot be substituted Without the express authorization of the Foundation. Fam- ilies must be known to the Association for six months before obtaining help. The Foundation requests that the coopera- tion of churches, relatives, and other agencies be gained, if possible. Only the difference between this income and the needs of the family are to be supplied by the Association. The 320,000 is the maximum and not the amount which they are under obligations to spend. Two snake infested countries, India and Brazil, maintain snake farms at which a scientific study of serpents is being pursued. The venom from the poisonous ones is extracted and made into a serum for curing persons who have been bitten. The Brazilian Institution near Sao Paulo costs 340,- 000 a year. It tries to spread knowledge and to induce the farmers not to kill the snakes indiscriminately. ET. 0 Ii?-T Q T the Chapel exercises on September 16, City Suptin- tendent of Schools, J. N. Adee, gave a very interesting talk. Mr. Adee spoke upon Opportunity', from Two Points of View. They were Q15 that it knocks once at every man's door and CZJ that it is also with us continually if wee watch for it. He urged that we use to advantage the few minutes during the day which all of us spend without any benefit resulting. 48 SPECTATOR i Principal Stockton has given the students some interest- ing facts concerning the enrollment and the attendance for the first month. The enrollment of the classes is as follows: Seniors ............................. 141 Juniors .... . . . 118 Sophomores ............V ............ 2 31 . Freshmen ........................... 486 The Freshmen class includes l0l students who began work at mid term last year. A The average attendance of the boys was 98 per cent and of the girls was 97 per cent. The number of boys per- fect in attendance was 260 and the girls numbered 383. A few tardy marks were recorded, but it is hoped that tardy marks can be practically eliminated. On October 6, the Junior class held a meeting and elected oliicers to,serve for the year, as follows: President, Alvin Reeseg Vice President, Edgar Matthewsg Secretary, Gertrude Phillipsg Treasurer, Arthur Zobel. Arrangements have been made whereby Dr. Charles E. Barker, former medical adviser of William H. Taft, will give his message of keep happy and healthy, to the students. At 8:40 Monday morning, October 12, the physician will speak upon 'tThe Relation of a Healthy Body to a Successful Career. The High School Girls' Bible Class has been reorganized for the year with the following officers: President, Beatrice Courtney, First Vice President, Lu Mellingerg Second Vice President, Nina Custerg Treasurer, Mildred Smith, Secretary, Mary Cover. They are now considering a Student Club which will be closely associated with the Y. W. C. A. The 205 members of the Class will study Miss Shoburn's Book. The Physiology classes are being instructed in practical First Aid work. The classes are conducted on Friday at 3:40 by Mr. Gomer Phillips. An organization to be known as a Student Counsel has been discussed for some time. Its purpose is to arrange all inter-class affairs, both social and athletic. Its member- SPECTATOR 49 ship will consist of six Seniors. the president, the athletic managers and two othersg four juniors, two Sophomoresg and one member from each of the Freshmen classes. The Seniors have acted favorably upon the proposed constitu- tion. Their members will be Maurice Pearman, Frank Jor- dan, Robert Rutledge, Cyril Smith, Mildred Smith, and the track manager who is yet to be elected. On October Sth at 3:40 we were given an exceptional opportunity to hear Mr. Norman Hackett who portrays so well, Tokeramo, in Phe Typhoon. Mr. Hackett spoke to us upon Shakespeare, His Plays, and Pure English. He deplored the grave mistake we are making by always look- ing for some new thing and forgetting the foundations of our literature. He urged us to correct our own mispro- nunciation of very common words. it Arhiliirlc c 3 5F .f1-if-i rousing athletic mass meeting was held in the Auditoriurn on Friday, October 9. The attendance Wasn't as large as expected, but what was lacking in numbers was amply made up by the enthusiasm of those present. Ludwig Tross, Secretary of the Athletic Association, conducted the election of a cheer leader. Cyril Smith was unanimously chosen. He at once appointed Leroy Cook, Mary Vlfeaver, and Gertrude Phillips as assistants. VVith the new cheer leaders in charge. the students practiced school songs and yells for the Uif-u- town High. School game. Talks were given by Mr. Steele and Mr. NVallize. They emphasized the value of good, enthusiastic rooting and urged the students to get more songs and yells. Similar meetings will be held throughout the athletic season, especially before our big games. Won't the students who were absent at the first meeting make special efforts to attend the remaining mass meetings? The football team has proven its worthg now it remains with the student body to encouarge the players with good, concerted rooting so that our victories may continue. Johnstown High, 743 Uniontown High, 0 The Uniontown High School proved to be a very easy opponent for our football team on October 10, J. H. S. mak- ing score after score until at the end of the game the total SPECTATOR 51 was 74-O. Although the teams were fairly evenly matched in weight, Uniontown was bewildered at Johnstown's rapid fire attack. Johnstown easily outclassed her opponents at every stage of the game. On the offensive playing the locals, with a few exceptions, worked like a machine. They successfully exe- cuted several forward passes for substantial gains, and many long end runs counted for touchdowns. On the defense our line was strong and held the visitors for downs time and again. Uniontown appeared to be'lost, both on their offen- sive and defensive play. They were unable to make any gains either by line plunging or trick plays, and they fumbled quite frequently. ' The big feature of the game was the wonderful kicking of Buckwalter, who kicked eight out of eleven goals from touchdowns. He also averaged approximately fifty yards on the kick-off. The long end runs by our team also were features, especially those by Korns, Rutledge, and Walters. Drew interrupted a forward pass and ran sixty yards for a touchdown. Full back Burd played the best game for Union- town. The line up: . J. H. S. U. H. S. Colbert.. . ....... .... R . E. .... ........... H azucope Springer R. T. Stone Pinder ..... . . . R. G. . . . . . Neiman Stroup ........ ..... C . .... .... B eatty Buchovetsky .... . . . L. G. . . . . .. VVhyld Buckwalter .... L. T. .. .... . Wyatt Custer ..... L. E. .. ....... .. Ryan Korns .. . . ..... Q. .... . . .. Rosenbaum Drew .... .... R . H. B. .. ...... Chuck Geist ........ ....... L . H. B. .... ............ . Junk Connors ................. F. B. ............ Burd QCapt.j Substitutions: Moser for Stone, Stone for Beatty, Brun- ner for Drew, Taylor for Pinder, Swank for Springer, Bowser for Custer, Rutledge for Korns, Wertz for Geist, Walters for 52 SPECTATOR Connors, Leiford for Wlalters, Stolle for Colbert, Mincer for Neimang Touchdowns: Geist, Korns 2, Colbert 2, Connors, Custer, Drew 2, Leiford, Vlfaltersg Goals from touchdowns: Buckwalter 8 of llg Officials: Referee-Raab, Dickinsong Umpire-Crouse, Timer-Sheeler, J. H. S.: Headlinesman- Mark,'.I. H. S. Johnstown H. S., 513 Derry H. S., 0 On Saturday. October 3, the 1914 footbal season was opened on the Point. The Derry High School team was our opponent and we had'no hard time in winning by 51-0. Our team was slightly heavier and better coached than the visitorsg who, nevertheless, afforded a good attraction for the first game. Practically all the candidates for the Varsity were given a chance to show their ability against a strange squad. Although they did very well, coach Vic Schmid is still busy improving on a few weak spots on the team. Because of the earliness of the season. both teams re- sorted mostly to line plunging and short end runs. Occas- ionly forward passes were executed successfully by our players, which netted nice gains. Other trick plays and formations can be expected later in the season. The game by quarters is as follows: First Quarter Derry High wo11 the toss and decided to defend the north goal. Ramsey 'kicked to Buckwalter on the twenty yard line, who carried the ball back ten yards before being tackled. On the first down Johnstown lost the ball on a fumble, but regained it when Derry fumbled. Our back field men made repeated first downsg and, in less than four minutes oi play, Geist crossed the goal line for the first touchdown of the season. Drew failed to kick the goal. Drew kicked off to Derry's ten yard-line. High held the visitors for downs, and, by a trick formation Drew ran thirty yards for a touchdown. Korns kicked the goal. After kicking off, J. H. S. held Derry for downs. On a line play Harry of D. H. S. was injured and taken from thc game. Connor's forward pass to Korns was good for a QPECTATOR 53 touchdown. Korns failed to kick it over the bar. No further scoring was done in this quarter. Score J. H. S. 19.-D. lil. S. 0. . Second Quarter Many substitutions were made by our team at the he- ginning of the second quarter. The scrubs showed up well and soon pushed Geist over the goal line for a touch- down. Derry kicked off to Murdock who carried the ball back twenty yards. Rutledge and Brunner made first down. but High was penalized five yards for being off-side. D. H. S. held for downs. They made repeated first downs and the quarter ended with the ball in johnstown's territory. Score J. H. S. 25.-D. H. S. 0. Third Quarter Korns kicked to Bryson on Derry's twenty-live yard line. The visitors fumbled. Geist and Korns gained twenty yards thru the line. Johnstown lost the ball on the five yard line by a fumble. Derry immediately punted, but Murdock ar-d Colbert successfully worked a forward pass, the latter scor- ing. Korns kicked the goal. Korns kicked off. Derry worked the forward pass for ,ten yards. Heacox and McKelvey made twenty yards around the ends. Murdock intercepted a forward pass.. Korns made a thirty-yard run around right end. Brunner and Murdock made substantial gains on line plunging. Walters scored a touchdown as the quarter ended. Score H. S. 39.-D. H. S. 0. Fourth Quarter Derry High kicked off. High School scored two touch- downs in this period by line plunging by Murdock and Brun- ner and end runs by Korns. Final score H. 51.-D. H. S. O. The line-up and summary. J. H. S. D. H. S. Colbert ...... .... L . E .... ......... D unn Springer . . . .... L. T. . . . . . Hendrickson 54 SPECTATOR Pinder ..... .... L . G .... .... I-I arvey Strouppe ..... .... C ..... .... R a msey Buchovetsky . . . .... R. G ..... . . Bennett Buckwalter .... .... R . T ..... ...... B ryson Custer ....... .... R . E ..... ....... Boldt Korns .... ...... Q ...... .... R . McKelvey Drew .. .... R. H ..... ..... N icholson Geist ..................... L. I-I ..... ...... H eacox Connors .......... . .......... C ......... . ........... Crum Subs.-Bowser for Colbert, Stolle for Buckwalter, Thom- as for Custer, Swank for Thomas, Brunner for Geist, VValters for Drew, Murdock for Connors, Rutledge for Korns, Tay- lor for Pinder, VVertz for Strouppe, Connelly for Harvey. Touchdowns-Geist 2, Drew, Colbert, Korns, Murdock, Brunner, Walters. Referee-Raab, Dickinson. Umpire-A. Crum, Derry. Timer-Crouse, Johnstown. Head Linesman -Connel. Time of quarters ten and twelve minutes. qflgassig HE Agassiz chapter rendered its first program of the 1 term on October 5th. Herbert Myers told us about tlze Smart Weed, relating the legend which says that the brown marking on each leaf was caused by the Virgin Mary's plac- ing her bleeding thumb upon the leaf. Virginia Lewis told our less fortunate members, who were not with us on the excursion, about the simple and natural charm of the plants at this time. Sanford Cable told about the Poison Ivy and remedies used for ivy poisoning. Miss Krebs has had a specimen of the Ivy labeled and placed in the children's reading room at the Cambria Library. By this means we hope to teach children to recognize this most common of the poisonous plants. This month's issue of The Guide to Nature, the of- ficial magazine, is very attractive. The department devoted to astronomy is especially worth reading. In it a new comet is mentioned, which it is believed will become visible to the SPECTATOR 55 naked eye, although its path remains so close to the ground. It will be a conspicuous and interesting object in a small telescope. The magazine is in the Library and in it you will find a plan depicting the path of the new comet, maps of the sky for October, and other material of value. Jottings of Science EIN the class of Advanced Chemistry, the work this month has been the preparation of Ba QOHDZ from Ba CO3 in the presence of charcoal. Other experiments to be performed for the month are: the preparation of boric acid from boraxg the preparation of alum from cryolite and the preparation of aluminum sulphide from galena. ' The Ba QOHJZ was prepared by heating Ba CO3 in the presence of charcoal and rosin in a gas furnace, resulting in the formation of BaO which was turned into the hydroxide by adding it to water and heating. The hydroxide was then crystallized out by cooling, and the crystals were collected and dried. The difficulty of performing the Ba QOHDZ experiment was greatly lessened owing to the fact that the electric motor and blower for the gas furnace has been fitted up for use. This year the first year boys' class had a very interesting experiment with the endiometer in connection with the comb- ing of gases. The most important subject studied this month in House- hold Chemistry was the Constituents of the Air. We dis- covered the most important were oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and argon. Some interesting experiments were per- formed, in which we prepared oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide. In the laboratory, oxygen was prepared by heating pot- assum chloride mixed with manganese dioxide Qa calaytic agentj. Many interesting things were then learned about oxygen. We found that oxygen is a tasteless, odorless, col- orless gas, slightly more dense than air. Oxygen comprises 56 SPECTATOR about one-fifth of the air. The chemical properties of oxygen were then examined. It was learned that ordinary burning is the combination of any substance with oxygen. Sub- stances, therefore, burn more readily in pure oxygen than in air. We plunged a glowing splinter into a bottle of oxygen, and it immediately took tire. We then heated some sulphur. It burned with a dim blue Hame in air, when placed in oxy- gen, it burned brilliantly. Nitrogen was obtained by heating gently a mixture of ammonium chloride and sodium nitrite. Nitrogen, we learn- ed, has many qualities which oppose those of oxygen. It does not easily combine with other substances, while oxygen combines readily. Many things are affected by the presence of nitrogen. Substances which burn readily in oxy- gen will not burn in the air because of the presence of nitro- gen. Carbon dioxide comes from many sources. It finds its way into the air by respiration, by the decay of vegetable matter, by combustion, by volcanic action, and by the escape of ground air. Carbon dioxide was prepared in the labora- tory by uniting hydrochloric acid with marble. It was learn- ed that carbon dioxide has only a slight taste and odor. When a piece of burning wood was placed in carbon dioxide, the flame was extinguished, showing that carbon dioxide will not support combustion. As a test for carbon dioxide, we mix some lime-water with the substance. If the substance becomes milky, this indicates the presence of carbon dioxide. About .0417 of the air is composed of carbon dioxide, but the percent is sometimes increased when the air becomes viti- ated. If more than .4-Z3 is present in the air, life is impos- sible. I Altogether, the study of the constituents of the air was most interesting and absorbing. an Pk 4: Professor Ramsey of England has found that the action of the cathode rays on hydrogen in a vacuum tube with alum- inum electrodes has been productive of argon. When selen- SPECTATOR 57 ium was used on the anode instead of sulphur, the gas kryp- ton was found instead of argon. These discoveries are not final. PF :sf if M. E. Boismenn, a Frenchman, employed in a carbide works, discovered the following method of making diamonds. It depended on the application of electrical energy to fused calcium carbide. The electrodes are carbon, 62 in diameter and are so arranged as to move in or out of the furnace after they are heated. They are gradually heated until they are 10 apart.. Lumps of calcium carbide are thrown in and the heating is continued for four or Five hours. An amperage of 700-800 is used and 23-24 volts. The diamonds are collected in a carbonaceous mass at the cathode. When removed, the mass is pushed into water and the sol- uble parts removed. Diamonds large enough to be cut and polished have been obtained from this process. Moissan's diamonds were of microscopic size. The process is patented. :af if Pk Eye can detect .0O0,000,000,000,l g. rhodamine in l mg. Nose can detect OO0,000,000,000,333 g. otto roses in 1 c. c. Spectroscope can detect .OO0,005 g. of N and .OO0,06 mg. of Dr. Electroscope can detect .000,000,000,l mg of Ra. PF PF Pk The various silks are known as Collodion, including the Chardonnit silksg the Cuprate, including the Paulyg the Vis- cose, including most of the American fabrics. The last is produced by the action of 182 SO4 on cel lulose. Pour l8z2 SO4 over the fabrics. Collodion-turns pale yellow in l hour. Cuprate-yellow immediately, darker on standing. Viscose-reddish brown at first, then rusty brown. It has been found that the red rays of the spectrum arc beneficial to milk, while the violet rays are harmful. Both fresh and sterilized milk spoil in sunlight, but unsterilized milk in red bottles will keep for ten hours. 58 SPECTATOR Elf 1 J N, 'ly 1 if Vlfhoever thinks a perfect piece to see, Thinks wha ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. -Pope. HE exchanges this month, although not very numerous, -Q-I showed the splendid spirit with which the new staffs have commenced work: to make this year the best ever! The cover of i'The XVorld, St. Paul, Minnesota, is most inviting, and instills the weirdness and witchiness of Hallowe'en. ln fact. all of the art work is especially good, and each department is headed by an attractive cut. The well-written article On Foot Through Glacier Parkl' is made additionally inviting by the kodak pictures. 'fThe VVorld has certainly started well, it is a pleasure to receive this paper. High School Argus, Harrisburg, l'a.-Your paper could be improved by eliminating some of the many hum- orous cuts, and by putting more artistic ones in their places. You are to be congratulated for your storiesg there is not a single one of the worn out boarding school or football hero type. 'iThe Q, Quincy, Illinois-You have a unique and orig- inal cover, quite in keeping with the spirit of the day. The literary department is good. In the story, A Genius Made and Marredf' the description of a youngster's first public SPECTATOR 59 appearance was cleverly written, and portrayed an experi- ence which most of us, at some time, have undergone. 'The Archive, Philadelphia, is a neat appearing mag- azine. A good grade of paper is used, and there is a liberal supply of cuts. In the story, In London Town, splendid bits of description are found. The Spectator also acknowledges the following ex- changes: Carlisle Arrow, Carlisle, Pa. Gettysburgeanf' Gettysburg, Pa. High School News,', Columbus, Nebraska. Quill, Parkersburg, W. Va. The Purple and White, Allentown Preparatory School. U 14 xi n, ig v W' 4gf' T li A , Jokes I N Ga' it X .Pr in Cable-What kind of a noun is Lollygagging? Coleman-Common. Cable-Why is it a common noun? Coleman-Because it isn't proper. ' Senior girl to Freshman Fusser-Alas, I love every bone in your head. Teacher in Physics-Can anything turn without moving? Erdmann-Yes, milk. 60 SPECTATOR Notice-By special request no articles which will in any way reflect upon his doubtful character will be printed about Mose Bowser. the Fussing Kid. Mose, who is quite popular among the most beautiful and entertaining young ladies of this school, is quite sensitive about his position and becomes rather embarrassed when referred to in this light. Mose is also a football Candi-date when he doesn't haw a regular date. For this reason any reference to Mose as a 'fFusser. or W'oman Loverf' which may make his play- ing more or less erratic will be kindly omitted. A certain Teacher-You will please place your feet on the floor, if there is room enough. Science Teacher-If you girls don't put everything away in live minutes, l am going to take something off. History Teacher-What can you say of the large num- ber of negroes in the South in 1800? Bright Student-That was during the dark period of our country. Ocie Ankeny-Oh my! you almost scared me to death. Rummy Raab-VVell, you're always hanging around a Tomb anyhow. Schmid-I suppose your girl was at the game. Drew-XVhich one? Schmid-Wa-da-you-mean, girl or game? Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute M., seunol. of xx ew Enamesnma 7 NYIL. MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL and CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, and GENERAL SCIENCE Sud for I Catalogue. N :Yu SPECTATOR XA' 1 J W? X L The school, the team and the colors VERY loyal high school stu- dent should be at all the games and lend support to the team by rooting hard and by a display of the school colors- We've a great line of new novel- ties that were bought especially for high school football fansg among them these: J. H. S. Pennant:-12x28-regular 50c values at 354: each. J. H. S. Felt Footballs-regulation Rugby, 105 inches long-at 50c. J. H. S. Cheer Horns-every rooter should have one-at 504: each. J. H. S. Felt Hats-knockabout style-with school colors and initials-50c. J. H. S. Rosette Streamers-With 5-inch felt disc-streamers 2x36-at 50c. J. H. S. Felt Neckties-four-in-hand style in school colors-at 50c each. w I IN CVEFV DETAIL -JOHNSTUWNS CRIATCST SY SPECTATOR Day Dreams When your marks are below the average And your thoughts are far from school, When everything's disgusting, And old Shakespeare seems a foolg Don't you wish it were at Christmas, And that you were buried deep, A stiff and frozen carcass 'Neath a large snow heap. VVhen they're on your line of scrimmage 'Bout five yards from their goalg When they start a play toward you With all their heart and soul, Don't you wish it were in June time, And you were happy, young and gay, Holding a hundred pound mallet, Playing a game of croquet. VVhen the day is bright and sunny, About the time you're almost late, When you're in the mood to hooky, And you stop, think of your fateg Don't you wish they'd cut education, Hang the teachers, every one, Sew buttons on all ideas, And make the world just fun. Teacher-Why aren't you Seniors doing more studying After being here four years you should. Stude-All men, after working hard all their llves 11ke to take it easy at their end. Tross-Say, Max, why weren't you out for football this afternoon? I Goldstein-Mr. Schmidt excused me. Voice in the corner-Who's that, Vic's old man? SPECTATOR Ii Free Watches! For Youngsters A dependable Watch, guaranteed by the maker for a year's service, absolutely free with every purch- ase in our Children's Department amounting to 35.00 or more. Woolf SL Reynolds, Inc CLOTHES THAT SATISFYH If you like to buy at a store Where only Worthy merchan- dise is placed before you, Where making a Wrong se- lection becomes impossible ---then in Kline's you have found your kind of a store. 64 SPECTATOR TH STEIN Hero Worship In Penmanship He who instructs, showing specimens of writing-Pu pils, notice this clock. H. Evans-I bet it took time to make that. Speaking of eats, have you Everett 'Weatherbee? SPECTATOR The Quality Word for Furniture ln Johnstown ls G E I S Park Family Theatre The house that plays to more people than any other picture theatre in the city. VV H Y Q We Show the Best Pictures SPECTATOR K l F N r '7 9 1 O-LQ Q - AN lk f' ' sr ' -- C. N t ' iA K l! ll f Ty . ix XX . wi W. . Fl, I 1' .lg 1 x V s WW' ' -' f f XG M .lyk ' uw ' l l - 46:2--Q :gf ' .: , lu 5 i y . s mgggagi Q 5 ,f H 3-'A ,g. ' 4 ....- fi '37 i it f t W Z ::l:'M1 a-1:12-ZX 1 l g':a'Q?I,'l:'f. - 2 0,0Zg.f:,:r.9':'2-,B g A I4 'r DH ' f z ,952 ' 71 fffillz' f 1,'s'Iv7 f 1. nlqf l 7 f:?ii'kK lllllllif '74, .ZW lx -'swf'-.. emffg 1 s The Marine Band-Smith and Porter They were passing the undertaker's. Tross noticed the cofhn outside, surrounded by the pall-bearers. That's a grave situation, said he in a hollow voice. 'iHere, here, said Skinny pugnaciously, that's a deep onef' hYeS,97 feetf' eruviderte Tross in a ghostly tone, about six But still, solemnized Maurice, that fellow has a dead cinch. And they passed on into oblivion. -Selection from MacC1oskey. SPECTATOR 67 HAVELUNCI1 at' NAIHANS' lohnstown's Best Store Splendid Coffee Excellent Soups ' Dainty Salads Tasty Sandwiches Delicious Pastries NOTHING OVER 5c ANDDQGEXCRQHER ZZEJTGITGT' J.a,a Q bUIL4VE 112151: ma REST NOW 5 U YIHEBEQT 214 FYZANICLIZNT S'T.' REAL CANDY TREATS-- Park 81: Tilford and Norris Dollar-A-Pound Confections are the top-notch Confections. And she knows. KRED EL'SwAT?sRugTG STO R E 68 SPECTATOR In Physics-In the construction of a city water system what is the Hrst thing we must have? Jordon-Water. Student-Alas! he is dead. English Teacher-Correct that sentence. Smith-Alas! she is dead. l STOP, LOOK, LISTEN In our next issue, the first installment of a new serial will appear. lt- is a story of the twentieth century and con- tains many tense and hair-raising adventures as well as scenes of love and humor. It is entitled From Weaver to Porter. It was written by one of our local dramatists. Naugle-Wliy is Drew such a good football player? Pearman-Because he is always near the Gould. Teacher-Wfake up! XVhy don't you sleep at night. Senior-VVhat can you expect while we're reading Mac- beth? Teacher-You failed because you ,talked all the time you were in class. Springer-G'wan, I didn't have a chance to talk. There are girls sitting all around me. If the Uneeda Biscuit is a ,soda cracker, is the ice pick a water cracker? 7 mirw V I A SPECTATOR 69 feb-ivproved yy' li' ,A.. E -ff ' . 1 K f 1 f f ' f f e W .Sim X i L M' lit 9 12 , Q . is ig! --ef s ,, ef , f Ref 2 i HIE WI .1muliiniFm1n1nl.iM1.u1111 emi ma umunmiirw Z if Atqih I I 'uw 1, The H i -I-wf.zf- fZff?-ffiii. 'J . f i f v Gift 'i f' of an appreciative friend Xl: ? Belle Mead Sweets i Bon Bons Chocolates made of the purest things from which candy should be made, enriched with luscious fruits and tempting nuts. Packed in their beautiful boxex and 'welcomed everywhere. SCHRADER BROS. son MAIN STREET p Esszs.. The Saturday Evening Roast VOL. I. SATURDAY EVE., OCT. 24-Price 2 or 3 Cents N0. 1 FRENCH CAPTURE SAUERKRAUT TRAIN Fighting Took Place in Mrs. Wiggs' Cabbage Patch Paris, Nov. 29 QRadigram via Cambria Cityj-Ten thousand bar- rels of sauerkraut were captured yesterday by the French army. It is claimed this will be the turning point of the war, as the Germans will lose all interest i11 the war when they hear of their loss. Sau- erkraut means as much to the German army as the Old Guard did to Napoleon. It is also being hinted that the rich capture will be sent to Irish McCloskey, the well-known Swede, now residing in Minersville. liol GERMANS EMPLOY NEW TACTICS-CAPTURE WHOLE ARMY CORPS While the 32nd Russian Army Corps was sleeping last night, the left wing of the German army ad- vanced within the Russian lines and stole all their arms. In the morning the Germans made a furi- ous charge, and the Russians, dis- mayed by the loss of their righting equipment, surrendered by hun- dreds. 1,011 SMITH A NUT Well-Known Stude To Have His Bean Overlooked Cy Smith, very popular among the women, and who is not quite right in his head, is to have his bean examined by Doc. Fitch Cook. He will probably be sent to the Old Women's Home for the Fee- ble-Minded. BIG SKANDAL Squire Nagle Disgraces Himself and Family Squire Oscar Nagle, formerly es- teemed citizen and staunch pillar of his church, has been indicted by the Grand Jury on the charge of grafting. An examination of the borough's books shows he used the public's fund for his own personal use, Micky Cauful Ctutored by Sherlock Holmes and Ike Harrisj uncovered the fraud several days use. Mickey Cauhel Qtutored by porter, Oscar made the following statement: Too much cornroast, hayrides, and class picnics. Keep away from the women and society and you'll never come to the fate l have. .,0..., LEWIS A HEARTBREAKER IN ANOTHER DIVORCE CASE ,Iinnnie Lewis, a highly respect- ed lollygagger, has been sued for divorce by his fourth wife, Helen ll. Squire Nagle was to have heard. the ease at 9 P. M. Saturday morning, but on account the later's disgraceful conduct, the trial has been postponed. Meanwhile Jim is out scouting for a new wife. io., TRY I-lOLMQUIST'S N EW DISCOVERY A Guaranteed Cure for Broken Hearts, Class Picnic Fleas, Snake Bites, and Hookworm. 50c at All Drug Stores. 61112 Saiurhag Enming Bmw! Entered at the post oiiice as no class matter. Saturday, October 24, 1914. Published Monthly by The Saturday Evening Roast Printing Co. EDITORIAL We always pity the poor nuts who are forced to read edito.ials, and for that reason we hope to gain honor and a wreath on our tombstone by cutting the editorial agony short. Remember us when we are dead. .i0.i Try our new Hydroplane Elec- tric Bathers. They save time in the morning. 1240 Main Street. .1.l0. PERSONALS Orlando McCreary, noted for hlis fussing qualities, has opened a school in Domestic Science. Doc. Fitchie Itchie Cook now claims he ascended Mt. McKinley in an automobile with a broken ankle. Fat Farrel has announced his in- tention of joining the Y. W. C. A. Lump Holmquist, the dainty dan- cer, is seriously thinking of going abroad for his health. Clif Pinder, who just returned from Europe, says the' price of celluloid collars Cfoamj is steadily advancing in his vaderland. -A well-known German resident sings: Get a rock, the baby needs rocking. LOLLYGAGGERS TO ORGANIIZE Have Been Meeting at Ben Avon An attempt is being made to or- ganize those of our students who are interested in the art of lolly- sagging- Several gatherings of these ar- tists were held at the Ben Avon Club, where Professor Kress made a wonderful speech, emphasizing the line points of the game, and telling much of his personal expe- riences and knowledge. Among those at the meeting were Bob Porter, Oscar Nagle, Bob Rutledge, James Lewis, Lump Holmquist, Barney Custer and Pete Broderick. Other names the war censor has cut out. i-.O TURNS DOWN FLATTERING OFFER Bob Porter, our w. k. vocalist, has been offered a thousand dollars a week to sing By the Sea in Keith vaudeville. After much hes- itation, Robert turned the offer down because Mary wouldn't ac- company him. 0 I undertake to give the best funerals at the least cost. If you are thinking of dying, see me at once-I will cheerfully bury you so deep that even your friends won't know you. Yours In Death, CHARLES COLBERT. 4 SPECTATOR New Method Gas Ranges Reduce Gas Bills 20 to 30W NEW METHOD Steel Burner Finished in Vitreous Enamel-Guaranteed For Five Years Key Steel Which, together with their funnel-shaped jet holes does away with all the friction that their is in the rough cast burners with their thick jet holes. This allows a much larger quantity of air to be drawn in through the mixers and properly mixed with the gas without popping back, at the same time producing a. much more intense heat without any odor. The more oxygen burned the less gas. These burners are light in weight, consequently can be easily lifted out, washed, and cleaned. E.'IR'f5.,1'LSf,i5s ' 516.00 to 560.00 Gately 8 Fitzgerald urniture Co No. 1102112 CLINTON STREET 1889 1914 Wedding Gifts, Silver Chests, Clocks, Cut Glass, China ROTHSTEIN'S Jewelers and Silvefrsmiths 529 MAIN STREET Look for Name and Number NOTICE--Our Store Closes 6 P. M. Except Saturday . , ,, 7 ., SPECTATOR 73 Vein Miller Vein Lemon Vein Cement Citizens Coal Company Sells the best House Coa he city promptly and guarantees full parts of t weight. Try a load. LOCAL PHONE 1078 l and delivers to all Less Office Work--- That's the result in the office where the book- keeping system is modern. , Let us help you- ' -leaf, card systems, and filing devices. with loose Everything for the oflice. Franklin Wm. B. Waters 8: Bro. sm. You Owe It to Yourself T0 BE A MEMBER OF THE Junior Department., Y- M. G. A. IT is not a kid's club, but rather a department for older boys. Special attrac- tion for High School fellows, including Evening Gym, Classes, Instruction in Swimming, Aquatics. Athletics, Games, also complete Club, Reading Room, Social and Entertainment facilities, all under expert directorship. The Happy fellow is the Healthy Fellow-:Healthy in Spirit:-in Mind--and in Body. but S6 or S8 to become a Happy Fellow. ENTRANCE Costs you VINE STREET Y-if 1-,AL-:v , v l J 1 , I y . 0 B I L I TY Zlffi Zififflied line of chocolates. A The name of our new nt of the best you can buy. HOGAN 81. EVANS DRUGS 114 clinton sr fine assortme 344 Main Street 74 SPECTATOR ESTABLISHED i892 STEPHEN LANE FOLGER Manufacturing Jeweler Club and College Pins and Rings Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals 180 BROADWAY NEW YORK For Class, Metropolitan Style, Exclusive Patterns and Medium Price STYLEPLUS CLOTHES 7 SAVES YOU S3 to 58 LEADS THE WORLD City Phone 1420 GOLDSCH MID BROS. 544 Mf5uLSEi lohnstown's New Young Men's Shop SH E95 The lce Cream of High Quality, For all Occasions Q1Q.,MX?QlVl1C3'1EFciEiif3 small or large order to all parts of the city SHREVE ICE CREAM CO. LOU? ?,'1Lb'KER Clty Phone 350 Bell Phone 908-J ANNOUNCEMENT The Moxham Pharmacy is securing a fresh supply of fresh candies each week A select line of Whitman's and Bryn Mawr candies always on hand SPECTATOR 75 FIRST NATIONA BA K Cor. Main and Franklin Streets JOHNSTOWN, PA. Capital, Surplus and Profits 51,000,000 Total Resources - - - - 7,500,000 DIRECTORS Henry Y. Haws, John McDermott, Harry Swank, W. E. Matthews, J. M. Murdock, S. C. Ream, David Barry, John Widmann, P. F. McAneny. OFFICERS HENRY Y. HAWS, President. HARRY SWANK, Vice President. J. M. MURDOCK. Vice President DAVID BARRY, Cashier. P. F. MCANENY, CHAS. E. MCGAHAN. Assistant Cashiers. HIGH SCHOOL P PILS! T ES? Y Systematic saving leads to success. Start the new school term right by open- ing a savings account in EE United States National Bank 206 FRANKLIN STREET HOW MONEY GROWS It takes money to make money and the way to make it is to save it. Many a man has let a golden opportunity slip by, because he has never laid away part of his earnings. An account with the Union National Bank is just what you need- it will enable you to save a good size fund. Capital, Surplus and Profits S340,000 Interest Paid on Savings Accounts UNION NATIONAL BANK OF JOHNSTOWN. 143 Franklin Street JONES-MORTO A D V E R T I S I N G We Make Egns of All Kinds 76 SPECTATOR .Iohnstown's Toniest Picture Theatre Under Direct of M. J. BOYLE SHOWING THE MASTERPIECE PRODUCT- IONS OF THE WORLD'S BEST STUDIOS Watch Us Grow ADMISSION PERFORIVIANCES Adults . . 10c Continuous from 10:30 Children 5c a. m. Until 11:00 p. m. I I vw QUA , 616 0 LIU- For Quality exif, - and Style See X 5 E ff : QEUBI EDROITN QX FA P 0 ' rkflglibi-TE7f,,Q'j the Hatter , aaaaenmrio Sn , JUHNSTUW P . F 214 Bedford Street SPECTATOR ' We invite you to in- spect the new Eight Cylinder CADILLAC The latest and best in motor car construction The JOHNSTOWN AUTOMOBILE CO. I-A AJ ESTIC H1 TH EATIE i,,..-Nl. J. BOYLE NIanager ,,. L JOHNSTOWN'S COZIEST THEATRE Presenting Keith Vaudeville THREE TIMES DAILY The Cream of American Vaudeville Together With Choice European Importations , ,S Matinee-I0c and l5c. Time-2:30. PRICES' I Night' IOC, l5c, 25c. Time-7:30 and 9. -741, SPECTATOR Light -Use the Mazda There are millions of dollars worth of electricity used every year in homes that don't use modern lamps. Are you one of the wast- ers? Are you darkening your house with obsolete carbon lamps? Are you wasting current? Then cert- ainly you didn't know about Maz- da's-three times as much light as carbon lamps with the same charge for current. Mazda lamps cost less here. CITIZENS ELECTRIC 8 GAS APPLIANCE CO. Distributors Ihr Citizens Light. Vine and Franklin sts' Heat di Power Co. f1fPa. g T47 ,'- Y' - ',',', 74,4-L A, T47 ig. '- - - , n CON RAD'S NVITES its High School patrons here to enjoy its delicacies-Ice Cream, Sundaes and Sodas that are absolutely pure. They are served exclusively in sanitary cups and dishes. Service prompt. Conrad Building Cor. Vine and Franklin Streets -.l, '. ' Y ,A .ki g 'f.-.-i -Y f' ' 41791 -lR.' SPECTATOR 79 AUTUMN is one of the , prettiest seasons of N the year to take pictures. - 'L ilu my ,W An Eastman Kodak gets 5 them right. We have- .: 1 Brownies - - - 1,00 to 10.00 X Qs.-t..-,-...- Kodaks ---- :10.00 to 265.00 1 I ' We do Expert Deve oping and Printing. . l' ' ' PM f 1 L Young's Pharmacy ---1f ..... - fi zos-207 Franklin sr. ---Y -Yv.u!.Y-- ---YY - -w-------- The FASHION Coats, Suits, Dresses, Skirts W aists and Furs for the young miss Stylishly correct at the lowest prices in the city Learn to be Economical Pay us a visit .GOING HUNTING? If so, see us for Guns, Shells, Hunting Garments SNOOK' S HARDWARE 219 Franklin Street OUR 'GOAL Is to include every student attending High School in our list of satistied Walk-Over wearers. We KNOW the good points of Walk-Over Shoes for young men and women will appealtoyou. Let your next pair be Walk-Over's. All feet fitted by the CUSTOM MEA8URING SYSTEM, ex- clusive with us in this city. Walk-Over's are 83.50 and up. 2f'Z,',2,,,,,,s., Walk Over Boot Shop SPECTATOR -I.-,igi-.31 11- , ',' il- Palace Laundr 606 FRANKLIN STREET DCES IT RIGHT 7 l--J. T. A- Y .ik 'ld' 'iL ' , T .i- High Art Clothes For Fall and Winter, 1914, are shown at John Thomas gl Sons, and from that store comes this Personal Invitation to You HIGH ART CLOTHES-the best in ready-to-wear-are worthy of the best company, so everything we sell, from socks to hats, is of the same high standard. Our shelves are stocked with the newest things for Fall and Winter in Furnishings, Hats, etc., and our long experience in catering to the men ot this vicinity enables us to say: we have what you want, at the right price, and we can serve you best because this is a conscientious store-a Store that stands for progressiveness and fairness and honor. Are you interested in HIGH ART CLOTHES? In smart furnish- ings at popular prices? In Hats that top all with satisfaction? Come in today-this is our personal invitation to you-and youll find your ideas and ideal of a Men's Store here. Come see the goods. John Thomas 69 Sons T Y 'I-Tl ,L ,TL , 74.7-A, !.'.'-T 7 L.-iT ,'.' 'iT- SPECTATOR WM. H. RAAB 81 BRO. Blank Book Manufacturers Printers, Rulers, Binders Engraved Stationery, An- nouncements, Cards, Etc. Why not have your Spec- tator bound into a nice book? WOOLF BLOCK ANNEX Corner franklin and lincoln Sts. JOHNSTOWN, PA. The Laundry that Satisfies Why not try having y 0 u r collars done by our new process, and note the result? Telephone and our Driver Will Call Troy Laundry Company W. l. Rose 84 Sons SASI1, DOORS, LUMBER, CEMENT and all kinds of building materials, good planing mill work our specialty. BOTH PHONES Orders promptly attended to 328 Lincoln Street PORCH BROS NCORPORATED The Recognized Leaders In Artistic Pianos and Player Pianos THE HOME OF THE Everett Piano Porch Bros., Inc Cor. Vine and Franklin Sts. 82 SPECTATOR More People Wearing NllTl'l Sggggv PIANOS , EGF: Ev -D , , ery ay T. E. Morgan Try a pair and you ll know the reason. Stores in three states. 1 Market St. FOOT BALL GOODS Pafronize and ziaortini Goods enera y rloRAN's Book STORE AdU9fU-5'9 -9 545 MAIN ST. We When you Want some- Guarantee izhing out of the ordinary Satisfaction or We Make Good Try us for your next Suit or Overcoat ILLER'S RELIABLE CLOTHIERS 111- Ice Cream for Weddings and Par- ties, call L E W I S Phone 272 SPECTATOR ff, When you need anything in the I E Barber Line D A call at GATES' 4fl 7 Franklin Street Strict attention paid t Facial Massage FOR H a Lolonlal P rin t i ng Company M152 ' Cf Jzf' bow W60ff,4m1eiz mvcorfv, sz Removed to 646 Main St. '-- 0 -'--'- Cor-Main and 8.8: 0-R- R- COMMERCIAL ARTE ENGRAVING The Pioneer Trust Company of Cambria County The JOHNSTOWN TRUST CO. Capital, Surplus and Profit S425,000 Pays Interest on Savings Accounts CHECKING ACCOUNTS SOLICITED Quinn' s Store Trimmed Hats and Millinery at Reasonable Prices. Ladies' and Juniors' Suits, Coats and Dresses. Waists, Blouses, and Neckwear. Laces, Hosiery and Gloves. 84 SPECTATOR STOP AT BADER'S Right at the Point Prounds YOU CAN'T MISS IT Fresh Candies at all times. Soft Drinks of all kinds. Cigars, Tobacco, Cigarettes. We serve you at the game, I t th t a so a e s ore All kinds of Sandwiches, Hot Coffee. Photographs of all kinds, sizes and styles We have a style that you will like J L. G. Hornick PHOTOGRAPHER 527 MAIN STREET FOR THE BEST Glnwannrial Mnrk in the city see Logan Stuver 105 Ohio St. l Lee Walker Mac Lavelle Herb Davies Sunday Evening Lunch Service ln the Garden 5:30 to 10:30 O'Clock SANNER'S SPECTATOR - ' I I - New ' ,' 510 Dibert ' Main Building G0 Street Quality r Candies CHOme-Madeb URE,who1esome Sweets -fresh from our second floor candy kitchen every hour. Many candies here you'1l not find elsewhere in Johnstown. We cordially in- vite High School students to visit us. We Make Oar Own Ice Cream Prompt Service Here Always SPECTATOR I xv I Q ld f I ' . I . X I lilii I 'iii WU' II i ACTUAL BUSINESS INSTRUCTION given to pupils at the CAMBRIA BUSINESS COLLEGE, prepares them to meet the require- ments of BUSINESS after their graduation. Here goods are bought and sold, bills made out, checks banked, drafts made, receipts given and a general correspondence conducted-you are given inside knowledge of business that will qualify you for a GOOD POSITION. When you apply for a position it will be neces- sary to substantiate every claim you make. The graduates of our school are able to do this for we do everything in our power 'to equip young men and women to meet its demands. Trained heads and skilled hands are always in demand and that is why the students of the CAMBRIA BUSINESS COLLEGE get and hold good positions. Students may enter our Commercial or Short- hand and Typewriting Departments on any week day. Prepare to earn a good salary by attending Cambria Business College The School That Gets Results. JONES 6: HUGHES . . . Proprietors I I HN TOWN, PA. Ll-nco n Bui dmg City Phone 1352 JO S Franklin Street Bell Phone 268-J SFECTATOK l 1352? W A CQNTIENTS Thanksgiving Thoughts ..,.. .... 5 Russia and the jew .................. ..... 6 Thanksgiving Day' ..... .................... ..... 1 0 A Portrayer of Pilgrim Pictures ........... .... . 10 They Had Much to Be Thankful For ......... 12 When King Richard Came to Town ........,.. 16 Thanksgiving .................. ................ .... 1 8 Puritan Period ............... .... 1 9 Watching ....................... .... 2 1 Autumnal Breezes Blow ..... .... 2 3 The Knot Hole ................ ..... 2 3 The First Thanksgiving ..... .... 2 5 'W The Mystery oi Shaggis .... 27 Thanksgiving Day ......... .... 2 9 His Conscience ......., ..... 2 9 His Mistake .......... .... 3 1 After Hallowe'en ..... ...., 3 3 Grandma ....,....... ..... 3 4 Editorials ........... ..... 3 5 Current Events ...... ..... 3 9 School News ....., ..... 4 2 Alumni ......... .... 4 3 Athletics ..... .... 4 6 Society ..... ..........................................,.. 5 2 Agassiz ...........................,....................... 53 jottings of Science, the Nature of Solution .. 54 Heating and Ventilating System in the High School ....................................... 57 Exchanges ........ : . . 7 ..:l.-.Lu .... ti. I.: .......,....... V 58 jokesif.'.,fffff.f'.ffii..'f'M' ' ' .'.ffQ .ff'fT.i.i,'.l..g5o Advertisements ...... ............ 6 1 l Blest be those feasts, with simple plenty crowned, Where all the ruddy family gather round, Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale. -Oliver Goldsmith SPECTATOR 5 Ellis High Srhnnl Spvriatnr Truth to the fact and a, good spirit in the treatment Vox.. XVII. J OHNSTOWN, PA., DECEMBER, 1914. No. 3 Chun LITERARY Thanksgiving Thoughts Mary Cover '15 It is just a pleasing, 'NuTeasing kind of smell, With a savour of the Havor Which you love so Wellg But it tells of icings, Spicings, jams and tarts, Of a tasty bit of pastry Made with culinary arts, Of a turkey turned and brown, Stuffed and steamingg Of November-but remember, This is just a pleasing, Teasing kind of smell, Not the ringing, dinging, Singing dinner bell. ollri lla' 6 SPECTATOR Russia and The jew Marcus Sky '16 T IS a beautiful day now exclaimed a middle aged man 1 - 7 D eil dressed in a Russian uniform and wearing upon his breast the badge of generalship. Yes, Mr. Dimitrieff' agreed his younger companion, this is the best day we have had this summer as yet. Well may these two worthy aids of the Czar comment on the weather. Such days are rare even in Russia. It was about half an hour before sundown. The sun leaned back to the west in the azure heavens, but still emitted that soft warmth and diffused light known only to Western Poland, at the end of August. In this level stretch of country the eye can see far, far away, almost as far as one can see on the ocean. The Hat plain is covered with grass and under- brush, while its northeastern extremity is shaded by a dark outline of a forest. Just a little to the right of the two conversants, the meadow was dotted with numberless White tents. A mile or so ahead, rolled the grayish-blue waters of the Vistula, and on its opposite bank, was the stand of the enemy. From the camp came floating the strenuous tunes of Botze Tsaria Chrar1y - God Save the Czar. So, tomorrow we can cross the river. The younger of the two continued the discourse. Yes, came the reply, we start tomorrow at dawn. And a hard time we'll be having of it, Mr. Dimitrief. . . But who is that coming towards us? Any of the scouts? The newcomer was attired in the gray overcoat, signify- ing his rank of a Russian soldier. He approached swiftly and saluted in military fashion. What is your name? questioned Dimitrief sternly. Ivan Stepanovitch Haluschka, Your Highness, Number 15,747 of the Sixtieth 'Rota' fregimentj of His Royal Grace and Majesty. Speak! Have you anything to say ? Yes, Your Highness, I have brought an Ukase Corder SPECTATOR 7 from the Czarj from His Royal Grace and Majesty, Czar Imperator of all the Russians, Nicolas II. At the mention of their sovereign's name the ofiicers saluted hastily. You have brought an Ukase from His Royal Majesty? Well, give it here. The man obeyed, producing from the inner pocket of his coat a roll of parchment. You may go now, called the officer. Yes, Your Highness, came the response, and, saluting again, the soldier departed in the direction of the camp. A few minutes of silence ensued, during which the Royal Seal was broken, and the contents of the parchment read. Finally, the older man spoke. Q It's a statement of rights and privileges to the jewish inhabitants, if they distinguish themselves in this war, he sneered. If they distinguish themselves ? inquired the other sar- castically, what do these blood-sucking vermins get ? Full rights of Russian subjects, laughed the older man. Well, well, if it will make them fight, that is all we want. As to the outcome of this Qshaking the Ukasej, I'll bet you my new Paris automobile against your mare, Jessie, that it would follow in the footsteps of the constitution of 1905. I do not consider the wretches a sufhcient subject for even betting upon, haughtily rejoined the other. Very well, then, I am going to announce it to them anyway, as though it were the holy truth itself, Mr. Dimi- trief concluded, and left his companion at once. When in camp, he commanded all the Jewish soldiers to assemble. To these, he read the document in a dignified, solemn voice. You see, my men, he added, if you will iight for our glorious country, for this great nation of Russia, the Czar shall not forget your services. Only prove to him that you honor him, will fight for him, can protect your country, and 8 SPECTATOR he will grant your full freedom, such as even the greatest men of your nation did not count for. This royal promise acted like a wild-fire among the Jews. As in a flash before their eyes, came a long succession of pictures and scenes of deepest humiliations through which each one of them passed, of dogged hand-to-mouth exist- ence, of universal fear of both police and common peasants, of daily terror for their lives. What is that the Ukase prom- ised? Full freedom of Russian subjects. Is it possible to grasp its entire significance: to eat and drink without the shadow of death before your eyes, to straighten out your stooping shoulders, bent by grief and disgrace, to take a full breath of air without danger of being discovered and driven away, or taken to jail. And besides all this, you have a right to live anywhere you please. Russia is open to the jews from this time on. Land will be given to them, and they will be permitted to cultivate it. Their children will be accepted at all schools, even at the government gymnasias, without any mention of the shameful percentage. Vocations in educational sphere will be at their command. They will be allowed to teach in schools, to be lawyers at the bench, to do all engineering there is ..... Let us stop here for want of breath. All this means happiness, prosperity. Why, it's a thousand times better than going to Argentina or America. Is all this worth fight- ing for? Is it worth while to risk and lose your life to gain freedom, to leave a steady income to your family, for they will get a pension in case of your death, to frame a sphere of hope and advancement for your posterity, if not for your- self-is it worth while? Yes, yes! A thousand times sol They will fight! Oh, they will fight as no one fought be- fore. They will prove to the Czar that they are able to pro- tect his, and now their, country. They will show the world what stuff they are made of. They will prove that the blood of Judas Macabee is in their veins, a blood as noble as any on the earth. Yes! They will fight, and they will win too. They must win ..... it means more than their lives SPECTATOR 9 alone, it means the end of twenty long centuries of inde- scribable misery, it means the rise of their nation. They will fight ..... Early at dawn the next morning, the charge was given. In even, orderly columns the men rushed to the bank and up through the newly constructed bridges. Fierce was the resistance put forth by the enemy, so fierce that it checked the wild onrush of the Russians. But liercer yet was the spirit of freedom which was to come as a reward for vic- tory. Heedless of cannon and rifle shots, falling by thous- ands under the heavy firing of the Germans, and tramped to death by countless horses, the Jewish veterans charged upon the foe. Maddened by this evidence of bravery, the rest of the soldiers followed. It is impossible to describe the scene that ensued. Let us be content with its brief account in the historian's chron- icles. After a memorable fight on August 28, 19-, on the banks of the Vistula, the day was carried by the Russians, due to the surprising valor of the jewish soldiers. .... . The news of this glorious victory reached the Czar while dining privately with his wife. We have won! We have beaten the Germans! ex- claimed the Czarina joyously. And those Jews! I'l1 never believe the foolish stories told about them. Surely they de- serve freedom as a reward. What ! snapped the mighty sovereign sharply, to give rights to these blood-thirsty monsters, to Christ-killersl Shame and torture is all they'll ever get from me! The queen was silenced. There could be no answer to this. But the men far away on the battlefield fought and bled, and hoped and feared, as the case has been before. True, he has deceived them often, but perhaps he will live up to his standards now! They light and bleed, up to the present hour, hoping and fearing alternately. What, pray, is to be the outcome of this? Ask the Czar. 10 SPECTATOR Thanksgiving Day Cyrus C. Hubbard '17 Thanksgiving's here, the cheerful time of year: There's snow on the ground and life in the air, There's turkey to eat, and pie so sweetg With a three-layered cake that the cook had to bakeg O, I would that Thanksgiving were not so rare. A Portrayer of Pilgrim Pictures Ruby Burkehart '15 The Pilgrims Going to Church and Priscilla, two of our well-known New England pictures, were painted by George Henry Boughton. Although we claim Boughton as an American artist, he was born near Norwich, England, in 1934. His parents brought him to this country when he was only two years old. He was brought up at Albany, New York. Almost from childhood he was an artist and in his earli- est school efforts he had the reputation of drawing every- thing he noticed. By this work he earned enough money to take him to England on a sketching tour. On his return from Europe he painted his Winter Twilight. This was the beginning of his success. Boughton's pictures show his love for humanity and his desire to represent it at its best. He went to Paris in 1860 and afterwards became a resident of London. He was elect- ed a member of the National Academy of Design in New York in 1871 and he became a member of the Royal Academy in 1896. Boughton has dealt with all his subjects with a truth and grace decidedly American. While he has excelled in landscape work, he cares little for nature apart from man. He has painted women oftener than men, but his treatment of his subjects is never effeminate. One of his greatest gifts SPECTATOR 11 is a delicate sense of humor shown especially in his Dutch paintings. His work is marked by reserve of feeling and is nearly always in a pale color scheme. Perhaps no other artist has treated American Puritan- ism in such a delightful manner as Boughton. He has been called the interpreter and ilIuminator of New Eng- land life in the seventeenth century. Besides the two pic- tures already mentioned, he also painted the Return of the Mayflower. Nothing could much better illustrate the religious en- thusiasm of the Pilgrim Exiles than the picture of the Pil- grims Going to Church. While they are on an errand of peace, yet they are prepared for war. This war requires not only arms but also constant watchfulness for possible dan- ger. And so we see sturdy men as advance guards for the tender and delicate women and children whom they are es- corting through the snows of a severe New England winter. Their stern and rugged faces show their determined char- acters. All of the company, even the young boy and girl, seem dignified and graceful. The costumes and surround- ings are correct and portray the typical Pilgrims excellently. This painting is now the property of the Municipal Li- brary in New York. In the picture of Priscilla on her way to church we see at once that she is a very charming maiden- The most charming of Old World New England heroines, a kind of Mayflower Dolly Vardenf' Her face is sweet but serious as she braves the cold and inclemency of her new home on her way to church. As we look at her picture the words of Miles Standish to John Alden come to our minds with a new force. The maiden Priscilla, She is alone in the world, her father and mother and brother Died in the winter together 5 I saw her coming and going, Now to the grave of the dead, and now to the bed of the dying, 12 SPECTATOR Patient, courageous, and strong, and said to myself that if ever There were angels on earth, as there are angels in heaven, Two have I seen and known, and the angel whose name is Priscilla Holds in my desolate life the place which the other aban- domed. ii-.i They Had Much To Be Thankful For Gerladine Martin '15 6 AIRLS! I have it. I'll tell you what we'll do. We'll- What? Tell us. Hurry. Several girls interrupted Louise's sentence. Please give me time, girls. How would it be if we went to our Summer home and spent vacation there? It's easy to get to and I'm sure my brother will bring some of his friends from Cornell, said Louise. Oh, Lou, you're a dear. It's too good to be true. Why of course We'll go, said Ann Davis, usually the spokesman for the Tower Crowd, as the girls who chummed together in Tower Hall were called. Tower Hall was the main building of the Ramsley Sem- inary. The girls were in quite a dilemma as to how they were going to spend the week of Thanksgiving, each living too far from home to go home for the short holiday. Now that Louise Porter had solved the question, they busied themselves, making fudge and rarebit to digest with further plans. Helen Lukens calmly poured in an extra amount of vanilla, while she hoped that her friend would be tall and good looking, and Dorothy Driscoll was sure she was doomed for someone who read Milton instead of Elwell on Bridge. Oh Dottie! Give me a chance to say a few words, SPECTATOR 13 called Betty Dryden, as she peeped out from a huge amount of college and fraternity cushions. Whom will we have for chaps? We never thought of that. Of course, we need them. Lou, maybe you can solve that, suggested Nan. Well, I don't know, answered Louise. 'Tm sure Mother can't come, but how would it be to take Miss Long- well? You know she is so grand to us in English and she works so hard. Girls, I really believe she's been disappointed in love. You know she always says, 'Have a good time, girls, and don't ever quarrel with your liancef That's right, now that I come to think about it, said Helen. And maybe your brother can get an older man to come with them. Oh, my! there is the bell. Lights outl And I have my French to do. Bye-bye, girls, and with that, Helen and the others Hew to their rooms to cram a little for the next day's work. It was a merry party of pretty girls who waited for Louise to unlock the door of The Pines, and to straighten out the place for Jack and his friends, who were coming in the morning. The girls had scorned Mrs. Porter's offer to send down some maids, saying they knew enough about housekeeping to keep the boys from starvation. They set to work, and by evening everything was in order, and by a unanimous vote, they all retired early. Oh, by the way, called Louise from her room. Jack mentioned in his letter that Professor Lowell was coming with them. The boys all like him so well. He just seems to be one of the crowd. Why, Miss Longwell, did you hear anything? You are as pale as a ghost. No, no, dear. But what did you say the Professor's name is? Lowell? My dear Louise,why did I ever come here? Louise shut the door, motioning to the girls to be quiet. Won't you please tell me about it, Miss Longwell, I have known for a long time that there was something wrong. 14 SPECTATOR You can trust me-tell me and perhaps you'll feel better. Well, Louise, I will tell you. When I was a Junior in college, I met Richard Lowell, then a handsome man, and we grew to like each other very much. We were en- gaged when we were seniors and were to be married soon after. However, I found that I was needed at home to help keep the family, and I decided to teach. On our commence- ment day, I told Richard this and he was satisfied to wait for a year. He, too, was going to be a professor. I ac- cepted a position in my home town and did not see Richard again until alumni day. He was anxious for me to give up teaching as he had been offered a line position in his Alma Mater. When I told him I could not marry him right then, and asked him to wait for a while longer, he became angry. We had some words, and I returned his ring. This was five years ago and I have never seen him since. Louise, I can't see him. What shall I do? Never mind, Miss Longwell, I surely sympathize with you but wouldn't it be grand if you and he would make up. Sh-, Louise, don't ever think of such a thing. Come now, it is late and we must get up early. With that Louise covered up her head and the Tower girls didn't know a thing until they were awakened by foot- steps and knocking. Say! Wake up there, sleepyheadsf' called jack. As the girls hastily prepared their toilets, laughter and jests were carried up by the clear, crisp air. By George! this is the life, said a tall handsome fel- low as he stretched himself out before the blazing logs and munched toasted marshmellows which Helen was preparing for her ideal. In another room Dorothy Driscoll was counting hon- ors with Horace Brearly as a partner. Jack and Ann Davis completed the quartet. This was going on while Louise and Miss Longwell prepared breakfast for Mr. Lowell, who would arrive later. As a coach drew up to the door bearing Mr. Lowell, a SPECTATOR 15 faint color crept into Miss Longwell's face, but she, being a woman of will, composed herself and, when she greeted him as Professor Lowell, she rejoiced to see the discom- fort he displayed. The day passed quickly and as the happy party sang and danced, the two chaperons exchanged glances and in each mind were thoughts of when they were being chaper- oned at various hops and parties. As the evening went on, one by one the couples strayed off to get cool. It is so warm dancing, called Les Mer- rian, as he and Helen strolled down the road. This was the signal for the rest, and soon the room was deserted except for Richard and Marie. She went to the piano and as she played Professor Lowell walked over and listened to her. When she looked up, he came nearer and said, Marie, can you ever forgive me. It was all my fault. I realized after you had gone how I loved you. I know you care for me. Come, let us begin all over again. I was a coward not to write or offer any explanation but I was offended and my anger got the better of me. You forgive, don't you? Marie looked up in his face and slowly nodded her head. I forgive you, Richard, for I have been sad and lonely these five years, but thank goodness, they are over now. After a while Professor Lowell went out and called the couples in, saying it was his and Miss Longwell's turn. But before they went out they invited the couples of this glorious house party to come to their wedding the following sum- mer, remarking that on this coming Thanksgiving they had much to be thankful for. Les and Helen looked at each other meaningly, believ- ing that their case was really love at first sight. f 115: .fe .f rf I9 Vg - ' HQ. I? gig., Q5 wjjli-fffggxv 1- 1' A -,L 1 A V. if. it L I L-, 1 16 SPECTATOR When King Richard Came to Town Rudolph Kirchman '17 LANG! CLANG I rang the dismissal bell and the pu- pils hurried to get out. I was detained for a minute, and when I reached the street, it was empty, save for one lone man, who seemed to be looking for someone. As I stepped out, he ran up to me, and, to my great surprise, bowed low as if I were a king. Thou art the man chosen by the Spirits of History to conduct Richard Coeur-de-Lion about thy majestic City of Johnstown. I? asked I questioningly. Thou art the man, said he. Thou shalt meet him here when the clock strikes ten in the forenoon. Adieu! Adieu! But wait: I have forgotten, he may stay but twelve hours, from ten till ten. I1 ll Cl I was there a few minutes before the appointed hour 5 and as the clock struck ten, there was a flash of light and before me stood a huge black horse and its rider clothed in black. I bowed low. Arise, my boy, thou shalt be my companion, not my Seri. My lord, we must first get rid of that horse. Nay, from my noble steed shall I not part. But as I insisted he spoke a word, and the horse van- ished into space. Now step into this auto and We shall first go to a clothing store. By St. George and the Dragon, never will I step into that cart, which neither horse nor mule dost pull, but which seems to go by the will of the devil. When I pleaded with him, he finally put his foot on the running board, and as nothing happened, he cautiously sat down in the seat, taking most of the room with his SPECTATOR 17 cumbersome armor. As I cranked the machine and as the engine raced at thirty miles an hour, the bravehearted Richard, the hero of three crusades, quaked like a leaf. As we rolled up Franklin street, an expression of awe came over his face, and, pointing to the First National Bank building, he said, Pray tell me how did they move that pyramid from' the land of Egypt? I informed him that it was not a pyramid but a modern oiiice building, and explained to him how they were built. Going into a clothing store, we bought a suit and I told him we must part with his armor. Nay, my good man, said Richard, without this ar- mor I would be killed by my foes. No, no, my good lord, here all that is gone. You will be safe enough. I slowly relieved him of his armor, and as I laid down each piece it vanished as had done the horse. I wanted him to take a Prince Albert suit, a silk hat, and a cane, such as the kings of to-day wear, but to my surprise, he selected a flashy check suit, a jaunty red tie, and a rainbow-colored cap. Now I am ready. With that bunch of junk? What sayest thou? I mean, with those clothes, my lord? Yea, my son. And as he stood before me, he looked more like a Bohe- mian cavalier than his majesty Richard the Plantaginet King of England. We decided to go to see a football game and on the way down I explained to him the game, but when he saw the warriors of the gridiron come out in their armors of khaki he laughed aloud, saying, How do they keep out the thrusts from the swords of their foes, with those Himsy coats of mail? 18 SPECTATOR Then I told him again football was not a sword-battle but a game of brawn and wit played with a pigskin. At one time during the game, one of our men was car- rying the ball down the field, when out from the mass came an opposing player bent to tackle him. I then saw a streak of gray, heard a muflled cry and the opposing player lying at ten yards distance, with a few broken bones, and my royal friend was in the hands of two bluecoats. I rushed out and heard him saying, Let thou me go. I have but done my duty-to kill a foe-. Meaning the unfortunate player. After getting Richard freed, we went to supper, having used already ten of his twelve hours. The first course served was soup and my noble friend took up the bowl and drank all the soup at one gulp. The next course was chicken, and he took up one whole chicken and ate it as a huge bear would. After several other courses came the finger-bowls and he drank down the water with one great gulp. just then the clock struck ten! He van- ished. The bowl fell crashing to the floor. A waiter came up and touched me on the shoulder, I looked up and found myself looking into my mother's face, with Ivanhoe in my lap. I had dreamed it all! Thanksgiving Sarah Murray '18 Two turkeys, talking on a fence, Said to each other one day: Thanksgiving's coming and danger is near. Come let us run away. All right, agreed the other, who thought this very nice. With Thanksgiving goodies We'd make a realinviting slice, And with our poor old bodies All garnished up with leaves And stuffed with other goodies SPECTATOR 19 People's palates we would please. At our right would sit plum pudding, At our left a pumpkin pie, With the smell of apples brooding, Oh, the thought just makes me Hy. Our nickname it is gobbler, And its a very common thing To hear the children squeeling When they want the gobbler's wing, But they'll never, never find us, For we're going far away. You can bet they'1l never find us, For we're going-and to stay. The Puritan Period Margaret Hummel '15 HE PURITAN Age, or the time intervening between 1620 I and 1660, was an age of fierce political and religious con- troversy. It was called the Puritan Age chiefly for two reasons, first, because Puritan doctrines were prevalent in England at this time, second, because john Milton, one of the greatest poets since Shakespeare, lived then. The Puritans were not a religious sect but were those who would not conform to the established formulas for public worship and discipline as it was arranged by the Archbishop and his fellow workers. Their great aim was to make men free and honest. During the reigns of Charlesl and james I, the spirit of Puritanism continued to spread in English society and in parliament, in spite of all the efforts of the government to suppress it. Many of the people who were not strictly Puri- tans opposed both the King and the church for the sake of their own personal liberties. This was probably due to the refusal of Charles I to obey the English constitution and to the tyranny of Laud, who was archbishop during Charles' reign. Before war broke out between Charles and Parliament, 20 SPECTATOR many Puritans emigrated to America where they founded the New England States and practiced their own form of religion. This age is also important because it witnessed the ex- ecution of Charles Ig the wars of the Cavaliers and Round- heads, and the rise and fall of the Protectorate and Com- monwealth, two forms of government that ruled England successfully for a number of years. This period was not great, however, in literature, be- cause very few works were produced and many of these were of a religious and arbitrary character. There was a marked contrast between the literature of this period and the glorious Elizabethian Age preceding: first, because of the lack of unity of spirit g second, because it saddened rather than inspiredg third, because it was more critical and in- tellectual. The most celebrated authors of this period were John Milton and john Bunyan. Milton's principal poetical works are Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Cornus, Il Penseroso, I' Allegro and Hymn to Nativity. Paradise Lost is classi- fied as one of the great masterpieces of the world's literature. Milton's prose works never gained much place in literature on account of their controversial character but his Areopagi- tica is considered the best. John Bunyan was the greatest prose writer of this period. His book called Pilgrim's Progress is one of the three great allegories of the world. It is said to have exerted more influence than any other book except the Bible because it appealed to the people. The grave and stern doctrines of the Puritans soon gave way before the flood of French tastes, fashions, and vices which were brought into England by Charles and his gay cavaliers. The reaction that always occurs had set in. Eng- lish literature passed from the grave and serious to the gay and frivolous. .SPECTATOR 21 Watching Margaret Lindsey '17 VONNE RIBEAU was the beautiful daughter of Captain jean Ribeau, whose fishing fleet was renowned for its enormous catches in every town along the coast. Yvonne was betrothed to the mate of the Captain's boat. His name was Pierre Dupre. On this occasion, the spring of the year, the fleet had been gone two months and the good folk of New Calais were shaking their heads when the boats were mentioned. Prayers were said in the little village church for their safe return. Above the town a promontory jutted out into the sea and upon the promontory the villagers had built a chapel to the Virgin Mary. On the twenty-ninth of April, Yvonne hastened to the chapel with her telescope, first, to offer a supplication to the Virgin, and then to scan the horizon with her glass. No signs of the fleet yet and her wedding day on the first of May. As she came down the path, she noticed the rufliing of the white caps and the sea-gulls hovering over them. A cold fear tugged at her heart, for she knew that a spring storm on the ocean is a terrible thing, and she also knew that the ocean was filled with mountains of ice. She hur- ried to join the group on the pier. The fleet was on its way home with a very large catch when the storm broke. There was the roar of thunder, the flashing of lightning-the shattering roar of great waves leap- ing mountains high and hissing as they broke asunder in mid-air. The wind howled like a man in torment. It scream- ed, and moaned, and sobbed, as though endowed with a body that suffered the most acute agony. It rocked the frail boats to and fro like the wind rocks a feather in the air. On Captain Ribeau's boat the men were very quiet be- cause they knew that there was no hope of surviving such 22 SPECTATOR a storm. The Captain and Pierre were both thinking of Yvonne. Rockets were sent up and, after receiving no ans- wer, all hope was abandoned. jean and Pierre were look- ing for the other boats when they heard a thunderous crash. Immediately the boat sank, having struck an iceberg. The sea is not sentimental-it cares neither for love nor station in life. When the storm cleared, no trace of the boats could be seen. In New Calais joy reigned in some homes, while in others sorrow held sway. Seven of the twelve boats had returned home safely. The Captain's was not among these but Yvonne, thinking that perhaps he would come later than the rest, betook herself to the chapel to watch. It was May-day and all Nature seemed clean and sweet after the storm. Cowslips and primroses bloomed by the score and served as a splendid background for pretty Yvonne in her quaint gown and cap. Seeing no sign of the boats, she de- cided to return to the village. Humming a gay little tune, she started down the path until she came to the turn which led across the beach, where she paused in horror. Directly across the path lay the body of her lover, stiff and stark with his clothes stiff with brine. Yvonne immediately burst into tears and ran for the village folk. Instead of rejoicing in New Calais on May-day, there was sorrowingg instead of a wedding, a funeral was held. ..l...1- 1 . r 'argue 5-n wlql ii' -M ill . I ii '5iv. ull V! 032 ml.. 'Y ' H555 e 1 J,,,W:e- ef fair. fl, 5 SPECTATOR 23 Autumnal Breezes Blow A. A. Anderson '18 November's dreary winds are trailing On their skirts the blighted leaf, Whose verdure's changed to brown and yellow As change the cheeks with touch of grief. The leaves are twirling round and falling To the touch of Autumn's breezeg How soon the moreland and the valley Will be barren-and the trees! Oh! dreary are those winds of Autumn, Sighing, chanting as they go, Despoiling all the Summer's beauties: Preparing earth for frost and snow. T.. The Knot-Hole Lorena Green 'UM HE WIND was howling fiercely through the trees and I around the small wooden cottage. The mother sat in a large arm-chair in front of the fire, while at her feet were her two children, Tom and Ruth, aged respectively, twelve and ten years. That knot-hole must be covered. I can not stand the wind sighing and blowing through it the way it is now. So saying, the mother arose from the arm-chair, picked up a shingle from the wood-box and taking the hammer and some tacks from a cupboard drawer, prepared to cover the knot-hole. As she approached the knot-hole, which was on the left side of the cottage facing the woods, the wind came with more than the usual force and sent a resounding. Ooooo! all through the small room. That will be the last time the wind will ever come 24 SPECTATOR through that knot-hole, said the mother after completing her task. Ten years had passed. The children, now grown, were longing for life in the city. Their mother, upon whom age was fast falling, wished them to stay with her in the old home until she died. She at last consented to put the house up for sale and in that way give her son and daughter the money with which to go to the city. 1 It was a cold, windy day when a man and his wife, passing in a buggy, chanced to see the sign, For Sale, on the old home. The mother, glancing out of the window, hap- pened to see them approaching the house, looking at it as if they intended to buy. Running to the knot-hole, she took the shingle off and the wind came sighing through. The people rapped at the door and Tom opened it for them. They asked if they might look at the interior of the house as they thought of buying. As they entered the room in which the knot-hole was, a fierce Oooooo! attracted their attention. This house is haunted, I shall not buy it, said the man, and that instant left the house. And so the children, not having any money, did not go to the city and the old home was saved for the mother to end her days in. y SPECTATOR 25 'Gib First Thanksgiving Emma Domka '15 For the gifts we have had from His hand Who is Lord of the living, Let there run through the length of the land A Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving! -Clinton Scollard. The day is now near at hand which we set apart every year as a day of feasting, of thanks, and of prayer. It is interesting to know how Thanksgiving Day originated. When the Pilgrims settled in Plymouth 116201 an In- dian, named Squanto, came and lived with them. He taught them how to do many useful things. The Pilgrims were very fortunate in finding corn buried in sand hills of Cape Cod, which they wisely saved for seed. Had it not been for this corn and the aid of Squanto, the colony would prob- ably have failed during the first year at Plymouth. Fortunately, the first summer was warm, accompanied with a good deal of rain, and much sunshine. Everybody worked hard, and in the autumn they gathered a fine crop of corn. The people were very happy for they were sure of food for the following winter. God has been good to us, said the women, let us thank him for all these blessings. So they decided to take one day in which to thank God for these things. They also asked their Indian friends, who had been so kind to them, to share this day of thanksgiving with them. But one day did not seem long enough and so they planned to take a whole week, during that lovely period of balmy calm, cool air, and soft sunshine, which is called In- dian summer, and which may come either the latter week of October or November. Ninety Indians with their chief, Massassoit, came as guests. At this time there were scarcely a dozen houses in the whole settlement, and so the Indians 26 SPECTATOR had to sleep and eat out of doors. They did not mind this, for it was a lovely, warm week of Indian summer. Of course it was no small task to prepare food enough for the settlers and their guests. Governor Bradford, of the Plymouth Colony, sent four of the best marksmen out to shoot wild turkeys, in order that the settlers might after a more special manner rejoice together, however, he little dreamed to what this pious act would lead. They killed enough in one day to serve the company for almost a week. Massassoit also sent out some of his men. They killed five deer, which they gave to the Pilgrims for their share of the feast. It was a fine Thanksgiving. On the roughly hewn ta- bles under the trees were roast turkey, deer meat, broiled fish, and baked clams. The young Pilgrim girls helped to serve the food. Everybody had a merry time during that week of Thanksgiving. Amongst other recreations the Pil- grims ran races, played games, and had a shooting match. At night the Indians sang and danced. The Pilgrims enter- tained and feasted their Indian guests for three days, when Massassoit had to leave for home. He smoked the pipe of peace with them, and taking his presents of glass beads and trinkets, he and his braves said good-by and began their long journey through the woods. The last days of the thanksgiving party were brought to a close with a long prayer and sermon by Elder Brewster. It was not for more than a century after their first Thanksgiving that the feast became universal. The first Thanksgiving Proclamation from a President of the United States was issued by George Washington in 1795. After the dark days of the Civil War, this custom became an an- nual one. That great strife gave to the people of this country a new sense of oneness and since 1863 the President has is- sued a Thanksgiving Proclamation regularly every year, set- ting apart the last Thursday in November as a day of feast- ing, of thanks, and of prayers. SPECTATOR 27 'Bib JVIystery of Shaggis Pauline Clark '18 N THE rear of Fulton street, down near the dock where ' the Brooklyn Bridge connects the shore of Brooklyn with the business district of New York, stood a half-constructed shanty occupied by a mysterious beggar, better known in the slums as Shaggis. Shaggis, who was bent with many years of hardship, and who perhaps never saw a joyous day in his life, had no special occupation, and all he earned was from the sale of newspapers or what he could beg from the shoppers as they went hurriedly by. He existed on little, and like many other poor creatures of a great city, lived from the hands of Char- ity. He was a man who was always known to the commun- ity as a hard-hearted old man, one who hated everybody with whom he came in contact. He was without friends and was always teased by the smaller street urchins. This queer, quaint, old, ragged man always stood on one corner for hours. He would come early and leave lateg and no one seemed to notice him come or go, except the pass- ing patrolmen whom Shaggis hated. He would often talk to himself, denouncing the officers, as they passed him, in a half audible voice. How he lived after he got home, no one knew. In fact, no one cared. It happened at the time when everyone is busy getting ready for Christmas, that there occurred the robbery and murder of Sir Joseph Laird, jr., on Fifth avenue. The police investigated the case thoroughly and were surrounding the main suspects of the large Metropolis. It happened that on this very night Shaggis was missing from his usual place on the corner, and many people were lead to believe he was guilty of the Laird murder and burglary. The police were notiiied and an investigation began. A detective was summoned, and with the aid of three officers set oi? secretly to inspect Shaggis' place in the rear of Fulton street. They crept up to the shanty of this rag- 28 SPECTATOR ged creature and started their investigation. It was not long before they discovered a large crack in the wall which permitted a clear view of the inside. They plainly saw seated on an old beer keg, bending over a rickety table, an old man whose hair was gray with age. He was crouched over the table and seemed to count and recount gold pieces with much pleasureg yet he seemed to be nervous with fear. As he counted he was suddenly interrupted by a noise which came from the outside. He hurriedly put his wealth into an old pocketbook which was on the table and blew out the candle. The oilicers started to break into the hovel. They were soon inside, but to their astonishment the old man had dis- appeared. After a quick search they saw him trying to make his escape in a small boat at the warf. As they approached the warf he shoved ol? and started to row towards the opposite shore. The officers fired sev- eral shots, and suddenly the old man fell upon his face in the boat, his right arm hanging over the side, his hand clutch- ing feebly at something which apparently had fallen from his grasp into the water. The officers summoned the police-boat and went out to take possession of their prey. They came upon the float- ing boat and they found the old man lifeless, shot through the heart. A careful search of both the hut and the boat failed to reveal the money. And so the robbery and murder of Sir joseph Laird has always remained a mystery in the great Metropolis. -aa-.f SPECTATOR 29 Thanksgiving Day' Susan McGee '16 More than two hundred years ago, Surrounded by Indians and sparkling snow, The simple Puritans, Thanksgiving gave To Him who has power to guard and save. Gentle, sweet-faced women came, Hardy, brave men carrying game, Young and old, from far and near, All came to add to the praise and cheer. To-day, we too celebrate this day And praise our Guide, the same as they. Maybe not just in their way, Still we are thankful, same as they. His Conscience Anna Kaminsky 'UZ BOUT TWO years after the Russian-Turkish War, about 1874, a regiment of Russian cossacks were traveling from one small town to another town in southwestern Rus- sia. One of these cossacks needed some liquor. So he left the rest of the regiment and made arrangements to meet them at a certain place some miles further on. He then rode on alone until he came to a small out-of- the-way Russian kabach, which was somewhat like a cab- aret. On entering, he noticed that no one was there, but soon some one came out of the back room. The cossack said, I would like to have some brandy, and be quick about it as I'm in a hurry. We don't have any brandy. We sold out yesterday to a band of cossacksg but if you'l1 wait, the proprietor will soon be back. He went out to collect some money and also 30 SPECTATOR to get a new supply of brandy. I can't wait. I told you once that I'm in a hurry, answered the cossack, as he departed. He left. When he came to the road he turned in among the bushes and tied his horse, so that no one would see it. He then waited for about twenty minutes until he heard the hoofs of a horse which was trotting slowly up the road. When the horse passed the place where the cossack was hidden, the cossack struck the man on the head, knocked him from his saddle and robbed him of his money and sev- eral bottles of brandy. The blow fractured the man's skull and he died before he gained consciousness. The cossack then hurried back to the rendezvous with the regiment, and they went on to the next town. As time went on, no one knew who committed the crime, nor how the Russian peasant was killed. Years later, the same cossack was on guard at a gov- ernment commission house in a far-off town. As he was walking down the street, he saw a bundle of dark material, He walked over to it, and after a careful examination of the contents, he took it home and locked it in his trunk. The cossack decided he had made a good find, as broad- cloth and serges were extremely expensive in those days. The next day several officers went from house to house, for the purpose of finding a clue to a great robbery which had occurred the previous night in one of the large stores in that town. They searched all the belongings of the cos- sacks, and, of course, the materials were found in the cos- sack's trunk. He was arrested at once and after a long trial, was sentenced to six years of hard labor in Siberia. Before leaving the stand, as a final plea the cossack spoke, saying, Gentlemen, if I may be allowed a word, I insist that I did not steal these materials. But the six years imprisonment is due me for I once killed an innocent man. SPECTATOR 31 His JVIistake Magdalene Yoder '15 ' I' WAS a very stormy evening. The wind could be heard ta whistling around the corners of the house. Virginia Greenwood sat before the warm glowing fire in the living room, apparently reading. She was thinking of Cecilia Rich- mond. Cecilia's mother had died and her father, who was a New York banker, had sold their home and had sent Cecilia to a boarding school. Howe unhappy she must be, thought Virginia. Thanksgiving was rapidly approaching and Virginia could not help thinking about the jolly time she and Cecilia had had last year. Mrs. Greenwood came into the living room. Mother, said Virginia, may I ask Cecilia to come down for Thanks- giving? I am quite sure she is lonesome at school. We can go to see 'Doe' play. Doe was Virginia's brother, Robert, who was a senior at Pitt. He played fullback on the varsity and Virginia was very proud of him. Doe was also a nickname for Vir- ginia among her best friends. Certainly, answered her mother. Oh, Mother, it is so good of you. I shall write to her at once. Virginia had just placed the letter in the envelope and was about to address it when she heard her father call. There had been an accident and her father wished her to help dress the wounds of a patient that had been brought into the oliice. Doe, who had written to his friend, William McAlister, to spend Thanksgiving with him, went to the desk to get his letter. Finding the envelope containing a letter, he thought he must have forgotten to address his letter. He addressed the envelope to Bill. When Bill received the letter he was unable to grasp 32 SPECTATOR the situation. A name that seemed rather familiar appeared in it. It was signed Doe, but the letter had been sent to him. Finally, he recalled an old acquaintance by the name that appeared in the letter. There was some mistake. Bill decided to go to Pittsburg. Doe would be pleased to have him even if the invitation had not been meant for him. Two days before Thanksgiving Virginia had not heard from Cecilia. She decided to wire. Maybe the letter had been delayed, she thought. She forgot she had neglected to mail it. Cecilia arrived on Thanksgiving eve. I am so glad to be here. I was so lonesome and I didn't have anything to do. When I received the telegram I prepared to start at once. Didn't you get my letter? I wondered why you didn't write. At that moment the door bell rang. Well, Bill Mc- Alister, whatever struck you to come? Doe will be so happy. After friendships had been renewed, Virginia told Ce- cilia she had written to her but when she did not get an answer, she wired. Bill smilingly produced the letter. This explained Bill's unexpected presence. Three months later Robert Greenwood received a let- ter stating, Mistakes are very bad things but the mistake in addressing the letter brought great happiness to child- hood friends. xt el SPECTATOR 33 After Ha1loWe'en Virginia jones '18 HE WITCHING hour, the hour when on Hallowe'en I 'ghosts and goblins and witches appear, had just been announced by the hall clock in twelve long, steady strokes. Everybody in the house was sleeping peacefully except Tom- my. Tommy had been to a party and had eaten too many doughnuts and apples and too much pumpkin pie, conse- quently he was dreaming, ugly, ghostly, scary, dreams. He found himself in a great empty house, where his footsteps echoed through the rooms and made little shivers creep up his back. He stole down the long hall and entered a room which, from the outward appearance, was very small but which in reality was quite large. The room was lighted by pumpkin heads, whose gleaming eyes and grinning mouths made Tommy's hair stand on end. Mechanically he walked across the floor and stopped before a tub filled with water, evidently arranged for the purpose of bobbing apples. As he stood looking into the water he saw something white reflected there. He scarcely dared to breathe, his hands nervously clasped his pockets, the whole room seemed to swim before his eyes. Slowly he lifted his head until more and more of the object became visible. Then he started back. It was a ghost with a head of Ere! In his surprise he jerked his hand from his pocket and his purse fell into the water. Reaching down, he was about to recover the lost purse when the ghost laid a cold, bony hand upon him. He could feel its clamy breath on his neck and shoulders. With a superhuman struggle Tommy tore himself from the spectre's grasp and leaped out of its reach. He landed in a heap on the Hoor of his room quite wide awake. Then he hastily crawled back beneath the cover and out of the damp night breeze which blew through the open windows. SPECTATOR Grandma! Eva Brinker '16 The other day I was whistling When Grandma was standing near. She said, Girls never whistled When I was your age, dear. Another day I was chewing gum, And I heard her sadly sigh, Such a practice was quite improper In the golden days gone by. Last night I found a diary, It was faded and old and browng For it had been written by Grandma When she wore a delaine gown. The picnic is over. It's raining, And we are 'all in,' it read. When on the next page I saw good night I just closed the book and said, Well, Grandma mightn't have whistled, And maybe she didn't chew gum, But it's very, very shocking That slang from her lips should come. SPECTATOR 35 3 S Uhr thigh Svrhnnl Svpgtnr JOHNSTOWN, PA., DECEMBER, 1914. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 750. PER COPY, 10 CENTS Ehitnrial anh Business Stat' Editor in Chief, MARY E. COVER, 1915. Associate Editor Business Manager EVERETT WETHERBEE, '15 RALPH COLEMAN, '15 w13f4ii'EBgiE'EE2i '15 Assogggguggxfsvfgagef Society Editors , , ' BEATRICE COURTNEY, '15 Advertlsmg Manager GERALDINE MARTIN, '15 HARRY ROSE, '15 School News Associates SANFORD CABLE, '15 LEE BENFORD. '15 Current Events EARL COOK, '15 VIRGINIA LEWIS, '15 CLYDE DUNMEYER, '15 Athletic Editor LLOYD BRYAN, '15 MAURICE PEARMAN, '15 PAUL LAVELLE, '16 Alumni Editor ROBERT HORNER, '16 MISS BRIXNER, '04 , Art Editor Class Representatives CYRIL SMITH, ,15 KENNETH RICHARDSON, '16 Joke Editors PHILIP WALTERS, 17 ROBERT RUTLEDGE, '15 ALLEN GEIST, '15 The Spectator is published monthly during the school term, Address all communications to The Spectator, High School Building, Johnstown, Pa. Entered at the Postofficeg Johnstown, Pa., as second-class mail matter. In order to insure publication in the current issue, MSS. must be handed to the editor not later than the 10th of each month. Ennio niet Since Americans have been forced to depend upon their own resources, perhaps we will turn our attention to CONSERVATION the long neglected question of the con- OF PUBLIC servation of natural resources. This RESOURCES is the time of year set aside to give thanks. We, as a nation, can be thank- 3 IA 1321, 36 SPECTATOR ful for our resources, and show our thanks by considering their neglect. We have the third most extensive forests in the world, but if we continue to cut every year three and one-half times their yearly growth, as we now do, and to conserve less than one percent of the forests, how long will we have them? All the European countries preserve their forests to some extent, Germany most effectively. It is from her that we have learned conservation. Their method is very slow and tedious but thorough and economical. A forester, first of all, marks the trees which are ripe for cutting. After him come a small group of workmen who cut the trees as near the ground as possible, to prevent waste, fell them carefully so that in falling they do not strip limbs from standing trees, and peel the bark off the trunk and branches. This is done to prevent beetles from infesting them and spreading through the forest. Every scrap of bark and wood is saved for future use. They either leave some trees to produce seeds, or plant young saplings so that a forest is cut down and grown up at the same time. In our National Forests the same care is shown but these are small and serve merely as an example to foresters. In the ordinary American forests, the lumber business is plied with marvelous mechanical skill and haste, but the waste is appalling. Great horses trample the valuable young trees under their feet, forest fires sweep in and burn up not only the trees but the underbrush, so necessary to the growth of young trees. 350,000,000 has been the loss caused by forest fires annually, for the last fifty years. Thus our beautiful and valuable forests are dwindling year by year. Assuredly they will last while we live, but what gifts shall we have for coming generations? They shall receive the barren, desolate plains, like China's, for their inheritance. In the grazing lands of the West, the plains have been overstocked with cattle and, rather than cooperate, the herd- ers have slaughtered man and beast in a wild desire for graz- ing land. SPECTATOR 37 We find the greatest loss in the mines, for it is here that not only minerals are wasted but human life. In the soft coal regions there is as much coal wasted as mined. Miners will not mine inferior coal. Coal is left for pillars where timber could be used as well. A mine once vacated is never again opened. During the last ten years, 20,000 lives have been lost in the coal mines alone. Unless efforts are made by the state to protect miners by forcing them to be more careful, and compelling the mine owners to make their mines safe, this number will increase, as each year the miner digs deeper into the earth. To-day the water power is as much contended for as the land, between the corporations and the people. There is yet time to save it for the community, though the land has already been mostly secured by private owners. Let us study the question so that when we are power- ful in the community, we can celebrate a Thanksgiving, not only for our national resources, but for laws which pre- serve them for future generations. - In the formation of the Student Council we see a step taken towards a better school THE system, the system of Student Government. STUDENT The students have been given their chance to COUNCIL prove themselves responsible enough to carry on their own affairs by a representative body. If the Student Council is a success it can be given greater power and so lead to Student Government. Of all the subjects taught in High School, there is not one which teaches the student his most important lesson, the government of his actions which will affect others in the community. The fact that a student's conduct is under the teacher's control makes many forget that the real purpose of a teacher is to instruct, not to curb enthusiasm and liveliness. Let a student realize his responsibility as one of a body 38 SPECTATOR of students and what one will shirk it if he has the welfare of his school and his comrades at heart? Student Government prevails in most colleges, and suc- cessfullyg but some High Schools have hesitated to intro- duce it because they fear that the students are not old enough to realize its significance. Responsibilities more often cre- ate responsible persons than visa versa. If the student is to be responsible, give him something important to do. It will inevitably steady him. Student government also does away with petty rules and regulations necessary under the present system and cre- ates in the student a dignity and a cooperative spirit which will be far superior in keeping order to the most strictly enforced discipline. Student Government is not merely a theory, it has been successfully used in many High Schools throughout the United States. Lynchburg High School, and the Witchita High School, Kansas, report the greatest success ever at- tained in the school. Several of the High School magazines with which we exchange have also mentioned their 'Gov- ernment Council. . .Q . .V V -Q ., ' Sf. SPECTATOR 39 RENT Irma SIGNIFICANT tale is told by the British statement of revenue and expenditure for the first half of the finan- cial year which ended on September 30th. The National revenues at that period amounted to S380,000,000. This is a decrease of 313,500,000 as compared with last year. Dur- ing this time the expenditures aggregated 5l5670,000,000, which is an increase of nearly S230,000,000, due to the war. The expenses for the week of September 12, 1914, averaged an increase of more than 33,000,000 daily over the same week last year. War costs are immense in dollars and cents, but these may at some time be recovered while the costs in drops of blood can never be repaid. An American physician has accomplished a wonderful advance in surgery. Dr. Charles Davison of Illinois Uni- versity has revised the method of mending broken bones. The old way has been in use for six thousand years. Evi- dence of this is found in Egyptian mummies that have been discovered with broken bones mended in the way used to- day. Dr. Davison cuts open the Hesh to the bone and in- serts between the broken parts a piece sliced from another bone of the body or from a frozen bone. So far he has been very successful with this method. Under this treatment the injury heals much more rapidly than by the old way. A slight excitement was caused by the British seizures of American vessels. First, the Brindilla was captured off 40 SPECTATOR Sandy Hook and taken to Halifax. Later the Platuria was seized off the north coast of Scotland. More recently the john D. Rockefeller was seized. This boat had no definite information as to whom the shipment of oil was consigned. When it was discovered that the cargo was for the Danish Petroleum Company, the ship was instantly released. It was also proved that the Brindilla was bound for Alexan- dria, Egypt, after which it was permitted to continue its voyage. The Platuria is still held because, until the war broke out, it sailed under the German Hag. United States signified her willingness to have the case tried in the prize- court at Halifax. This is a test as to whether a ship can change to a neutral Hag after hostilities have been begun. England greatly desires to gain possession of all petroleum possible and to prevent any being carried to her enemy. In the present war much depends upon petroleum for war auto- mobiles, Zeppelins, and aeroplanes. This matter of ship seizures will be settled in court and not by war as some people feared. . While Europe is busy slaying her people, Egypt is mak- ing improvements which will benefit hers. One of the larg- est pumping stations in the world is being installed by the Egyptian government to drain Lake Mareotis, near Alexan- dria. This will consist of eighteen pumps of the Humphrey type. Each of which is eight feet eight inches in diameter and is able to deliver 100,000,000 gallons of water per day through a lift of twenty feet. Russia is sometimes termed the barbarian, but she has acted more quickly than any of her enlightened neighbors on one point. The Czar has banished liquors from his king- dom. This was not done from any moral impetus but be- cause it has been proved that soldiers have greater endur- ance, courage, accuracy, judgment, and power to recover from wounds when they have not been accustomed to use intoxi- cating liquors. In a war so critical to Russia as the present V SPECTATOR 41 one she needs her best men in the best condition. To help secure this she has banished liquor. Perhaps indirectly the present .war caused the death of King Charles of Rumania. His position in the present war was somewhat odd. He was a Hohenzollern serving in the Prussian guard when Napoleon III suggested that he be made Prince of the Turkish province of Wallachia and Mol- davia which were united to form Rumania. In 1866 he landed on Rumanian soil. A few days later he was pro- claimed Prince, and in 1881 he was made King. Both he and his wife, Carmen Sylva, were beloved of their adopted people. The Rumanians cling to Italyg while King Charles sympathy was with Germany. The throne passes to the house of King Charles' elder brother because the King had no children. Thomas A. Edison has again presented a very useful invention to the world. This is the telescribe. It is a lit- tle box of mechanism to which the receiver of the regular desk telephone is attached by placing it in the socket of the telescribe. The speaker takes up a small receiver, which is part of the telescribe, and gives the call. By two buttons the machine may be stopped or startedg in this way it saves wasting the cylinder on pauses. Both sides of the conver- sation, including all evidence of the central operator's voice when she makes connections, are recorded. These wax rec- ords may be kept indefinitely. Doubtless the telescribe will prove of great value in the business world. 42 SPECTATOR ZX x A Qighx 257. 0 s i f' ffm' C W' in GH L NEWS N OCTOBER 12th, Dr. Charles Barker of Washington, D. C., addressed the students. He based his talk upon the three things necessary for success, A Strong Arm, A Brave Heart, and A Clear Mind. The organization of Der Schiller Verein by the Ger- man students is creating much enthusiasm. At the meet- ings of the Club, which was formed for the furtherance of German conversation among the students, German only will be spoken. The following officers have been elected: Presi- dent, Oscar Naugleg Vice President, Virginia Lewis, Treas- urer, Mary Coverg Secretary, Frank Kellerg Press Agent, Nina Custer. Winifred Krebs, Catharine Glock, and Albert Callet have been appointed to draw up a constitution. The programs for the meetings, held every second Tuesday even- ing, will be arranged for by Anna Haynes, Everett Wether- bee, and Donald Gocher. The luncheons of the High School Girls' Bible Class, preceded by the lesson study, on Tuesdays are being very well attended. They are studying the women of the Old Testament. On November 10th, Miss Loucks, the guest of Miss Hickernell, spoke to the girls concerning mission- ary work and the need of Y. W. C. A. work in other coun- tries. SPECTATOR 43 The first meeting of the Emerson Society was held in the School Auditorium, Friday evening, November 6th. This year promises to be one of the most successful for the so- ciety. On November 13th, Bible classes will be organized at the Y. M. C. A. for High School boys. The boys will be assigned to classes according to their year in school. On Friday evening William F. Knox, a nephew of Philander C. Knox, Secretary of State under President Taft, choice for the All-American team as halfback, from the Yale team 1911, will make an address following the dinner which will be served. lumni N MONDAY evening, November 9th, the Alumni En- tertainment Course opened with The Cathedral Choir which consisted of the following most efficient people: Miss Esther Bailey, soprano, Miss Dorothy Daniel, sopranog Mr. Paul Smithson, tenor, Mr. Malcolm Hallberg, tenorg Miss Mina Hager, contraltog Miss Cora Belle Spalding, contralto, Mr. Clayton Inman, baritoneg Mr. Haydn Thomas, bass, and Mr. Frederick J. Perrson, pianist. The Johnstown people showed their appreciation of the efforts of the Alumni of the High School in bringing to our city a course of high-class entertainment, by greeting the opening number of the course in numbers far exceeding our expectations. And the people were not disappointed, for every patron went away from the High School auditorium satisfied and delighted to the utmost with the evening's pleasure. Every number on the program was excellent, and was received with the greatest delight and the most appreciative applause. We all hope it will be our pleasure to hear The 44 SPECTATOR Cathedral Chair again. The opening number speaks well for the rest of the course. If one judges by the splendid presentation given by The Cathedral Choir, Johnstown is going to have, this winter, a series of entertainments never before excelled in our city. Almost as soon as we have graduated from the high school some of us go into the activities of the busy wolrd, and others go to higher institutions of learning. Thus we are scattered, and lost to each other's sight. It often hap- pens that we never hear of each other again unless through the business world or in the columns of our alumni papers. For this reason, the Alumni Columns of this number of The Spectator are devoted for the most part to the Class of 1914, the members of which may be already out of touch with each other. Class of 1914 This class is, indeed, well represented at our colleges and universities. Cornell-Morris Reynolds, Matthew Marcus. Pittsburg-Leland Walker, Oscar Kaminsky, james Ly- nam. Lehigh-Edgar Wait. Pennsylvania State-Harry Stetler, Paul Welsh, Charles Speck. Haverford-Ralph Porch, Robert Greer. Princeton-Stephens Mayer. Pennsylvania-Herbert Silverstone, Herbert Davies. University of Nebarska-Griffith Owen. Baltimore Dental-Edward Marchl. Wells-Margaret Greer, Katherine Bryan. Wilson-Helen Trail, Mary Evans. Maryland College-Margaret Smith, Ruth Matthews. Otterbein-Alice Ressler. Merion--Agnes Cassidy. SPECTATOR 45 Sweet Briar College-Ethel Tomb. Dickinson College-Anna Gaydos. Westchester Normal-Lulu Meyer, Jean Byroade, Eliza- beth Reese, Mary Davis, Theresa Flynn. Indiana Normal-Katherine Reddinger, Pearl Young, Verda Blough, Clara Cousins, Ethel Grumbling, Marie Cul- liton, Marie Kress, Meta Lorentz. Rhode Island Normal-Irma Gardner. Charlotte Tross and Sarah Bossart are taking courses in domestic science, the former in Pittsburg and the latter in Washington. Salome Cartwright, Clarice Grumbling, Louise Walters and Estelle Frick are teaching. Alma Hughes and Laura Hurrel are teaching in the Com- mercial Department of the High School. Walter Cramer is doing work with the Boys' Secretary at the Young Men's Christian Association. Anna Broomberg is a stenographer at the National Radi- ator Works. Florence Kuehne is a stenographer at the Kantner Whole- sale Produce House. Lola Leitenberger is a stenographer with the Metropoli- tan Life Insurance Company. Jennings Love is just recovering from very serious in- juries received in a mine explosion during the past summer. He was doing work in the mine in preparation for his en- trance to Cornell, where he expected to study mining en- gineering. The other members of the class are engaged in various kinds of work about the town, or are staying at home. News From Other Classes '00-Mrs. J. L. Replogle fMiss Blanche K. McMillanj has recently left Johnstown for Philadelphia, where Mr. Rep- logle, Vice-President and Sales Manager of the Cambria Steel Company, now has his offices. Mr. and Mrs. Replogle, with 46 SPECTATOR Mrs. McMillan, the former's mother, will live at the Belle- vue-Stratford. '02-Roy L. Lowman has resigned from the United States Navy, after twelve years of honorable service. '05-Merle Horner was recently married to Miss Clara Gore of Moxham. '07-Newton D. Swank is Pastor of the First English Lutheran Church at Carnegie, Pennsylvania. ex'08-The engagement of Miss Jessie Young to Mr. Gordon Balch Nevin has been announced. '10-Miss Olive Mayer was married in October to Dr. R. M. Palmer of Johnstown. '12-Frank Keller has a large poultry farm near Geistown. '13-Fred Sharp entered Carnegie Technical School this fall. JXTHMEJHC P I se-Q Johnstown High, 03 Williamsport High, 16 N October 17, Johnstown High played its first game away from home and was defeated by the strong High School team of Williamsport by a score of 16-0. Their heavy veteran players were too much for our lighter squad. Never- theless High School played their best game of the year and deserve much credit for holding their opponents to such a SPECTATOR 47 low score. In the first half, both teams played straight football, Williamsport weight giving them a slight advantage. After a series of line plunges and punts, Williamsport carried the ball to our ten yard line, where High School held them for downs. On a fake punt formation, Broderick fumbled the ball on our five yard lineg Rothrock snatched it up and fell across the goal line for a touchdown. Gilbert kicked a pretty goal. The remainder of the half was a punting duel between Broderick and Gilbert, excepting a brilliant forward pass by Williamsport which netted a gain of thirty-five yards. Early in the second half, Weishaar made forty yards around end for a touchdown. After this, both teams resorted to open football, especially High School. Forward passes and end runs gained much ground for both sides. The fourth quarter was featured by a pretty field goal by Gilbert from the thirty yard line. The game ended with the ball in High School's possession. Frain and Weishaar were the bright stars for Williasport, while Broderick's punting was the feature for Johnstown. Our players report good treatment on the trip. Line-up: J. H. S., 0 W. H. S., 16 Colbert ......... R. E. .. ............ . Frain Springer ...... R. T. .. ......... . Mayer Buchovecky R. G. .. Bathurst Broderick C. .. .... Vanderlin Pinder .... . .... L. G ..... Gilbert Buckwalter .... .. . L. T. . . . .. .. Staddon Custer ...... L. E. Speaker Korns .... Q. .... .... W hitman Drew .... . R. H. . . . . . Rothrock Leiford .... L. H. .... . ........ Weishaar Connors .................. F. .................. Conwell Substitutions-Galbreath for Rothrock, Simpson for Gil- bert, Stroup for Pinder, Murdock for Connors, Korns for Col- bert, Rutledge for Korns. Referee-Monroe, W. H. S. Um- pire-Whittam, Bucknell. Timer-Cook, J. H. S. Headlines- 48 SPECTATOR man-Emerick, W. H. S. Touchdowns-Rothrock, Weishaar. Goals from touchdown-Gilbert. Field goal-Gilbert. V Johnstown High, 28g Connellsville High, 7 Connellsville High played its annual game with High School on the Point on October 24. The game was fast and exciting and well contested by both sides. The visitors started in to get revenge for last year's de- feat, and in less than two minutes of play, Leighty tore through our line for sixty yards and a touchdown. This woke the locals up and they played their opponents to a stand-still dur- ing the remainder of the quarter. In the second quarter, High sprang a series of trick plays and formations which puzzled Connellsville and re4 sulted in two touchdowns. The first half ended with High School leading 14-7. In the second half Connellsville took a fresh start and held our team without a score. During the third quarter both teams played pretty football and things were evenly divided. In the last quarter Connellsville weakened and by clever forward passes and long end runs, Johnstown crossed their goal line twice, Buckwalter kicking both goals. Leighty, the visitors husky half-back, played one of the best games seen here for years. His broken field running was especially brilliant. Korns and Rutledge played good games for High School. The line-up: J. H. S., 28 C. H. S., 7 Custer ........... . .... L. E. .... ...... B uttermore Buckwalter . . . .... L. T. .... .... W ingrove Pinder ...... .... L . G. .... .. . Rodgers Broderick ..... .... C .... . .. Smeak Buchovecky ..... .... R . G. .... .... Y others Springer ...... .... R . T.. .. .... . Kell Colbert ..... .... R . E.. . ..... Darr Rutledge .... ...... .... .... C r o wly Q . . . Korns ..... .... L . H. ..... ..... M anife SPECTATOR 49 Drew .................... R. H. ................. Marietta Murdock .................. .F ........... . ......... Leighty Substitutions-Moyer for Smeak, Leighty for Marietta, Smeak for Leighty, Connors for Murdock, Taylor for Bucho- vecky, Bowser for Custer, Brunner for Drew, Stroup for Pinder. Touchdowns-Leighty, Rutledge, Korns, Drew 2. Goals from Touchdown-Leighty, Buckwalter 4. Referee- Raab, Dickinson. Umpire-Kerwick. Timer-Crouse. Head- linesman-O'Connell. Johnstown High, 03 St. Francis College, 53 The annual clash between St. Francis College and johns- town High was staged on the Point on October Slst. Our old friend and Coach, Buck Rodgers was leader of the visit- ing aggregation and his bunch of huskies easily romped home victorious. Their superior weight was too much for our players to overcome. Their heavy back field plowed through our line for substantial gains on each down. The first half of the game ended with the score 27-O in favor of St. Francis. Sullivan and Leonard made many brilliant 'end runs and line smashes in this period. In the second half the visitors continued their pace and piled up a final score of 53-0. Our players battled gamely to the finish, but they were overwhelmed by a stronger and heavier team. Rallies were nipped in the bud and we had to punt. First downs were few and far between, while the heavy back field of the visitors gained almost at will. The rooting of the student body under cheer leader Smith was the best of the season and a feature of the game. The line-up: J. H. S., 0 St. Francis., 53 Custer ........ .... L . E. ..... . ........... Slahive Buckwalter .... .... L . T. ..... McCrasl1 Pinder ...... .... L . G.. .. .... Chobby Broderick ..... ...... C ..... . .. Doster Buchovecky . . . .... R. G.. . . . . . Tarrell Springer .... .... R . T.... Mulgrew Colbert .... .... R . E.. . . .... McCrosey 50 SPECTATOR Rutledge . . . ..... Q .... . . . Leonard Korns ..... ..... L . H. .... .... S avage Leiford .... ......... R . H. .... . . . . . . McCune Connors ................... F .................... Sullivan Substitutions-Murdock for Connors, Bowser for Custer, Stolle for Bowser, Brennan for Farrell, Mulvehill for McCune. Touchdowns-Sullivan 3, Doster, McCune, Savage 2, Leonard. Goals from Touchdown-Sullivan 5. Referee-Raab. Um- pire-Shedy. Linesman-Cramer. Time of Quarters-15 minutes. Freshman, 245 juniors, 6 On October 28th the first of a series of inter-class foot- ball games under the supervision of the new Students Govern- ing Board of Interclass Activities was played on the Point between the Freshman and the Junior teams. The underclass team played a fast and strong game easily swamping the 1916 squad by the score of 24-6. Thomas, the speedy fullback for the Freshies, was the big feature of the game, while Evans handled the Juniors like an All-American quarterback. The line-up: Freshmen, 24 Juniors, 6 Harrigan L. E. .... Prothero Bowser .... L. G. ..... Diggles Ailes ..... L. G.. . . .Q Noffsinger Snook .... ..... C .. ...... .Fox Glosser .... R. G. .. Beerman Warden . . . R. T. . . . Curry Gaffney .... .... R . E. .... .... R eynolds McNamara . ..Q ..... ..... E vans Grady ..... .... L . H .... Meyers Morgan .... .... R . H.. . . .... Bheam Thomas .... . .F . . . . . Baserman Touchdowns-Thomas 2, Morgan, Gaffney, Reynolds. Substitution-Horner for Noffsinger. Referee-Steele. Um- Umpire-Rose. Timer-Pearman. SPECTATOR 5l Senior-Soph Game In the second round for the inter-class fottball champion- ship, the Senior team beat the Sophomores by the score 7-O. The game was fast and well played by both sidesg the final result not decided until the end of the game. Although outweighed by the upper classmen, the Sophs played a brilliant gameg their defense was especially good. Schade and Tomb played the best for 1917, while Cook and Schry did good work for the Seniors. The line-up: Seniors Sophs Schry ......... .... L . F... .. .... . Tomb Schmidt ..... .... L . T.. . . .... Bimmel Holmquist .... L. G .. Duwell Erdmann .... .... C .... .... K i rschner Campbell .... .... R . G .... .. . Smith Cook ...... .... R . T. .... ...... F ritz Pearman . . . .... R. E Brockmier Tross .... ..... Q . . Berkebile Coleman ...L. H Mayer Roshon .................. R. H ..Schade Burgraff ................... F ..................... Dailey Touchdowns Referee-Schmid. Pearman. Goal from Touchdown-Tross. Umpire-Leiford. Linesman-Wertz. Timer-Rose. Senior-Freshmen Game The Senior and Freshmen teams met on the Point on No- vember 6 in the final game for the inter-class championship. When the smoke cleared away the upper-classmen were lead- ing by the score 6-0. The battle was bitterly contested, but the heavier Senior players could not be stopped. Both teams used the forward pass very extensively. ' Tross and Roshon stared for the Seniors, while Brady and Grady did best for the Freshmen. Well organized rooting squads were on hand to add spirit to their respective teams. 52 SPECTATOR By winning the series the Seniors received a handsome silver loving cup. The line-up: Seniors, 6 Freshmen, 0 Schry ......... .... L . E .... . .......... Brady Benford . .. .... L. T .... .... K orns Schmid .... .... L . G .... . . . Powell Erdmann .... .... C ..... .... S n ook Campbell .... .... R . G .... .... W ardeu Cook ...... .... R . T .... .. Bowser Pearman .... .... R . E .... .... G atfney Tross ..... Q . .Q ...... . . . McNamara Roshon .... .... L . H .... ..... G rady Price .................... R. H.. . . . . . ....... . . Morgan Burgraii ................... F ................... . Thomas Touchdown-Roshon. Substitution-Holmquist for Schmid, Coleman for Price, Price for Roshon. Referee- Schmid. Umpire--Ashton. Linesman-Fox. Timer-Ed- wards. A r il P ,Yi G. Society' T. K. E. SOCIETY HE T. K. E. Literary Society held its first meeting of the I year on October 16th. The following officers were elect- ed for the first half of the school term: President, Donald Gocherg Vice President, Lloyd Bryang Secretary, Beatrice Courtneyg Treasurer, Edward Bowserg Sergeant-at-Arms, Charles Kressg Critic, Winifred Krebs. Mr. Wallize, Mrs. Keat, and Mr. Blank will have charge of the Society this year. EMERSON SOCIETY The first meeting of the Emerson Literary Society was held October 16th in the Study Hall. SPECTATOR 53 The constitution was read for the new members by Pres- ident Pearman, and the minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The election of officers took place and the following per- sons were elected: President, Maurice Pearmang Vice Pres- ident, Mary Coverg Secretary, Marion McMullen, Treasurer, Harry Drewg Critic, Sanford Cableg Sergeant-at-Arms, Gar- rison Priceg Press Agent, James Piper. There are now one hundred and thirty members in the Society. Sixty-six of these being taken in this year. The Emerson Society met in the Auditorim November 6th. The first meeting was well attended and the following program was enjoyed by those present: Recitation .......................... Lu Mellinger Piano Duet .......... Sarah Rose and Dorothy Rose Story ..... '. . . .............. .Viola Mosholder Vocal Solo ..... .......... G ertrude Sandford Miracle Play Cast: The Mother ..... ......... .... E s ther Teeter The Child ......... ...... ...... R u th Miller A Traveling Man ..... . .... ..... R obert Brunner qflgassiz 1' THE meeting of the Chapter on October 19th, the members gave their reports on the bird boxes. About thirty of the boxes of a type especially suited for wrens were placed just before the last term closed. It was interesting to note how quickly they were occupied. In some instances, the birds were attracted a few days after the boxes had been placed. A feature of this meeting was the reading of an engaging article, The Starry Heavens in October, by Margaret Mahaffey. On November 2d, two very good discussions were given. Lorene Martin told of the Boneset, or Ague-weed, the 54 SPECTATOR tonic of our grandmothers' gardens. Stanley Noffsinger dis- cussed the Prickly Ash, of which we found some fruit on our excursion in the wood above Walnut Grove. The flow- ers of this tree are supposed to have spoiled the honey of last year. Owing to the resignation of our treasurer, Clyde C. Knepper, we elected Magdalene Yoder to serve for the remainder of the year. On November 9th, the members of the Chapter accom- panied by Miss Krebs and Miss Canan hiked to New Flor- ence. On this trip a number of frogs and cray-fish were se- cured. jottings of Science The Nature of Solution Everett Wetherbee '15 DLUTIONS VVERE distinguished from definite chemi- cal compounds when John Dalton discovered the laws of definite and multiple proportions. But even he was not the first one to experiment with the solubility of solids in water and the phenomena of solution. As early as 1788, Sir Charles Blagden made experiments with salt solutions, and in 1850, Thomas Graham's experiments on diffusion, which have cleared up so much of the nature of solution, were pub- lished. A solid may be distributed through a liquid either by being simply suspended in the latter-this is a mixture--or being completely dissolved, that is, in solution. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, When a solid, such as salt or sugar, dissolves in contact with water to form a uniform substance, from which the components may be regained by evaporation, the substance is called a solution. The liquid used to dissolve the substance is called a solvent, and the substance dissolved is termed the solute. There are three kinds of solutions: combinations of gases and liquids, liquids and liquids and solids with liquids. SPECTATOR 55 When a gas dissolves in a liquid, it sometimes loses its properties as a gas, and the solution acquires basic or acidic properties. In all cases of purely physical solutions of gases in liquids, the amount of gas dissolved is directly propor- tional to the pressure of the gas. This statement is known in science as Henry's Law. If two liquids do not separate, but form a uniform solution when brought together, they are said to be miscible. Those which do not form a uniform solution are immiscible. This property is made use of in removing- shaking out -substances from solution which are slightly soluble in one liquid and very soluble in the other. Of the three combinations, liquids with liquids, gases with liquids, and solids with liquids, the last is by far the commonest and some of its phases should be treated here. If a solid body be placed in a liquid, it becomes disseminat- ed through a very large space. The molecules, which con- stitute all matter, are torn apart, but this can only occur in the presence of a solvent. Since the molecules are torn apart, and the force of cohesion destroyed, we may consider the dissolved substance as being in a quasi-gaseous condition and permeating the space about it, though only when that space is filled with a suitable liquid. When the pressure of the quasi-gaseous molecules is resisted suiiiciently by the liquid above it, we find that pressure is exercised upon the walls of the vessel and upon the substance below. This pressure is called osmotic pressure. It has also been proved that the molecules of a solid will diffuse through those of the liquid, and if the system is not disturbed, it will even- tually become a solution of uniform concentration. If we had the proper means of measuring it, the tendency of the molecules to leave a solid in the presence of a liquid would effect a kind of pressure. This is solution pressure. Now, when the osmotic pressure, by the continual increase of the dissolving molecules, become equal to the solution pressure, that is, when no more molecules enter than leave the liquid to reenter the solid, the solution is saturated with regard 56 SPECTATOR to that particular substance at that particular temperature and pressure. The Kinetic-Molecular Theory, which so aptly explained the saturation point of a solution can also be used in ex- plaining the heat of solution which is observed when the molecules of a solid or liquid break up in the presence of another liquid. By the Law of Constant Heat Summa- tion, the total energy of the system is equivalent to the sum of the energy developed in the component phase. For in- stance, in water at 18 degress C. chlorine, a gas when dis- solved gives off 69 calories of heat for every gram of the solute, and sulphuric acid, a liquid, gives off 182.5 calories per gram. Since this is true, energy will be given off or taken up when the molecule is broken up. Thus, sulphuric acid, HZSO4 contains as much energy in the molecule as there is energy in the two hydrogen ions and the sulphate ion. This energy passes off in the common recognizable form of heat. ' Having discussed briefly several conditions of solution, in closing a word must be given to colloidal solution. By colloidal solution is meant those forms of matter that exist in a non-crystalline state, that remain suspended in water and pass unimpeded through a filter paper. An experiment is performed which illustrates this principle. If an electric current be arced between two gold terminals in a solution of absolutely pure water, the gold becomes very minutely divided. If the solution is placed before a powerful light and observed through a magnifying glass, the very small particles are seen. These particles are said to be almost as minute as ions. I7 E SPECTATOR 57 Heating and Ventilating System in the High School Hannah Canan '15 There are two main methods of heating large buildings: steam with direct radiation and steam with indirect radiation. In the Hrst of these systems steam is carried throughout the building to radiators in the separate rooms. The system of heating which has just been installed in our school is the system of indirect radiation. From the cold air room at the back of the building the immense pressure fan forces the air into a large duct and drives it over steam pipes. The steam from the boilers pass- es through a number of coils which are similar to radiators. These coils are enclosed in the hot air chamber. From this point the air is turned into the main ducts which lead into the basement hallways. Branches from the main ducts con- nect with Hues which run to each room. Dampers, located in the ducts just previous to the branching off into flues, regulate the supply of air. y In some rooms radiators are placed in addition to the ducts. This combination helps to maintain an even temper- ature throughout the room. The steam is condensed in the radiators and the water runs back through other pipes into the boilers. In this system the room is ventilated while it is being heated. The downward system of ventilation is used. This is more advantageous than the upward system, for in the latter the air is drawn off so rapidly that the Hoor remains cold. There is this difficulty, however, about the downward ventilationf-the currents of air sometimes refuse to move in a downward direction and the air fouls before it is removed. The heated air enters through the register at the top of the room and is forced down and out through another register at the fioor. This register connects with an exit 58 SPECTATOR duct which carries the foul air to the roof of the building where it is dispersed. The thermostat is attached to each of the two main ducts and regulates the amount of steam in the coils, giving a greater proportion of warm or cold air as is required. Jw E19 ts 4' .A li -,J Whoever thinks a perfect piece to see Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. --Pope. IGH SCHOOL journal--Your literary department is 'Q' commendable. The article on Napoleon is especially well written. You have instituted a new and unique man- ner of conducting the exchange columng but we disagree with you in the statement that the papers critized pay little or no attention to the criticisms. The editorials show thought and careful preparation. The Quill-You have succeeded splendidly in your at- tempt to make the Quill a whole-school affair. However, the advertisements at the bottom of the pages of the read- ing material mar the appearance of your paper. Red and Black, Reading, Pa.-You have a literary de- SPECTATOR 59 partment which reflects credit upon your school. The Great Physician was unusual in plot. Could you afford to con- fine the advertisements to the back of the paper? The World, as usual, is a splendid journal from cover to cover, with cuts and cartoons in abundance, while the cover design is clever and artistic. Erasmian-The cuts heading the different departments are splendid. The poems give evidence of real talent and genius. Coming from such a large school, one expects to find at least twice as many advertisements. The Mountaineer-An appropriate cover, with good lit- erary material, is found in the Mountaineer. But you have one noticeable fault, common among school papers, that of placing advertisements in the front of the magazine. The Mirror-Your continued story, The Hand of Gwillune, is exceedingly well written, and contains an un- usual plot. A few more stories or articles would add inter- est, since so much of the material is strictly school news. The Spectator acknowledges the following: High School Life, Warren, Ohio, High School Voice, Owensboro, Kentucky, The Habit, Salina, Kansas, Q, Quincy, Illinois, Academy Spectator, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Aurora, Nome, Alaska, Daedalian Monthly, Denton, Texas, Red and Black, Salt Lake City, Carlisle Arrow, Carlisle, Pa., Kodak, Everett, Washington, High School Forum, St. joseph, Mis- souri, Brown and White, Catasauqua, Penna., Crescent, Moorhead, Minnesota, High School Times, Fort Madison Iowa, Tahoma, Tacoma, Washington, Tiger, Beaver Falls Pennsylvania, Racquet, Portland, Maine, Oracle, Des Moines Iowa, Comet, Milwaukee, The Record, Staunton, West Vir- ginia, Distaff, Boston, Massachusetts, Our College Times Elizabethtown, Pa., Brown and White, Greensburg, Pa.- Purple and Gold, Ashland, Ohio, Courant, Bradford, Pa. ! 3 9 2 ! 60 SPECTATOR .,-l.1 Wfrff X ' N x J k 0' o es 'Zig ,, '1' I A Q T' ' A Cop-What are you doing under that bench? Tramp-I am under arrest. Notice In the near future a vaudeville show will be given by some of our most prominent home talent for the benefit of the Anti-Fussers' Association which is in a sadly neglected condition since Jordon, the last survivor, has gone astray. The complete program will appear next month, although the headliner is already certain. The football team, by spe- cial request, will reproduce The Balcony Scene from Belle- fonte. Jordon will play a high role while John Bi- and Springer will play the heavies. Special stage arrangements will be necessary in order to produce the water effect. It is also rumored that Allen Geist will render California in September. Fraud, Graft, Misrepresentation A most terrible incident has happened to break the har- mony of the junior Class. In going over the cards in the office, the medical inspector has discovered that the Mat- thew twins are not of the same age. For their sake we will not say which is which but one has extended his fherj age -while the other has diminished his fherj age. The matter SPECTATOR 61 has been referred to the school council which has appointed james Lewis a committee of one to investigate the matter. In Penmanship-Springer walks over to the window and pulls down the blind while the teacher is writing. Teacher--What's the matter, James? Does the sun bother you? Jim-No, I am shading the letters. A person noticing Drew and Connors walking down the street inquired, Were those guys in a wreck? Penmanship Teacher-You should pay strict attention to your penmanship because you write whatever you are thinking about. At once, half a dozen ceased writing. Kind man to little boy who is crying-What's the mat- ter? Little Boy-Boo-hoo-boo-hoo. K. M.-Don't mind, don't mind. L. B.-I didn't and that's what I got licked for. -Swiped. Teacher-Do you object to war, James? James-Yes, sir. Teacher-Why? James-War makes History and I just hate it. 1 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - - we SGHO0Lof xx 'ees-we Eumusenlua CIVIL, IECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL Ind CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, Ind GENERAL SCIENCE had lov a Catalogue. N.Y. SPECTATOR W1 .,LA,f-. I I I The school, the team and the colors VERY loyal hxgh school stu dent should be at all the games and lend support to the team by rootmg hard and by a dlsplay of the school colors We ve a great lxne of new novel tles that were bought es eclally for hlgh school footbal fans, among them these H S P t 12x28 regular 50c values t 35 h a eac H S F lt F tb ll regulation Rugby 105 Inches long at 50 H S Ch every rooter should h t 50 h school colors and mltlals 50 R t r wlth 51nch felt dlsc streamers 2x36 at 50 H S F lt N lst four m hand style ln school colors at 50 each PEIZIN TnA5rlcQ 7 54 is ' H , . J. . . ennan l- - c . J. . . e oo a u- ' , - c. J. . . ear' Horns- ave one-a ceac . J. H. 5. Felt Han-lgnlockabout style--with - c. J. H. S. one te Streame 1- ' -' - - c. J. . . e ec ies- -' - - c . s 4 SPECTATOR 63 Shomo-I was so hungry at 7:60 this morning that I 8 o'clock. ---- -Swiped. Elisha There was a man named Elisha. He had some bears and he lived in a cave. Some boys annoyed him, he said, If you keep on throwing stones at me, I'll turn the bears on you and they'll eat you up. And they did, and he did, and the bears did. -i -Swiped. Little Boy-In school we study about Goesinto. Who's Goesinto? L. B.-2 goes into 6, 3 times. 3 goes into 9, 3 times. -Swiped. He who intends to get up with the sun, should not sit up late with the daughter. -Swiped. Preacher-Will you join our Mission Band, Miss Dull. Miss Dull-No, I can't even play a mouth-organ. --Swiped. jim's letter to a chum-You know John Miller's neck? Well, he fell in the pond up to it. -Swiped. Oh, papaf' cried Willie, there's a fly on the ceiling. Absent-minded Father-Well, step on it. 1- -Swiped. The new pianist has wonderful power. She can make you feel hot or cold, happy or morose, at will. That's nothing new. So can our janitor. L. D. Colbert-Does Springer still go with the girls? Mac-Yes, he's running with a Brook. SPECTATOR Overcoats for the Young Fellows Balmacaans Double Breasted Endllsh Shawl Collar Coats, Etc. All Fabrics-All Models Woolf SL Reynolds, Inc. CLOTHES THAT SATlSl'Y Leiford-Say, Chad, what are you going to take at school? Connors-Everything I get my hands on. ---QIVE quallty gifts Here for suggestlons without number Inexpenslve thlngs as well as glfts that are more pretentlous S m thmg here for everybody as a shop pxng trlp here will show A g1,ft a day-'cts the msest way Q5 Klan els' I 8 S 8 1 ' . o e- , - .. . . . ,, ------'Mn e SPECTATOR Lif- Q lllll O' The Winning of the J -J ay WNW He-Can you suggest a title for my new book on Eng- land's most famous battles? She-Why not call it Scrap of English History ? -Swiped. Druggist-Did you kill the moths with those moth balls I sold you? Customer-No. I sat up all night and didn't hit a single one. -Swiped. T Stud.-A fish built like a nut. eacher-What is an oyster? -Swiped. 66 SPECTATOR I They're practical-sensible. For they're gifts that en- Furniture Gifts I dure. There's one best store for Furniture Gifts in I each city. In Johnstown its The GEIS Store Percy-Oh, Mama, here's a green worm. Mama-Keep away from it, dear, it may be as danger ous as a ripe one. -Swiped. Park Family Theatre The Home of the World 'S Best Piczures PARAMOUNT The program that never disappoints, and why we play to more people than any other house 1n the city. SPECTATOR 67 Throat Relief-- Tho Cough Drop that Makes the Cough Stop And quick relief, too, for coughing, hoarseness, sore throat-any throat irritation.. That's why so many people ask for Love's Menthol Cough Drops C In the Blue Box They taste just like candy-with that cooling sen- sation that makes menthol such a pleasing throat ease. Druggists sell them-confectioners, too-5c the box. Made by the F. S. Love Mfg. Co., Manufacturing Confectioners Makers of Love's Fruit Tablets and Candy Kid Waiter fto customer who has been ringing the bell for fifteen minutesj-Did you ring, Sir? Sir-Ring? No, I was tolling the bell. I thought you were dead. -Swiped. An Electric lron The Christmas Gift It means ironing the easiest, quickest and cheapest way. Saves all those Weary steps to and from the stove. It makes ironing task attended by no discomforts. Hotpoints 83.50 Westinghouse S2 .48 Alllkinds of ironing with eithier. Here's a practical, economical gift for wife or mother. Come in and let us show you. Citizens Electric 8: Gas Appliance Co. Vine and Franklin Streets SPECTATOR We invite you to in- spect the new Eight Cylinder CADILLAC The latest and best in motor car construction The J OHNSTOWN AUTOMOBILE CO. Smith-How do they foretell the weather? Tross-They get it from Washington. Smith-How can he tell? I-Ie's dead. H AJ ESTICH THEATRE l.M. J. BOYLE lvlanagel-1' J0l'lNSTOWN'S COZIEST THEATRE Presenting Keith Vaudeville THREE TIMES DAILY The Cream of American Vaudeville Together With Choice European Importations I Matinee-l0c and l5c. Time-2:30. PRWES' i Night -loc, isa, zsc. Time-7:30 and 9. SPECTATOR 69 Photographs TWO ' Layer f ll k' d, gizgs arig ssiyles Cakes W h n 1 that 5553111158 NOW 250 6 Quality Always L. G. Hornick T 's PHOTOGRAPHER 527 MAIN STREET SANNER'S Senior ftranslating Latinj-Let us have peace. Teacher-Where do you get let us ? Senior fwakening upj-In the garden, of course. Drew-I'm going to have the doctor examine my eyes Pearman-Why? Harry-Because all I can see is a Dot. Gown ! h m m Go 646 MAIN STREET Q The Saturday Evening Roast VOL. I. SATURDAY, Novsmmn 28th, 1914 No. 2 YZWRST CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS Petrograd, Nov. 23 CWireless by Telephonej. Yzwrst, twelve kilo- grams east of Jebkl, and two liters s. w. of Czar Isneezedsomethingin- mycoffee, was captured yesterday by General Bombsky's army. The town, defended by fifty thousand Germans, is reached from the east by a long bridge over the Danube. When the attacking Russians reach- ed the middle of the bridge, it col- lapsed and the whole Russian army fell into the river, causing a big splash, which came down over the town, completely flooding it and drowning both the German soldiers and inhabitants. The Russians swam to shore and took possession of the town. -.lol THE WEATHER Hen Weatherby, our presaging, predicting, prophesying, prognosti- cating reporter of probable weather conditions, wrinkled his brow and spoke as follows: During the coming winter I see the possibility of lots of ice, which means the price of ice cream will drop con- siderably. The rivers will rise con- siderably in case we have plenty of rain. lol NOTICE I, Goat Evans, believing my- self exceedingly handsome, have decided to become a Fusser. Any good-looking girl may have a date with me provided she goes home early. Call my private office in the Point Grandstand for particulars. ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT Miss Saracus Smitholevovitch held a luncheon at her home at the Stones yesterday afternoon, an- nouncing the engagement of i - to - -. The Smitholevovitch residence was very tastefully deco- rated for the occasion, the color scheme being indigo and sassafras. Large skunk cabbages stood in each corner of the dining room, while the table was decorated with ferns gathered along the Stony Creek River. All present enjoyed the free lunch immensely but claim- ed they had a slow time. T..-.011 DOBBIN PROSECUTED Dobbin Smith, alias Handsome Harry, waived hearing last night before Alderman Dope Reese on charges preferred by the famous shoe salesman, Roy Detwiler. Dob- bin is accused of wearing Detwiler's track suit instead of football togs. -0 RED TREDENNICK ILL Red Tredennick, the delicate lit- tle Freshman, has just returned to school after a brief illness. Red imagined he was sick and called Doc Cook to his bedside. Itchie Cook administered a double dose of laudunum and Rough on Rats. When this failed to kill Red, Doc Cook advised a dose of Pink Pills to match Red's complexion, taken in conjunction with Holmquist's New Discovery. Red then recover- ed rapidly, but refused to pay his doctor bill, whereupon Cook went two weeks without a shave. THE SATURDAY EVENING ROAST Uhr Sain:-hug Eur. Kunst Entered at the post office, Johns- town, Pa., as no class mail matter. SATURDAY, NOV. 28, 1914. Published now and then by The Saturday Evening Roast Printing Co. EDITORIAL On this omnivorous occasion, we beg to call our readers' attention to a most lamentable situation. The students have become industrious and spend too much time studying. In the evening the streets are ut- terly devoid of any vestige of High School life, that is, there ain't roughnecks holding up lamp posts or trying out their Hannovers on the Main Street sidewalks. Stu- dent's lamps are using so much oil that J. D. has bought a new Ford. But worse than all, ninety-nine per- cent of the students are forced to wear glasses, while the other one percent have gone blind. Every morn at five o'clock, the pupils, led by the football men, demand en- trance at the main door of the High School building, and refuse to go home to dinner, or to be dismissed at four P. M. The pupils all love their teachers, the classes being frequently interrupted by some one tossing a bouquet to the instructor. Virgil is exceedingly popular. Mc- Closkey can translate it as well as his native German tongue. What the outcome of this situation will be, it is hard to say, but let us hope for the best. If this here state of affairs keeps up too long, some of these youth may git eddicated. L10-1 The Roast will give a street car ride to Coopersdale to the person that suggests the best motto for this paper. Don't all speak at once. CABLE ORATES Sanford Cable arose without a blush before a large audience in the Auidtorium Monday night, and delivered an oration entitled, Don't Swat a Fly, Even Though It Does Light On Your Baldheadf' We would like to give the speech in full, but we also aim to keep this paper dignified. Mr. Cable's talk was well received by the audience, who showed the depth of their ap- preciation. We can't tell you how they did it. The press is muzzled. i-.-O PERSONALS Mowry, the new stud from Dale, claims his home town affords even greater possibilities to the am- bitious young American than Hen Weatherby's South America. Hank Thomas was seen buying a pair of foot coverings in a high priced Iron Street colthing store. Bob Schry was arrested for false pretense by Officer Dick Deadeye Reynolds while carrying home a number of school books. Lump Holmquist, the boy scien- tist, is trying to invent a chicken that will lay eggs with a lead shell, since he heard eggs are to be sold by the pound. Jimmie Lewis, an insignificant little runt, tried to sue the Roast for libel. Jamesie claimed we in- jured his lily-white character, but the court ruled that it was impos- sible to make black blacker. You can't scare the country editor. MEAT! MEAT! MEAT! Buy your meat from me for Thanksgiving. I have several dead dogs that will roast better than turkey. They have been lying on the streets for weeks and are plenty ripe. Come early to avoid the BUTCH BURGRAFF, Westmont, Pa. rush. 72 SPECTATOR ESTABLISHED 1892 STEPHEN LANE FOLGER Manufacturing Jeweler Club and College Pins and Rings Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals 180 BROADWAY NEW YORK Christmas Suggestions Eastman Kodaks and Cameras, Parker Fountain Pens, Perfumes, a fine assort- ment of Candies in Gift Packages. , A Fine Assortment of Each to Select From The Moxham Pharmacy Cor. Grove Ave. and Village Sh. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS If you wish good COFFEE for that Thanksgiving Dinner, try our Flaroma Brand Sold at 35c per lb. in tin cans We have other good grades from 25c up. GRAND UNION TEA CO. 4-as MAIN STREET SPECTATOR 73 FIRST ATIO AL BANK Cor. Main and Franklin Streets JOHNSTOWN, PA. Capital, Surplus and Profits S1 ,000,000 Total Resources - - - - 7,500,000 DIRECTORS Henry Y. Haws, John McDermott, Harry Swank, W. E. Matthews, J. M. Murdock, S. C. Ream, David Barry, John Widmsnn, P. F. McAneny. OFFICERS HENRY Y. HAWS, President. HARRY SWAN K, Vice President. J . M. MURDOCK, Vice President. DAVID BARRY, Cashier. P. F. MCANENY, CHAS. E. MCGAHAN. Assistant Cashiers. HIGH SCHCOL P PILS! wgy as r 'Rv its W if nun gee 'Cf ,xv 'Yzie' V Systematic saving leads to success. Start the new school term right by open- ing a savings account in Qi? United States National Bank 206 FRANKLIN STREET Women's Household Checking Accounts Consider the safety, economy and convenience of payment by check and you will realize that it is the best form of settlement. Checking accounts, large or small, are cordially invited and every fa- cility and courtesy afforded. Capital, Surplus and Profits S34-0,000 Interest Paid on Savings Accounts UNION NATIONAL BANK OF JOHNSTOWN. 143 Franklin Street Signs of All Kinds Everything from a price ticket to a field bulletin. Classy signs, too-every one of them. Our Business Is to Advertise Your Business JO E - ORTO 348 Main St. City Hall Square ,-.ildif-l-7 SPECTATOR New Method Gas Ranges Reduce Gas Bills 20 to 30th NEW METHOD Steel Burner Finished in Vitreous Enamel-Guaranteed For Five Years Key Steel which, together with their funnel-shaped jet holes does away with all the friction that their is in the rough cast burners with their thick jet holes. This allows a much larger quantity of air to be drawn in through the mixers and properly mixed with the gas without popping back, at the same time producing a much more intense heat without any odor. The more oxygen burned the ess gas These burners are light in weight, consequently can be easily lifted out, washed, and cleaned. f2H'f5,1'L5f,ZT 516.00 to 560.00 Gately 8: Fitzgerald urniture Co No. 110-112 CLINTON STREET lill- .L-f1l... ' 10 Per Cent off on Every Pur- chase Till January lst. Bring this with you 0 RQTF2?EU5'S 529 MAIN STREET Look for Name and Number ,iii--1 We are able to offer our High School pat- rons the best line of Candy Goods possible Johnson is, In Reymeris' and 322 Fuller Green Pkg- Orders gladly delivered to any part of the city. Drug Company 76 SPECTATOR WM. H. RAAB 81 BRO. Blank Book Manufacturers Printers, Rulers, Binders Engraved Stationery, An- nouncements, Cards, Etc. Why not have your Spec- tator bound into a nice book? WOOLF BLOCK ANNEX Corner franklin and lincoln Sts. Johnstown, PA. The Laundry that Satisiies Why not try having y o u r collars done by our new process, and note the result? Telephone and our Driver Will Call Troy Laundry Company W. I. Rose 84 Sons SASH, DOORS, LUMBER, CEMENT A and all kinds of building materials, good planing mill work our specialty. BOTH PHONES Orders promptly attended to 328 Lincoln Street PORCI1 BROS. NCORPORATED Dealers In Pianos and Player Pianos VISIT OUR VICTROLA PARLOR Porch Bros., Inc C or. Vine and franklin Sts. SPECTATOR 77 NATHAN' 'High School' Sweater Coats HIS line of High School Sweater Coats is without a doubt the El most attractive that can be procured in the city. The bodies are all black, while the trimmings are of the genuine light blue, thus giving the sweater the perfect ' harmony of colors in- tended. You will find them priced exceedingly low for the quality at ........................................................ S20 Growing Girls School Shoes Made up in a medium round toe last, of the finest gun metal or patent leather, the finest materials and expert workmanship are assured! in these common sense low heel shoes, for the quality in t em t ey are unexce led at our prices of ............................................ Visit Nathan's Lunch Counter NOTHING OVER 50 I l 1 1551327 ' AUMVE TRIED 7zrE1eE.s7: NOW 5 U VIH' 214 n 'LHST ST: ,i,, 7,7 ,-is GY g - D07 erent' ' Hot Drinks--- n You get them at our fountain-fine, re- freshing hot drinks-appetizing, too. Just the thing these wintry days. Stop in any time KREDEIZ G S T ORE SPECTATOR '. -T, fl 11' T, 7 '-i -T Palace Laundr 606 FRANKLIN STREET DOES IT RIGHT .T',', 71,7 '1.4 l:,', ', l 1 -Y-,YY,,., Tartan Checks and Stripes Young Men's Sporty Suits New ideas in design and remarkable improvements in the manufacture, giving them plenty of snap and style. Sl2.50, Sl5.00, Sl8.00, S20.00. Young Nlen's Balmacaans Snappy Balmacann models-rain proofed tweeds o f character. Carefully designed, newest fashions, incorpo- rating ihe latest web sleeve, the new cuff and slash pock- ets. Sl0.00, Sl2..50, Sl5.00, Sl8.00. Mackinaw Coats In the season's most approved fabrics. 55, 56.50, 57.50. John Thomas di Sons . SPECTATOR ENGRAVED NAME CARDS 30 Dzyferent Styles Valley Engraving Co. WOOLF ANNEX-LINCOLN ST. The Pioneer Trust Company of Cambria County The JOHNSTOWN TRUST CO. Capital, Surplus and Profit S425,000 Pays Interest on Savings Accounts CHECKING ACCOUNTS SOLICITED Quinn's Store Trimmed Hats and Millinery at Reasonable Prices. Ladies' and Juniors' Suits, Coats and Dresses. Waists, Blouses, and Neckwear. Laces, Hosiery and Gloves. 80 SPECTATOR F01' Quality f?.1Z .? 332465: Photo Finishing 5333523 SCHRADER'S On the Corner, Main and Franklin Streets Less Office Work--- That's the result in the ofiice where the book- keeping system is modern. Let us help you- with loose-leaf, card systems, and filing devices. Everything for the office. Wm. B. Waters 8: Bro. Siigknn You High School Fellows--- Ought to Belong to the Older Boys' ' Department Y. M. C. A. Where will you get proper recreative exercise after football season-swimming three times a week-club facilities during the cold Winter-good fellowship all day long? Easy payments accepted. VINE. STREET ENTRANCE Our Glycerine Cream Lotion--- Its diiferent-better. An ideal application for hands and face-makes the skin smooth and velvety. Noth- ing better for chapped hands. You try it. HOGAN 89 EV ANS 344 Main Street DRUGS 114 Clinton St. SPECTATOR RMore People Wearing' Mm STEINWAY Sggggv PIANUS Eff: Every Day T. E. M mzsenzxztzzf 118 Markifiifn Picture Framing Done Right At Reasonable Prices l'lORAN'S BOOK STORE 545 MAIN sr. Come and enjoy with us the satisfaction of work well done Stuver OHIO STREET IB i -.ix w i. Chuck the old notion that Correct Style means 1 high price. 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Young's Pharmacy 205-207 Franklin St. I f , ll N .-3: 1 L i vi fjilllff 1. 'r- ' T. i?'f?22g ' g-lr:-A ::..- -, I Q-'J GOING HUNTING? If so, see us for Guns, Shells, Hunting Garments SNOOK'S HARDWARE 219 Franklin Street 57,500- Small portion cash, balance easy payments, will buy a new double house, eight rooms each side, hot water heat, bath, electric lights, fine lot, best residence section down town. OGLE 61. WALTEFIS FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING Title, Trust Sz Guarantee Company CORNER MAIN AND CLINTON STREETS Capital S200,000 Surplus S200,00d DIRECTORS--W. Horace Rose, Percy Allen Rose, Samuel Lenhart, Hiram Swank, Jacob F. Kress, Edmund Overdorlf, Gustav Bostert, Louis H. Opperman, Edward P. Riley. TINTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS 'W 84 SPECTATOR Genrge B. Whitten Qlharleu Greer DOCTOR DENTAL SURGERY '86 527 Main Street Br. Gwen illlnrgaa H. E. Nirhnlz. 1113. B. DENTIST cunomc DISEASES Jordan Bldg., Main Street 544 Main Street 'Bhilip B. Sharkeg Er. E. B. 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You'll understand why if you visit our model second floor candy kitchen. Ever been up there? You're Welcome any time you Wish to inspect it. New Candies Every Day Fresh Every Hour SPECTATOR gi 15q,?o11RiQ ' f 1C0llllEKClAL 6 , H0 INCREASE 55 'YOUR' ' llxllgslff A. .SALARY - --1 lllll Hundreds of young men and women have taken this advice and are today earning Fine salaries. What We have done for them we can do for you. Full information concerning our cour- ses in Actual Business Bookkeeping, Stenography, Typewriting, English Branches, Etc., cheerfully given up- on application. For expert knowledge necessary to command a high salary, attend Cambria Business College The School That Gets Results. JONES 6: HUGHES , mmm Building ,Proprietors JOHNSTOWN, PA. City Phone 1352 Franklin Street Bell Phone 268-J -1 J. 4 l15T0lllll g'!IfJ'5cI7o6f Sher' 'IilI0l lar 3107333162 mu ! 5 E , 1 5 1 F n 1 E 1 Q L 2 1 1. 1 i S E l 1 c i A . a 5 5 5 3 I 1 5 1 I 5PwcVur4ES M7 74? MUFILLO. 1618-TE HEAD OF INFANT JESUS .Yvzlfffmrl tml. 8? CCCCDINITIEINITS The Song of the Bells ...... A Forgotten Romance ......... Head of Infant Jesus ...... Christmas Eve ......................... Their Christmas Gifts .................. Dickens and Father Christmas ........ Worthy of the Day ....................... Karl's Weihnachtsgeschenk ......... Weihnachten im Bleak Haus ........ The Kewpie Moralizes ............... Two Big Springs .......................... Santa Claus ....................................,. Christmas Superstitions and Customs ...... B. H. Chicago ...............,................... The Message of the Bells .........,.. A Typical German Christmas ....... The Return of Sir Gareth ......... Christmas Carols .. ............. A Christmas Retribution ........,..... Ancient Christmas Customs ............ I Christmas On An Ocean Steamer ............ Christmas .................................... Editorial ................. Current Events ...... School News ....... Society ..... Athletics .....,......... Alumni ..................... Jottings of Science ...... Exchanges ................ The Funny Spot ......... Advertisements ...... God rest ye, merry gentlemeng let nothing you dismay, For Jesus Christ, our Savior was born on Christmas-day. D. M. Malock Craik. SPECTATOR 5 Uhr Bigh Srhnnl Svjaertatnr Truth to the fact and a good spirit in the treatment VoL. XVII. J oHNs'rowN, PA., JANUARY, 1914. No. 4 The Song of the Bells Emma Domka, '15 Christmas is icumen soon, Lhoud ring bells! Leadeth star, guideth angels, All the meek and lowly,- Ring bells! CApologies to the Author ofthe Cuckoo Song! C 6 . Joseph bendeth over Jesus, 6 U Mary singeth a glad song, O . Star flameth, music ringeth,- .- Clear ring bells! Bells, bells, clear ringest thu, bells, Nu strike thu aver, Ring bells, nu, ring bells! ih:n:v:5'.3, 6 SPECTATOR A Forgotten Romance Winifred Krebs '15, D T was Christmas Eve, and Maxim's was alive with ill gayety and pleasure. Beauty, laughter, and song prevailed, crowding out the cares and oppressions of the sordid world. Every one was tingling with happiness, everyone forgetful of tomorrow and its troubles. In a secluded corner, away from the gayety and glamor, three men sat idling over their after-theater sup- per. The orchestra was playing a dreamy waltz, the enchanting music reached them only faintly, and seemed to rouse in their minds memories of other Christmases. The eldest, a handsome, well-groomed man of forty, sighed heavily as he shook the ash from his cigar. On nights like this, I wish I were married, and had a home of my own, he remarked to his companions. You're right, Burrows, agreed Kent, a slight Wiry fellow, seated at Burrows' left, here We old bachelors sit, spending our Christmas eve like old fogiesf' The third member of the party, a young man whose appearance bespoke success and prosperity, roused him- self from his reminiscences and turned to Burrows. I've often wondered, Clark, why you never married. You're a home loving sort and admire the ladies. It seems queer that you never fell in love. Clark Burrows smiled ruefully. How do you know, Hilliard, Whether or not I've ever been in love? he asked, his gaze fastened on a young couple near by, who appeared greatly interested in one another. Well, Hilliard began slowly, I've suspected as much, who was the fair lady? Burrows had been a friend of Kent and Hilliard for many years, and had always entertained them with stories of his adventures and travels. But about his more personal affairs he was decidedly reticent. They were SPECTATOR 7 very much surprised, therefore, when Burrows settled back in his chair and began. Well, its a story I've never told anyone, but I know I can trust it to you two. You've often heard me speak of Cedric Herald, a young Englishman who has more money than he can comfortably spend, and who therefore lavishes it generously on his friends. About ten years ago, I guess it must be, while I was staying in London, he invited me to spend a month with him at his country estate, Shenley. He promised me that I could do exactly as I pleased, for we had both wearied of London society- teas and English debutantes. I accepted gladly, for Herald, whose mother had come from the Emerald Isle, had inherited some good Irish Wit, and I never tired of his company. About three weeks before Christmas, after we were both settled comfortably at Shenley, Herald received a letter from his cousin, Clare Herald, of whom he was very fond. 'Here's good news, Burrows,' he said to me, 'Clare writes, that since I failed to invite her, she's coming, bag and baggage to spend Christmas at Shenley. She's bringing along a friend, she doesn't say whom-but Clare's friends are always nice fI'm one of themj-and she says she expects a ripping time. Well, you shall have it, my dear cousin. Now, Burrows, we'll have to plan some neat little coaching trips and hunting parties. I under- stand our mutual friend, Sir Edmunds, is having a house party at Greystone, over Christmas, so I'll invite the dear man over tonight for a good dinner, and then sug- gest that he include us in his parties. They're always jolly fine, let me tell you.' I was amused at Herald's zeal, since he and Clare had been mildly in love for about three years, and I was hoping they would bring affairs to a climax. I also secretly but fervently hoped that Clare's friend would 3 SPECTATOR be an attractive girl. They were to arrive by motor from London in about a week. Clare, however, had a great fad for playing jokes and surprising people. So, two days before their ex- pected arrival, Clare opened the living room door and walked smilingly in, followed by a little lady, so petite, so pretty, so altogether charming and fascinating, that I gasped for breath, and stared rudely. They had just come from the motor, and the crisp December air had put roses in her cheeks, while the wind had caused little black curly ringlets to dance around her pink ears in a most bewitching manner. I know you fellows think I'm an old fool to talk this way about a woman, but for once in his life, your practical old friend Burrows had com- pletely succumbed to the charms of a pretty young girl. Miss Lois Farrel, as Clare introduced her, was one woman in a million. During the days that followed I walked on clouds of happiness, for our friendship and admiration were mutual. As I learned to know Lois better, I had my doubts as to her English descent, for although she spoke perfect English, she didn't look like the staid English- women I had met in London society. Her skin was too dark, her hair too black, her eyes too sparkling for an English girl. Her many little characteristic manner- isms kept me in a frenzy of delight and admiration. But something seemed to oppress herg she became moody and sad on occasions. Clare hinted to me that she had had some troubles, and that I should try to make her forget them. I promised her heartily that I'd do all in my power. One day Clare, who is very outspoken, came to me and said severely, 'Clark Burrows, I told you to amuse Lois, not to fall in love with her, and here she's in love with you too, this will never do. I brought Lois here to divert her mind, and give her a pleasant vacation, not for her to fall in love with an American,' SPECTATOR 9 I demanded indignantly, what the deuce was the matter with falling in love with the most charming girl on earth, but Clare only seemed annoyed and worried and would give me no satisfaction. Christmas Eve, Harold gave a small dinner party, and, as soon as convenient, I managed to capture Lois who looked unusually tired and worried. Together we slipped away to an obscure part of the conservatory. I asked her if she wouldn't tell me what was troubling her. Finally she turned to me and said quietly, 'Would you like to know who I really am?' Of course I told her she was the sweetest woman on earth, and a lot more stuff, but she paid no attention to me. . 'Clark, she began, in a voice which she tried hard to keep under control, 'have you ever heard of the queen of that little principality, Saxe-Coburg?' Bewildered, I admitted that I'd heard she was a young and beautiful woman. 'I am Queen Louisa of Saxe-Coburg,' she remarket. in a casual manner, 'and my country, as you know, IS in strife with our neighbor, Bosnia. The prime ministers of the two countries, after many quarrels and discussions, decided that by my marriage to Prince Rudolph of Bosnia, affairs could be peacefully settled. We are to be mar- ried in two weeks. She was silent for a few moments, while I stood beside her, two dazed to speak. She looked so little, so young and girlish that I could not imagine her the ruler of a kingdom. 'I suppose you are wondering why I am not blue- eyed and Haxen-haired, coming from Saxe-Coburg,' she continued, 'but my mother was French and all my girl- hood was spent in France. It was in Paris that I met Clare, and we have always been fast friends, so I confided my troubles to her. I begged a vacation from my duties, and told my advisors I would come home ready to marry io SPECTATOR Rudolph and take up my work again. It has been a wonderful vacation, but every minute I think of going back and marrying Rudolph after meeting you, the thought becomes repulsive, unbearable 1' I was beside myself with misery and desperation. To give up this woman to some insignificant prince of a petty kingdom seemed absurd and unjust. I thought quickly, rashly, and constructed a plan which I proposed to Lois, or rather Louisa. She should abdicate her throne, and we would go away together to some obscure part of the world, anywhere, and live happily together. I had lost all reasoning, was impetuous, and, urged by my love for her, I argued as I never had done before and never will have the power to do again. Worn out by worry and misery, Lois finally agreed to my wild plan. Till midnight we talked, planning our future lives, and building air castles of perfect happiness. Finally Herald and Clare interrupted us, and we retired, Louisa and I were in a state of nervous and tense excitement. But with the gray dawn came reason and saneness. When I saw Louisa the next morning, I knew our plans were hopelessly shattered. She was very pale, but calm and quiet. 'Clark, she said, and her very voice was listless, 'I am leaving with Clare this afternoon, and I want you to forget all about me. My life is not my owng it belongs to Saxe-Coburg, and my duty is to my people. As much as I love and admire you-I abhor Rudolph-still I must retain my honor. So forget about me, go to America and marry some pretty American heiress. We both might have known that I never would. I realized the wisdom of her words, so did not re- monstrate. Late that afternoon she and Clare left, and, as I turned to wave a final farewell, she called bravely from the car, 'Good-bye! and a merry Christmasl' Shenley was unbearable after this, so Herald and I packed up and left for London. In a week I was back SPECTATOR 11 again in good old common place New York, away from sentimentality and romance. There I became so grouchy that even my friends branded me as an unsociable wretch, and, you, Hilliard, swore I should never again return to England, as the climate had seriously affected my disposi- tion. One morning as I was reading the newspaper, I saw this obscure item in the page of foreign comment: By the marriage of Queen Louisa of Saxe-Coburg and Prince Rudolph of Bosnia, these formerly hostile princi- palities have been amicably united,' and I knew my romance was at an end. The crowd had become gayer and livelierg hilarity was at its height. But in a quiet corner, three men sat and smoked and dreamed, living in the memory oft the past. .l...11- 'fri' 12 SPECTATOR Head of Infant jesus Emeline Shaver '15 MONG the many pictures painted by the Spanish artist Murillo, is the Head of Infant Jesus. The seventeenth century was a time when the religious fervor, which has been the leading factor in Spanish history, sought expression in art. Money was poured forth freely for the beautifying of churches and convents. There was a great demand for pictures illustrative of sacred story. It was these circumstances which determined the direction of Murillo's energy. His subjects were dictated by his orders. It was a case of supply and demand. The ardent temperament, the semi-oriental love of color and sensuous beauty, characteristic of all Spaniards, was nowhere stronger than in Andalusia, and Murillo was a true son of the soil. The illustration, Head of Infant Jesus, is from one of Murillo's most celebrated paintings. The head and shoulder figure is painted against a golden light, which forms a halo about the head of the child. The little boy does not look at all precocious, but his expression is dreamy and we might not predict any great things of his future. Perhaps what we like best about the picture is that it is so natural and brings out the innocense of childhood. There is nothing stiff or affected in the pose of the figure. Murillo has let the face tell its own story. We like to think that, were the Christ Child born again in the midst of us today, we might find him in this simple dress of earnest country folk as here pictured. The round little face, lighted by the reflected halo in the back ground is full of innocence and holiness. His half parted lips and his lifted eyes suggest that he seems to look steadfastly into heaven, and is probably utter- ing a prayer. His blouse is of the simplest texture, and SPECTATOR 13 fastens loosely at the neck revealing the soft, graceful curves of the throat. The artistic qualities of this picture deserve careful study, for this is one of the most noted works of Murillo in the National Gallery. Christmas Eve. Helen Schenkemeyer '15 The winter day was growing oldg The evening air came crisp and coldg A thousand gayly stepping feet Went up and down the lighted street, A thousand hands with pressure tight, Were grasping presents rich and brightg A thousand hearts were hastening home, To hearts that longed to see them come, For wondrous gladness filled the airg And Christmas Eve was everywhere. Their Christmas Gifts Eunice Driscoll '15 VETTE leaned her head back on the green plush cushions, and wearily looked out on the moving landscape. A drizzly December rain was falling, and the skies hung heavy over the distant hills. It seemed as if the very skies were sullen over some injustice. The air in the car was stuffy, and away back in the other end of the car, a baby was crying fretfully. Yvette turned to her brother, Jeff, are we soon near Chicago? I shall be glad to change cars. I suppose it is tiresome for you, replied Jefferson Chal1oner, but I supposed you were thinking of meet- ing 'The Colossus! Well, we will reach Chicago in exactly one hour. 14 SPECTATOR I wonder if Mrs. Ryder will meet us. Yes, I was thinking of Mr. Bennington, but I wonder now if I can do anything, when Mr. Ryder came and pleaded in vain. Yvette, don't lose courage, I for one expect you to be successful. At last they reached Chicago, but to their disappoint- ment, no one was there to meet them. Jefferson went to telephone Mr. Ryder, the chairman of the Labor Com- mittee. Left to herself, Yvette began to review the events which had led to her taking the trip to New York City. First of all was the strike. Yvette shuddered. Her father had come home furious. Then many meetings had followed. A committee had been appointed to inter- view the officers of the corporation, but all to no avail. The committee was told that a young man, a Mr. Ben- nington, was determined to make no compromises. As he held most of the stock of the trust, of course his wishes were obeyed. As a last straw, she was selected, because of the strong views she held on the subject, and her great beauty, to go and plead with Mr. Bennington, asking him for the withdrawal of his forces, the great army of scab workmen. At first she had been afraid, but her father had talked with her, and a business-like committee had plead- ed with her until-here she was on her way to the lion's den. The people who were sending her, the representa- tives of the strikers, had left it to her woman's intuition and wit to devise some plan by which she could gain en- trance to the 1ion's lair. They had made it somewhat easier for her, however, by arranging for her to meet the Plutocrat, at a dinner at the Plaza Hotel, in company with a Mrs. Ryder, who was to meet them at Chicago. I feel like a Nihilist or an Anarchist, she said to herself, I wonder where Jeff is. Turning her head SPECTATOR 15 she encountered the steady gaze of a pair of grey eyes. The owner smiled and then advanced toward her. Yvette felt a distinct shock, she had not thought of meet- ing Jack Craig again, after so frigidly telling him good bye in the summer. Miss Challoner! Is it possible that I am to meet you again? The fire brand of the people and the cold- hearted aristocrat again meet. Please don't make fun of me again, Mr. Craig. Perhaps I do owe you an apology for the way I rated you in August, Yvette smiled dubiously. If you please, we will forget all about that one unfortunate day, and in turn remember all the pleasant ones we spent roaming the hills. Mr. Craig, I don't believe I want to remember any- thing about the time you spent as a guest in my home, the girl spoke scornfully. Fortunately, just then Jefferson returned. Why, Jack, this is fine! Are you going to New York to spend the holidays? Yvette gasped, if so, she must be thrown into companionship with the man she thought she hated. Not exactly to spend the holidays, Jeff, I have a little business to attend to there, replied Mr. Craig. Yvette, Mrs. Ryder will be here in about ten minutes, our train leaves in thirty, said J efferson. The girl's brother and Jack Craig, then began to talk rapidly about the strike, which Jack opposed. Yvette remained silent, her eyes fiashing. What right had this man to thrust himself in her company, when he knew he was not wanted. She was glad when Mrs. Ryder appeared. Jack turned around and gasped when he saw Mrs. Ryder, but acknowledged the introduction, politely. As for Mrs. Ryder, she started to say something, and then thinking better of it, tightly closed her lips, and smiled nervous- ly. 16 SPECTATOR When they got on the train, they found they were all in the same car. That evening, when grouped around the table in the dining car, Yvette found it impossible to be very cross with Jack Craig. Soon she was replying to his sallies as gayly as she ever had. But Mrs. Ryder assumed a mysterious look. The conversation would not, however, run along any other line than that of the strike. It was impossible for Yvette to stay out of the argument. lt is an outrage, cried Yvette, that a few men who hold the treasury in their hands, should rule a nation that stands for the principles of democracy. Democracy is a mockery, when every one knows that it is not Right, but Might that rules our nation. Our nation is ruled by Kink Money. You have not changed your opinion since I last saw you. If you lived in Russia you would be a Nihi1ist. As it is, I live in the United States, and I am almost a Socialist. How interesting, I was unacquainted with that fact before. Won't you please tell me your idea of Socia- lism'? ' Yvette drew a long breath, and began to speak softly. My idea is not original, but this is it. Socialism is righteousness in the relations of men. It is based on the greatest commandment, save one, ever given: 'Love thy neighbor as thyself! It realizes fraternity through equality. Socialism will banish war, for private owner- ship is back of all strife between men. It will purify politics, for what else besides private capitalism is the source of political corruption? Socialism will banish poverty, pauperism will decay. Craig laughed ironically, A delightful pipe dream, but wholly Utopian. Yvette smiled whimsically, We may not realize it, in this generation, but in the next, I feel sure we will practice our theories. SPECTATOR 17 Craig was silent. He was almost sure that this was the girl that the strikers had selected to go to John Benn- ington. He thought of her at the first, when he heard of the unique plan, but the name was kept secret. Mrs. Ryder was the woman chosen to chaperon the striker's protege. He did know that. However, which ever way it was, the girl knew what she was talking about. The next morning they reached New York. Before Craig left them, he gave them his address, and then whis- pered to Yvette, I have an idea, I can give you the Christmas present, which you covet above everything else in the world. I doubt it, murmured Yvette. There is only one man in the World that can do that. And then to her- self, That is John Bennington. When the time came that night for Yvette to begin to dress, she was very nervous. I must look my best, she said to herself. Her hair, such a curly, tangly mass of chestnut hair as.she had, went up in such a manner as to satisfy even the owner. Then she slipped out of her kimono and held out her round, bared arms to re- ceive the shimmering frock over her head, and behold, in a twinkling of an eye she was transformed into a maid, Parisienne. Her brother met her in the hall and said simply, You are beautiful, Yvette. Mrs. Ryder made her nervous, however, by constantly telling her she was go- ing to be surprised. Meanwhile, in a gaudy upholstered chair in a cor- ner of the great lobby of the Plaza, a great bulk of a man sat thinking about a girl with merry brown eyes. and curly hair, who hated almost every one, regardless of personality, if she thought they were in favor of private corporations. As he moodily moved his foot through the misty pattern of dull blues, and exquisite greens of a priceless rug, he wondered if she was the woman he was 18 SPECTATOR to meet this evening. I had thought it would 'be some woman who is the president of the 'Woman's Club,' but if it is to be Yvette Challoner that slightly alters things. Just then an attendant brought him three cards: Mrs. J. D. Ryder, Miss Yvette Challoner, Mr. Jefferson Challoner, Here is where I face :he music, I will not only turn Yvette hopelessly against me, but even J eif will turn away from me. Hurriedly he advanced toward the party. When Yvette saw him she staredg J ack, she cried, and then forced a smile. Mrs. Ryder smiled triumph- antly. Friends, I suppose I owe you an explanation, Bennington commenced with an ease he far from felt. Oh, then you are Mr. Craig, began Yvette hope- fully. I regret to say Miss Challoner, I am not. I am John Bennington. Last summer I went to your home town to see the conditions of my workmen myself. To avoid be- ing the victim of prejudice among the workmen, I as- sumed the non-de-plume of John Craig. But come, let us enjoy ourselves once more. Yvette said little, but thought a great deal during the long dinner. On the other hand, Bennington acted as if he were under a charm. Often he looked across the table at the girl's astonishing brown eyes with the curious copper lights in them, his glance wondered up to the wonderful dark shadows of her hair, under the brightly shimmering curl of it. Afterwards the conversation was somewhat con- strained. J eff was thinking about Craig, or Bennington, the first time he met him. When he consented to come into his home as a guest, did he intend to spy on the Strike Leader's movements, those of Jefferson's father? Yvette was thinking of the same thing. Bennington in- terpreted their thoughts, I suppose now, you thing I SPECTATOR 19 entered your home as a spy. I did not do any thing of the kind, and I give you my word of honor, I betrayed nothing, and did not let it influence me one way or the other. J ack, or-Mr. Bennington, I believe you, J efferson said, impressively, but what made you leave so sud- denly? Can you answer me? No, I can not, then as an after-thought, perhaps Yvette can. J eff opened his eyes, while Yvette colored. I do not think, Mr. Bennington, that I will need to give any report to the people save to tell them that Mr. Bennington was traveling out there in our country under the name of Mr. Craig. As Mr. Craig, they evidently like you, as Mr. Bennington-they hate you, said Yvette. What do I care, what the world thinks of me? he asked with a forced laugh. You do care, way down in your heart, you do care. But do you deserve their good opinion? replied Yvette gravely. ' Most men would be satisfied with what I have ac- complished, I started with nothing and I made a fortune, so great that I, in part, am responsible for that strike. Yet what good is your money to you? You can not spend all of it, you can not even give it away. Do you realize how you made it? Is it your own? Pardon me, I don't suppose I should ask you how you made it, she replied scornfully. Money, money, he replied, I don't think that money means anything to me. Money gives me power, I love power. We have suspected that, Mr. Bennington. But we are going. I will not ask you to withdraw your non-union workmen. You will have my answer in the morning, Miss Challonerf' 20 SPECTATOR The next day was Christmas day. When Yvette anxiously peeped out the window, a great, fleecy snow was falling. How beautiful, she murmured. At ten o'c1ock, Mr. Bennington called. Jefferson was out, and Yvette had to face him alone. She was decidedly nervous. As a Christmas present to you and all your people, Miss Challoner, I will grant anything you ask. Mr. Bennington, I extend to you the thanks of every one of your former employes. Yet Yvette did not feel wildly elated as she had expected. Yvette, last August I gave you my love. You scornfully refused it, but it was impossible for me to take it back. That gift is still yours. You bestow an honor, Mr. Bennington- Yvette, remember you are under no obligations to me, whatever. But, Jack--, Yvette smiled whimsically. Jack covered the space between them in a few great strides. Yvette, you do love me. Give me the Christmas I covet. It's yours, Jack, I guess it was yours last August, but I was too proud after you teased me about being a second Mother J ones. A few minutes later she murmured, What will the people back there say? Do you care, Yvette? Um-m, I don't believe I do. .v XX . 41 X , 6 .4 s 1,554.5 ,pmt X pf' XMQMX ftuld 4-.Pg f 'JJ 'X' il SPECTATOR 21 Dickens and Father Christmas Mary w. Collins '1s. ITHOUT doubt the utmost ability of Charles X Dickens is portrayed in his Christmas works. Many lessons of love and charity are taught in these articles, which should be prevalent at this most charitable season of the year-Christmas. What could impress more heartily upon a person the Merry Christmas feeling than Dickens' portrayal of Scrooge in the Christmas Carrol ? The cheerfulness of the old man's nephew, the pleading of the little news- boy, and the patient suffering of Bob Cratchet-none of these could move the hardened heart. Only the spirit of Christmas, conveyed to him through a dream, awakened the realization of life as it should be. Then follows the Chimes, which deals entirely with the sufferings and hardships of those occupying the slums of London. It was only by constant association with these people that Dickens was able to produce this story which sends through every heart an appeal for the poor and a con- demnation for the overbearing rich. Next, we come upon what is considered the most influential of Dickens' works, the Cricket on the Hearth. The cricket is revealed to us as a tiny household god, sad with those around it, and rejoicing when others are glad. In this production Dickens attempts to impress upon our minds that the emotions of our individual housegods depend entirely upon us, and, especially at this season of the year, should be those of rejoicing. It is a story of true humanity and grapples with every human heart as such stories, alone, can do. Last, but by no means least, we have Dickens' Christmas Series, the action of which was supposed to have taken place on Christmas eve in the inn of the Seven Poor Travelers. The travelers are represented as characters of every condition and every 22 SPECTATOR walk of life, who endeavor to make the best of life as it comes. And so we have the works of Charles Dickens which, although many of them are not based entirely upon Christmas, convey to us the loving truths of this season. Let us look about us and see if we cannot apply these truths, and join with England in the appreciation of Dickens as their Father Christmas. Worthy of the Day Eva Brinker '16. S Alva Warren stepped from the train at the little town of Northview, she was met by Dick Wells, a young farmer employed by her mother. Hello, Dick, she said cordially, How is mother? Mrs. Warren ain't very well, answered Dick, she hasn't been, since she had that stroke the other month. Has mother really been sick? She didn't speak of it in her letters. Tell me about her, Alva said frankly, as she seated herself in the sleigh brought by Wells. It was the evening of the twenty-fourth of Decem- ber. Alva Warren was returning from college, to spend Christmas vacation at her home, which was on a farm several miles from Northview. Since her father had died her mother and Sally, the maid of all work, had lived alone except for two sturdy young farmers, who came daily to cultivate the farm. Dick Wells was one of these helpers. As the light sleigh sped over the solid snow, Alva asked many questions concerning her mother and the farm. Her mother, it seemed, had been sickly for sev- eral months, although she had said nothing about it in her cheery letters. The farm was much as it had been when Alva had gone away in September. She was in- formed, however, that Reginald I, a young turkey she had petted during the summer, had become a large, beautiful SPECTATOR 23 bird and had appeared to understand when Mrs. Warren had told him of her daughter's return. As they drew up before the Warren home, Alva could see her mother's bright face at the Window, and quickly leaping from the sleigh, she ran up the walk towards the door. She was stopped, however, by a loud gobbling as a splendid turkey came running across the snow and stopped before her. Reginald I, you dear! she exclaimed, and stooping, she hugged the large bird close for a moment. Then, pushing him gently away, she ran up the steps through the open door straight into her mother's arms. After the greeting was over and supper eaten, mother and daughter sat together before the glowing grate. Alva, said Mrs. Warren gently, I have something of importance to tell you. Sally and Dick Wells are to be married in the spring. They will live on the farm which belonged to Dick's father. After Sally goes, I shall be alone, for I can get no hired girl to care for me and the house as she has done. I know you want to teach in the city high school after you graduate next spring. I cannot expect you to give up these plans which you have cherished so long. There seems nothing left for me but to go to the city with you. Consider this and tell me what you think about it tomorrow. After Alva had gone to bed she thought for a long time on what her mother had said. Was it her duty to give up the idea of teaching and remain at home in order that her mother might stay in the country? She had come to no decision when she finally dropped asleep. IF ak if Ik if It was Christmas morning. Faint streaks of light were becoming visible in the eastern sky when Alva awoke. For a few minutes she lay thinking how good it was to be home. Then suddenly the question of the night before came back to her. She would decide now, 24 SPECTATOR before she went down stairs. Should she give up her plan of teaching in a large city to do house-work at home? She was sure she could secure a good position now which would be filled later. The other girls in her class could do the things they had planned, while she must give up everything and do house-work, which she disliked. Her mother had been right when she said, I cannot expect you to give up these plans you have cherished so long. Then her better self came to the rescue. How could she dream of taking her mother away from the beautiful, open country to the dusty, close city! Her mother was getting old and might not live very long. Surely she could sacrifice a few years of her work if by doing it she made Motherie's last years happy. It was the twenty-fifth of December and she would make a decision worthy of the day. Lightly she ran down stairs and softly came into the dining room, where she knew she could find her mother. Mrs. Warren was standing by a window, gaz- ing into the distance with a sad expression on her usually bright face. Motherie, said Alva, as she slipped her arm about her mother, I am coming back in the spring to stay within Aloud noise interrupted her, and glancing out of the window, she saw a turkey strutting up and down, trying to catch her attention-- with you and Reginald I, she continued, as long as you need me. SPECTATOR 25 Kar1's Weihnachtsgeschenk Dsscar Slaugle '15. lEine9 SIRorgen5 im Sbegember in unierer Gtuht Stem Eyorf fum ein Beitungwberfiiufer Die Etraiae binab. QIIS er bor ein Eeniter fam, Bffnete eine Dame baiielbe unh iagte in einer ftoben Citimmez ,,.9ier iit mein QarI, inbem er ibr eine Beitung gub. ,,SDunfe, iagte er, aIQ fie ibm einen 2Bfennig in hie Qunb Iegte. Sbieie SDume bat jeben Elilorgen fiir biele 2IBocben eine Beitung non Qarl gefauft, nnb martete immer auf ibn an ibrem Senfter, roeiI iie nicbt berauggeben fonnte. Rat! wut ein iebr gliicfieliger Qerl, ber immer Iacbte unb immer ungenebm mar. 2Iber er war iebr arm unh beBbuIb maren ieine Qleiher icbiibig unb er ieIbit mar unorbentlicb. 2Iber Qarl rnufate mie Beitungen gn berfcmfen. Gr batte immer ein hunfbareg 9Bort, QIQ hie SBfennige in hte Zaicbe roIIten. t2SineB illkorgeng, aIQ 9IBeibnucbtB5eit firb niiberte, fragte Die Sbume am Sienfter, nb er Elikuiier biitte, mo er mobnte. Qarl Iiicbelte bermun- bert unb ermiberte: ,,?5u. Qie ibmne icxgte ibm bann, buh menn er ieine .Qiinhe unb iein Gefirbt roairbe, fuufte fie gmei Beitungen bon ibm hen niicbiten Slftorgen. .QarI5 icbmurge Qiugen glkingten, GIQ er ibr e5 gn tun beripracb. Eben nddbiten ilflorgen fam et mit hen .Sjdnben unb hem Giieiicbt icbiin unb rein. Qarl IDG!! gIiidEfeIiger aIQ je, mie hie Sbame grvei Seitungen bon ibm faufte. Gr berfuufte jeben flag mebr Beitungen, meil er jebt io icbiin unb iauber roar. Smei Inge not iYBeibnarbt5tug but hte Sbame nnrb ein C15eipriicb mit S'-Yarl gebabt, QIS er eine? Eviorgenii fam. ,,SDa bu bie Qiinbe unb ba? C5eficbt io iauber gebalten bait, fannft bu morgen etma9 anbereg ermarten ftutt ber iBfennige. Cir fam ben niicbften illiorgen ftiiber QIQ je. CSB mar ein ber- knunherter Qerl, her ber Qame eine Qeitung gab unb ein 5BiinbeI erbielt. Qarl fonnte faum murten, bi? er nucb .bauie fam, hah er ieben fonnte, ma? in hem ?BiinbeI iei. 26 SPECTATOR CEB mur ein neuer Qurh Der Den niichften ED2orgen Die Citruixe herunterfum mit einem neuen 5Buur Ciichuhen, einem neuen Qingug, einer neuen ilfiiihe, unD einem ichiinen hluuen .QuIQhunD. Gr mar entgiicft unD Der Siuisbrucf uuf Dem C5eficht ipruch ieine Gebunfen uufw. G5 guh muhricheinIich feinen Qnuhen in Der gungen C5tuDt Siem Qorf, Der fich mehr iiher iein 2Beihnucht5gefchenf erfreute, uI5 unfet Qurl. We1hnachten 1m Bleak Haus 9IIfreD Qiggles '15, Qu5 Sung Dei, fleinen Qriftopher mum: fiir ein puur Siuchfnmmenf frhuften ,,5BIeuf Sjuuff' genunnt. EFS erhielt Diefen Siumen megen feiner: Sage uuf Dem Giipfei eineQ hnhen .QiigeIB. GSB iit Die uIte Elliohnung Der Ghefter Eumilie. Qinber, GEnfeI unD C55roBenfeI huhen bieIe giiicfliche Suhre Darin nerhrucht. Buerft trug e5 jeDe Cifr: icheinung bon iikohllehen unD CS3IiicfieIigfeit. Qie Beit hut biele Qienherungen gefehen. 92un heulten Die friichen !BinDe Deg 2BinterS Dutch Die Sfiihe um Die Senfter unD fliiten. Qui? fsjuuii ielhft mim- merte unD ieufgte in Dem fchmeren 5IBinDe. Qie eingigen 5Bemohner finD fleiner .Qriftopher unD feine illiutter. Qer 2Buter ift Den Dorigen Slionut in Dem .Qriege geftorhen unD nun berfuuft Der fleine Sohn Seitungen unD Qoten fiir feine tiiglichen Ginnuhmen. Gir hut feine Beit in Die 6chuIe 511 gehen mie unbere .Qnuben ieineii 8IIter5. 2ZBiihrenD Der Iungen fulten QIbenDe Iieft er Der Elliutter bor, Die un Dem Qfen ftricfenb fiht. SIIG Der 28eihnuchtQtug niihet riicfte, tnurben fie immer truuriger. Sie Duchten nur un Den furcht- buren Qrieg unD un Die bielen eDIen iteben, Die fiir Due? Qunb gegeben muren. CEB mur fein 2BeihnuchtBmittugeffen in Dieiem fqjuuif bereitet unD feine Giuhen an Den ifreunben gingen hinuuQ. Eriih un Dem Qiieihnuchtgtuge fumen Die Saute einiger Cichlittten- glodfen immer niiher unD hiirten un Der Qiir uuf. Qi? flopfte unD Rriftopher muchte Die Qiir uuf. Qu ftunb Der freunDIiche Qoftor, Der Die Ginfumfeit reulifierte unD hutte ihnen gmei .Qiirbe Gcxchen gum Giien, murme .QIeiDung unD Stechpulmen un Die iijeniter 511 hiingen gehrudht. Qiefeg groige unerrnurtete Greignig hruchte iyreube unb Erieich- terung in Du? Suu? unD fie fiihlten nicht mehr uIIein unD berluifen. SPECTATOR The Kewpie Moralizes Eva Brinker '16 A large Teddy Bear, And a small Kewpie Doll, Hung not far apart On the Christmas tree tall. The hour was late, It was twelve o'clock, The time when the toys Have permission to talk. Said Kewpie to Ted, What, you still here? We've taken your place, Now for more than a year. You're ugly, said Kewpg And then, sad to tell, In turning her back, Why, the saucy doll fell. Then thought she, in spite Of the pain in her head, I will never again Try to make fun of Ted. 28 SPECTATOR Two Big Springs Virginia Lewis 'l5. NE Saturday early in November a party started on a Walk for Felix's farm. By street car they reached the foot of the mountain road. Every one felt very energetic, and determinations were made that no one would suggest turning back. After a slight pause the company started. The road was very prosaic until after the last vestige of town had been passed. Then there appeared the well-known marks of a country road. To the right the mountain slid down into a narrow valley which was strewn with surface rocks and bowlders. Occasionally a grey stone peeped from behind a clump of leafless bushes like a watchful guard. Farther up the remnants of a log bridge across a rocky little run suggested tales of fleeing settlers. But now calm peace rested over the vale. The road led away from it up the mountain. Everywhere were the proofs that the lumberman had at some earlier time shorn the hillside of its mighty oaks. There were no large trees. The underbrush was chiefly oak. Descendants of a mighty race, they proudly flaunted their scarlet banners. Long after the other trees have lost their foliage, the royal oak waves his. The road seemed to promise that a level stretch was coming, but, when reached, this proved as steep as the rest. Higher the company climbed, until they reached a fork. The map indicated that this was the way along which to go. A beguiling sign post said three and a half miles to Big Springs. It was finally decided that, since none of the party had ever been to this famous place, there they would go. Just around the bend of the road a picturesque log house appeared where there were numerous barking dogs. Here the road ended. At the right a rutty, nar- row road, or path, led on up the mountain. Since this SPECTATOR 29 was the only way evident, it was decided to follow this. The rough narrow path required that all walk in single file. After a few minutes' climb a small open space was reached from which one could see over the mountains and down into the valley. Below, a road came down the hill, crossed the valley and ascended the slope opposite. It was a beautiful scene of rest and quiet. After all had admired this view, the company con- tinued their way. As is customary in mountain paths, a fork was reached. The map showed the way no far- ther, these adventurers were off the map. By common consent they took the right fork, along which they walked until they reached another fork. Here again they took the right. After a short walk, at an open place, the company sat down to rest, and, what was more im- portant to many of them, to eat lunch. During lunch two small boys came along searching for cows. They were typical mountaineers. From them directions were received as to how to reach Big Springs. Then the band proceeded down a beautiful woodland path. Leaves-russet, crimson, and bronze, strewed the path, hiding the stones. Occasionally a large tree trunk obstructed the way but the company kept gaily onward because there was promise of water at the end of the path. A cry of Water and the head of the company came out on the little open space in which is the famous Big Springs. Here the two small boys, our shepherds, were met again, and they guided the party through a meadow, then through a hawthorne bramble to a natural artesian well. Did ever water taste so good? It was delicious, clear, and cold. After everyone was rested and re- freshed, they returned to Big Springs. This place has been famous for years and was never before known to be dry. Half a century or more ago it was called Bear Wallow Spring from a rumor that bears came there and wallowed in it. At that time it 30 SPECTATOR was about four or five feet in diameter. Later it was called Bear Spring and was famous for the trout caught in the stream, which iiowed from it down into Seward. The whole neighborhood for years was well-known to hunters because of the bears and deer to be caught about it. At one time it was rumored that it was to be dammed and a summer resort built there. At present the spring is enclosed by a wall about nine feet square. One side is open except for a few logs laid across. From this an overflow led. On either side was a stone wall about a foot high. This overflow ,extended down the valley about a hundred and fifty feet. Over the spring hangs an apple tree and about a hundred feet back from this stands an old log house in the midst of a few scraggly old apple trees. The place is grown up with briers and hawthorne bushes. Every- thing speaks of neglect and abandonment. Satisfied that they had accomplished their intentions, the company again took the path on their return. Santa Claus t Elizabeth Davis 'l71A Some people do not believe in Santa Claus, but I think I can prove that there is a Santa. On one of those bright moon-light Christmas Eves with the snow lying white and sparkling everywhere, Santa Claus stood on the slope of the hill reading the names of those who had written letters to him. Suddenly his round, rosy face was wreathed in smiles as he read, Nicholas Nickleby, Well, surely I will have to visit him, his name is so much like mine. It is a good name too, if I do have to say it myself, for it's one that few people have. Well this is no time for talking with all that must be done to-night. Giddap Donner and Blitzen, and with this he fairly flew through the air. SPECTATOR 31 After stopping a number of times at the numerous homes which he was to visit, he turned his reindeers toward Nicholas's home. Well, the poor little fellow with his big name surely lives in a small house all right, but the chimney will be big enough for me to go down. I like to help the poor little youngsters even if it is tight squeezing to get down the narrow chimneys. Then he descended. On the chimney place hung a little stocking but good old Saint Nick put in it's place a large one, and many toys beside it. He looked around, decided that Nick Jr. would have a good time for Weeks to come, then, Lay- ing his finger aside of his nose, and giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. Jolly Saint Nick will do the same thing for hundreds of boys and girls on Christmas Eve this year, for is it not Saint Nick who fills our hearts with Christmas charity, and this charity, in turn, which delights the boys and girls? With all the preparations for municiple Christ- mases, gifts for the poor, and thoughts for our friends, who dares to say their is no Santa Claus? Christmas Superstitions and , Customs Garetta. Painter '15 E cling devotedly to our Christmas customs and legends, but belief in quaint superstitions are fast fading away. In fact we meet persons who never knew of the existence of these superstitions. However, we find in our own and other lands, people who still hold these beliefs as part of their Christmas festivities. In Holland a pretty custom exists. On the night be- fore Christmas the young men of the town assemble and This represents the Star of Bethlehem, and to the carry a large bright star through the darkened streets bearers are given alms for the poor. 32 SPECTATOR In certain parts of Swabia it is customary on Christ- mas Eve for the young women to draw sticks from the woodpile. As the sticks is, so will be the man who is to marry the maiden. If it is long, he will be tallg if it is thick, he will be stout, and so on. In order to deter- mine of what profession or trade he will be, the maiden pours molten lead into a bucket of water, and the shapes produced are supposed to furnish the clew. If the metal resembles a boot, the husband will be a cobblerg if a hammer, a carpenterg and if a rod, a schoolmaster. The Yule cake has the same power as the wedding cake on Christmas night, for if a maiden place a piece of it under her pillow on this night, she will dream of her future husband. The man in the moon is sometimes connected with Christmas-tide. The Frisians say that one Christmas Eve an old man, thinking of his next day's dinner, stole a head of his neighbor's fine cabbage. Just as he was tak- ing the head, however the Christ Child rode by on a white horse carrying gifts for good children. He spied the thief and said. Because thou hast stolen on the Holy Eve, thou shalt stand in the moon and be seen by everyone forever and forever. So there he is g and on every Christmas Eve he is permitted to turn around once. Mince pies are also deemed lucky, but only one should be eaten in each house. To take more would surely be unlucky. To eat one would bring joy and happiness during the ensuing year. If strips of pastry are laid crosswise over the pie crust to make it in the shape of a manger, then the luck is better still. The Christmas mistletoe is a symbol of good luck and good fortune. The custom of kissing under the mistletoe originated from the Scandanavian myth, Loki, the wicked spirit, hated Balder the favorite of the gods. He made an arrow of mistletoe and gave it to Hader the god of darkness, who was blind, to test. He shot SPECTATOR 33 the arrow and killed Balder, who was again restored to life. The mistletoe was given to the goddess of love to keep, and every one passing under it received a kiss as a proof that it was an emblem of love, and not of death. Many believe that the custom of giving gifts at Christmas came from the presents of gold and silver given to the Christ Child. It did not come from this, but from an old custom. Priests were accustomed to put on board of all outgoing ships, a box for alms. This box was opened at Christmas-time, and masses said for the givers of the alms. This was called a Christ Mass box, and from this has come our custom of Christmas boxes and gifts. Perhaps all of our customs come from old superstitions-, so old that We have forgotten the origin of many of them. B. H. Chicago Beatrice Courtney '15 oo' ELLO there, brother, said Indestructo to another trunk jammed next to him in the corner of the baggage car. Hello, why we are twins, aren't We? Glad you're here, for I have been dreading this long journey, re- joined Indestructo Second. Just look! We are both new, both brown, and have exactly the same trimmings. Where are you from? Chicago, and now I'm being sent to New York. I belong to a very great lady who is going to attend a wedding, and I'm packed with loads and loads of beau- tiful things, proudly informed Indestructo First. My owner is a very handsome young man, but he is so dreadfully busy that he never pays much attention to me. Nevertheless, everything in me is very good and of the latest style. He must be a great man by the con- versation I heard last night while I was being packed. 34 SPECTATOR You might call me Bob if you wish, for Bob Hackett is his name, and I like it. Fine! Bob Indestructo! sounds well, doesn't it? You may call me Betty after my mistress. Don't you wish Bob and Betty could meet each other? I heard Betty tell her maid this morning that she wished she would meet some tall, handsome man with dark hair. She has loads of men for friends at home, but she seems to be tired of them all. You just ought to see her once. She is so beautiful! That may be true, but I don't think Bob would pay much attention to her, for he doesn't care for anything but business. He is handsome, too. You should have seen him. Yesterday-Did you hear that c'r-cra- crash? What's the matter, what's the matter? Oh, I'm being squeezed and pushed. Get offg get off. Ho, Indestructo! Where are you? Get off me, I say. Ouch, my sides! A month had passed since the great railway wreck. Bob Hackett had escaped with a few scratches and a. thorough shaking up. He was again busily at work in Chicago. A friend in New York had written to him that his trunk, identified by his initials, B. H., Chicago, had been found and would arrive in Chicago soon. Bob was glad to hear it, for he really needed some of the papers he had given up as lost. A trunk for you, sir, said Banks, as Bob hastened up the steps of his club. All right, Banks. Have it sent to my room imme- diately. And tell Jack Dun I wish to see him when he comes in. Hello, Bob. Did you want me? called out Jack as he entered his friend's room a half hour later. Glad to-well what's up now? Don't look so funny or I'll think- Funny! Look at that trunk ! SPECTATOR 35 Well, Bob! How on earth, and who is she? Betty Haines had been abroad almost a year, and had just returned to New York for the Christmas holi- days. It had been a splendid year, and she had entirely recovered from her injuries received in the railway acci- dent the previous winter. What wonderful holidays these were! Invitations were so numerous that every day was filled to overflowing by parties, luncheons, and dances. But the days were passing rapidly, and the great masque ball to be held on Christmas Eve was only twenty-four hours away. This was expected to eclipse all previous aiairs, and it was to end the festivities until after the New Year. Christmas Eve had come, and Betty was really ex- cited as she looked at herself in the mirror- What will he be like? Oh, I do hope I shall like him. Betty dear, you look perfectly stunning in that Queen of Hearts costume. How I do envy your man! Who is he? asked Dot Berger, another aspirant for the mirror. He's from Chicago, Bob Hackett, by name. I never saw him, but Cassie just begged me to take him, and she guaranteed that I'd like him. He is visiting her brother, you know. I should say I do know. Don't for a minute sup- pose that you won't like him, for we are all raving about him. You will soon see for yourself. Bob, where did you get it? You must tell me, for I lost it several years ago. It's at least two, yes just exactly. I was on my way to attend Nan's wedding when it was lost in that railroad wreck. I never heard of my trunk or anything in it since. It isn't a good pic- ture anyway. So you might as well give it back, or at least explain how you got it. Why won't you give it back? 36 SPECTATOR Well, one reason is that I've carried it with me everywhere for almost two years, and another is that it's the picture of the dearest girl in the world. Before I saw this, I seldom thought of a girl. Then this came and I searched for you almost a year, until the night of the character ball at New York. I loved your picture first, and now I've loved you for a year. Can't we be married on Christmas? Yes, we can, but we shall not be if you don't tell me immediately how you got my picture. Only too willing to obey, Bob told her of the' lost trunk he had received marked B, H., Chicago. The Message of the Bells Margaret Bley 16. Softly through the twilight Comes the sound of chimes, Telling sweetly, clearly, Of glad Christmas times. Telling the old, old story, How, to a world in sin, God sent his well loved Son, That his light might enter in. So let us at Christmas Tide Forget our worldly care, And, like the joyous bells, Spread the message everywhere. F4, K ik,-K X ' SPECTATOR 37 A Typical German Christmas Gertrude E. Phillips '16 HRISTMAS, the most beautiful and interesting of all festivals, is peculiarly celebrated in Ger- many. Near the first of December, a Christmarket, or fair, is opened. Here large booths decorated with green boughs are constructed and filled with toys of various kinds, among which the figure of Saint Nicholas is al- ways conspicuous. There is a large display of bundles of wax candles to illuminate the Christmas trees, ginger- bread with printed mottoes, earthenware, basketwork, and ever so many other things to tempt the shoppers. The evening of the fifth of December is Nicholas Evening, and now the booths are all brilliantly lighted and people gather from all around to see and to pur- chase gifts. On many of the tables lie bundles of rods With gilded bands. These are to be used later in the evening by persons who represent Saint Nicholas. Gen- erally, in every German family there is someone who, on Nicholas evening, dresses himself in a mask, fur robe and a long tapering cap and presents himself to the rest of the family. He carries a bundle of rods which he uses to whip each member of the household, a sack filled with apples and nuts, and a broom for a scepter. After everybody has received his share of the punishment, Saint Nicholas empties the contents of his bag upon the table and while the others scramble for the apples and nuts he raps them smartly upon the fingers. In some families the children are forced to say, Thank you, Herr Nicolaus, and their parents hang the rods up in the room as a gentle reminder for them to be good. How- ever, Saint Nicholas is only a fore-runner of the coming of the Christ-child, or Christ-kindchen, as he is called. Saint Nicholas is the punishing spirit, the Christ-kind- chen, the rewarding one. Now the excitement becomes more intense as every- 38 SPECTATOR one begins to secretly purchase and prepare his gifts. Things are so arranged that everybody shall exchange gifts, but, of course no one knows beforehand what he is going to receive. Scarcely anything except Christ- mas is thought or spoken of. People hurrying along the streets, rich and poor alike, have an air of happiness about them which is contagious. And the Christmas trees! Hundreds and hundreds of them piled up along the streets, give forth that sweet fragrance of pine and fir. They veritably turn the city streets into gardens, among which the eager purchasers hurry to and fro. At last the long-looked-forward-to-day arrives! The ceremonies generally take place in the upper stories of the houses, beginning early in the evening. Not a per- son may gain admittanc to the rooms up-stairs, but must sit down-stairs anxiously awaiting the hour when the Christ-kindchen shall call. After a while a bell rings- and then such a scramble! Everybody rushes up the stairs and is met at the top by a dazzling glare of light coming from the different rooms. In each room stands a large table on which the presents are arranged amid fiowers and wreaths. From the center in the chief room looms a beautiful Christmas tree, covered from the bot- tom to the very top with wax tapers, which make it nearly as bright as day. On every bough hang sweet meats and gilded nuts. Everyone rushes from table to table hunting his gifts and laughing and talking all the while. How beautiful is the heartfelt joy that shines on every countenance! As each one discovers, he runs up to the givers and embraces them and the purest and truest affection and feeling is shown. At this Christmas time, the bond of love and friend- ship which exists between families and friends is strengthened and especially in Germany is this custom simply, yet alluringly carried out, and Christmas cele- brated in a most beautiful manner. SPECTATOR 39 The Return of Sir Gareth Edith Weaver 'l8. If T was Christmas night. The air was piercingly cold and the country bleak and drear, The frozen ground stretched level as far as the eye could see under the dark heaven studded with stars. A man in iron mail strode dejectedly over the de- serted waste. The hard ground gave back no spring to his heavy footsteps. His armor clanked harshly as he moved. On he walked but saw no sign of human habitation. Several times he stopped and peered anxiously in all directions, then went on. At last he spoke. Twelve long years since I have seen my native land! In all this time I have done nothing but search for the Holy Grail. The gallant Knights of the Round Table are scattered over the face of the earth. They, perhaps, have misspent their lives as I have done. Does Arthur the King still live? Do any of my old companions still think sometimes of Gareth? I am old and weary. I have lost my faith in God and man. I wonder if my life has been entirely spent in vain? I cannot tell, for often in the lone hours of the night I have besought God for some token that I would accomplish mine end. He has never answered. The traveler's voice shook. He was moved to tears by the thoughts which had risen all unbidden to his mind. On a sudden impulse the Wayfarer knelt and, stretch- ing out his hands to the drear, desolate wastes in front of him, cried out in a loud and terrible voice, Oh God! If God there be, for the last time I call on Thee. I am heartsick and Weary, worn with strife and burdened with care. But I have been faithful. Never have I given up the search. Now I swear to Thee, by all the powers of the nether world, by the black fiend and all his angels, by my dead faith, killed by thine indifference, that from 40 SPECTATOR now on I will be a servant of the devil and do his bidding through all the world if this last appeal is not heard. Answer me Thou! I waitg I watchg I listen! Silence answered his daring appeal. The stars shone brightly and the frozen earth lay silent under the dark sky. Suddenly the unbelieving knight was stricken to the ground. A great light shone round about, a quivering flame that seemed to spread ever wider until it covered the land far about. Then a voice spoke: Oh thou unbeliever! Know that I am That which was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be. I will answer thine appeal. Listen! 'Tis not given to everyone as to Galahad to gaze on the Holy Grail. Galahad was not of this world, while thou art man, and man thou wilt always be with man's doubts, sins, and passions. Know also that the Holy are not always those who travel the world over in search of holiness. Many men who have never journeyed from their own land are men after God's own heart. Now I command thee, go back to thine own home. Do what good thou canst there. Re- dress the wrongs and grievances of the oppressed. It was not for thee to see the Holy Grail. Fare thee well. Never again wilt thou hear my voice on earth. The light flickered and disappeared. At last the knight rose from the ground and stumbled on. It was Christmas night once more and at Camelot the feasting was at its height. A strange knight stood at the back of the great hall watching the revellers. Seated at the head of the hall sat Arthur on his throne. He was motionless and seemed to be looking far away, taking no part in the gayety about him. At last he spoke. My brave knights all, we are having a merry time this Christmas night. But I cannot help thinking of that other and older Round Table that gathered about me so many years ago. Where now are brave Launcelot, SPECTATOR 41 pure Galahad, gentle Percival and Gareth, my one time kitchen boy? Oh that I had some tidings of them! There was a stir at the back of the hall and from the ranks of merry makers a knight advanced unknown to all but the king. Gareth! cried Arthur. It is I. Come forward. Come, and tell us of thy brave companions. Thou hast no news of them? Well, I am glad for thy return. Come and be merry with us. There was great rejoicing at Camelot that night. Gareth once more took his place in the court, and became Arthur's beloved knight, for he had been his com- panion long ago. The old knight came and went, help- ing all who needed help and doing good everywhere. But never would he leave the court, and when questioned as to why he never went forth for adventure, replied, My brothers, I must do the Lord's bidding. jliii- Christmas Carols GD NE of the most interesting of all the religious festivi- ties among the older Christian customs was the singing of Christmas carols. They were sung on the streets early on Christmas morning. The singers went from house to house, sang their carols, and accepted the money which was offered them. These carols were re- ligious in nature. Carols are a form of Worshipful and exultant verse. Since they are written about the greatest event in relig- ious history, they are carefully treasured by most people. It is to be regretted that they cannot be sung in the streets in modern times as they were of old, but they would lose their purity. They are mostly sung and read in the church, the school, and the home. Here amid such peaceful surroundings, they retain their original wor- shipful character. 42 SPECTATOR Most of the ancient carols are written in old English, and, since this old language is so musical, the carols are very pretty. Many of them are written in simple style. Some of the more modern carols are very beautiful in thought and are well expressed. The following short poem written in old English tells of the singing of Christ- mas carols. The lewid peple than algates agre, And carols singen everi 'criste messe tyde, Not with schamfastenes bot jocondle, And holey bowghes abouteg and al asydde The brenning fyre hem eten, and hem drinke, And laughen mereli, and maken route, And pype, and dansen, and hem rage, ne swinkep Ne noe thynge els, twalne daye' thei wolde not. Here is a stanza from a pretty carol of a sacred nature in the quaint old spelling of its time. Thys ender nygth I saw a sygth A ster as brygth as day And ever among A maydyn song By by baby lullay. Thys vyragyn dere Wythowtyn pere Unto har gane sing. Several carols survived from Henry VIII's and Eliz- abeth's reign. As Joseph was a walking, He heard an angel sing- 'This night shall be born Our Heavenly King, SPECTATOR 43 He neither shall be born In housen nor in hall, Nor in the place of Paradise, But in an ox's stall: He neither shall be clothed In purple nor in pall, But all in fair linen, As were babies allg He neither shall be rock'd In silver, nor in gold, But in a wooden cradle, That rocks on the woulde.' These four stanzas are part of a long poem of that age. This is a true Christmas carol. It tells of the prophecy to Joseph in tender and beautiful words. A poem by Christina Rosetti combines mysticism and realism. It also suggests heart service and the beautiful custom of giving gifts. In the bleak mid-winter Frosty winds made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stoneg Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak mid-winter Long ago. Our God, heaven cannot hold Him, Nor earth sustain, Heaven and earth shall flee away When He comes to reigng In the bleak mid-winter 44 SPECTATOR A stable-place sufficed The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ. Enough for Him whom cherubim Worship night and day, A breastful of milk And a mangerful of hayg Enough for Him whom angels Fall down before, The ox and ass and camel Which adore. Angels and archangels May have gathered there, Cherubim and seraphimb Thronged the airg But only His mother In her maiden bliss, Worshipped the Beloved With a kiss. What can I give Him, Poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb, If I were a wise man, I would do my part- Yet what I can I give Himg Give my heart. Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas to-night! Christmas in lands of the fir tree and pine, Christmas in lands of the palm tree and vineg Ch1'istmas where snow peaks stand solemn and white Christmas where corn-fields lie sunny and bright, Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas to-night! SPECTATOR 45 Christmas where children are hopeful and gay, Christmas where old men are patient and gray, Christmas where peace like a dove in its flight, Broods o'er brave men in the thick of the fightg Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas to-night! For the Christ-Child who is Master of all, No palace too great and no cottage too small, The angels who welcome Him sing from the height, 'In the city of David a King in His might'g Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas to-night! Il ll' Ill Ill Hi Ill Ill if Ili W So the stars of the midnight which compass us round Shall see a strange glory and hear a sweet sound, And cry, 'Look, the earth is ailame with delight!' O sons of the morning, rejoice at the sight. Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas to-night! This carol was written by Bishop Brooks and ex- presses the universal joy at Christmas time. Here is a short carol written between 1426 and 1550. I sing of a maiden, no mate she knows, The King of all kings for her son she chose, He came all so still where His mother was, As dew in April falls on the grass, He came all so still to His mother's bower, As dew in April falls on the iiower. He came all so still where His mother lay, As dew in April falls on the spray. Mother and maid was never none but she, Well may such a lady God's own mother be! It saw a sweet and holy sight, A blissful bride, a blossom bright That mourning made and mirth among, A maiden mother, meek and mild, 46 SPECTATOR In cradle kept a knave child That softly slept: she sat and sang 'Lullay, lullow, lully, lullay, lully, lully, lully, lully, Lullow, lully, lullay, baw, baw, My bairn, sleep softly now.' These carols of Mary are among the oldest and most popular. They are marked by simplicity and devotion. As of Old, by Arthur D. A. Randolph is a plea for each one to try to live up to the song of the angels and have peace with his neighbors. The night is calm, The stars shine clear, The sky is all aglowg A heavenly messenger draws near As, centuries ago, On Bethlehem plain The angel spoke The birth of Christ to shepherd folk. Above the din Of market-place, The turmoil and the strife- Alike to honor or disgrace- To all the walks of life This Christmas night The angels bring Glad tidings of The new-born King. Be still this night, O restless town! Forget the loss or gain- The angel song comes floating down, SPECTATOR 47 A sweet and heavenly strain, Let, if you can, The song fulfill Peace upon earth To men good will. It is to be regretted that the singing of Christmas carols, the most beautiful custom of old, finds so small a place in the most of celebrations of today. 1--1 . A Christmas Rctribution Susan McGee '16. in T was a wet chilly evening about the first of Decem- ber, and, as Jack Winthrop sat alone in the elegantly furnished library of his home, he looked old and tired. From time to time, as he moved restlessly, he heaved a heavy sigh as he thought what a lonesome place his old home had become. The fire had burned low, and, feeling chilly, he took a light cover from a couch near by. As he wrapped it closely about him, head and all, he impatiently touched a bell near him. Moses, a colored servant, who with his wife and grandson, Ephriam, was in the kitchen discussing the doings of a Spiritualist, upon hearing the bell, jumped up exclaiming, Massa Jack must hab come home, and dat fire am bery low. Taking up a log which Ephriam had lately brought in, he left the kitchen. Going through the hall, he again thought of that Spirit meeting, and when he entered the dark library, he felt a little quivery. Ap- proaching the fire-place, he noticed the white object in the chair. Never thinking it could be Massa Jack, he stood still, shaking in every limb, his hair standing on end. As Jack turned to speak to him, Moses began to 48 SPECTATOR shout, Ol Lord !-Hab mercy on dis pore sinnah! He nebber sin no more. Running from the room, he tripped and fell, and the log, which he had let fall, rolled and hit him on the foot. This was the climax. With a series of yells, he fied from the room, bumping into Aunt Phoebe and Ephriam who excitedly asked, 'What's de matter? Spirits! he gasped. It was never known who of the trio reached the kitchen first. Jack Winthrop not caring to explain mat- ters just then, went up to his room. Lying on the bed, he laughed more heartily than he had for years. Sitting up he suddenly exclaimed, I know what has been the matter with me. What with all the money I Wanted, and the travelling about, I haven't been happy. It is Ned I want. Well, if he can be found, I will make a Christmas retributionsf' Old Colonel Winthrop, after the death of his wife, placed his twelve-year-old son Jack in a boarding school, closed up his mansion, leaving it in charge of his colored servants, Moses and Phoebe, and went abroad. There he married Mrs. Alden, the widow of a clergyman, who had a boy Ned, about the age of Jack. A week after their return home, Jack was brought home from school, and he and Ned became chummy. As they grew older, they continued to be such good friends that they were called, or nicknamed Damon and Pythias. They never quarrelled until after the death of their parents, when Ned married Betty Fairfax, the only girl Jack had ever loved. Jack in his anger sent them both from his home and he had never heard from them. The next week people smiled at the following notice which appeared in a leading paper and which read as follows: ' SPECTATOR 49 Damon: Come home 5 all is forgiven and I want you, Pythiasf' A few days before Christmas, Ned and Betty ar- rived. After heartily greeting Ned, J ack turned to wel- come Betty, when a handsome little boy about four years old stepped forward and said, I'se here. And who is I? Jack asked. 'Tse J ack, he bravely answered. As Jack looked into the sweet upturned face and bright blue eyes, he felt a queer lump in his throat. Turning hastily, he walked toward the fire-place and, taking the poker, thumped vigorously at the smouldering logs, huskily saying, These blame logs don't burn worth a cent. It had been a happy Christmas day. Not only had the members of the household, but many poor families in the neighborhood, had a happier Christmas than they had ever known. That evening as Jack sat by the bright fire in the library with his namesake on his knee, watching the happy and contented faces of Ned and Betty, he buried his face in the curly head of the little Jack and softly murmured, What a happy Chirstmas retribution. .1.l. -- Ancient Christmas Customs Hannah Canan 'l5. HRISTMAS, when it was first celebrated in the sec- Q ond century of our era, adopted the more beautiful parts of heathen mythology and customs. Dean Stanley says: Christmas brings before us religions which went before, for the birth at Bethlehem was itself a link with the past. The pagan nations of antiquity worshipped the sun, under different names, as the giver of light and life. At the time of the winter solstice in December, when the sun 50 SPECTATOR begins its upward course, festivals were given in its honor. Among the Romans, this holiday was known as the Satur- nalia and was the occasion of great merriment and license, which extended even to the slaves. Within the houses, hung with festoons of evergreen, were scenes of feasting and gift-giving. The rude peoples of the North burned huge bloclrs of wood in honor of Odin and Thor, while sacrifices of men and cattle were offered to them. Yule was the name given by the ancient Goths and Saxons to this fes- tival. The word is preserved in the Scottish word for Christmas and also in the name Yule Log. This great log of wood, sometimes the root of a tree, was lighted with the embers of its predecessor to sanctify the roof tree and protect it against evil spirits. The ancient Teutons decked the fir tree for they thought of the sun riding higher and higher in the heavens as the spreading and blossoming of a tree. The lights on our Christmas trees, according to Professor Schwartz, represent iiashes of lightning overhead, the golden apples, nuts, and balls are the sun, moon, and starsg the little animals on the branches represent sacrifices. Pope Julius in the fourth century established Christ- mas in accordance with the date of this ancient festival. Thus was this holiday set to celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Sun of the spiritual world, in order to draw the peo- ple from heathen festivities. Merrie Old England was the soil in which Christ- mas took its firmest root. Christmas was not then a single day of festivity. The preliminary novena began on December sixteenth and ended on January sixth, or twelfth night. A democratic festival was this, with hospitality universal. The English country gentlemen of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries held open house, when all the tenants and neighbors enjoyed the feast and participated in the games and sports. SPECTATOR 51 As for Christmas dinner in the fifteenth century, it was a notable occasion. The table, a highly polished oak board, was laid in the great hall where the Yule Log was blazing. The guests assembled, at a given signal trumpets sounded and a band of minstrels entered. Then followed the server bearing on a platter a boar's head dressed with sweet rosemary and bay leaves. The ladies and knights joined him as he marched up and down the hall, singing: The boar's head in hand bring I With garland's gay and rosemaryg I pray you all sing merrily. Then solemnly was the boar's head placed on the table and served with sauces and garnishings. The sec- ond course, served by beautiful ladies, consisted of a peacock with all its gay plummage and with its whole body covered With leaf gold. It was stuffed with spices and sweet herbs, thoroughly roasted, and was served with gravy. This, indeed, was a very difficult dish to prepare as the skin had to be carefully removed, and then, when the peacock was ready to serve, had to be as carefully put on again. Although mutton pies and plum pudding followed, the peacock course was considered the best, and all manner of vows and pledges were made over it. In England a lord of misrule was appointed for the season who permitted all kinds of outlawry and license. The Puritans of England detested this season and thought even harmless good cheer to be pagan. So Puritanism brought to New England the anti-Christmas feeling. In ancient Germany on Christmas the whole house- hold prepared for church, where a simple, impressive service was held. Each worshipper was supplied with a candle. The first comer found the church dark and placed his candle before him as did each following him. Fresh candles flashed every Where until the whole church was lighted with the single fiames. When the service 52 SPECTATOR was over, the season had begun, and greetings were given and received. The playing of four old hymns, by a band up in some high tower was a beautiful custom in Norway for blowing in the Yule on Christmas eve, the birds had a feast, for every body saved a penny or two to buy oats -or a sheaf of rye. Bunches of oats were placed on roofs of houses, on trees and fences or set on the snow. Among the peasants of the German Alps horses and other animals were believed to have the gift of language on Christmas Eve, in order that they might tell each other of the great event that the day commemorates. As it was a sin to attempt to overhear them, the belief could not be proved. On Christmas night, it is believed in Poland, even yet, that the skies are opened and Jacob's ladder is again extended from earth to heaven, but this can only be seen by saints. At this blessed festival time, all the good spirits are believed to triumph over the evil ones and people may dwell in safety and happiness. Some sayes, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The Bird of Dawning singeth all night long, And then fthey sayh no spirit can Walk abroad, The nights are wholesome, there no planets strike, No Faicry talks, nor Witch hath power to charm, So hallowed, .and so gracious is the time. SPECTATOR 53 Christmas On An Ocean Steamer Sara De Frehn '15 663' ACK, you say you are hunting for a Christmas story to help you in writing your essay. Well, put down those magazines and come in here by the fireside with me, and I shall tell you a true story of a Christmas on an ocean steamer. Oh, Grandma nothing could interest me more than a story of a real ocean voyage. This trip was taken over thirty-five years ago by your Grandfather and me. As you know, I lived in France for twenty-five years and was much accustomed to the wonderful celebrations that took place there on Christmas day, but, above all the celebrations and gayeties, we looked forward to the elaborate dinners that were served. Our Christmas bill of fare was varied and extensive, quite different from the meals to which you are accustomed. It consisted of stuffed turkey, and what We called black pudding, oysters, lobsters, crayiish, snails, frogs, and, most wonderful to me, was the Stras- bury pie, consisting of truffles and livers of fattened geese. Yes, Grandma, but the Christmas at sea? Well Jack, I am coming to that now, but I wanted to make you familiar with the manner in which Christ- mas is celebrated at home, so that you would see how dreary it would seem without them. In October 1879, we received word from friends in Virginia that a very good position awaited a young man with the abilities your Grandfather possessed at that time, so we decided to embark that month, in hopes that we would land in Virginia before Christmas. Unfortunately the ship was delayed, and we found ourselves on board the ship on Christmas day. We feared that this day would be a very lonely one as the three days previous to this had been extremely rough and stormy. Many of the pas- 54 SPECTATOR sengers on board the ship had had severe attacks of sea sickness, and had kept the physicians hard at Work through three whole nights and two days. However on the day before Christmas, it had calmed down some- what, which slightly raised our spirits. With the arrival of a bright Christmas, our expectations of a dreary and lonely one were forgotten, and we planned to celebrate on board-ship. The company was very interesting. There was a Japanese on board who was bound for America to study social and industrial conditions, a German Baroness with two beautiful blond children, a poet, an Italian composer, and all the rest of the more common passengers, like myself. The Baroness was thinking of the interest of her children, whom she knew would be disappointed, even more than the rest of us, as they were making their way to a great celebration that was to take place at her American home. Thus the children would miss their usual gifts and long looked for celebration which took place annually at the home of the Baroness. For this reason, she proposed that we have a Christmas enter- tainment, which we hailed with immediate favor. Most of the passengers took great interest in the preparations, but the captain, a kind hearted fellow, took more inter- est than the passengers themselves. He had brought up from below, holly, bay, fir, wreaths, and mistletoe, had decorated the dining rooms. These were used in festooning a long saloon which was transformed into a cheerful, cozy, and homelike room. Immediately after dinner on Christmas Eve, the fun began. Songs were sung, games were played, stories were told and men and women who previously had been strangers conversed with one another-all but two seemed to have the spirit of cordiality and good cheer. One was a Russian who lamented the fact that he had missed a good Christmas dinner of wheat porridge, served with honeyg and a mixture of stewed pears, apples, oranges, grapes, and SPECTATOR 55 cherries, sweetened with honey, which, he told us, was the customary meal of the Russians. The other was the Japanese whom we learned had never heard of the birth of the Saviour. We told him the story and he became much interested and wished later to know more about it. The Japanese thus became interested and took part in the enjoyments. All was so delightful and cheerful that even the old Russian, gradually drawn out of his depressed spirits, engaged in the fun with the rest of the passengers and joined in with the songs and stories. Slowly the evening rolled into darkness, and stars glisten- ed in the heavens like diamonds. Before retiring, one of the children suggested that gifts be given to the men who worked so hard to keep the vessel sailing. After we had ramsacked in all our trunks and bags for gifts for the sailors, and had hung our stockings at easy access, we all retired for the night. Christmas morning dawned cold and crisp, overhead the dark purplish heavens appeared, tinted with gold from the eastern sunrise. People were stirring early. Rich and poor, young and old, wrapped and unwrapped gifts. During the excitement of the morning, a boy soloist traveling from London, sang a Christmas tune. His melodious voice thrilled everyone. All caught up the song and made the old ship resound with it. Services were held at eleven o'clock and dinner served at noon with all dainty Christmas delicacies. Indeed, I have never before nor since spent a more delightful Christ- mas day. It is one Christmas that I shall never forget. Now hurry and write your essay and then I'l1 show you some of the gifts which I have saved from that jolly Christmas aboard ship. -il SPECTATOR QQ 00 Q CD 56 W WG we to 5 no Q Christmas Sarah Murray '18 Christmas comes but once a year, Bringing to all a happy cheery Songs of gladness, love, and truth, Comes to each young maid and youthg Bells ring out with peace and gladness, Banishing our thoughts of sadness, Doff your hats and give a cheer, For Christmas just comes once a year. SPECTATOR 57 Uhr high :Svrhnnl Svprrtatnr SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 75c. PER coPY, 10 CENTS Ehitnrial anh Business Smit' Editor in Chief, MARY E. COVER, 1915. Associate Editor Business Manager EVERETT WETHERBEE, '15 RALPH COLEMAN, '15 Exchange Editor Associate Business Mana er WINIFRED KREBS, '15 . 3 Society Editors JAMEISPEWIS' 15 BEATRICE COURTNEY, '15 Adverhsmg Manager GERALDINE MARTIN, '15 HARRY ROSE, '15 School News Associates SANFORD CABLE, '15 LEE BENFQRDY '15 Current Events EARL COOK, '15 VIRGINIA LEWIS, 'I5 CLYDE DUNMEYER, '15 Athletic Editor LLOYD BRYAN, '16 MAURICE PEARMAN, '15 PAUL LAVELLE. '16 MIguQgigfg33f,04 ROBERT HORNER, '16 Art Editor ' Class Representatives CYRIL SMITH' ,15 KENNETH RICHARDSON, '16 Joke Editors PHILIP WALTERS, 17 ROBERT RUTLEDGE, '15 ALLEN GEIST, '15 The Spectator is published monthly during the school term, Address all communications to The Spectator, High School Building. Johnstown, Pa. Entered at the Postofllce: Johnstown, Pa., as second-class mail matter. In order to insure publication in the current issue. MSS. must be handed to the editor not later than the 10th of each month. Mia The Christmas season is almost here. At this time, our friends give us many thoughtful little gifts and Christmas is CHRISTMAS a day of joy and gladness. There are, SPIRIT however, thousands who not only will not receive thoughtful gifts this Christ- 58 SPECTATOR mas, but will not have the necessities of life. The ap- proach of winter has made the condition of the people in the war zone more deplorable than ever. Relief clubs are doing much to relieve this situation. An active branch in France has been able to secure employment for many people, but thousands still remain homeless and desolate, in want of food and clothing. It seems peculiarly appropriate, in this number of the Spectator, when the spirit of giving is at its strong- est, to renew the appeal for generosity in behalf of the innocent victims of the worlds greatest catastrophe, to do what we can to help them. Since time immemorial, great events in history have been accompanied by litera- WAR LIT- ture telling about them. Especially is this ERATURE true of wars. Wars are always accom- panied by a great flood of war poems. Homer, the first poet of the Greeks, re- flects the warlike spirit of his time in his works. In his Illiad one hears the horror of arms endlessly thunder- ing. It has been said that wars make history. Certain it is that war produces many poems, some of which are lasting. Some of these poems boast, they are the glori- fication of strength and prowess in battle. To this class belong the brave old Border ballads- The Battle Otter- bourne, Chevy Chase, and hundreds of others. The clash of good honest fighting, the passionate love of freedom, and the deep feeling of patriotism are portray- ed in Scott's vigorous and romantic poems. Let us apply the same test to the poems of our own land. Was it not when he was a prisoner, that, looking out of the window of his cell, Francis Scott Key caught sight of the Stars and Stripes floating proudly over his own countrymen and was inspired to write the poem which has since become our national air? In 1852 Tennyson, actuated by a sense SPECTATOR 59 of patriotism, gave utterance to his great The Third of February before the House of Lords. On this occasion there was rumor that Napoleon III was preparing to at- tack England and that the Lords for the sake of peace seemed disposed to consider a bloody coup d' etat that had placed him on the throne. But in these days of advanced thinking, we are com- ing to regard this matter of war in a different light. We are more insistently asking why it should be a necessary evil among Christain peoplesg what is its use with its appalling waste of life and money, its heartbreaks, desola- tion, and famine that follow in its wake? After the death of the Duke of Malborough Swift wrote a satirical elegy about him that is the most scathing indictment ever written against war and a successful commander: .... Behold his funeral appears: Nor widow's sighs, nor orphan's tears, Wont at such times each heart to pierce, Attend the progress of his hearse. But what of that? his friends may say- He had those honors in his dayg True to his profit and his pride, He made them weep before he died .... To-day, Sherman's denunciatory definition of war is known the world over. It was James Russell Lowell though, who, in his Bigelow Papers, wrote the plainest truths that have ever been spoken about war: Ez fer war. I call it murder- There you hav it plain and flat, I don't Want to go no furder Than my Testament fer that .... Ef you take a sword and dror it, An' go stick a feller thru. Gov'ment ain't to answer for it, God'll send the bill to you. E. W. 60 SPECTATOR M mimi mis U HE Christmas spirit is to be truly expressed by the people of the United States. Kind women have organized to send a Christmas ship to the children of suffering Europe. Perhaps a little girl was the cause of this concerted action of generosity. Natalie, daughter of Mrs. John Hays Hammond, read about the children, who endure untold miseries, and she expressed the wish that all her Christmas gifts might be sent to Europe. This aroused the spirit which has seized the whole of the United States. The actresses in one of New Yo1'k's largest theatres behind the scenes and between lines are making clothing. Women prisoners on B1ackwell's island are making baby clothes. In the United States Sub-Treasury in Wall Street the girls are giving their evenings to work for the war-children. So strong is the spirit that one woman in Western New York, who had no money, sent apples as her offering. Anything that may help dispel the gloom of this Christmas is acceptable for the ship of good cheer. Especially is it made an aim to send warm clothing. Prominent women from all over the country are trying to send a bit of happy Christmas from peace- ful America to strife-torn Europe. The traffic in blackstrap, a waste product from the sugar industry in Cuba, has increased to such a degree that it is the largest contributor to the freight of the Mobile and Ohio Railway. Blackstrap is mixed with SPECTATOR 61 alfalfa, corn, and oats to make food for cattle. One company operates 200 tank cars for transporting black- strap to St. Louis and Chicago. Brooklyn children have provided the nucleus of a zoological collection by buying various animals for this purpose. Several lions, bears, monkeys, a hyema, a leopard, and other wild beasts that are general favorites have been secured. Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, is one of the most famous churches in America. Chiefly, it is notable be- cause Henry Ward Beecher was once its pastor. Recently John Arbuckle provided that a group of buildings be erected as a memorial to Mr. Beecher. These were dedi- cated last month. The front of a whole block is occupied by these buildings which are connected with the church by a spacious arcade. There is a fine gymnasium with running track and bowling alleys for the young people of the church. Adjoining this is a club-house provided with a library, recreation room, dining room, and a kitchen from which food can be supplied to any of the three floors of the building. Next to the club-house there will be a five-story building, not yet completed, which is to be devoted to class rooms for night school. Just out- side the arcade there will be erected a statue of Mr. Beecher by Gutzon Borglum. Plymouth church is the first church to incorporate an art gallery into its educa- tional facilities. Loan exhibitions are to be placed in the arcade. These fine buildings are not to be used for settlement work but as an important part in the church's duty as a teacher. Plymouth church is now equipped to carry its spiritual activities straight through the six days of the week. The natives in Shinewara on the island of Shikoku, Japan, undertook to breed a peculiar kind of rooster. For a hundred years they worked to lengthen the tail 62 SPECTATOR feathers of their barnyard friend. By patient selection they now breed hens whose tails are eight inches in length while those of the roosters sometimes grow as long as eighteen feet. Oregon has made an acceptable gift to civilization. Capital punishment was abolished by popular election in November. This amendment to the constitution was passed by a majority of 157. W s ff ffm' lm is X CH Q L NEWS QD N the morning of November 19th, the members of the Freshman class were entertained by Kiyoshi Yabe, a humorous and entertaining Japanese missionary. He talked about the schools of Japan, comparing them with our schools. Accompanying his talk was a demon- stration of the physical training that is compulsory in the Flowery Kingdom. The Japanese showed how far their schools were ahead of the American institutions in taking care of the body. He also emphasized the fact that we are very deficient in the knowledge of Japanese history, but the Japanese student is well acquainted with the important facts in American history. Some weeks ago the first of a series of winter fire drills was conducted. It required just two and a half SPECTATOR 63 minutes to empty the rooms after the gong had sounded. Mr. Stockton is confident that the time can be cut down to about a minute and a half. A goodly number of the students saw the demon- stration of Capt. Louis Sorcho's submarine telephone. The unique demonstration was very interesting and instruc-- tive. A local newspaper man volunteered to put on the diving dress and descended into the huge tank of water. By means of the telephone placed inside the helmet of the diving suit, he talked to his chief, Mr. Gable, in the Leader oflice. Capt. Sorcho told of his experiences as a deep-sea diver and the dangers attending the diver. The lecture given in the Cambria Library by Prof. C. E. McQuigg, Metallurgist of Pennsylvania State Col- lege, on The Iron and Steel Industry was well attend- ed by students. His lecture was interestingly illustrated with lantern slides. He first took up the subject of ores, discussing the different varieties and how they are mined. Then the route of the ore to the furnaces was traced. From the furnaces the manufacture of the ore was followed through the various mills until it is ready for the market. The most interesting chapel exercises this semester Were those on Nov. 24th, when Rev. S. L. Postlethwait, City Supt. J. N. Adee, Music Supervisor, Miss Helga Swan, and the High School Orchestra, took part. Following the singing of a Thanksgiving hymn by the upper classes, Supt. Adee conducted the devotional exercises. Youth the Period of Vision was the theme of Rev. Postlethwait's delightful talk. Miss Swan pleasingly sang Bruno Huhn's Invictus and When Song Is Sweet CSans Soucij. The orches- 64 SPECTATOR tra played an intermezze from The Pearl of the Pyre- nees. The High School Girls' Bible Class is one of the most prosperous of the school organizations. At one of their recent meetings 115 girls were present. Not only do they have good attendance but they are all working. The Student's Club, of which the Bible Class is a part, reported that 5 was cleared by the sale of imita- tion flowers for the Greensburg-Johnstown game. They will sell Christmas and New Year's postcards for the White Cross Society by which funds are being raised for the aid of the European sufferers. They are already busy dressing dolls to be sold after a doll dis- play about a week before Christmas. Principal Stockton is now trying to figure out the teaching problem occasioned by the mid year promotions According to present statistics, 65 pupils from the gram- mar grades will enter the High School ranks on January lst. It has been announced that Dr. Henry S. Curtis will speak to the students on December 9th. Dr. Curtis is the play expert who delighted the audiences at the city insti- tute the last week in August, with his doctrine of play for children and grown-ups. The work upon the new additions to the school building is progressing quite rapidly. Two floors in the south wing are being used. The art department has been moved to the second fioor of the north wing. The boys taking the Indus- trial course, under the supervision of Mr. Alexander have completed the placing of the machines in the wood working shop. These machines include a band saw, jig saw, planer and 10 lathes. A drill press, an engine lathe and a mortising machine are yet to be placed. SPECTATOR 65 Of special interest to the High School students was the lecture by Mr. William B. Ittner in the High School auditorium on the evening of November 30th. Mr. Ittner who is the designer of the school buildings at Gary, and South Bend, Ind., talked upon school archi- tecture. This noted architect discussed the unit system of building, to-gether with improved methods of heating and ventilation, and gymnasiums. NWN T new 2 P X ,..f Y 1 ., U 'T Ultllftl it Q' X - Xx i . , X -..... J T 4 i 1 9 1 - , 4 J 'I X Q MD Af EMERSON The Emerson Society met Friday evening, November 20th, in the Auditorium. The business of the society was discussed and the members voted to order pins. The following program was rendered: Vocal Solo ........................ Alice Galbreath 66 SPECTATOR Story .......... ..................... V esta Sipe Piano Solo ......... ........... G ussie Gottdiener Informal Debate .......... Sara Smith-Ludwig Gross Playlet Uncle J asper's Christmas Gifts. Uncle Jasper ................. ...... P aul Lavelle Father ...................... ....... J alnes Piper Mother ........ . . . Luella Coleman Grandmother . . . . . Gertrude Philips Gwendolyn .... . . . Gertrude Sanford Percy ............................... Alvan Reese Pansy ............................. Ruth O'Connor At at the annual oratorical contest, held December 4th, the T. K. E. Society again captured the cup and also the two cash prizes. T. K. E. U HE Society held its first regular meeting of the term on Friday, November 13th. The program, which was devoted entirely to Shakespeare and his works, was very entertaining. Charles Kress, in the opening number, spoke on Shakespeare and this Evening's Program. Sonnets were read by Florence Statler and Mary Collins. Helen Schenkemoyer and Winifred Krebs gave selec- tions from the poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. A chorus of girls sang several of his best known songs, I know a Bank, Where the Bee Sucks, and Over Hill Over Dale. Two humorous scenes of the comedy A Midsum- mer Night's Dream, proved very entertaining. Frank Keller gave a short introduction to the play, the dramatis personnal of which was as follows: Zuince ....................... Harry Rose Snug ..... . . . . Walter Griffith Bottom . . . ..... Glea Craig SPECTATOR 67 Flute .... . . Kenneth Richardson Snout ....................... Lloyd Bryan Starveling .................... Lee Benford A special meeting of the society was held on Wed- nesday afternoon, December 2, to decide which of its members should take part in the annual oratorical con- test. From the five contestants, three were chosen: Lorene Martin, Marcus Sky, and Clyde Dunmyer. On Friday evening the Annual Oratorical Contest was held. The T. K. E. Society again won the cup. Since this is the third time, the cup will belong permanently to this society. Lorene Martin won first prize and Marcus Sky second prize. .i-i AGASSIZ ESPITE the fact that all the members of the Agassiz B society have many other duties requiring much time, the society has been holding the biweekly meet- ing regularly. At the meeting on Nov. 16th, Mr. Philip Wolle, the bacterioligist of the city, had planned to give a talk on Bacteria We were very much disappointed that Mr. Wolle could not attend. A business meeting was held on Nov. 30th, when the Vice President, Stanley Noffsinger, presided-the President being absent. It was decided that a committee be appointed to write to Mr. Bigelow, head of the Agassiz organization, concerning the new aquarium. This aquar- ium will be filled and cared for by the society. The persons appointed on this committee were Marcus Sky and Herbert Meyers. 'ii si zrfsi 68 SPECTATOR 1 Der Schiller Verein Sim Sbienftug 2IbenD, Den 10. Htobember 1914, beriammelten ficb Die C5tuDenten unD Cituhentinnen bun Der Dritten Deuiidqen Qiaife unD einige Qtuhenten unD C5tuDentinnen bon Der gtneiten Deutfdyen .Qlaffe unD baben einen Denticben ?Berein in Der Qocbfchule gegriinbet. Sie bieiaen Die Qieiellicbaft Den ,,6ciJiIIer ?Berein. Sbie Beamten Dieieg Sabre? finD Die foIgenDen: SBriiiiDent, Discar 92uugIeg iiicesiliriifibent, Sliirginia Semigg Cicbreiber, Eranf Qelierg Scbabmeifterin, SD2urn Cbjoberg Qritifer, SDonaID Giocber, unD Elliarie Iice, Qlubieripielerin. SBriifiDent Eliaugle ernannte Das? fnIgenDe ?I3rogrumm:Q'o1n1nittee fiir D119 erfte Semefter Dieies3 Sabre? Eonalb Gjodiper, Stan .Qannees unD Giberett Siietberbee. Sbann rnurhen ?1BinifreD Qrebg, .Qatberine GS3IocE unD Dilbert Ciallett ernannt, um eine ,,?Ber- ein5-?Berfafiung gn entmerfen. Sbie gmeite Slieriammlung Deg Gdyiliersiiereing naurDe um SDienB- tag Qlbenb, Den 24. iliobember, in Der .fgjocfyfcbule gebaIten. 5DaS foIgenDe Slirogrmnm murbe auiigefiibrtz V 2ieD: ,,SIn Die 5reuDe ............ Sber Iierein S3ieD: ,,Qu, Du, Iiegft mir im Semen .... Qer Slierein Schiller ........ . ........ . ........ Sranf Qelier ,,.6offnung CQ5eDicbt D, C6cfJiIIerJ . .iiiola 9JEoQboIDer ,,SDuQ Sieb bon Der CL5Iocfe .......... EUiarcu5 Gin ,,5Der?Bor3ug Der DeutfcI1en6pracI1e . .iliirginia Semi? ,,C5rbLiBen-2ieD .................... Qer Berein Sbie niidbfte ilieriamrnlung mirD mn Slftontag 2I5enD, Den 7. Ee- gember, abgebalten. D SPECTATOR .69 eco .IOHNSTOWN QAth1etics Johnstown High-Greensburg High. 31 N Nov. 14th, Johnstown High School football team, accompanied by three hundred students, journeyed to Greensburg where they met the Greensburg High School team in the annual football clash. Our opponents overwhelmed us by the score 97-0. Despite the uneven- ness in the final result, the game was very interesting, many spectacular plays being made. Greensburg outplayed our team in every department of the game. Their heavier men found no trouble in smashing through our line for substantial gains. Johns- town High Was forced to be on the defense throughout the game, Broderick always being compelled to punt. Our opponents started their scoring early in the first quarter. Buckwalter kicked off to Bortz on his ten yard line. He raced the length of the field for a touchdown. During the remainder of the game they continued to pile up the score. Our team deserved much credit for the never-say-die spirit which they displayed. They battled gamely against their heavier opponents till the last. Bortz and Keck were the real stars of the game. each made several long runs for touchdowns. Broderick's punting was also a notably feature. Korns played a strong defensive game. Our rooting squad under cheer- leader Smith was very large and did efficient service. The lineup: Johnstown High 0 Greensburg High 97 Custer ............ . . . L. E. .............. Kuhns Buckwalter ..... . . . L. T. . . . . . . . . . Long Pinder ..... . . . L. H. . . . . . . Atkinson Broderick . . . .... C. . . . . Thomas 70 S P E C T A T O R Buchouecky R. H. .. ...... Silvis Springer . . .... R. T. . . . Loughrey Colbert... .. .....Corman Korns ..... .... Q . .... . . . Shields Leiford .... . . . L. H. . . . . . Keck Wertz . . . ..... R. H. .... .... B enford Drew ............... .... F . ................ Bortz Substitutions-Margo for Atkinson, Turney for Margo, Griffiith for Benford, Davis for Gorman, Murdock for Wertz, Stroup for Buchovecky, Geist for Brunner, Bowser for Colbert, Rutledge for Korns. Touchdowns-Bortz 6, Keck 2, Griflith 2, Laughrey, Benford. Goals from touchdowng Keck 13 of 14. Referee -Brinton. Umpire--Smith. Headlinesman-Cramer. A Scottdale Game. In the most spectacular finish ever witnessed on the Point Johnstown High defeated Scottdale High by the score 10-7, on November 21st. With less than two minutes to play, and the visitors leading 7 to 3, High School carried the ball 85 yards for a touchdown. It was the best football played by the locals this season. During the first quarter the game see-sawed back and forth, neither team having any advantage. Near the end of the quarter Broderick made a beautiful field goal from the thirdy yard line. The next two quarters were even, each team playing excellent football. In the beginning of the fourth quarter Scottdale spurted and, by a long forward pass, scored the first touchdown of the game. At this stage our team made the wonderful garrison finish. Johnstown' had the ball on her own 25 yard line and only two minutes to play. By five consecutive forward passes they carried the ball to Scottdale's 15 yard line. On a fake pass Broderick smashed through the visitors for the remaining distance. Leiford kicked the goal making the final result 10-7 in our favor. SPECTATOR 71 The lineup: Johnstown High 10 Scottdale High 7. Custer ................. L. E. ............. Mumaw Buckwalter .... . . . L. T. . . ...... . . . Lee Pinder ...... .... L . G. . . .... Laughrey Broderick .... . . . C. . . . . . . . . Baner Buchovecky . . . .... R. G. . . . . . . R. Grove Springer ..... .... R . T. .... .... C arroll Colbert .... .... R .E. . . ..... Miller Rutledge . . . ..... Q. .... . . . Hutchison Leiford . . . .... L. H. . . . . . Baxler Drew ......... .... . . . R. H. ............ G. Grove Korns .......... ........ F . ............... Lowry Substitutions-McCloskey for Buchovecky, Geist for Drew, Strong for McCloskey, Walters for Rutledge, Gor- dan for G. Grove, Hilton for Lowry, Kennel for Mumaw. Touchdown-Broderick, Carroll. Goals from touch- down-Leiford, Lee. Field goal-Broderick. Referee- Raab. Umpire-Wilkie. Headlinesman-O'Connell. Latrobe Game. The annual game with Latrobe was played Thanks- giving Day on the Point. The game was fast and well contested by both sides. Each team resorted to the open game and as a result many pretty forward passes were successfully executed. All the scoring was done in the first quarter. By a series of forward passes High carried the ball to Latrobe 25 yards line from which place Leiford made a pretty placement kick. After receiving the kick-off, our team made a steady march down the iield and finally pushed Leiford across the goal line for the only touch- down of the game. Leiford kicked the goal. During the remainder of the game the visitors held like a stone Wall. They had possession of the ball in mid-field as the final whistle blew. . 72 SPECTATOR The lineup. Johnstown High 10 Latrobe 7 Custer .... .... ..... L .E. ......Saxman Buckwalter ............. L. T. . . . ..... Maxey Pinder ..... .... L . G. . . ..... Smith Stroup ....... ..... C . .... .... F reeble Buchovecky .... .... R . G. . . ..... Reed Springer ..... . . . R. T. . . . . . . Beatty Colbert ..... . . . R. E. . . . .... . Flowers Rutledge . . . . . . Q. .... .... S howalter Korns .... . . . L. H. . . . . . . . McMahon Murdock ............... R. H. ....... ...... R eeves Leiford ................. E. .................. Gill Substitutions-Drew for Murdock, Bowser for Cus- ter, Geist for Leiford, Fritz for Flowers, Meyers for Beatty, Beatty for Reed. Touchdown-Leiford. Goal from touchdown- Leiford. Goal from placement-Leiford. Refree-Raal. Umpire-Reeves. Headlinesman-Crouse. lumni A News from the Classes. '93-Miss Myrtle E. Waugh, who is studying Young Woman's Christian Association work in New York City, spent Thanksgiving in Johnstown, and gave an interesting talk to the girls at the Y. W. C. A. rooms. '01-Arthur Turner is a head salesman for Babcock Lumber Company in Pittsburg. '02-Edward F. Entwisle, a graduate of Cornell has a responsible position in the Electrical Department of the Maryland Steel Company at Spa.rrow's Point, Maryland. '03-Lloyd Eell is a very successful superintendent SPECTATOR 73 in the Air Brake Department of the Portland fOregonJ Street Railway Company. '04-Mrs. William Cullers 1Miss Margaret Trentl is living in Portland, Oregon, Where Mr. Cullers is Chief Engineer of the Northwest Steel Company. '06-Dean Ashton is doing newspaper Work on The Johnstown Tribune. '06-Robert Gipe, one of the most prominent mem- bers of the Class of 1906, and formerly Editor-in-Chief of The Spectator died in Connellsville, Pennsylvania on December 1, 1914, after several iweek's illness of typhoid fever. He was a graduate of Franklin and Marshall Col- lege, and at the time of his death he was Principal of the Dunbar High School. He is survived by his Wife, Mar- garet Gerhardt Gipe, formerly of Lancaster, Pennsyl- vania, and one child. Robert Gipe was buried at Lan- caster. The Alumni Association mourn his loss, and his family have our deepest sympathy. '06-Miss May Rose recently announced her en- gagement to Dr. Robert Entwisle, C065 resident physi- cian at the Allegheny General Hospital. '07-Miss Edna Yost, assistant teacher of Mathma- tics in the High School, is recovering at the Memorial Hospital, from an operation for appendicitis. '07-Fritz Krebs, a graduate of Cornell, is in the employ of the Cambria Steel Company. '08-Bernard Wolfhope is studying pipe-organ at Peabody Institute in Baltimore. He is also doing orches- tra work in Baltimore. '09-Harry Raab, an electrical engineer from the University of Pennsylvania is working in the Electrical Department of the Cambria Steel Company. '10-Harvey Griffith has a responsible position with the Westinghouse Company. He graduated last spring from Lehigh. '10-Mrs. Isabella Caufiiel Moses and Alexander Louther ex-'10 were married December 1. 74 SPECTATOR '11-John Cover, formerly Editor-in-Chief of The Spectator is studying Journalism at Columbia Univer- sity. During the past summer he did newspaper work on The Chicago Daily News. '12-Karl Pribek has entered the Freshman Class of the University of Pittsburg. '13-Roy Mulhollen entered Washington and Jeffer- son College this fall. '13-Leon Collins is a Sophomore at W. 8a J. -1-l.1. Jottings of Science The Internal Combustion Engine. HE internal combustion engine is the most commonly E used of any heat engine at the present time. Of this class the four-cycle engine, or more correctly the four stroke cycle engine, is the most frequently employed. The two-cycle engines formerly used on some motor cars have been displayed and are now almost entirely limited to some stationary and marine power purposes. The mechanism of the engine consists of a closely fitting piston working in a cylinder. The piston is con- nected by means of a connecting rod to the crank on the crankshaft through which the sliding of the piston is transformed into the rotary motion of the shaft. In the cylinder are provided suitable means of inlet and ex- haust fpoppet, sleeve, or rotary valves are usedj, and means of exploding the charge, in modern engines is usually electrical. A carburetor or mixing valve is also employed to secure the proper mixture of vapor or gas and air for the operation of the engine. The four-cycle engine operates in a cycle composed of four strokes. The power impulse is always on the third stroke of the cycle. A cycle consists of the following four sections: First, as the piston advances on the outward stroke SPECTATOR 75 a charge of gas is drawn in through the admission valveg as the piston reaches the end of the stroke the admission valve closes. Second, as the piston returns it compresses the gas in the cylinder to a pressure Caccording to common prac- ticej of forty-five pounds per square inch. Third, at the end of the inward stroke an electric spark explodes the compressed gases and drives the pis- ton outward. Fourth, at the end of the power impulse the ex- haust valve opens and the returning piston forces the spent gases out through the exhaust port. This cycle is repeated continuously as the engine operates and so keeps it in motion. In multi-cylinder engines, the cycles of operation for the cylinders ninety degrees: in six cylinders sixty degrees, and so on. The valves on the engine are controlled by a suitably arranged crankshaft driven thorugh gearing at half the speed of the crank-shaft. In two-cycle engines having a power impulse on every outward stroke, admission is controlled by the pis- ton. As the piston advances on the outward stroke it uncovers the exhaust port in the side of the cylinder. The nearly spent gases rush out and as the piston further advances, it uncovers the inlet port. The piston return- ing compresses the fresh gas and it is exploded as in the four-cycle engine. The two-cycle engine has never proved as efficient as the four-cycle engine, when operating under equal conditions, and therefore has not come into general use. As a substitute for gasoline or petrol in automobile motors, a Frenchman has patented a process designed to use naphthalene. Naphthalene is held in a receptacle over the engine, heated by exhaust gases. The motor is started on gaso- line and run until the naphthalene is melted. The naph- thalene is then sprayed into the cylinders as fuel. 76 SPECTATOR The advantages of naphthalene over gasoline are its cost, its safety of handling, and compactness. It prob- ably produces much carbon in the cylindres. a fmt .1-, x.l .U EXGHHHGE5 Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the good-naturad man. -Goldsmith. Dial, Franklin and Marshall: You are certainly to be congratulated upon such an excellent publication for your initial magazine. Each department is well represented and well planned. The Spectator wishes the Dial the greater success in the future. Junto, Easton, Penna: You have instituted a new and very complete method of handling the Exchange column. The editorials are earnest and sincere. You have but one story, and that is a continued one. Spectroscope, Mt. Pleasant, Penna.3 yours is a new exchange to the Spectator, you have a small but at- tractive paper. Most of the stories are good, although one or two that have splendid plots are spoiled by Weak con- clusions. While all the cuts are clever, the one which heads the Wit and Humor department is especially ap- propriate. Al y '- I Xf X 5 X ' gf X -f SPECTATOR 77 Tiltonian, Tilton New Hampshire: The Literary department is good, but could be enlarged since you devote so much of your paper to local news and society notes, Which, although necessary, are interesting only to persons associated with the school. Tattler, Ithaca, New York: Midnight in the Hall of Portraits, is a splendid descriptive story. The ar- rangement of your paper is poor: the literary depart- ment and editorials should be placed first rather than athletics and jokes. The cover designs artistic as well as appropriate. Red and Black, Salt Lake City: An interesting magazine with a clever cover design, good literary de- partment, and a liberal supply of jokes which are really humorous. Oracle, Jacksonville, Florida: An excellent ex- change. The Sunset shows literary ability and descrip- tive power. The cuts which head the class notes are clever and artistic. The Eclogue, Carbondale, Penna., contains an abundance of literary material, among which Autumn stands foremost in description and imagination. The green print is a gratifying relief from the customary heavy black type. Yeatman Life, St. Louis, is a progressive paper. Won by an Ear's Breadth cannot fail to provoke a hearty laugh. The photographs of the plays give evi- dence of splendid staging and talent. Kuay, Seattle: You have a fine cover, but may we suggest that the scrawl in pencil, Please Exchange, somewhat mars it? The story, On a Mountain Trail, is one of the most interesting and best written we have seen in any school magazine. The Spectator also received this month: The Tattler, Shreveport, Louisiana: Dial, Brattleboro, Ver- mont: Academy Spectator, Harrisburg, Penna.: Toltec, Durango, Colorado: Spectator, Patterson, New Jersey: 78 SPECTATOR The Clipper, Dubois, Penna., Tiger, Beaver Falls, Penna., Pitt Weekly, Pittsburg, Penna., Carlisle Arrow, Carlisle, Penna., The Shield, Haddenfield, New Jersey, Habit, Salina, Kansas, Mirror, Philadelphia, Penna., 'Red and Black, Reading, Penna, Orospolitan, Moundsville, West Virginia, Philomatheon Monthly, Bridgewater, Connecti- cut, Our College Times, Elizabethtown, Penna., Oracle, DesMoines, Iowa, Racquet, Portland, Maine, Record, Staunton, Virginia, Searchlight, West Newton, Penna, Oriole, Pittsburg, Penna, Red and White, Woodstock, Illinois, Purple and Gold, Ashland, Ohio, Brown and White, Greensburg, Penna., Archive, Philadelphia, Penna., Dickinsonian, Carlisle, Penna., Daily Prince- tonian, Princeton, New Jersey. l. THE FU NNY ,EB fl E1 . I If your Christmas Spirit resembles Weary Willie hanging over a back yard fence, just write it Xmas for you've lost the Christ part off somewhere and X is the unknown Quanity. Stroup-- What is Conner limping for? Pinder- He works at the Penn Traffic on Saturdays. He was carrying a big box when the whistle blew. SPECTATOR 79 Fresh- Why do they call the second team scrubs? Soph- They're supposed to clean the regulars. There was a revival of learning between 1400 and 1550, and by the way everybody's going to it there is another one before the exams. Citizen- Doc., do you think we need another city hall. Conrad- I should say not, they got a dandy haul in front of my store not long ago. Teacher- What does the date 1783 mean to you, James? J ames- J ust that. Teacher- Just what? James- A date if I call 1783. A Senior whose name we cannot divulge was sent out of class and went to Study Hall. He had no permit but tried to work the bluif. When the one-in-charge came for the permit, this young man pulled a slip of paper out of his pocket, and without looking, handed it over. It was accepted without a word. The student awoke some time later and found he had given a dollar bill away. The High-and mighty said that permits are never return- ed. Luck seven huge swear-words on it! Itanss taer Polytechnic Instituto '-faq, scuool. of xx '+f.f.- fa ENGINEERING CYIL. MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL and CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, llld GENERAL SCIENCE lullorahialogul. Nuys SPECTATOR qw For you chaps ll of 1915-16 I Q A handsome Gold watch fob FREE 5, . GJ CHI ga V1 EIT makes a nifty and attractive Xmas gift that any J. H. S. stu- dent should be glad to own- and you get one Free with each pur- chase of a suit, over- coat or raincoat. mE'VE had them de- signed and made especially for the classes 5 of 1915- 16, and every chap in those classes should own one. la -n -4 i e e- Q . . Ev ' 'h-'?,'15?' - . UT. - ,. ! f- I ' ' A .xl i Y Pen-11 Trgffic Johnstown'n Greatest Store SPECTATOR 81 What Declension. German teacher- To what declension does die Zunge belong? Pupil- To the mixed declensionf' Teacher- How did you reason that out? Pupil- Because 'die Zunge' mixes up things. Will--ie Tell? Please tell him that I told you to tell him that he should tell her that she should tell him that he should tell her to tell him to tell you to tell me what they told him to tell me. li-.111 Senior fin the Libraryj- Where will I find Hart's Contemporaries ? Freshman- I suppose in a Physiology. ESTABLISHED 1892 STEPHEN LANE FOLGER Manufacturing Jeweler Club and College Pins and Rings Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals 180 BROADWAY NEW YORK Christmas Suggestions Eastman Kodaks and Cameras, Parker Fountain Pens, Perfumes, a fine assort- ment of Candies in Gift Packages. A Fine Assortment of Each to Select From The Moxham Pharmacy Cor. Grove Ave. and Village Sts. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS SPECTATOR Make This Your Christmas Store- Tis our desire that it should be the most accommodating store to you always. We want it to be the most helpful store that you have ever known at Christmas time. All of our salespeople are fully impressed with the spirit of our Whole organizationg they will gladly answer your questions, and if you will make known just what kind of a gift you wish to secure, or something about the person for whom you wish to purchase it, they can be very helpful to you. Start your gift-seeking early so that noth- ing will have to be done in a rush, and let us help you to make this the most comfortable and happy Christmas season you have ever known. :ar -.....4... YA ,Y 7 , Y -f'5-W-aa ' SPECTATOR 83 Cook-- Is Hugo a foreigner? Lewis- Sure, he even eats soup with a German accent. Captain- See that officer ten miles to your right? Shoot his eye out! Gunner- Which eye, Sir? Kress- The usual members of the faculty are in the box to the leftl' Thomas- I Wouldn't sit in a box. Kress- Why not? Thomas- That's the way Lincoln was shot. McClosky- Pm studying the Morse Code and I've been listening to Springer's heart. Colbert- What does it say? McClosky-It said once: You have to be good old man, or the father will object. g If you wish good COFFEE fofr that Christmas Dinner, try our Flaroma Brand Sold at 35c per lb. in tin cans We have other good gfrades from 25a up. y GRAND UNION TEA CU. 4.38 MAIN STREET We are able to offer our High School pat- rons the best line of Candy Goods possible Whitman 's Johnson 's, ,fny Reymerls and gg Fuller Green Orders gladly delivered to any part of the city. CONRAD Drug Company SPECTATOR 85 1 To our young friends We wish you all a Merrie, Merrie Christmas and a Verrie, Verrie Happy New Year NATIfIAN'S Senior- That's the first time I ever saw a Shumnker with Korns. In physics- Well then what is a watt? Speaking of steam, Broderick remarked, That's all hot air. Ask Tross about The Mystery of the Lost Class Pins. Beany Ellis has experimented and concluded from his recent experience, that when you try to drown a hot dog with a bottle of pop, the dog refuses to keep the place assigned to him and rises in rebellion. 86 sPEcTA'roR ' WM. ll. RAAB 84 BRO. Blank Book Manufacturers Printers, Rulers, Binders Engraved Stationery, An- nouncements, Cards, Etc. Why not have your Spec- tator bound into a nice book? WOOLF BLOCK ANNEX Corner franklin and lincoln Sts. The Laundry that Satislies Why not try having y o u r collars done by our new process, and note the result? Telephone and our Driver Will Call Troy gundry ,0..,.Sf0w,.,..,.. Company W.l. Rose 8. Sons PORCH BROS Dealers In mconronnfn Dealers In LUMBER, CEMENT . Pianos and and all kinds of building , materials, good planing Playel' PIHIIOS mill work our specialty. VISIT OUR BOTH PHONES vlcTRoLA PARLOR Orders promptly attended to 328 lincoln Street Porch Bros., Inc Cor. Vine and franklin Sts. SPECTATOR 87 FIRST NATIONAL BANK Cor. Main and Franklin Streets JOHNSTOWN, PA. Capital, Surplus and Profits S1 ,000,000 Total Resources ---- 7,500,000 DIRECTORS Henry Y. Haws, John McDermott, Harry Swank, W. E. Matth , J. M. Murdock, S. C. Ream, David Barry, John Widmann, P. F. McAneny. Ol' IC I' ERS HENRY Y. HAWS, President. HARRY SWANK, Vice President. J M. MURDOCK, Vice President. DAVID BARRY, Cashier. P. F. MCANENY, CHAS. E. MCGAHAN. Assistant Cashiers. HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS I , I 91? Keira We 45 v Systematic saving leads to . St h success art t e new school term right by open- ing a savings account in IEE United States National Bank 206 FRANKLIN STREET Advantageous to You and the Community Your money in the Bank is not only working for you but it is work- in for the ommun't wh r 1' It ' t o d a t t h g c ly eeyouive. 15 oyuravnageo ave an account Wlth us-start one now. Capital, Surplus and Profits S340,000 Interest Paid on Savings Accounts UNION NATIONAL BANK OF JOHNSTOWN. 143 Franklin Street OF ALL KINDS-FOR EVERY PURPOSE JONES-MORTON 348 Main St. City Hall Square 88 SPECTATOR . UILUE' T1z1EDnus'1aE.s7:Now5'Uv275m' 5 214- . H71 ST.' Suits, Overcoats and Balmacaans To Measure 318.00 TO 830.00 GIVE IVORY GIF TS--- The.y're just the thing again this year-so beautiful, so easy to .keep clean. We have Ivory gifts that Will captivate any Woman. A Kredel gift will please her. Hue Boxed Candies KREDEI:11.2'A5vD5gG STORE lst One- Did you notice that the girl from New York didn't use her r's? 2nd One-- Yes, and when I looked at her, she drop- ped her eyes. Little Willie fto his mother who is dressing him.J Mother, mother turn the hose on me. Mother-What do you mean? Willie-You've put my stockings on inside out. English Girl, We have such pretty pikn faces, I don't see why the Englishmen take such a fancy to you pale-faced Americans. American Girl, It isn't our faces, it's our green- backs. SPECTATOR 89 Buy Johi1stown's Q Products of all kinds, 7 sizes and styles S IS THE oNLY We have a 'style MA'ffJF3fTf'RER that you Wlll llke HIGH CLASS ' Chgcolages , and on ons L. G. 'H0l'l1lCk IN THE C,-,-Y PHOTOGRAPHER Your patronage in solicited 527 MAIN STREET Willie-J im was killed by hard drunk. Billie-Is that so? Willie-Yes, a block of ice fell on him. Soph-Why do you suppose a deaf mute sleeps on his hands? Fresh-So he won't talk in his sleep. -Overheard. Golan ! F EIFUQE EIEE Go., 90 SPECTATOR An Overcoat for the Young Fellow I N a big stock of Young Men's Over- coats we have a model that stands l out as THE coat. Its a new Double Breasted, Knee Length, Form Fitting Overcoat. A mighty smart garment- l and it comes in Chinchillas, Vicunas, Meltons and Kerseys. Good values at I 515. 520. 325. Woolf 81 Reynolds, Inc. I I Teacher-Did Pharaoh overcome the children ot' Israel at the Red Sea? Bright One-No, it was a walkover for the Israelites. CLOTHES THAT SATISFY The Ryan Correll Co WHOLESALE GROCERS 129 and 131 Jackson St mfs: mon GRADE rooo Pnooucrs wr nmnlv RECOMMEND WHITE RIVER BUTTER fbtt pr ct e QUICK LUNCH BAKED BEANS I' ll SUNNYDAY PEACHES 33-, ,, C M ' 0 LlPPlNCOTT'S APPLE BUTTER ' Once you try it, always you'll buy it No germ danger for the kiddies The acme o u er odu ion ia her A favorite whereve sed ae l::m:d :Iuka famous SPECTATOR 89 Buy Johi1stown's , Products of all kinds, SANNER'S sizes and styles is me oN1.v We have a style MANUFQISTURER that you HIGH CLXSS ' Chocolages , and Bon ons L. G. i Hormck IN THE cm PHOTOGRAPHER Your patronage is solicited 527 MAIN STREET Willie-J im was killed by hard drunk. Billie-Is that so? Willie-Yes, a block of ice fell on him. Soph--Why do you suppose a deaf mute sleeps on his hands? Fresh-So he won't talk in his sleep. -Overheard. Golan ! T wi ll! Go... 646 MAIN STREET 90 SPECTATOR An Overcoat for the Young Fellow N a big stock of Young Men's Over- coats we have a model that stands out as THE coat. Its a new Double Breasted, Knee Length, Form Fitting Overcoat. A mighty smart garment- and it comes in Chinchillas, Vicunas, Meltons and Kerseys. Good values at 515, 820, S25. Woolf SL Reynolds: Inc. Teacher-Did Pharaoh overcome the children of Israel at the Red Sea? Bright One-No, it was a walkover for the Israelites. WHOLESALE GROCERS 129 and 131 Jackson St mrs: mon GRADE roon Pnonucrs wr HIGHLY nfcomufno LIPPINCOTTS APPLE BUTTER N g da g f thelndcl en WHITE RIVER BUTTER c e of butt r production s here QUICK LUNCH BAKED BEANS A favorite wherever used SUNNYDAY PEACHES 555 ,, gamg. The Ryan- Correll Co. Once you try it, always you'll buy it . The a m e ' i SPECTATOR New Method Clas Ranges Reduce Gas Bills 20 to 3076 NEW METHOD Steel Burner Finished in Vltreous Enamel-Guaranteed For Five Years Key Steel which, together with their funnel-shaped jet holes does away with all the friction that their is in the rough cast burners with their thick jet holes. This allows a much larger quantity of air to be drawn in through the mixers and properly mixed with the gas without popping back, at the same time producing a much more intense heat without any odor. The more oxygen burned the less gas. These burners are light in weight, consequently can be easily lifted out, washed, and cleaned. f.TR?5,l'LBf,Z? 516.00 to 560.00 Gately 8 Fitzgerald urniture Co No. ll0-112 CLINTON STREET Father-I entered a bald men's contest once. Son-What came of it? Father--I Won by a head. T' 1'-1 10 Per Cent off on Every Pur- chase Till January lst. Bring this with you RO'l2HSTElN'S 529 MAIN STREET Look for Name and Number SPECTATOR Palace Laundry 606 FRANKLIN STREET DOES IT RIGHT Mr. Agile Ito Mr. Stoutman running for a cani- I thought you were t oo lazy to run like that. Mr. Stoutman-Oh, laziness runs in our family. E k l For Quality and Style See JINI The Hatter JMYZIDESZZFO S2 Hats SPECTATOR Clive Furniture And give Geis Furniture- the furniture with heirloom possibi- lities. We've a great array of practical, sensible gifts to in- crease the comfort of your home -the home of a relative or friend The GEIS Store Say, queried the City Chap, can you tel me how to make a slow horse fast? Sure, replied the rube, don't feed him. -Copied To the High School Boys and Girls OU have many difficult problems to contend with in securing your educat1on,' but when you have once acquired your High School education, you will be out in the business world and many more problems will confront you that are more difficult than you will have in your school life During your early years in life, always make it a habit to save a certain sum for a rainy day, so that when you grow old, you will not be a charge upon yourself or upon any one else. You will have a suflcient amount to take care of you, if you will invest Hour money with Caufiiel Bros at 542: on savingsg 6171 on rst mortgage, and Sl will open CKUFFIEL BROS. 94 SPECTATOR Throat Relief-- Tho Cough Drop that Makes the Cough Stop And quick relief, too, for coughing, hoarseness, sore throat--any throat irritation. That's why so many people ask for L ' M 1111 C1123 nffpso 50 In the Blue Box They taste just like candy-with that cooling sen-. sation that makes menthol such a pleasing throat ease. Druggists sell them-confectioners, too-5c the box. Made by the F. S. Love Mfg. Co., Manufacturing Confectioners Makers of Love's Fruit Tablets and Candy Kid Skinner-Good morning ma'am! Did you ever see anything so unsettled as the Weather has been? Mrs. Hashley-Well, there's your board bill. -Selected. An Electric Iron The Christmas Gift It means ironing the easiest, quickest and cheapest Way. Saves all those weary steps to and from the stove. It makes ironing task attended by no discomforts. Hotpoints 83.50 Westinghouse S2 .48 All kinds of ironing with either. Here's a practical, economical gift for wife or mother. Come in and let us show you. Citizens Elcetric 8z Gas Appliance Co. Vine and Franklin Streets SPECTATOR 95 AJ ESTIC H Tl-I EAT RE 'M. J. BOYLE Manager- JOHNSTOWN'S COZIEST THEATRE Presenting Keith Vaudeville THREE TIMES DAILY The Cream of American Vaudeville Together With Choice European Impoftations , Matinee-l0c and l5c. Time-2:30. PNCES' l Night-l0c, isa, zsc. Time-7:30 and 9. Colbert-Some fellow said that I looked a good bit like you. Connors-Where is he, I want to hit him. Colbert-I killed him. . Better Be Sure I Than Sorry--- I If you buy an automobile without investi- gating Type 51 Cadillac Eight you will not I be sure, and no doubt will be sorry. At first you won't believe all we say I about this wonderful car. But neither did we take much stock in wireless telegraphy ' at first. I If you are willing to be shown, the Johns- town Automobile Co. will appreciate the I opportunity. 96 SPECTATOR l I l l Back, Too .. I r , HE hardest part of an ,, overcoat to m a k e fijgsglgi 1, perfect is the back. 1 y To shape it accurately to the Q 1 figure, to make it neither so ,fix ji tight as to bind nor so loose ,,i9'dlQ3r , f Q WHT' i ' as to wrinkle and to mould I r g ll' into its lines correctness and 5 535: '4s1: -fig? individuality requires a genius r of skill in execution. 525- ., ,, if Ii .ir HIGH ART ' fe Overcoats jjj fi ,- have the preference of critical men thro- ughout the country because of the perfect i V QM workmanship and dependable style quality that characterizes them throughout. In 'iw' - x 1 'f , . every line of model, in every inch of their L I .T E pure wool fabrics, in every stitch of exqui- i '1 7 1 if .2 site tailoring they show plainly the utmost f ,arf perfection of workmanship. 515, 518, 520. Q ' I ,ml ' 2 f iii? ' K C Ei- 1 V Aj yuh!! -r'ihg,i' fl fy. 'J 1 , ' Er q 2 0 I1 OIIIHS A ons so a r 7 mf? I L -I - - l X - -- - -E KH : X K - - SPECTATOR 97 The Babcock Lumber Co. LUM BER MANUFACTURERS PITTSBURG, PEN N'A. For Xmas Gifts Buy Footwear An endless variety of Shoes and Slippers for everybody at ZANGS, Home of Good Shoes Teacher-What is a hypocrite William? William-A kid wot comes to school with a sm on the day of the exams. -Selected. ile The Pioneer Trust Company of Cambria County The ,JOHNSTOWN TRUST CO. Capital, Surplus and Profit S425,000 Pays Interest on Savings Accounts CHECKING ACCOUNTS SOLICITED Quinn's Store Trimmed Hats and Millinery at Reasonable Prices. Ladies' and Juniors' Suits, Coats and Dresses. Waists, Blouses, and Neckwear. Laces, Hosiery and Gloves. 98 S P E C T A T O R More People Wearing NIITH Sggggv PIANOS .1 Every Day M Try a pair and you'll know the reason. Stores in three states. T. E. Morgan 118 Market St. Inspect Our Line of GIFTS I'IORAN'S BOOK STORE 545 MAIN ST. If its worth while getting a hair cut, its worth while getting it cut at Stuver OHIO STREET Gifts Insurance Men OF ALL KINDS SOMETHING Arthur THEY CAN WEAR Title Trust Bldg. Reliable Clothing, Hats or Fumishings is both practical, reliable and durable !!1l:CE,IEl When you need anything in the Barber Line call at GATES 417 FRANKLIN STREET Strict attention nald te ladle! Facial Manage SPECTATOR 99 of md 80 Znyyam M. Emu Jaumal .Hank .5e?a,i!diny 'Tm so glad you've come. Were having a young married couple for dinner. I'm glad too. They ought to be tender. 1 -Selected. A EMO 'lil-IEATRE I Under Direction of M. J. BOYLE I I SHOWING THE MASTERPIECE PRODUCT- IONS OF THE WORLD'S BEST STUDIOS I I Watch Us Grow ' I ADMISSION PERF ORMANCES I ' Adults . . l0c Continuous from 10:30 I Children 5c a. m. Until 11:00 p. m. 100 SPECTATOR THE WEATHER AND THE MAN The Weather for LaGrippe, Colds and Rheuma- tism. The man for Massage, Turkish Bath and Cascade Treatment. WM. ARCHER, D. P. S. JOHNSTOWN TRUST BUILDING ENGRAVED NAME CARDS 30 Different Styles VALLEY ENGRAVING COMPANY WOOLF ANNEX LINCOLN STREET Pocket Knives Manicure Sets F X Carvers or nlas Scissors F'g?fiP SNOOK'S HARDWARE Dobbins I dreamed last night that I rode in one of those sample autos. Lud-What do you mean, sample auto? Dobbin-Why a Ford. Title, Trust 8: Guarantee Company CORNER MAIN AND CLINTON STREETS Capital S200,000 Surplus S200,000 DIRECTORS-W. Horace Rose, Per? Allen Rose, Samuel Lenhart, Hiram Swank, Jacob F. Kress, E mund Overdorff, Gustav Bostert, Louis H. Opperman, Edward P. Riley. lG INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS? SPECTATOR 101 Nothind mal: hidhl valued presses: Folngilisas tllaail a We have small ones for children 51.00 to 510.00 We have large ones for older people 35.00 to 550.00 Give us a call no trouble to show goods. Also place your order for Fine Xmas Candies in fancy boxes. Nicest assortment in city, delivered anywhere free of charge YOUNG'S PHARMACY 203.207 Franlmlln Street Sodas? You should also try our Hot Chocolate it s great Don t forget we have Nobihty Chocolates the best ever HOGAN 81. EVANS Have You Tried Our Sundaes and 344 Main Street DRUGS 1 14 Clinton St. Less Uffice Work--- ' That's the result in the oflice where the book- keeping system is modern. Let us help you- with loose-leaf, card systems, and filing devices. Everything for the oflice. Wm. B. Waters 8: Bro. Sigma You High School Fellows--- Ought to Belong to the Older Boys' Department Y. M. C. A. Where will you get proper recreative exercise after football season-swimming three times a weekjclub facilities during the cold winter-good fellowship all day long? Easy payments accepted. VINE STREET ENTRANCE IM SPECTATOR DME? W5-f l.l,l 7137 3 1 .R ,N ' K7 E, will do for any one whom you think enough of to give candy to. Your gift is judged not so much by quantity as by the thoughtfulness with which you make your selection, and the absolute stand- ard for gifts in Confectionery is recognized by the better-class people as Belle Mead Sweets Bon Bons Chocolates The most delicious candy in the world. SCHRADER BROS. On the Corner Main and Franklin Sts. DR. C. E. BLACK OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN 103 Lincoln Building DR. W. V. ANKENY DENTIST First National Bank Bldg. DR. H. C. HINCHMAN JOHNSTOWN DENTAL DEN'r1s'r PARLORS 215 Franklin Street Phone 1660 540 Hsin St. DR. W. C. GRIFFITH DR. L. K. CLEAVER DENTIST DENTIST Park Buildinl Ellis Buildilll SPECTATOR .' r New . 0 Dibert ' am Building 6, sues: Christmas Candies-- Pwre, Wholesome Sweets For All Our increased force of candy makers are turning' out tons of the finest Christmas Candies every day for the thousands of particular people who want the best. And Elite Can- dies certainly are best-pure, whole- some confections that have establish- ed this store's reputation for highest quality. Fresh Candies every hour for you to choose from. Fancy boxes and baskets filled with our fine candies make happy gifts. See them. See How Our Candies Are Made Open For Inspection Any Time SPECTATO -1 allows for a student being a human being instead of a machine. No two students are alike, nor can they be taught by the same method. . Slow pupils are helped, clever students unhindered at this college-isn't this the kind of instruction you want? Good Positions Await our graduates be- cause the business men of this vicinity have learned to associate our name with expert work turned out in an intelligent manner. We wish the faculty and students of the High School a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 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O, gentle reader! you would find A tale in everything. W. Wordsworth SPECTATOR 5 F1112 High Srhnul Spertatnr Truth to the fact and a good spirit in the treatment VoL. XVII. J OHNSTOWN, PA., FEBRUARY, 1915. No. 5 ff? Y 2 N x K wlun. j N , Coasting Mary Cover 'l5. Our sled is stout and strong, boys, Give a shove, now let her go! She skims along without a noise As she packs the shining snow Give a cheer, my lads, yo-ho! yo-ho! Our sled is swift and smooth as air Guide her straight, or off we go! We're at the narrow bend, beware Or we'l1 upset you know, We're safe now, give a cheer, yo-ho! Oh, here's the last good glassy place Speed her up-look out, go slow! We've found it isn't safe to raceg Spray your heels, don't mind the snow. Now we're down, let's give a cheer, yo-ho! 6 SPECTATOR American Diplomats in France Eunice Driscoll '15. ' N the minds of Frenchmen, our country has been in singularly honored by the fearless personalities the ambassadors from the United States have shown at a crisis. These men who have represented our country in Paris at a time when France has declared war With other nations have stood out clearly because of their contempt for cowardice. For instance, at the time of the French Revolution, Gouveneur Morris, famous for his Work in making the Constitution, was our minister to France. On the tenth of August, 1792, the French monarchy received its death- blow, which was accompanied by fighting and blood shed, filling Paris with terror. No man's life was safe, least of all those who were known to be friends of the king, those who were nobles, or those who had any con- nection With the court. Some of these people Whose lives were in peril at the hands of furious mobs had been the allies of the United States and had fought under Wash- ington. Accordingly, they sought the legation of the United States, and turned to the American minister for protection. Such an exercise of humanity at that moment was not a duty that any man craved. In those terrible days in Paris, the representatives of foreign governments were hardly safer than any one else. Almost all the other am- bassadors had already left the country, and others were even then abandoning their posts, Which it seemed im- possible to hold. But the American minister stood his ground . Gouverneur Morris was not a man to shrink from his duty. To everyone that came to him for protection, he granted his request, regardless of what it might mean to him. He remained in Paris until his successor arrived. When all others fied, he was faithful. SPECTATOR 7 When we recall the French Revolution, it is cheering to think of that fearless figure of the American minister, standing firm and calm in the midst of those awful scenes, with sacked palaces, slaughtered soldiers, and blood- stained mob regardless of danger to himself, determined to do his duty to his country, and to those to whom his country was indebted. Ambassador Herrick, our recent ambassador to France, has distinguished himself in almost the same way. When the great European war-cloud burst last summer, Mr. Herrick had already established himself in the re- spect and affection of the French people. Shrewd, per- sistent, energetic, untiring, courageous, he had accom- plished much to the credit of the American government in France and to the American colony in Paris. After the War broke out he emphasized each of these services. He knew exactly how to be the representative of an entirely neutral government and the German and American Government's good offices in caring for their citizens and subjects in the belligerent countries, they could in France, turn to a man of Mr. Herrick's fiber. The Ambassador's fame, however, rests chiefly on his services to the American colony. At the outbreak of the War, the American colony in Paris consisted of about seven thousand persons. Perhaps three thousand of these wanted to get home, but half of them seemed to be sud- denly without means, and the other half could not get enough funds from their letters of credit and traveler's checks. There was much excitement and hysteria. Mr. Herrick calmed the fears of the alarmed and induced many not to be in a hurry. He secured financial accom- modation and transportation, and he did all of these things because his kindly nature told him just how to do it. Alone of all the ambassadors in Paris, Mr. Herrick chose to stay in the capital when the Government fied to Bordeaux. His services since then have been more than 8 SPECTATOR vital, not only to America, but especially, in organizing a new hospital service to humanity. Both of these men's courageous humanity is some- thing that should ever be remembered, and that should be characteristic of the men who represent the United States in foreign countries. just An Old Rag Rug Margaret Lindsey 'l7. m HAT a beautiful rug! cried Letty Arkwright to her cousin Sally Cummins, who was shelling peas in the sunny kitchen by the window where the holly- hocks grew. Yes, I guess Aunt Agatha spent a mite of time on that rug and its mate. She always keptfem in the sittin, room. Once she took 'em to the State Fair and they Won first prize. See that green and black plaid silk? Well, that was her wedding dress, and the old-rose brocade was her second best. The blue chally was her grand- mother's best dress and that black broadcloth binding was her husband's wedding suit. It was full of memories for Aunt Agatha. When she died she left me the house and all its belonging except one of these here rugs. That, I was to give to a niece on the other side of the family. Lily Simler is her name. Mebbe you know her. She lives in Chicago too, Cousin Sally finished as she picked up the peas and went to the pump. While she was gone, Letty Arkwright, teacher of Advanced English in a high school in Chicago, picked up the rug and examined it. Isn't it lovely? she said to herself, I think I shall buy it from Sally and use it in my study. When Sally came in again Letty asked her if she would sell it. Surely, she said, I need some money any how. Its only an old rag rug. SPECTATOR 9 When Letty left for Chicago next day, the rag rug reposed in her trunk. Upon arriving at home, she marveled at the exquisite workmanship on the rug and again examined it minutely. The bottom was covered with green burlap which Letty decided must be removed. At that instant the door bell rang. It was the postman, who brought her a letter from her mother and one from her brother who was in colloge. Naturally these would have been a treat but now she laid them on the table and commenced to rip the rug. A shower of papers rewarded her efforts and she picked up from among them a package tied with faded ribbon. On the wrapper she read, Please do not open these letters. They are my love letters. Burn them when found. The next letter was addressed to the finder. It read: To whom it may concern: I made the two rag rugs with the intention of put- ting my money in them. But not knowing how to divide it, I put it all, S102,025.15, in one of the rugs. In the other are the directions where to get it. If Sally reads this letter, she is to go immediately to Lily Simler and get her share of the money, which is one half. If Lily reads this letter, she is to go to Sally and get her share. That's all. For a minute Letty was too stunned to think. Then, hurrying to the nearest drugstore, she hunted in the directory for Lily's name. Salinger-Selvert-Simler. Was that it? No. That was James Simler. Next was Lily Simler, 1890 West Street. Leaving the store, she sum- moned a taxicab and in half an hour she arrived at her destination. ' She inquired of the maid if Miss Simler was in. The maid, who was Swedish, replied, She bane go teayter. Which one? questioned Letty. She bane at Keith Vawdville teayter. She bane dance like dis, and Letty could have shrieked with 10 SPECTATOR laughters as the buxom Louisa attempted to do a few steps of the airy ballet. ' Making her way to the theater, she happened to see a young woman leaving by the stage door. Letty asked her where Miss Simler could be found and the girl said, This is sheg but if you are a reporter just beat it. Letty said that she was no reporter, but she would like to see Lily about a legacy. A What? shouted Lily, For the love of Mike! Tell me how much. About sixty thousand dollars, said Letty. Can that chatter, was Lily's inelegant reply, you've got me mixed with some other party. After Letty had convinced her that she was the party named in the letter, she leaned back in the taxicab and said, Oh you chicken farm on Long Island with a negro cook and lots of old fashioned flowers in the yard! Gee! but I'll be glad to get away from this dirty place. Well, said Letty, you must first give me your old rag rug because the money is in it. Your cousin Sally's share is there too. Why, that old rug has been up the spout for a couple of months, said Lily. What do you mean by 'up the spout?' asked Letty in a puzzled tone. Why the pawnshop, of courseg but I think we can get it, and the girls started down the street. When they arrived at the pawnshop, the owner see- ing they wanted the rug so badly, tried to drive a hard bargain with them. Having obtained it, the girls hurried to Lily's flat, which she shared with two chorus girls. The one room was in disorder and one of the girls said that they were trying to clean house. It certainly looked as if the room had never before been cleaned. Piles of feminine apparel covered the unmade bed. Shoes and stockings occupied the chairs. Veils, cosmetics, SPECTATOR 11 wigs, ribbons, belts and cigarette stubs were a tangled mess on the bureau. The air was redolent with cheap perfume and Letty could not understand how they would ever make order from that chaos. Letty beckoned for her to come into the next room and rip the rug. When the burlap came off, a layer of bills of large denominations came with it. Lily tangoed around the room and collided with all the furniture when she found that they were real. Then she rubbed her hands across her forehead and said It just seems like a pipe dream. When Sally heard the news, she came to town im- mediately to have the time of her life, as she said. She gave Letty a thousand dollars and Lily did likewise. Every summer old Mrs. Arkwright spends with Sally, and in the winter she lives with Lily. Sally and Lily sometimes look at the rugs, which now have their old places in the sittingrooms, and say, Just an old rag rug! A Tradition of Holland Robert I-lower ' 18. ETTER than any other people do the Hollanders en- joy winter. The canals, when frozen over, afford a superb place for skating. Many are the frolics and races of the boys at this time of year. Many years ago, there lived in Holland a very swift skater by the name of Hans Von Ashen. Like all typical Holland boys, he was a stout, ruddy-cheeked, healthy looking lad, and as he was a good skater, he used every opportunity to participate in all the races. It was such an event that was to take place now. The race was to be over a stretch of half a mile on the canal. The contestants had lined up. Hans among them, ready for the word that would send them off. The word was given and away they went, Hans in the lead. His fellow companions skated frantically to overtake him, 12 SPECTATOR but, such was the furious pace of Hans, that it was im- possible. They kept on for five minutes, but still Hans maintained the lead. The ice over which they were now skating was thinner than it had been at the starting point. Suddenly Hans shot into a hole of which all of the skaters had been unaware. Han's companions, who had time to stop before they reached the hole, are alone responsible for the following story, which has been handed down for many generations. So great had been the speed of Hans that the sharp ice at the far edge of the hole neatly cut off his head. The impetus of the head unchecked, it kept skimming over the top of the ice, While the body, at the same rate of speed, sped along under the ice. Another break oc- curred in the ice ten feet further on and the head and body, having travelled at the same speed, came nicely together. The boy then crawled out of the hole, and without help, walked home. And, the tradition concluded, the only hardship Hans Von Ashen suffered, was a severe cold. Child Labor Margaret Hummel 'l5. HE child labor problem is by no means a new one El when We consider that our Pilgrim fathers brought it with them in the Mayflower. In those days idleness was thought to endanger the soul and for this reason the Pilgrims made toil one of their most Worthy ideals. All the children and Women were taught to work and were forced into factories, if there was not sufficient work for them to do at home. Even paupers never became state charges because they were compelled to earn their own food and shelter. The invention of machinery for factories gave employment to many. This early introduc- tion of women and children into the factories had a great SPECTATOR 13 influence on the time and we can clearly see what the attitude of our ancestors was toward Child Labor. In- dustry by compulsion was the gospel preached to both young and old, rich or poor. In 1641 the great and general court of Massachusetts passed a law, which read: It is desired and will be ex- pected that all masters of families should see that their children and servants should be industriously employed, so the mornings and evenings, and other seasons may not be lost as formerly they have been. This very act alone gives us a hint of what child labor was at that time and the attempts that were made to prevent idleness among children. It was the duty of every colony to look after the employment of the poor children. Virginia obeyed this duty by erecting two houses for the manufacturing of linen at Jamestown, which employed many women and children. Dec. 1789 a petition was drawn up at Beverly, Massachusetts, the home of the first cotton factory, stating that it would afford employment to a great num- ber of women and children, many of whom would be otherwise useless, if not burdensome to society. When We look at the historical side of this great question we find that it seems to have been inherited from the indus- trial and social life of the colonies, as well as from the industrial revolution and the establishment of the fac- tory system. With such a back ground it is not diiiicult for us to see how a great national evil grew out of our Puritan father's idea of virtue. A very little interest was taken by England in this question until about 1802 when an act was passed by the British Parliament for The preservation of the health and morals of apprentices and others employed in cotton and other mills. This is said to be the beginning of the legislation restriction of child labor. The act of 1831 prohibited night work to all between the ages of nine and twenty-one-a most important point gained. To these laws were added the Ten Hour's Bill of 1847, the 14 SPECTATOR Minimum Age Bill of 1874, and the amendments to these in 1878 and 1891. No child under thirteen years of age has been allowed to work in England's mills over five or seven hours a day by the bill of 1847. By the measure of 1878 the employment of the children under ten years of age was prohibited, a limit which was raised to eleven years in 1891. Medical and school certificates were required from all who worked under sixteen years. By these laws we may think that the defense against this great evil might at least be called completeg but such is not the case, for many laws are still being passed. This is a brief history of the child labor question in England. This question is not only debated in England but in many other European countries like France, Ger- many, Russia and Austria. Many bills are being passed at present in our country by State and Fedral legislation, and will continue to be passed until the evil is entirely abolished. Because of the failure of States to enforce the child labor laws, this movement has grown to be a National duty. There are still many questions concerning this great problem that have not been settled. The questions which seem to be open to discussion areg first, what classes of children should be entirely eliminated as a factor in the industrial problemg second, from what industries should children be eliminatedg third, what regulations should govern the children, who may be wisely employed 3 fourth, what is to be done by those excluded from the industries. All the states have age limits for the children that are employed. At first this limit was eight and nine yearsg but it has advanced, and to-day no child under fourteen years of age can be employed. This is still being debated, and at a recent child labor conference held in Connecticut a leading manufacturer proposed a sixteen year limit for all children in wage earning in- dustries. This proposition received much favor, and it seems possible that if Connecticut would make this step, SPECTATOR 15 the other states would follow immediately. Upon the question of from what labor should all children be excluded, there is in a way a general agree- ment, but very often doubt arises. It is very hard to tell just what industries are regarded as dangerous, but we all know, that mines, quarries and mills are, and for this reason should not be allowed to employ children to work in them. Several years ago New York established a sanitary department of factory inspection, which aids greatly in this one respect and if other states would establish such departments we could soon tell just what the dangerous industries are. Should children, although they have reached the age when they can work, be made to work an unlimited num- ber of hours day and night? Certainly not, and a law should be passed fixing definitely the opening and clos- ing hours of all factories. The last question, what should be done with those excluded from industries, is perhaps the most important and the hardest to settle. Some people say, Give the child a practical education, fitting him for an industrial life. This is difficult to do because the proper equip- ments for industrial education are lacking in many public schools. Two great things would be accomplished by the introduction of industrial education in the school. First, many more pupils would remain in school to or beyond the compulsory periodg second, we should be able to place the child in a surrounding, which would meet his need of training and would produce for him material rewards. So in order to settle this you see that it is ab- solutely necessary to urge the equipment for industrial education in the schools. We all sympathize with the poor children who have to work, but much of our sentiment is vague. Let us change our attitude and make our sentiment vigorous, so that this great evil will be abolished and all children will be given a fair chance to become strong citizens. 16 , SPECTATOR QA Grammatical Error Margaret Lindsey 'l7. The wisest child in the village school Was walking out in the evening cool, When she spied an owl on a big oak tree, And a civil, Good evening, sir, said she. But it gave her a shock, Cas it might give youj When he solemnly answered, To whit :-to who? Why to you to be sure l said the little maid, But you've made a mistake, sir, Pm afraid. I don't know what you mean by 'to Whit,' For 'whom's' the objective, I'm sure of it. The story books say you're a very wise fowl, But that was a blunder, Mr. Owl. QA Peasants Dream Edith Weaver 'l8. G HE moon rose over the sea and Hooded the landscape with its soft mellow light. The water was calm, and no sound broke the stillness of the warm summer night but the soft lap, lap, of the water as it stole gently up to the beach and then receded, leaving the white sand glistening in the moonlight. It seemed that a human being would have no place in such a scene, yet one was present. Outlined clearly against the sky on a small promon- tory j utting into the sea, was the form of a man. He stood so still that he might have been a statue. At last he turned with a restless sigh and faced full in the light of the moon. Thus brought into prominence, he might have been seen by a watcher on this summer night to be a peasant fishermen. He descended from his station and pacing along the beach murmured, I shall have horses, coaches, gold- SPECTATOR 17 liveried servants, ermine robes, and gold in abundance. I shall marry the most beautiful lady in the land and be a great man. Yes! Yes! Suddenly he thrust his hand into his pocket and produced a purse. Emptying its contents into his broad palm he gazed greedily at three white pieces of metal that lay shining in the moonlight. Three shillings! I shall be a great man! Striding along, he at last arrived at a low hut and throwing himself down on a bundle of nets, slept. Early the next morning the fisherman arose and went to tend his nets. Ever and again he stopped to admire the three silver shillings and then went on with his work. All morning he worked and, when the sun stood high in the sky and its rays beat down fiercely upon him, he returned to the hut to eat of his coarse fare and to rest, for he was very tired. He grew drowsy and, as he was falling asleep, he thought of the silver shillings and smiled. I shall be a great man and then I shall be happy, he Whispered. As he slept, he dreamed-of the silver shillings. He thought they had increased and multiplied until they could not be counted. Then the fisherman left his nets and went forth to see what pleasure the world afforded. Walking along a road he met an old man whom he stopped with the inquiry, Old man, can you tell me where I will find greatness? The old man smiled benignly on him and replied, I can tell you nothing of it save that this road does not lead to fame. Search not for greatness. It is ever when you search hardest that it seems farthest away. It has always been so. The old man went on his way. The peasant mut- tered scornfully, Old fool! and hastened on to find the greatness which is happiness. As he Walked he met a young man who said, I will 18 SPECTATOR show you what you are hunting. Come with me. So the fisherman went with him. The two travelled until they came to the court of a great lord who received them graciously because of their wealth. Day by day did the man who would be famous Watch the nobleman spend gold like he might let sand run through the fingers. Day by day did the fisherman see him oppress his tenants and beat his servants. At last he sought the young man who had brought him and said, I am tired of staying here. I am going away. Why? asked the other. Here is greatness. Learn to be like this great lord. He has served his king and is famous all over the land for his deeds of valor. Greatness? Fame? exclaimed the fisherman. This man is cruel and unhappy. Why should I be a great man like him? No! No! I like not such fame as that. Come! Let us go and find fame. So the two travelled all over the world. They searched in the courts of kings, in the huts of peasants, in the palaces of princes, in foreign lands of the southern seas Where palm trees waved. But still they did not find true greatness. Fame and wealth indeed were there, but to the peasant the famous men they met were not great, else why were they not happy? Then the fisherman grew discouraged and said to his companion, If I cannot be happy I do not want to be great. I am going back to my nets. Come with me. So the two travelled again and at last they stood on the beach by the fisherman's old home. They stepped into a boat and pushed out over the water. For, said the fisherman, I Want to feel the roll of the sea again. As they shoved off from shore he continued, I am going to tell you something. I will hunt no longer for greatness, but and he thrust his hand into his pocket and closed it over the purse, because you have been faithful to me through the search, I am going to give you some money. First, tell me your name. It is strange you have SPECTATOR 19 not done so before. ' The young man smiled. My name, he said, is False Ambition. The peasant rose up hastily in the boat. In his sur- prise he jerked his hand from his pocket and his purse fell into the water. But he minded it not. The youth laughed alound. You would have been happy had you not conceived this idea of searching for greatness. A peasant fisherman! What had you to do with fame? Stay here and draw in your nets. Watch the sea when the wind lashes it into furyg gaze on the moon and stars at nightg follow the flight of the sea gull as it screams over the wavesg and you will have a proof of the greatness that lies all about you. Greatness and happiness are not the same. Mix them not. Listen to the thunder of the waves as they beat upon yonder reef, churning themselves into white foam. What is beneath? Uncertain rocks, jagged and sharp, quick to wreck a boat trusted among them. Were you to throw a chip into the water hissing around them, where would it go? Everywhere, nowhere, under the waves, splintered by the rocksg you could not get it if you wanted it. Go after it. You are skilled in guiding a boat over dangerous places, yet you know you would be lost. Such chips are greatness and fame in this uncertain world. Be happy where you are. Happiness is in your low hut, on the beach when you drag in your net, under the moon, under the stars, everywhere. Let us find happiness. We will not be long. Come! The fisherman tried to comply but everything grew indistinct. The boat rocked furiously. He could not make out the form of his companion. Suddenly a muffled ringing broke through his dream and he recovered conciousness. He struggled to his feet. The crimson glow of the setting sun shone through the door of his hut. From the far away village came the melodious peal of bells. As they chimed softly the peasant bowed his head. The Angelus was ringing. 20 SPECTATOR Methods if a Modern Laundry Clyde Dunmeyer '15. ANY people make it a custom to send work to a laundry every week, yet few realize the system through which their work passes. Many people think that the Work is done in a laundry much as it is in the home. But this is not true, for the work must be done so quickly and cheaply that scientific methods must be used. The routine which one bundle follows from the time it is received until it is finished, is one which all bundles follow. When the work is brought into the laundry, it is placed on a large table with many other bundles. Here, the checker opens a bundle, makes a list of the contents to-gether with the owner's name and his special mark. This mark is stamped on the inside of the clothes by a machine which resembles a typewriter. By giving each bundle a different mark, many hundred bundles may be mixed to-gether, thus eliminating the necessity of Wash- ing one bundle at'a time. The clothes are then thrown into baskets. The collars in one, white clothes in an- other, and colored clothes in a third. Twice a day, these baskets are emptied into large revolving cylinders. These machines are so constructed that water may be let in, heated by steam, soap added, and fresh water applied, without stopping them. The clothes receive six different applications. First a soap wash, then a hot rinse, followed by two cold rinses, a bleach, another cold rinse, and a bluing. The clothes are then placed in a second set of cylin- ders. But these cylinders are for wringing. The clothes are packed in these cylinders, or extractors, the electric current turned on and the revolving drives the water from the clothes. The clothes are then starched and placed upon trucks which are pushed into steam heated rooms. These rooms are so hot that a person cannot go into them. SPECTATOR 21 Perhaps the most varied step is the ironing. Shirt- waists, linens, and all fine pieces are ironed by hand. Sheets, counterpanes, pillow cases, towels, are fed into a large mangle. This machine consists of ten steam heated rolls about ten feet in length. These rolls are fitted into five pairs. The clothes pass between the pairs of rolls. Collars and shirts pass through many processes of ironing. Collars are first placed between dampened sheets and pressed. This dampens the collars uniformly and takes out all creases. Next they are fed between gas heated rolls which iron them. The next step is the in- spection. All collars are examined and if any are soiled they are sent back to be rewashed. Then the collars are dampened by feeding them between two small wheels which run first in water and then over the seams of the collars, allowing them to be doubled. They are then placed upon a mould and pressed into shape. Shirts are first dampened by a sprayg folded and pressed. The neck- bands are ironed by one machine, cuffs pressed by an- other, sleeves ironed by a third, and body ironed by a fourth. They are finished by a hand ironer and folded and placed in sanitary wrappers. All finished work is sent to the sorting room. Here, all clothes with one mark are placed on one pile, all with another on another pile. The contents are then checked with the list, and if all the clothes are there the bundle is tied up, if not it is held until the other articles are found. Indeed, a trip through a laundry is very interesting to one who has never seen a scientinc and systematic clothes washing process. -QQ SPECTATOR Grandmafs Soliloquy Dorothy L. Hahn '15. One morning as Bess went to school, In the long past yesterday 3 She found the brook had burst its banks And spilled its water o'er her way. 9 The little bridge was covered quite, She tried to cross it on a log, Her foot slipped and she, helpless, 'fell Into a mass of miry bog. Her clothes were pitiful to see, Her face and hands were covered, quiteg The children laughed right heartily, And jeered her when she came in sight. Sweet Jessie Brown in spotless dress Stood smiling by the teacher's desk, The while he gravely, as he might, Inquired the secret of Bess' plight. Then Jessie shook her cleanly dress And said, What will you give to me, For coming here so nice and clean, My very shoes from dirt are free? The tutor frowned and answered her, You merit no reward to-day, For though you've come here nice and clea You've had a smooth path all the way. And so, I think when children grown, Are white with grace, or black with sin, We should not judge them till we know The path fate had them travel in. 11 SPECTATOR 23 For some are led in sunny heights, Beyond the power of sin to swayg While others grope in darksome paths, And face temptation all the way. l -.- The Mountaineers Margaret Karas '16. oo ES sir, said the talkative young guide to a party of strangers who had stopped to rest after a long' an tiresome climb, and to get a better View of the valley. Yes sir, he repeated, thar is old man Judson's place and over on the other side of that crik is old man Hilary's. I reckon you all have heerd of old man Jud- son. The strangers had been silently looking at the View before them. A silvery brook flowed past them and back of an old dilapidated house. In front of this house grew many flowers, all in wild confusion, and around the place there was an air of neglect and decay. Underbrush grew closely around the sides and hid from view the garden which until lately had been so well tended. At the words of their guide, one of the strangers said, No, we never have heard of him but we should like to. This was what the guide wanted and, seating him- self on a fallen tree, he began his story, the others listen- ing attentively. Into these mountains a short time after the Revolu- tion, Thomas Judson and Simon Hilary came and settled, Judson on this side, Hilary on the other side of the erik. They were friends and so were their sons and grandsons, but long about the third Judson and Hilary a quarrel began, no one knows what about. But there they began fighting and all the rest of their relations fought too. It got so bitter that they would shoot at each 24 SPECTATOR other sometimes from ambush, and they all went about with their guns in their hands even when they were plowing. The women were in it too, but they were not so bitter. Well, things went from bad to worse. Now one of the Judsons would suddenly be killed and then in a day or a week a Hilary would be shot. And as the years went on the quarrel grew more bitter, until one day a sheriff was appointed by the county who decided that it was time for the feud to stop. But he did not go to stop them himself, for it Was at this time that old man Jud- son had decided it was time to be revenged for the death of his brother. The shooting had grown more general and the fires of the feud were at their height. He sent his deputies with dogs and guns and men, but few ever returned for the Judsons and Hilarys made common cause against them. Old man Judson had a son who had, even in this wilderness, grown up with a love for painting and a great thirst for knowledge. These desires had been increased after a visit one summer by a painter who had left the boy some books and paints and who had told him much of the outside world. The younger Judson was not in sympathy with this feud and longed to have it stopped, but he could see no way of doing it. In his longing to be like the men of Whom the painter had told him, he was encouraged by the only daughter of Hilary. These young people had time and again seen and spoken to each other secretly and had also planned to run away and get married. A chance to act according to their plan was sud- denly presented When Hilary was shot by Judson who was immediately wounded by one of Hilary's brothers. In the confusion that followed, they slipped away and were married. On their return, they said nothing about it. Soon after, old man Hilary died, and with him most SPECTATOR 25 of the old hatred died. Judson, however, recovered and was for carrying on the feud, but his son refused, saying that he had married a Hilary. His father's anger was so great that young Judson decided to go to the city taking his wife with him. Then, the guide said, lowering his voice, these hills became quiet, for old man Judson had become feeble and had depended upon his son to take the leadership of his clan. Several years passed. The other members of the two clans had become friendly, and when old man Judson died all the mountaineers came to see him. No one however cared to live in the cabin and thus it was that it was left old and dilapidated, a place only for the birds. Quiet followed the story as the strangers sat, silently thinking of the characters who had lived so vivid a life, and of their common fate. The Burton Gasol1ne Process E Paul Burgraff ' 15. HE use of gasoline has become so great that many demands for a cheaper and better grade have been made. Gasoline, not long ago a by-product of petroleum refining, has come to be one of the most important ends of crude oil distillation. The rise of the internal combustion engine and its perfecting has furnished cheap and easily secured power throughout the world. Statistics in this country show that there are at least one million automobiles, which shows the amount of gasoline necessary to run these automobiles. Mr. Burton seeing the necessity of more and cheaper gasoline, invent- ed a process involving the cracking of the petroleum residue. In the old way of distilling petroleum to ob- tain gasoline the compounds of hydrogen and carbon were separated from the crude petroleum and from each other by fractional distillation. After all 26 SPECTATOR the gases had been driven off and distilled a residue was left on the bottom of the still or container which was practically loss. Mr. Burton has arranged to do away with this residue and to obtain gasoline from it. It has been known for a long time that when petro- leum is subjected to high temperatures without pressure the compound of hydrogen and carbon contained in it can be broken up or ucracked. This is the point Mr. Burton observed. The apparatus he uses differs little from the one used for destructive distillation under pressure. The vital point is the position of the valve. In the other distilling apparatus the valve was placed between the still and the condenser. Mr. Burton places the valve beyond the condenser so that the pres- sure is applied not only to the liquids in the still but also to the gases condensing in the coil. In using the apparatus there is introduced this resi- due which has been obtained by the old way of distilling petroleum. The boiling point of this residue is about 5000 F. The valve is normally closed. Heat from the fire box distills the volatile constituents which are subject to evaporation and the resultant vapor courses through the pipes and coil in which it is condensed. With the valve tightly closed against the escape of the product of condensation, the vapors of the distillation accumulate and exert a high pressure upon the liquid in the still raising the boiling point from 500-600 to 700-8000 F. This pressure of vapors combined with their contained heat converts high boiling members of the parafline series into low boiling members of the same series. The valve is opened from time to time to draw off the products of condensation into the receiver. The intervals of drawing off are sufficiently frequent to avoid filling the coil with the liquid. In the meantime the relief valve is occasion- ally opened to relieve gas pressure near the lower end of the coil. SPECTATOR 27 The method in distillation is continued until a thin syrup-like residue is left. A recent improvement takes this residue and distils it in another still to a hard residue, removes the liquid and takes it back to the original still where it is mixed with some more petroleum residue and redistilled. The oil secured by redistilling the product from the original distillation is more refractory than what might be called fresh stock. It is therefore impossible to give definite figures as regards yields, but in a general way it might be stated that the process in question will at least double the yield of gasoline products from a given crude oil. ' This patent has proved of such importance that the Standard Oil Company has erected a S700,000 plant at Whiting, Ind. Mr. Burton's first patent on this process was issued Jan. 7, 1913 and the second, making use of the 35'Zv residue from the first cracking, was issued Aug. 4, 1914. This invention will mean much to the automobile World-more gasoline will be made and the price Will drop. Where one gallon of gasoline was obtained before, several are now obtained. To The New Year New Year, We greet thee With Love and Gladness, May you a favorite be, Oh, Banish War's sadness. O'er our hills and our plains Bring us we pray thee,- Peace and Prosperity. Susan McGee, '16. Tlhv itigh Svrhnnl Spvrtatnr JOHNSTOWN, PA., FEBRUARY, 1915. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 750. PER COPY, 10 cEN'rs iEhitnrial anh Buainran Stat' Editor in Chief, MARY E. COVER, 1915. Associate Editor Business Manager EVERETT WETHERBEE, '15 RALPH COLEMAN, '15 Exchange Editor Associate Business Manager WINIFRED KREBS, '15 AMES LEWIS .15 Society Editors J , , ' BEATRICE COURTNEY, '15 AdVeI'IISIIIg Manager GERALDINE MARTIN, '15 HARRY ROSE, '15 School News Associates SANFORD CABLE, '15 LEE BENFORD, '15 Current Events EARL COOK, '15 VIRGINIA LEWIS, '15 CLYDE DUNMEYER, '15 Athletic Editor LLQYD BRYAN, '16 MAURICE PEARMAN, '15 PAUL LAVELLE, '16 MISQUIIEIQEIESIT, 4 ROBERT HORNER, '16 ABt EEd.t ' 0 Class Representatives CYRIE SMHBITI ,15 KENNETH RICHARDSON, '16 Joke Editors PHILIP WALTERS, '17 ROBERT RUTLEDGE, '15 ALLEN GEIST, '15 The Spectator is published monthly during the school term, ' . Address all communications to The Spectator, High School Building. -I0hf1St0Wn. P8- Entered at the Postoflice: Johnstown, Pa., as second-class mail matter. I In order to insure publication in the current issue, MSS. must be handed to the editor not later than the 10th of each month. ttottnt COURTESY. How sweet and gracious, even in common speech, Is that fine sense which men call courtesy! Wholesome as air and genial as the light, Welcome in every climate as breath of flowers, It transmutes aliens into trusting friends And it gives its owner passport round the globe. SPECTATOR 29 If this is courtesy, why is there not more of it? , Why does our High School not teach the elements of this won- derful art with so magical a power? In Emerson's essay on Manners he says, It is made of spirit, more than of the talent of men. Perhaps this is the reason that there is no course in courtesy in our cur- riculum. Courtesy is a flower which blossoms from the desire to be generous, pleasing, kind, tactful, and impar- tial. All of us are anxious to be refined, polite, self-poised in society. We wish to possess all the marks of a gentle- man or lady. How then are we to cultivate these quali- ties? A young girl was very anxious to go to a boarding school, because, she said, it is a fashionable school and there I can become polished. 4 How much better if she had begun to practice cour- tesy at home! True courtesy is not to be found in the column of Good Manners and Form in a magazine, it is not the chivalrous manners of polite society 3 but it is the thoughtfulness shown to everyone with whom we come in contact through the day. A courteous person is one who can respect the wishes and thoughts of another. In a great many cases we have not the spirit which prompts attention to others, or through carelessness we have al- lowed this spirit to sleep. If we realized the importance of good manners in our school life, there would be a sudden awakening of good will and fellowship among us. If every High School student would begin now to cultivate pleasant manners toward classmates and teachers not only good manners but school spirit, interest in our work, and good conduct would result. How many of us speak to our assembly room teach- ers, class room teachers, the students around us, when we come in? How many of the teachers practice this method with the students? Let us begin this habit at 30 SPECTATOR once. It will lighten our work and bring a brighter side to our school life. Courtesy will benefit our work directly. Emerson says, Courtesy aids our dealings and coversations as a railway aids traveling by getting rid of all avoidable ob- structions of the road. We have all begun our next semester with determ- ination that it shall bring large results. We have forged various plans for accomplishing these results, but every- one of us will be happier and more successful if we add to our plans, that for cultivating virtue, wit, beauty, Wealth and power -the practice of courtesy. The most beneficial thought for the High School student in Mr. Shellen- PATRIOTISM berger's lecture on Patriotism, Was his idea of the duty of a patriotic citizen. He brought to some of us perhaps for the first time the fact that patriotism cannot be expressed in a Waving flag and brass band, but that it holds a duty for every citizen of this country. If we love our country we will study the national problems, the economic condi- tions of the world and the characters of men whom we elect to represent us in government. Already patriotic citizens in many states have formed clubs where they secure the records of the lives of men nominated to oflice. These clubs are impartial and no citizen in these states need ignorantly uphold a corrupt representative. Let us remember also when we relate the commer- cial wealth of this country that We are not a progressive nation unless our economic and educational values in- crease in proportion to our wealth. In order that students of this High School may be patriotic in the fullest extent of the word, We will en- deavor to publish every month a discussion of some vital national problems. We begin this month with an article on Child Labor. SPECTATOR 31 The under classes show an unusual ability and in- terest in their spectator articles which is partly due to the grade paper, The School News. Many of the articles in this little paper show careful preparation, and by developing the pupils' tastes along this line, it aids The Spectator to secure better material. gf' ft s ff ff? lm is E HE High School Girls Bible C1ass,.during December, had one of their most progressive months. During the month, seventeen dollars was cleared by the sale of the White Cross Cards and the dressed dolls. The at- tendance has been fairly high for such a busy season,- 100 being the average. Even the musical part of the weekly meetings have taken on new zeal since Miss Hick- ernell directs the singing. Within a short time Miss Henderson, who has been appointed to the Y. W. C. A. staff, will become their teacher. The book used for study will be Helen Thoburn's Christian Citizenship for Girls. The Boys' Bible Class, although a younger organiza- tion than that of the girls, is as thriving. The average at- tendance during the month of December was forty. The boys have been addressed by some of the best speakers in Johnstown and of the state. Cne of their recent ad- dresses was by Capt. Cruikshank of the great Washing- ton and Jefferson football team. 32 SPECTATOR The following have been named as chairman of their classes: James Springer, Seniorg Lesley Korns, Juniorg Fred Suppes, Sophomore, and Powell Stackhouse, Jr. Freshman. Perhaps the most impressive Chapel exercises of the last semester were the last before Christmas, held on December 16. Christmas Greetings were extended to the school from the faculty and the board of education. A boys' chorus sang: Silent Night. Miss Helga Swan, Musical Supervisor, sang: When Shall the Eyes of the Blind be Opened, from The Messiah and a Christmas lullaby. Miss Charlotte Rishel of Conemaugh was appointed an instructor in German and mathematics in the High School. Another position to be filled is that of instructor in penmanship made vacant by the resignation of Mr. L. E. Smith. Mr. Smith will accept a more remunerative posi- tion with another school. We wish Mr. Smith success in his new position. A new organization, the Gem-a-Day club has been organized by Arthur B. Wallize, head of the English department. The purpose of the club is to have each member memorize one good selection of prose or poetry each day. The club will hold no meeting but each mem- ber will make a pledge to himself to memorize some- thing each day. About Jan. 18th the mid-year grammar grades will enter High School. Between 65 and 70 students will re- ceive diplomas admitting them to the classes at this time. With these additional students the High School enroll- ment will pass the 1,000 mark. During the vacation Principal Stockton attended the annual sessions of the Pennsylvania State Educational Society at Harrisburg. At these sessions Mr. Stockton, SPECTATOR 33 who has been a member of the executive committee, was elected to its vice presidency. One of the most enjoyable banquets ever held by High School students was the A. A. banquet In the Mer- chants' Hotel, held on Dec. 22. It was an occasion of many speeches and much merrymaking. A source of great satisfaction to students and teach- ers is the addition to the High School building. Each teacher has been assigned a room. In the north wing are three recitation rooms and the gym, Part of the equipment for the gymnasium is ready for use and the remainder will soon be here. On the third floor of this wing is an apartment to be used as a students' lunch room. However, the lunch room will not be opened until next term so that this is now used by the cooking classes. In the other wing on the third floor are three rooms for a biological library. The rooms are well equipped with aquariums for fish and other water habitues, tables, specimen cases, and apparatus for teaching botany, physiography, physiology and biology. On the second floor is the freehand drawing room and on the first floor is the room for mechanical drawing. Leading off from each of these rooms is a recitation room. In the basement is the woodshop where all the ma- chinery necessary for woodworking and patternmaking has been installedg in addition there is a room for as- sembling and varnishing the articles made by the boys. This wing will also contain a printing room in which a S700 printing outfit will be installed. From now on exchanges from other school pub- lications will be left in Mr. Wallize's room. We urge the students to read these school papers as they are full of lively suggestions, some of which we might advantage- ously adopt. 34 SPECTATOR ' Q:-FEW? 1 ours Agass1z E HE regular bi-weekly meeting of the association was held on December 15th. At this meeting three very interesting articles were given. The Flight of the Birds, by Mildred Smith, Was a Very vivid Word-picture of the feathered messengers of Winter. Ida Weisberg told of the work being done with birds by Mr. Raymond B. Thompson, who has succeeded in keeping our so-called summer birds with us during the Winter. Magdalene Yoder related her experiences with birds during the past summer. The society has decided that the boys Will make bird boxes. The nature of these boxes will be de- termined after writing to Mr. Thompson concerning them. 1.11-1-1 Der Schiller Verein Am Montag Abend den 7, Dezember 1914, war die dritte Versammlung des Schiller-Vereins abgehalten. Das folgende Programm wurde ausgefuhrt. Lied- Tannenbaum ..................... Der Verein Lied- Die Lorelei ..................... Der Verein Eine Geschichte Weihnachten .......... Phyllis Craig Eine Vorlesung Weihnachten in Deutschland ...... .................................FrancisStibich Eine Vorlesung, Weihnachten in Johnstown ...... SPECTATOR 35 Lied, Sti11e Nacht ................... Der Verein Am Dienstag den 22, Dezember 1914 erhielt Frau- lein Brizner fur den Schiller Verein funfundzwanzig Taler als Weihnachtsgeschenk von dem Johnstown Zweig Deutschamerikanischer Centralbund von Penn- sylvania. Wir freuon uns sehr uber die Liebenswiirdig- keit des Bundes und der ganze Verein dankt dem Bunde gang herzlich fur so ein vortrefflichezs Geschenk. -l W Y ATHLETICS A S :QQ bg- ,LM 31 T is with much regret that we bid farewell to the 1914 football season. The Iinal curtain fell on our major sport on Thanksgiving Day, when in a Well-contested game, we defeated Latrobe High 10-0. In reviewing the past season the question arises whether or not it has been successful. A few are inclined to criticise and find fault, but the large majority of the student body are satisfied with the team's showing. Five victories out of eight games is a record of which we are proud. Espe- cially so, when we consider that our three defeats were to much heavier teams. 36 SPECTATOR Manager Frank Jordan and his assistants deserve great credit and appreciation for the manner in which they handled the season. Every privilege and favor possible was granted to both players and spec- tators. Their report, too, shows two hundred and fifty dollars profit which in itself is a notable feat. I To Coach Vic Schmid we extend our sincere thanks for his earnest and untiring efforts. Always exerting his very best ability to produce the strongest team possible, he never lost confidence in his players. To the thirteen men who received their letters we cannot give too much honor. These are the fellows who worked, struggled and fought throughout the year for the glory of Johnstown High. To these we hereby ex- press our gratitude. The work of the other members of the squad is not forgotteng but, instead, duly appreciated, because their faithfulness was a great asset to the success of the team. It is our wish that next year's team may achieve even greater success than did the earnest, hard working boys of this team. -,-l-l- Basketball HE first call for basketball candidates was issued the I first day of the Christmas vacation. Between fifteen and twenty responded, including Capt. Colbert, Broder- ick, Leiford and Pearman of last year's squad. During the remainder of the vacation practice was held daily in Turners' Hall, as our new gymnasium in the High School was not quite completed. Manager Rutledge has not yet announced his sched- ule which will include games with Vandergrift High, Al- toona High, DuBois High, Phillipsburg High, Harrisburg Tech, and probably some of the High Schools in Pitts- burg. 0.15 111 OH AA lasmog ':pop.1nW- . 's.Ia1IeM won aurug 'se 'J 0J!9'I ugmdegj px 'Q WSWS PQUUH '93 'su.1oX gd 'Axioazxoqang Iaqlemsiong klepu omg 'dn 21018211 'Kalyeg pue xod AEI 'SUR 'MOH meg 01 1J9I Uaieuewj uepxof-N351 aqsng 'mr-mg 'uaqlog 'bpg.1ap0.lg '.1 eliupldg 21 IPS PW-I 0199093 1 '-B D' CD is O S' :S CII FI' Q 2 3 US ll3!H Oil 1110 OO 9411 Il .L 129 6 I I6 '17 SPECTATOR 37 Indications for the season are that it will be the best in years with unusually good support by the student body. Johnstown High 34-Vandergrift High 33. The 1915 basketball season was opened on January 8th, against Vandergrift High School. Incidently, it was the first game in our new gymnasium. This fact caused Johnstown to exert themselves to the limit and win the game by the close score of 34-33. 'Both teams displayed good form and contested every point scored. High School started the scoring with a goal from foul and one from field. But the visitors soon overcame our lead and gained a slight lead. The advantage see- sawed from side to side. Near the end of the first half High School spurted and scored three baskets in quick succession. Vandergrift was slowly overcoming this lead when the half ended with the score 21-19 in our favor. At the beginning of the second half a field goal by the visitors tied the score which they soon broke with a score from the foul line. High had trouble in locating the basket from the field, but Broderick did good foul shooting, keeping the score close. With only fifteen seconds to play and the score tied at 33, High School scored a point from the foul line which made the final score 34-33. Lineup: J. H. S. 34 V. H. S. 33. Colbert ....... ....... F . .. ....... Morgan Pearman .... . . . F. . . ..... Lowman Broderick .... . . . C. . . .... Rearick Custer ................... G. ............... Cowan Leiford .................. G. ............... Frayer Field goals-Colbert 3, Pearman 3, Broderick 5, Morgan 4, Cowan 2, Rearick 2. Foul goals-Colbert 3 of 8, Broderick 9 of 17, Rearick 9 of 20, Lowman 6 of 11. Substitutions-Hilty for Frayer, Referee-Shomo. 38 SPECTATOR ami vtlrnm O wretched state of kings! that standing high, Their faults are marks shot at by every eye. -Decker. HE Benjamin Altman collection of art treasures has been opened to the public at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. The American Art News says that it is 'the greatest art bequest, with the exception of that of Sir Richard Wallace's heirs to the city of London, ever made to a public art museum in any country.' Mr. Altman selected these pictures with the intention of be- queathing them to his native city. There are fifty paint- ings and of these it is said about one-third are master- pieces and the rest are great works. The finest and most famous of these pictures is the 'Old Woman Cutting Her Nails' by Rembrandt. Because in it he has portrayed so beautifully a very homely subject, this is considered one of his best paintings. In the collection are thirteen Rembrandts, two Holbeins, other pictures by Ruysdael, Velasquez, Botticelli, and many other European and Asiatic masters. Not only New York but all the United States should be thankful that such a collection has been presented for the common enjoyment. . Once more China has given evidence that, as an official state religion, Christianity has been abandoned. In obedience to a law passed by the Chinese Administra- tive Council nearly a year ago, Yuan Shi-Kai, President SPECTATOR 39 of China, at sunrise on December 23 performed before the Altar of Heaven the ancient rites. By this act the worship of heaven and Confucius was revived, as the Council had ordered. Before the expulsion of the Manchu dynasty in 1911, this ceremony was performed by the Emperor. Secretary Lane has been the means of securing for the Indians more practical attention from the govern- ment than formerly. It was stated that the United States had spent 310,000,000 in irrigating Indian lands, but that this money was Wasted because the Indians knew noth- ing of irrigation farming. Now schools are being estab- lished with the purpose of training the Indian for agricul- ture and trade. Cattle-raising has also been started. Another plan is that of Sending men to the reservations to investigate and report the Indians ready for citizenship rather than have the Indians themselves apply. Professor Ghislanzoni is now at Bengasi, in that part of the new Italian colony of Trypoli known as Cyrenaica, directing the formation of an archaeological museum. On the site of Cyrene they have already found a number of valuable specimens of classic Greek sculpture among which there are a Venus, Discobolus, and Three Graces. The workers have been able to reconstruct from pieces found near the spring of Apollo a full sized figure of Alexander the great. It is more than seven and a half feet high anad lacks only the arms. The statue is that of a nude, vigorous figure with a face full of majesty. At the side is an equestrian emblem. The Cyrenean Venus is valued at S50,000, while the Alexander is listed at 1980,- 000. These excavations are of interest to art, archaeo- logy, and history. Some years ago the United States endeavored to help China rid herself of the opium curse. While doing this, 40 SPECTATOR she discovered that her own people also needed atten- tion. In the last session of Congress a long struggle was closed by the enactment of the law which restricts the inter-state transportation of opium. Any person possess- ing this drug, materials made from it, or materials from which it may be made must pay a tax and register with the internal revenue collector of his state. If anyone who has not registered is found with opium in his possession that person is considered guilty of violation of the law. The penalty is a fine of not more than 32,000 or not more than five years imprisonment, or both. Under the direction of Dr. Anna L. Strong, who is in charge of the Children's Bureau of the Department of Labor, the United States government is taking an active interest in the Welfare and development of American children. In the government building at the Panama- Pacific International Exposition there will be a children's health conference with Dr. Frances Sage Bradley as medical director. This is not a contest to discover the finest and healthiest children, but to investigate and prescribe for each individual child. There will also be a room in which will be demonstrated the proper care of the baby, needs of cross ventilation, the proper clothes, beds, utensils for bathing, everything pertaining to the health of a baby. Colored moving pictures also will be shown to demonstrate all these things more plainly. This is but one of the evidences that our government is be- coming more humane. . s fl x SPECTATOR 41 X . 1 News from the Classes. '03-Miss Genevieve James, a teacher in the Phila- delphia schools, does playground work during the sum- mer. During the past summer, she was a supervisor at the Hudson street playground in Johnstown. '04-Robert Hoerle, a young attorney of Johnstown and Miss Grace Finn of Hollidaysburg were married on December 30. Mr. and Mrs. Hoerle will live in the Mayer apartments on Locust street. '07-Miss Freda Carthew Cex-'O7J died on Decem- ber 19 at Philadelphia of heart trouble. She was buried in Grandview cemetery, Johnstown. '07-Daniel Jones, pianist, who has been a member of the faculty of the Indianapolis Conservatory of Music, has severed his connection with the college. I-Ie and Mrs. Jones have gone to Chicago where Mr. Jones will do private studio teaching. '08-Miss Birde L. Jones, until recently a teacher in the Westmont schools, was married January 9 to Francis L. Lindamuth, a mining engineer. Mr. and Mrs. Linda- muth will reside on Fayette street, Westmont. '08-Thomas Quinn, fLehigh '13J is helping to manage the department store of his father, James Quinn. '08-Harry Schrock is now managing a large fruit farm in Virginia, near Roanoke. 42 SPECTATOR '10-Miss June Stouppe, a teacher in the Johnstown Public Schools, did playground work in Johnstown last summer. '10-William Byron, who graduated at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania last spring, is now in the law school of the University. '12-Carl Ludwig, who studied at the University of Wisconsin last year is now studying at Pennsylvania State College. '12-Robert Kleinschmidt recently won a scholar- ship at Harvard University where he is a junior. He is doing special work in physics and chemistry. His sister, Miss Helen Kleinschmidt, of the class of 1911, High School, is a student at Radclife. E 0 M i 1 v l X '! Blame where you must, be candid where you can. And let each critic be the Good Natural Man.- Goldsmith. High School Q, Quincy, Illinois: The Q con- tains an extensive literary department in its Christmas number. You should be more careful to acknowledge jokes reprinted from other papers. Red and Black, Reading, Pa.: The Christmas cover . SPECTATOR 43 is one of the prettiest we have seen. To continue stories and departments in the back of the book, among the ads, IS rather inconvenient and annoying to the reader. The Clipper, DuBois, Pa.: The December number is unusually interesting: it abounds in good stories and poems. We suggest that you lengthen your exchange column. Oracle, Jacksonville, Florida: The Christmas poems are worthy of comment. We find it a good plan to acknowledge all papers received in our exchange column, even though they are not criticised. Red and Black, Salt Lake City, Utah: As usual, the Red and Black appears with an attractive cover, and each department is brimful of life. The jokes are numer- ous, and most of them are very good. Tiltonian, Tilton, New Hampshire: A good little paper, containing a praiseworthy literary department.- A better grade of paper would greatly improve the appear- ance of the Ti1tonian. Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington: The Christmas number is an excellent one. The cover is the most ar- tistic we have seen, and represents the true Christmas spirit. The numerous cuts liven up the paper while the photographs give one a splendid idea of the magnificent natural surroundings of Tacoma. Black and Gold, Honolulu, Hawaii: An interesting exchange. The articles Learning to Throw a Boomer- ang and A Wild Goat Hunting Trip are especially in- teresting because they are unusual. The work is well written also, and shows literary ability. Brown and White, Greensburg, Penna.: The foot- ball number is an interesting one, and your school has a. football record of which it can certainly be proud. Only Sally Ann is a clever little story. The Spectator also received the following exchanges: Shield, Haddenfield, New Jersey: Tattles, Ithaca, New York: Quill, Parkersburg, West Virginia: High School 44 SPECTATOR i Life, Warren, Ohio, Dial, Brattleboro, Vermont, Pitt Weekly, Pittsburg, Penna.: Student, Providence, Rhode Island, Searchlight, Portland, Indiana, Tripod, Roxbury, Massachusetts, Daily Princetonian, Princeton, New Jersey, Gettysburgean, Gettysburg, Penna., Spectator, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Orospolitan, Mounasville, West Virginia, Carlisle Arrow, Carlisle, Penna., Easterner, Washington, D. C., School News, Lancaster, Penna., Voice, Owensboro, Kentucky, Purple and Gold, Ashland, Ohio, Pioneer, Philadelphia, Penna., Dial, Lancaster, Penna., Shelbinian, Shelbina, Missouri, Purple and White, Allentown, Penna., Forum, St. Joseph, Missouri, Record, Staunton, Virginia, Record, Camden, New Jersey, Oracle, Des Moines, Iowa, Our College Times, Elizabethtown, Penna., Crescent, Moorhead, Minnesota, Philomathean Monthly, Bridgewater, Virginia, Wah Hoo, Pittsburg, Penna., Omnibus, Franklin, Penna., Mirror, Mandovi, Wisconsin, Mirror, Birmingham, Alabama, Brown and White, Catasauqua, Penna., Toltec, Durango, Colorado, Blue and White, Franklin, Massachusetts, Warrior, Salamanca, New York, Sentinel, Leisenring, Penna., Archive, Philadelphia, Penna., H. S. Record, Wheeling, West Virginia, H. S. Herald, Westfield, Massa- chusetts, Enterprise, Raleigh, North Carolina, Distaff, Boston, Massachusetts, El Breno, Fulfurias, Texas, Tattler, Nashua, New Hampshire, Booster, La Belle, Mis- souri, Spectator, Patterson, New Jersey, The Mentor, DuBois, Penna., Liverpool Graphic, Liverpool, New York, H. S. Review, Wilkinsburg, Penna., Spectator, Harris- burg, Penna., Orange and Black, Milton, Penna., C. H. S. Monthly, Cleveland, Ohio, Erasmian, Brooklyn, New York. ,ga SPECTATOR 45 fl Y mag The schoolmarm came from Chicago, to Skunk Hill, Ar- kansaw, To teach the kids to read and write, to cipher and to draw But after she'd examined them to place them in their class, She found they didn't know a thing, and all were green as grass. She wondered if the parents knew as little as their kids The idea dawned upon her then to find out if they did. Before she let out school that night, she said: Now ask your 'Paw' If he knows that he is living in the state of Arkansaw. O. B. '16. Thin ice, Scorned advice, Paradise. Ex. Renssalaer Polytechnic Institut! 'Taq SCHOOL of XX s'.f '-Q: ENGINEERING CIVIL, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL and CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, and GENERAL SCIENCE lend for 1 Cahlogua. N :Yu SPECTATOR ow, Fellows! Buy handsome new Overcoats at a Fourth Less than usual OU may come here and choose from our splen- did line of Warm, stylish overcoats at a fourth less than you'd ordinarily pay for coats of such superior quality and style-the price cuts offering these savings: 2.50 Overcoats ....... 3.00 Overcoats .....,. 4.00 5.00 S 6.00 7.50 8.50 S 5 5 3.50 5 5 5 5 510.00 512.00 513.50 515.00 516.00 518.00 Overcoats ....... Overcoats ....... Overcoats ...... Overcoats ....... Overcoats ....... Overcoats ....... Overcoats ....... Overcoats ....... Overcoats .....,. Overcoats ...... O vercoats ....... Overcoats .................................... 51.89 52.25 52.63 53.00 .......53.75 54.50 55.63 56.38 57.50 .......59.00 .......59.75 .......5l1.25 512.37 513.50 assortment are the season's newest models in regular overcoat or balmacaan styles- fine quality Meltons, Cheviots, Irish Frieze, Ker- seys and Chinchillas in all the most wanted plain colors and fancy weaves. The Penn rafh C In Every Detail, Johnstown's Greatest Store In the SPECTATOR Contraband. Boys in school Where temptation is Wide Pull old time stuff That long has died.. Pennies were dropped In this old place, Before Father Johns Had shown his face. Paper wads were shot At teachers' backs, Before our Bigoty Received his Whacks. Skipping periods Is a great old sport But it brings low marks On any report. Fishes play hook On a very large scale, If you weigh the matter They're sure to fail. Pulling jokes on teachers Is a funny game, But it never brought Johnnie Very much fame. Epilogue. If they keep pulling this stuff On Principal and Pa, They may as well say Ad Heides cum Saepentia. SPECTATOR Here !-2-You Young Fellows Get in on a good thing-our Century Clothing Sale. All our smart model garments - Suits and Overcoats - at many dollars less than the original prices. Woolf SL Reynolds: Inc. Wertz-Pm striving to get ahead. Craig-You need one. Wertz-What? Craig'-A head. T0 BEGIN COMMENCE is to the big feast of Feature Photo Play Films at our fun factory. Positively the most attractive and entertain- ing Motion Pictures ever witnessed anywhere are now being projected at this theatre. Garden Theatre and Music Hall COR. MAIN ST. AND PARK PLACE Roof Garden on Fourth Floor. Bolling Alleys and Billiard Rooms ln Basement. ADMISSION TO THEATRE, First Floor, 10c3 Balcony, 5c. SPECTATOR Overcoats and Mixed Suits Big Reductions 525.00 Suits and Overcoats Now 818.75 i22.50 Suits and Overcoats Now 517.50 518.00 Suits and Overcoats Now 313.50 515.00 Suits and Overcoats Now 311.25 JOHN THOMAS 8: SONS Tony-Why are the German soldiers all short? Gim-So they won't be hit by Scotch high balls. Teacher- What is a skeleton? Freshman- It's bones with the people rubbed off Taken. Jones-Morton A D V E R T I S I N G Make Sell Sell Signs Buttons Souvenirs of All Pins and for Every Kinds Baddes Occasion 50 SPECTATOR 8 Years 8 Cylinders A coincidence, but significant. The Cadillac Motor Car Company in making an 8-cylinder car has achieved a success undeniably due it for its progressiveness. , Eight years the Cadillac agent shows not only the stability of the Johnstown Automobile Com- pany, but its faith in the car it selected. Is not this combination of progressiveness and stability of significance if you are buying a car? It's up to the Mathematics Department to teach us to count above a hundred or we can't find our class rooms, Since the renumbering certain boys will require guides from the office if they don't come to school more fre- quently. Guess who? In the corridor-Get off my feet! Bright One-Can't. Fire escape's not open. Title, Trust Sz Guarantee Company CORNER MAIN AND CLINTON STREETS Capital S200,000 Surplus S200,000 DIRECTORS-W. Horace Rose, Percy Allen Rose, Samuel Lenhart, Hiram Swank, Jacob F. Kress, Edmund Overdorff, Gustav Boatert, Louis H. Opperman, Edward P. Riley. YINTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS? i l1 SPECTATOR For Quality and Style See JINI The Hatter mYZ1.D532ZiT ' S2 Hats Custer: He was a Imarbarian. Hugo: Where did he come from? Custer: The Barbados islands. The Purple Cow. I never saw a Purple Cow, I never hope to see oneg But I can tell you, anyhow, I rather see than be one. Gelett Burgess ENGRAVED NAME CARDS 30 Different Styles VALLEY ENGRAVING COMPANY WOOLF ANNEX LINCOLN STREET l 52 SPECTATOR The Most Convenient form of settlement is by check-it saves time and car fare. Why run the risk of carrying much currency? Start a Checking Account with us. Capital, Surplus and Profits S340,000 Interest Paid on Savings Accounts .,F,.,.kl1I5,!9N NAUONAL 5:2-FE S The Sophomores saw something green A And thought it was the Freshman class, But when they nearer to it drew X They found it was a looking glass. -Selected. Being busy as a bee doesn't appeal to girls as much as being sweet as honey.-Rehashed. The laundry man is our bosom friend.-Stolen. ESTABLISHED 1892 STEPH EN LANE FOLGER Manufacturing Jeweler Club and College Pins and Rings Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals 180 BROADWAY NEW YORK Winter Scenes Make as pretty photos as you could Wish for. The cost is small if you outfit here. Developing anq printing returned promptly. The Moxham Pharmacy Cor. Grove Ave. and Village Sh. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS SPECTATOR 53 DRUGS We cordially invite you to bring your prescriptions to us. Also to buy your toilet articles and sick room necessities of us. Our quality of goods and reliable service is our constant aim. YOUNG'S PHARMACY 205.207 Franklin Street Do You Know we carry a complete line of toilet accessories? Including Hudunts, Colgates and San Tox. Our Fountain Drinks and Sundaes are great. HOGAN 8b EVANS 344 Main Street DRUGS l 14 Clinton St. Less Office Work--- That's the result in the ofiice where the book- keeping system is modern. Let us help you- with loose-leaf, card systems, and filing devices. Everything for the office. Wm. B. Waters 8: Bro. S,'Q23 'i ENLARGEMENTSH- Have that prize negative enlarged. It will make a better picture for your home than any you can buy. Our prices are the most reasonable consist- ent with good workmanship. SCHRADER BROS. 54 SPECTATOR Palace Laundr 606 FRANKLIN STREET DOES IT RIGHT A ' ififf g, 71 tl Kress on the Sth rings the door bell and yells Hay! The Mare opens the door. 1 AJESTICI I 1 '1.l'M. J. BOYLE lvlanazex- JOHNSTOWN'S COZIEST THEATRE Presenting Keith Vaudeville THREE TIMES DAILY The Cream of American Vaudeville Together With Choice European Importations I . Matinee-l0c and l5c. Time-2:30. PRICES' I Night-loc, lsc, zsc. Time-7:30 and 9. SPECTATOR The Pioneer Trust Company of Cambria County ' 7 The Quinn s Store The Greatest Reduct- ion Sale Ever Held Ca ital Fine Suits, Coats, P ' , Gowns and Girls SWPIUS and Prvflf Dress Suits and Coats Half Splendid Coats Selling at 35.00. Pays Interest on Savings Accounts N N 7 S CHECKING ACCOUNTS SOLICITED The Ryan-Correll Co. WHOLESALE GROCERS 129 and 131 Jackson St THESE HIGH GRADE EOOD PRODUCTS WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND LIPPINCOTTS APPLE BUTTER, EVERY DAY MILK N g a f ui kdd WHITE RIVER BUTTER QUICK LUNCH BAKED BEANS SUNNYDAY PEACHES 531, d C M , 1 Once you try it, always you' I uy it o erm anger or e i ies The acme of butter production is here A favorite wherever used e canned peach i I ml C I Oflll E0 I 56 SPECTATOR FIRST ATIO AL Cor. Main and franklin Streets IOHNSTOWN, PA. Capital, Surplus and Profits S1 ,000,000 Total Resources ---- 7,500,000 DIRECTORS Henry Y. Haws, John McDermott, Harry Swank, W.g1.1Qlstthews, J. H. Murdock, S. cam, David Barry, John Widmann, P. F. McAneny. OFFICERS HENRY Y. HAWS, President. HARRY SWANK, Vice President. J. M. MURDOCK. Vice President. DAVID BARRY, Cashier. P. F. MCANENY, CHAS. E. MCGAHAN. Assistant Cashiers. HIGH SCHOOL P S1 i , ec' isefq yev fiv-QB' Wigs Y Systematic saving leads to success. Start the new school term right by open- ing a savings account in an United States National Bank 206 FRANKLIN STREET Remember, absence makes the .marks grow rounder' -Ex. 66 77 The Range With The Exclusive Features It's a Gas Range that at once wins the housewife -it is built for convenience and economy in fuel consumption. Many models-just the right one for your kitchen. Come in and let us show you. Citizens Electric 8: Gas Appliance Co. Vine and Franklin Streets SPECTATOR ' ' Where Vel'y 8 31753, extraordlnary garment and fur values for girls :-' .... UH, WM, if I E nnnn If two caws ate one farmer what would the ne number be? Answer: 2 8 1 J. E 1: If you wish good COFFEE try our Flaroma Brand Sold at 35c per lb. in tin cans We have other good grades from 250 up. GRAND UNION TEA CO. 438 MAIN STREET X 58 SPECTATOR We are able to offer our High School Patrons the best I line of Candy Goods possible Whitman 's, Johnson 's, I Reymcrls, Fuller Green I IN ANY SIZE PACKAGE Orders Gladly Delivered to Any Part of City I Conrad Drug Company I.. . .... .. - . Pupils who habitually wear big feet were late on the morning of the heavy sixteen-inch snow. Couldn't lift 'em, sir! Nobody could! ' 1858 1915 I QTH5111111115 fnr 15111115 191121115 111111 lBagea11t5, 111111 I Arahvmir QIEIILIE 111111 0511111115 I nf EI Supvrinr 1531121121112 Supplirh 1111 Ei 1311115135515 I Ennklrt 52111 rm Ekppliratinn WAAS 61 SUN PHILADELPHIA, PA. 1858 1915 SPECTATOR WM. H. RAAB 8: BRO. Blank Book Manufacturers Printers, Rulers, Binders Engraved Stationery, An- nouncements, Cards, Etc. Why not have your Spec- tator bound into a nice book? WOOLF BLOCK ANNEX Corner franklin and lincoln Sts. JoHNsTowN, PA. The Laundry that Satisiies Why not try having y o u r collars done by our new process, and note the result? Telephone and our Driver Will Call Troy Laundry Company W. l. Rose 84 Sons SASH, DOORS, LUMBER, CEMENT and all kinds of building materials, good planing mill Work our specialty. BOTH PHONES Orders promptly attended to I 328 Lincoln Street PORCH BROS INCORPORATED Dealers In Pianos and Player Pianos VISIT OUR VICTROLA PARLOR Porch Bros., Inc Cor. Vine and franklin Sts. SPECTATOR I I New Method Gas Ranges Reduce Gas Bills 20 to 3077 NEW METHOD Steel Burner Finished in Vltreous Enamel-Guaranteed For Five Years Key Steel which, together with their funnel-shaped jet holes does away with all the friction that their is in the rough cast burners with their thick jet holes. This allows a. much larger quantity of air to be drawn in through the mixers and properly mixed with the gas without popping back, at the same time producing a much more intense heat without any odor. The more oxygen burned the less gas. These burners are light in weight, consequently can be easily lifted out, washed, and cleaned. 5:a':5,1'9ai?.? 516.00 to 560.00 Gately 8 Fitzgerald Furniture C0 No. ll0-112 CLINTON STREET Pat-Mike, Why don't you fight for your country? Michael-Shure, Mike, but I live in the city, not ln the country. Quality ln Furniture You can make it sure when you de- cide on the place of purchase. Our stocks are made up of the world's best products, featuring the highest attainment in furniture making by the artisans of Grand Rapids. T e GEIS Store SPECTATOR 61 Some Latin Translations. Q Forte dux in ero-Forty ducks in a row. Passus sum jam-Pass us some jam. Boni leges Caesaris-Bony legs of Caesar. Ex. My plate is damp! Hush, whispered his wife, that's your soup. Copied. In the office: You must live a long way out. It: Why? Wise One: The note says you were sick this morn- ing. You look well now. It: I'1l have to teach mother a new one. In the hall: No, I haven't saw him. The other one: Down to the lathes for you. You don't need grammar, you need to be sawed off. Dollar Sweets Get Norris dollar-a-pound Chocolates for a real candy treat-or fine Park 8: Tilford Candies. They're exquisite-and she knows. We sell them-fresh and delicious. Kredel's Drug Store 4112 MAIN STREET 62 SPECTATOR In History: What was the occupation of the south- ern states? Pete : Cotton manufacturing. .l-..l-L In Physics: When we get tired of you Mr. Dawson can put in a new pane of glass. . .l1- Gocher: Why are the people sending tobacco to Europe? Drew: So they can smoke the pipe of peace. .i..1l- If the warring countries would gather up the refu- gees in J. H. S. what an army of invincibles there would be! l ! ! Shoot, he's running away! We carry a full line of E.dkW. Redman Collars 2 for 25C NATPfIAN'S SPECTATOR 63 More People Wearing N1ITl'I SHOERY ms PIANOS E D very ay Try a pair and you'll know the T. E' reason. Stores in three states. Market St. l'1Ol2A1Y9S When you need anything THE PLACE T0 on voun in the Barber Line 0 call at Valentines We have the finest Assortment in the city G I1ORAN'S BOOK STORE 411 FRANKLIN STREBT 545 MAIN ST. Strict Igggnirxllliggflzio ladle: I NEMO THEATRE I Johnstown's Toniest Picture Theatre Under Direction of M. J. BOYLE ' guowuyc THE IYIAQTEIE-PIEQE gnqnucl. I IONS-OF-TI-TE YVOBLQ'S 'BEST srumog I Watch Us Grow ' ADMISSION PERFORMANCES I Adults . . 10c Continuous from 10:30 Children 5c a. m. Until 11:00 p. m. Q 11 11111 64 SPECTATOR Photo ra hs . g p Catermg ' To Taste of all kinds, sizes and Styles No matter if it is a dainty luncheon or We ai pl'6t6Yllilql1B baljiqllet, that You W111 llke 321 Silillleife SSI Banquet Hall cheer- ful and exclusive. L. G. Hornick PHOTOGRAPHER 527 MAIN STREET Er. GI. ill. Mark llngan Sinner lbatrnpathir Hhguirian Unnnnrial Artist 1113 ilinrnln llhg. whim Bftrret Gemin i Pu tin Gel 646 MAIN STREET SPECTATOR uf ' 9' New V 5 V ' , 510 naben L' ' - ' Mm. Building , GagQ Street hen you. want the very best 1n Chocolates and Bon Bons---fresh, pure, wholesome---then you are headed straight for the Elite, Something new every hour from our second floor candy kitchen---cam dies you'll not find else- Where. See How Our Candies Are Made- Open For Inspection Any Time SPECTATOR Preparation Brincgp Success E are on the eve of big business in the Commercial World. The tidal wave which should carry you to success is at its flood now. This year is your year. The issue is be- fore you. It is a crisis in your life. To make rapid progress, to avoid the set-backs of busi- ness enterprises, this school stands ready to act as your guide into the battlefield of business. With the right equipment the battles of life are half won. If you are not prepared, the man who is ready for the fray will beat you every time. But trained in the habits of system- perseverence, endurance, the science of book- keeping, letter writing, shorthand, accounting -you cannotifail to win. Forward march. Victory lies before you. You can never blame failure in life to lack of opportunities. They are here noW-today- waiting for you to grasp them. Are you ready for opportunity? Fortified by the practical business training We offer, you can grasp the opportunity that will mean wealth-power-success to you. Call, write or phone for further information. Cambria Business College JONES 6: HUGHES Lincoln Building Citg'g:'fif:0g52 IOHNSTOWN, PA. Franklin Street Bell Phone 268-J 1 -. ,QQ-1 ' w 4 J. .- Q , ., 1 f Ea- SPICT TOR Q? E,.-... k j O 2 3 ff ESU! A 7' ,W M '-0 JOHNSTOWN NUMBER -.-,W 7533- --.--. .Q .- -.. - ' .y,V.'5 1 ' . V'....b--,,fV'-3,-iwhf, HV- , ww .V V - 2 ,. iq.. V.V.5 .V VHP... V.--V . V-, 51. 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A Toast ......................... Editorials ....... School News ..... Society .......... Athletics .............. Current Events ...... Alumni .............. Exchanges ...... .. Jokes ...................,. Advertisements .... ,. Bvhiratinn Un Ihr Euainwn Him nf Zlnhmatunm mhn have run- atantlg vnrnuragrh the puhlimiiun nf the Spntatnr -bg tlyrir genernuu auppurt, this mann in heilirairh hg 1112 atuhvntn nf Elnhnntuum ifgigh Srhunl with a feeling nf earnmat apprnintinn. sr-EcTA'roR 5 ' Uhr igigh Svrhnnl Svpertatnr Truth to the fact and a good spirit in the treatment D VOL. XVII. J OHNSTOWN, PA., MARCH, 1915. No. 6 ,, 1 T W b ,,.-., y V,,t, H U To The Old Stone Bridge Eva Brinker '16 Our city can no nobler structure showg Gross must he be of mind who could first hear The story of thy past without a tear. How, in that time of misery and woe, Thou didst alone withstand the fearful blow Of mighty buildings crashing 'gainst each pier. The past is dead and we no longer fear The lapping waters at thy feet which flow. But still we need thy service, noble stone, And ever will, long as our town may last. Thou hast a part in carrying from the West The manhood which will neither faint nor moang Thou bearest Johnstown products widely cast. Of all our city structures, thou art best. 6 'SPECTATOR The Welghing Mach1ne's . Sohloquy , Margaret 'Lindsey '17 f' STAND in the waiting room of the Johnstown Rail- Jj road station near the counter at which the people who are waiting for trains buy, as people-will when they are waiting, a bag of peanuts or a magazine with which to while away the time until they hear the train approaching. My own patronage is due 'to the same general de- sire to have something to do while waiting. It leads rest- less people, who weighed themselves three days ago, and who will have forgotten their weight five minutes after they have stepped from my platform, to put their penny into my slot rather than into the charity loox where it would do some good. It leads boys who do not care how much they weigh, just for fun to jostle on my plat- form and waste pennies that they ought to save for new shoes, for I can see their toes sticking out of the old ones. I do not like to weigh in such cases, for I know the value of money and many who come to me to be weighed need the cent more than the company that owns me, and that sends the man around, every little while, to collect my earnings. But I have to place my index-fing- er on the right figure when a penny falls into the slot for if I don't, I shall be put off for repairs in some dark corner with my face to the wall, where I can not see what is going on. - I have a fine chance to study humanity in this sta- tion, and I improve it. You can tell a great deal about people by their weight. I can read the secrets of many foolish persons who think that I am only a senseless iron machine. For instance, here comes a puiing, red-faced man with heavy tread, who steps, with great effort, upon my SPECTATOR 7 platform, swinging my index-finger away beyond the two hundred mark. I understand why he looks so cross when he sees where I point. He drinks too much beer, and he knows it. Get down, my bloated friend, for here comes a little girl with her hand in her papa's, as pretty as a fairy, although she has a pout on her lips. She is light, too light, and hardly stirs my index-finger when she skips upon the platform. ' Take my candy box, papa, she says, and then I know why she is so light and white. Good sweet milk and wholesome bread and butter are what she needs, instead of candy. It would do her disposition good, too, for I hear her scolding and fretting in the way that candy- bred children always do. Ah! here is the kind of person I like to weigh-a young man, brown as a berry and sound as a nut. When my finger, after vibrating an instant, comes to a poise at just one hundred and fifty, it means that every pound of flesh in his body is firm, every muscle is strong, and every organ healthy. Good hours, good habits, good tem- per, good exercise are registered in that weight. Not much like him is that other young fellow over there with the rings and the cane. His narrow chest and white skin show that there is too much of the owl, though not much of the owl's wisdom about him. When he comes to be weighed, I cannot show him any record of gain. But what is that bustle and confusion at the door? I see. They are bringing one of the babies from the hotel across the street. Sure enough, this is his birthday. I had almost forgotten. He weighed just seven pounds the day he was born, and now let us see. Stand back my friends. Do not crowd too closely. Let his mother put him down in a mother's gentle way. Twenty-one pounds! Very good, little man! If you go on at that rate, by the time you are fifty you will weigh seven hundred and seven pounds. Rather too much, isn't it? I hope you will stop before you reach that figure. Good bye. I will 8 SPECTATOR be ready on your next birthday. Hello! What is that laughing struggling crowd of boys bringing this way? A dog! Poor fellow, he is frightened and holds back, making little whines of pro- test, his resisting toes scratching the floor as he is drag- ged along. Never fear, Rover. They mean to do you no harm. Wait! do not jump so soon! You will disturb my delicate mechanism. Take him by the collar-gently! He does not know what it is all about. Now quick! Put the penny in the slot. Thirty pounds! You would weigh more, Rover, if you did not run so hard, playing with these boys. Never mind, it is better than to lie by the fire and grow fat and lazy. To-morrow is Sunday. Do I have to work? O, yes! There is.no Sunday for us railroad employees. Would I join a strike? O, no! I am too fond of my opportunities for observing human nature. A Topic For Johnstown J. Carl Cook '15 HE Western Continent, at the present time, has its E eyes upon the greatest struggle ever waged by nations. It is a war of such titantic proportions that its results are incomprehensible. Of the six great nations of the world there is but one which is not engaged in this armed conflict. We are glad to say that the United States is the one nation which is neutral. Before the outbreak of the war there were a few of our statesmen who were not satisfied with our armed strength and were continually clamoring for increased armament. Immediately at the outbreak of this war their efforts have been redoubled and A Greater Navy has become the topic of the day. All other subjects have been sidetracked and this topic is being discussed, pro and con, all over the United States. We are glad to see that SPECTATOR 9 colleges and universities have shown interest in topics of the day by taking this subject up for discussion. Columbia University has taken a decided stand against an increase in naval strength. The students of the University have organized themselves into an asso- ciation, which has drawn up a set of resolutions, declar- ing themselves as opposed to militarism in general and to an increase in the navy in particular. They are sending letters to all the universities, col- leges and larger high schools urging them to declare themselves in opposition to increased armament, and to the continuance of all military drills or ezfercises, and will use their influence in preventing the bill, making appro- priations for a greater navy, from passing. Such a mea- sure they declare is unnecessary and foolish since we al- ready spend more for the prevention of war, as it is called, than for all other causes combined. Besides, present conditions do not demand an in- crease in naval strength. There are few nations which maintain a great naval establishment and of these only two have a navy superior to our own. Both of these are now engaged in a life and death struggle for their nat- ional existence. The resources of these two, indeed of all Europe, are taxed to the utmost. Which of these coun- tries could or would challenge the United States on sea or land? Why should England and the United States engage in war. What influence could bring about war between these two great English speaking people, two countries whose customs, laws and traditions are as one, whose hopes and aspirations coincide, whose combined power exerts a predominating influence in the world? But dis- regard this and suppose that our commercial and poli- tical relations With our kin were strained. How could England engaged in this stupendous struggle, contend with United States now? It is true that England controls the seas, but why?- 10 SPECTATOR because she has the enemy at bay and all her resources and large navy are concentrated in a limited area. If she should divide her fleet and engage in naval war on the opposite side of the sea with such a powerful nation as the United States, it would be but a matter of a day until Germany's fleet would emerge from its shelter, challenge the North Sea fleet for supremacy and en- danger England's commerce in the entire world. Do you think the English so foolish as to attempt such a feat and thus probably destroy the one great thing upon which her success in the present struggle relies? The answer is obvious. It would be equally foolish to expect an attack from Germany. She is being approached from all quarters by the enemy and is defending herself almost single- handed against four of the greatest powers on earth. Even though she should emerge from this struggle suc- cessfuljher trade would be paralyzed, her population de- creased and her nation an impoverished country. In such a condition she could never hope to cope successfully with our present navy. Then comes the rumored fear of an attack from Japan! It would require two hundred transports carry- ing a thousand men, with provisions, munitions of war, and equipment, aided by twenty battleships to effect a landing and secure a foothold on our shore. They could not come at one time, but piecemeal, and could be way- laid at sea and sent to the bottom. And if they did land on the western coast, would they ever get over the moun- tains, our natural defense? A second condition which shows that a great navy is unnecessary is our situation. Our geographical condition does not require an increase in naval strength. We are separated on the east by three thousand miles of the bounding sea and on the west by an ocean expanse of five thousand miles. To attack the United States, a nation would have to transport its armies together with SPECTATOR 11 equipment across these vast expanses. The impracticabil- ity, yes almost impossibility, of such an attempt is very apparent. It would take, says the Hon. S. F. Prouty, at least one hundred vessels to transfer one hundred thousand men. Such a flotilla could not 'be brought to- gether, equipped, and landed in the United States in less than two months, and probably it would take three or four months. Recent occurrences are proof of this. After a declaration of war between England and Germany it took England three weeks to land sixty thousand men across the channel, a distance of only twenty-five miles. In published conversation that took place between English and Belgian military officers, looking to the de- fense of Belgium in the event of an attack by Germany, England would not agree that it was possible to land one hundred thousand English troops in Belgium in less than two weeks. If it would take two weeks to trans- port one hundred thousand men twenty-iive miles, every vessel making several trips a day, how long would it take to get together a flotilla for transporting that number of men three thousand miles? Such a task is so stupendous that no nation has even attempted it and it is improb- able that any nation will ever attempt it. With the culmination of this war the nations of the eastern continent will be in an impoverished, bankrupt condition. Their armies will be but a shadow of their pres- ent numbers and in all probability their navies so de- pleted that they could never contend successfully with our navy. Then will be presented to the United States the opportunity for encouraging and even demanding the disarmament of all nations. With the United States as sponsor for international peace, the prophecies of many great statesmen who declare that this war means the suicide of war, will have come trueg and the United States will have rendered her greatest service to man- kind. 12 SPECTATOR An Early Industry Walter Kern, 'l7. NE of the great industries of the early part of the nineteenth century, in Cambria and in the adjoin- ing county of Westmoreland, was the smelting of iron ore. This was done in what was known as a cold blast furnace, which was made of stone. Each furnace, built against a small hill or cliff, so that access to the top might be easy, was about forty feet square and fifty feet high. In the front and at the bot- tom of each side were large arches, which led into the center. In the center was a fire pot, about six feet in diameter at its largest part, with a round bottom, and tapering to about one foot and a half at the top. Iron ore and limestone were carried from different places to these stacks by railroad. Charcoal was obtain- ed from the neighboring mountain. After the entrances to the fire pot had been closed with brick and clay, a fire was started inside and quantities of ore, coal, and lime- stone were placed in the fire pot from above. The fire was sustained by a draft of cold air which was furnished by a suction formed by two large tubs, one fitting inside the other, made to revolve by means of a water wheel. When the ore was melted, it dropped into the dam, at the bottom of the stack, which was a large sandstone. The ore was tapped off and allowed to run over a level plot of sandy ground which had been sprinkled with water and scored into small ditches into which the ore ran to cool. The pieces of iron whenycooled were called pigs. About thirty to thirty-five tons was a fair output for one week in the earlier days. The pig metal was then carried to the forges, some by pack horses and mules, some by boat, and some by railroad. Here it was made into finished articles, such as pots, kettles, skillets, stoves and castings. The first mention of iron ore in Westmoreland A Picturesque Scene at Yoder Falls SPECTATOR 13 County was in 1780. In this county there were about sixteen furnaces. The first mention of iron ore in Cambria County was in 1809. A forge was built on Stony Creek probably by Mr. Holliday, a resident of Hollidaysburg. The dam of this forge was washed away in 1811 and it was then moved to the Conemaugh river below Johnstown. It was operated as late as 1822. Snow Lorene Martin 16 I awoke one Winter morning, and looked out upon the world, To behold another proof of Nature's love. For, instead of brown prevailing, earth her flag of truce unfurled, And Heav'n had sent her tribute from above. But not alone to Earth had Heav'n her offering given, For, likewise had each child of earth's been blestg No tree of green, or golden, or brownward almost driven, Stood up-projecting from a mountain crestg 9 14 SPECTATOR . No feeble stem stood trembling, robbed of beauty and of lifeg No black hills rose to bar the light of day, No restless, madd'ning, crowding man rushed to a day of strife, For strife, and toil, and dark had died away. Instead, a world of purity was spread in endless sheet, And rolled o'er hills asvevenly as plain. Nor did it break at sight of cliff, or fear a bluff to meet, Or treat an ever-green to blank disdain. What an independent-world it was! So great, and white. and fair! With naught of shadow there to spoil its mirth! But still, beneath that blanket warm, those crystals bright and rare, Was dust, the law of all this mortal earth. A Johnstown Composer . Mary Cover '15 ' OW strange that out of an unromantic, eastern city, 'IH a musician should come, destined to do what America most needs in music to collect and harmonize the songs of the native Indians and preserve for us our real folk-songs. Little is told of Charles VVakefleld Cadman's lifeg we hear of him mostly through his productions which have ranked him high among our national artists. He was born in Johnstown in 1881 and inherited from his grand- father Wakefield, who composed the old fashioned buck- wheat notes and played them on his violin, his musical ability. As he left at about the age of six, Johnstown can hardly claim the honor of having been his inspiration. For some time he lived in Pittsburg where he resumed his musical education, but now his melodies come to us from his camp in Colorado. Cadman has been unusually successful in persuading the Indians, who are known to be very reticent, to sing SPECTATOR 15 their native strains. As he admits, it is absolutely impossible to force an Indian. I remember, he says, particularly an experience I had with a chief called 'Turning Horn.' He was a North American Indian and inherently musical. I knew that to him had come some of the most rythmical Indian melodies in existence. It took me several months to convince him, gently and kind- ly that white people did not want to deprive him of his music, but that they wished to preserve it. Mr. Cadman first became renowned when he pub- lished his cycle, Four American. Indian Songs, and his second cycle, From Wigwam and Tepee, has met with as great success. In these cycles are the familiar, From the Sand of the Sky-Blue Waters, Farm Off I Hear a LoVer's Flute, Moon Drops Low, and White Dawn is Stealing. The serenade, I Hear a Thrush at Eve, At Dawn, A Moonlight Song, and others, convey to us in the most vivid language possible, the Indian's passionate love for nature. ' But if Cadman had never written these songs which have been the most effective means of rousing our sympa- thy and understanding of the red-man, his name would live with the Indian Opera Doama. This remarkable work contains over sixty Indian themes which Mr. Cadman has collected on a phonogroph direct from the Indian tribes, with the help of La Fletche, United States Etymologist. He has been careful to pre- serve their original conception and intent as far as pos- sible, and has accomplished this by using many Indian musical instruments, especially the flageolet, the Omaha Indian's favorite. Alice Neilson has added the beauty of grand opera to the Indian themes, thus combining the perfection of an artist with the barbaric interpretation of nature. 1 ' Mr. Cadman is still young, and as he loves his work, is energetic and active, we may expect still greater re- sults from his splendid undertaking. l6 SPECTATOR Johnstown In Olden Days Marcus Sky '16 oo ANY many years ago, before any white men from Europe ever came there, and before even the Indians lived here, on this same place where our city Johnstown now is, there lived a king and queen. They lived in a gorgeous palace built of white marble, with rainbow-colored window-panes. Inside the house were so many rooms that you simply couldn't count them, and all were beautifully furnished with French laces and Persian carpets. Outside, the house was surrounded by the prettiest lawn of green grass, all besprinkled with roses, violets, and other flowers, which we never have seen. In the large garden which bounded the lawn on the left side were trees bearing fruit of all kinds, but all sweet and good to eat. Right in front of the house a big fountain sprayed water all the time, forming a thin tiny-dropped shower which sparkled like diamonds, and which sup- plied the beautiful place with water. It was a glorious place to live in and there was none better than it in the whole world, magic made Johnstown to be the best place of all. t Now this king ruled over a great many people, and he was a very powerful and mighty monarch. He and all his subjects were happy and rich. Nobody had to work here, because money was to be had just for the gathering. The very soil was made of silver, the corn which grew on the fields of ivory was pure gold, and the dew-drops which fell every morning were so many dia- monds, rubies and sapphires. And so, the people had nothing to do but to be merry. So merry they were, trust them for it. Dressed in pretty silks and fluffy laces, they danced and sang and played all day long. They could dance and sing so much better than we do, because they had little birds of para- Q SPECTATOR 17 dise and nightingales to teach them. Happy they were as Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. But there was only one thing that would disturb them. A great, big sapphire of incalculable value was left in this kingdom by a fairy. This sapphire was so bright and sparkled so strikingly that one could hardly bear to look on it. Inside it were-written some magic words to the effect that the stone would bring complete happiness to the country in which it was kept. From time immemorial the kings of the land had worn this stone in the centre of their crowns and thus were able to keep their kingdom ever happy. Should this emblem disap- pear, however, or be stolen, the people would all have to suffer for it and be sad and unhappy until it was re- found. Many attempts were made by other kings to get it, but no one was ever able to, since a strong guard was always about the invaluable object when the king did not wear it. So the people were reassured that no one would ever snatch it away from them, and dismissed all their fears as groundless. One more peculiarity this stone possessed. No one but a king could Wear it successfully. Great trouble would result, is it was said by the fairy, if any but the king should ever attempt to put it on his head. A Thus life glided happily along as a round succession of festivals and pageants. Eclipsing all this were the balls given by the king and queen in their palace. All people of the realm and even strangers who came to visit the land were permitted to come on such occasions. At one of these balls the king's daughter-ah, yes! I forgot to tell you that the king had only one son, named Arthur, and a beautiful daughter, Helen. At one of these balls in the king's palace, Helen was introduced to Edmund, a graceful young prince of a neighboring country. In time they came to know each other and fell deeply in love. I ought to say right here that this Prince Edmund 0 18 SPECTATOR was not the kind and considerate soul that he appeared to be. He came to this land with the purpose of getting that sapphire. To Helen he spoke eloquent words and so led her foolishly to think that he was good. As it was not possible to get the stone immediately, Edmund stay- ed on as the King's guest and waited for his chance. Soon the chance. came. One fine morning the King and all his retinue, including Arthur and Edmund, went out for a hunt. In the heat and ardor of the chase the king separated himself from the rest of his companions. Edmund followed him and, seizing a favorable moment, shot him with an arrow. Then Edmund rode far away from the place. The courtiers of the king soon came upon their dead sovereign and brought him home. You cannot imagine how much all the people wept for their dear, dear king, but most of all wept the Prin- cess Helen. It was heart-rending to see her bewail the death of her beloved father, and she swore to repay in While she was in this state of mind, Prince Edmund came full the murderer who had committed the dark deed. into her room. She allowed him to console her and told him also of the vow she had made. Edmund sympathized with her heartily, and prom- ised to do all he could for her. Gently and softly he intimated to her that he knew who the murderer was, and when she begged him for a long time, he said that Prince Arthur killed 'the good king in order to win the crown sooner. Great was the mortification of the Prin- cess. At first she would not believe it, but finally a strong hatred for her brother flamed up in her breast. She wanted to revenge upon him all he had done. And here also Prince Edmund showed himself a friend and helper of the Princess Helen. He proposed that she should go into her father's chamber, and, as all the guard had been dismissed from duty, she Would take away the crown and fetch it outside the city-gates. Then, when Prince Arthur would have to be crowned king, the crown would be lack- SPECTATOR 19 ing. All the people would think that he was not the proper man to rule because the crown would not stay for him, and they would kill him for it. Thus she would fully repay her monstrous brother in his own coin. Excited as she was, Princess Helen quickly accepted the plan, and carried it out. In the dead of night she stole the crown and brought it outside the city-gates, where Edmund was waiting for her. They got horses and were preparing to ride away. But Edmund was very vain, and could not refrain from putting the wonderful crown on his head. The moment the crown touched his head a wonderful thing happened. A loud, deafening thunder- blow sounded, the Prince fell dead, and the crown leaped from his head and went down deep, deep into the earth. All the gold, silver, and precious stones of the country were turned immediately into a black, hideous dirt. The king's palace and all the beautiful buildings were des- troyed, and heavy forests covered all the space. Even the rippling fountain spring was turned into a muddy, evil- smelling stream. ' As time went on, the fairies, relenting, turned the dirt into coal and the muddy stream into a sulphur stream which was very beautiful. But still men dig and dig, thinking that perhaps someday they shall find the crown with the sapphire stone, and thus return all our happiness. - Geology of Johnstown Elizabeth Sauers, ' 16. 31 N Pennsylvania, most of the rocks are sedimentary. However, in the Easten part of the state, we have a large number of metamorphic rocks. The first of these rocks are those that have been formed from sediments or fragments of older rocks which were deposited in bodies of still water, in strata or layers, by running Water, Metamorphic rocks are rocks that have been 20 SPECTATOR changed into a crystaline form by heat .md pressure caused chiefly by folding of mountains or slipping of rocks. It is due to the faulting and complex folding of the rock strata that sandstone, limestone, shale, and bituminous coal, which are found in Western Pennsyl- vania, have been respectively transformed into quartzite, marble, slate, and anthracite coal in Eastern Pennsylva- n1a. ' A study of the sedimentary rocks of the ,Johns- town district shows that an interior sea existed over the whole of Central and Western Pennsylvania during a part of the early geologic history of this area. This sea was not a part of the Atlantic Ocean, but was an interior body of water. It extended from Canada to Alabama and from Appalachia, the original backbone of the Appala- chian Mountains, in the east, beyond the present Mis- sissippi Valley. Most of the rocks occurring at the sur- face of Appalachia at this time were schists, and igneous rocks-rocks that have cooled and consolidated from a molten state which in this case was from the earth's ori- ginal crust. The wearing away of these rocks furnished sediment that was deposited in the interior sea and form- ed our present sedimentary rocks. When the Cambrian Era, the first period in the age of sedimentary rocks formation, began, the Appalachian Mountains were already sinking. The sediments which were deposited during this period consisted of sands and calcareous muds. The coarse sediment being the heavier was deposited along the shores of the sea. The finer calcareous muds were carried farther into the sea. Ow- ing to this large amount of sediment being deposited, the sea became shallow. A rich animal life grew in the warm and shallow water of this sea. This marked the begin- ning of a new era in the history of rocks, known as the Ordovician period. The limestone deposits of this time were followed by shale deposits which marked the beginning of a Bugplgng ugpguug uxoq uaag se 'glad lunuag SPECTATOR 21 new period known as the Silurian Era. This change from limestone deposits to shale deposits was due to a slight uplift of the land. During this rise of the land, the sea retreated west- ward and formed a gulf which occupied part of Penn- sylvania and other eastern states and was connected with the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. By some internal force, the waters of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence were cut off from those of the South, forming a landlocked sea. Much sediment from the surrounding country was carried into the sea. This is known as the Devonian Era. The sea bottom must have sunk in order to accom- modate so great an amount of sediment. A study of the rock formation shows that the land was continually sinking and rising, that is, it was in a very unstable con- dition. After the Devonian period came the Carboniferus, during which many seams of coal were formed. The land rose and a rich plant life grew in the swampy marshes. Then, due to some internal force, the land again sank and carried with it the rich vegetation to form a sea bottom. The waters which rushed into this depression carried with it much sediment, which was deposited on the vegetation. The swampy soil in which the vegetation was rooted form- ed the clay or shale which lies beneath the coal beds. The plant life was transformed into coal. This change was brought about by pressure which caused heat. The heat broke up the compounds in the plants and by des- tructive distillation, a sort of stewing process, forced the volatile substances out. The volatile substances such as natural gas and petroleum were stored in the porous rocks. The Carbon of which coal is chiefly composed re- mained. The sediment has been changed into the rocks which are found between the coal beds. The folds which extend across the Johnstown dis- trict are the results of the rising and sinking of the land. These folds have at several stages been worn down to 22 SPECTATOR an almost level surface. The Schooley peneplain in this district is the remains of one of these surfaces. After the formation of the Carboniferus rocks, the Johnstown district rose and never again sank. For this reason we do not have the later formations known as the Mesozoic and Cenozoic formations. Dogs of War Mary Greer ' 17 OTWITHSTANDING much that already has been recorded of them, the ambulance dogs have not yet been given full recognition for the part they are play- ing in the war, say the dog lovers. Doctor Kresser of the National Society of Ambulance Dogs says, in discus- sing the general usefulness of the dog in field ambulance work: This usefulness has -become greater in proportion to the development of modern methods or Warfare. The infantryman today does his fighting from the ground under any cover he can find, he says, creeping thru thickets, hiding in ditches, behind hedges, and every spot that is likely to conceal him from the enemy. Nat- urally, the same cover hides him from the view of the stretcher-bearers, picking up the Wounded after the bat- tle. This duty is further complicated by the fact that it must be done at night, as the intensity of the fire makes it impossible to pick up wounded on the field during an engagement. In this Work, the ambulance dog becomes indispensable, since lights are forbidden to the stretcher- bearers for fear of exposing positions to the enemy, con- sequently, the salvation of hundreds of Wounded soldiers depends upon the sharp scent, intelligence, and devotion of the ambulance dog. They have proved their usefulness and their intelli- gence, which is little short of uncanny, in many ways. In one instance, a Frenchman,Afalling in an engagement in SPECTATOR 23 the Argonne forest, in regaining consciousness, became aware of a feeling that resembled a caress upon his fore- head. He oplened his eyes and there was Tom, one of the ambulance dogs, affectionately lapping his face. He struggled to a sitting posture and looked for his cap, but no cap was to be found. That explained Why Tom had not gone back to the ambulance for help. X' ' M34 ,W We ,wanna Go, Tom, and fetch the comrades, the Frenchman cried. Half an hour later Tom went into the camp, and seizing the first soldier's coat in his teeth, began tugging at him. The soldier did not understand- Non, non, he cried, Laisez moi tranquille! Tom barked appeal- ingly, menacingly, but with no result. Then the doctor came along. He understood, and Tom gave a yelp of joy when he realized he had succeeded. Led by Tom, the doctor and the stretcher-bearers soon found their wounded comrade, Who, had it not been for Tom, would probably have either starved or died from his Wounds. ' 24 SPECTATOR Tom's is not an isolated incident. Another case is one in which a dog discovered a soldier whose cap had been lost, and the dog could find nothing that he could carry back to the ambulance to report his find. Finally, despairing of finding anything he could carry back, he lay down on the ground, opposite the wounded man and howled dismally until help came. Doctor Vertier, surgeon in the 13th army corps, re- ports that the ambulance dogs in his corps have saved hundreds of lives, and that not in a single instance have they mistaken a dead body for a wounded man. In some cases Where the soldier's cap could not be found, the dog has torn open his knapsack and hunted out something that he could carry back to show that he had made a dis- covery. But, you ask, where do the dogs come from, where are they trained, by whom are they owned? These dogs are chiefly German shepherd dogs- called by the Germans Deutscher Schaeferhundf' by the French Chien berger allemandf' The dogs are used in Europe for police work, just as we use blood hounds in America. The city of Hildesheim in Germany has the distinction of being the mother of police-dog interests. It was there that Dr. Gerland, who presided over the local police, introduced the first dog to aid ofiicers on duty. Twelve dogs were secured to accompany the men dur- ing night duty. From this small beginning, started in Germany, we find the fatherland honeycombed -with police-dog breeders' associations and service clubs, and the dog-trials stirring the populace over these into base- ball-like enthusiasm. All Europe has come to a full realization of their necessity and usefulness to the extent that the number of dogs in actual police service in Europe today runs high in the thousands. The dogs are owned by the government and cities, and in France, Belgium, and Germany are training- oq uaux qoeeq qoiqznf 'JUSHIHJOAO3 eqq Alq una 'slooqos SPECTATOR 25 train dogs for army and police use. A police-dog is trained to come when told, to sit where ordered, to lead in leash, to heel, to retrieve articles, to guard, to attack, to scale fences from four to ten feet high, to climb trees, to be indifferent to gun-fire, to trail a man either by tak- ing the scent from an article of clothing or from the locality the person was in. It is the exceptional dog, however, that is trained to this extent. Of course it makes him very valuable. The shepherd dog has fully established his reputa- tion for intelligence, faithfulness, and bravery by a long and historic record, for even in antiquity a Roman writer tells of the faithful dogs who kept watch over the dead bodies of their master in one of Caesar's engagements with the Germans. Right here in Johnstown we have these valuable and interesting dogs. Mr. Luke Swank is experimenting in the breeding of them and several splendid specimens of the animals guard his country home. There I first met one of these dogs. He was very large, with a dark coat mottled somewhat like an Airedale. His head, as critics say, was beautifully shaped. The nose was long and pointed, the eyes, large brown ones, and they seemed the most human part about him-they were so tender and looked at one in such a trustful way. The ears were rather long, pointed ones, which he carried cocked for- ward With a very knowing air. His legs were slim, but very strong and with them he is able to accompany for many miles a person riding rapidly on horseback. I 5 I 1 I . I ' -f f 1,f' --S' I 1 ix V ' as ,jk fa .152 1: ' i ' J 'I i f-'Z-A 7 ' 26 SPECTATOR A Modern Rip Van Winkle Margaret C. Bley '16 NE hot drowsy summer afternoon I picked up QD a book and started out to find a cool, shady nook in which to read. My steps involuntarily turned toward the woods and I soon found myself standing in the mid- dle of a small clearing. It was hemmed in by tall trees on all sides, with the exception of a small winding path which seemed to lead up. I did not take the trouble to investigate, because I was so warm and tired I Want- ed to rest. So seating myself at the base of a tall oak, I opened the book I had brought with me and discov- ered it to be a volume of Irving's. The story opened to was Rip Van Winkle, so I decided to read it. I had been reading for quite a while when I heard a slight noise. On glancing up, what did I see coming down the path but an old man! His hair was long and snow-white, with a beard to match.'He was clothed in dirty rags and was leaning heavily upon a staff which he carried. Frequently he would stop, shade his eyes with his hand and peer from side to side. Finally he came close enough to see me, and when he did, he just stood and stared. I was too surprised to be very much fright- ened, so I sat and stared back. At last, shaking his head sadly from side to side, he said in a hollow, feeble voice, Lost, lost! Then turning to me he asked appealingly, Where am I? Can't you tell me where I am? Yes, sir, I answered, You are in the City of Johnstown. A Johnstown! Johnstown! Why I've never heard that name before. I was beginning to feel a little bit queer myself, so I stood up and looked around to make sure that I had not been moved into another place in some mysterious plnoo I '3ui.1eaIo eqo, go eBpe aqa, oo, Bupuem 'ing 'Kem Y SPECTATOR 27 see down into the valley. Turning to the old man, I point- ed my finger and said: Down there's the Stonycreek flowing away under the old stone bridge, and look over there! Don't you see the Conemaugh? The Conemaugh! Why that's it. I used to live in a place called Conemaugh Old Town. But, and his face clouded again, I've never heard of Johnstown. Come, said I, taking him gently by the arm, just sit down and tell me all about it. Well, he began, stroking his long beard, I lived in a log cabin down there Cpointing toward the valleyj. There were six of us, my mother, father, two sisters and a brother. We were very happy together. Mother and my sisters worked in the cabin, and father, John, and I hunted and fished. I was especially fond of fishing. Nothing pleased me more than to take my gun and start off to the woods to hunt. I was only eighteen, so I never went far into the mountains unless my father or brother, who was older than I, was along. But one day as I was working in thefield in back of the cabin I happened to look up on the hill and I saw the finest deer I had ever seen. As it didn't seem to be very far off, I picked up my gun, which was lying very handy, and started up the hill after it. I followed and followed. I could always see it ahead of me, but never within range of my gun. But still I would not give it up, and so I followed on and on, away up into the mountains, those mountains over there, fand he pointed toward the Laur- el Hill Ridgej. At last I lost sight of the deer entirely, so I turned and started to go back home. I walked for a long time, but I was so tired that I dropped down on the soft grass to rest and that is all I know until a short time ago I found myself lying under a great tree, my clothes in rags, my hair and beard as you see them now. Where is the log cabin, my people, my friends?You are a stranger to me, these are strange scenes. I'm lost, lost! 28 SPECTATOR . The old man again began to shake his head sadly. Indeed I felt very sad myselfg but I said to him cheer- fully: Don't be troubled. I can explain it to you. You were so tired when you sat down to rest that you fell asleep. Why, do you know that you have slept about one hundred and forty years? Come, look down into the valley with me while I show you the wonderful changes that have taken place while you slept. See those great mills over there? They support thousands of men who are employed to manufacture iron and steel. See those coke ovens over thereg and see the great tall buildings? That tall one over there is the Johnstown Trust building, Johnstown's first skyscraper. And behold that large massive building down there by the river. That is the Johnstown High School. But, friend, you have missed the saddest disaster in the history of this city, the great Johnstown Flood. Hundreds were killed and the loss in property was enormous. So this splendid city that you see lying before you has risen and Hourished even in the face of stern disaster. Something wet hit against my faceg I jumped back, opened my eyes, and discovered that the rain was coming down in torrents. I snatched my book from the ground and started on a run for homeg there to meditate upon the sad fate of my poor old friend. SPECTATOR 29 johnstoWn's Progress June Rauch '17 HE progress of Johnstown may be dated from the I chartering of the Cambria Iron Company in 18523 four old-fashioned charcoal furnaces and great extents of mineral lands forming its basis. The chief person in organizing this corporation was George S. King, an en- ergetic merchant then residing in Johnstown. Mr. King first came to Johnstown in 1834, and owing to depressed business conditions, from the tariff of 1833, he concluded that a means might be found to change, somewhat, this condition through the iron-ore deposits in the hills around Johnstown. In 1839 or 1840 a seem- ingly sufficient deposit of ore, to justify the erection of a furnace, was discovered. The name Cambria was given to the furnace, which was on Laurel Run, three miles from Johnstown. This was before the day of stone coal, so charcoal was used. The first iron was made in 1841. All the pig iron made, was sold at Pittsburg. From the tariff of 1842 better times resulted, which justified increase in business. Two more furnaces were constructed at Mill Creek and Ben's Creek, three miles from Johnstown. But times were again depressed by the tariff of 1846, breaking up much of the iron manufactur4 ing in this country. Despite this fact another furnace was purchased at Blacklick in Indiana County. There were now four furnaces to be kept alive for some years with little or no profit. Finally a company was organized to ,erect a rolling mill for the manufacture of railroad iron. In 1852 this company procured a charter under the name of Cambria Iron Company. In 1853 a rolling mill, four hot-blast coke furnaces, and other buildings were erected. Due to many difficulties it become neces- sary to suspend the company in 1854. The company rallied from this failure, however, with the aid of some 30 SPECTATOR creditors from Philadelphia. But another failure result- ed in 1855. By aid of the chairman, Mr. Morrell, sent here by the Philadelphia creditors, a new company was formed, known as the Wood, Morrell SL Company. The works were leased for seven years and managed by Mr. Morrell, who removed with his family to Johnstown. For twenty-nine years Mr. Morrell continued 'his manage- ment, until his ill health prevented him, in 1884. He died the following year. Under new adininistrations, matters turned despite the burning of the rolling mill in 1857 and financial de- pressions. In a week the furnaces and rolls began to dis- pilay their former vigor. When the lease expired in 1862 the re-organized firm was again known as the Cambria Iron Company. The erection of the Bessemer works in 1869, caused a tremendous awakening in the steel industry. The first out put of steel rails being sold at one hundred and four dollars a ton. Enormous works were then constructed up the little Conemaugh, consisting of a brick building for annealing, a brick ware house, a barb-wire mill, merchant mill, shops, and offices. Later eight hundred tenements were built on Prospect and rented to employees at reason- able rates. A fine brick building was erected, furnishing quarters for the clerks, book-keepers, and heads of de- partments. Opfposite this stood the Cambria Library a gift to the citizens in 1881. In it a system of educa- tion was begun in the winter of 1881-2 for the benefit of the workmen. Efficient instructors taught free classes in mechanical and free-hand drawing, mining, mathe- matics, chemistry, geology, and political economy. In 1886 a hospital was erected on Prospect Hill. William Kelley in 1857 made an initial experiment at the Cambria works in the manufacture of pneumatic steel, anticipating Bessemer by a number of years. Three high rolling mills planned by George Fritz revolutionized steel-making, enabled the perfection of railroad tracks, SPECTATOR 31 increased the speed of trains, trebled the weight of their engines and extended their lines to the remotest sections. As the iron and steel industry grew, our city grew with it, until to-day our thriving, prosperous city is a reflection of the conditions of our mills. ' In Our Cut-Glass Factory i W. Sanford Cable '15 G HE manufacture of glass is both a chemical and a mechanical process requiring great skill. Glass in its simplest form consists of sand, lime, and carbonate of soda, together with a substance for clearing the glass- lead oxide produces the clearest glass. Although there are about Johnstown beds of sand suitable for the mak- ing of bottles, it is only in the mechanical, or finishing process that the city is interested-that is the production of cut glass. The Allen cut glass is made from handmade blanks, shapes, of lead glass. The first step in thetransformation of the article from a plain piece of little intrinsic value to, an expensive dish is the marking of the design. The design is traced upon the glass with red lead, either free- hand or with the aid of a marking board and a stencil. From the designer the glass is carried to the rougher, wh.o begins the cutting with a roughing-tool. The rough- ing tool is a soft steel wheel, having a rounded edge about three-fourths of an inch thick and about three to four inches in diameter, which is turned by power. Suspended above the tool is a hopper containing powdered carbor- undum and water which flows in a continuous stream upon the tool, giving to the wheel its cutting power. The impression made in the glass by the roughing is very shallow but wide, so that it is not used upon the smaller tracings of a design. One rougher can prepare about twelve dozen tumblers in a day, which is sufficient to sup- ply two smoothers, who receive the glass next. 32 SPECTATOR The smoothing mill is a wheel about eighteen inches in diameter and five-eighth of an inch thick, consisting of carborundum g aloxite, a cheap grade of carborundumg or craigleithe, a natural stone found in Scotland, which is the only one of sufficient hardness to withstand the milling. The edge of the smoother is V-shaped, allowing deep angular cuts to be made in the previous shallow rounded cuts of the roughened piece. Water flows con- tinually over the mill, washing away glass dust and cool- ing the glass which would otherwise become heated. The glass is then sent to the polisher who removes the remaining traces of red lead, and wrinkles. This is accomplished by means of soft wood wheels and felt buffs in conjunction with pumice and putty powder. The glass now shows the more prominent parts of the design in dull gray cuts. 4 The glass is then washed and the inside coated with a composition of parafiine and asphalt, which is unharm- ed by the acid bath in which it is next plunged. This acid bath removes the gray from the cut edges and restores the lustre of the glass. It is now clear and brilliant but still lacks some of the fined details of the design, such as veins of leaves and fine stems. - The final cutting is done by an engraver. This work is done by a copper wheel in a lathe which cuts the stems, and smaller details and gives greater relief and promi- nence to the design. After a final polishing the piece is Wrapped in tissue and is ready to adorn any table. l ssl? SPECTATOR A Toast Beatrice Courtney'15 Here's to good old Father Johnsg Here's to the Indians, toog Here's to the town which they begang Here's to the city which grew! Here's to the valley in which it stands Here's to the hills we love! I Here's to a banner of Loyaltyg Long may it wave above! Here's to the Johnstown of to-dayg Here's to her deeds of the pastg Here's to her visions of future successg Here's to success that will last! Here's to her vigorous spirit of growthg Here's to her future wealth! Here's to our Home 3-with all we loveg Come, let us drink a health! 34 SPECTATOR Ihr Might Svrhnnl Spvriatnr JOHNSTOWN, PA., MARCH, 1915. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 75c. PER COPY, 10 CENTS Ehitnrial unh Business Stahl' Editor in Chief, MARY E. COVER, 1915. Associate Editor Business Manager GERTRUDE PHILLIPS, '16 RALPH COLEMAN, '15 KENNETH RICHARDSON, '16 . . Exchange Editor Associate Business ltclanager WINIFRED KREBS, '15 JAMES LEWIS, 15' Society Editors Advertising Manager BEATRICE COURTNEY, '15 HARRY ROSE, '15 GERALDINE MARTIN, '15 Associates School News 1 SANFORD CABLE, '15 LEi1?52ggiD:1g5 Current Events CLYDE DUNMEQER, '15 1' Ra'a',ga':f,1'rs1'116 A MAURlffmE? g5i'ifN' 15 EDGAR MATTHEWS. '16 MISS BRIXNER, '04 AEQFREI? DIGGIZEF 16 A aSS EPYCSCII 3. IVCS CYR1itSMft'f1f 15 1s's'511ss'sa' Joke Editors J ' 5 ALLEN GEIST, '15 The Spectator is 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 mail matter. In order to insure publication in the current issue, MSS, must be handed bo the editor not later than the 10th of each month. Wes Is there enough of interest in Johns- town to supply material for a Spectator? OUR CITY Johnstown is only a dirty, third class manufacturing city you say. Ah, but is there no beauty in its surroundings, no ro- SPECTATOR 35 mance in its history, no interest in its mills or factory, or no room for us to improve by studying its conditions? Johnstown is not a City Beautiful, but it is not the fault of its situation. Nestling as it does against the the fault of its situation. Nestling as it does among the hills, by a winding river, it owns a rare natural beauty which we, as citizens, should have learned to love. How fortunate we are to live up where nature's heart beats strong amid the hills, where a short walk will bring us to the heart of rural life and wooded beautyg or where the red lights from the mill, flaming up as they do in the night, illume a space of still white earth soft in a blanket of snow! If Johnstown is not beautiful in its civic condition, it makes up, this defect in the wonders of its natural beauty. And after a view of our city who would not linger long over an old tale about early days in Johnstown? First of all come the thrilling scenes of the clearing and settlementg the lonely log cabin, primeval wildness and struggles with the Indians. Then the passing panorama becomes heated with the tense spirit of the revolution and the fight for freedom. Next we see the railway end, and the canal take up the western migrators, at this point. Then follows the excitement of the civil war and our loyal devotion to a tottering union. But at last comes the most heroic picture, when after the flood, the brave spirits rebuilt out of ruins the Johnstown of to-day, and set the foundations for the greater Johnstown of to-mor- row. - To the practical mind Johnstown offers much satis- faction in its diverse occupations and the manufacture of many articles, such as, steel, coke, cut-glass, tile, furni- ture, silk, tar paper, brick, cement, cars, cigars, leather, stoves, radiators, wire and rails. There is a fascination about the efficiency and power of the machinery, the rows of red hot rods in the process of making rails, in the boiling metal, the white-hot furnace, and again in the -equalled by no other country in the world during the 36 SPECTATOR more delicate operations of cutting glass. In this number of the Spectator we have endeavored to point out the beauty of Johnstown in our cuts, its in- teresting history in stories, real and imaginary, about -early life in Johnstown, its importance in the manufac- turing world by descriptions of some of our industries, and we have tried to help towards making a greater Johnstown by discussions of important problems of to- day. We, as patriotic citizens, are ever dream- ing of our future city, and ever planning for OTHER improvements. Especially is this true since the CITIES federal inspectors have placed Johnstown's name among the ten names of cities with a population of over 50,000, which have an in- fant mortality rate of over 150 for every 1,000 children. Many schemes have been devised for the improvement of centers where the infant mortality rate was greatest. Among these, the idea of training mothers in free schools in the proper care of children, and the tax on land value to remove the housing problem, a solution offered by the single-taxers, seem most plausible. While considering new plans, why not take a peep at some successfully governed cities, and learn from them, for some are models in city government, commu- nity rights and cleanliness, a few lessons in city house- keeping. Howe in his European Cities at Work says: No- where in the world has the housing problem been studied with the thoroughness that Germany has given to it, :and in quoting a German's speech in the Reichstag: If -Germany has experienced a vast industrial expansion same time, it is chiefly due to the efficiency of its workers. But this efficiency must inevitably have, suffered had we not secured to our working-classes by the social .xgozuasag qaaxaugyq-1a1nM amp no gqiglung x SPECTATOR 37 legislation of recent years a tolerable standard of life, and had we not as far as was possible guaranteed their physical health. , If Germany, alone, has successfully met these condi- tions, and it is said that the United States, England, and France are far behind the German cities in its conception of city life, let us turn our attention to German cities. One reason for the difference in city governments in Germany and the United States comes from an old cus- tom. The Germans are accustomed to see public offices given by competition just as our professors, lawyers, ministers, and men in other professions obtain their work. The German who hopes to become a member of the mag- istrat or a burgomaster, takes a course in a university which its him to begin on a plane from which he ascends by proving his efficiency. Governing is to him his life's work. The governing body of a city is made up of the most honored men in the nation. The Germans do not claim to have settled the hous- ing problem, but it has taken the biggest steps of any country toward this end. Germany uses three methods to prevent the exten- sion of slums. First, Land within and without the city is planned with great care to prevent the reappearance of tenement conditions in new quarters. Second, the muni- cipality builds or directs the building of suburban garden communities or the erection of model apartments with- in the city. Third, vacant land is taxed at a higher rate than improved land to force the owner to build. In addition to this, cities usually own the means of transit within the city, and the state owns the railways. When a new suburb is opened up, ordinances of council forbidthe sale of land until engineers, landscape artists, and industrial and sanitary experts have construct- ed streets and parks, and have provided means ofcon- veyance. Not only is the workingman considered in the distri- 38 SPECTATOR bution of land, but he is trained to be a good mechanic, insured against sickness, old age, or accident, provided with work when industrial depression deprives him of his usual work, and when too old to work, a pension awaits him as a mark of appreciation for his Work in the community. The municipal protection does not stop with the man but includes his family. Orphans and poor children are called the municipal foster children. The living is made cheaper because the community owns the Water, gas, electricity, street railways, some restaurants and wine factories, and have places estab- lished for the inspection of all meat, milk and vegetables used. All children are inspected in the presence of their parents who are taught how to care for them. Surely the German cities are models which we might follow! - A But after all, as one writer says, It is the mind of the man behind the ballot in every country that makes the city what it is, and the sooner we, in America, make a profession of governing, the more prosperous, efficient, and wholesome will be our community life. o E SCHOOL NEWS s- , . AQ?-4.E3 HE bulletin Pennsylvania Trees by J. S. Illick, I Professor of Dendrology and Forest Management in the Pennsylvania State Forest Academy has just been received by the Biology Department. This is the first bulletin issued on Pennsylvania trees and this was com- SPECTATOR 39 piled at the request of Robert S. Conklin, Commissioner of Forestry. It gives the history of forestry in Penn- sylvania and many interesting facts concerning the State Academy of Forestry at Mont Alto. This book will be an aid to the Agassiz Society on their excursions. At chapel on January 13, Francis Broderick, whom the sporting editors of the newspapers judged the most valuable all-around man to the football team, was pre- sented with the Schmid trophy. The Junior class has announced that the annual J unior-Senior reception will be given February 26. The following committees have been appointed: Entertainment-Kenneth Richardson, Arthur Zobel, Allen Geist, and Dorothy Rose. Reception-Alvin Reese, Arthur Zobel, Edgar Matthews, Nerine Picking, Dorothy Rose, and Gertrude Phillips. ' Refreshment-Sarah Rose, Ellen Greer, Katharine Lambert, Edgar Matthews, Marian Thomas, Eleanor Thomas, Mary Collins, and Miss Elda Ankeny of the faculty. . Decoration-Paul Lavelle, Nina Custer, Walter Ellis, Margaret Bley, Edward Bowser, John Bowser, Helen Matthews, James Piper, Richard Reynolds, Clifford Pinder, Florence Heinze, Joe Holzman, Dorothy Gould and Hayden Evans. - At a meeting of the Senior class on January 23, a big maroon and white banner was presented to the class by Everett Wetherbee, on behalf of the Penn Traffic Co., the donors. The class has decided to present an operetta during commencement week, if Miss Swan, Musical Supervisor, decides that the material will be available. The following committee has been named to decide 40 SPECTATOR upon commencement invitations and programs: Robert Rutledge, Francis Broderick, Marian Kaylor, Nan Haynes, and Donald Gocher. On the evening of January 15, the two new wings of the school building were opened for the inspection of the public. With the two additions in use, a new numbering system of the rooms has been put into force. The office building scheme has been adoptedg rooms on the first floor are in the 100 row, rooms on the second floor are in the 200 row, etc. The numbering begins in the north wing. The enrollment of students now totals 1073,-75 entering the Freshmen class from the grammar grades. The percentage of attendance for January was 95 which, although low, can be accounted for by the severe weather. At the regular meeting of the Cambria County Single Tax Club on January 11, Miss Margaret Mahaffey, '15, was one of the principal speakers. Her subject was Man's Inhumanity to Man. According to the entertainments which the Girls' Bible Class and the Boys' Bible Class provide for their members they are both live organizations. At a recent party of the Girls' Club in the Y. W. C. A. rooms, the girls were divided into groups according to the months in which they were born. Each group was then required to stage some original stunt for the enjoy- ment of the remainder of the girls. The September girls staged The Deestrict Skulef' The November girls pro- vided an imaginary sleigh-ride, the June girls, a wedding. The Boys' Bible Class on January 22, was addressed by Frank Arvine of the Arvine Stock Co. His talk show- ed that we are all actors and that stage folk are just like A S P E C T A T O R - 41 other folks. Following the address by Mr. Arvine, the boys staged a vaudeville show. John Schissler with his act, A Crazy Chump from Nowhere, won the first prize. Edgar Matthews '16 has been presented with a Y. M. C. A. watch-fob, engraved most active member of Boys' Department of the Y. M. C. A. The fob is a rel cognition of work done in securing new members. Within the last month another instructor has been added to the teaching staff. Mr. H. L. Donat has taken charge of the classes in penmanship. The Spectator ex- tends to Mr. Donat its best wishes for a successful year. I 683 T ff M6 i f a o in i sf M as-S3 Ulf llftl, gf ' 'Vu mf I 5 as 5 nv Kr i l X X- Ex , 4 l if 3 Q X -1- . f I J a K X . X Q x l - ' f XXX 1 B4 jrfg ,. VXA wmv T. K. E. ' a meeting ofthe society held Friday after January 8, the following officers noon, were elected to I 42 SPECTATOR serve the last half of the term: President ................. . . James Lewis Vice President . . . A .... Lee Benford Secretary ...... . . . Winifred Krebs Treasurer ....... .... E dwin Bowser Critic ..................... ......... L eroy Cook Sergeant-at-Arms ...................... Harry Rose Eva Brinker, Marcus Sky, Mary Collins, Helen Matthews, Alfred Diggles, Edgar Matthews, and Ken- neth Richardson were selected to serve on the Spfectator stai next year. A regular meeting of the society was held in the Auditorium on Friday evening, January 21. The following program, dealing with the history and authors of Pennsylvania, was rendered: Song ..................................... Society Recitation, Pennsylvania . . .... Blanche Peters Pennsylvania Poets ....... . . . . . .Lorene Martin Song ..................................... Society Debate- Resolved that the German Immigration was the Most Important in the Founding of Pennsylvania. Affirmative .......................... Oscar Naugle Negative ........................... Donald Gocher The judges decided in favor of the affirmative. Reading, The Wreck of The Thomas Hyke lStocktonJ LeroyCook Solo, Bedouin Love Song fTay1orJ Kenneth Richardson Playlet- Benjamin Franklin, Printer. Deborah Reed ................... Beatrice Courtney Benjamin Franklin .... ..... J ohn Baserman Elizabeth Burchard ............... Erma Livingstone Roger Burchard ................... Edgar Matthews After some delay, the pins of the society arrived. They are the same in design this year as they were last, as this style of pin has been adopted permanently. SPECTATOR 43 Emerson Society. E HE Emerson Literary society held a meeting in Study Hall, January eighth to elect new officers for the next semister. The following were elected: President, Ludwig Tross, Vice President, Arthur Zobel, Secretary, Sara Smith, Treasurer, Robert Rutledge , Sergeant-at- Arms, Allen Geist, Critic, Walter Holmquist. A special meeting was held in Study Hall, Tuesday afternoon, January twenty-sixth to decide whether for the annual open meeting the public or the society mem- bers should be assessed. A vote was taken which decided in favor of the society assessment. Critic Walter Holm- quist presented his resignation to the society and Mar- garet Mahaffey was elected to take his place. An especially attractive meeting was held in the Auditorium,,Friday evening, January twenty-ninth. One of the features was a clever playlet, Miss Civilization. The cast was as follows: Alice, Julia Short, Hatch, Arthur Zobel, Reddy, Allen Geist, Harry, Maurice Pearman, Captain Lucas, Harry Drew, Patrolman O'Malley, Paul Lavelle. Preceding the play there was a piano solo by Mildred Smith, an oration, The Theory of Limits, by Lawrence Campbell, and a vocal solo by Genevieve Dimond. Agassiz. T the meeting of the society on January llth., the chapter examined the new aquarium. Margaret Mahaiey and Lorene Martin were appointed a com- mittee to investigate the cost of aquatic plants and ani- mals, and also the species most suitable. A talk concern- ing the researches among fossils under the supervision of the University of California was given by Sanford Cable. - On January 21st, Herbert Myers and Sanford Cable were appointed to make martin boxes for the chapter. This meeting was featured by two of the best discussions 44K SPECTATOR before the chapter this term. Virginia Lewis discussed the 'Possumf' In this talk We learned that, instead of the opossum being very cun- ning according to the usual idea, his inactivity when captured is due to fear. The discussion was made doubly interesting by the living specimen, which we were enabled to exhibit through the courtesy of Mr. Harry Berkebile. Marcus Sky told about the dwarf trees of Japan. Of special interest was the method of growing the trees in an orange peel. At this time eight new members were admitted to the Chapter, making a total of twenty-one members. Der Schiller-Verein. Eine Versammlung des Schiller-Vereins War am Dienstag Abend den sweiten Februar 1915 in Studierzim- mer der Hochschule abgehalten. Zuerst wurden ein paar Lieder won dem Verein Gesungen. Spater wurde das folgende. Wilhelm Tell Programm ausgefuhrt. Eine Vorlesung-Tell schiesst den Appel ............ Donald Gocher Eine Vorlesung-Gesslers Tod ...... Margaret Karas Eine Vorlesung--Tell, ein Held ...... Winifred Krebs Eine Vorlesung--Tell, ein Morder ...... Oscar Naugle Nach dem Programm sprach der ganze Verein uber Schil1er's Drama, Wilhelm Tell und besonders uber Wilhelm Tell selbst. :png punlsl me auaag anbsanuagd V M:-H ' 'W ..,, r ,L V, A .ixflfili wt nf. Q: 9 'E irq: Vi: A wwf -wif 3 . 3- , ., fl A I fin . . v 5,5 , '--'g.'3.: ff: -:I if '1 ,:f'uf1.,.3- 'X 'fine ,f - MJZU L! 2 .'11H- FfFqM. ' ffl. --31-153 .wi 1.1 fw, ,fAi3 wg, H ..'1f'.3 ' 13' Nl.: .xr - ,l .. K , , M ijfg, ,W :QT-, it fp , ' .': ' ' , .AM W' 5V 2 N-L ' -CEI , 4 - -. 1'i,i.3fnIL,. . . ,A 11 '.a-f-,QL 1 ' M131 ,aw . 1. -.lvg ,.-3 1 . 1 3 . f yur.-' vm M +U,-MQ, 5. SPECTATOR 45 I I 1 I 9 A ' ' 5 5, 4 u I 'I' I' ' 0 ' I x f I l ,4 n x 0 1 'Wi 1 4 1 I ' Johnstown H. S. 24-Altoona H. S. 30 GEN Friday evening, January 15th, the Altoona High School basketball team defeated our High School five by the score 30-24. This was the first victory that the visitors have ever gained over Johnstown High in the history of basketball between the rival schools. The game was pilayed in our new gymnasium and was very exciting throughout. The visitors started the scoring early in the first-half, making four points in rapid succession. Our teampthen displayed some pretty team work and tied the score at five. Both sides seemed unable to locate the basket from the foul line. Near the end of the period, High School spurted, gaining the lead, which they held until the first- half was over. With the score 17-10 against them Altoona came back strong in the second half and soon gained the lead. Broderick, who was shooting fouls, was unable to locate the basket during this period, while the visitors did some very sensational shooting from field. The final score was 30-24 for Altoona. Red Connors played-a fine game for High School while Bowser and Zeth did great shooting for Altoona. The lineup: J. H. S. 24 A. H. S. 30. Colbert ........ . . . F. . . . ....... . . Irwin Pearman . . . .... F. . . . . . . Hufford 46 SPECTATOR Broderick... ....Zeth Custer ......... . . . . G. ......... . . . Hesser Connors ............... G. ................ Bowser Subs. :-Schry for Pearman. Field goals-Colbert 3, Broderick 3, Connors 2, Irwin 3, Hufford 2, Zeth 3, Bowser 4. Fouls-Colbert 0 out of 6, Broderick 8 out of 28, Hufford 6 out of 15. Referee-Shomo. Johnstown High 30-Latrobe High 16 Our basketball team defeated Latrobe High School basketball team at Latrobe 30-16 on January 22. The game was fast and clean, both sides displaying great team work. . ' Johnstown opened in a whirlwind fashion running a total of 15 points before their opponents had scored. Latrobe then took a brace and the first half ended 20-7 in High School's favor. In the second half, Johnstown took things easy, scor- ing ten points while Latrobe was annexing nine. Both sides made some pretty field goals during this period. The feature of the game was the brilliant team work of High School. Our passing bewildered the opponents throughout the game. . A Thelineup: J. H. S. 30 L. H. S. 16 Colbert ....... .......SteWart Pearman .... .....Gray Broderick . . . . . . C. . . . . . . Freeble Custer ....... ......... G . ................ Gunter Connors ............... G. .............. Showalter Subs :-Schry for Colbert, Colbert for Custer, Marks for Gunter. Field goals-Colbert 2, Pearman 3, Broder- ick 6, Schry, Stewart 3, Gray, Showalter 2. Fouls- Broderick 6 out of 8, Stewart 4 out of 11. Referee-Wil- son. S-PECTATOR- 47 Johnstown H. S. 20-Hollidaysburg H. S. 18. Johnstown High journeyed to Hollidaysburg on Jan. 26th and defeated the High School team of that place by the score 20-18. The game was fast and Well-contested by both sides. The first-half, which was played under A. A. U. rules, was all Johnstown'sg the period ended with the score 12-6 in our favor. National Rules were played the last half and H. H. S. set the pace but couldn't overcome our lead. The final result was 20-18 in favor of High School. Hollidaysburg's inability to shoot fouls cost them the game. The guarding of Custer and .Connors was the feature for Johnstown. The lineup :- ' J. H. S. 20. H. H. S. 18. Colbert . Q ..... .... F . . . . ........ Rentz Pearman .... .... F . .. .... McCurdy Broderick .... . . . C. . . . .... J. Hunter Custer ......... ....... G . .... .......... H engst Connors ............... G. ................ Soyster Subs :-C. Hunter for Soyster. Field goals-Pear- man 2, Broderick 2, Rentz, J. Hunter 2, Hengst. Fouls -Broderick 12 out of 23, McCurdy 10 out of 37. Referee -Fuller. ' ' Johnstown H. S. 46-Latrobe H. S. ll. Latrobe High School played their return game on our gym iioor on Jan. 29. The local five won from them 46-11. In spite of the one-sided score, the game was quite exciting. High School gained the lead in the beginning of the 'first-half and was never passed during the remainder of the game. Broderick started the scoring with a pretty field goal which was followed with baskets by Colbert, Pearman and Connors. The first period ended 24-6 for High School. - 48 ' SPECTATOR The second half found Johnstown still setting the pace. Several pretty shots were made by Broderick and Connors. The teamwork of the locals was too much for the visitors and the game ended 46-11 in favor of High School. ' Broderick was the star of the game getting seven pretty baskets. Stewart did good work for Latrobe. The lineup:- J. H. S. 46 L. H. S. 11. Colbert ........ .... F . . . . ....... . . Gray Pearman ..... .... F . . . . ..... Myers Broderick .... .... C . . . . . Robbins Custer ......... ........ G . ................ Stewart Connors ............... G. .............. Showalter Subs :-Gunter for Myers, Freeble for Gray, Schry for Pearman, Schade for Custer. Field goals-Colbert 3, Pearman 6, Broderick 7, Connors 2, Schry, Schade, Myers, Stewart, Gray. Fouls-Broderick 6 out of 233 Gray 5 of 21. Refree-Shomo. V Johnstown H. S. 34-Greensburg H. S. 35. In a red hot game of basketball at Greensburg on Feb. 5, our team lost to our old rivals 35-34. The game was well played by both teams and the final result was in doubt until the last second of play. A close decision by the referee in favor of Greensburg lost us the game. Shomo made a field goal in the last 30 seconds of play, but the referee ruled that he had been out of bounds when he shot the ball, and that the score didn't count. Johnstown started the scoring when Broderick made a basket from the field. Greensburg, however, soon located the net and tied the score at eight and then took the lead which was 19-16 at the end of first half. ' The second-half opened with Pearman's getting a field goal from under the basket. But Greensburg spurt- ed and at the middle of the period was leading 31-23. High then took a brace and Shomo made two long shots SPECTATOR 49 in rapid succession followed by field goals by Broder- ick and Pearman. This gave the Black and Blue a one point lead with only one minute to play. It was then that Referee McGrain ruled out Shomo's basket and a basket by Turney for Greensburg gave our opponents the game 35-34. The lineup: J. H. S. 34 G. H. S. 35. Pearman ...... . . . F. . . . . . . McFadden Shomo ...... .....Overly Broderick . . . . . . C. . . . . . Turney Connors ...... ....... G . ...... ....... B enford Custer ...... .......... G . .................. Long Field goals-Pearman 2, Shomo 5, Broderick 3, Connors, McFadden 5, Overly 5, Turney 4, Long 2. Fouls -Shomo 12 out 23, Benford 3 out 17. Referee-McGrain. Inter-Class Basketball The Students' Governing Board of Inter-Class Activities will regulate and control the inter-class basket- ball games this year for the first time. There will be two leagues, one composed of girls' teams, representing their respective classes, and the other for the boys. All the games will be played in the new gymnasium. The Girl's League was inaugurated Monday after- noon, February 1, when the Seniors and Juniors played the first game. Probably owing to stage fright the scoring was not very heavy, but the game demonstrated that many exciting games are to follow. The final score was 4-2 in favor of the Junior. The lineup: Juniors 4 Seniors 2 Marie Tice ....... . . . F. . . ..... Mildred Smith Gertrude Phillips . . . . . . F. ....... Beatrice Courtney Mary Collins ...... . . . C. . . . .... Garetta Painter Elizabeth Greer . . . . . . G. . . . .... Mary Robison Sara Young ..... . . . G. . . .... Mary Cover 50 SPECTATOR Subs :-Eleanor Mitchell . for Beatrice Courtney, Sarah Rose for Elizabeth Greer, Dorothy Reynolds for Mary Collins. Field goals-Mildred Smith, Marice Tice 2. Referee-Schmid. On Feb. 2, the Boys' League was opened when the Seniors defeated the Juniors 42-17. The teamwork of the 1915 five was too much for the Juniors. Prothero was the star of the game, scoring all the points made by the losers. Stolle and Brunner played well for the Seniors. 6 The lineup: Seniors 46 Juniors 11. Brunner ...... .... F . . . . ........ Evans Coleman .... . . . F. . . . . . . . Prothero Stolle ... . . . C. .... ,... Pinder Tross .......... ....... G . ................... Fox Springer ....... . ........ G. ................. Wertz Subs :-Wetherbee for Tross, Gocher for Springer, Matthews for Fox. Field goals-Brunner 6, Coleman 5, Stolle 5, Tross, Prothero 3. Fouls--Coleman 8 out of 15, Prothero 11 out of 23. Referee-Schmid. The Sophomore girls swamped the Freshman team on Wednesday afternoon, February 3, by the score of 19-2. The chief feature of the game was the remarkable showing made by the winners. Marian Stokes and Frieda Keifer did the best work for the Sophs while Catharine Sipe played well for the Freshmen. The lineup: Sophomore 19 Freshman 2 Mary Gocher ...... . . . F. . . . . . . Mary Updegrave Frieda Keifer .... .... If '. . . . .... Josephine Cook Marian Stokes ..... . . . C. .... .... E thel McFeaters Mary Dougherty ........ G. ........ 1. . Virginia Smith Leona Powelson ......... G. ......... Catharine Sipe Field goals-Mary Gocher, Frieda Keifer 4, Marian Stokes 4. Fouls-Ethel McFeaters 2 out of 6, Marian , SPECTATOR 51 Stokes 1 out of 4. Referee-Schmid. The Soph-Freshman game in the Boys' League has been protested by the former. The final result will be Withheld until the Board takes action on the game. WENT mn That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy. -Thomas B. MaCaulay. 1' TALY is again afliicted. During the week of Jan- JI uary 18th an earthquake shook the country about Avezzano and Sora. It is reported that about 30,000 people have been killed vvhile thousands of others are injured and homeless. - The loss in property is estimated at 360,000,000 In the homes rather than in factories did the greatest loss of life occur, because the factories have been built by modern methods. The city of Avez- zano, a sugar manufacturing town, is now a waste, and from a population of 12,000 only about 1,000 people es- caped injury. The Fucino Tunnel, the outlet of Lake Fucino, has been choked up by the earthquake. Lack of food and water, and need of hospital supplies follow- ed in the trail of disaster. Immediately the Italian gov- ernment appropriated a large sum for relief. The soldiers were despatched for rescue Work and have done much to help. The Italian Red Cross sent ambulances and tents. In former times of trouble the whole World came 52 SPECTATOR to Italy's assistance, but this year such a thing was im- possible. As a result, Italy has proved herself capable of caring for her own troubles. The press of Japan is greatly incensed over a bill which is before the Idaho legislature. On January 20th the House of Representatives of Idaho passed an act prohibiting the acquisition of land in Idaho by alien persons. No nationality is mentioned, but otherwise it greatly resembles the California act. The bill is now be- fore the Senate. Roosevelt, New Jersey, has added the latest acute labor trouble to the long list in the United States. Formerly the men were paid 252.00 a day, but, when work decreased because of the war, the wages were lowered. At the be- ginning of the year the men asked that the rate be in- creased to the original 32.00. One company complied but the other two refused. A strike was declared. On January 19th the strikers boarded a train to attempt to dissuade any strike-breakers who might have come from taking part. As they were leaving the train, on which they found no strike-breakers, these strikers and the people on the platform were fired upon by a body of special deputy Sheriffs. The strikers had thrown no stones, fired no shots, nor in any way provoked violence. This posse shot down sixteen men. It was 'reckless and unauthorized use of firearms! As a result, twenty-two deputy Sheriffs are held on 32,000 bail to answer, in a Jersey court, a charge of manslaughter. New Orleans celebrated with great pomp the cente- nary of the battle of New Orleans. The Louisiana His- torical Society had charge of the celebration which lasted for three days. During this time they commemorated by pageants, plays, music, and speeches the various nation- alities by which the city had been governed. Representa- -.- M. fb 57 C-' rv H S 'C' N -1 7? if 4 fn : : fb 5 D' 51 E Q SPECTATOR 53 tives of Spain, France, and England took part together with illustrious men of the United States. A tablet was placed on the old Ursuline Convent in Chartres Street to commemorate the noble work down by this institution on January 8, 1815 and the one hundred years follow- ing. The European struggle has given rise to many poems conveying the spirit of war but none so bitter, so vindic- tive as the Hymn of Hate, by Ernest Lissauer. It ex- presses a brutish ill-will, and yet for this the Kaiser awarded him the order of the Red Eagle of the Fourth Class, with the Royal Crown. The government of the United States is making an organized eiort to discover the cause for the present in- dustrial unrest. The Industrial Relations Committee is composed of James O'Connell, of Washington, D. C., Francis P. Walsh, of Missouri, Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, of New Yorkg Harris Weinstock, of California, John B. Lennon, of Illinois, S. Thurston Ballard, of Kentucky. Work was begun by this commission about the middle of January. One question asked each witness was, What do you consider the chief cause of the present industrial unrest? Among the important witnesses have been Sam-uel Untermyer, Henry Ford and Ida M. Tarbell. The commission is investigating the Rockefeller Institute, General Education Board, Rockefeller Foundation, and the University of Chicago because of complaints that they were a menace to a democratic form of government. Q 54 SPECTATOR LUMNH J News from the Classes. '86-C. C. Greer, District Attorney of Cambria County and one of Pennsylvania's well-known lawyers, delivered the address at the commencement exercises of the Mid-Year Class of the Grammar schools in the High School Auditorium in January. '00-Merrill Baker, who had been transferred to the Philadelphiaaofiices of the Sales Department of the Cambria Steel Company, has resigned his position with the Cambria Company to accept a similar one in the Sales Department of the Vanadium Company, whose main offices are located in New York City. '02-Miss Mary Anna Widmann of this city will be married on February 11, to Anthony Krueger of Wheel- ing, West Virginia. Mr. Krueger was formerly of Johns- town, but has been located in Wheeling for several years, Where he is now employed with the R. R. Kitchen Com- pany. '03-Phillip M. Price and J. Earl Ogle Jr., a promi- nent attorney of Johnstown, have started on a trip to Cuba, where they expect to spend about a month. '05-Miss Goldie Mardis, formerly of Somerset street, Johnstown, is now a very successful teacher of art in New York City. '06-Mrs. Charles Replogle CMiss Freda Hallerj lives at Columbus, Ohio, where Mr. Replogle was recently made a Director in the Ralston Steel Car Company. '08-Bryant Itell recently has been made a member of the Cambria Theatre Orchestra. SPECTATOR 55 '08--Miss Margaret Thackray, formerly librarian in the Cambria Library, of Johnstown, is now doing library work in the Government Library in the Panama Canal Zone. '09-Elmer Smith is engaged in Work with his father, William Smith, Contractor and Builder. '10-David Speck Cex-'10J has taken charge of the gymnasium of the Y. M. C. A. at Indiana, Pennsylvania. Mr. Speck was until recently a student at the American School of Osteopathy at Kirkville, Missouri, having gone to that institution from Middletown, Ohio, Where he had charge of the physical department of the Y. M. C. A. Mr. Speck has also been an assistant director in the Central Y. M. C. A. in Pittsburg. '11-Miss Bertha Stammler is studying art in Phila- delphia. '12-Miss Rebecca DeFrehn is engaged in library Work in the Cambria Library. '12-Joseph Kaminsky is the very successful adver- tisement Writer for Nathan's Department Store. '12-Julius Porias has taken up the study of dentis- try at the University of Pennsylvania. '12--Miss Edythe Reese is ,at home this year. She graduated last spring from the National School of Do- mestic Science at Washington, D. C. 4 i . Vpm, 'PML L 56 SPECTATOR .HHHGE 'J' 0 qu GOMET, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The art work in the Valentine Number, from cover to cartoons, is ex- cellent. Your paper is so full of life and school spirit, that every department affords interesting reading ma- terial. Liverpool Graphic, Liverpool, New York: Where is your exchange column? You have not even acknowledg- ed papers and magazines received. Central High School Bulletin, Memphis, Tennessee: The cuts are especially good. Your literary department, which is of high standard in quality, certainly lacks in quantity. The Habit, Salina, Kansas: Many congratulations on the Girls' Number ! It is certainly a splendid number. We are so glad the cover presents a lovely, thoughtful girl rather than a fashion plate. t Tripod, Boston, Massachusetts: A splendid little paper, but could be greatly improved by a more exten- sive literary department. The absence of a joke depart- ment is also noticeable, but you probably have good in- tentions in omitting the jokes. The Shield, Haddonfield, New Jersey: A small but interesting exchange. The Joke number contains a liberal supply of good jokes. SPECTATOR 57 What Others Think of the Spectator. The Spectator must have a hustling school to publish such a good monthly paper. The points for unfavorable criticism are few and far between. -High School Times, Ft. Madison, Iowa. The proper function of a school paper is to promote school spirit, and while a certain amount of its space should be devoted to literary articles, the doings of school life should be fully noted. The Spectator does not show enough of this spirit, for thirty pages or more contain stories and poems, and only one page and a half, school notes. -Erasmian, Brooklyn, N. Y. One hundred andfour pages is certainly going some. even from such a paper as the Spectator. Nearly fifty pages of stories, too ! -Comet, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The increase in the number of stories, and the gen- eral advancement of the Spectator is remarkable. This is a magazine every student will enjoy reading. Keep up the good work, students of Johnstown High. -Taho- ma, Tacoma, Washington. We are glad to exchange with the Spectator, which continues to arrive from Johnstown High School, as good a paper as ever.-Central High School Bulletin, Mem- phis, Tennessee. The Spectator acknowledges the following: Tahoma, Tacoma, Washington, Tattler, Ithaca, New York, Pitt Panther, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Racquet, Portland, Maine, High School Journal, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Erasmian, Brooklyn, New York, High School Times, Ft. Madison, Iowa, Yeat- man Life, St. Louis, Missouri, Dickinsonian, Dickin- son, Penna., Quill, Parkersburg, W. Va.., Our College Times, Elizabethtown, Penna., Red and Black, Read- ing, Penna., Red and Black, Salt Lake City, Utah, Dial, Brattleboro, 'Vermontg Spectator, Paterson, New Jersey, Tiger, Beaver Falls, Penna., Brown and White, Greensburg, Penna., Tattler, El Paso, Texas, 58 SPECTATOR Wigwam, North Yakina, Wash., Spectroscope, Mt. Pleasant, Penna.g Narrator, Schuylkill Seminary, Daleville Leader, Daleville, Virginia, High School News, Lancaster, Penna.g Philomatheon Monthly, Bridgewater, Va., Purple and Gold, Ashland, Ohiog Voice, Owensboro, Kentucky, Pasco School News, Dade City, Florida. I .. . - ' I ff , I I fy dk , fff, X X . Um X fi I . ' xv ' U X' ,,,,a1f 1 ,. f JOKKS A x' ' ' 1 X N v A - x NM. A ' -. fl . i .I ig, X After groundbog day we expect spring poetry. This is the first contribution: I heard a creaking in my bed, So from my pillow I raised my head, It was the spring, spring. From below I heard a call. Easy to get up? Not at all, But I did spring, spring. 1 We don't study when we ought to, And we fail when we should pass, And when reports are given, We're in a giddy class. Charlie Colbert in Altoona- This town is so slow that my watch lost five minutes. SPE-CTATOR 59 Teacher:-I'll show you your daily grades last month. I Student :-I don't want to look back. Teacher :-Why not? Student :-I'm afraid I'll turn to salt. Teacher Cseverelyj-All those that want to talk may get out. Student fasidej-Imagine what would happen if we only thought she'd let us get out. Spectator's Jewel a Month. When you're down in your studies think of Frank Hohl, he slipped throughf' Lena, Declensions. Pupil to German Teacher:-Miss G. I am strong in the weak declension and am weak in the strong declen- sion. Teacher :-I think you are mixed in all. Pupil to music teacher :-Do you think I will ever be able to use my voice? Teacher :-Yes, to scream in time of fire. Tillie-What animal grows on a grape vine? Willie-Give it up. Tillie-Gray-apes. -Hooked. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute fm seuooe of xx 'Q-. 'Q, ENGINEERING CIVIL. MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL and CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, and GENERAL SCIENCE Sand Ior a Catalogue. N IYI SPECTATOR ow, Fellows! Buy handsome new Overcoats at a Fourth Less than usual OU may come here and choose from our splen- did line of warm, stylish overcoats at a fourth less than you'd ordinarily pay for coats of such superior quality and style-the price cuts offering these savings: 5 2.50 5 3.00 5 3.50 5 4.00 5 5.00 5 6.00 7.50 8.50 5 5 510.00 512.00 513.50 815.00 516.00 518.00 Overcoats ...... Overcoats ...... Overcoats ...... Overcoats ...... Overcoats ...... Overcoats ..,... Overcoats ...... Overcoats ....., Overcoats ...... Overcoats ....,. Overcoats ...... Overcoats ...... Overcoats ...... Overcoats ..........,.... .................. . .. 51.89 52.25 52.63 53.00 53.75 54.50 55.63 56.38 57.50 50.00 59.75 511.25 512.37 513.50 assortment are the season's newest models in regular overcoat or balmacaan styles- fine quality Meltons, Cheviots, Irish Frieze, Ker- seys and Chinchillas in all the most wanted plain colors and fancy weaves. T he Penn Traffic In Every Detail, Johnstown's Greatest Store In the SPECTATOR 61 I What Repairs? New parts for your car this year? Get them here. New accessories to make the car more comfortable? Get them here. I We have everything you want-a great. good stock of parts and accessories. COME DOWN. Johnstown Automobile Co. 101 MAIN STREET Professor-Why are the Middle Ages known as the Dark Ages? Freshman-Because there were so many Knights. a -Copied. In Latin-What is the meaning of the word ignoro? , Pupil Chelplesslyj-I don't know. Teacher-Correct. Title, Trust Sz Guarantee Company CORNER MAIN AND CLINTON STREETS Capital s2oo,ooo Surplus s2oo,ooo DIRECTORS-W. Horace Rose, Percy Allen Rose, Samuel Lenhart, Hiram Swank, Jacob F. Kress, Edmund Overdorff, Gustav Boatert, Louis H. Opperman, Edward P. Riley. lG 'INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS 'ESD 62 SPECTATOR ---for quality in spring suits, coats, dresses Q KZ irfets- ll To Meet a Popular Demand We Have Installed a LUNCH COUNTER where we serve a Special Lunch for l5c, 20c, 25c H5125 WEBER'S CAFE ECONOMY is the keynote of character and success. A boy who is taught to SAVE his money Will rarely be a bad man or a failure. The man who SAVES, will rize in his profession steadily. This is inevitable. A monthly income for life can be bought on small installments with the Scranton Life Insurance Company 200-201 Johnstown Trust Building ' Our representative will explain without any obligation on your part, on receipt of your card. JULIUS FISHER, Manager. SPECTATOR 63 Change Your Hat I Spring Styles Ready This is soft hat time. We have a line of them in all the smart blocks and colors. You can pick and choose until you're perfectly suited-and hatted-82, 32.50, 53. Get the Tie you like Come in and pick it out-we won't try to force our ideas on you, be particular-you're the one who will wear it. Regimental stripes aregreat. See them here. JoHN 4frHo1y1As sf soNs Senior-Gee, I smell Wood burning. Junior-You're mistakeng Cray's leaning his head against the radiator. Bill-Was the B. and O. railroad mentioned in the Bible? Will-Yes, When it says the Lord made all creeping things. -Stolen. Jones-Morton A D V E R T I S I N G Make Sell Sell Signs Buttons Souvenirs of All Pins and for Every Kinds Badges Occasion M SPECTATOR Photographs - SANNER'S of all kinds, The place to get S1293 and Styles Chocolates and Bon Bons that are We have 3. style truly fresh, pure, that you Will llke and wholesome. Have luncheon in our Q Garden. L. G. I-lol-nick Banquet Hall on Second Floor PHOTOGRAPHER 527 MAIN STREET Bro mo Ego M' B' lwtrnpatlyir iihguirian gflnlfafll mafhltl' 1113 Einrnln Blhg. 417 Jllranklin Qtrrvi G i ni ! r nqitiin G E SPECTATOR F - Q Q - Q I 3 5 6 9 9 prlng Tops I I Here for Spring Hats, you young fellows. We have a big-city assortment of the new pep styles. And the best values in town-151.00 up. Woolf 81 Reynolds, Inc. I CLOTHES THAT SATISPY Holmquist:-I wish to resign from my office. Pres. :-Why? Holmquist:-I wasn't here to defend myself W was elected. hen TO BEGIN I TO GET R,EADY, TO START, TO G0 to the big feast of Feature Photo Play Films at our fun factory. Positively the most attractive and entertain- ing Motion Pictures ever witnessed anywhere are now being projected at this theatre. Garden Theatre and Music Hall COR. MAIN ST. AND PARK PLACE Roof Carden on Fourth Floor. I Bowling Alleys and Billiard Rooms in Basement. ADMISSION TO THEATRE, First Floor, 10cg Balcony, 5c. 66 SPECTATOR More People Wearing Egg? PIANOS 222 Every Day Try a pair and you'll know the reason. Stores in three states. T. E. Morgan 118 Market St. Picture Framing i,,AZ5'.? 53525 22530223 iivirrmifv Style at Svprriatnr rloRAN's Book sronf Ahurrtiaerz 545 MAIN ST. E EMO THE TRE JOHNSTOWN'S GREATEST, MOST UP-T0- DATE PICTURE THEATRE The greatest productions from the Studios of the famous makers form I 1 the programs daily. I The World's Greatest Comedian in his latest triumphs of merriment will be seen in each of his great successes I at the Nemo Theatre only. 1000 upholstered seats l Admission 10c l..1- - . Children 5c SPECTATOR 67 Drugs ' Qfodas ' Candies Cigars Conrad Drug Company I l When I die I Wish to be buried in a fire place. Why? So my ashes may mix with the grate. 1858 1915 Glnztumrz fm' Hlagz, Cbprran sinh Eagwntn. Emil .Arahrmir Glam amh Gamma nf a Smprrinr Exrvllenre Supplieh 'nn a Erntal Basin Bnnklet Emi nn Appliraiinn WAAS 64 SON PHILADELPHIA, PA. 1858 1915 68 SPECTATOR 9 a e oap--- Or any little article for the toilet-drop in here and get it. And you'll get it right. We're mighty particular about the goods We sell you. KredeI's Drug Store 4112 MAIN STREET SEE OUR LINE OF ROECKES KID GLOVES FOR LADIES A Guaranteed Glove That Gives Perfect Satisfaction NATHAN 'S Johnstown's Best Store GALL.lKER'S High Grade Ice Cream and lces FOR ALL OCCASIONS . Incline Plane to Borough of Westmont SPECTATOR 69 New Method Gas Ranges Reduce Gas Bills 20 to 3076 NEW METHOD Steel Burner Finished in Vitreous Enamel-Guaranteed For Five Years Key Steel which, together with their funnel-shaped jet holes does away with all the friction that their is in the rough cast burners with their thick jet holes. This allows a much larger quantity of air to be drawn in through the - mixers and properly mixed with the gas without popping back, at the same time producing a much more intense heat without any odor. The more oxygen burned the less gas. - . These burners are light in weight, consequently can be easily lifted out, washed, and cleaned. f.TR'f3.,1'Q,f,f,Y,fst 516.00 t0 560.00 Gately 8 Fitzgerald urniture Co. Shark-Why is your neck like this typewriter? Dummy-Dunno, why? Shark-Because it is Under-Wood. Furniture of Quality ' That's assured when you buy it here. The best products of the world's fur- niture marts are included in our stocks. We also feature the best by the furni- ture artisans of Grand Rapids. T e GEIS Store CLINTON STREET-NEAR MAIN WM. l'l. RAAB 84 BRO. The Blank Book Laundrx Manufacturers Satlsiies Printers, Rulersi Binders - Engraved Stationery, An- nouncements, Cards, Etc. Why not have your Spec- tato ' ' r bound into a nice book? WOOLF BLOCK ANNEX Corner franklin and lincoln Sts. Johnstown, PA. Why not try having y o u r collars done by our new process, and note the result? Telephone and our Driver Will-Call Troy Laundry Company W. I. Rose 84 Sons sAsl1, ooons, LUMBER, CEMENT and all kinds of building materials, good planing mill work our specialty. BOTH PHONES Orders promptly attended to 328 Lincoln Street PORCH BROS INCORPORATED Dealers In Pianos and Player Pianos VISIT OUR VICTROLA PARLOR Porch Bros., Inc Cor. Vine and Franklin Sts. SPECTATOR 71 FIRST NATIONA AN Cor. Main and Franklin Streets JOHNSTOWN, PA. Capital, Surplus and Profits 51,000,000 Total Resources - - - - 7,500,000 DIRECTORS Henry Y. Haws, John McDermott, Harry Swank, W. E. Matthews, J. M. Murdock, S. C. Ream, David Barry, John Widmann, P. F. McAneny. ' OFFICERS p HENRY Y. I-IAWS, President. HARRY SWANK, Vice President. J. M. MURDOCK, Vice President DAVID BARRY. Cashier. P. F. MCANENY, N CHAS. E. MCGAHA , Assistant Cashiers. HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS I Www ' 1443? fix 25.53 iii . e 'Yiiizd' v Systematic saving leads to success. Start the new school term right by open- ing a savings account in QE United States National Bank 206 FRANKLIN STREET Stroup :-Are you going to church tonight? Tip :-No, I slept all afternoon. C6 79 The Range With The Exclusive Feazures e It's a Gas Range that at once wins the housewife -it is built for convenience and economy in fuel consumption. Many models-just the right one for your kitchen. Come in and let us show you. Citizens Electric 8: Gas Appliance Co. Vine and Franklin Streets 72 SPECTATOR The Pioneer Trust Company of Cambria County The J Ol-INSTOWN TRUST CO. Capital, Surplus and Profit S425,000 Pays Interest on Savings Accounts CHECKING ACCOUNTS SOLICITED Spring Coats, Suits Millinery are here and Gxxait Dame Fashion Decree: Small Turban Hats in Sand, Putty and Blue Shades. In Suits, high wuisted effects in same shades and shepherd checks. 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P A I QWENTS xgp 1 SA J' gl Easter ..................... ..... . ........................... . 5 The Trials and Troubles of a Chaperon ........ .... 6 One Day In the Real Sunshine .... . ............ 8 A Midnight Adventure .......,.................. ....... 1 0 Night ....... ...................... ....... 1 2 Karma's Earring ............ . ....... 12 Paul Lawrence Dunbar ........ ....... 1 5 A Pioneer Miracle ............. ......, 1 7 A Tired Student ........ ....... 2 0 The Haunted House .,..... ....... 2 1 Spring ....................... .......- 2 3 The Dark Horse ...... ....... 2 3 Descriptions ................. ....... 2 6 A Murder-Almost ........ ....... 2 9 Spring Skies .........,.... ....,,. 3 1 Orson Gulch ...... ....... 3 2 Pietro ............ ....... 3 4 Marbles .......... ........ 3 6 Editorial ........... ....... 3 7 School News ......... ....... 4 0 Society ..... ....... ....... 4 3 Athletics ......... ....... 4 5 Alumni ................ ....... 4 9 Current Events ...,... ....... 5 2 Exchanges ............ ....... 5 5 Jokes ................... ........ 5 7 Advertisements ....... ....... 5 9 SPECTATOR 5 Uhr Gigli Srhnnl Sprrtatnr Truth to the fact and a good spirit in the treatment Vol.. XVII. JOHNSTOWN, PA., APRIL, 1915. No. 7 N f.T5'7f7fiY Easter' Marjorie Stiff 'l71A. This Easter morn, don't fret and frown, Wear a smiling face with your summer gown 3 The birds are bursting, filled with gladness, There is no room for gloomy sadness. All Nature's children now awaken, For winter's blanket from earth is shaken, The birds are singing on yonder tree They bring the warmth from the South, you see. The Easter Peace will reign on earth, We will not think of strife and dearth. Christ is risen today: Oh, sing! Let your echoes ring and ring. 6 SPECTATOR The Trials and Troubles of a Chaperon Margaret Lindsey '17. Hotel Pamela, Manila, Philippine Islands, April 8, 1912. Dear Sister Agatha: Frieda and I arrived safe in Manila yesterday, which was Thursday, but I doubt if we are sane. We had quite a list of casualties, as the newspapers say, on our way from Hong-Kong. The Coolie who rowed us from the ship was intoxi- cated and rowed us into the path of a motor boat which was approaching at a great speed. As a result we were upset and the charming young man in the motor boat rescued us. He would not land us until we promised to take tea with him at the English consulate. His uncle is the English consul and a bachelor. Our rescuer's name is John Martin. I suppose you are wondering what has brought us to Manila but Frieda and I did not relish the idea of having ing three or four sneaky-eyed yellow-skinned Chinamen shadowing us every place we went. That small jade ele- phant which I brought in Calcutta caused all the fuss. Preposterous, you say. Believe me or not, my dear sister, it's true. We are going to a ball at the English consulate to- night and Frieda is in her room furnishing up some finery. I will finish this after the ball and tell you all the news. Saturday. Dear Agatha: Frieda and I have had the most exciting time. Frieda is still in bed. Soon after the dancing started last night I was standing beside some palms watching the dancers. Frieda SPECTATOR 7 was dancing with John. My glance wandered around the room and I became aware of a Chinaman with his arm in a sling and who was watching me very intently. Naturally I wondered why I was the object of his in- terest when I discovered, and this rather piqued me, that it was not my charms but the jade elephant which had attracted him. He continued to gaze at it much to my discomfort till I removed it from the chain and wrap- ped my handkerchief around it. 4 Later, when I was dancing with the consul, I dis- covered that I had torn my gown. I gave the elephant to Frieda, who was quite angry at me for disturbing a tete- e-tete with the consu1's nephew. I hurried to the cloak- room to fix my dress and there in the hall were two more of the horrid creatures, Chinamen I mean, who stared at me until I turned a corner. Really, Agatha, I was begin- ning to feel scared. In the meantime Frieda had sent John for a glass of water and when he had gone she strolled around to investigate. You know the dear child was always in- quisitive. She was so interested in the beautiful plants in the conservatory that she did not notice a Chinaman ap- proaching. Before she had time to turn the man had clapped a handkerchief to her nose. In a minute she was unconscious. When John returned with the water, Frieda could not to be found and of course he started to search for her. He entered the conservatory just as the Chinaman was removing the elephant from Frieda's glove. A short struggle ensued and the other guests, attracted by the noise, came to J ohn's aid. The Chinaman gave the queer- est explanation of his behavior. He said that his master, the Maharajah of Bekem-du-Row, had lostabeautiful ruby about three months before. He had heard that a gang of thieves had obtained it and had secreted it in a jade elephant. The servant had seen us when we landed and I was wearing it. The Maharajah did not want to have 8 SPECTATOR the affair made public and so he had tried the plan of which I have just told you. Of course, we gave him the elephant. He tapped the feet on the table and five beau- tiful rubies came from the cavity. After the excitement had passed, Frieda and John could not be found. I was terribly worried. I hurried to the hotel and there were Frieda and John getting out of a riksha. They had gone to the church across the street and had been married. Of course, I cried, because I had wanted her to have a big wedding, but they are just as happy and are going to see you on their honeymoon. Today the Maharajah sent us two thousand dollars for that elephant. I paid about ten cents for it. I am going to have a big wedding next month. Lord Bercombe and I are going to be married. You know he is the British consul. I suppose you think it is foolish for an old maid like me to get married but I am going to have my share of happiness in this life. Lovingly, your sister, Abagail. One Day In the Real Sunshine J. Milton Murdock 'l7. N April 25, 1908, a very rough looking gang of men QD surrounded a Packard car with seven people in it, which was standing at Cave Springs in the canon which leads into the western side of Death Valley in California. Three women were sitting in the car, my mother and sisters. While the men of the party were filling the can- teens, my father obtained from the rough miners all the directions for the trip that he could remember. Soon we all piled in, and, after saying good-byes and hearing good 1ucks, we started down the canon. It was a very steep and sandy descent and it lasted for fifteen miles. Slowly and gradually we came in sight of the hard task ahead of us, as little by little we viewed more of the SPECTATOR 9 great desert. A great sand-box it seemed, made for the giant winds to play in. Large sand hills, hundreds of feet high, were being continually shifted about in this box by the wildly frolicsome wind. And now ahead of us there was no longer any well defined road. Just sand, sand! The road built by civilization stopped here, and with it, we seemed to leave our courage. A dry wash was a splendid road in that valley and we took advantage of the bed of a stream left dry by the drought. Progress was slow. Ropes were cut in two by the .grindings of these sands on the tires as though they had been cords. A jump of a hundred feet or more, and a big advance had been accomplished. Not once did the car move more than a quarter of a mile at a time. The sun shone down on the sand-box and a heat was felt, which, together with the wind, made it necessary to put up the top and side curtains of the car. Finding that we were not making much progress, my father decided to take a little detour in search of harder ground. He was gone on his mission for a few hours, and when he returned he had seen the Tonopah and Tide- water Railroad tracks. Following his route in the car, we soon crossed these tracks. It was a little encouraging to know that such a product of civilization could be found near at hand. 'We started on and stopped again for a couple of hours. The sun kept sending its heat earth- Ward and the winds played all day without resting, until it seemed that all the heat and wind in the world were in this comparatively small valley of deaths. Overcoats and hats had to be worn for protection from the wind and sand. Yet it 'was so very hot that one could scarcely touch the sand. Finally with the help of some field glasses, we dis- cerned a little patch of .green trees. We immediately started for the spot and soon discovered another road leading out from the sand-box. A great change came over the air and the surroundings, as we rose into the 10 SPECTATOR higher atmosphere. Just about the time the sun was leaving its last rays on the valley which was just behind, we arrived at a camping spot. Although already occu- pied by a few houses and a fence and gate with a sign on it No Campers Allowed, we opened the gate and rode into the enclosure. An old white man, whose wife was an old squaw, came with two of his halfbreed sons to see who had ignored his sign and had taken possession of his land. After telling him our story and arguing for about an hour, he finally consented to let us stay over Sunday on his land. Resting Springs was the name of this place and the last name he should have ever given it. However, he al- lowed us to rest here for a short time. We bought some chickens from him and had a fine dinner. A good sleep and our experiences next day helped to brighten our spir- its for us the rest of the trip to the coast. The old man, half relenting, told us many interesting stories of the forty-niners and also told us how lucky we were to come through as well as we had, especially as the perils were such that few escaped. He also gave us some stones, as a remembrance of the very lucky day we had spent crossing Death Valley. ... QA Midnight Adventure Charles Tredennick '17. BOUT twenty-five years ago, on a beautiful spring night, my father started home from a long day's work. He walked up River Avenue and crossed the bridge at the Point. There was a large field at the place which is now our baseball and football grounds. At that time, it was enclosed by a high fence, with gates at the lower and upper ends. By going through this field, it shortened my father's walk and he usually took this short cut. On this particular night, he was SPECTATOR 11 walking through the field, thinking of the cozy bed that was awaiting him. Raising his head he saw something which made him feel uneasy. Backward and forward, crossways and in every direction went a white obect. It was about the size of a mang but had no arms, head or legs. The peculiar thing about the object was that it went through the air about two feet from the ground. On seeing this my father started to run to the upper gate. As soon as he ran toward the gate, the object came also. The supposed ghost came very near, then it made a turn and went in the opposite direction. Now it was out of sight, and my father did not feel so uneasy as he did before. The ghost was not away long, how- ever, but soon returned. On it came, and both were but la few feet from the gate. Hello, dere mister, said the ghost puffing and blowing, I sure am going to win dat race tomorrow. Recovering from his fright, my father laughed at himself. The awful thing, or supposed ghost was a col- ored man practicing for a race to be held on the morrow. The colored man had a white running suit. The black legs, arms and head could not be seen in the dark, but the white made a gruesome sight as it stood in relief 3 gruesome enough to justify fright. .ll-1 Y 12 SPECTATOR Night Allen Geist '16 Evening comes with faded light, Hushed and silent falls the night, Nature's children cring with fear Of darkness creeping, darkness near, Mother croons a sleepy tuneg Baby blinks at the rising moon, The wind breaks silence with bated breath, All is quiet, as still as deathg Darkness comes without a sound, Covering heaven, sky and ground: Blind ignorance causes fright For anything, e'en a star lit night. Karma's Earring Geraldine Martin '15 ARMA stole softly out from the little stucco roofed house and stealthily crept over the antiquated pav- ing to her favorite haunt, where she went every morning to Watch the sun rise and cast its rays over the steady, monotonous gaze of the Sphinx. Karma would sit for hours looking at this face, and she told it all her hopes and secrets, for the Sphinx was her only confidant. The vivacious yet lonely young girl lived alone with her father in a little village of their own along the Nile, and as her father went to the city, Gizeh, every day, she was alone a great part of her time. One day when she was doing her work, the little that there was in her little domain, she was attracted by the sound of voices. As she hastened to the door, she saw several men approaching. Karma was frightened at first, but the kind smile of an elderly man clad in khaki, SPECTATOR 13 reassured her. Have you any edibles that we may purchase? asked the man. We started from Gizeh quite early and indeed our appfetites are sharpened by now, explained the leader. I only have a few wheat cakes, but you are quite welcome to those, I'm sure, answered the young girl, shyly. As Karma hurried into the house, the professor, for so the leader was, looked at his colleague and saidg Did you notice that quaint piece of jewelry the young girl has around her neck? It looks as if it had come down from Cleopatra, or some other of those fair queens. It indeed must have some strange history. I will-. By that time Karma had reappeared and gave the men the cakes. Pm sorry there is no wine, but father has gone to the city and it is put away. Who is your father, Miss? You seem to be alone. Have you lived here long? By the way, that beautiful ornament you wear? It surely must be precious. May I examine it?-- An earring. Beautiful! mused the professor. It was indeed beautiful, a silver and jade affair which would have made Tiii'any's patrons gasp for breath. Well, good day, Miss. We are off to work. You no doubt have noticed the excavations yonder. We are working for the great discovery now, and are about finished with the Sphinx. Then the great old face shall give the world her secret which she has kept for cen- turies. With that the men left and Karma finished her work and started to meet her father and relate the strange happenings. In the late twilight, while Karma and her good father sat outside of their little house, the girl suddenly asked: Father, where is the mate to this earring? It seems so queer to have only one. Has it any history? You know the gentleman asked about it! Tell me. 14 SPECTATOR Well, dear, you are old enough now to know. It was your mother's, your grand-mother's, and your great grand-mother's. In fact even before the Conquest, it belonged to Queen Sare Karma. During civil strife one was hidden and there is a belief that it is hidden some where near the Sphinx. You are a descendant of the royalty and because your mother married me, a plebian, she was disowned. She left all of her jewels except this earring, which was put on your neck the day you were born. It would be a great advantage if you could find the mate. But come, it is late and we must rise early. A week later, a messenger brought Karma a royal command summoning her to appear before the king. She lost no time in going and as she entered the castle she was met by her friend, the professor. In great pomp, she was taken before the king and queen who kissed her and then showed her the mate to her own earring which had been found in a brass chest in the chapel of the great Sphinx, by Professor Rusner on the day which he talked with Karma. It was surprise enough to unearth such a curio, but when the queen deciphered the ancient hieroglyphics telling of its history and who the possessor of its mate was, Karma danced for joy and forgot that she was in the presence of Her Royal Highness and His Majesty, the King. Karma was given a place as lady in waiting to the queen. One can imagine how the young nobles flocked about when they saw this beautiful dark haired girl wear- ing the earrings which set her large, flashing, black eyes off to such an advantage. It was not long before Karma was following her mother's example, but she married a nobleman. When little lady Karma was one day old, the heirlooms were put away for her in the brass chest, to be handed down again as they had been in the past. SPECTATOR 15 Paul Lawrence Dunbar Virginia W. Lewis '15. Mother Race! to thee I bring This pledge of faith unwavering, This tribute to thy glory. So sang the master poet of the black race. This is almost a promise to the man who has made the strong- est claim for the negro in English literature. Paul Lawrence Dunbar was born in 1872 at Dayton, Ohio, of pure-blooded negro parents, who had been slaves. His father taught himself to read and became very fond of history, while his mother had a special love for poetry. Like the average negro family after the Civil War the Dunbars were exceedingly poor. The boy received only a common school education. For years he operated an elevator in a Dayton business house, even after his first book of poems was published. As an em- ployee in the Library of Congress he spent several years at the Capitol. In 1899 the royalties from books and poems enabled him to return to Ohio. The last days were darkened by a pitiful struggle against the White Plague. On February 9, 1906, this great spirit was released- Like to an ash-stained hearth When all its fires are spentg Like to an autumn wood By storm winds rudely shent. Perhaps this prophet of the negro was not a great poet, but he was genuine, serious and sweet. In his verse he has expressed his own spirit and that of his brother, not only the black, but also the white neighbor. With the kind of sympathy of one who knew them, Dunbar reflects the life of the black man, his amusements, detractions, and surroundings. No better interpreter has recorded- the folklore of these, the adopted children of America. 16 SPECTATOR Once dey was a ole black bah, Used to live 'round hyeah somewhah In a cave. He was so big He could ca'y off a pig. Teeming with stories of almost human animals and superstitious, they show a sweet sympathy with children and the ignorant slave. Not only do these poems tell the stories current among his people, but they also ex- press the earnest, religious fervor, appreciation of beauty, humor, and care-free spirit. Oh, dey's times fu' bein' pleasant an' fu' goin' smilin' 'roun', 'Cause I don't believe in people allus totin' 'round a frown. But he did not write dialect entirely. Many beau- tiful thoughts were expressed in pure English verse and prose. For afterwhile your tears shall cease, And sorrow shall give way to peaceg The flowers shall bloom, the weeds shall die, And in that faith seen, by and by Thy woes shall perish. Before his death he produced seventeen volumes of prose and poetry. Many of his verses are beautiful songs and have become popular as such: The lark is silent in his nest, The breeze is sighing in its flight, Sleep, Love, and peaceful be thy rest, Good-night, my love, good-night, good-night. Lofty sentiments and sweet thoughts are expressed frequently throughout his work. With childlike simplic- ity, he tells how lonesome it is when Mammy goes away, He mourns over a baby's boot and then laughingly tells of the difficulties of a courtin'. Often humorous he i , but often serious and thoughtful. sPEc'rA'roR 11 In this sombre garden close What has come and passed, who knows? What red passion, what white pain Haunted this dim walk in vain? Always he seems to strive higher, to express the greatest thoughts, to follow an ideal that is high, higher than his feeble body could reach. Simply and humbly from stone and wood, Wrought I the things that to thee might seem good. QA Pioneer Miracle James Piper 'l6. 31 NDIANS at Cunipaw in 1750 were as much a scare as the Zeppelins are in England today. A tributary band of Big Red Chief had been harassing the little fron- tier village for at least six months, and with the approach of winter they are becoming numerous. No direct attack had been made for some time. Tim- othy Ford, the leader of the pioneers at the village, was growing anxious about the Indians' next move. He guessed it was a ruse of the redskins until Big Red Chief would come up. Someone suggested a counter-move, one of acquiring aid themselves. It was adopted. Bud Hawkins and Elmer Mack were selected. Coniston, five miles up the Woskosh, was to be their destination. These two messengers were boys of sixteen and fif- teen years respectively. They were chums, and, during the peace before the latest Indian wars, had made them- selves a name as the best canoemen on the turbulent Woskosh River. They set out early one November morning, paddling up-stream as silently as they could. Say, Bud, wait till we return. We'll have a fine time shooting the rapids at Buckhorn Curve, remarked Elmer, as he and his chum tracked their canoe up a 18 SPECTATOR short, swift rapid. By a series of short portages and long, hard inter- vals of canoeing, they reached Coniston, landing about dusk, having seen no signs of Indians. They hid their canoe and sneaked up to the fort. The captain of the village received them kindly, and promised to march twenty-five men to Cunipaw within the next week. The boys, who did not wish to give up their highly prized canoe, decided to return by the river early the next morning. We warn you, said Bob Griflith, leader of Coniston. Only because of your prowess on the river do We permit you to return alone. Two such boys as you are needed at Cunipaw, Good luck! The boys had easy paddling for a long stretch. Then came a very steep, but short rapid. Elmer in the bow using a pole, with difficulty saved the boat from capsiz- 1ng. After a series of shooting rapids, as they were round- ing a bend, Elmer spoke to Bud, ordering him to silence his paddle. Bud, he exclaimed, What's that on the left bank farther down? Bud looked. What he saw terrified the boys. Two or three Indians, armed, were standing on the shore gazing up the river. It was too late to stop or to strike for the other shore. They had been seen. Elmer, let's get out of this. We'll take a chance of running by them and trust to their good marksman- ship. This aroused Mack from a sort of stupor which seem- ed to surround him at first sight of the redskins. They both paddled as fast as they could and soon came opposite the Indians. The Indians fired many times, but fortunately failed to hit the boat or its occupants. SPECTATOR 19 As they were going as a terrific rate and as they were constantly watching both shores, it was with fear that Bud uttered the exclamation: Buckhorn Curve! We forgot them, Mac! We must shoot the rapids faster than we expected! Oh, that ride! Many times the boat almost upset and by the time the craft was nearing the last rapids, it was half full of water. But then the miracle happened. The canoe suddenly hit a high water-covered stone, and the force of the water and the onrush of the boat fairly wedged the boat between the stone and the bed, the water holding the boat almost upright. The boys naturally clung to the nearest objects, which happened to be the lattice floor board. They forced their feet between the different strips and hung there. P The big stone gave way, and the boat, with its occu- pants clinging to the fioorboard, turned turtle, striking the water gunwales first. The weight of the boys kept the boat from turning over. As the boat was near the foot of the rapids, the craft with its occupants clinging to its under side, went along down the river very fast, carried by the current. The Indians gave up shooting, thinking the boatmen were either drowned or dashed to pieces. The boat kept on down the river, and, as Buckhorn rapids were only about a half mile from Cunipaw, the up-turned craft was drawn in by a pioneer close to the landing. Bud and Elmer were found unconscious from want of air, but cling- ing with a death-like grip. When the two canoemen arrived, they were hailed by the leader, Ford, as saviors of the village, for the twenty-five men came, and were a great aid in repulsing Big Red Chief, who attacked the little fort about a week after the boys' perilous escape. 20 SPECTATOR QA Tired Student Edith Weaver 'l8. 31 do not know how it happened. I remember that I had stayed up until two o'clock cramming for exams and had started for bed after expressing a wish that I might stay there all of the next day. Suddenly I looked around. I was seated in the midst of a school room full of busily working pupils. I did not know how I got there, but the rest seemed not aware of anything unusual. Then I heard the teacher saying, There are only ten minutes more. You should already be on the last question. I looked at the blackboard where the questions should have been written, but saw nothing. Seizing my pencil I jabbed the girl in front of me and said, What is the last question? She turned. The last question is this: 'What color was the dress the president's daughter wore at her last wedding?' - Now this question seemed a little unusual to me, so I said, What subject is this examination being given on? The girl looked surprised. Biology, of course! she said. This astonished me still more, so I arose from my seat and shouted aloud, Biology! I'1l have no more of it! Whereupon I seized my desk firmly in both hands, and hoisting it over my head, rushed through the air to the ceiling. Here I paused and gazed down to see what effect my exploit had on the other pupils. I looked just in time to see each pupil lay hold of his desk as I had done and precipitate himself swiftly through a window. Then I ascended-up, up, up, until at last I stood on the roof of the school building, gazing out over the town. I heard a shouting and looking down I saw a great multitude which called up to me, Come down and take your biology examination! SPECTATOR 21 This angered me greatly, and seizing the desk which I had dragged after me, I hurled it down at them. This caused me to lose my balance. I fell and would most surely have slid off the roof had not my dress caught on the rain spout at the very edge. Suddenly the worst racket that I ever heard burst on my ears. Clash! Bang! I was startled, but presently perceived the cause of all the com- motion. Suspended by a string over the edge of the roof was the master clock. Oh, what a terrible j angle it made! I decided I must stop the noise. Sliding down the string I clamored over the clock until presently I found a small lever in the side. I seized it, intending to put a stop to the uproar, when I found myself gazing into the face of a Big Ben alarm clock with my finger on the shut-off. I yawned sleepily. Oh, dear! I said, and that biology exam is today. The Haunted House Melania Olearski '18. Pm certain that there is some one in this house, exclaimed the excited wife of the fisherman. They were a young couple, married a short time and had lived happily until this incident occurred. Ah, that surely was a shoe, or something that fell, the sleepy husband answered and went to sleep again. But the wife listened, and again she heard what had terrified her beforeg the sound of a distant bell, a dull scratching, and then a sound as if something ran across the floor. She was frightened, but at last fell asleep. The next night, after a day of unpleasant thoughts, she was too tired to stay awake. But unfortunately, that mysterious series of soundsg the tinkling of a bellg dull scratching, and the pattering of feet was heard. The wife could no longer suppress her feelings, and called to her husband to find out what it was. The same old reply came back, Something fell. 22 SPECTATOR In this manner, things went on, until the wife thought that from every corner a ghost would jump at her. At the least noise, she was frightened, and looked under the bed, behind the door and everywhere, to see if any one were there. At last she could stand it no longer, and one day when her husband had gone fishing, she packed her clothes and went back to her mother's home. Mother, I couldn't stay any longer. In the day time, white figures sprang from every corner and at night there were dreadful noises. I could not stay in a haunt- ed house, she cried, and her mother tried to comfort her. She, too, began to grow nervous and looked in the corners of the room. Thus was the matter exaggerated. People soon began to avoid the fisherman and his house. Idle gos- sips of murder and haunted houses could be heard all over the village. The fisherman began to despair over the loss of his wife, friends, and good name. He vowed he would find the source of this sudden misfortune. That night he did not lie down, but kept the light burning. He watched and waited with revolver in hand, determined to shoot whatever came, whether ghost or man. But nothing happened. The next night he waited in the dark, and sure enough there was that noise. But he was not quick enough. Before he could turn on the light, it was all over. Several nights he tried in vain. One night, however, luck was his. He shot as soon as the noise began, not knowing at what or where. He heard a muffled shriek, and quickly turned on the light. There, before him, lay a very large, blind rat, with a bell tied around its neck. Later, the conclusion was drawn that a mischievous boy in the village caught a rat, picked out its eyes, tied a bell about its neck and let it go. The blind rat happen- SPECTATOR 23 ed to get into the fisherman's house, and could not find its way out. - In a few days there was a happy reunion in the home of the fisherman. .ll-1 Spring Beatrice Courtney '15 Winter's dismal reign is ended, Singing birds are on the wing, Happy voices, sweetly blended, Hail the coming of the spring. Earth's adorned by Nature's beauty, Sunbeams cheer us when we're sad. To be joyous is our duty, Spring is here, so 1et's be glad. The Dark Horse' Margaret Cook '15 HE grandstand was packed. Crowds lined the track E in front of the judges' stand. In the distance could be heard the merry-go-rounds and roller-coasters, but the great mob was silent, tense and waiting. Rounding the last turn on the home-stretch they cameg five horses with their drivers. The rythmic beat of the steel shod hoofs on the turf, the crack of a whipl and the sharp Gidap! of a driver was heard as they raced toward the wire. On they came, three abreast, with the other two stretched out behind. A mighty roar arose from the crowd. Come on there, Blue Jay! come on! was shrieked by many, for the public's favorite, Blue Jay, held the in- side position, but had reached his limit. Little Star, termed a dark horse by the racetrack 24 SPECTATOR followers, because he had never been heard of or seen before, had finished third in the two preceding heats. At the three quarter pole he seemed to take wings and fly forward from his position as fourth. He worked past The Rocket, who was second, gradually he crept up on Blue Jay, the favorite. Now his nose was even with Blue Jay's driver, but still he kept forging ahead. It looked like a neck to neck finish to the onlookers, who had be- come silent again at such an unlooked for happening. Blue Jay's driver put forth every effort of his skill, but to no effect. On they whirled toward the wire! As they passed under, Star was a nose's length ahead of Blue Jay. ' Silence reigned for a moment for the crowd seem- ed to speak. It was broken by a shrill, boyish voice shout- ing: I knew you could, Star! I knew it! I knew it! and a boy's figure broke through the side lines and ran across the track to Star, who was blanketed preparatory to be- ing led to the stables. Before the next heat it was generally known that the little boy was Dick Crandal, son of the owner of Star. Mr. Crandal was a Kentucky farmer and horse dealer. Star, a four-year-old colt, was Richard's favorite. Richard alone had raised him, broken him, cared for him, and loved him. He had always believed in the speed of his horse, about which Mr. Crandal had been rather dubious heretofore. More to please his son than any- thing else, Mr. Crandal had placed Star in training, but in the two weeks the horse had shown no special burst of speed. With doubts and misgivings he had entered the horse in the 2:16 pace. The j udges' bell rang, calling them out for the fourth heat and for the clearance of the track. Finally they came. The five scored down the stretch in good form and the judges gave the word, Go! Side by side Blue Jay and Star took the first half SPECTATOR 25 mile with the others closely bunched together in the rear. The last quarter the drivers urged their horses on and both responded gamely. The crowd rose to its feet of one accord and stood in silence to see the finish. Within twenty-five feet of the wire. Star's driver called for the final burst of speed and was not disappointed, for he came under the wire a full neck in the lead. The fifth and final heat was called. They scored down several times before the judges gave the word. All the drivers were determined to beat Star and give the race to Blue Jay by having him win this heat. But the plucky little Star finished first, undisputed. After the races the owners Went to the judges' stand to receive their money. Judge Fordyce stepped forward to give the S500 purse to Mr. Crandal, but he waved it aside and pointed to the happy Dick. So the Judge hand- ed it to the boy. Is it really all for me, father? questioned Dick. Yes, you deserve it for the care you have given Star all these years, Richard, Mr. Crandal replied. Is it all-all of it mine? queried Dick anxiously. Certainly every penny of it. Father do you remember last spring you told Mr. Norse you would not sell Star for less than five hundred dollars? Will you sell him to me? he eagerly demand- ed and extended the purse towards his father. But Dick--, Mr. Crandal paused seeing the dismay on the child's face. He changed his mind and said, I will accept your offer, Master Dick. Pushing the purse into his father's hand he started on a run for the stables. I am going to tell Star, he called back to his surprised and amused father. 26 SPECTATOR Descriptions Virginia W. Lewis '15 MONG the people who are most welcome to see are A those who compel pleasant thoughts. Mr. Farmer is one of these. On a summer evening he islfound on the shady side of the house with his chair tipped back on two legs. His greeting is always merry and just seems to fit his appearance. Above the two red cheeks of his round face sparkle. bright little blue eyes. The mass of rumpled white hair does not impress the idea of age so much as a little flurry of snow in early fall. His clear eyes seem to see little jokes in the smoke which curls from his short corncob pipe. The little wrinkles about his mouth deepen as he tells funny stories in his slow English drawl which by its very seriousness adds humor to the tale. Finally the time for his evening stroll comes. A little round brown cap tops his jolly round face. Below this are broad shoulders covered by a brown coat which seems, in its shortness, to resemble a waistcoat and thus makes him look more round than ever. His drab apQ- pearance is denied by the merry light in his face. To all the children in the neighborhood he is the personification of Santa because of his cherry manner. The Last Leaf. Margaret Mahaffey. cmFTEN in the summer in my walks around town, I meet an old man who attracts the attention of every- one by his quaintness of manner. His body, bent and feeble with age, is supported by a cane grasped in his trembling hand. The face is thin and brown, lighted by a pair of piercing steel blue eyes. The high Roman nose denotes intellect, the firm compress- ed lips are those of the soldier and leader. If one were SPECTATOR 27 to close his eyes, he might see the thin brown hair of the -old man drawn back in a loop at the neck, crowned by a cocked hat. Rulfs and frills, knee-breeches and buckled shoes would better become this quaint old figure. His whole appearance seems to fit these lines of Holmes' :- --His nose is thin And it rests on his chin like a staff, And a crook in his back And a melancholy crack In his laugh--. .il-11 A Soul I Know Lorene Martin. E HEY say she's oldg more than seventy years have seen her. True, no waves of gold now crown her shapely head, nor may I say of silver, but just gray. Her eyes! Violet? Hazel? No, nor even gray, but just faded, with remnants of love blended with grief and joy in their depths, and merely hinting at forget-me-nots. Rosy cheeks? Ruby lips? Pearly teeth? No, only remn'ants. Lily-white hands? Once, perhaps, but now only joints of the lilies are there. But heart? Just as big and full as ever. Not one furrow from the face and hands has pierced it. Grief has but furnished it with fuel, joy kindled, and kindness replenished it. Each little line at the corners of the pale lips is the imprint of an instance when the lips parted in a sweet comforting smile to heal wounded feeling. And now, the little lines are there to stay, for they are deepen- ed every time she finds a soul in misery, eager to cheer and comfort. How often the ,sweet withered face has been pressed against a pair of sobbing lips, to stop the flow of childish tears, how often raised to the eyes of a masterful form to give a word of pleading advice to a worldly man, and again to cast a beaming smile of joy 28 SPECTATOR to the very degiths of his soul. And those hands-those feeble, misshaped, harden- ed hands! They look so lifeless! But they are not, for their gentle touch has the same warm, loving feel which it used to have, and seems to carry tenderness from her very heart to make big things easy, to do little things which are so often neglected by great minds, the things which mean so much in every life. And now the little things seem to mean more to her than ever. Who, else would ever guess that buttons and hooks come off sometimes between mending days? Who else would guess, when a problem is too hard to quite sink in, that people sometimes lose their temper when they don't want to, and don't mean what they say? Is there any one else in the whole world who can stand up and smile when a fellow's done some- thing wrong, and press a tender hand on his shoulder, and say: Never mind, 'twas wrong, but when We're good and big and noble like my boy always is, we never repeat a wrong. No, there's no one else, because she's always just the same-she's just six when I feel like six, twenty- one when I feel of age, and seventy when I wonder why my hair is not gray. And it is not a problem, for has not someone said that we grow old not in years, but in spirit? And, surely, her soul is her self. SPECTATOR 29 A Murder--Almost Gertrude Phillips '16 YOUNG man named Fritz, who had just recently come to America from Germany, was strolling leisurely along one of the streets of an enterprising town, taking in all of the novel and interesting sights. His eyes were fixed heavenward most of the time, as he gazed at the sky-scrapers, and he uttered frequent Ach Him- mels, much to the amusement of the passers-by. After a while a large building came into view, and the young fellow noticed that the rooms in the third and fourth stories were brightly lighted. He paused at the door of the building and read the following mysterious letters above it: Y, W. C. A. He was very greatly puzzled by the inscription and stood there vainly trying to fathom the meaning. He had been standing there for about five minutes when a faint, yet piercing, shriek came to his ears. For a moment he stood as if glued to the spot, but when the scream was repeated, he shot thru the doorway and up a long narrow flight of steps. He had not the slightest idea where he was going, but kept running, nevertheless, until he had reached the third floor. At the head of the stair-case was a little hall, at the end of which was a door. Fritz ran to the door and tried to open it, but it was locked. The light from the tran- som showed him that he was at the right place, but there was no noise at present. So he stood there, think- ing that perhaps he had just imagined he had heard a scream. He was about to go down-stairs again and had just turned around when suddenly a girl's voice broke the silence shouting: Shoot, Bess! Shoot? said the badly frightened young fellow aloud. Shoot? Ach Himmel, das ist nicht gut! And so saying, he turned quickly around, ran down the hall and fairly leaped down the steps. 30 SPECTATOR He bolted thru the door, shot up the street, and turned the corner so quickly that he collided with a big policeman. The officer began to swear at the clumsy foreigner, but Fritz, as soon as he saw whom he had knocked down, a boliceman, eagerly grasped him by the arm and gesticulating wildly, compelled him to fol- low. The roundsman finally suspected some trouble and eagerly went with Fritz. He was surprised that the young fellow slackened his pace when they reached the Y. W. C. A. building and was even more surprised when Fritz pulled him thru the doorway and up the steps. When they reached the third floor they were both breathless and Fritz, with diiiicutly said, Hier! Now there was so very much noise within the room that Fritz thought he had arrived just in time and excited- ly walked up and down the hall while the oflicer, just to satisfy his companion's curiosity, demanded to be let into the room. Finally, a young lady clad in a gym suit came to the door and asked what the disturbance was about. Fritz told her in very broken English that she was trying to hide a case of murder from the policeman, because he had heard with his own ears a girl yell, Shoot, Bess! He wanted to know what Bess had done that she was to be shot and looked very indignant when the young lady laughed at him. It was a very long time before Fritz could be as- sured that Bess was safe and sound and that no one had thought of shooting her. Bess had been merely urged by one of the spectators of the big basket-ball game to make a basket and this she had done, thereby saving the game. Fritz was heard to remark as he went down the stairs, Ach Gott, vat a country! ' SPECTATOR 31 Spring Skies Ruby Burkhart '15 PRING is coming' Once more we gladly turn our 5 eyes from the cold desolate ground to the sky, which is no longer the gray leaden sky of winter, but the soft glorious sky of the awakening year. We have read about fairy castles of rubies and sapphiresg now our skies paint for us visions of these castles in all their splendor. Each day brings new beauties of its own in to the sky. But how many of us see all these beauties each day? Our lives are mostly bundles of habits, some of which are good, some bad. A good habit for all of us to form is that of observing the beauty of Nature. This observation will bring much pleasure. Perhaps we find it difficult to rise so early these frosty mornings, but we will soon forget this, when we see the warm sun peeping above the horizon and delicately tinting every cloud in the sky. One morning I thought the sunrise was especially beautiful. In the east were waves of small clouds which were flushed a deep pink by the rising sun. Near the edge, the mass was a faint yellow and the edge it- itself was snowy white. When I looked at it a few minutes later all the colors had faded and only a delicate suggestion of pinkremained. This is a beauty of Nature to be seen only by the person who gets up with the sun. A few days after this I saw the sun set in all its glory. One large massy cloud was colored purple, red, and a bluish black, and a smaller one was red. As the sun sank lower and lower, the large one became black but the small one became golden. I wondered as I looked at it how many people had missed it. I ride about twelve miles to school on the trolley car every morning just as the sun is rising. The sky is often different shades of blue together with dainty pink and golden colors. When there are clouds in the sky, 32 SPECTATOR there are always more colors and pictures. Sometimes the sun is hidden behind a large hill and always when I see it again it paints a new picture. One morning a mass of snow-white clouds surrounded a blue spot which reminded one of a lake. Another time as the car sped along far up on the hill, an engine down in the valley was traveling up the railroad sending its curls of white smoke up through the clear air. When the sun shone through this smoke, it gave a delicate lacy appearance as it ascended to the bright blue sky. When I go home from school about the middle of the afternoon, the sky is generally blue with large white clouds in it which sail along like great white ships at sea. These are only a few of the many pictures the sky has given to me. It takes only a minute to look and it is a minute well spent. Let us stop in this busy life of ours to enjoy Nature. There will be so much to see not only in the sky, but also on the ground as spring comes. I think that we can all learn to love and appreciate Nature's beauties more and thus become attuned to the Infinite. . Orson Gulch Margaret Karas ' 16. A sleepy, good-for-nothing apparently forsaken min- ing camp still manifesting in its large saloon and dance hall, its two story hotel and grocery, some hint of its past splendor and now showing in its tumble-down, ram-shackled houses and the general forlorn appearance, its poverty-that is the picture of Orson Gulch which rises before one's vision. It is about noon and, as has been said, the town is apparently lifeless. Suddenly, however, at the end of the one long narrow street of which the town boasts, a tall handsome young man appears. He lounges care- lessly down the street until he comes to the grocery store SPECTATOR 33 which he enters. Walking up to the girl who is the only person in the store he begins to talk to her. He distracts her attention from himself and as she is looking up the street, suddenly seizes her by the throat and chokes her. The girl falls across the counter seemingly dead, while the man lightly taps the wall in search of the secret niche where Johnson, the miserly grocer, is said to hoard the remnant of his one time fortune. Suddenly a board yields to the pressure of his fingers, a hole opens before him and reaching in his hand he draws out a small log. Not even pausing to close the hole he turns to go out of the store and finds himself face to face with the storekeeper. Without stopping ia moment, he draws his revolver and fires, killing the grocer. The sound of the shot and the screams of the girl who has now revived arouse the camp. People tumble out of the houses shouting and running in pursuit of the robber. The streets, deserted but a few minutes ago, now fill. Confusion reigns as the mob headed by sheriff and deputy race after the fugitive firing at him and oc- casionally being fired at with more or less injury. Men appear ahead but the man passes them and succeeds in reaching the shelter of the saloon. He rushes into the door, knocks over the proprietor and pausing an instant to refresh himself rushes out the other end. His aim is to reach the stable which stands at the other end of the street and he reaches it a few minutes before the pur- suers, who with a greater clamor and noise than before, are still trying to catch him. No one is to be seen at the stable and seizing with haste the horse nearest him he saddles and rides out. The time occupied in saddling the horse was but short but his pursuers have gained and are almost upon him. He urges his horse onward but a well directed shot brings it to the ground. The man makes one more desperate effort to 34 SPECTATOR escape but is surrounded. He turns, fires recklessly into the crowd and then placing the revolver to his head shoots himself, falling in a crumpled heap to the ground. Goodness gracious! exclaimed the girl, how do they make these movies anyway? I don't know, answered her companion, putting on his coat, but I do hope it has stopped raining. Pietro Sara Young 'l6. cm N a dark, dirty street, overcrowded and narrow, stood a small workshop, now the second-hand shop of Pietro. No one knew who the proprietor of this one-roomed shop was or whence he had comeg and he never offered any information. On this particular day, Pietro stood in the doorway of his shop talking with a very well dressed lady who was eager to buy the dainty trinket which Pietro held in his hand. In her most persuasive tone she was saying, I should like very much to have the trinket and I should think I had gotten it cheap even at one hundred dollars. Even this amount of money which could clear Pietro's name, did not shake his determination not to part with it. It had been given him by his Mariana, as he called her, and he had promised never to part with it. Not wishing the lady to become offended, however, he replied, I am sorry to disappoint you, lady, but I cannot part with this trinket. It has a very sad but sweet story connected with it which I never hope to forget. 'Oh, can't you tell me the story? asked the lady, inquisitively. Pietro frowned, then turned and peered into her face and went into the shop quickly. His suspicions of the lady, were, one by one, deepening. When he returned to SPECTATOR 35 the doorway of the shop, the lady was just disappearing around the next corner. in her automobile. As he was about to sit down again, he saw a small white paper ly- ing on his chair addressed to him. He read it and then reread it, his frown deepening as he read: Dear Pietro: As you have not recognized me, I shall have to ask you call at my apartments on 52d Avenue and ask for Miss Mariana Hurley. You will find me there at ten o'clock Tuesday morning and I will have something which I think will interest you. Mariana. My God ! ejaculated Pietro. If Mariana hasn't fol- lowed me, and now she will threaten to tell who I am. But since she knows I'm here and I haven't the money to leave, I guess I might as well go to see her. Ten o'clock Tuesday morning found Pietro at Mar- iana's apartment. She came to greet him, dressed in her native costume and she bade him be seated. For a min- ute Pietro thought he was back in Italy because of the decoration and furnishings of the apartment. Pietro broke the silence by saying, Why have you asked me to come here this morning? I hope my faith in your loyalty will not be shattered. I swear to you, Mariana, I did not kill him! Pietro, you hurt me very much by saying what you have said. But, added Mariana, smiling again, it is no longer necessary for you to hide from the oiiicers. The Baron has confessed his crime. I knew you did not write to anyone at home and might never find it out, so now you understand my being in New York. Mariana, you don't mean to say that I can go back to Italy with a clean name? Yes, said Mariana, I-that is just what I mean. No one knew what happened during the next few hours, but in later years, when Pietro was asked to tell of an adventure of his, he told about the way he had se- 36 SPECTATOR cured a wife and he always ended his tale by saying: Mariana just cou1dn't stay away from me, and so she persuaded the Baron to confess. Then she came to New York to find me, and, of course, he would finally say, I couldn't do less for the girl than marry her, after all her trouble. JVIarb1es Mary Cover '15 Hear the jingle of shining marblesg Hear the shouts of the boys at playg Swapping shooters, or trading commiesg How they love it, the live long day! Dirty hands and bleeding knuckles, Smiling faces and eyes aglow, Losing growls or winning chuckles, All the pleasures, the games bestow. In the alley, or on the sidewalks, On the corner, or in the streetg Spring brings with it the game of marbles: Where you venture, this sport you'll meet. Uhr high Srhnnl Svprrtatnr ' ' JbHNs'rowN, PA., APRIL, 1915. ' SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 75c. PER COPY, 10 CENTS Ehitnrial aah Business Stat' Editor in Chief, MARY E. COVER, 1915. 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Entered at the Postofliceg Johnstown, Pa., as second-class mail matter. ln oi-der to insure publication ln the current issue, MSS. must be handed to the editor not later than the 10th of each month. 5 is -zlf mire Rust '1 5 P 4111, With the return of the sap to the trees, the early call of the birds, the NEW LIFE IN tender young buds on the dull twigs AMERICAN and earth, and the brighter skies over- BUSINESS head, comes a substantial promise of the rebound of business and a confi- dence in money institutions, which 38 SPECTATOR spells prosperity and advancement for the United States. The issuing of 849,000,000 worth of mortage bonds by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the 510,000,000 Worth of securities sold by the Illinois Central, sounds a note as cheerful as that of an early robin. An excess of S145,500,000 from exports flowing into our coffers will quicken business life, as surely as the sap of the maple quickens the life of the tree so that new green buds open. The changing of the money market from London to New York inspires new hope such as we gain from the returning blue in the heavens. This is a time when optimism and energy will be its own reward. At first, the European struggle caused fear which influenced us to hide our money in the cupboard with a distrust for stock exchanges and speculation. But now a new burst of confidence has come with the great amounts of money that foreign countries are borrowing in order to carry on the contest. Money has become cheap. Cheap money always means a boom in industries. We no longer need the gold pool and the cotton pool which were instituted for emergencies at the outbreak of the war. The growing demand for our goods in Europe should be great enough to lift from this country the burden of unemployment which has settled over us like a leaden cloud during the winter. The supremacy of American money heralds the be- ginning of a new era in money markets, with a change of its center from Europe to the United States. Ameri- can money is in demand. The mark, the franc, the pound, are all rated below par, but the dollar is worth more than it ever was before. Springalways suggests an awakening of life, but the advent of spring this year brings a hope of development in business, as well as in nature, with only a request for SPECTATOR 39 our confidence and support. Who could refuse these in Spring? Doctor Foster went to Gloucester, MOTHER In a shower of raing Goose He stepped into a puddle up to his middle, And never went back again. How strange that we have repeated this jingle time and again without knowing that the author was Miss Elizabeth Foster, who later became the Mother Goose whom we love so much! Elizabeth Foster was born in a suburb of Boston, Charleston, Massachusetts, in 1665. As a girl she was fond of making rhymes and one of her earliest attempts was the one to cheer her father, Doctor Foster, when he came home dripping wet from a trip to Gloucester. Later Elizabeth Foster married Mr. Goose, a widow- er with nine children, and when nine of her own had been added to this brood, she found her queer verses quite a help in rearing her children. We can easily see now how she pictured so well in a few words The Old Women Who Lived in a Shoe. At last one of Mother Goose's sons-in-law, seeing what a favorite she was with her children and grandchil- dren, decided that it was due to her verses, and re- solved to give other children an opportunity to enjoy them. Imagine how surprised Mother Goose must have been to have a volume of her own rhymes placed in her lap, one day! She never realized that their nonsensical jingles were the fun that children were starving for. Her son-in-law was kept busy for a long time after this supplying food for the little brains. And as long as the world moves, and there are children, and those who love children, there will be a demand for the Tales of Mother Goose. 40 SPECTATOR SCHOOL NEWS On February 17, Miss Lillian Howard, an organiz- ing secretary of the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage party, addressed the students on the equal suffrage question. Miss Howard discussed the State amendment and gave a brief outline of the advance of the'woman's cause. The domestic science classes have moved into the new kitchen on the third floor of the northern annex. The new department has accommodations for 26 girls at one time, each being supplied with a complete kitchenette, including burners, hot plates and portable ovens. A range, adequate sinks, and other necessary equipment has been installed. All the equipment is new. At a late meeting of the 1915 class it was decided that the baccalaureate sermon will be delivered on Sun- day, May 23. The sermon will be preached in the First Lutheran church by the pastor, the Reverend Robert D. Clare. Principal Stockton was one of the judges in the State-Washington and Jefferson debate held at State College on March 5. Mr. Stockton, while away, visited the Altoona High School in whose lunch room he was especially interested. The opening of the next term will see a students' restaurant established in our school. Miss Ida Henderson, who conducts the Thursday study-hour for the High School girls, started a series of recitals on plays that have a special value to young women. The first was The Bluebird and the others are Peter Pan, The Piper, and Every woman. On March 4, the sub-Freshmen girls attended the Bible class for the first time. The seventeen who were SPECTATOR 41 present had their own table and their own songs and yells. At the annual meeting of the Association of Second- ary Schools of the Upper Ohio valley, Miss Matilda Krebs was elected secretary and a member of the executive committee for the Biology Section. i1-.l- The 9:40 English section has had the pleasure of hearing' Dr. Anderson, the Harry Lauder impersonator. The students were delighted with the ready of Burns' To a Louse, Mountain Daisy, To a Mouse, and Man Was Made to Mourn. ,il- It has been announced that John Schmidt, '15, has accepted a scholarship to Franklin and Marshall college oifered by the St. John's Reformed church. The offer was made upon the condition that Mr. Schmidt prepare for the ministry. ,..1....l- The Seniors were recently addressed by Mr. Mc- Connell of Lebanon Valley college. He spoke of the ad- vantages of a university training in general and of Leba- non Valley in particular. .l. -- On February 26, the Seniors were entertained by the class of 1916 at the annual Junior-Senior reception. The halls, auditorium and gymnasium were tastily dec- orated with class banners, palms and college pennants. 1 - The musical comedy, The Bachelors' Reception by Ben Hinchman was well enacted by the Juniors. The committees in charge deserve much credit for the dec- orations, the play and the refreshments. 42 SPECTATOR On February 11 and 12, the annual concert of the music class was given under the direction of Miss Helga L. Swan. So great was the demand for admissions that a second performance had to be given on the twelfth. The first half of the program consisted of the fol- lowing, Orchestra, Hungarian Lustpiel QKe1er-Belalg chorus, Out On the Deep CLohrJ and The Owl and the Pussy Cat Clngrahamjg boys' chorus, Venetian Boat Song QBlumentha1J and Heights CSpohrJg chorus, Blow Soft Winds CVincentJ 3 orchestra, Naida fPaul Wachsj and Flight of the Birds CRiceJg vocal solos, Still wie die Nacht fBohmj and Little Gray Home in the West, Miss Helga L. Swan, girls' chorus, Gonde- lier's Song fGraben-Hoffmanj 3 trio, Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffman fOffenbachJ, Miss Mary Weaver, Wilbur Pearce, and Moses Silverstone: chorus, Bridal Chorus from The Rose Maiden fCowanJ Q or- chestra, Haydn's Toy Symphonyg chorus, Wanderer's Night Song fRubensteinJ. The program was concluded by a pleasing little twenty-minute operetta The Three Wishes, a Jessie L. Gaynor composition. The receipts from the musicale totaled more than 3300, which will be used to cover the expenses of the track team. Mr. Schock's class in advanced chemistry have begun their work for the term, iron and steel analysis. The boys have been required to prepare quite a bit of appar- atus necessary for this work and are eager to acquire a. good working knowledge of the procedure. Memory-Gem-a-Day-Club. There are now ninety-seven members of the Memory- Gem-a-Day club. Each member is trying to learn some- thing from a master mind every day. SPECTATOR 43 .JU T. K. E. . The T. K. E. Society held its last regular meeting of the term on February 19th. An interesting feature of the program was a debate: Resolved, That under pres- ent conditions the United States should take immediate steps to increase the navy. Affirmative. Negative. Clyde Dunmeyer, CCapt.J. Earl Cook, CCapt.J. Margaret Hummel Katherine Glock. Grace Goughnour. Albert Callet. The judges decided in favor of the negative. A clever little playlet, A Box of Powder was pre- sented by Ruth Morris as Mrs. Nellie Wemyss, and Charles Bird as The Colonel. Emerson Society. The Emerson Literary Society has Chosen Bernard Shaw's play Arms and the Man for its open meeting which will be held some time in April. The cast for the play: Raina ........................... .... J ulia Short Petkoff . . . . . . Ludwig Tross Butler. . . ...... Paul Lavelle Louka .... . . . Gertrude Sanford Catherine ...... ..... M ary Cover Sergius .......... . . . Cyril Smith Chocolate Soldier . . . .... Allen Geist 44 SPECTATOR Der Schiller-Verein. Der Schiller-Verein hat eine Versammlung am Dien- stag Abend, den neunten Marz in der Hochschule abge- halten Nachdem ein paar Leider von dem Verein gesun- gen wurden, wurde das folgende interessante Programm ausgefuhrt. Eine Vorlesung, Das Leben von Carmen. Sylva, Mary Thomas. Eine Vorlesung, Ein deutscher Rip Van Winkle, Everett Wetherbee. Ein Lied, Zu einer Primel, Catherine Hutchison. Eine Vorlesung, Warum die Grossmutter Nicht schreiben kann, Ruth Dempsey. . Agassiz At the meeting of the Chapter on February 18, Magdalene Yoder gave an interesting talk on Rabbits, describing the different species, especially the Snowshoe rabbit. Two of the new members of the chapter brought live rabbits to the meeting. Additional information has been received from the Youths Companion concerning the care of the Japan- ese Dwarf Trees. Quite a number of orange peels have been prepared for seeds. Of the first planted, sev- eral are growing. At the meeting on March 5, we were entertained by Miss Davis of the Westmont schools. We were shown the skins of our winter birds and the birds which will soon return from the South. This discussion was one of the best given this year, and we hope that we can have more equally as good. With the coming of spring the Chapter will take a number of jaunts. The members are anticipating some interesting studies of birds and plants. SPECTATOR 45 X f' me - f' 'Q' .1 41 -.. .ll Johnstown High, 25-DuBois High, 16. On Friday evening, February 19th, DuBois High School played its annual basketball game with Johns- town High on our gym fioor. The smallest crowd this season turned out to witness the best battle ever staged against our old rivals. The game was fast and well- contested by both sides, with High School leading 25-16 when the final whistle sounded. Johnstown started scoring early in the first half, scoring six points before the visitors tallied. We main- tained this lead throughout the period, which ended 9-5. The second half opened with some very clever team- work and brilliant shots by each team. Shomo especially made several spectacular baskets from the field. The visitors were unable to overcome our lead and the game ended 25-16 for Johnstown. The lineup: J. H. S. D. H. S. Pearman. . . .... F. .... . . Roundsley Shomo ..... .... F .... .... G e rhardt Broderick .... .... C .... ...... H a ys Colbert .................. G. ................ Bloom Connors ................. G ............... Swisher Substitutions-Schry for Pearman, Custer for Con- nors, Geary for Gerhardt. Field goals-Shomo 5, Brod- erick 2, Connors, Hays 2, Roundsley. Fouls-Shomo 9 out of 19, Swisher 10 out of 15. Referee-Schry. .... -. Johnstown High, 33--Vandergrift High, 24. Johnstown High played its return game with Vander- 46 SPECTATOR grift High on Saturday evening, Feb. 20th. The final score was 33-24 in favor of our team. Both teams played a fast passing game with Johnstown doing more accurate shooting than their opponents. The first half ended 21-10 in favor of High School. In the second half Johnstown set the pace through- out, and when the final whistle blew the score was 33-24 in her favor. The lineup : J. H. S. V. H. S. Shomo ........ . . .F. . . . . Morgan Pearman ..... ..... F .... . . Hilty Broderick .... .... C .. . . . . Rearick Colbert .... .... G .. . . . . . Prugh Connors ..... ....... G . ................ Cowan Substitutions-Mclntire for Prugh, Schry for Pear- man, Rutledge for Shomo. Field goals-Broderick 6, Shomo 5, Morgan 2, Hilty 2, Cowan. Fouls-Shomo 11 out of 15, Rearick 14 out of 18. Referee-McCallum. Johnstown High, 50-Greensburg High, 22. On Friday evening, March 5, Johnstown High got sweet revenge on her old rivals, Greensburg High School, by defeating them in a very exciting game of basketball in the gym. The visitors were clearly outclassed in every department of the game, High School bewildering their opponents by their fast passing and brilliant shooting. Johnstown quickly gained the lead early in the first half which they maintained during the entire game. The second half became very rough and resulted in some of the visitors being forced to retire on account of injuries. Our players, however, continued to score and the game ended 50-22 in our favor. . The features of the game were the brilliant team- work of High School and the shooting of Shomo and Col- bert. SPECTATOR 47 The lineup: J. H. S. , G. H. S. Pearman .... ..... F .. . . . . McFadden Shomo ..... .... F . . . . .... Overly Broderick. . . .... C.. . . . . . Turney Connors ................. G. .............. Benford Colbert .................. G. ................ Long Substitutions-Keck for Benford, Mitinger for Keck, Thomas for Overly, Custer for Connors, Schry for Pear- man. Field goals-Pearman, Shomo 11, Broderick 3, Connors, Colbert 3, Thomas 4, Turney 3, Long 2. Fouls- Shomo 12 out of 19, Benford 4 out of 18. Referee- Schry. Johnstown High, 53-Indiana High, 31. The Johnstown High School basketball squad start- ed on a trip through the north of the State on Thursday, March 11th. They played their first game at Indiana and easily defeated Indiana High School 53-31. Again the team- work of our players baffled the opponents and the re- sult was never in doubt. The lineup: J. H. S. I. H. S. Pearman .... ..... F .. . . . . . McGregor Shomo ...... ..... F .... .... S h aifer Broderick. . . ..... C.. . . . . . . Wetzel Connors .................. G ............... Dodson Colbert .................. G. .............. Williams Substitutions-Schry for Pearman, Custer for Connors, Allison for Williams. Field goals-Pearman 4, Shomo 8, Broderick 7, Connors 2, Colbert, McGregor 3, Shaffer 5, Dodson 3. Fouls-Shomo 13 out of 19, Dodson 9 out of 19. Referee-McCreight. The DuBois Game. On Friday evening, March 12th, Johnstown High 48 SPECTATOR School met the DuBois High team in basketball at Du- Bois. What promised to be the greatest basketball game ever played between the rival schools ended in a dis- pute. With the score 34-29 in favor of DuBois, Referee Gillen banished Connors from the game when the latter asked an explanation concerning a decision of the for- mer. During the time-out when Capt. Colbert interceded for Connors, the referee pushed him back into his team- mates. Again Colbert asked the official regarding his decision and was again ignored. When the DuBois coach was asked his opinion, he upheld the referee. Then Capt. Colbert led his players from the floor and refused to continue the game. Referee Gillen then awarded the game to DuBois. Johnstown High, 26-Brookville High, 45. The following day, March 13th, the High School squad played at Brookville and was defeated by the High School team by the score of 45-26. Despite the one-sided score the contest was very exciting, both teams playing a clean, fast game. Our players were badly used up in the hard game the night before at DuBois and were un- able to stop their opponents. Gilbreath and T. Agnew starred for Brookville, while Broderick did the best for High School. The lineup: J. H. S. B. H. S. Pearman ...... .... F .... . . .F. Agnew Shomo ..... .... F . .... . . . Gilbreath Broderick .... .... C .. . . . . . T. Agnew Connors .................. G. ............... Briggs Colbert .................. G. ............... Brown Field goals-Pearman, Shomo 3, Broderick 4, F. Ag- new 5, Gilbreath 6, T. Agnew 8. Foul goals--Shomo 10 out of 143 F. Agnew 7 out of 14. Referee-Schwartz. SPECTATOR 49 lumni News from the Classes. '90-At the Convention of Teachers of Secondary Schools of the Upper Ohio Valley, held at the University of Pittsburg, on March 6, 1915, Miss Matilda Krebs gave a talk on The Equipment of a New Biological Labora- tory. '95-Mrs. H. C. Stiff fMiss Lydia Kellerl has been doing a great deal of work in the Seventeenth Ward of Johnstown in the interests of the Associated Charities of the city. '02- Mothercraft was the theme of a very delight- ful and excellent address delivered recently before the Mother's club of the Westmont Parent-Teacher Associa- tion by Mrs. John A. Northwood fMiss Esther Harrisj. '03-Mrs. Kline Jordan CMiss Olive Ottoj recently visited in Johnstown at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Otto. Mrs. Jordan now lives in Mars, Penn- sylvania. '04--Mrs. William Marvin Haines fMiss Naomi Swankj and family of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, have arrived in Johnstown to attend the wedding of Mrs. Haines' sister, Miss Bess Swank. '04-Dr. F. M. B. Schramm has been appointed by the Johnstown Water Company to test the water of the city. Dr. Schramm recently took a post-graduate course at J eiferson Medical College in the study of bacteriology. '06-William Grunizer of this city is at present a teacher in the High School at Salix, Pennsylvania. '06-The marriage of Miss Bess Swank to Mr. Ray- mond Schuster of the firm of Fronheiser and Schuster will take place on the evening of March 24, at the home of Miss Swank on Tioga street, Westmont. The ceremony will be solemnized by Miss Swank's brother, the Rev. 50 SPECTATOR Newton Daniel Swank CJ. H. S.-'07J, pastor of the First Lutheran Church of Carnegie, Pennsylvania, and by the Rev. Robert D. Clare, pastor of the First Lutheran church of Johnstown. '07-Frank Hoerle and Mrs. Hoerle are at present in Johnstown en route to Philadelphia, where Mr. Hoerle will enter the Sales Department of the Cambria Steel Company. He was formerly in the oflices of the company at Detroit. '07-W. Greer McCrory fex-'07J of Xenia, Ohio, was operated upon for appendicitis recently at Dr. White- head's private hospital at Xenia, and has since been rest- ing comfortably. Mr. McCrory has been a student at the Xenia Theological Seminary, a United Presbyterian institution, since last September, when he left Johnstown with Mrs. McCrory, for Ohio. '09-Miss Ruth Blight of Johnstown and William Dempsey fex-'09J were recently married. Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey reside in Johnstown. '09--Alan Weaver will leave soon for Alexandria, Virginia, where he will take charge of a recently-pur- chased 270-acre plantation. Mr. Weaver intends to be- come a resident of Virginia. Later Frank R. Weaver KJ. H. S.-'05J will also go South. '10-Miss Lou Burgraff is taking a very active in- terest in Johnstown in the work for Equal Suffrage. '10-Walter Kress has recently become a. member of the editorial staff of the Cornell Era at Cornell Uni- versity. '10-Seward Davis, who is a very active member of the Alumni Association, and who has been working for The Johnstown Tribune has recently left the em- ploy of The Tribune to take up work in the offices of the city assessors at the City Hall. '10-Carl Glock, who graduated from Williams Col- lege in 1914 and who is doing post-graduate work at Harvard University, has been appointed assistant in- SPECTATOR 51 structor to Professor Monroe in the History Department of Harvard. Mr. Glock teaches Constitutional Govern- ment. '12-Miss Alice Gocher was recently elected a mem- ber of the Phoenix Literary Club, an honorary organiza- tion of Wells College. '12-Recently the Rhode Island State College relay team, of which Harold A. Gardner is a member, attended four meets, two in Boston and two in Providence, and won three of the four contests. On January 23, running against Boston Col1ege,at South Armory Meet, he Won,time 2m. 40 3-5s. On February 6, running against New Hamp- shire State College, at Boston Athletic Associationmeet, won, time 3m. 17 3-5s. On February 20, against Massa- chusetts Agricultural College at Armory Athletic Asso- ciation meet in Providence, he Won, time, 2m. 48 3-5s. Harold A. Gardner during his Johnstown High School days was a member of the High School relay team. '14-Morris Reynolds, who has been studying agri- culture at Cornell University, has left Cornell to work on his farm in Florida. 3585? 52 SPECTATOR Wm lawn That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy. -Thomas B. Macauley. In the District building, Washington, D. C., five air- towels have been installed. This is an ideal sanitary and economical method of drying the hands. In the top of a rectangular casing there is an opening for the hands. A foot pedal at the base operates an electric switch which turns on a blower that forces warmed air into ducts and deflectors which distribute it evenly over the hands. By this means, the hands are dried in thirty seconds. Guiseppe Motta is the new president of the Swiss Confederation. Joseph Motta is from the canton of Ticino, an Italian-speaking province, and is the first presi- dent from this canton. He is the first Roman Catholic to be elected to the presidency and is also the young- est man to hold this office. The inauguration of this man marks another step forward in the Swiss ideal of the oblivion of all racial differences within the state. The United States is decreasing her death rate in one line at least. The E. H. Harriman gold medal for the best record in accident prevention and industrial hygiene for the year 1914 has been awarded to the New York SPECTATOR 53 Central Railroad. During four years not a single passen- ger has been killed in a train accident on this road. A Hollander has invented a straw stretcher for army purposes. This is made of a mat of straw reinforced with willow on the under side and fastened to two bam- boo poles for handles. The same man has also contrived a bed, a blanket, and pillow of straw for the soldiers. The first practical use of them was for the British sailors wrecked off the coast of the Netherlands. They are eco- nomical and sanitary. Both these points are important to an army. The American Museum of Natural History, in the annual report by President Osborn, stated that they have made explorations in three continents during the year, and at present have twenty-nine expeditions in the field. More than 5,000 specimens collected by the Roose- velt expedition to Paraguay and Brazil, and a collection of Peruvian pottery from Nasca, Peru, is the South Amer- ican contribution. Also 5,000 fossils of the Schrammen collection together with 265 sharks and other fish from Japan have been added this year. Fanny Crosby, the blind hymn-writer, died at Bridgeport, Conn. on February 12. She was educated in the New York Institution for the Blind, where she later became an instructor. During her life, she wrote about 6,000 hymns, many of which are very popular. Beside these she produced a number of songs and poems. War and strife rends Europe, but at the same time, America presents to the world a most excellent emblem of peace. On February 20, the Panama-Pacific Exposi- tion opened. Forty-two countries are officially participat- ingg four European countries have sent relics: while states, firms, and individuals have exhibits worth 3350,- 54 SPECTATOR 000,000. On the opening day, 245,143 people passed through the gates. San Francisco is justly proud of the culmination of her five years' work. England is represented in the decorative Work by Frank Brangwyn, whose eight mural paintings for the East Court have been given special mention. He has taken as his themes the four elements, Air, Earth, Fire and Water. The Tower of Jewels, 435 feet tall, is one of the most conspicuous buildings. It is studded all over with brilliant gems of electric art. Another beautiful building is the Fine Arts Palace, as is also the Great Arch of the Rising Sun. The fair will close oiiicially on December 4, 1915, but before that time 500 conventions will meet in San Francisco and thousands of Americans will visit the city of the Golden Gate. Not slowly, but swiftly is Prohibition advancing. Last month Iowa returned to the dry list by repealing the Mulct Law. This makes 19 of the 48 states of the Union entirely dry. The year 1914 had 9 dry states but dur- ing 1915 this number has been doubled. SPECTATOR 55 -V: cami' - , Wig s i55 :?5?3lei.Q'3isaa 4:3 . E:r' E EXGHAKGE 6' Omnibus, Franklin, Pennsylvania: The literary de- partment, which should hold first consideration in every school magazine, displays talent, both in poetry and prose, but it could be much longer. Do you not think this department should also be placed first in the maga- zine, rather than The Conspiracy of the Great Tin Horn? This article does not deserve first place in your excellent paper. High School Review: Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania: This is a new and interesting exchange. However, the somber cover does not give evidence of the splendid ma- terial inside. The school notes are full of life and spirit. World, St. Paul, Minnesota: While the art work of the World is always surprising, the work in the March number has surpassed that of other issues received by us. The charming drawing accompanying The Robin's Song is as delightful as the little poem itself. Wigwam, North Yakima, Washington: The Mid- year Annual Number is a commendable graduation num- ber. Spring graduating classes could, no doubt, gain many ideas and suggestions for their Senior numbers from this issue of the Wigwam. Distaff, Boston, Massachusetts: The Current Events department contains real essays, which are interesting and instructive. The Exchange column is written in an entertaining manner. Record, Staunton, Virginia: While the literary de- 56 SPECTATOR partment is exceptionally good, the entire lack of cuts sadly detracts from the Record. Spectator, Waterloo, Iowa: We like the cover de- sign and cuts of this new exchange, as well as the stor- ies and interesting essays. Kodak, Everett, Washington: The article on Jack London should be especially entertaining to the readers of his novels. The poems are unusually free from the customary amateurish taint. 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SPECTATOR 57 xlw N as-'s ls Built for Speed, Not Comfort. Teacher: Don't move my desk. Lavelle fin frontj : I have no place to put my feet. Student fdropping marblej : There is a sign of spring. Teacher: Yes, it is fresh. A Big Debate. Is it any more improper to wear evening dress at an informal affair than it is to appear at a formal affair in street clothes? Tross: The Germans will cause a big change in England after the war. Bachan: How's this? Tross: All the coats of arms will be used for trade marks. Mr. Rose: Why is Harry so interested in American History? Sarah: They're at a part called the Trent affair. Jordan: The Jitney Bus gets new tires every day. Springer: Why? Jordan: Fat Farrel and John are both riding to din- ner. 58 SPECTATOR F Is for foolish, many on earth. It is acquired long after birth. U Is for unit meaning just one. L Is for Longitude, latitude, positions we're in. L For seeing positions, some see very dim. D Is for dignity, appearing the best. Attempted dignity causes much jest. R Is for robust, stick out the chest. Stick it out farther to show a white vest. E Is for elegant in appearance, you see. Seeing some elegance-homespun for me.- S Is for sympathy, felt by us all. We will close by singing, Oh, You S Beautiful Doll. Transmigration of the Soul. Present Future Caufiel ...... . . . elephant Richardson . . . ...... bird Ellis ....... .... m icrobe Pinder ..... ....... g irafe McCleary .... . . . turtle dove Tross ...... ...... o xen M. P. ........ .... r aven Mayer .......... ........ h orse Full Dressers .... ....... b aby doll Evans ......... .... ' ......... g oat M. T. .... .. ............. squirrel fgrinnyj Daley ................................. kangaroo 11. Reese: I noticed some young roosters dressed in full. Pearman: Yes, and they were roasted, too. Pete: Tross has made a success as a history teacher. Doc: How do you know? Pete: The day he taught he only put out three. SPECTATOR Trials of a Junior for Senior, Before the Reception My kingdom for a lady friend Said Master -l--- Smithg This bluff about them being plenty, Is all a cocked up myth. I've searched the town and all around, But girls I cannot find, If soon I do not locate one. I fear I'1l lose my mind. I have motor cars and money too, All the luxuries of which one can think, The only thing that can be wrong, is My face must be on the blink. I have nice dark hair and bright blue eyes, A complexion as fair as the dawn, But no inducements I can offer, Is suiiice to lead them on. Why, other fellows with half my dough, And repulsive qualities galore, Sure must know something I don't know For they catch them by the score. If you will tell me the secret, Till death I'll be your friend, But until I find the mystic charm, My search for a dame must end. By A. H. Fetterman .-l--1 Rensselaer Polytechnic Instituto sq, SOIIO0Lof xx QM ENGINEERING CIVIL, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL and CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, lml GENERAL SCIENCE Sandton Catalogul. N.Y. '1 SPECTATOR ow, Fellows! Buy handsome new Overcoats at a Fourth Less than usual OU may come here and choose from our splen- did line of warm, stylish overcoats at a fourth less than you'd ordinarily pay for coats of such superior quality and style-the price cuts offering these savings: 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.50 8.50 510.00 512.00 513.50 515.00 516.00 518.00 S S S 5 5 S 5 S Overcoats ....... Overcoats ....... Overcoats ....... Overcoats ....... Overcoats ....... Overcoats ..,.... Overcoats ....... Overcoats ....... Overcoats ....... Overcoats ....... Overcoats ....... Overcoats ....... Overcoats ....... Overcoats ........................,........... 51.89 52.25 52.63 53.00 53.75 54.50 55.63 56.38 57.50 59.00 59.75 511.25 512.37 513.50 In the assortment are the season's newest models in regular overcoat or balmacaan styles- fine quality Meltons, Cheviots, Irish Frieze, Ker- seys and Chinchillas in all the most wanted plain colors and fancy weaves. he Penn Traflic In Every Detail, Johnstown's Greatest Store SPECTATOR We want to please you, Mr. Man! This store is founded absolutely on the basis of SERVICE. We want to serve you in a way that will win your admiration and lasting trade. The everlasting success of this business depends upon the number of men who come to feel that this is their store, where the wearing apparel they want can be had at the lowest price con- sistent With high quality. We carry a complete stock of Clothing and Fumishing Goods from which the most exacting man can make a choice selection Young Men's i Suits . 510, Sl2.50, Sl5, 518, S20 Late Style Hats .......... 82, 82.50, S3 61 JOHN 'THOMAS sf soNs Erdman-If you put the East in the West, wouldn t it raise it? Itch-You ought to be better bred. M. B.-QGiving note to Benford, Don't take my hand, too. Benford-I expect to some day. Jo nes- orton A D V E R T I S l N G Make Sell Sell Signs Buttons Souvenirs of All Pins and for Every Kinds Baddes Occasion 62 SPECTATOR ---spring suits and coats for girls The new style ideas-a wonderful showing of high quality garments moderately priced. He-Didn't my proposal fairly take you off your feet? She-Well, you know, I've been in your lap ever since. --Appropriated Who was the greatest financier? Noah. When liquidation came, he had no trouble in fioating his stock. -Ex. ECONOMY is the keynote of character and success. A boy who is taught to SAVE his money will rarely be a bad man or a failure. The man who SAVES, will rize in his profession steadily. This is inevitable. A monthly income for life can be bought on small installments with the Scranton Life Insurance Company 200-201 Johnstown Trust Building Our representative will explain without any obligation on your part, on receipt of your card. JULIUS FISHER, Manager. SPECTATOR 63 Everything For the Motorist And Everything Right Johnstown Automobile Co. 101 MAIN STREET Clerk-What size hammock do you want? Girl-Oh, a small hammock, just big enough for one, but er-strong enough for two! -Exchange. Gerald-Say, Pa, what's a bungalow? Pa-Well, a bungalow is a parody on a house. -Exchange. Title, Trust Sz Guarantee Company CORNER MAIN AND CLINTON STREETS Capital S200,000 Surplus S200,000 DIRECTORS-W. Horace Rose, Percy Allen Rose, Samuel Lenhart, Hiram Swank, Jacob F. Kress, Edmund Overdorff, Gustav Boatert, Louis H. Opperman, Edward P. Riley. WINTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS? 64 H SPECTATOR Photographs Q The Dainty Lunch You Will Find of all kinds, , sizes and styles lf Same' ' We have a Style Evening Spefxials that you will like Most POW ar SANNER'S L. G. Hornick PHOTOGRAPHER 527 MAIN STREET Main Street fgmnpafhig Qlmgirign Sanitary lm-hvr 1113 Iiinrnln llhg. 417 Franklin Strut Er. 01. E. Mark W. R. 58125 Colom a! Fr m Go 646 MAIN STREET SPECTATOR Glen Urquhart Suits For Young Fellows At 315.50 fo 325 The real fashionable fabric--in light and dark effects. Come in when you can spare ten minutes and see them. Woolf 81 Reynolds, Inc. Father-- How do you mean your check book crazy? Son- It's unbalanced, that's all. -Exchange T0 BEGIN 'ro cm' READY T0 START T0 GO to the big feast of Feature Photo Play Films at our fun factory P0lltlV8ly the most attractive and entertain mg Motion Pictures ever witnessed anywhere are now being projected at thls theatre Garden Theatre and Music Hall COR. MAIN ST AND PARK PLACE Roof Garden on Fourth Floor Bowling Alleys and Billiard Rooms in Basement. ADMISSION T0 THEATRE, First Floor, 10c, Balcony, 5c. v I l . . . . n 66 SPECTATOR More Peopljvtllelalllng Sggggv PIANOS Every Day T Egiillflor an ?5!.3n.Pa2't0?2'3?3 QS,5?1Y.t22? 1 is Marketit, Easter Novelties Iffl Z'ZpIZIZ.FT5lfltiSf'm'.fli Muirnnizv reasonable prices. l10RAN'S soon sronf 2-Xhurriinvrn 545 MAIN ST. NEMO, THEATRE l DATE PICTURE THEATRE I The greatest productions from the Studios of the famous makers form I the programs daily. I The World's Greatest Comedian in his latest triumphs of ' t 'll lb ' ch f h' t es mernmen wi e seen nn ea o is grea success at the Nemo Theatre only. l000 upholstered seats Admission l0c Children 5c SPECTATOR 67 'THE GIRL WHO GRADUATES from the High School: who hesitates todpledge four years to a College Course: who, nevertheless, desires to stu y, to enigy college advantages, to cultivate special talents, to enrich her ltfe and r friendships--should NATIONAL PARK SEMINARY It is a Junior College for young women planned especially to meet the needs of High School graduates. Collegiate and Vocational Courses, Music, Art, Domestic Science, Business Law, Travel. Outdoor life a feature. Study of the National Capital. Illustrated book of 126 pages free on request. Address Secretary, National Park Seminary, Suburb of Washington, D. C. FOREST GLEN, MARYLAND knowof ' Say Fellows- Try one of our 51.50 Hats-as good as those I sold for S2 and S2. 50 in most stores. Girls-- The Best Store has the finest collection of School Hats, and of course you know that Nathan's prices are the most moderate. NATHAN 'S Johnstown's Best Store ORRI Dollar- -Pound Kredel's Drug Store 412 MAIN STREET SPECTATOR I I . New Method Gas Ranges Reduce Gas Bills 20 to 30W NEW METHOD Steel Burner Finished in Vltreous Enamel-Guaranteed For Five Years Key Steel which, together with their funnel-shaped jet holes does away with all the friction that their is in the rough cast burners with their thick jet holes. This allows a much larger quantity of air to be drawn in through the mixers and properly mixed with the gas without popping back, at the same time producing a much more intense heat without any odor. The more oxygen burned the less gas. These burners are light in weight, consequently can be easily lifted out, washed, and cleaned. 5.:a':':,:'g.::,f,5 510.00 to 560.00 Gately 8 Fitzgerald Furniture C0 No. ll0-ll2 CLINTON STREET She-Are you fond of Strindburg? He--Yesg but I prefer Roguefort! -Stolen SCGEI 99 Its the buy word in Johnstown for Furniture, Rugs, Draperies SPECTATOR 69 Drugs Sodas Candies Cigars Conrad Drug Company Teacher-If you multiply apples by apples, what d u et? o yo g . Freshie-Square apples. -Stolen. 1858 1915 Glnztumra fur Flags, impetus anh Hagvanta, ani! Arahrmir Glam sinh Gnmna nf a Supvrinr Exrvllenre Bnpplirh nn a Brutal Basin Ennklri Bent nn Appliratinn WAAS 64 SDN PHILADELPHIA, PA. 1858 1915 70 SPECTATOR WM. H. RAAB 81 BRO. Flgwer, Blank Book Manufacturers Lawn and Printers, Rulers, Binders Engraved Stationery, An- nouncements, Cards, Etc. Why not have your Spec- AT tator bound into a nice book? 0 OK, S wooLF Block ANNfx Corner franklin and lincoln Sts. Hardware 1onNsTowN, PA. 213 Franklin Street W. 1. Rose 81 Sons PORCH BROS Dealers In INCORPORATED SASl'l, DOORS, Dealers In LUMBER, CEMENT Pianos and and all kinds of building , materials, good planing Player PIHIIOS mill Work our specialty. VISIT OUR BOTH PHONES vlcTRoLA PARLOR Orders promptly attended to 328 Lincoln Street Porch Bros., Inc. Cor. Vine and franklin Sts. SPECTATOR 71 FIRST NATIONAL BANK Cor. Main and Franklin Streets JOHNSTOWN, PA. Capital, Surplus and Profits 51 ,000,000 Total Resources - - - - 7,500,000 DIRECTORS Henry Y. Haws, John McDer tt Harry Swank, V W. E. Matth , J. M. Murdock. S. C. Ream, David Barry, J chn Widmann, P. F. McAneny. OFFICERS HENRY Y. I-IAWS, President. HARRY SWANK, Vi President J. M. MURDOCK. Vic President DAVID BARRY. C hier. P. F. MCANENY, CHAS. E. MCGAHAN, Assistant Cashiers. HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS I 'fqg-R' NDF' fb .vii-J v Systematic saving leads to success. Start the new school term right by open- ing a savings account in Ee United States National Bank 206 FRANKLIN STREET Miss Chick-Mr. Love, do you think marriage is a failure? Mr. Love-Well, the bride never gets the best man. Safety F irst' ' Have Your Home Electric Wired. Interesting Prices Right Now. CITIZENS ELECTRIC 8: GAS APPLIANCE CO. Vine and Franklin Streets 72 SPECTATOR The Pioneer Trust Company of Cambria County The J OHNSTOWN Stocks Complete! With our formal open- TRUST CO. ing we announce that our display of Spring Milli- nery, Suits, Coats and Capital, D Sur lus and Profit resses are ready and P was YOIE' glspectlon. e ave a t e newest 5425900 creations that the High -1 School girl demands. P Int Ye t 0l'!:S8Vll'l I 1w+1iuua- ay. Xcclhunts g N N17 S CHECKINC-1CCOUNTS L Clinton Sf- soucrran 1 I BAKED i PORK N' fi Q.. F5 BEANS 5 ff H me E' 'W' y mn con Eu cn , '.:.s:2:::a!2Z1 B ' ':12a:1IIe1LLl2L:. Q1 X BRAND , 'ifim A R93 ,. 4, N yy . J 'B ' 1 B y an A X if - ,ali A pg, ' I XXX, 'VEC l ui if eww . 'Nil P ff Ag, ,C It f My Mmgmlw Vin 'Mx -':iii5z- -1-:Wi N--2 5 n :Lanz You'll Buy Them Again--- For Wherever Quick Lunch Beans are introduced, 'round the family table without a miss there's the call for more, for they like them-immensely. Choice Hand Picked Beans, in a sauce made from solid, whole, red-ripe tomatoes - that's t h e Quick Lunch quality story. A can of usual 15c size for a dime-that's the economy reason for these su- perior Beans. Buv them at most grocery stores. Packed For The Ryan Correll Co. eh THEATRE M. J. BOYLE Nlanagel-l.L7 JOHNSTOWN'S COZIEST THEATRE Presenting Keith Vaudeville THREE TIMES DAILY The Cream of American Vaudeville Together With Choice European Impoftations , Matinee-l0c and l5c. Time-2:30. PRICES' 3 Night-l0c, l5c, 250. Time-7:30 and 9. The man I marry must have common sense, she said haughtily. He won't, replied he, bitterly. -Copied. ,T l ' ilu-.11 - l , ,I-16-7, Palace Laundr 606 FRANKLIN STREET DCES IT RIGHT Good Dividends With Safety That is what prudent people desire when they have money to invest. An account with us is an assurance of Safety and affords liberal interest on deposits. UNION NATIONAL BANK ESTABLISHED 1892 STEPHEN LANE FOLCIER Manufacturing Jeweler Club and College Pins and Rings Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals 180 BROADWAY NEW YORK Kodak Headquarters In Moxham A full line of Cameras and Kodaks. All necessary supplies on hand. Developing and Printing by latest processes. The Moxham Pharmacy Cor. Grove Ave. and Village Stn. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS ENGRAVED NAME CARDS 30 Different Styles VALLEY ENGRAVING COMPANY WOOLF ANNEX LINCOLN STREET SPECTATOR 75 GRI-3ER'S Leads ln F urnlture, Carpets ' Q 2192227 BEDFORD sr. l I5 Park Family Theatre N Q SCHERER Sz KELLY, Managers ,L THE HOME OF Paramount Pictures ' and Keystone Comedies Playing to more people than any other pieture , theatre in the city. WHY? 'wg-7 Sl5.00 NEW SPRING SUITS MI L L E R'S 76 SPECTATOR Easter Chocolates-u Before ordering your Easter Chocolates look us over. We handle the famous Reymer, Guth's and Lowney's Chocolate Eggs, all sizes, also fine Easter Baskets, all ready for delivery. Give us a call or phone 687. YOUNG'S PHARMACY 205.207 Franklin Street How About Toilet Articles? We carry a complete line-Our Candies, Sun- daes and Sodas are the best. HOGAN 81. EVANS 344 Main Street D RUGS 114 Clinton St. Less Office Work--- That's the result in the office where the book- keeping system is modern. Let us help you- with loose-leaf, card systems, and filing devices. Everything for the office. Wm. B. Waters 8: Bro. Sf.23k'i Get Ready--- To start the camera season right. Our complete line of Eastman Kodaks. Premos and Hawkeye Cameras, to- gether with a full stock of Photo Supplies insures your getting just what you want when you visit our store. SCHRADER BROS. SPECTATOR 77 Demand the B65 Are you gettmg good laundry work? If not, Why not? Inslst on gettlng the best TRQY LAU DRY LAUNDRY Mabel-Yes, and called it Lines on Mabel's face. -Hooked. The laundry that stands for service and highest quality of laundry work The Medico:Chirurgical College OF PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE Located in Americafs Medical Center. A School which ohhrs Peculiar Advantages for Completing a. Course un- der the Standards of the American Medical Association Completion of standard four-year high school course. or its equivalent, plus one year of work of college grade in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and one modern language required for en- trance. All credentials must be approved by Pennsylvania State Examiner under specifi- cations of state laws, , A Pre-Medical Course in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and German is given, complying with the Pennsylvania State and American Medical Association requirements. The Couru ln Medicina comprises four graded sessions of eight months each. Among the special features are Individual Laboratory and Practical Work in well equipped Laboratories, Hospital and Dispensary, Free Quizzes, Ward Classes, limited in size, Systematic Clinical Conferences, Modified and Modern Seminar Methods. Abundant clinical material is supplied by the College Hospital, Philadelphia General Hospital 11500 beds! and the Municipal Hos- pital for Contagious Dismses. Also aDepartment of Dentistry and a Department of Pharmacy and Chemistry. For an- nouncements and information, Address SENECA EGBERT. M. D., Dean, 17th and Cherry Stl.,Philldelphil, Pl. SPECTATOR , f New , 5 1 0 Dibert Main Building A- W Street 'Vt aster Canches URforce of expert candy makers lncreased to sup- ly the thousands of Johns- town homes that W1ll look to The El1te to supply Easter 'SWeets. :: :: Our store has been remodeled and enlarged. We were never so well equipped to serve you. Names On Eggs F R E E ! Leave Your Orders NOW! SPECTATOR BUSINESS MEN OF TU DAY Wlll pay h1gher salarles to then' Stenogra phers Bookeepers Accountants and Of fice Asslstants BUT they must be com petent' At our school 1nd1V1dual lnstructlon 1S glven each student 1S drllled dally and when graduated IS COMPETEN T to earn a good salary Let us lnterest you Cambrla Busmess College .uoNEs an HUGHES Lincoln Bullding CltS gE2f:2'352 JOHNSTOWN, PA. Franklin Street Bell Phone 2681 L --- G n ' dll- - Eslllllll S l i..: :khan rnwvmorori HLUCDDI X DUPUBER J WPIHIGH Sc:-1ooL mr 1915 -i '4..,,.,5 i Q' gf-'T'5,, . .1 - ,gl I-my agjig? .A 1 ,g3:.f5agifj22:i?5,gs5I--3 , 113.124 . z.,gaf..,.g.v :Egg f - gr. ,, gg t,,3wN.g, .gg,s.g,'A w 1' -' . '- Hi. . .1 ff- -Q4 . .- . - -fr N .- 1- -P 1-1 N.,-..-Avi' X1 Lu . L -4 , 3j,l.rQ:5,.,r,V5i.7.-:. . !i gy Q . 5555 Nr I v t:-f L,:.:m.jf i L ' H ' t- sr .2fA'!2'm??14 f... 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F n 1 so '- '-fssig Q' ..,.....- Cover Design by Bertha Stammler, '11 Spring Promises ........................ ............................. . .. 5 Extracts From a Letter From the Canal Zone. 6 The New Revolution ....................................... 9 Life at Cornell ............ ........ ............ ...... 1 4 Semi-annual ......................................... ............ ....... 1 8 A Glimpse of the Phillipines Through Letters ....... ....... 1 9 A Day at College ........................................... ....... 2 3 The Amateur Orchestra ........ ...... 2 6 Princeton Graduate College .... .... ................................... 2 8 Spring .............................,..................... ...................... 3 2 Editorials Qby Harry D. Thomas and Frank Brenizerj ..... 33 School News ............... .................................................. 3 6 Athletics ............ ....... 3 9 Society Notes ...... ...... 4 7 Current Events ......,. ...... 4 9 Alumni ................. ..... . 51 Exchanges ........................... ............ ...... 5 4 Jokes Cby the Alumnij .................... .................. ...... 5 7 Cartoons by Maurice Rothstein Advertisements ...... ......................................... ...... 5 8 SPECTATOR 5 Uhr High Svrhnnl Sportstar Truth to the fact and a. good spirit in the treatment VOL. XVII. JOHNSTOWN, PA., MAY, 1915. No. 8 N lT5'7f7fCY Sprmg Prormses Alice West '13. Ice bands break asunder- A fresh warm wind brings a feeling of gladness, Faint at first, then fresher, as a rosy dawn comes on the hill, Purple shadows slowly disappear, Silver mists dissolve, A flush, as from new wine, inflames the sleeping wood. Hark! Can you hear a pure exulting, praising carol- Early robin's spring-song? Breathe a scent of blue violets, of spring beauties, Pink colored by spring dawn? Down through the green, expectant, silence, Down through pulsing life, and fragrance of hasten- ing spring days, 6 SPECTATOR Thrills the message of a bright, new, awakening, Of summer coming, Of Nature responding to the call From an all seeing, loving, life-giving God. Extracts From A Letter From the Canal Zone Margaret Thackary '08. nefj HAVE been here now nine months, in which space of time I have had the opportunity to sample all phases of weather, meet all kinds of people and enjoy all the varieties of experiences. The average temperature here is about 87 or 90 degrees Fahrenheit. During the months from April to December, there is rain almost every day, the rainfall be- ing exceedingly heavy during October and November. The dry season is marked by heavy trade Winds which blow across the Isthmus from the Pacific to the Atlantic. A rather remarkable fact in connection with the geographical study of the locality is the fact that the sun rises in the Pacific and sets in the Atlantic. People do not seem to realize that the Canal runs from the North West to the South East. Due to its central location perhaps, the little Repub- lic of Panama is a cosmopolitan country. To name the inhabitants according to the nationality is to name the nations of the world. The majority of what we term natives are of Spanish descent, but the natives and the West Indian negroes have mingled so that the very dusky shades predominate. There are large numbers of Japanese and Chinese, besides many southern Europeans and a goodly proportion of East Indians. The picturesqueness of the old city of Panama is heightened by the quaint, and, to us, unusual dresses and costumes of the various peoples. The representatives of SPECTATOR 7 each nation adhere to their native dress and the result is a delightful variety for the observers. I do wish I might have time to go into the details of the various costumes, for that is an interesting study in itself. The crowded city life in the terminal cities, Colon and Panama, is very different from anything we have in the States, but it is no sharper contrast than that between the city life here and the life of the natives and the bush- men, or that between the mode of living of the average Panama and the United States citizens in the canal zone. This is truly a little neck just teeming with variety and contrasts of every kind. The streets in the Republic cities, I shall cite Panama as an example, for it is the best representative, are wide enough to permit two small carts passing. One or two are wide enough to allow for a tramwayg but in most places a coach and a tramway car would collide, were an attempt made to have them pass. As is typical of the tropical cities, sanitation had received little or no atten- tion until the advent of the northerners. The United States government has taken over that department, how- ever, and has wrought wonders in the short time it has been at work Qless than ten yearsj. Almost all the houses and buildings have balconies, which overhang the first stories and in cases, meet across the street, forming a shelter to pedestrians. There is one reasonably wide avenue, the Avenida Central, which is a little Statesy, but the rest of the streets can scarcely claim the name street. One sees in- numerable cats, dogs, chickens, and naked brown babies at every turn. The jungle huts and villages deserve pages of de- scription, they are so novel to any one not well acquainted with tropical modes of living. Just as an instance of how 'one family of fifteen na- tives lived, let me tell you about a single hut we came across when we strayed a little way off the Chorerra 8 SPECTATOR Trail. In a small clearing stood the thatched cottages, Roof, sides, and all covered with palm branches and bamboo. Coconut palms, bamboo, and sugar cane grew in the sun right by the house. There was one small door- way which admitted us, and all the light that there was into the interior. Once inside, we found that the only furniture consisted of a few hammocks slung from the poles which also supported the roof. There was a sort of second story just six feet from the ground. This was a little garret on the floor of which were some dried palm leaves which constituted the beds of some of the members of the family. The floor of the first was good old Mother Earth. A few razor-back pigs, a monkey, innumerable scrawny chickens, cats, dogs, and parrots, scratched in the ground while we looked around. Scantily clad chil- dren viewed us in silent wonder. They are such a phleg- matic race that they scarcely show normal curiosity. The mother and two boys were watching some food cooking over a small fire. Inquiring in Spanish, we learned that the animal, which looked like a dog, that they were preparing for their meal, was a sort of wild hog, with them a rare delicacy. We were told how it should be cooked and were instructed in the manner of hunting such game. There are many kinds of game here which make hunting a splendid sport. I suppose that deer-hunting sounds best to the people at home, but the most exciting is Tigre hunting. As a rule a hunter goes out prepared to shoot anything he comes across, rather than confining his efforts to search for any one particular kind of animal. I have enjoyed some splendid hunting in the very densest of the jungle, and though I didn't shoot anything but iguana, I had the joy of seeing one of my companions QI should say hearing for it was pitch darkj shoot a tigre fthe tigre is a small variety of wild catj . The jungle experiences are, to me, the most inter- SPECTATOR 9 esting that are to be found. I suppose it is because they are so very different from anything I have known be- fore. There have been ships of the warring nations in here and the tales we get at first hand of the war are thrilling, to say the least. It seems that news of affairs of foreign countries more directly affects the people here than it does those at home, especially those of our own home folks who live inland. ,i,i1-1- The New Revolution John H. Cover '1l. ARE we of the younger generation ready to bring about the greatest revolution the world has ever seen? If a Cambria City resident thinks he has been in- jured by a Moxhamite does he take a revolver, notify his enemy that he is going to shoot him and then attack him? If he should try it the whole police force would be called out to stop him,-to neutralize his force. But that isn't the method thinking J ohnstowners would take. The resi- dent of Cambria City would have the culprit from Mox- ham brought up before a court where the case would be decided on its merits. When one state of the United States wishes to take action against another state it doesn't call out the state militia. The Constitution prohibits that. Misunderstand- ings are taken to the Supreme Court and decided there. Then why shouldn't this method be followed be- tween nations, which are merely groups of people in a definite for indefinitej allotment of land? Doesn't it seem ridiculous for one nation to call its people to blow out the brains of the people of another nation without resorting to those brains for a settlement of difficulties! Why not have an international police and an international court and congress with power to use this police to enforce their decrees? But, it might be objected, we would still 10 SPECTATOR be using force. Yes, to the criminals within the whole body of people, the people having decided what laws it shall live by. we will not tolerate the police of Johns- town and the police of Altoona fighting each other. No, they play base-ball instead. Why should we tolerate one nation's bringing a complaint against another, then becoming the prosecuting attorney against that nation, then the judge of the case, then the private gunmen to carry out its own biased decision. We need an interna- tional police, not a national soldiery. Just recall all the machinery we have for war and contrast the lack of ma- chinery for peace. Religious teaching assures us that War is wrong. But how many men today are breaking the commandment Thou shalt not kill! It has been suggested that war will cease when the implements of war become too pow- erful to be withstood by human beings, but the areo- planes and submarines would have appeared monsters in Napoleon's time. Then what will stop war? The knowledge that soldiers and battleships fight in vain, that nations never gain, but lose by warg that the people, not the body of rulers, constitute a nationg that in reality there is no nation and that war is not inevitable. Why do Roosevelt, Hobson, Gardner and General Leonard Wood want a larger army and navy? First, be- cause war is or has been a profession to them. Second, as they put it, that we may be able to defend ourselves from any nation. Their first reason is obvious enoughg their second reason is based on the greatest of fallacies. Suppose the United States has ten battleships and Japan has eight. Then Japan builds four more. Now we get scared and construct four, because we must not let Japan have more than we. Then what happens. Why, Japan becomes frightened also. We must be trying to get a navy larger than hers to attack her. We become her White Peril. Where will it end? We will appro- priate more for battleships which go to the junk pile after SPECTATOR 11 ten years 5-more even than the 75? of the government expenditures which is spent now to prevent war. Then some little incident will occur which will ignite the fuse of all our preparation and the gunpowder will go off,- all for self-defense. Doesn't every European belligerent claim to be defending itself? It that is the case every na- tion has only to sit still and there will be no war. Who has selected the nation as a unit and has said, now, this is the unit size, the unit amount of wealth or the unit density of populationg you shall have peace with- in your borders, but must fight with other units? Of course this is ridiculous. Belgium is fighting Germany which has nine times Belgium's population, six times her wealth and nineteen times her area. On the other hand, Russia has two times the population of Germany, two- thirds her wealth and forty times her area. If you should add the columns of the allies and compare them with those of their opponents you would be still further from a unit. Pennsylvania is about four times the size of Belgium. Why isn't our state divided into four parts in times of war? Pennsylvania doesn't even fight with Ohiog we have found a saner way to settle disputes. Each time a state is added to our union more of the world is brought into peaceful citizenship in a peaceful way. We have substituted reason for force, co-operation for com- petition. Roosevelt has said We must play a great part in the world, and especially . . . to perform those deeds of blood. of valor, which above everything else bring national renown. What does he mean by national renown? Is it the hurrah, my nation shall overlord all others? It can be nothing else. He has no other ground to stand on. We cannot destroy the trade of another nation un- less We destroy her peopleg then we would not only per- form a barbarous act, but we would also destroy our own trade with that nation. Financial operations are inter- national, and England cannot confiscate Germany's 1 12 SPECTATOR wealth without interfering with the wealth of every na- tion on the globe. The stock exchanges of the United States had to close when the war began. Tribute can- not be exacted Without disturbing markets. If Germany should require tribute of France, Germans holding French stock would suffer. Military conquest does not capture trade. It destroys trade. England tried it with America and failedg France tried it with her colonies and failed. Only by producing the goods that are wanted can trade be established. Wealth, prosperity, and well-being de- pend in no way on political power. In that case we would expect the small nations to be hopeless. In reality their status stands at a higher valuation than most large countries. Holland is far more prosperous than Russia or Great Britain, the Scandinavian countries and Belgium before the war were far beyond Brazil. The United States would be in a better condition if she did not own the Philippines. But, finally, a mother country does not own her colonies. All of England's civilized colonies have self-government. Holland and Belgium have more trade with Australia and the West Indies than England has. In Africa, after the Boer War was fought to estab- lish English supremacy, the Dutch language had to be permitted in government affairs 5 and the Boers have supplied the statesmen. Canada deals directly with the United States. England would have more time to devote to her own conditions of living and far more money if she were not taxed with the red-tape of colonies. Penn- sylvania does not own New York, and yet commerce and industry overlap without recognizing the staked boundary line. What interest have the working men of this country against the laborers of Germany or the capitalists of this nation against the capitalists of England? We have no longer national religions. Christianity does not stop at borders. Ireland supplies the world with policemen. Once upon a time it was said that witchcraft would never cease, that it had to be. Slavery was counted a SPECTATOR 13 necessary evil. Both have proved that they are not inevi- table and so will war. Biology does not teach that man shall fight man, but that man shall struggle with nature. Even struggle for food is diminishing. America now through the co-operation of her inhabitants supports many millions more than when the Indians fought for hunting-grounds. We must not fail to distinguish states and people. Usually a few men determine the policy of a nation which consists of millions of people. The latter are not consult- ed, they are approached with patriotism, How many people would be benefited by a war with Mexico or with Japan? Perhaps a few capitalists, if they are allowed to control captured territory with natural resourcesg but the millions would pay for this privilege. What real difference does the word nation mean economically to most of us? Nothing but an institution to preserve peace and to let us gain a living. Just as millions of people from Europe migrate to this country, so more people from the United States than from any other nation are be- coming naturalized Canadians. We are all striving to live-all as man against nature, against the earth-and can live bestby co-operating. Then as we find this to be the situation, are we not ready to be active in the revolution which is to substitute co-operation and reason for competition and force? Are we not ready to insist on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? These are being endangered. Militarists are spending our money on junk, they are bringing about our wars. They are providing literature and speakers to frighten the people who have not studied the question. They are threatening military instruction in our schools, for General Wood has said, if we have student conscrip- tion it will do away with all this anti-militarism talk. Let us stop this foolishness. Let us study the ques- tion ourselves and convince others that we are right. Let us work for conciliation, for arbitration, for powerful in- 14 SPECTATOR ternational regulations. Let us demand that We have something to say about Whether or not we shall go to War. Let us brand as failures a President and a Congress of the United States who so conduct foreign affairs that they must resort to War. Let us have a World patriotism, a human fellow-citizenship, let us dare to be really brave -brave in our reason, in our refusal to fight. We can do when we understand. Life at Cornell Walter Kress '16 'I' IFE at Cornell is an experience as pleasant as the 'L-l surrounding scenery and as large as the university, its embodiment and its expectations. It is true that things have changed since the founding of the university fstill a young institution even when compared with similar ones in this countryj , but there are certain phases of Cornellian habits which have already been firmly rooted in this community of undergraduates far above Cayuga's Waters. In all American universities, there are certain com- mon attributes and common activities. Cornell, like the others, has her four classes of undergraduates. She has her athletic teams, her dramatic clubs, her educational societies, her periodicals, her papers, her musical clubsg possessing all of them with a sincere, desirable purpose not to be outdone by others in the endeavor to bring such institutions up to the highest plane attainable. To one coming to Ithaca, for the first time, the mur- mur and bustling of energetic college life is an especial cause for Wonder and appeal. Competition has a new meaning to the freshman, or frosh fas the colloquial language names the newcomerb. It means friendliness combined with earnest emulation, and fun combined with hard Work. Everywhere are seen and met competitors for all sorts of activities, differing in the sale of their SPECTATOR 15 wares, but with a common purpose of doing something for Cornell, of gaining a deserved honor at the hands of their fellows. No wonder it is hard to say no when an enthusiastic young man runs up with receipt book in hand saying Have you signed for the Sun, the greatest college daily? These competitions are not confined to such tactics as I have mentioned, but in branches suited to the taste of everyone. At all times of the year, there is something to do in the hours of recreation and freedom from study. Nowhere could the Various jobs or positions, athletic or non-athletic, be given out with a greater dependence upon merit and with a greater sense of fairness. This is why so many enter the competitions, this is why so many go out for the teams, and this is also why Cornell's activities in all lines are so fast coming to the front and gaining recognition throughout the country. Here at Cornell, as elsewhere, traditions exist in fair proportions. One of the freshman's first purchases is a little grey skull cap with a black button, which is destined to be his head apparel for the college year, unless when the cold blasts of winter set in, he chooses temporarily to substitute a grey toque with a black tassel. Either of these articles of uniform always mark the entering man at sight, and while in a way, they are the survival of the old idea of showing the freshman his place, they serve a great social purpose in getting the newcomers acquainted one with the other, and promoting a feeling of fellowship among the wearers of the cap generally. This may be the reason why so many vote the frosh year their best. Wisdom has been shown in the abandonment of all kill-the-freshman or hazing stunts. Two rushes, one in the fall by a selected team of sophs and frosh, the other participated in by all the members of the under- classes in the spring, complete the encounters between classes. The former is known as the Upushball contest and the latter is the organized spring rush, which takes 16 SPECTATOR place under muddy conditions on an early spring day. It is not long after the freshman arrives that he learns that Cornell's social life is to a great degree sup- plied by fraternities, which likewise help largely, in the absence of dormitories, to furnish good living conditions for the undergraduates. Through a highly developed system of organized rushing, carried on by interfraternity agreement, the fraternity chooses the man and the man, the fraternity. In this connection the freshman will soon learn, also, that, while fraternity life is an advantage which should if possible be gained, in competitions and the like, it is, first of all, the man who countsg and a good man with genuine spirit may always gain honor by do- ing what he can or even making an endeavor to help the good name of Cornell. Cornell, likewise, offers its outdoor advantages. To these opportunities may perhaps be attributed the health- ful condition of the undergraduate body. No university could be situated in more beautiful natural surroundings. The campus on the hill, the impressive lake, stretching far from the foot, and the gorges with water-falls to be seen all around, combine with the other works of nature to lure one to the outdoor life in the fall and spring. In the winter, a large artificial lake provides an abundance of space for skating. There is a steel chute made especially for tobogganing while the hills afford ample opportunity to ski and coast. Then, too, the exercise which the aver- age undergraduate receives in going up the hill to classes cannot but maintain a healthful condition. The frosh receives a training beneficial to him- self, to his college, .and his country in military drill, for efliciency in which this university has gained fame. Some ten hundred men, in good weather, drill for an hour in the late afternoon, three days out of the week. The mention of life at Cornell brings a multiplicity of ideas and images to the mind of a Cornell man, but with seclusion from a large city's influence, with a cosmo- SPECTATOR 17 politan population found in few universities, and with the youth and open mindedness which the institution is fostering, there has grown up the most highly prized of all the phases of its life. Few universities, and fewer large universities, possess the remarkable, broad, and un- selfish spirit of Cornell undergraduate life. Everywhere about the campus is the wholesouled feeling of good- fellowship. With both sexes receiving instruction, with students in attendance from all parts of the globe, with a great variety of liberal and vocational studies being taught, the Words of Ezra Cornell, I shall found an in- stitution in which any person may find instruction in any study, show forth the truth of the speaker. It is this wonderful spirit which has won athletic victories for Cornell, which has spread her name as a school, and which bids fair to make her in the future all that the founders could have desired. Cornell life may well be summed up in Cornell spirit. -lil- I iwvl'2'Dv, fill' X ,.',mu,v'HQ,,G'I.-f V s li riv als 1'lWf 'if, X' L Q,!lf'f-ASX s L H K -5 1. , ufgiixt Q x, :Ziff - ff 69 X -5 iXNi5 :f'2'-Q+rif- e : ,. 1, .,lx,Xl, ,XJ NN.-'I!,Ir 'M' X so I' X , .Qc eff X X- ' X W its ,Q HAzELMuuER'u X i - 751353 ' SPECTATOR Semi-annual Salome Cartwright '14, From off the dam, the ice is gone, Bull-frogs are croaking in the pond, At recess now We all play ring, Follow your leader, and every thing, And mother's cleanin' house. We've paper-hangers and all that Advertised for, in the Democrat, Ma's got the paint scrubbed off the doors And jerked the carpet off the floors, They've took the mattress off my bed, I got to eat out in the shed, While mother's cleanin' house. I daren't play marbles in the street For fear I'll get mud on my feet, With paint and soap-suds every Where You're 'fraid to sit down on a chair, While mother's cleanin' house. So when I see pop kick the cat, I take a Warning out of that, When he can not sit down and smoke, Just let me tell you, that's no joke- He gets so mad and storms around, Hunting for things that can't be found 3 Been misplaced cleanin' house. When not in school, I'd rather play, Than 'tend the furnace, any day, With not a pie upon the shelf, They think a boy must starve himself, Cause mother's cleanin' house. 'SPECTATOR 19 Ye gods, how can I stand it all, This cleanin' every spring and fall? Where could a fellow get a tent, Beg or borrow it, steal or rent? I'd just as soon be put to jail As live where I do in Coopersdale, While mother's cleanin' house. ,lill- A Glimpse of the Phillipines Through Letters Mrs. Lloyd Smith flidith Conser, M. DJ '00. m E left Manilla last Saturday for a delightful trip through the southern islands and after enjoying the beautiful sea and cool winds, landed at Iloilo on Monday. It is a thrifty town-due to the Americans. It was dusty and windy and not especially interesting, ex- cept to demonstrate what wonders we Americans have performed. The more I see of our improvements of this country, the more provoked I become at the Philipinoes' ungratefulness. No other country in the world would have done what we have done for them. We next landed in Cebu, another prosperous town. We drove in an automobile about fifty miles over the best kept road I have ever had the pleasure to travel. We visited a church which contained a black Virgin sup- posed to have been brought here by Magellan in 1520. The Virgin was made of wood and painted a brown rather than black, truly a Philipino Virgin. We left there for the Mindanao district. Yesterday we landed at seven o'clock and rode twenty miles to Camp Keithley through the most beautiful country I have as yet seen in the islands. The trees on both sides of the road grew to great heights, branching only at the very tops. We were greatly amused at the antics of the wild monkeys as they scampered across the road before 20 SPECTATOR us. No flowers or birds could be seen anywhere, but the ferns grow in abundance. Camp Keithley is situated twenty-three hundred feet above the sea, and is noted for its beautiful lake. The climate is delightfully cool, though one must sleep under blankets most of the year. This country is the home of Moro, who is Moham- maden. His people have never been conquered, and we have had some trouble in gaining their good will. Just think, two years ago, if We had driven up this road from the sea to Keithley, we would have need of guards, but in our trip so far no one has attempted to molest us. The Moros are an interesting people, and far superior to the Philipino, whom they hate. They are a very dark skinned people, who file the enamel off their teeth and chew beetle nut, which blackens them, and it the strang- est sight imaginable to see a mouth full of jet black teeth. The men wear skin tight trousers and bright col- ored girdles, and scarfs around their heads. The women put their bodies through a sack open at both ends and then thrown over their shoulders. Those who smoke to- bacco paint their lower lips red. Today we visited a waterfall near Camp Overton. It drops to a gorge two hundred and seventy feet below. It is one hundred feet higher than Niagara, but, of course, not as wide. The gorge below was delightful-beautiful green trees, ferns and mosses everywhere. I thing it just as grand as that at Niagara. Bongao, Bongao Island, Lulu Archipeligo. February 23, 1915. Here we are at the most southern point of the Phil- ippine Archipeligo, just five degrees above the equator. There are only two white men on the island, a Constabu- lary Officer, and a school teacher. They are cut off from SPECTATOR 21 the rest of the world, except when a boat comes in, and they were very glad to see white women, and to receive the latest New York Times and fruit and candy which we gave them. We were at Jolo yesterday and enjoyed a pleasant ride across the island, where the fiercest Moros once lived and fought and beheaded Christians. We were the lirst women to go over the road and the first party to go un- escorted by soldiers. Six months ago this trip would have been impossible, but the Moros are now friendly and peaceful, except for a few outlaws. The day before yesterday we went up the Cottobato River, where a crocodile, sunning himself on the beach, was pointed out to us, and met another famous Moro, Datu Piang. Here we met his Wives. He has five, besides thirty-five retired ones.The Mohammaden law allows on- ly four but they can retire some. He must have dozens and dozens of grandchildren. They all live in one house, and it isn't clean by any means. They served us with ice cream, cake and tea. Borneo isn't much of a place. Scandakan, its chief city, is composed mostly of Chinese and Malays. The English government encourages Chinese settling in Scan- dakan on account of her trading in opium. We saw an opium den-only a few Chinamen were there at the Time. From Borneo we went to Cagayau Sulu, a small is- land, where we saw a crater lake. At Palawan Island we saw a Penal Farm. Is is an- other of the Philippine model system of prisons. The United States would do well to copy the penal system here. They take the prisoners from Bilibid prison after they have behaved Well for five years and put them on this farm where they can work and be comparatively free 22 SPECTATOR and comfortable. They are given ground to cultivate and after their sentence has expired they can remain, if they wish. It is a model place. They have planted thirty-two thousand coconut trees. After they bear fruit they bring in one dollar in gold, every year as rent for each tree, ever after. Then the place will be practically self-support- ing. From here we went to Culion, an island where they segregate all the lepers of the Philippines and Guam. They had three thousand six hundred and sixty-one in the colony that day. The women didn't go into the hospital to see the worst cases so we only saw those who were able to go around. They live in houses which they either pay for by working or which the government maintains. They seem perfectly happy. It is not known how people get the disease, but it is exceedingly difficult to contract. They have eight sisters of charity to care for the sick ones. They have been on the island for nine years and have not contracted it. From Culion we went to Legaspi where White troops are kept. As at most military posts, we were given a re- ception, after which We departed for Aparri, the most northern town in the Philippine Islands, and so we have been from Bongao, the most southern point to Apparri, the most northern. The Pacific Ocean between Legaspi and Aparri was exceedingly rough. With the exception of one day we were all sea sick, except one, who is an excellent sailor. The eighteen days' voyage has been delightfully cool. We could not possibly have seen the islands under any better conditions. The weather has been cool, the people most charming and the chow excellent. What more can one Want on a trip? SPECTATOR 23 A Day of College Life Helen A. Trail 'l4. A T last, February twenty-second, the long-waited- for day had arrived, bringing with it excitement and a vain attempt to study. Kitty, naturally gay and excitable, was even more so today, for was it not the day of the big dance and a thing still more exciting, the day of the banker's banquet. Stifled by the walls of her tiny room, she and Sally, her chum, trying to study, strolled leisurely towards town. Neither could concen- trate and might just as well have been reading Greek for all they learned. Every five minutes, Kitty would tell a joke of a choice bit of gossip and both would go off into a spasm of laughter. By the time they reached the campus, it was lunch time. What a mad scramble they made for the gym, Where lunch was being served in order that the dining- room might be given over entirely to the bankers! But Kitty mischievously said, They don't want us to see so many men, and they don't want the men to see so many girls. A They jostled and pushed until they got near enough to snatch their portion of the lunch from the long table. Then with a group of giggling girls, they settled them- selves cosily' on the floor, using it for a table. Sally, I want another bun. Please run over and bring me a couple, and you might bring some bananas and cookies, if you can carry them, ordered Kitty. All right, Kitty, but I'm sorry you aren't able to walk that far yourself, laughed Sally, running to obey her comrade. After their gay lunch, Kitty and Sally each posted herself in a Window in full view of the arriving bankers, to see if either of them knew any of the men. Then, giggling and talking in subdued tones, they raced over to Bess' room, over the dining room, to hear the music. 24 SPECTATOR Girls, isn't it a shame to waste all that perfectly good music on those men when we might have been danc- ing to it? Let's have a dance now, right here, suggested Kitty, catching Bess and beginning to one-step around the room. But, alas, their dance was short lived, for one of the many proctors rapped on the door and angrily com- manded them to keep quiet or go to their own rooms. Certainly, we'll go, snapped Kitty, for it's time to dress for tonight. So off they pranced to don their costumes for the evening. Kitty had no trouble until she came to arranging her hair, and then, she had more trouble than she was looking for. Tell me, someone, did you powder your hair before you combed it or how did you do it? she begged of more than one girl, but each told her a different tale. Stamping her foot, she cried, I won't go to that hateful old dance, I'll stay here all by myself and be miserable! I simply can't do my hair and I think you're all horrid not to help me. Why, Kitty, if you'll wait just a minute and keep quiet, I'll help you. Sit down here, coaxed Sally, who finally quieted her and got her ready for dinner. If a Colonial Miss had stepped from a book, or pic- ture, she could not have looked sweeter or daintier than Kitty did with powdered hair piled high, a coquettish curl over her shoulder, and with her paint, powder and beauty patches. Sally had cleverly changed herself into a George, and smiling and bowing, finally escorted her Kitty into the beautifully decorated dining room. Each pillar was twined with smilaxg plants and palms stood along each wall and the only light came from two red candles on each table, while in one corner screened from view, the bankers' orchestra played during the entire dinner. But the climax of the evening came with the grand SPECTATOR 25 march. Kitty and her George were one of the first ones in the gym and many a loving glance passed between them as they led the march, for Kitty was proclaimed the belle of the evening. Sally, whispered Kitty, during one of her many dances with that young person, I'm tired of dancing, Let's take a little walk, or no, let's sit in the little parlor and pretend we are sweethearts very much in love with each other. 'Tm willing, only we must be back in time for the minuet, answered Sally. So off they went and became so interested in each other that they forgot all about the minuet, until they heard someone frantically calling their names. They performed their parts very well until Sally had to replace her sword before bowing. The sword refused to go in its sheath, and poor, embarrassed Sally had to fumble with her sword while all the other gallants were bowing to their ladies. Just as they completed the minuet, some one let down the huge center iiag and with it a shower of confetti. Everyone screamed, for just at that moment the lights went out, which was a signal that the dance was over and also a sign that Kitty and Sally had missed their refreshments by lingering so long in the parlor. 26 SPECTATOR The Amateur -Orchestra J. Bryant Itell '08. E feel that the subject of amateur orchestras is in the present instance a timely one. In fact, we can say Without hesitation that it is only Within the last decade that The Amateur Orchestra could be taken as a sub- ject. When we stop to consider the growth of the music course in our public schools and the increasing desire among both young and old to play something, the fact becomes more patent. Moreover, when we think of the numerous activities of church, the common schools, the high schools, and our colleges and universities, and that the success of many of these activities lies with the ama- teur orchestra, We begin to get some grasp of its import- ance. The very life of the amateur orchestra at the start and its subsequent success depend primarily upon the di- rector. Amateur orchestras have been undertaken with the greatest enthusiasm, have been fostered by the best of patrons, and yet have been doomed to mediocrity or total failure because the director was unfitted for his task. In fact, one might say here that the selection of a suitable director is the first big problem for the orchestra. It is very evident that there is the opinion extant that the director of an amateur orchestra must needs be a compe- tent instrumental performer, and many think that, as the strings are the basis of the orchestra, the director should be a good violinist. Probably this idea is but an outgrowth of the fact that the leaders of our bands, both amateur and professional, have usually been cornetists. There is no good reason why the director of an amateur orchestra should be a violinist, any more than 'there is for his being a clarinettist, a cornetist, or a performer on another of the orchestral instruments. There are in- stances when pianists have made successful directors g where vocalists have made successful directors, and even SPECTATOR 27 too the most satisfying success has been made by persons of marked musical attainments and experience who can perform satisfactorily neither vocally or instrumentally. There is an opinion widely current in our large sym- phony orchestras that is slowly working its way into the ranks of the amateur orchestras, and that is that the men- tal attitude of the director toward the great composi- tions and his power of personality are just about the sum-total of qualities that go to make a highly eiiicient pianist, for instance, as a candidate for a director. This pianist, we may say, plays very well, that is, he has well- defined ideas on the way different sorts of compositions should be played, he has received this knowledge from years of diligent study with the best teachers, attendance at concerts, orchestral and vocal, and recourse to substan- tial musical literature. When we stop to think it over, is there doubt in the mind of anyone that such a person would succeed as an orchestra director? Applying the same standards to a vocalist, or to a harmonist or com- poser, surely no good reasons could be advanced why he should be found wanting as a director of an amateur or- chestra. The personnel of the amateur orchestra is often an engrossing problem. There is usually an oversupply of candidates for the more common instruments, as the violin, the cornet, the drums, and the piano and usually a dearth of candidates for such indispensable instruments as the bass, the 'cello, and the clarinet. These difficulties, although they often appear insurmountable at the start, are often offset by the willingness of violinists to take up the study of the 'cello, the bass, or the clarinet. The un- seliish attitude of such players is surely Worthy of the highest praise, and usually goes a long way toward making the orchestra go. 28 SPECTATOR The Princeton Graduate College Todd D. Cochran '07. EHE Princeton graduate college is radically different from every other graduate institution in the United States. That it exists today is due to the energy and determination of Andrew Fleming West, its present dean. For years Dean West strove to realize the ideal which ex- isted in his mind. It was difficult to secure money because men did not believe the idea practicable. Today, how- ever, the college is a reality. It has passed the experi- mental stage and bids fair to take first place among the graduate institutions of the country. The location of the college building is admirable. Situated on the highest point in that section of country, it is visible for miles. The building is of stone, in the form of a rectangle, and of English Gothic architecture. At one corner stands the lofty Cleveland Memorial tower from the top of which one can see the ocean, forty miles away. To one side of the main building is Weyman House, the residence of the dean. It is of the same style of architecture and is set in a small formal garden. The students live in the graduate college building. There are accommodations for about one hundred and ten, besides the staff of waiters and housemen. The rooms consist mostly of double suites, well lighted with small-paned, Gothic windows, and luxuriously furnish- ed. Breakfast and lunch are served in two sunny, cheer- ful rooms. Dinner is held in Proctor dining hall, which is the most wonderful part of the college. It is modeled after a medieval banquet hall and is so vast that the students, when seen from an upper balcony, seem dwarf- ed. At the end of the long hall, opposite the entrance, is a raised platform. 0n this is placed the table where distinguished guests are entertained at dinner. In the wall behind this table is a beautiful large stained-glass SPECTATOR 29 window in which are two rows of life-size figures portray- ing the seven branches of knowledge and characters from the Bible. This window consists of nine thousand pieces so strongly held together that a baseball thrown with all one's strength could not break it. The students sit at four long tables ranged along either side of the hall. The walls, to a height of about ten feet, are panelled with dark oak, all of which is in- tricately hand-carved. Over the entrance is a balcony of the same material. Around the walls hang rare oil paintings. The fioor is of tile. The dinner hour is six-thirty. When the gong rings the dean leads the way into the dining hall. Hardly an evening but there are visitors in the balcony to view this most interesting sight. It is in an American college a novel spectacle, this slow, dignified procession of black- gowned men into this vast, most wonderful of halls. Adjoining the dining hall is the Commons Room. Here the students gather after dinner for relaxation and amusement. There is always music. Nearly every perio- dical published is on the tables. The bright lights and the soft, comfortable chairs and settees are so attractive that it requires great determination to begin the evening's work. In the college building there are included also a post- ofiice, porter's lodge, and kitchen. In the immense cellar are two bowling alleys and three handball courts. Two entries of the building boast stairways which are interesting. They are of ancient grayish oak, secured from the hulls of old ships, and mortised. The quadrangle of the building is laid out in a grassy court. On one side there are cloisters where the students sun themselves on warm days. Near the building there are tennis courts and a golf course. The Princeton graduate college is distinctly a school of the liberal arts. History, politics, the classics, modern languages, art and archaeology, biology, geology, psy- 30 SPECTATOR chology, physics, chemistry and philosophy are the princi- pal subjects in the curriculum. There are no schools of law, medicine, dentistry, etc., such as are found in other .graduate colleges. Much' curiosity and interest have been aroused in this country by the new graduate college. Visitors are contin- ually coming, some mere sightseers, others desirous of learning what measure of success has attended the ven- ture. The comfortable, even luxurious, accommodations have been the object of ridicule and condemnation. It has been asserted that the students would become mere sybarites, idlers. The Vassar of New Jersey, Dean West's Finishing School for Young Gentlemen, Dean West's Country Club, are some of the names which have been applied to the institution. It is gratifying to know that none of this censure is deserved. Dean West be- lieves that the more attractive the surroundings, the more work the students can do. He has left nothing undone to secure this condition and his expectation is being more than fulfilled. The men are studious and earnest. There is a Princeton characteristic which has been frequently mentioned by different writers. Princeton students, all of them, are more lighthearted, carefree, and boyish than those of other colleges. This is true also of the graduate students. Instead of lessening their capacity for work, however, this trait enables them to put more vim into their study. Besides the community life of the students, the Princeton graduate college differs in another respect from other colleges. Dean West Wishes to keep the number of students down to about one hundred. From all those who apply, the best are accepted. Thus,althoughthe num- ber of students is far less than at other places, the in- tellectual standard will be much higher, probably the highest in the country. The fact that a man has taken his degree in the graduate college of Princeton will be the highest recommendation he can have. Dean West SPECTATOR 31 wants to turn out principally teachers, teachers who are, above everything else, scholars, men trained broadly in every branch of knowledge as well as in their special field. The number of applications for entrance is con- stantly increasing. The students are showing by their work their appreciation of the dean's provision for their comfort. The new institution has received the approval of leaders of education all over the country. There is every indication that in a few years the highest stand- ard of scholarship, the real leaders of higher education, will be found in Dean West's Household of Knowledge. lil- SPECTATOR Spring Lou S. Burggraf '10. Hearin' all the birds a singin'g Seein' the grasses gettin' greeng Makes a fellow want to wander Places where he'll not be seen. Seat himself down unmolested, Listen' to the bluebird's call, 'Wonderin' what the birds been doin' Since they left us late last fall. Makes his legs just ache to tramp on Soggy, marshy, softened ground, Where the swamp root's peepin' upward Little flowers poppin' round. Seein' little pink spring-beauties, Dainty, pale anemones, And the garnet shaded trilliums Noddin' in the April breeze. Hypaticas displayin' faces Of dainty purples, pinks and blues, Pussy willows climbin' upward, Yellow lilies modest hues. Who don't like the spring? I'm askin,' With new life in every vein. March devotion breathed in zephyrs, April's love proclaimed by rain. Modest May proclaims her dower Strewin' flowers everywhere, Makin' way for trippin' June, Wreaths of roses in her hair. SPECTATOR 33 a Il1P lqigh Sfrhnnl Svpvrtatnr JOHNSTOWN, PA., MAY, 1915. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 750. PER COPY, 10 cEN'rs iihitnrial ani! Business Staff Editor in Chief, MARY E. COVER, 1915. Associate Editor Business Manager GERTRUDE PHILLIPS, '16 RALPH COLEMAN, '15 Exchange Editor - - WINIFRED KREBS, '15 ASs0?1:f,iE1?5ufES,ifSh4fg'ager Society Editors , , ' BEATRICE COURTNEY, '15 Adverrlsms Manqsef GERALDINE MARTIN, '15 HARRY ROSE, 15 School News Associates SANFORD CABLE, '15 LEE BENFORD, '15 Current Events EARL COOK, '15 VIRGINIA LEWIS, '15 CLYDE DUNMEYER, '15 Athletic Editor PAUL LAVELLE, '15 MAURICE PEARMAN, '15 ROBERT HORNER, .16 Alumni Editor EDGAR MATTHEWS, '16 MISSABRENER, 04 ALFRED DIGGLES, '16 rt itor . . Class Representatives CYIEJISQEXE' 15 PHILIP WALTERS,,'17 ALLEN GEIST, ,15 MARJORIE STIFF, 17h The Spectator is published monthly during the school term, i U Address all communications to The Spectator, High School Building. J0hl1Sl20Wll. P8- Entered at the Postofiiceg J ohnstown, Pa.. as second-class mail matter. ' In order to insure publication in the current issue. MSS. must be handed to the editor not later than the 10th of each month. 111' town Rust Every boy and girl, and espe- cially those who have had the splen- THE NECESSITY did advantages of High School train- OF A COLLEGE ing, owes it to himself and herself to E D U C A T I 0 N obtain a College education, for the world demands trained thinkers and Workers nowadays to meet and solve 34 SPECTATOR the many problems which arise from our constantly in- creasing knowledge of things hitherto unknown or uncom- prehended. If We would do our part and serve, we must be fully equipped to serve, and as service to fellow man is the noblest gift within our power to bestow, it is our duty to fit ourselves for our service most advantageously, so that we may give the best that is in us. The College and University extend to you High School graduates this opportunity for bettering your- selves mentally, morally and physically. They offer to you four happy years of hard work and hard playg com- munion with the great minds of the past and present, the inspiration of trained teachers, who are only too willing to help and counsel, association with a picked body of men and women all working together in an environment which they deeply love, and the memory of which they will fondly cherish until death. This is what College of- fers, an opportunity for service and self improvement amid the most congenial surroundings imaginable. Men who have gone through such an experience are shaping the affairs of the Nation even now, and in the not far distant future a College education will be more than necessary for success in any line that requires a man to possess a well trained, accurately thinking mind. Frank McM. Brenizer '09, A Business Talk to Young Men. The present decade through which we EFFICIENCY are passing has given to the business and professional world two prominent ideas, two new words, two new goals. The first idea is the protection of the body. In cer- tain cities where I have been, every street car, every street crossing, every railroad car and station bears the magic words Safety First. Do you catch the mean- ing? Give to the world your best physical strength by forethought and protection. SPECTATOR 35 The second great thought of the age is efficiency or one hundred percent. What does that mean, but to give to the world your fullest capacity,.your all, one hun- dred percent of body, mind, and spirit. Efficiency of the body-a body not worn and torn by liquor, cigarettes, or wee small hours, but every fibre and muscle tingling with life and action. One hundred percent brain-what is it? A brain not jaded and stunted by indulgences, but one guarded by judgment and reason. An efficient inner light -what is it? One not warped and biased by unholy thinking and acting. The world today is crying out for efficient men, who can give their full, wholly developed, selves to the world. Does full efficiency affect the pay envelope? Sure- ly. You only receive what you give. One hundred per- cent service means one hundred percent pay, no limit to the amount, one thousand to one million dollars a year. If you but give to the world three fourths efficiency, you need one superintendent, your wages are cut ac- cordingly. If you but give fifty percent, that means that two or more supervisors are necessary to develop your labor, then your pay is according to the overhead ex- penses. Don't blame the world if you are not successful. There were never so many high priced positions looking for able men. The world today is not lacking in ambition, but in capability. Modern business men must strike the modern pace. Opportunity changes her password every day. The man who doesn't keep up with the hour must drop out of line. There is no room for him, the man be- hind is waiting and straining and watching to take his post. The World is playing a new game today. Efficiency, one hundred percent, is the admission price, you cannot 36 SPECTATOR enter on a borrowed ticket. What your father was, is history. The world today has no time to crawl out on the branches of the genealogical tree. We are not fol- lowing history, we are making it. Why, the important men of the twentieth century make the eiforts of Aladdin and his wonderful lamp sec- ond rate. We are flying in the air, sailing under the sea, building towering palaces of steel and concrete, planning to read Mars, and even to dig down to the furnaces of Old Vulcan, himself. We have learned to chat over three thousand miles of distances, eliminating, almost, time and space. The precepts and examples of the past, the systems and methods of our fathers are becoming as useless as their candle-dip. The man today must be up-to-date, efficient. Does it pay? Yes, a thousand times, yes. The world today is not ungrateful but stands ready to crown the efficient man with money, honor, and renown. Such names as Abraham Lincoln, John Wanamaker, Thomas Edison, and multiplied thousands more are immortal. Harry D. Thomas '85. V ff IMD WXWX ik gas- AQ 27 ff 5-375. id 51 f -5 very attractive Easter service was held on March A 24. As a special feature the upper classes were addressed by the Rev. J. D. Brison of the Moxham M. E. church. In his discussion of Ideals, he quoted Shakespeare frequently, and also Emerson. We would SPECTATOR 37 be pleased to have another opportunity to hear the Rev. Mr. Brison. The Girls' Bible Class has been divided into two sections. One section of the class is studying the Bible directly, the other section is working on Christian Citi- zenship. Miss Matilda Krebs will direct the teaching of the Bible division, while Miss Henderson will be in charge of those who are studying the civic question. Lloyd W. Bryan '16, will be one of the speakers at the annual older boys' conference of the Y. M. C. A. to be held at Butler on April 16, 17 and 18. His topic will be The Opportunity of the Older Christian Boy in Leisure Hours. At a special meeting of the Senior class held Wed- nesday, April 7, Mr. Stockton announced the names of the honor students. They are in the order of selec- tion: Virginia Lewis, William Long, Ralph Coleman, W. Sanford Cable, Mary Cover, Viola Mosholder, Mabel Speicher, Winifred Krebs, Duncan Bruce, and Ruby Burkhart. Miss Lewis is valedictorian with an average of 93.8 for the four years' work. William Long receives the salutatory honors with an average of 91.22. X The chapel exercises held on April 7 were most en- joyable. The presence of the Albright Glee club and many of the State College Thespians lent a college at- mosphere to the assembly. George Thackeray of State spoke regarding the play, Miss Adam of Eden, to be given that evening. The Albright men then entertained the students for twenty-five minutes. The numbers of the glee club were heartily encored. William Rapp, violinist, played two beautiful solos. A quartet from the Glee Club then sang 38 SPECTATOR two numbers. The students believe this the best chapel of the year. The Seniors under the direction of Miss Swan have begun work on the operetta, The Bo's'n's Bride, which is to be presented on May 21. On April 7, the Senior class elected Robert Porter class historian. He will prepare a history of the class for the Senior Number of the Spectator, Quite a large audience attended the concert by the glee club from Indiana Normal on April 5. Especially pleasing was the reading, The Martyr, by Miss Ger- trude Eppley, a former Johnstown student. On April 8, Appomattox day was remembered in the chapel exercises for the Freshmen. Mr. Stockton made this the subject of an address in which he related the events leading up to General Lee's surrender at Ap- pomattox Courthouse. During the Easter season we have been glad to welcome many alumni of the High School. It is very encouraging to the students to see the graduates retain- ing their interest in the school. ' 'Z A s . 9' o if A 'hw ' SPECTATOR 39 I I I I K x ' Q, am, 4. 1, - 'Y' I I ll l' I A l i J' xx - 5 1 I ' Johnstown H. S. 42-Windber H. S. 23. ' IGH School established basketball relations with Windber High by defeating them 42-23 in the Casino on March 19th. Our opponents were clearly out- classed in every department of the game. Shomo was the bright star, getting ten pretty field goals. McKendrick played well for the visitors. The work of Referee Kephart of Altoona was very satisfactory to both teams. The lineup: J. H. S. 42 W. H. S. 23 Pearman .... . . .F ..... ...... S . Hughes Shomo .... .... F ..... . . . McKendrick Broderick. . . ..... C .... . ...... . Metz Connors ................. G ................ James Colbert .................. G ................ Severn Substitutions-Schry for Pearman, Parfitt for Metz. Field goals-Shomo 10, Broderick 4, Connors, S. Hughes 3. McKendrick 2, James. Fouls-Shomo 15 out of 22, McKendrick 13 out of 28. Referee-Kephart. High School 46, Alumni 27. The Varsity basketball squad played its annual game with the Alumni team at the Casino on April 1. The contest was well played by both sides, but the su- perior teamwork of High School gave us a 46-27 vic- tory. The feature of the game was the shooting of Shomo. 40 SPECTATOR Schry and Dempsey did the best for the Alumni. This was the last game of the 1915 season which was very successful. The team's record was 14 wins and 3 defeats. The lineup: J. H. S. 46. Alumni 27. Shomo ....... .... F .... .... D e mpsey Pearman ..... .... F .... ....... E n gh Broderick .... .... C .... .... L . Schry Connors ..... .......... G ............ ..... B l ack Colbert .................. G ................ Lynam Substitutions-R. Schry for Pearman, Custer for Connors, Slater for Engh. Field goals-Shomo 13, Pear- man, Broderick 6, Connors, Dempsey 3, Engh, Schry 3, Black 3, Lynam. Fouls-Shomo 4 out of 9, L. Schry 5 out of 12. Referee-Owens. -l On March 15, the Juniors and Sophomores played 06 a tie for first place in the Boys' League, the Sopho- mores winning, 18 to 11. The lineup: Sophomores 18. Juniors ll. Schade ......... .... F .... . , . . . . . Evans Walters ....... ..... F .... . . Prothero Mayer ..... .... C .... . '. Pinder Strayer .......... ....... G ................ W ilson Leiford .................. G ............. Matthews Substitutions-Fox for Evans, Reynolds for Wilson. Field goals-Mayer 3, Schade 2, Pinder 2, Walters, Prothero. Fouls-Sophs 6 out of 13, Juniors 5 out of 21. Referee-Schmid. The final standing of the Boys' League was: W. L. Pct. Sophomores ........................ 5 2 .714 Juniors . . . .... 4 3 .571 Seniors .... .... 2 4 .333 Freshmen . . . .... 1 5 .167 SPECTATOR 41 The postponed game between the Senior and Junior Girls was played on March 17, the Seniors win- ning, 5 to 3. The lineup: Seniors 5. Juniors 3. Smith ..... ............ F .... ...... T i ce Cover .... .... F .... . . . Phillips Painter .... .... C .... . . Collins Mitchell ................. G ............ . . Young Moeller .................. G ................ Greer Substitutions-Courtney for Moeller, Rose for Young. Field goals-Tice, Smith. Fouls-Cover 1 out of 4, Phillips 1 out of 3. Points awarded-To Seniors 2. Referee-Schmid. The final standing of the League is as follows: W. L. Pct. Sophomores ........................ 5 1 .833 Seniors ..... . . .4 2 .500 Juniors ........ .................. 3 3 .500 Freshmen .......................... 2 4 .333 The Sophs, champions of the Boys' League, on March 22, defeated the Faculty five, 32 to 23. The line- up: Sophomores 32. Faculty 23. Schade ......... .... F .... . . . Callahan Walters .... ..... F .... ...... S c hmid Mayer. . . .... C .... . . . MacGowan Strayer .................. G ............. Alexander Leiford .................. G ................. Steele Substitutions-Taylor for Mayer, Trimble for Wal- ters, Kuehne for Strayer. Field goals-Mayer 5, Schade 5, Leiford 2, Schmid 2, Walters, Callahan, MacGowan, Steele. Fouls-Steele, 13 of 22, Leiford 6 of 15. Ref- eree-Shomo. The Seniors won from the Freshmen 32 to 16 on Feb- ruary 9. The lineup: Seniors, 32. Freshmen, 16. 42 SPECTATOR Coleman ..... ........ F ..... . . Morgan Brunner. . . .... F .... ..... H unter Stolle ...... .... C .... ......... J o y Springer ...... ........ G ............ P ostlethwait Bird ..................... G .............. Harrigan Field goals-Coleman 7, Brunner 5, Morgan 3, Stolle, Hunter, Harrigan. Fouls-Coleman, 6 of 133 Morgan, 1 of 6, Harrigan 5 of 9. Referee-Schmid. The Sophomore Girls Won from the Juniors 18 to 1 on February 10. The lineup: Sophomores, 18. Juniors, 1. Davies ........... ...F. .. ..... .. Tice Keiper ......... . . . . . . Phillips Stokes ..... . . .C.. . . . . . Thomas Powelson ................ G. ................. Rose Ling .................... G. ................ Young Field goals-Stokes, 5, Keiper 2, Davies. Fouls- Stokes 2 of 5g Tice 1 of 33 Phillips 0 of 3. Referee- Schmid. On February 12, the Juniors defeated the Sopho- mores in an interesting game, 24 to 10. The lineup: Juniors, 24. Sophomores, 10. Prothero .... ..... F . . . ........ Trimble Matthews .... .... F .... ......... M a yer Pinder ...... .... C . . . . .... Hartley E. Bowser ............... G. ............. G. Bowser Lowman ................. G. ................ Bailey Substitutions-Piper for Lowman. Field goals- Prothero 4, Matthews, Pinder 3, E. Bowser, Mayer 2, Hartley. Fouls-Prother 6 of 193 Mayer 4 of 14, Mat- thews 0 to 15 Trimble 0 of 2. Referee-MacGowan. The Junior Girls went down to defeat on February 15, at the hands of the Freshmen, 5 to 3. The lienup: SPECTATOR 43 Freshmen, 5. Juniors, 3. Ryan ......... .... F .... ..... Y o ung Updegrave .... ..... F .. . . ..... Tice McFeaters .... .... C .. . . . . . Reynolds Cook .................... G ............... Phillips Horten .................. G .................. Rose Substitutions-Sipe for Updegrave. Field goals- Sipe. Fouls-McFeaters 2 of 103 Young 0 of 43 Tice 3 of 9. Referee-Schmid. On February 16, the Junior and Freshmen boys bat- tled in the gym for their first game. The Juniors won 17 to 8. Evans and Fox were the stars of the game. The lineup: Juniors, 17. Freshmen, 8. Matthews. . . ..... F.. . . . . . . . Morgan Evans ..... .... F .. . . . . Hunter Prothero .... ..... C .. . . ..... . . Joy Reynolds ................ G. ........ .... H arrigan Fox ..................... G. ............... Gaffney Field goals-Evans 3, Fox 3, Morgan, Prothero, Harrigan. Foul goals-Harrigan 1 of 93 Prothero 1 of 53 Morgan 3 of 93 Fox 2 of 3. Referee-Schmid. The Sophomore girls defeated the Senior girls 4 to 1 in the gym on February 17. The lineup: Sophomores, 4. Seniors, 1 . Lambert ................. F ........... ..... S mith Keiper ........ .... F .... .... C o ver Stokes ...... .... C .... .... P a inter Powelson ................ G. ............... Mitchell Davies .................. G ............... Robeson Substitutions-Moeller for Robeson, Lewis for Cover, Cover for Moeller. Field goal-Stokes. Foul goals- Stokes 2 of 73 Cover 1 of 53 Smith 0 of 2. Referee- Schmid. In the Boys' League on February 19, the Sophs de- 44 SPECTATOR feated the Seniors 19 to 18. The lineup: Sophomores, 19. Seniors, 18. Schade .................. F. ......... .... C olelnan Walters ....... . . . F ..... . . . Stroup Mayer ..... .... C .... ...... S t olle Strayer .................. G .............. Springer Kuehue .................. G ............... Gocher Substitutions-Brunner for Stroup, Tross for Gocher, Taylor for Kuehue, Trimble for Walters. Field Goals- Schade 5, Walters, Mayer 2, Coleman 3, Brunner 2. Fouls-Coleman 8 of 19 3 Schade 3 of 6. Referee- Schmid. The Junior and Senior girls battled to a tie on February 22, after several extra periods. The lineup: Seniors, 4. Juniors, 4. Smith ................... F. ......... .... P hillips Lewis .... . . . F. .... ...... T ice Painter ..... .... C ..... . . . Reynolds Cover ................... G. ................. Rose Moeller .................. G ................ Young Substitution-Robeson for Lewis. Field goals-Rey- nolds, Painter. Foul goals-Smith 2 of 25 Tice 2 of 4. Referee-Schmid. In a great game of basketball the Juniors defeated the Seniors 23 to 20 on February 23. The lineup: Juniors, 23. Seniors, 20. Prothero .... .... F ....... ..... C o leman Evans .... . . . F ..... . . Brunner Pinder .... .... C .... . . . Stolle Fox ..................... G ........... .... T ross Bowser .................. G .............. Springer Field goals-Prothero 5, Coleman 3, Brunner 2, Stolle 2, Pinder 2, Bowser, Evans. Foul goals-Coleman 6 of 173 Fox 5 of 103 Brunner 1 of 23 Tross 0 of 2. Ref- eree-Schmid. 48 SPECTATOR All who took part did exceptionally well. Beatrice Courtney was splendid in the role of the self-willed, con- ceited Princess. Ida, the daughter of Lady Blanche. Lady Psyche and Lady Blanche, rival teachers in the Uni- versity, acted very well their parts. The Prince and his friends caused loud laughter when they appeared dressed as girls. The chorus looked youthful and charming in their Grecian costumes, and the boys appeared quite gal- lant in their cavalier suits. The Society takes this opportunity of thanking Mrs. Keat, the play director, for her untiring efforts in training those who took part. Agassiz , N April 8, a number of the members under the di- rection of Miss Canan made an excursion to Elk Run. This was the first excursion of the semester. Most of the time was spent in the study of the stream formation. However, a few spring flowers were found and a large number of cray-fish, which will be used for class room study. Few birds were seen, because it was late in the day. The members were much pleased with this first excursion and are anxious to take several others, which have been planned. Der Schiller-Verein. Der Schiller-Verein wird die letzte Versammlung fur dieses Jahr am Dienstag Abend, den zwanzigsten April in der Hochschule haben. Wir werden zuerst ein kurzes Programm ausfuhreng dan werden wir die neuen Beamten fur nachstes Jahr erwahlen. Nachher haben Wir einen geselligen Abend und hoffentlich haben wir eine recht grosse Versammlung. SPECTATOR 45 The Sophomore-Freshman game in the boys' league, which was scheduled to be played Friday, February 26, was postponed until a later date on account of the use of the gym that night for the J unior-Senior reception. The Freshmen girls went down to defeat before the Seniors on March 1, in a score of 6 to 4. The lineup: Seniors, 6. - Freshmen, 4. Dempsey .... .... F .... ....... H o rten Cover ..... .... F .... .... U p degrave Painter .... .... C .... . . McFeaters Robeson ................. G .................. Sipe Moeller. . . ............... G ................. Cook Field Goals-McFeaters, Horten, Painter. Foul goals -Cover 4 of 8, Updegrave 0 of 33 McFeaters 0 of 4. Referee-Schmid. In the game on March 3, the Freshmen defeated the Senior boys 5 to 3 in a close-guarding game. The lineup: Freshmen, 5. Seniors, 3. Hunter ........ .... F ......... . . . Coleman Gaffney ..... .... F .... .... B r unner Postlethwait. . . . . . C. .... .... W etherbee Snook ................... G ...... .......... S tolle Joy ..................... G ................ Gocher Field goals-Hunter, Coleman. Foul goals-Hun- ter 3 of 7, Coleman 1 of 5. Score at end of first half- Seniors 3, Freshmen 1. Referee-Schmid. On March 4 the Sophomore girls defeated the Juniors, 4 to 1. The lineup: Sophomores, 4. Juniors, 1. Keiper .................. F .... ...... T ice Powelson .... . .... F ..... ...... Y oung Stokes ..... . . . C .... .... R eynolds Davies ..... .... G . .... ..... R ose Lambert ..... .... G .... . . . Greer 46 SPECTATOR Field goals-Powelson, Stokes. Foul goals- Young 1 of lg Tice 0 of 4, Stokes 0 of 1. Referee- Schmid. By sheer teamwork and good shooting, the Juniors, on March 6, were able to overcome the Sophomores, 29 to 11. The lineup: Juniors, 29. Sophomores, 11. Wilson ...... .... F . .... ...... S chade Prothero ..... .... F .... .... W a lters Pinder ..... .... C .... . . Mayer Reynolds ................. G ............... Kuehne Matthews ................ G ............... Strayer Substitutions-Wilson for Pinder, Pinder for Wil- son, Wertz for Prothero. Field Goals-Wilson 7, Proth- ero, Pinder 6, Mayer 2, Schade. Foul goals-Prothero 1 of 4, Schade 5 of 12, Wilson 0 of 4. Score at end of first half-Sophomores 9, Juniors 7. Referee-Pearman. On February 8, the Senior girls defeated the Fresh- men, 8 to 5. The lineup: Seniors, 8. Freshmen, 5. Smith ...... ............ F .... ........ M a yer Petriken. . . .... F .... .... U pdegrave Painter ........ .... C .... ...... R a ab Mitchell ................. G ......... ....... C ook Schenkemeyer ............ G ............... E. Smith Substitutions-Cover for Mitchell. Foul goals- Smith 0 of 43 Updegrave 3 of 7 3 Raab 0 of 15 Cover 0 of 1. Field goals-Painter, Mayer, Smith 3. SPECTATOR 47 PEW? 1 , all T. K. E. Society EHE Seventeenth Annual Open Meeting of the T. K. E. Society was held in the High School auditorium Friday evening, March 26. The large audience greatly enjoyed the program given. The President, James Lewis, gave the address of welcome, which was followed by selections from the or- chestra. The Princess, dramatized from Tennyson's poem, was then presented with the following cast of charac- ters: Princess ........................ Beatrice Courtney Lady Psyche .. . .. Margaret Hummel Lady Blanche . .. . .Helen Schenkemeyer Lady Violet .... . . . Katharine Hutchison Lady Melissa .... ...... W inifred Krebs Prince ....... ...... O scar Naugle Gama .... .... E dgar Matthews Florian . . . . . . Clyde Dunmeyer Ipse .............................. Walter Griflith Cyril ......................... Kenneth Richardson Students-Dorothy Gould, Helen Matthews, Edith Grambling, Blanche Peters, Elizabeth Greer, Lorene Martin, Erma Livingstone, Helen Cavanaugh, Elma Fy- ock, Edna Gray, Winola Evans, Grace Goughnour, Sarah De Frehn, Alice Hackett, Ruth Morris, Katharine Carrol, Florence Statler. 48 SPECTATOR All who took part did exceptionally well. Beatrice Courtney was splendid in the role of the self-willed, con- ceited Princess. Ida, the daughter of Lady Blanche. Lady Psyche and Lady Blanche, rival teachers in the Uni- versity, acted very well their parts. The Prince and his friends caused loud laughter when they appeared dressed as girls. The chorus looked youthful and charming in their Grecian costumes, and the boys appeared quite gal- lant in their cavalier suits. The Society takes this opportunity of thanking Mrs. Keat, the play director, for her untiring efforts in training those who took part. Agassiz , N April 8, a number of the members under the di- rection of Miss Canan made an excursion to Elk Run. This was the first excursion of the semester. Most of the time was spent in the study of the stream formation. However, a few spring flowers were found and a large number of cray-fish, which will be used for class room study. Few birds were seen, because it was late in the day. The members were much pleased with this first excursion and are anxious to take several others, which have been planned. Der Schiller-Verein. Der Schiller-Verein wird die letzte Versarnmlung fur dieses Jahr am Dienstag Abend, den zwanzigsten April in der Hochschule haben. Wir werden zuerst ein kurzes Programm ausfuhreng dan werden wir die neuen Beamten fur nachstes Jahr erwahlen. Nachher haben wir einen geselligen Abend und hoffentlich haben wir eine recht grosse Versammlung. SPECTATORI 49 M Miami mn ' ISTORY is little else than a picture of human crimes 15 and misfortunes.-Voltaire. In Tokio, Japan, there was recently exhibited an in- teresting collection of art objects. Prince Li, a former king of Corea, placed them in the Corean building of the Taisho Exposition. Among the valuable pieces was an eight-paneled screen, showing a naval review which took place after Corea conquered Japan in the Bunroku era. There was also a sucking jar dug up in Southern Corea, which resembles very closely jars of the same kind found in Japan. This is interesting, because it may indicate a close intercourse between these two nations. By the overwhelming vote of 129 to 8 in the lower house, and a unanimous vote in the upper house, the New York State Legislature passed the Mothers' Pension Bill. This enactment differs in many respects from other laws of the same kind. Only mothers who are widows may be helped. Moreover, the woman must be capable of rearing her children, must 'have been a resident of the county for two years. Her husband must have been a citizen of the United States and a resident of New York state. The children must be under sixteen years of age, and the allowance must amount to no more than would be paid to an institution for the care of the child. Under this law, the pensions cost the taxpayer no more than courts and institutions do. 50 SPECTATOR John McTammany died at Stamford Hospital, Stam- ford, Connecticut on March 27, at 67 years of age. He was the inventor of the player piano, voting machine, and a number of automatic musical contrivances. On March 6, the Republic of Northern Portugal was declared by a congress of Democrats. As Presi- dent, General Barrets, who was Minister of War in the provisional government, formed during the first year of the Republic, was proclaimed . This trouble was caused by the dissatisfaction of the Democratic party because the government had postponed the general census. As conditions stood before the revision of the census, the Democrats would have had the majority. The report of the Panama Canal for the first six months from April 15, 1914, to February 14, 1915, was issued on March 11. The tolls for the 496 vessels whose cargoes were 2,367,244 tons amounted to S2,138,442.69. Samuel Bowles has a record for the editorship of a newspaper. At twenty-six he took charge of his father's paper, the Springfield Republican, and con- tinually raised the standard of the paper until his death on March 14. For thirty-seven years, he has carefully guarded the policy of one of the most influential daily papers in the country. Perhaps no other person in this business had so thorough a knowledge of the necessities as Samuel Bowles. The ship Discovery is preparing to undertake a voy- age for scientific research which is perhaps the longest voyage ever undertaken. Under the command of Cap- tain J. Foster Stackhouse, the trip will probably last seven years and will cover about 250,000 miles. The purpose of the Voyage is oceanography. Many thou- sand rocks and reefs will be charted. I sPEc'rA'roR 51 ,UWKW1 m l fa .MQ-i I HIS is the season when the Alumni of the Johnstown High School are busiest. Last year, it will be re- membered, the Alumni Association underwent a rejuvena- tion, and in May 1914 planned a course of lectures and concerts, the proceeds of which were to be expended in some worthy cause. On Tuesday evening, March 23, 1915 a special meeting was held in the High School. The report of the treasurer, Ernest J. Cohoe, showed a total balance of about S290 in the association treasury, more than it has had at any previous time in its history. Many suggestions were offered as to the disposition of the money, but the one which appealed to most of the people present was the establishment of A Students' Loan Fund, to assist Worthy high school students, who wish to go to college, and who do not have the necessary means, by .a loan. Therefore the sum of S5100 was appropriated to start the fund. This plan is operated in many of the larger cities, many of the public-spirited members of the Alumni As- sociation contributing toward its maintenance. It has worked with great success in those cities and it ought to work equally successfully in Johnstown. Plans for the entertainment course for next year 52 SPECTATOR were also taken up. It was decided to leave them in the hands of the new Executive Committee, which will be appointed by the new President. At this meeting the new constitution was read, and a decision was made also to have an Alumni Register compiled, to be completed by the end of the present school year. On Tuesday evening, March 30, the regular annual meeting of the Association was held in the High School. The following ofiicers were elected: President, Mr. Fred Krebs: Vice-President, Miss Lillie Pinderg Secretary, Miss Florence M. Glenng Treasurer, Mr. Seward Davis. The new constitution was also adopted at this time. This evening a discussion regarding the interest that the Alumni owe to the Spectator was taken up. After some talking, pro and con, the matter was left to a com- mittee of three appointed by Miss Krebs, the retiring president. She appointed Miss Freda B. Brixner, Miss Martha Hershberger, and Mr. Ira Dempsey who will meet the Spectator staff in the near future to see what can be done to bring the Alumni into closer contact with the Spectator, It is hoped that many of the Alumni will sub- scribe to the High School publication. The next thing of interest to be taken up will be the Alumni Night celebration, which comes during Com- mencement week. If we judge by the enthusiasm dis- played last year, there ought to be a big assembly at the next meeting of the Association to make all plans. News From the Classes. Old Guards -Mr. Fred Krebs, the newly-elected President of the Alumnia Association, has recently been elected President of the Chamber of Commerce of Johns- town. '83-Mrs. Christie Breniser, fMiss Anna S. Faulknerj is one of Johnstown's most public-spirited women, being interested in Equal-Suffrage, Art, Church and various other works. SPECTATOR 53 '91-Forest Rose, one of Johnstown's prominent at- torneys, in addition to being associated with his brother, Percy Allen Rose in their law offices here, spends a great deal of his interest, in managing the Rose estate, Ben Dover, in Sabot, Virginia. Mr. Rose spent his Easter va- cation in Johnstown. '94-L. W. Jones, M. D., is at present the city health officer. '95-Harry Phillips holds a very responsible posi- tion in the Cambria Steel Company's Wire Mills. '00-Mrs. Lloyd Smith, CMiss Edith Conser M. DJ wife of Dr. Lloyd Smith, is now living in the Philippine Island, where Dr. Smith is engaged in his profession, be- ing employed by the government. '02-Morgan Jones Cex-'02J is the Senior member of the successful advertising firm of the J ones-Morton Com- pany. '03-Mrs. J. M. Detts, CMiss Floy Cameronj, wife of the Rev. J. M. Detts, is now located in East End, Pitts- burg, where the Rev. Detts is pastor of a Methodist church. Mrs. Detts was formerly a deaconess. '04-Harry Hager of Westmont, has purchased a large farm beyond Geistowng Mr. Hager will do experi- mental farming on a scientific basis. '07-Todd Cochran, who is in the post-graduate school at Princeton University, recently won a S500 Fel- lowship at Princeton. '09-John Rodgers, formerly coach of the High School foot-ball team, and later of the St. Francis College team, is now located at Newark, New Jersey, where he is working for an Architectural Firm. '10-Louis Ginsburg, who graduated from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania in 1914, is now studying medi- cine at Pennsylvania. '11-William J oder, formerly employed in the office of the Penn Trafiic Company store, is at present a teller in the Johnstown Trust Company. 54 SPECTATOR '12-Paul Zasofsky, who was at Pennsylvania State College last year, is now studying at Columbia University. Births. '04-Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Marvin Haines, CMiss Naomi Swankl, a son. '07-Born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mattern a son. '07-Born to Dr. and Mrs. Harry Stewart, fMiss Edna Bauersj, a son. ll-John H. Cover recently led a body of students at Columbia University in a movement which culminated in manymass meetings called to protest against the growing spirit of militarism manifest in the country. Mr. Cover is a friend and constituent of the Hon. Warren Worth Bailey of Johnstown. Mr. Bailey in his speech on Prepared- ness, the Foe of Peace, in the House of Representatives referred to Mr. Cover and commended him highly for his attitude in this cause. Hence Gi, J Careful preparation of each department is necessary to make a High School paper successful, and one de- partment should not be sacrificed at the expense of an- other. The Spectator this month has reviewed its exchanges SPECTATOR 55 by departments rather than by individual publications. Literary: Of the magazines received this month, the Red and Black, Reading, Pennsylvania, excels in this work. The World, St. Paul, and the Brown and White, Greensburg, contain excellent stories. The Tahoma, Tacoma, Washington, offers an abundance of stories and poems. In the Courant, Bradford, Pennsylvania, the story What's in a Name? has a plot well worked out, but the continued story is melodramatic and weak. V The Habit, Salina, Kansas, presents in its March issue, a literary department which surpasses its custo- mary good one. Art: The best cuts and cover are, as usual present- ed by the World. The cover for April is striking and artistic. More cuts would greatly improve the High School Record, from Camden, New Jersey. The cut which heads the Joke Department in the Searchlight, West Newton, Pennsylvania, is an unusually clever one. Editorials: The Erasmian from Brooklyn, and Mountaineer, Butte, Montana, contain editorials which are of interest to any reader, while the editorials of the Habit and Red and Black are confined, for the most part, to local affairs. This is also true of the Spectator from Paterson, New Jersey, and of the Distaff, Boston. Could not these papers branch out into broader subjects in their editorials? The Purple and Gold, Ashland, Ohio, contained no real editorial page in its March issue. School News: An unusual and very interesting or- ganization, the Congress of Central High School, is de- scribed in the March issue of the Mirror, Philadelphia. The abundance of school news in the Red and Black gives evidence of a live school which supports a number of flourishing organizations and societies. Judging from the Habit's school news, music seems Q6 SPECTATOR to hold an important place in the Salina High School. The Tahoma's school news are well written, and give one a splendid idea of the many activities of the school. Jokes: The Mirror, Philadelphia, and the Tahoma, Tacoma, are very liberally supplied with jokes. The limited number in the Erasmian make up in quality for the lack in quantity. ' The Purple and Gold, Ashland, Ohio, and the Cour- ant, Bradford, Pennsylvania, contain some clever jokes, the majority of which are about school happenings. The Spectator acknowledges the following: Brown and White, Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, Dial, Brattleboro, Vermont, Dial, Lancaster, Penn- sylvania, Daleville Leader, Daleville, Virginia, El Burro, Falfurrias, Texas, High School Life, Warren, Ohio, High School Herald, Westiield, Massachusetts, Mirror, Mondovi, Wisconsin, Record, Staunton, Virginia, Red and White,', Woodstock, Illinois, Orange and Black, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Spectrum, Chester, Pennsylvania, Spectroscope, Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylva- nia, Tucsonian, Tucson, Arizona, Tripod, Boston Massachusetts, Wigwam, North Yakima, Washing- ton. - li.... E SPECTATOR 57 I' ll V3 I 1,.1 L5 r-T' ' . f 'El f X - x I ' 3' 223. A 1 N ff 'W xy, p ,rgfsi Yag i? f f In the interests of prolonged neutrality in pleasant remembrance of our past association, and in the hope of its perpetual continuance, we respectfully dedicate this, the ALUMNI NUMBER of THE SPECTATOR to NOBODY who has so nobly stood by us when assailed on every hand by unfriendly criticisms and unkind ridicule. NOBODY came to our rescue when the faculty threatened to annihilate us. NOBODY cheered us up when we had to have laugh- ing gas administered in order to induce our jaded wit to action. NOBODY reimbursed us for the shoe leather we wore out in pacing the floor while Worrying lest We should meet a victim larger than ourselves. NOBODY permitted us to use the names of the faculty members when we were hunting high and low in search of victims for our diabolical Witticism as the aforesaid brain trust terms it. NOBODY paid for the 36-volume set of Wit, Hu- mor, and Mirth of All Times which we were compelled to 1 58 SPECTATOR buy, and for the midnight oil which We consumed in hydraulically absorbing the contents of same Finally, expressing our most heartfelt appreciation to NOBODY in general for their extreme lack of interest, and thanking in advance NOBODY in particular for all past favors, we cautiously launch the good ship Laugh- and Grofat to the tender mercies of the waves of popu- larity. All Aboard! All aboard! All aboard for the Joker Jitney. Are you on, boys? Hold tight! All ready and away she goes:- lst Puncture! QA young Freshman named Eckel is charged with this one. We cannot vouch for its authenticity-Joke Eds.J Say, father, who is this man Jitney? Is he a local man? fNever mind! Keep goingll 2nd Blowout!! Enter the fMorrellJ Villian! But We CAN vouch for this one. A sweet young Freshette named fdeletedj from Morrellville calls it the Gypsy Bus. fStay on! Stay on!J 3rd Hot Box!!! Zounds! Hen Weatherbee- I wouldn't mind the cold up here on Westmont if it wasn't for the beastly low tem- peraturef' 'Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ee, seuoonf xx 'sz-'fe Enemesnme CIVIL. MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL and CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, and GENERAL SCIENCE Sand for a Catalogue. In N IYI SPECTATOR Classy duds for graduation -and this handsome gold class watch fob F Fx EE with every suit RADUATION day is the one time when all young fellows who care a hang for personal appearances will 'want to look your best-and in this con- nection we advise you to get wise to our unquestioned lines and values ln Smart nobby suits at 11510 to 325 You'l1 find a greater variety of models and weaves here to choose from than any other store in town can show you-and you don't have to worry about the quality. There are Glen Urquharts, Tar- tans, Chalk-line Stripes, Checks, Fancy Tweeds, Rough Homespuns and Blue Serges-in the niftiest one, two and three button models that ever came down fashion's turnpike. T he Penn Q. ll Q2 ' CHD gl rs...- F1 Hy :.Q E:-.2 1: vm gf T o Q - L - :iss-v eg? - 5 - - - 1 Y T ra C G Q This is 3-4 the net size of the fobs 60 SPECTATOR fSpeed up, there, chauffeurlj Said the envelope to the stamp, Stick to me and you'll get yourself in a box. Slam! Bob Schry says he isn't going to college simply because none of the colleges are good enough for him. Doc Schill fin Alumni Meetingj- I'm glad to see that people are going back to that good old-fashioned manner of locomotion called walking. And Ernie Cohoe just bought a Ford! The Senior Class Flour -Gold Meddle--- Smart Soph Cto clerkj-I want thirty yards of Con- gress cloth. Clerk-Do you want to take it with you? S. S. Knot Sunday School!-No Senate to the house. Weight Till We Get You! Rub -Inspector of Weights and Measures Mit- chell was inspecting ambuscade scales to-day. Dunk Bruce-What kind of scales are ambuscade scales? Rub fretiring outside of gun rangej-Scales that lie in weight! Sign in Colbert's Undertaking Laboratory :- NO LOAFING ALLOWED HERE. William's Shaving! Stick Around! SPECTATOR . QP l5J.0frBIS!.!55l CATE - ALL City Hall Square-Opposite Cambria Theatre See Smart Shop Hats for the Summer Girl ---Individuality and Distinctiveness Smart Shop Hats at Smart Shop prices is the combination that wins. COMMENCEMENT Shoes and Slippers at the Shoe Store in the Air White Sea Island Cotton Pump-low turned heel, small tongue and ornament to match, hand turned sole ........................ 52.50 White Canvas and Dull Leather SNEAKER.S with white rub- ber soles, low heels to match, sold everywhere for S3.50...S2.50 White Palm Beach Pumps, plain white and also with black pip- ing, Louis Cuban heels .................... .................. ............... S 2 .50 Baby Dolls -patent leather, cloth top, genuine goodyear welt ............................................................ ................... S 2.50 White Canvas Shoes-lace, English style, rubber soles and heels ....................,.............................................. .......... S 2.50 Newall 32.50 Ladies' Shoe Shop Rooms 205-206 Title, Trust Q Guarantee Bldg. Corner Main and Clinton Streets 62 SPECTATOR HIGH SCHOOL DAZE Clllustratedl Dear Old Pal:- I received your lengthy epistle and read ad libitum with a convivial sense of pleasure your exuberance of profusion of humor and when I say that I was simply delighted to hear from you and then compare it to my real feelings it would make the latter look like a cross between a Roman mob and a Polish riot with a boiler shop thrown in just for good measure. I haven't heard much from old Johnstown High for about 'steen and a half years, altho it seems but yesterday that I was helping to array Hebe in a Kimona, adding a bottle of Snake Bite to Minerva's equipment, or defending the old class flag up in the cupola. Do I remember the time the pigeon was sent up in the auditorium? I should say I do! Every time I see the Dove of Peace in the papers I have to laugh to think how that bunch chased up to the balcony like a pack of bull terriers out for revenge. That was long be- fore the days of Safety First. Yes, I certainly do remember the time Wagner got his forced bath, as a result of which four unlucky Sophs were promoted to the ranks of the walking delegates. But did you ever hear the sequel to the story? The Sophs met and held an indignation meeting or council of war. After the indignation had been spread around so thick that it would have taken an Oliver Chilled Plow to get thru it, Chick Cooper rose to his feet with the gravity of a Congressman and the grace of a stone-cutter and majestically uttered those famous words, I move we secede. In Chick's career since then I always feel that he has missed his calling and that our country has lost a statesman. I'll never forget my first impressions when entering old Johnstown High. After we received our introduc- tion fknock-down would be more aptl to the old Stony x sPEcTA'roR as , Q4 Let Us Talk Kodak -.5 5 A f f, M,-,nf 1- ,' .P I fv 5 ' V--1. : 5' fi ' X -EJ! -1 -X I 3 g,- The kodak days are about E 45 1 'Q X1 f W 3 , here. You may need a ' V X: V Q P new one. lf so give us a X 6. N call. .1 J ....,,.,.,- v -' ,' ' M - ' N vc , 'J N , -V- r:RowNnas Sl 1 sw I ? 5 M 'W xomxxs sw 1: seo We do expert developing and printing. No. experiments. , 'QM-4 3 YOUNG'S PHARMACY 143' 205-207 Franklin Street e ,gf r' When you want something out of the ordinary in IC REAM for Weddings and Parties, call LEWIS Less Office Work--- That's the result in the office where the book- keeping system is modern. Let us help you- with loose-leaf, card systems, and filing' devices. Everything for the office. Wm. B. Waters 8: Bro. Sifgklin Probably you do not know what the Tank System of Development means to the amateur photographer, but you ought to know that it is your guarantee for a perfectly developed roll of films. Disappoint- ment due to under or over developed negatives is lacking when We do your photo-finishing. ' SCHRADER BROS. The Quality Store Main and Franklin Streets 64 SPECTATOR Creek we slunk into the school building with bated breath. What trouble we had in Iinding our assembly rooms! But this was as easy as getting money from home alongside of making out our schedules. The way we sweated over that task made Hercules' assignments look like a week- end jaunt. And such schedules as we made! We were too green to know how to select the best study period. You know a study period in the hand is Worth two in the Study Hall. But we were too unsophisticated to arrange our program, so that we could study next period's lesson under cover of the smoke that the recitations made. That's one of the discomforts of Freshmanity, so we bore it un- complainingly till we got our second wind. Not until we had gotten our schedules made out to our entire dissatisfaction did we dare to relax long en- ough to look up and see what was going on around us. Do you remember, Jim, the man that used to come in twice each day with such a calm and steady gait and so light on his feet for such a seemingly important personage? He always carried a large waste basket and an oil can Without looking to the right or to the left he would walk up to a little cage on the way, reach a screwdriver through the bars and tickle some kind of an animal on the back. Pst-st-s-s-tl it would hiss. Then we'd all look amused. And do you know that I was almost through my Freshman year before I found out that that man was the famous Biggoty and that he didn't tickle that thermo- stat for our special entertainment. ENGRAVED NAME CARDS 30 Different Styles VALLEY ENGRAVING COMPANY WOOLF ANNEX LINCOLN STREET SPECTATOR The Picgieerglfrug Company of S k am Fla 01111 y toc s The Complete! JOHNSTOWN TRUST CO. Capital, Surplus and Profit S425,000 Pays Interest on:Savings Accounts CHECKINGIIACCOUNTS SOLICITED With our formal open- ing we announce that our display of Spring Milli- nery, Suits, Coats and Dresses are ready and await your inspection. We have all the newest creations that the High School girl demands. QUI N N ' S Clinton St. 1 BAKED .z.i55::ESi5i1 ' iiiliiiiailiffni.. QQICK T Q is PORK ii 1- 'ii H 1 'KK -4 -J .-Z AND g lvl Q' K 0:41:10 ffl X 1 uuce V f fb JBNNM ERYANCO EllC05 p BEANS si You'll Buy Them Again--- For wherever Quick Lunch Beans are introduced, 'round the family table without a miss there's the call for more, for they like them-immensely. Choice Hand Picked Beans, in a sauce made from solid, whole, red-ripe tomatoes - that's t h e Quick Lunch quality story. A can of usual 15c size for a dime-tha.t's the economy reason for these su- perior Beans. Buv them at most grocery stores. Packed For The Ryan Correll Co. 66 SPECTATOR K NSE That man was the famous Biggoty. Well, first thing we know We Wake up and find that We're no longer despised Freshmen but great big manly Sophs. About this time we have trouble getting hats that fit. It was then our hereditary duty to duck the Freshies. Funny how many things we think We just have to do while we're in school that don't seem so terribly important now that we're out. Those were the days when you could give the High School yell any place in town Without the neces- sity of getting a permit from City Council. The only time our finest butted in was on the class fights. But this added danger only made the fun the finer. Jim's pater says to me before I went to school that day: Go ahead and lick the Freshmen. If you get arrested, I'll get a bucket and bail you out. Outside of reading Mr. Caesar's famous tongue-tWis- ters and giving vent to our school spirit and potential energy via the basket ball cage not much happened While SPECTATOR 61 Photographs LET Us ' SUGGEST of all kinds, what you may serve SIZES and styles at that party or re- ception. It's a part We have 3, style of our policy to ser- that yOu will like ve you. . SANNER'S L. G. H0l'l'llCk QUALITY SHQP PHOTOGRAPHER Main Street 527 MAIN STREET Er. QI. BE. Elark 133. 53. 631195 Gbztvnpathir Hhgairinn ganfiafll WHYHPI' 1113 lllinrnln Blhg. 417 Ellranklin Strut G i ni ! m mtim G E 68 SPECTATOR we were becoming acclimated a la Sophmoric to the dangers before us. Oh, yes! I almost forget the furore caused by My Bonnie Has Tuberculosis-My Bonnie Has Only One Lung and the track meet in which Nuts, the Boy Florist, walked off with the Hawk, Spit and Grunt. And if my memory serves me right that was the same year that Nimrod Jinglebaugh made his famous catch. fllkffgiiigg is ' - , iyll i el Q. r 1' V, L 0 X lj? ' ' X, fr ? i ii! if.-, 1 M k s . - f I, -v 'Q' Nj .,.- ' 4 H' 'N' 'ff1'Y',1u1wlffff!... , svn., W LEM . - Pipe that Gass every time the brute ran over our men. Then in our Junior year occurred the great strike. The three Kline boys,-I .D. Kline, R. E. Kline and I. N. Kline were expelled for some triiiing misdemeanor. I think they threw a Freshman out of the third story win- dow. But any how, the whole school rose up en masse and declared a sympathy strike. And for concentrated, double-back-action, triple-distilled, e-pluribus unum, capi- tal-X excitement carry me back to that strike with it's Hai1! Hail! the Gang's All Here! After order was restored out of chaos our time and SPECTATOR 69 THE GIRL WHO GRADUATES from the High School: who hesitates to dpledge four years to a College Course: who, nevertheless, desires to stu y, to enjoy college advantages, to cultivate special talents, to enrich her life and er friendships-should NATIONAL PARK SEMINARY It is a Junior College for young women planned especially to meet the needs of High School graduates. Collegiate and Vocational Courses, Music, Art, Domestic Science, Business Law, Travel. Outdoor life a feature. Study of the National Capital. Illustrated book of 126 pages free on request. Address Secretary, National Park Seminary, Suburb of Washington, D. C. FOREST GLEN, MARYLAND know of Say F ellows--- Try one of our 31.50 Hats-as good as those sold for S2 and S2. 50 in most stores. Girls-- The Best Store has the finest collection of School Hats, and of course you know that Nathan's prices are the most moderate. NATHAN 'S Johnstown's Best Store The NORRIS Name It stands for supreme candy quality. Ever enjoy this delight- ful dollar-a-pound confection?--a real treat. We sell it along with Park Kr Tilford and other celebrated lines. Kredel's Drug Store 4412 MAIN STREET 70 SPECTATOR energy was divided between declining nominations for Emerson or T. K. E. Sergeant at Arms and pulling oif a Junior-Senior Reception that would shame all past at- tempts into oblivion. A few of us acquired the art of holding German verbs with ice tongs while digging the rest of the sentence out with mattocks, but most of us just drifted along from Juniors to Seniors without any at- tempts at notoriety. As Seniors, our thoughts now turn to things literary. Remember the villanelles We used to write for the Spec- tator. About eight husky fellows would get together on a rainy evening and if we didn't give the villanelle! It was while interested in literary pursuits that we chased Burke to the lair and delivered him a Jess Willard punch. And Chaucer! I've at last discovered why he is inflicted on poor, longsuffering, down-trodden studes. It's so they will realize what a soft soap snap civilized English is. But there's one thing I never have beenable to figure out and that is what use Virgil was, anyway. The only use I ever found for it was as a substitute for a nail file. It had a sort of a sand paper cover, but take it from me, the outside wasn't the smoothest part of it. Some of the contents were pretty rough on tender young brains like ours. After putting in about 27 hours a day on a few trifl- ing studies and recitations we spent our spare time for the first couple of months getting up the Annual Hallow- e'en Massacre. And such rivalry! Each class tried to produce more lifelike corpses than those of the preceding class, and nine times out of eight they did it, too! Re- member Grazier's famous JOKE-LAUGH. That was perpetrated at one of those Hallowe'en Reincarnations. Then the Senior Glee Club! Each class that could scrape up at least six husky roughnecks with forty-one- donkey-power voice attachments would organize and commit all kinds of musical atrocities under the name of the Senior Glee Club. They would carry the air so fast SPECTATOR 71 More People Wearing : SHOE Y HOES :MY Every Day Aim Try a pair and you'l1 know the T' E' reason. Stores in three states. 1 Market St, FOR SPORTS OF ALL soRTs b We have a complete igatrnntzp liae of athletic goods Sppjjgfgf I'lORAN'S Book sions ?wflUPI'TiHP1'5 545 MAIN ST. NEMO THEATRE JOHNSTOWN'S GREATEST, MOST UP-TO- DATE PICTURE THEATRE The greatest productions from the Studios of the famous makers form the programs daily. CHARLEY CHAPLIN The World's Greatest Comedian in his latest triumphs of merriment will be seen in each of his great successes at the Nemo Theatre only. 1000 upholstered seats Admission l0c Children 5c 1 72 SPECTATOR that innocent bystanders would make for the nearest cyclone-cellars in fear and trembling. And they gave free demonstrations of their ability C?J to reach high, C that would made a sailor seasick. I don't know who started it. I suppose it's an institution-like Biggoty, but anyhow, it's the best illustration I ever saw of the fact that the evil that men do lives after them. Exams! What memories of---- ignorance! Somehow or other the exams didn't seem so big till we became Seniors. During the other three years we'd skip lightly over them excusing ourselves with Oh, we can study up during vacation. But how many of us ever did study up during vacation? We nevervseemed to re- member our resolution till vacation was over and we had scored another flunk. But the finals held nothing for us but grim terror. We were so anxious to embark in the busy world where we could get our bumps and help give the other fellow his, but of course if we flunked in the finals it would mean that we would be Hinterned in port till the following spring. So no wonder we used to cram till twelve P. X., and get up at four in the morning to superintend the construction of the necessary ponies. And after all the acid tests were over and we had safely escaped a position on the honor roll we'd look back and wonder why we worried so much over a few trifling exams. Because such worry was on the mat nine points down yelling for help alongside of the anxiety about class plays, Senior picnics, Alumni banquets, Faculty picnics, class banquets, baccalaureate sermons, caps and gowns, commencement exercises, sheepskins and --whew! it takes my breath just to name them. And we used to go through them all in the last week of school. Gee, but we were lucky guys-nothing to do until to-morrow. We had lots of fun during the process, though. Remember how we sat up on the platform during the commencement exercises with enough dignity to fit out a dozen Supreme Courts. That is, it looked like dignity to the audience. SPECTATOR WM. H. RAAB 81 BRO. Blank Book Manufacturers G S Printers, Rulers, Binders Engraved Stationery, An- nouncements, Cards, Etc. Why not have your Spec- tator bound into a nice book? WOOLF BLOCK ANNEX Corner franklin and lincoln Sts. Johnstown, PA. HIGH GRADE Ice Cream and lces FOR ALL OCCASIONS W. l. Rose K Sons SASl'l, DOORS, LUMBER, CEMENT and all kinds of building materials, good planing mill Work our specialty. BOTH PHONES Orders promptly attended to 328 Lincoln Street PORCH BROS INCORPORATED The Home of the EVERETT One of the Three Great Pianos VISIT OUR VICTROLA PARLOR Porch Bros., Inc Cor. Vine and Franklin Sts. 74 SPECTATOR And it was, too, if you call eating peanuts, passing candy or holding hands dignity! I recall when Sam Burk's name was called out in stentorian tone by the state sena- tor, signifying that he should march proudly forth and receive his reward, Sam had his both hands full of choco- lates. Did you ever hold six or seven chocolates in your hand for about five minutes? If you ever did you know what a mess is the result! Well, Sam had a mess like that in each hand! He looked around as hopelessly as a man condemned to be shot before breakfast but he Was far, far, far from the nearest exit. When the senator repeated his name in louder tones and with variations Sam gave one last desperate look of despair, marched up with clenched first?--I don't believe that old senator ever found out why he took the proffered diploma in his teeth! Well, old pal, every dog has his day. We had ours and now a strange generation is holding up the honor of the old Alma Mater. I say strange not only because they are strange to us, but because they do things in a strange way. It used to be We had our knowledge administered to us in a cool and dignified manner. Just sort of poured in like you would fill a can with Standard oil, but from what I understand this new crowd has theirs forced into them by means of compressed-air pumps, as it were. ESTABLISHED 1892 STEPHEN LANE FCLGER Manufacturing Jeweler Club and College Pins and Rings Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals 180 BROADWAY NEW YORK SPECTATOR 75 3. I I mmfkmenld aifike I Jfumnz Mamazzm of Jalndiawn xloof I fl V NI. I I I .. - .. -......l 76 SPECTATOR ffl l l l l 57 9 ' 'll ' ' There's the Joke Colyum of the Spectator. In it we used to walk right up and slap the profs on the back Cfiguratively speaking, of coursel but now they tell me it is a capital offense to even breath the name of a mem- ber of the illustrious faculty. Biggoty is all the Joke Editors have left, and I suppose that if the faculty could find one logical reason for tabooing this privilege it Woudn't be their fault if the Joke Department didn't look like a deleted dispatch from the war front in Europe. Look at the faculty themselves. How different! If we'd go back, Jim, we wouldn't know more than half a dozen of the teachers. They even tell me that Chaw- ley no longer holds forth in Room L explaining myster- SPECTATOR 77 Young Men This season one color is as true to :he mode as another. You may cater to your taste and feel safe, another splendid feature of this season is the great variet of models. You may secure long or short lapels, shapely! or box waists. Never has there been a time when suc a wide choice waa offered to young men who dress with distinction, at 510, 512.50, 515, 518, 520 New style Hats in all the new shapes, at 52.00 and 52.50 Silk Front Shirts with silk cuffs, at 51.15 and 51.50 JOHN ,THOMAS af soNs Kodak Headquarters In Moxham A full line of Cameras and Kodaks. All necessary supplies on hand. Developing and Printing by latest processes. The Moxham Pharmacy Cor. Grove Ave. and Village Stn. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS Jones-Morton A D V E R T I S I N G Make Sell Sell Signs Buttons Souvenirs of All Pins and for Every Kinds Badges Occasion 78 SPECTATOR ious mathematical conclusions and deductions. There ought to be a national law prohibiting the changing of life-long institutions such as Chawley. And by the way, there isn't any Room L either. In fact, all the rooms have been rechristened except Study Hall and one or two other permanent fixtures. You now acquire your know- ledge in such rooms as H R 28 and O G 15-just like football trick plays or railroad signal towers. Yes, everything seems to be different now. The fel- lows now wear dress suits to the J unior-Senior Reception where we used to be satisfied with plain but serviceable burlap apparel. And they charge admission to the T. K. E. Open Meeting. Talk about open-handed graft! Even the slang-that universal language has undergone a metamorphosisn as Miss K-er-I mean the teacher of Natural Science-would say. But with all the changes that are taking place-and I guess some of them are real improvements-the old school is the same old school to me that it always Was, and I reckon when it comes to a showdown, I'm not the only one that thinks it either. And this makes me think of the question you asked me. You just tell them for me that I WILL be on hand on Alumni Night if I have to do the Edward Pacin' Weston act from St. Louis to old Joyful. The swim across the Mississippi will rest me. GREEFPS Leads ln F urmture, , , , Carpets 219-227 BEDFORD ST. ' --L-- I ? ' . .,.....,. ,..,NL W, fly! 5 i Imiwiii i P I :Q MM 1 SPECTATOR 79 I Eightingn It's the new word for automobiling -and means move. A trial ride proves a revelation-let us demon- strate the wonderful power and effi- ciency of the Cadillac 8. . I Johnstown Automoblle Co. 101 MAIN STREET 1 n .- Title, Trust 8z Guarantee Company CORNER MAIN AND CLINTON STREETS Capital s200,000 Surplus 5200.000 DIRECTORS-W. Horace Rose, Percy Allen Rose, Samuel Lenhart, Hiram Swank, Jacob F. Kress, Edmund Overdorff, Gustav Bostert, Louis H. Opperman, Edward P. Riley. IQEINTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS 'Ql ilf.'!.iZSteed S15 The suit with the 320.00 look and service back of it. A new one for the suit that goes wrong. NllLLER'S 80 SPECTATOR Lslllll f ss I t iight 3 7 i w E .,.. .. Ah! Them Was the Good Old Days! Believe me, Jim, you couldn't keep me away with anything short of a troop of Uhlans, or the Turkish Navy. I'1n tired of being elbowed around by a lot of near-sighted captains of industry, and when all I need to be a hero is to come back to old Johnstown High and tell the crowd there how we used to do things, do you think I'm going to miss it? Not-on-your-life. Ah! Them was the good old days! TO BEGIN, COMME CE T0 GET READY, TO START, TO GO to the big feast of Feature Photo Play Films at our fun factory. Positively the most attractive and entertain- ing Motion Pictures ever witnesseds anywhere are now being projected at this theatre. Garden Theatre and Music Hall COR. MAIN ST. AND PARK PLACE Roof Garden on Fourth Floor. Bowling Alleys and Billiard Rooms in Basement. ADMISSION TO THEATRE, First Floor, 10c3 Balcony, 5c. SPECTATOR -.............. Graduate In These I itz: l young f ll ws. Let us .ii show you. I Woolf SL Reynolds, Inc. CLOTHES THAT SATISFY Teacher-Show me a man that likes to be int pted in the middle of a sentence? Stud-All right. Come over to the city prison. -Exchange ---quality apparel and accessories for the girl who graduates rraa 82 SPECTATOR Demand the Best Are you getting good laundry work? If not, why not? Inslst on getting the best TRGY LAUNDRY LAUNDRY She-What looks like rain? He-Water! The laundry that stands for service and highest quality of laundry work --Hooked. 1 -U, , I - - The Medico:Chirurgical College OF PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE Located in Americafs Medical Center. A School which offers Peculiar Advantages for Completing a Course un- der the Standards of the American Medical Association Completion of standard four-year high school course, or its equivalent, plus one year of work of college grade in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and one modern language required for en- trance. All credentials mustbe approved by Pennsylvania State Examiner under specifi- cations of state laws, A Pre-Medical Course in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and German is given, complying with the Pennsylvania State and American Medical Association requirements. The Course ln Medicina comprises four graded sessions of eight months each. Among the special features are Individual Laboratory and Practical Work in well equipped Laboratories, Hospital and Dispensary, Free Quizzes, Ward Classes, limited in size, Systematic Clinical Conferences, Modified and Modern Seminar Methods. Abundant clinical material is supplied by the College Hospital, Philadelphia General Hospital 11500 beds? and the Municipal Hos- pital for Contagious Diseases. Also aDepartment of Dentistry and a Department of Pharmacy and Chemistry. For an- nouncements and information. Address SENECA EGBERT, M. D., Dean. 17th and Cherry Stl., Philadelphia, Pl. SPECTATOR 88 Enlist In the Army of QA1umni Subscribers TO THE SPECTATOR9 It's Your Duty Cash Available Everywhere The Travelers Checks sold by us assure safety for your funds and are the most convenient way of carrying them-enabling you to procure the re- quired cash wherever you go. UNION NATIONAL BANK Penmanship Teacher-I caught a fish once that weighed 6M3 pounds and just as I got him out of the water he slipped off the hook. Student-How did you know he weighed 615 pounds? Teacher-He had the scales on his back. Student-Oh, I thought he got away fweighb. Outsider: I'm afraid the school isn't at all Demo- cratic. Student: Why not? Outsider: I noticed the Moxham and Morrellville students have their limosines take them to dinner. 84 SPECTATOR FIRST NATIONAL BANK Cor. Main and Franklin Streets JOHNSTOWN, PA. Capital, Surplus and Profits S1 ,000,000 Total Resources - - - - 7,500,000 DIRECTORS Henry Y. Haws, John McDermott Harry Swank, W. E. Matthews, J. M. Murdock, S. C. Ream, David Barry, John Widmann, P. F. McAneny. OFFICERS HENRY Y. HAWS, President. HARRY SWANK, Vice President. J M MURDOCK, Vice President. DAVID BARRY, Cashier. P F MCANENY, CHAS E. MCGAHAN, Assistant Cashiers. HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS I 7 '45 A 'AY ,PN 1 i get el' WRX 223 Q 11530 Yi, c' V U Systematic saving leadsto success. Start the new school term right by open- ing a savings account in Ge United States National Bank 206 FRANKLIN STREET Safety First Tha.t's the big argument in favor of home lighting by electricity-fire danger reduced to the minimum. Your home wired? If not let us give you a cost esti- mate for the Work. CITIZENS ELECTRIC 8: GAS APPLIANCE CO. Vine and Franklin Streets SPECTATOR 85 ll TJESTIC H HEAT RE TlINl. J. BOYLE Nlanagerifi: JOHNS'l'0WN'S COZIEST THEATRE Presenting Keith Vaudeville THREE TIMES DAILY The Cream of American Vaudeuille Together With Choice European Importations , Matinee-100 and l5c. Time-2:30. PRICES' I Night-l0c, lsc, asc. Time-7:30 and 9. First Lounger-Where did you get the greenback? Second Lounger-Oh, I slept on a billiard table last night. ' --Stolen. -1, l 'iiiit'-g-ii 1. Y JT Palace Laundr 606 FRANKLIN STREET ji n ' I I w V I I I I DCES IT RIGHT El , ' Il - ili-fbi--,-,I 'Y A431 ,',', is .Vg-7-, 86 SPECTATOR - Drugs I Qfodas 3 Can dies - , Cigars ' I Conrad Drug Company Student fin Physicsj- Could you get a shock by holding on to the receiver of a telephone? Teacher- It depends upon Whom you are talking to. -Exchange. 1858 1915 Q Qlnatumrn , fm' Maya, Gbpmw anh Fagvantz. anh - Aruhvmir Qlapz sinh Mumnz uf at Supvrinr Exrellenrv I Eupplieh nn an illvntal Ennis Ennklri Emi nn Appliraiinn ' WAAS u sow PHILADELPHIA, PA. 1858 1915 SPECTATOR New Method Gas Ranges Reduce Gas Bills 20 to SOW7 NEW METHOD Steel Burner Finished ln Vltreous Enamel-Guaranteed For Five Years Key Steel which, together with their funnel-shaped jet holes does away with all the friction that their is in the rough cast burners with their thick jet holes. This allows a much larger quantity of air to be drawn in through the mixers and properly mixed with the gas without popping back, at the same time producing a much more intense heat without any odor. The more oxygen burned the less gas. These burners are light in weight, consequently can be easily lifted out, washed, and cleaned. f.TRf5.l'Q.BfJ? 516.00 to 560.00 Gately ti Fitzgerald urniture Co No. ll0-112 CLINTON STREET Living Out Doors-- Here for companionable Furniture for porch and lawn. Attractive and comfortable Porch Furniture of ex- ceptional quality here-and moderate in price. The GEIS Store Clinton Street, Near Main SPECTATOR . . 1 New , 5 1 0 Dibert Main Building W Street After School to the Elite Here for the enjoyment of refreshing Soda or Sundae--- or for the very finest of pure home-made Candies. High School students are extended a special invitation to visit the Elite Candy Kitch- en and see how the quality confections are made. New Candies Every Day Fresh Every Hour L SPECTATOR X f 'rl lll I lbilllll rw ,l it 2 gl to I lrafli 'ill Mm A J ll I MODERN BUSINESS METHODS demand more knowledge on a girl's part than is covered by the study of stenography and type- Writing. Our oflice drills and actual office practice, will be of inesti- mable value to the prospective office assistant. Take a Commercial Course at Cambria Business College and you will be assured individual in- struction in all up-to-date lines of business. Do it NOW. Cambria Business College JONES 6: HUGHES com Building Proprietors IOHNSTOWN PA City Phone 1352 nklin Street Bell Phone 2681 P4 -rf --lf'-5: fffii f . ' Wet' .3'1wfv :Q-- 5r- 'VH' ff 'W' ' Q' Q-'Vaf's 'N ',',-4 .-:L - 1- i' . -:' 1'H115:,.:?g if.. - Eff' ' V' fg' pp. . - sag? A . 45-11. --f v t I Ir 1 'i'- 1,- -. 'p. . 4 4' V m --'J I nl '11 L W-F' .3- '-1.'l'?2RV'f' ,- -f VV.-5 -'3l 1' . 1 J 'VIE ' I' 4 '. 31j?52s?zf -5 ' 4 5.22 . , lp , -Nw - 'T ai' 2.5: - S619-QS. 595. -gf '.1n...V,v 'ZR .1- - ti if '-2' -fb . f .- f . ff F V- -Vs. . .. .. f f- . .. .QM - 11. 3. A.. J ' - V. 1- Vzff5?Z?g' --QV Mffffii-' gt'-QV J -- 2' .V-W 7 1552255 --V . .1 - 925 52? , 'QjfA-.- '- 11'+f,V i ,931 . . Vm, fg?- 'fJf ?1IC'?f:1'!?' 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Ars. -in 'fill' lg f ' ,f MJ fl X -1' I ' - - fs' Af... - - 1: - -.vs .' -Sri v - ' -, if - W. A 1 1 . ,,- .N 1. .. 47-14 ',... -. '-if ga- ff 2 1 +- A . ,'- if- wif nw ' - . . : -4 A '92-f f .-v . -'17 r avr If Ji, 'QW ,f 1? Mb,-v L 1 1 ZEEELUQLYB J 1, fm, if Q R xv-r : fy. 14.1 Sz fit 2, 2 TU THE FHCV LTY WHV HFIVE FHITHFVLLY IHSTRVCTEI7 VS HHV HHVE FHVN-IH H VERSVHHL. INTEREST IH VVR WURK-THIS NUMBER UF THE W 551533 W EV N? SPECTATOR STAFF 1914-'15. enford, yy ner, Lee B OI' H ert ob LE-R DD M1 ar1ager,J Everett Wetherbee, Earl Cook. Business M K Coleman -Ralph TOP ifred Krebs. ll Wi Martin, tor,J Freda Brixner, Geraldine di E K y Cover al' illips, M Ph de Gertru Contents May .................,.. The Old Hermit of Sea Breeze . . . Alaska ................. Nature's Beauty .. Class Song ....... The Moon Queen ......... A Friend to Man ....... Camp Fire Girls of America The Sun ................ The Ringer ............. Camp Nepahwin ...... The Rise of the Novel . . . Commencement ........ The Brave Girl's Ghost . . . High School Orchestra . . Mount Vernon ....... Spring ............ The Valley ......... The F-all of Weston An Old Soldier ........ Lohengrin .............. Farewell to High School .. A Retrospective Afternoon ith Three of the 1915 Girls . W --lun 4 - The Pennsylvania .............................. Farewell .......... At Daybreak ......... To the Class of 1915 ..... The Senior Class Album .. Editorial ............... School News .... Society ......... Current Events . . . Alumni Notes Exchanges ...... Layout .................. Class History ............. Senior Plans for Next Year Jokes ................... Advertisements . . . ..7 ..8 11 15 19 19 23 26 29 31 34 37 40 41 46 47 50 52 53 55 56 59 59 62 66 67 68 69 103 106 108 16 112 115 117 118 124 128 132 SPECTATOR 7 Ellie Thigh Svrhnul Svpvrtatnr Truth to the fact and a good spirit in the treatment Vol.. XVII. JOHNSTOWN, PA., JUNE, 1915. No. 9 May Charles Kress '15 The month is May, the season's spring, In beauty now doth all appear, With joy abounds each thriving thing, The sunlit sky is azure clear. What fitter time to start real life, When all God's world is clothed anew, When gladness in all things is rife, Our spirits fresh as morning dew? No sullen thoughts expression bring, A joyous time it is, in truth, The month is May, the season's spring, Our sky is clear, and We have youth. 8 SPECTATOR The Old Hermit of Sea Breeze Katharine Glock 'l5. OME on, Dick. Let's go over to Sea Breeze this m afternoon. The girls have all gone to that blamed tea at the hotel and there isn't a thing, here, to do. Johnson will likely go over to the sandbar with us and take a dip if we ask him. By the way, Dick, you've never seen Johnson, have you? Well, he's a sight more entertaining than the girls could ever think of being. And so the two chums, Ralph Devereaux and Dick Locke, who were spending their vacation at a summer resort along the Florida bay, made preparations for their sail up the bay, five miles, to Sea Breeze and Johnson, the hermit. Mr. Johnson, as he was known to everyone along the bay, drifted there about the time of the match between the great prize-fighters, Jeffries and Corbett. It was ru- mored that he had bet on the winning man and made enough to live comfortably for a year or more. But John- son didn't choose to do so. He lived riotously, and for months after he had settled in his little cottage, known as Sea Breeze, he caroused and usefl carelessly the money that was so ill-gotten. He soon became known among the inhabitants at the resort and with his burly companion, Billy Powers, an old sea-dog, made his ap- pearance at the hotel regularly every month to receive his ten dollars as a salary for keeping in order the lawns. He then bought a few needed provisions and sailed back across the bay to Sea Breeze where he lived another month in solitude. It was at one of these times that Ralph Devereaux became acquainted with Johnson. He noticed this tall, strongly-built man of not less than sixty years loitering on the beach in front of the hotel. He wore an old faded SPECTATOR 9 blue bathing suit and white canvas hat. His face wore a strong' expression, but somehow it denoted years of aimless wandering and had lost some of its brightness and strengthg carelessness and an I don't mind if I do air were the dominant characteristics. The strength of the well-built body attracted Ralph most of all, for John- son looked as though he had at one time run one hun- dred yards in ten seconds flat, and Ralph was interested. It showed in all the muscles of his arms and legs which were weather beaten and tanned a dark brown by the heat and ocean winds. Johnson looked like a man who had seen better days, for beneath all wereta gentle spir- it and a polite man. But best of all he was a good fellow and an entertainer, and the young fellows of the re- sort always made friends with him and usually called on Billy Powers and Mr. Johnson to sail their craft and help them to catch the young sharks in the Gulf of Mex- ico. And so Dick and Ralph sped along the bay in their neat little motor boat and arrived at Sea Breeze just at the drowsy part of the day. The little cottage, one story high, lay back a short distance from the shore among some palm trees. Everything was quiet and peaceful. Dick remarked, as they jumped out of the boat, that it looked like Robinson Crusoe's island with the bare-foot prints in the sand and the deep groove leading up to the cottage, which Dick afterwards learned was Mr. John- son's unwelcome neighbor's path to his swamp. This old alligator insisted on living there and at one time had bit- ten off a hind leg of Mr. Johnson's pet pig, which gave it the name of Stumpy. Dick grew more and more excited as they approach- ed the cottage, but Ralph began to fear that Johnson and Billy had taken advantage of the fine day and had gone out for a sail. The door of the cottage stood wide open and when Ralph looked inside he saw Johnson seat- ed in his old broken chair, surrounded by piles of old 10 ' SPECTATOR newspapers. There was nothing wrong in this, for John- son always gathered up the old papers and carried them back to Sea Breeze with him. But there was something wrong when he didn't look up as Ralph stepped inside the door. Ralph ventured Hello, Johnson, I'd like you to meet my friend, a Yale man, who has come up to spend vaca- tion with me. With the mention of Yale Johnson's head dropped to his chest and the boys waited many minutes before he looked up and surprised them by saying Boys, I'm going home. No one smiled, though it did seem strange that this man should be going home when he had lived his soli- tary life at Sea Breeze for twenty years. Yes, I'm going back. I have just read-oh, read it yourself, Ralph, and then I'll explain, for I don't think you'll understand. And so Ralph took the paper Johnson gave him and read the following account: Miss Florence Biddle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Biddle, was married last week to Mr. Rodney C. Randell. The brilliant social affair was held in the ballroom of the Bellevue Stratford Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Randell will make their home with Mrs. Randell's mother, who was lately remarried to a prominent merchant of the city. It will be remembered that Mrs. Randell's father disappeared many years ago and no trace has since been found. When Ralph had finished reading, he said: No, Johnson, I don't understand. Probably a girl whom you once knew and thought a great deal of, but still I can't see--no, I don't understand. Well, Ralph, continued Johnson, I'll tell you the whole story, almost the story of my life. After I grad- uated from Yale-not with high honors, but with fame, for in my last year at college I became the hero of the day by breaking the record for short distance running- SPECTATOR 11 I married. I had too much money and I turned out bad. My wife grew tired of my riotous living and so one day I left, took several thousand and finally drifted into New Orleans. It was just at the time of the Jeffries-Corbett fight and I won ten thousand. I was most unhappy and drifted along from place to place until I came upon this abandoned cottage and my old friend, Billy Powers. Billy and I soon drank up the ten thousand and have since been living on the money we have earned at the resort. Fine way for a millionaire to live, isn't it? But I have been happier and have enjoyed it here. But today, boys, when I brought these old papers over and read the ac- count of. Miss Biddle's wedding, my heart ached. Ralph, she's my daughter. I want to go back to her and have her claim me once more. I want to make amends to my wife if I can after all these years. I have written to my law- yer and made suitable arrangements. Boys, I'm going back. Tears streamed down the hermit's face and all the longing of twenty years for a home was plain in his voice. The boys shook hands with Johnson and wished him luck, as boys do at such a time. And so the Her- mit of Sea Breeze passed out of their lives. Alaska Robert Schry 'l5. N October, 1867 occurred one of the most important events in the history of the United States, beside which, even such an undertaking as the building of the Panama Canal seems insignificant. This transaction to which I have referred was the purchase of Alaska, by William H. Seward, then Secretary of State. For 357,- 200,000, he purchased 500,000 square miles from Russia. At the time this was considered an act of folly. It 12 SPECTATOR will be remembered that Daniel Webster in a speech in the Senate once declared that the country west of the Missiouri river was a burden to the rest of the country. He said it could never become an integral part of our government, politically or industrially, because no one could drive a wagon to Oregon. Such a statement as this now seems ludicrous. It shows that even so keen and foresighted a statesman as Daniel Webster could be easily mistaken when attempting to foretell the industrial con- dition of the future. Yet this was the same spirit with which the pur- chase of Alaska was taken. People far and wide, in every Walk and station in life, condemned the action of Seward. What did they want with such a barren waste as Alaska? Why did he not go a step farther and pur- chase the Sahara Desert? Horace Price, then senator from Iowa said, Now that we have it and can not give it away or lose it, I hope we will keep it under military rule and get along with as little expense as possible. Mr. B. F. Butler of Massachussetts said: We could have had Alaska as a gift for the asking, but no man, ex- cept one, was insane enough to buy the earthquake of St. Thomas or the ice fields in Greenland or to agree to any other terms of its acquisition to our country. When one speaks of Alaska the average man com- jures up in his mind, a barren wilderness. A land where the sun never shines, where the ice never leaves. The average mind pictures the climate as being intensely cold. They imagine the only inhabitants to be a few scattered miners, who waste away a miserable existence, assuming that should they strike gold and become rich they would immediately return to civilization. They are far from the truth. The Alaska of today is a remarkable one. Every- where the hand of civilization is seen. It has railroads, SPECTATOR 13 rivers, steamship lines, churches, schools, libraries, court houses, also grain, dairy, and poultry farms. This proves conclusively that the Last Lone Land, as it was called should take its rightful place among the commonwealths of the world. The climate is by no means the balmy, sunny climate of Florida, but it is not so rigorous as it is generally supposed to be. In the Yukon Valley the winters are cold in fact, sometimes the mercury drops to forty, fifty and sometimes even sixty degrees below zero. Here in Pennsylvania such a thing is inconceivable. But is it the damp, unhealthy weather which we endure here? By no means. It is a dry healthy cold, one that is no more felt there than our winters here in Pennsylvania. In winter the schools there show less than one per cent of the students absent. Could such a thing be said of the schools of Johnstown? Agriculture in the Yukon Valley is no longer an experiment. It is an established indus- try. In southern Alaska the climate is about the same as that of the New England states. The days of summer, which last about six months, are very long, having an average of eighteen hours a day sunshine. In old American histories the statement is frequently made that Alaska is chiefly valuable for its good harbors, its furs, and fisheries. This is entirely correct so far as it goesg Alaska is noted for these things. The salmon fisheries and canneries are producing an annual output of more than 510,000,000 Up until 1910 Alaska had pro- duced almost S150,000,000 worth of these commodities, and added to this, still remains the fact that these indus- tries are not yet developed to their fullest extent. Think of it, the fisheries of Alaska have paid for it more than twenty times over! Alaska has more gold than California. It was gold that made possible Alaska's greatness. It was gold that lured men into the wilderness. It was gold that made them overcome the great obstacles in the way of civiliza- 14 SPECTATOR Y tion. Gold, therefore, deserves the place of honor among the factors of civilization. The geological survey claims that there are 18,000 acres of dredging land in Cali- fornia which will in time produce S156,000,000 in gold. In Alaska there are 18,000 miles of dredging land. It is estimated that the Seward Peninsula alone will pro- duce S325,000,000 in gold. Yet this is only a fractional part of the gold there. Of course it would be practically impossible for an old time miner to reach this. It will take capital and modern machinery methods of mining to reclaim this hidden treasure. The coal fields of Pennsylvania are known the world over. Yet the coal deposits of Alaska are greater than those of Pennsylvania. According to the United States Geological Survey, eight million acres of coal lands have been discovered in Alaska. Alfred H. Brooks, chief of the Burean of Alaska Mineral Resources, says: One hundred and fifty thousand miles of Alaska territory, an area as great as that of New England, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, is yet practically an unknown land, a 'terra incognitaf as far as its useful and precious minerals are concerned. The great difficulty in the way of the coal lands is the need of better methods of transportation, and even this difliculty is being rapidly solved. Copper is also one of the great resources of Alaska. The largest deposits are found in the Copper River Valley. In time these mines will rival those of the Lake Superior region. This is Alaska as it really is: A commonwealth un- rivalled by any for the wealth of its natural resources. When dealing with Alaska, the far famed American intelligence falls below its average keenness. This land, where abounds more wealth than Croesus ever dreamed of, is still almost unknown to us. Alaska has many needs. Its first need is for the peo- ple of the United States to know and study their great SPECTATOR 15 out-lying possession. Its second great need is capital. Capital which will be honestly used for the development of its resources. The third great need is for railroads to assist in hauling these products to market. The fourth and greatest need is for the people of the United States to put men in Washington, who by their safe and sane policies, Will develop for the present and conserve for the future, these great natural resources. And in the course of time Alaska will take her place among the great states of the world, and we will smile the smile of the credulous and say, I told you so. We will smile at the spirit of the past, which is clearly shown in the speech of Representative Benjamin F. Loan of Missouri against the purchase of Alaska. To suppose that any one would willingly leave the mild cli- mate and fruitful soil of the United States, with its news- papers and churches, its railroads and commerce, its civ- ilization and refinement, to seek a home in Alaska, is to suppose such a person insane, for Alaska will rival all the states in her advantages for man. Naturc's Beauty Mary Mosgo '15 Flowers speak to us as we but hearg The meanest grass- Along the roadside as we pass Lichen and moss and sturdy weed, Tell of His love who sends the dew, The rain and sunshine, too, To nourish one small seed. These simple little words express the love of One whose mercy over all his works, commands the beautiful as well as the plainest little grass to grow along the dusty 16 SPECTATOR Y roadside, in the rich, beautiful gardensi or upon the lofty emerald mountains. The beauty of flowers is involved in nature, which is the middle ground between God and Man. Through Nature, God interprets His love for us, and in order to appreciate and understand His loveg let us study Nature in the form of spring, summer, and autumn. Could we but understand Nature, then we could go into the hills, the fields, and the meadows with an open mind and throw away the cares of lifeg then we could approach truth shrouded in the simplicity of love. But we pass along the roadside, climb the hills, or roam about the fields for hours, yet we pay no attention to the frail little flower at our feet, which has a tale to tell us, and no way to tell it except by its beauty? Nature proves to us her art in her selection of colors in the different seasons. To understand the relation be- tween ilowers and ourselves, let us turn to Nature and when we behold her, let us follow her through her course. In her first journey, she spreads a soft green carpet over hills, fields and meadows, dots them here and there with soft gray bundles of birch, alder, and pussy Willow. Then as the season advances there comes a vision to us. Nature leads forward youthful spring who with one stroke of her brush enables the leaves to unfold and the buds to burst, and all at once, the monotony of the green woodland carpet is broken by the brilliant colors of deli- cate spring flowers. Truly there is no prettier picture than to see the trailing arbutus, with clusters of waxen flowers, as it creeps along and forms a beautiful net work on the green woodland carpet, scattering rare incense, which permeates the whole surrounding atmosphere. But lo! push away some of the dead leaves and behold the tiny blue face of the liverwort as it smiles at you, as if to say, I am glad to see you. Now glance in another direction and what have we there? SPECTATOR 17 So bashful when I spied her So pretty, and ashamed, So hidden in her leaflets, Lest anybody find. 1 is Spring Beauty as it peeps its bright starry face from the grass along the roadside. But she does not hide her face, in her own little leaflets, she is merely playing hide and seek by concealing herself among the leaves of the surrounding plants. As our eyes travel from stone to stone, we will see them here and there crowded with a mass of tiny white hearts of the Dutchman's breeches and from underneathua heavy rock one may see an adder's tongue force its small head through in order that it, too, may look up to the clear blue sky. The ginseng forms a circle around the base of the old oak tree, the blossoms of the bloodroot enrich the soft green along the banks of the busy little brooks, while the marshmarigold makes the swamps gold with the bright yellow colors of its petals. In low mossy regions the white and pointed trilliums sing their songs to the tune of the soft winds of spring, and now spring is ready to depart and as she is departing she sprinkles the meadows, the hills, and the fields with long leafy stemmed blue, yellow, lavender and low stemmed white violets, and the tinkle of the bells of the wild columbine proclaims that summer is approach- ing. . Look with what modest steps, Nature leads forward Summer, dressed in the gorgeous colors of the season! One of the first flowers to demonstrate the lavish colors of summer is the showy orchid with its shiny-green leaves and purple pink, white-lipped flowers. The blackeyed susan and the daisies, like myriads of stars from heaven, cover the green surface of the earth, while beautiful roses of all hues produce a fragrant odor, which is always restful to the tired traveler. The thistle is spreading fast, and lovely buttercups, like sunbeams, cast off their blue, green, and bronze colors. We stop to listen and then 18 SPECTATOR we discover that hundreds of the swarming busy little bees are flying about our heads. Where are they going? Let us follow them and sure enough, they lead us to a beautiful field, where thousands of lovely pink and white clovers nod their tiny heads back and forth in the cool breeze, while the little thieves steal the sweet nec- tar from their chalices. Beauty is everywhere. The Bounc- ing Bet with its rose tinged flowers does not venture far from us. She is near us, in order to remind us of Nature's artful work. The wild aster, the sturdy iron weed, and the slender, bright, blue harebell tinge the hill- sides and meadows with the splendor of their delicate colors. The dandelions, like jewels, deck our lawns. Summer is departing. She casts off her mottled robe of conspicuous colors leaving a few delicately colored flowers. The air becomes dry, the once murmuring brooks and rivers are now half empty and filled with in- sect bitten foliage. Everything about us proclaims that summer is gone. And with fast gliding steps Autumn keeps in pace with Nature. At once she mottles the hillsides and meadows with beautiful shades of soft brown and gold. The lovely green woodland carpet is transformed into rich golden colors of autumn and penetrating Winds rustle gayly in the dry leaves and finally carry them away. The luscious fruits are gathered and the once verdant trees are but mere skeletons against the clear gray sky. Autumn has ended. Nature has finished her work and prepares for a long winter's rest. 'Slowly an Unseen Hand wraps a soft blanket of white over the earth. Mother Nature sleeps until she hears the gentle call of spring and the song of the swal- lows, and: Lo the winter is past, The rain is over and gone, The singing of birds is come. SPECTATOR 19 Class Song I Ida Weisburg '15. CSung to Tune of a Perfect Day.J When you come to the end of your Senior year, And you think of days gone by, And you think of hours full of fun and cheer, And some when you would sigh. Will you still remember dear Johnstown High? In the years that are to come, And you'1l surely remember your dear old chums, Of the class One-Nine-One-Five. Well this is the end of your Senior year, The end of your journey too, And you bid adieu to those far and near, To friends who were kind and true. But memory shall never let you forget, The friendship for which we did strive. The happy days you will never regret, Spent in the Class One-Nine-One-Five. The Moon Queen C. Walter Holmquist '15 S I entered the combination laboratory, observatory, shop and dwelling of my friend Prof. Wood B. Fogg, I noticed a peculiar something about him which was new to his rather innocuous personality. He looked up and nodded vaguely toward a chair as I entered and immediately turned again to his telescope. He looked thin and tired, an observation which alarmed me. He is ordinarily a man of robust appearance standing about 20 SPECTATOR five feet six inches and weighing about one hundred and forty pounds. He now looked as though he had dropped the forty. Under the boring look of my ,eagle eye he grew restless and finally turned from the telescope with a re- luctant sigh. He had a guilty look and was very rest- less. My opening statement brought him up standing as he gasped for air. I said suddenly, You look as though you were either in love with a woman, or in love with wine. - He shrank back but finally blurted, Well, what if I am in love, does it pain you? I looked at him hopelessly and asked, Who is the unfortunate young lady? He immediately went to the telescope and adjusted it, and after a while, motioned to me. I looked and nearly lost my false teeth as my mouth dropped open in sur- prise. I seemed to be standing in the back yard of some- one's palace and right in front of me sitting on a stone bench was a young woman to whom Cleopatra's famed beauty would have been incomparable. B. Fogg said, That is she. I don't know what to do, she is about four hundred thousand miles away. I looked again. The young woman had risen and walked slowly about. The only difference between this person and the people of earth was that her complexion was of a faint blue. I saw later through the telescope others of this people, their complexions ranging from ultra-violet to infra-red. The pale blue was not unat- tractive. Wood B. Fogg then spoke of his discovery which is unimportant in detail. Finally he said, I have devised a method whereby I can reach yon distant sphere. How, I gasped. I have built a special car, he explained, with a polarity reverser, electric self starter and lights, three SPECTATOR ' 21 speeds forward, and one reverse and all modern con- veniences included at the moderate price of-er er, QI concluded that he had been reading automobile litera- turej, I mean so built that a polarity opposite that of tha earth may be induced in it and send it off on its journey through inter-stellar space by the earth's forces of re- pulsion. After leaving the earth's atmosphere I expect to pass through space at the speed of one hundred eighty- six thousand miles a second on a ray of light. The cal is fitted with shock absorbers to prevent damage on alighting at my goal. ' During the time which he had been speaking he grew more and more restless until, finally, he rose and again looked through the telescope whistling, O My Love, and other equally melodious modern travesties of music. Again I gazed .upon him hopelessly and asked, When do you start? This evening at midnight, he replied, asking me to accompany him, which request I most steadfastly re- fused. It was repeated again and again until at twelve midnight he closed the hatches and pressed the buttons, sending him off on his journey. The remainder of the story was related to me on his return. He was gone three months but though I watched carefully through the telescope I could see no trace of him on the sphere which we had been watching. One evening at the end of the third month while sitting before the plotting table, the paper was clouded for a moment and the words I am back but in the forth dimension, appeared. It went on further to say, Fit two electrodes in each end of a glass chamber about six feet by two feet square. Set up the ultra-violet ray lamps to light the whole chamber, on signal, pass a twenty thousand volts current across the electrodes. Professor Wood B. Fogg. Following the directions I waited for the word which 22 SPECTATOR appeared on the glass of the case. Throwing on the cur- rent I waited three minutes anxiously, when suddenly the Professor appeared in the case. He stepped out, unchanged from the night three months before, and his first remark was I am hungry. After he had eaten, he recounted his experiences to me. Before he started I requested that he explain the process by which he had been returned from the fourth dimen- sion. This was his story. Before starting he had failed to consider the tem- perature of the vast celestial distance and so when he and his car entered the absolute zero the cohesive force binding the molecules was destroyed, causing his body to decompose into a gas. His mentality increased in the square of the ratio that his body increased in volume. In the new form his body was capable of passing through any solid. He had entered the fourth dimension. He finally landed on the new planet which was his goal. On landing, he came down too suddenly and was thrown on his knees, when he stopped to rub them, however, there were no knees to rub, so he had to bear his pain in silence. He reached the side of his lady fair only to find her in the neighborhood of nine feet tall and possessed of a villainous temper. In his disappointment, he turned toward home and again became his natural self. The newcomer in the skies gradually disappeared from the firmament . He explained the process of restoring himself to the third dimension as follows: When he had entered the fourth dimension, the vibrations of the molecules had been reduced to the minimum accompanied by certain chemical changes which could be reversed only by the ultra-violet ray. By passing the high frequency and high potential current across the electrodes in the glass case the vibrations of the molecules of the gaseous body SPECTATOR 23 of the professor were restored, returning him again to the third dimension. And now we must say farewell to the Moon Queen whose personal attractions brought my friend, Prof. Wood B. Fogg, through the fourth dimension to her side. A Friend to Man Margaret Mahaffey '15, ES, he was a Jew! And few Christians have done as much as he to spread the gospel of that broth- er ood which knows neither Jew nor Gentile, but only Man, Joseph Fels! He was small of stature, but mighty of soul. And when he was talking on the subject deares' to his heart-then he became as a giant! His face glow- 24 sPEc'rA'roR gg ed, he fairly radiated energy and magnetism: his eyes shone with the light of the Hebrew prophets of old. For he, too, was a prophet of the new order. Joseph Fels was born in Virginia in 1854. Follow- ing his father, he became a soap-manufacturer. Later, he married Miss Mary Fels of Keokuk, Iowa. After sev- eral years, he established factories for the manufacture of Fels-Naphtha soap in Philadelphia and London, where he spent most of his time. . But always the old, old question of the disinherited arose before him. Why, in a land so rich in opportun- ities, must the poor man always beg from the rich for the right to live?-Why is there such bitter poverty in the face of enormous Wealth?-Shall little children forever be robbed of the sweet innocence of childhood? So he pondered in his heart. He always had been a beneiicent employer, but to him charity in the midst of plenty seemed a farce. , It was then when Joseph Fels first read of Henry George's Progress and Poverty. His keen, logical mind quickly understood and accepted its argument. He saw the justice of a tax on land values, and agreed that the result of a man's labor belonged to him alone. But Joseph Fels was very practical. He did not sound the depths of the religion of Henry George. Its moral aspect of equality and fraternity did not touch him. And he went on as before, ever questioning. It was in 1905, on a voyage from England to Amer- ica, that Joseph Fels became a true disciple of George. He met Keir Hardie, the great English Socialist. They spent long hours together, and always their talk drifted to labor conditions. Mr. Fels said: I talked and I thought of myself. But Hardie didn't talk of himself, and I could see that he never thought of Keir Hardie. He was for men and so I decided to go to work, forget myself, and' get things done. Mr. Fels' knowledge of the logic of George prevented his becoming a Socialist, while the SPECTATOR 25 calm contentment and fervor of the other revealed to him the true meaning of democracy. In 1909, Mr. Fels established the Fels Fund of Amer- ica. He agreed to give 325,000 annually to the cause, provided that others gave an equal amount. His plan was to match every dollar turned into the Fund with one of his own. He established similar funds in Great Brit- ain, Canada, Switzerland, New South Wales, New Zea- land, and Denmark. This millionaire and his wife have lived almost poorly, in recent years, to conserve their vast fortune for the cause. Nor was this all. Joseph Fels gave himself with- out stint in the service he loved., In public, in private, lecturing, organizing, Writing, financing, in the past ten years he has been the principal worker in the cause of social justice. Once Joseph Fels was asked what he considered the mission of the Jews in America. He said: To teach the Christians Christianity. And in one sense, he was a truer follower of Christ than are most Christians, for he believed in the Brotherhood of Man, and he lived his religion. Christ taught that God is the Father of all men: that if all men are brothers, then the earth, created by the Father to be the common store-house of all, belongs to all men. Joseph Fels saw that when the law of the land permits a few persons to own the land from which all must live, Christianity is a farce. He knew this truth, and he Worked to uproot the social evil, to make manifest the brotherhood of man. He worked, and struggled, and now he is dead. In service poured he out his soul to death, And lifted up unselfishness in life. sf-Si, 26 SPECTATOR Camp Fire Girls of America Helen Meyers '15 I HE Camp Fire is an organization which is rivaling the Boy Scouts. Fire is the symbol of the whole organization of the Camp Fire Girls, which represents the new relation of women to the world. Mrs. Luther H. Gulick started the association in New York City, in the spring of 1912. When a girl joins, she first becomes a wood gatherer, then a fire maker, after which she is raised to a torch bearer. On becoming wood gatherer the Camp Fire Girl receives a silver ring. As soon as she earns the right to become a fire maker she may Wear a bracelet, and the rank of the torch bearer entitles her to a pin. The Camp Fire call is Wo-he-lo. Wo-he-lo is formed by combining the first two letters of each word constituting the watch words, which are Work, Health, and Love. The Wo-he-lo rite is a beautiful one to witness. Fire, because it cleanses and purifies, plays an important part with the Camp Fire Girls. As far back as we have any record, fire has been the center of the home. A camp tire suggests out of doors. Coming around the Camp Fire means the coming together of a group of girls who love to work, who likewise are determined to hold on to health, and who mean to be happy. The desire to become a Camp Fire Girl means just this: To seek beauty, to give service, to pursue knowl- edge, to be trustworthy, to hold on to health, to glorify Work, and the greatest of all, to be happy. After she has promised that she will strive to follow this law of the Camp Fire, she is received into the first of the three or- ders of which this organization is composed, and there- fore becomes a wood gatherer. First of all she must help SPECTATOR 27 prepare and serve at least two meals for meetings of the Camp Fire, which includes purchasing the food, cooking, and serving the meal and caring for the fire. She must prepare these meals without advice or help from any one. Then she must hem a dish-towel and keep a writ- ten classified account of all money received and spent for at least one month. To tie a reef knot correctly five times in succession and without any hesitation is the next thing in order, after which she must either sleep out of doors for a month or else keep every window in her room open night and day, and take exercises of not less than half an hour every day. After this she learns the chief causes of in- fant mortality in summer. As difficult a task as any is that of refraining from candy and sodas between meals during the Indian moon limit of one month. The Wood Gatherer must be instantaneous in the display of her knowledge in some first-aid work which includes the treatment of an open cut, frosted feet, faint- ing person, rescue of a drowning person, rescuing a person from a burning building, and bandaging. She must commit to memory some good poem or song not less than twenty-five lines in length, and must know the career of some woman who has done much for the Country. She must also know and sing all the words of America In addition to all this acquired knowledge and capa- bility the prospective wood gatherer must present twenty elective honors. The elective honors are divided into seven groups, the activities of which are meant to repre- sent every phase of women's work. These are Health Craft, Home Craft, Nature Lore, Camp Craft, Hand Craft, Business, and Patriotism. The Camp Fire Girls present a very picturesque ap- pearance at their regular monthly council meeting, for on such occasions they go into camp wearing the Camp Fire Girl's uniform. The uniform is the ceremonial 28 SPECTATOR Indian style of dress. The monthly meetings are notable gathering for it is on these occasions that the wood gatherer is given her silver ring with a bundle of fagots on it, Hve standing upright and two laid crosswise, typi- fying the seven points of the law. It takes three months for a wood gatherer to become a tire maker. The wood gatherer may as soon as she be- comes fire maker add to her earlier emblem the blue, green, and orange which represents the flame and she may wear the Fire Maker's bracelet. Three months is likewise the time required to be- come a torch bearer. The torch bearer expresses her desire in these words: That light which has been given to me I desire to pass undimmed to others. The torch bearer is the most important office there is to fill, for now the Camp Fire Girl becomes a leader. This is what carrying the torch means, and a torch bearer is an as- sistant to the guardian. The adult leader is known as the guardian. The leader must be a guardian because she wants to be with the girls and enjoy their meetings. The activi- ties of the Camp Fire depend upon her entirely and to her likewise, falls the responsibility of awarding honors, which may be won in each of the seven crafts and each of which is symbolized by a different colored bead. For instance, a bright red bead means an honor in health craft, a sky blue bead for nature lore, an orange colored bead is home craft, wood brown stands for camp craft, green for hand craft, black and gold for business, and red, white and blue for patriotism. The Camp Fire Girls string their beads on leather thongs or else make separate strings of the different beads until in time they acquire a necklace of seven strands. Some use the beads to decorate their costumes. The lighting of the fire takes place when all the girls are gathered around. The fire may be lighted with matches, or better, by rubbing sticks together. SPECTATOR 29 After the camp fire is extinguished and the hearth left in order, three candles are placed in the center of the circle, one for work, one for health, and one for love. Then the guardian lights a paper and hands it to one of the girls, who steps into the center of the circle and kneeling on one knee, she lights one of the candles which means work for her and which she promises to glorify. After this she retires to her place and her place is taken by a second girl who lights the candle for health, like- wise a third girl lights the candle for love. Then with the candles still burning the Camp Fire Girls sit in a circle around the camp and sing their good- night song, Lay Me to Sleep. The Camp Fire Girls as an organization is in reality accomplishing for the girls of the land what the Boy Scout movement is doing for the boys. It was the Boy Scout movement which suggested to Dr. and Mrs. Luther H. Gulick the idea of starting a movement for girls, though the boys organization was not taken as their model. Th'e general aim of the Camp Fire Girls is to show that common life contains the materials for romance and adventure. 1.-l...T. The Sun A. Gertrude Sanford 'l5. The sun looks over the western hill And says Good Night to me, And then in just a little while, It's dark as it can be. Bobby says he goes to bed, But since he's very small, And never went to school, why then He couldn't know at all. SPECTATOR But I have gone four years, and so I ought to know a lot About the earth and sun and thingsg Though some I've just forgot. I know that when the sun goes down Behind the western hill, He goes to visit other lands And sees the sights, until It's time for him to come again And bring the morning light. Sometimes I think of what he sees While we sleep all the night, The soldiers all in Europe where So many things are queer. And boys and girls in Germany- Some hungry ones, I fear. The boys and girls in Africa And far-away Japan, The sun shines on them all, I know, And helps them all he can. The people not in foreign lands, Who have as much as we Should try to help them all we can Just like the sun, you see. sag 7 N SPECTATOR 31 The Ringer Leroy Cook '15. ELL, Peggy, I am ready for some more of that chestnut coloring, said Jean Dawson, applying to Snowball the remainder of a bottle of coloring. Snowball was a white horse who had a mark of 2:12, but when he was in a race he could never finish within the money, and was considered a 1emon. Jean Dawson persuaded the owner to let him take the horse, disguise him, and race him under another name. Jean with Peggy, who received his name by having a peg leg, loaded Snowball and his outfit, consisting of a sulky, set of harness, some blankets, and a trunk full of boots, hobbles, soap and bandages, on a box car and started for South Hampton, a town about ninety miles away. It was while they were traveling in the box car on their way to South Hampton that they changed Snow- ball from a white horse to a chestnut sorrel, leaving a small white star on his forehead and two stocking feet, or two white legs. They arrived at South Hampton the evening before the race. They unloaded Snowball with his sulky and harness and took them to the track, Jean leading Snow- ball and Peggy pulling the sulky after him. The first thing to be done when they had arrived at the track was to have Snowball, who now Went under the name of Handsome Jack, entered in the next day's races. Jean after finding the man, entered Handsome Jack in the 2:18 pace, and paid him the required en- trance fees of ten dollars, leaving Jean with five dollars in his pockets, which was the remainder of the fifteen dollars given him by the owner of the horse. It was about one o'clock the next day, the day of the race, when everyone was getting his horse ready for 32 SPECTATOR the race. To be sure, Jean and Peggy were working away in the stall on Handsome Jack, patching up a few spots where he had knocked off the coloring while in the stall. After they had finished this part of their job they harnessed Handsome Jack ready for the race. After they had scored down the stretch twice and did not get started off for the first heat, the judge gave the drivers a few words and on the third trial they were started off with the word Go, forthe Hrst heat of the race, in which Handsome Jack finished second. In the next, or second heat of the race he finished third. It was in the third heat of the race that it started to rain, but the race was finished, giving Handsome Jack third money. ' Jean, after finishing the heat, tufrned Handsome Jack toward the judges' stand to get his money so that they could get away from the track as quickly as possible. ' While Jean was waiting for the judges to hand him his money, it started to hail, and the big hail stones, light- ing on Handsome Jack's back, started to make white spots wherever they hit. As bad luck would have it, a veterinary was standing nearby and saw Jack's back getting more spots as the hail hit his back. The veterin- ary told the judges to hold the money a minute while he ran to get his handbag. He took out a small bottle, placed some of the contents on a rag and rubbed the rag over Jack's body, taking off the coloring. The judges finding Jack to be a ringer, would not give Jean the money, so there they were, stranded in the place with no money to get away. With the five dollars Jean had left' he bought a bale of hay, a bale of straw and some oats, with food for Peggy and himself, leaving in his pocket the sum of one dollar and sixty cents. That evening everybody was shipping to another town for the next day's racing. Nearly all of them were going to Galesburg, but Jean and Peggy knew they SPECTATOR 33 could not go there because everyone knew Handsome Jack was disguised. Jean and Peggy loaded to start in another direction. They went to Selby, a town about one hundred and twenty miles away from South Hampton. That night Jean and Peggy worked by the light of a lantern, again painting Snowball with some chestnut coloring, imitating a chestnut, Handsome Jack, again. Jean told Peggy if he could win some money in the races at Selby and then sell Handsome Jack he would buy him a leg of gold. They arrived at Selby about four o'clock in the morningg their car was on the outskirts of the town and had not been moved to the place where they load and unload. Jean was studying some way by which they could unload Handsome Jack without paying the freight. In fact they couldn't pay freight with only one dollar and sixty cents. Jean, seeing some piles or stacks of newly cut straw in a field beside them, immediately thought of a scheme. He told Peggy to get the big blanket and help carry some straw. After carrying three big blankets full of straw and making a pretty big pile outside the door of the box car, Jean tied Handsome Jack right op- posite the door and told Peggy to scare him with some paper. Peggy had Handsome Jack pulling on his halter rope until one would think the rope would break, then Jean took his razor and cut the rope, letting Handsome Jack fall back on the ground, head over heels, but not hurt. Jean and Peggy hustled Handsome Jack to the turf and had him entered in the 2:20 pace for that day's races. Jean paid the entrance fee with money he re- ceived from selling two of Handsome Jack's big blankets. Jean was more lucky this dayg he took second mon- ey, which was three hundred dollars, and got it before a rain and hail storm spoiled it for him. After the race, a man who saw the horse and liked him came to the stable to see him. He asked Jean if the horse was for sale, and Jean told him that he was, 34 SPECTATOR at the price of seven hundred and fifty dollars for horse, sulky, and harness. After dickering around for about fifteen minutes, Jean and the man agreed upon a price of seven hundred dollars. The seven hundred plus three hundred purse money made one thousand dollars, and so Jean, upon delivering the horse, thought himself lucky, and he and Peggy took the money and decamped before the new purchaser detected Jack's natural makeup. i Camp Nepahwin Lu Mellinger '15. EPAHWIN! The Indian name for rest! Anyone who has had the good fortune to visit Camp Nepahwin, one of the camps owned by the Young Women's Chris- tian Association, will know that the name Nepahwin was suitably given to the beautiful camp for the girls of that well-known Association. Perched on the top of a grassy knoll is the house where there are girls-just girls, girls from all parts of the eastern states. Away in the distance are mountains, mountains which reach for miles, one range behind another. When the sun shines brightly on these mountains it brings out the color as if an artist had painted them. Perhaps one mountain will be covered with green trees and the sun shines on them so brightly that the shadow of each tree may be seen plainly, then a little to one side may be seen a mountain upon which some industrious farmer has laid his hands. Here may be seen great fields of light green oats. Beside this a field of yellow wheat, and beyond this a field of dark green clover. And so they are, as far as the eye can travel. Behind the house is a clear, sparkling glacial lake SPECTATOR 35 ,YY . Y.. . WT 7 which was cut out of the mountain many years ago. There it moves along smoothly, completely surrounded by large leafy trees. The water laps against the rocks and makes a little murmuring noise, as if inviting the girls to come for a cool, peaceful boat ride. On one side of the house is the little Japanese tea- room with its many-colored lanterns and its dainty white furniture. Here the girls Hock in the evening, after a hard game of tennis or volley ball, to buy ice cream, tea or sandwiches, or to admire the artistic Japanese novel- ties on display. Adjoining the tea-room is the bowling alley and the poolroom. The girls have lively contests in both of these and there they spend many happy hours together. On still another side of the house is the swimming pool. The liveliest hour of the day is spent sometimes at the swimming pool, where the girls all try to learn to swim, many of them in vain. Most of the girls make use of the amusements which are provided during the day, but when evening comes it finds them content to sit about in small groups, some reading, some telling stories, some just talking and be- coming acquainted, and some idly watching the glorious sunset fade into gray and then to complete darkness through which the stars peep one by one. When it be- comes too dark to read, the girls gather on the porches and sing until it is time to go to bed, or when the even- ings are cool the grate fire in the living room invites them to gather around and tell stories. Then comes the real fun of being at Camp Nepah- win! Not very far behind the house is a row of little white tents, filled with iron cots. When bedtime comes, many of the girls go off to the tents and in about an hour there may be seen a string of sometimes ten and sometimes twenty-five little white cots right out in the yard with nothing overhead except the stars. 36 SPECTATOR ' Of course this pleasure sometimes has its disad- vantages when the girls suddenly awake about two o'clock in the morning and find that Mother Nature has decided to send them a shower. But this does not dis- courage the girls. If it does not rain too hard, the girls simply turn over and go to sleep, for the air is so cold that they are compelled to have many covers on, and the rain does not penetrate. However, if it rains too hard to stay out, they good naturedly get up, and move their beds into the tents and in a few minutes all are quietly sleeping . So goes the day at Camp Nepahwin, where there are girls and girlsg and each girl, as she leaves, declares that she never had such a good time in her life as she had at Camp Nepahwin. -l-1.11 SPECTATOR 37 The Rise of the Novel Rose Musante 'l5. 'IE VERY age has its own particular form of liter- ll ature and one has no difficulty in assigning' a favorite to our own age. During the Middle Ages the people delighted in long romantic narrative poemsg in Queen Elizabeth's time the drama was at its heightg satirical verse then came into favorg and now we have the novel. Though the instinct for a good story, on which the interest in fiction is based, is almost as old as human speech, the novel is really modern. The Fables as- cribed to Aesop are mere anecdotes with a moral. The Romances of the Middle Ages though usually centering in the fortunes of certain individuals, are loose in con- struction and are only interesting as marvelous adven- ture. The fabliaux of the Middle Ages, of which the Tale of the Miller in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, is a good example, is only an ancestor of the short story in the modern magazine and deals with only a single situation. Though these forms have an element common to the modern novel, they fall short or go beyond our modern conception of it. Though differing in many respects from the mod- ern novel, these early varieties of imaginative narratives contributed in a number of ways to the making of the type of novel of our day. Characterization, which so far was unknown except in the drama, was developed in the seventeenth century. The character was a short sketch of a typical figure of the time, and was used largely for the purpose of social satire. We find thisform in the De Coverly papers con- tributed by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele to the Spectator. These character sketches proved of con- 38 SPECTATOR siderable service a generation later in the making of the novel, because of the excellent practice they afford- in the analysis of human beings. More contributive than the old romantic story or the character sketch to the novel, was the drama. During the seventeenth century the drama descended from hero- ic themes of kings to pictures of every day life, and re- produced much of the atmosphere that existed around the author. It had cultivated the sense of a good plot and of effective situation, so that they were more easily written into prose and more interesting to read. In Shakespeare's time the playwright dramatized familiar stories from his- tory and romance, and occasionally, the story of a popular play was told in prose. These processes are familiar to- day, for many successful novels appear on the stage, and not a few plays are novelized. Daniel Defoe and Samuel Richardson deserve the credit of establishing the modern English novel. Robin- son Crusoe, justly the most popular of Defoe's works, is read by almost every school boy and girl. The great Works of Richardson are Pamela, Clarissa Harlowe, and Sir Charles Grandison and are novels without question, for not only does he achieve a large unity of action in them, but he deals with the inner life of the characters as well. Three followers of Defoe and Rich- ardson are Tobias Smollett, Laurence Sterne and Oliver Goldsmith. The latter is the author of The Vicar of Wakefield, a story of the society of his time, which has many very interesting characters and an abundance of sympathy and humor. In the nineteenth century, William Makepeace Thackeray and Charles Dickens produced their great works. Thackeray's works deal mostly with English so- ciety, his superb style, profound sympathy, and power of rendering the picturesque aspects of society, made him a great master. The works of Charles Dickens were and are still SPECTATOR 39 more popular than those of his contemporary. Dicken's early life gave him the knowledge of a humbler grade of society, and so his works deal with the grievances and sufferings of the poorer class. Some of Dicken's novels are very humorous and many of his characters are typical to the point of caricature. In America, today, there are a large number of fic- tion writers. Among the best known are, James Allen, Miss Jewett, Mrs. Riggs, George W. Cable, Thomas Nel- son Page, Booth Tarkington, Meredith Nicholson and Miss Wilkins. And so the novel grew and developed until the dominent type of today was reached, from which millions of people derive so much pleasure. What would some of us do sometimes if we could not lose ourselves in tracing the lives of book characters? Most of us are tied to a parti- cular locality and spend most of our time attending to a more or less monotonous series of duties. But, with our imaginations and good books we can enlarge our ex- perience, live more broadly, and fulfill the purpose of the book. iiloxihili 40 SPECTATOR l Commencement Hannah Canan '15 How wonderful the coming of the Spring When the drab earth arrays herself anew. Refreshing showers, length'ning rays of sun, Combine to bring the latent powers of earth In swelling buds, and then into fruition. The silent trees send out their pale green shoots The buds nod gaily in the balmy breezes And all the world around is young again For Spring is here. Quick answering Nature's soft, alluring call The slumbering Earth in eagerness arises And dons its lovely vestures of surprises. Just as the budding trees extend their leaves That the full glory of the Sun may shine And vernal showers tap upon their sides So that the Earth in splendor shall be clad Just so our youthful intellects receive The thoughts of the great masters of the World. Fast skimming o'er the sea of literature Upon the dancing waves of Poetry We sometimes enter deeper waters yet To explore the mind of some external genius Who through his immortality of verse Has left a time mark for the Ages. These all we draw upon for inspiration And gather up these precious, lovely pearls That these great Souls have left us heritage. We find the challenge that they all contain For Truth, for Faith, for Duty, and for Love And then our answering Souls respond to theirs And this then is our own Commencement Day- This is our Spring. SPECTATOR 41 The Brave Girl's Ghost Margaret Cook '15. QOFT, evening shadows gradually stretched across the yard of the old farm house, and a harvest moon peeped over the tree-tops upon a group of girls gathered on the porch. Dee, you certainly picked an ideal camping place. Girls, just look at that moon! It was just such a night as this, with the moon shining on the lake and the waves splashing and tumbling on the beach that Jim and --. For heaven's sake, Jane, don't begin any of your sentimental tommy-rot, broke in Dee. Yawning and stretching her arms above her head, Dee rose from the steps. I am nearly dead. So I will turn in. 'Night, girls. In the doorway she paused and addressed Jane. Don't stay up too long gazing at the moon, because it is your turn to cook breakfast in the morning, and my appetite is rather sharp now. Seven o'clock Dee bounced out of bed with a regular war-whoop and went about to every cot. Some of the girls she tickled, others pulled by the hair, and so forth all about the room until she had the eight girls awake. With a gleeful laugh she ran from the room, followed by a shower of pillows and bed clothing. A few min- utes later she appeared in the doorway with a small pail in her hand. I am going for the milk, Jane, and will be back in twenty minutes. Be sure breakfast is ready for me when I get back, admonished Dee. Did you ever see anyone who thought of nothing but 'eats' as she does? groaned the martyred Jane. Good morning Mrs. Karr, said Dee to the farmer's wife from whom they got their milk. How are you girls getting along? inquired the motherly woman. 42 SPECTATOR Fine! answered Dee. Haven't heard any of the ghosts, have you? No indeed, laughed Dee. With a serious face Mrs. Karr told Dee the house was haunted and that it had stood empty for years for that reason. Dee asked Mrs. Karr not to say anything to the other girls about it. Dee forgot all about it then until perched in an apple tree picking apples, the most blood curdling shrieks she ever heard came from the kitchen. As Dee ran to the house she recalled the story Mrs. Karr had told her. She threw open the kitchen door. Betty Forbes was perched on the table-it was she who had done the yelling-and Miss Morgan, the chaperon, was on a chair frantically waving a broom. What's wrong? Dee demanded. A rat, panted Miss Morgan, and brandished her broom in the direction of the woodbox. Is that all? From the sound I thought there was nothing short of murder, said the disgusted Dee. Armed with a poker she advanced to the wood- box and made investigations, but the rat had disappear- ed. A few minutes later Doris ran up the cellar stairs and demanded the cause of all the noise. Dee explained. I saw one in the cellar, declared Doris. Oh, please close the cellar door. It might come up, shrilled Betty, as she pulled her dress down around her feet, and rocked precariously back and forward on the table. Betty, Watch out thereg you will be sitting on the eggs in a minute, yelled Dee. We can tell the mailman to bring rat biscuits from town tomorrow and we will be entirely rid of the rats in a day, Dee stoutly de- clared. The following day the mailman brought the rat bis- cuits, and Dee and Jean liberally distributed them throughout the house. - SPECTATOR 43 That evening when Doris and Jane took their turn at getting supper they found there was no milk. That's funny, Doris said, unless Dee got hungry this after- noon. ' When asked Dee declared she had not touched it, and none of the other girls seemed to know anything about it. Ghosts! muttered Dee to herself as she slipped from the kitchen. Several girls volunteered to go and get milk and the matter was dropped. About midnight Dee was wakened by somebody clutching her arm. She sat up in bed with a start. The pale moon iiickering through the Window disclosed a scared Betty sitting in Dee's bed. What on earth ails you, Betty? she sleepily asked Sh, Dee, there is somebody in the cellar, Whis- pered Betty. Ah-h-h-h! sounded a faint groan from the cellar. Ch, Dee, wailed Betty, what shall we do? By this time all the other girls were awake and huddled close together. The groans continued louder and louder. Ghosts! muttered Dee, now thoroughly frighten- ed. ' Is it a ghost? asked the trembling Betty. Faltering, Dee told the frightened group that Mrs. Karr said the house was haunted. Profound silence fol- lowed for a moment, and then a stream of accusations were poured upon Dee. You knew it was haunted all this time and never told us, accused one. You never said a word when we all might have been murdered or bewitchedf' shrieked another. That's where our milk Went, emphatically de- clared another. Oh I won't stay here another minute. rmlf' 44 SPECTATOR Several groans came louder and apparently nearer. The girls shrieked and dived for blankets to cover their heads. I don't and W0n't believe in ghosts, said Dee as she bravely choked down her tears. Quaking inwardly, she announced: If someone will go along, I will go down in the cellar and find out what is wrong. It may be only one of Betty's rats dying. Miss Morgan ventured from her cot after much coax- ing, and offered to accompany Dee on her tour of inspec- tion. Stealthily they advanced to the cellar door with Dee in advance. As she laid her hand on the latch, a groan louder than any they had heard came from the cellar, and was followed by a terrific clatter as if many tin cans were pounded together. Shrieks and squeals came from all, and Miss Morgan jumped on her cot and refused to budge before morning. Morning found a group of white-faced, haggard girls wrapped in blankets, huddled on two cots. With the coming of morning their courage gradually returned, and they finally agreed to march to the cellar in a body. Armed with an axe, a large iron spoon, a potato mash- er, umbrellas, croquet mallets, and a fence rail, they cautiously entered the cellar. Their dish pans, milk bucket, and several cans of beans were scattered over the floor and nearby lay a big shepherd dog. He gazed wistfully into their faces and feebly wagged his tail. Is the poor doggie sick? asked the sympathetic Jean as she stooped down and petted him. Just then Dee burst into a flt of laughter. Big tears coursed down her cheeks and she held her aching sides, while she leaned against the Wall. For goodness' sakes, tell us what you are laughing at, demanded the exasperated crowd. Subsiding a little she pointed to the dog and said: There's your ghost. He ate some of Betty's rat biscuits SPECTATOR 45 and got such a pain he had to groan. He knocked the pans over in the dark. In a short time all were laughing. Jean doctored the poor dog, gave him plenty of Warm water, and by afternoon he was much better. What shall we do this afternoon, girls? asked Betty. Dee, affecting great surprise, soberly said: I thought you all were going to pack and leave this place forever? No indeed! declared Jane. Ghosts will never chase me away from here. Honk! Honkl chugl chug! sounded the horn and motor of a big touring car as it rounded the turn in the road. The girls ran to the gate to Welcome the crowd of boys that jumped from the car, laden with all sorts of good eats, And so the day begun so dismally ended in gayety, with promises of more good times to follow during the week. ee ids? SPECTATOR ESTRA, 1914-'15. CH HOOL OR SC HIGH i SPECTATOR 47 Mount Vernon Sara. DeFrehn '15, 1' T was a beautiful but scorching hot day in August, QU when my cousin and I went for the first time, towards the old historic home of the father of our coun- try. The trip would probably have been more picturesque and pleasant had it been possible for us to go by Way of the Potomac River, but as circumstances made this impossible, we went on an electric car, which we found to be extremely interesting. As most of the passengers were bound for Mount Vernon, the conductor took inter- est in pointing out to us the objects of historical nature. We passed through the town of Alexandria where Wash- ington attended church, we passed the woods where he hunted in his youthful days, and through valleys and mountains through which he traveled later on his way to battles. Along the car line was an old fence or hedge made out of twigs of a certain kind of tree. This had been built by the negro slaves in the early days. It seemed marvelous to me that it still stood firm and strong after having passed through all those years and all kinds of weather. I noticed as we approached nearer to the man- sion the great expanse of land that had been left bare of any kind of buildings which left the land just as it was in the days of Washington. I imagined him in his youth, boating, fishing, and indulging in all the sports which the beautiful surroundings afforded, then later in life after hard, but well fought struggles of many years, roaming over the same old territory but in contemplation and quietude. While still deep in imagination, the car suddenly stopped at the entrance of the old estate. We had reach- ed our destination. From the arched gateway We walk- ed on up an old-fashioned stone driveway on either side 48 SPECTATOR of which were massive trees of all kinds with outstretched branches. This entrance led to the back of the house so, of course, we-first sighted the little white houses where the slaves had spent their days spinning, weaving, wash- ing and planting. The first house we went into was :' green house which was not very large, but the garden outside was beautifully and artistically arranged. Sur- rounding each separate bed of fiowers was a tall box- wood hedge, which we learned was built more than a century and a half ago. Farther up the road stood a little white spinning house. There in a neatly arranged room lay, stretched across the floor, an old rag rug and up in one corner stood a spinning wheel with the thread still in it. The rest of the room was supplied with articles neces- sary for spinning. The laundry stood across the road from the spinning house. Back of this was the coach house where Washingtorfs carriage is kept. This was a brightly colored vehicle with tiny steps leading up to the doors. Back of this house was the old barn which was built by Lawrence Washington in 1753 with bricks imported from England. From the barn we crossed the lawn'up to the front of the mansion. Here we got a splendid view of the Poto- mac, a beautiful scene with the green foliage off in the distance together with the large trees in the fore- ground. We entered the house from the middle front door. The first room we entered was the parlor, where there was a harpsichord, which Was a bridal present to Nellie Custis from Washington, a guitar that belonged to Washington's cousin, and an old card table Where Wash- ington and Lafayette played whist. In the library we saw the duplicates of all the books which made up the reading of Washington, his old inkstand, and a printed copy of his farewell address with corrections in his own hand writing. In the dining room stood a handsome sideboard on which was a stand with white handled knives and forks. There was a bust of Washington at S P E C T A T O R 49 one side of the room and on the wall hung the oil paint- ings of many famous men. From these and many other interesting rooms on the first fioor, We ascendeo the narrow uncarpeted stairs to the second floor. Washing- ton's bedroom is located at the south of the mansion. Orf from this room opened a dressing room and a linen closet. The furniture in the room was used by him and the bed was the one upon which he died. At the foot of the bed stood a small haircloth, coach chest which bore the ini- tials G. W. and the date 1775. After the death of Wash- ington the south bedroom was closed for three years in accordance with a custom of the time. Martha Wash- ington took the room in the attic directly above his, be- cause the window overlooked his grave. It was in this room that she died about three years later. The furni- ture and hangings in this room were reproductions of the originals. From the mansion we walked down over the lawn at the front of the house until we came to a pati that bordered on the deer park. This we followed until we came to an old, vine covered wooden tomb inclosed by a rusted iron fence. This we learned was the first burial place of Washington, which had proved insecure. Fol- lowing the path still farther we came to his later and more secure resting place which was a plain structure of brick with an arched gateway in front. Within could bc seen two sarcophagi hewn in 1837. The one to the right bore on its face the name of Washington with a chiselec- coat of arms of the United States and a draped flag. The other bore the name of Martha, consort of Washington, and the date of her death. Above the door of the tomb are these words: I am the Resurrection and the Life. He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. This ended our tour over the old estate, and brought us from the realm of fancy back to to-day and the prac- tical results of this great man's beginning. 50 SPECTATOR Spring Margaret Hummel '15. Once more the Heavenly Power Makes all thing new, And thaws the cold and fills The flowers with dew, The blackbirds have their wills, The poets too. --Tennyson. Spring, this most beautiful of all the seasons, affords a theme worthy of a poet or a seer. In this busy stirring world it makes itself felt in the life of every one, not al- ways by its appeal to beauty, but because it is a begin- ning, all things made new. All nature seems striving to give to the poet a song. Robin red breast contributes his merry note, so familiar to every one. The butter cup and daisy seemingly claim their share of his praise and the modest violet, that little bit of sky dropped down to earth, entreats his notice. The leaves shoot forth and like magic the old barren trees are transformed, so that Mother Nature looks at them with pride. What does spring mean to you? To the housewife the first warm days bring a rest- less fever, a desire to rip up carpets, to tear down cur- tains, and sweep and clean and scrub. Everything must be made to look fresh and new. e The business man, whose ideas and plans have been forming during the winter and only await the coming of spring for their development, welcomes it heartily. Its appeal also reaches the ofiice boy. He shows it by ac- qualnting the boss with a time worn excuse which, in its very self announces the opening of spring and the baseball season. SPECTATOR 51 Above all the small children seem to enjoy and show the most appreciation for spring. After being kept in the house all winter, they are delighted to play out of doors again. Everywhere jumping ropes, and marbles are in evidence. Oliver Wendell Holmes announces another familiar sign of coming spring in his poem called the Music Grinder. You're sitting on your window seat Beneath a cloudless moon, You hear a sound, that seems to wear The semblance of a tune, As if a broken pipe should strive To drown-a cracked bassoonf' This gives to the mind a vivid picture of an old organ grinder for whom there is a soft spot in the heart of every child, with his played out songs and the little monkey, which is the pride of his heart. All things are made new, a beginning, a commence- ment. Spring time is the time for Graduates. How many of us look forward to this? That word commencement, what hopes, what ideals it holds out for those who strive to attain the goal it represents. It is in a way a comple- tion, yet it is also a beginning. It means setting adrift in different channels, whose ending is where? Ways that have run side by side, now diverge, and the beginning of a new life responds to the poet's call. Oh! follow leaping blood, The season's lure! Oh! heart look down and up ' Serene, secure. Warm as the crocus-cup Like snow drops pure. -Tennyson. SPECTATOR The Valley Orlando E. McCreary '15 A valley of Truth! How enchanting it seems. A valley of youth, And a palace of dreams. Here we find no deceit, Everything is so true. The flowers bloom sweet, 'Neath the heaven's clear blue. 'Tis a valley of beauty, A valley of charms- Far away from the world, And from all world alarms. But e'en as we gaze, It fades from our sight. 'Twas a valley of dreams, But a dream of delight. SPECTATOR 53 The Fall of Weston Clyde Dunmyer '15. HE wealthiest and haughtiest man in the club was fl Bob Weston, a tall, muscular, light haired bachelor. Weston's weak point was women. The only way to anger his was to say that he would marry sometime. He firm- ly declared that no girl ever made an impression upon him. On the evening of his thirty-fifth birthday, Weston held a party at his mansion. Every one was having a gay time until the clock struck twelve. Then Eddie Kant rose and started for the door. So-long boys, he cried, My Wife is waiting for me and I must be getting home. You married men make me sick, laughed Wes- ton, We bachelors can come, go, and do what we please. Thank goodness. I am single. Nevermind,Bob, yourtimeis coming, replied Kant. Don't get puffed up so, or when you fall, you will fall hard. Don't Worry about my falling, Bob replied. If any one sees me with a girl between this and next June, I'll take you out West for a month. But to make things even, if we lose, we will take you, someone said. So it was agreed that next June the members of the club would take a trip, either at their own expenses, or the expense of Weston. Everything passed quietly for quite a While. But one night at the club somebody remarked, Do you fellows know that this is May and next month that trip comes off? Has anyone seen Weston with a girl? Of course no one had. Everyone was dismayed. They didn,t dare lose or they would be the joke of the day. Finally someone asked where Virgie James was. Virgie 54 SPECTATOR had the title of being the best impersonater in the club. After a careful search, he was found and drawn into the plan. Dressed as a young girl he was to wait in Weston's house. When Weston came in, he was to be surprised and say that he got in the wrong house. He was then to introduce himself as Jane Jenson, Eddie Kant's niece. The next night when Weston walked into his home he was startled to see a beautiful young girl sitting in his arm chair. After she had explained how she had mistaken his home for Kant's he offered to accompany her home. But as luck would have it someone saw them, and Weston lost the bet. But they said nothing about it but waited to see how it would end. Night after night Weston took her out to a show or a dinner. But still Jane did not let on. At last the day for departure arrived. Weston ask- ed all the men to bring their wives and as he was the only single man, he would take Jane. A note of explanation from Virgie said that he had to go to Europe but would like his wife to accompany them. After the first day, Virgie decided to unmask. It was hard work to be a girl, and oh, how he wanted to smoke! So the next morn- ing he appeared in his proper clothes. Weston was the most surprised man thatwas ever seen and was so angry he didn't know what to do. He made all kinds of threats and finally refused to accompany them. But after a little coaxing he consented and everything went lovely. But when they reached California, the greatest sur- prise of all awaited them. Bob left and no one saw any- thing of him for over two weeks. But as they were ready to depart, Bob appeared and with him was a girl. Boys, he said, You pulled one over on me at the beginning of the trip. Now let me introduce you to my wife. It was very kind of you to bring me out here to meet her. And I'll admit that I fell at last. SPECTATOR 55 An Old Soldier Nerine Maloy '15 A wi had been sitting on the porch for about an hour when we heard the sound of wheels on the broad country road. As the buggy drew near, one of the girls recognized its occupant as Mr. Randolph, who had driven from Winchester to spend a few months in the moun- tains. He was an old Southern soldier, rather tall and thin. Whether sitting or standing, he always held himself erect. His hair which was still thick, in spite of his seventy years, was snow white, as also was his mustache. Un- derneath his broad white eyebrows were two gray eyes, which must have still been very strong, for, during the two months at Kleinheim I never saw him wearing glasses. Mr. Randolph's nose was thin and Roman, and his lips were narrow, while his complexion was somewhat tan- ned. His clothes were of dark blue and rather loose-fitting. One could tell by this veteran's conver- sation that he was from the South. He spoke in a drawi- ing, tone and dropped his r's in talking. Mr. Randolph became very indinant, if anyone referred to him as be- ing old. He was of the opinion that one need not be- come old. unless he really wants to. A lover of horses was this old soldier, and his stable contained some of the best racers. He also was very fond of fishing and spent most of his mornings at that pastime. He knew that he was a good angler and was always well pleased when he could bring in the largest catch. Often in the evening, by the light of a large pine fire, we would si? and listen to the stories of this old, Southern soldier. ,lvzvq a 56 SPECTATOR Lohengrin Donald Gocher ' 15 if OHENGRIN was the fourth successful opera written ,al by Wilhelm Richard Wagner, a noted German composer. Wagner was born at Leipsic on the twenty- second day of May, eighteen-hundred and thirteen. He received his education in Dresden and Leipsic. His iirst successful opera was Rienzi and his second was The Flying Dutchman. His third opera Tannhauser and the fourth Lohengrin were based on old German leg- ends. Wagner started Lohengrin in Leipsic, but fin- ished it in Zurich where he had fled on account of some political trouble. Litzt first produced Lohengrin at Weimar in eighteen-hundred and fifty. The story of Lohengrin, or The Swan Knight, is as follows: The Hungarians are invading Germany and Heinrich der Vogler, or Henry the Fowler, king of Germany, has come to Brabant to enlist soldiers to repel the invaders. The people here are very much excited. Count Fred- erick Telramund has accused Elsa of Brabant of mur- dering her brother Godfrey, who has disappeared and who was heir to the Duchy of Brabant. Telramund was to have married Elsa, but he has married Ortrud of Friesland and he is trying to gain possession of the Duchy of Brabant. The King summons Elsa and she declares she is innocent. The King decides to settle the affair by a combat between Telramund and some champion of Elsa's. She names as her champion a knight who has appeared to her several times in her dreams. The her- alds call upon this knight to appear but at first none ap- pears. Then a boat is seen on the river drawn by a large white swan. In the boat stands a knight, Lohengrin, dressed in silver armor. When he lands he says that he will defend Elsa if she will marry him, but she must not SPECTATOR 57 ask who he is or where he came from. She promises to do this, and Lohengrin and Telramund fight and Telra- mund is beaten in the contest. The king pronounces sen- tence against Telramund, but Ortrud begs mercy from Elsa and she promises to obtain pardon for him. Great preparations are made for the marriage of Elsa and Loh- engrin. Just as the bridal train are entering the church Telramund tries to stop them by accusing Lohengrin of being a magician, but he is put aside. Ortrud in the meantime has been kindling doubt and suspicion in the mind of Elsa. After the two are married, Elsa's curios- ity becomes so great that she finally asks Lohengrin his identity. Just as she is asking this Telramund rushes in and attempts to kill Lohengrin, but Lohengrin kills him. He then sends Elsa to the king and he follows. Here in front of all the people he tells Elsa that he is Lohen- grin, the son of Parsifal, keeper of the Holy Grail. He says that if he had lived for a year with Elsa he would have been allowed to reveal his identity, but since she has asked and he has told her, he must return to watch the Grail. The swan appears with the boat and Ortrud in exultation says that the swan is Elsa's lost brother, whom she has changed into a swan. Lohengrin frees him and a dove appears and draws the boat away with Lohengrin in it as Elsa dies in her brother's arms. In the opera the principals are Elsa, the king, Loh- engrin, Ortrud and Telramund. The chorus consists of courtiers, soldiers, and natives. There are three acts to the opera. The scene of the first act is a meadow on the banks of the river Scheldt. The action of the first act progresses up to the point where Lohengrin defeats Tel- ramund. The second act opens with a scene of a court in the palace at Antwerp. Telramund and Ortrud are plotting revenge. Elsa comes out upon the balcony and sings, but she is not aware of the presence of the plotters. Ortrud goes to Elsa and pretends to be repentant and receives Elsa's forgiveness. She then plants doubt and 58 SPECTATOR suspicion in the mind of Elsa about Lohengrin. Day breaks and preparations are made for the wedding. Or- trud and Telramund attempt to stop the wedding but are unsuccessful. The scene of act three is laid in the bridal chamber in the palace. The act opens with the famous bridal chorus, to which so many modern brides have marched to the altar. After the ceremonies the married couple are left alone and Elsa begins to question Lohen- grin about his identity. Telramund rushes in, but is killed with one blow by Lohengrin. He then sends Elsa to the king and soon follows. The scene changes to the banks of the Scheldt. Lohengrin reveals his identity, frees Godfrey from the form of a swan, and sails away as Elsa dies in her brother's arms. The cast for the original production was: Lohengrin, Herr Beck, tenor, Telramund, Herr Wilde, baritone, King, Herr Hofer, bass, Elsa, Frau Agathe, sopranog Or- trud, Fraulein Fastlinger, mezzo-soprano. Some of the famous singers who sing in Lohengrin now are: Sopranos, Johanna Gadski, Emma Juch, Emma Eames, mezzo-sop- rano, Madame Schumann-Heink, Louise Homer, bari- tones, Goritz, Scotti 5 bass, Marcel J ournetg tenor, Caruso, Herman Jadlowher, Evan Williams. These are only a few of the many singers who have interpreted Lohen- grin. SPECTATOR 59 Farewell to High School Sara Stutzman '15. Our parting days are drawing near, The farewell which may bring a tear. Vacation seems a pleasant thing But does not have the merry ring We find in school the whole year round And ne'er its equal can be found. Go North, go South, go East, go West, Our High School days, they are the best. All through the four long years just past, Through summer's heat and winter's blast, Ideals have come and come to stay, Friendships renewed from day to dayg The knowledge of science, of history and art Gives wisdom and pleasure, which ne'er can depart. So Farewell to Thee! Old High School dear, We'l1 greet you e'er with praise and cheer. ... .l-T A Retrospective Afternoon With Three of the 1915 Girls Beatrice Courtney '15. HAT a wonderful treasury, Rhee! I never before realized what I have missed. Such was Nan's lament as I shut the lid of my little trunk. Merely letters, which seemed so common-place when you received them! And yet, think of the times and memories which they recall of those grand old High School Days. Do you know, Rhee, I never seemed so near the boys and girls as I have this afternoon? I feel like giving a big house- 60 S P E C T A T O R party and having them all here and go picnicking again. I wonder if many of the girls saved their letters. Oh, here comes Peggy down the street. Let's call her in and read some more. We're ready, cried Peggy, after the usual greet- ings and an explanation by Nan regarding our employ- ment. Now please read good ones, for I was terribly bored all afternoon at the play. I'll take an old one of Hilly's first, just because it happens to be on the top. But don't interrupt too much, or I may stop reading. We promise, agreed the girl's and started eating at the last of my birthday chocolates. H1134 Vine Street, Columbus, Ohio, March 25, 1915. My Darling Rhee: Your letter was welcomed heartily. Do it again, please. Poor Babe is suffering with a badly damaged finger, and wants you to offer up a few petitions for its welfare. She has it in a splint, so cannot write this time. I Went to Akron last week with our team, and we carried off a brilliant victory. Babe was, as usual, the wonder of the game, but, of course, had to get hurt in the last few minutes play. , I've had notes from several of the girls I met at the house party. They were lovely girls, but more of the dollish, artificial type. None of them could be compared to a certain Rhee I know, for making real good fun and jolly times. Now, please be sure to stop with me on your way to camp this summer. Mother will likely be away, but that won't hinder us from having a good time. If you get tired of my cooking, I will let you make marshmellow fudge and welsh rarebit in the chafing dish. I must really cease this, and studyf?J Only five more SPECTATOR 61 weeks of school, and then I'll be free to ramble, like the Old Ford, on through life. Be a dear, and write real soon to HILLY. Didn't interrupt once. Why don't you thank me, Rhee? demanded the ever talking Peggy. Yes, that was fine. Read some more, while I finish these choco- lates. Here's a simple little rhyme which Dick wrote on the boat last summer. It was simply to tease me further about my drinking so much ice-tea. I will admit it's a failing of mine, and every one at our table seemed to know it the second day out. He doesn't have a title, but starts off: There was a young lady named Rhee, Went a sailing one day on the sea, But the Waves washt the deck, And her nerves were a Wreck, Because she drinks nothing but tea. And this maid so much tea she did drink, In a hobble one day at the rink, Good gracious! she tript And fell--'cause' she'd slipt, Could not rise, and flushed violent pink. Of other wild things she did do, I could write till the chanticleer crew, But I need ye goode sunne, To rhyme nonsense and pun, And shawnt Wait on the fool cockatoof' That's just like Dick, sighed Nan. He never could be sensible. I do wonder if he has improved any. I suppose so, for he's engaged. And he's only a Sopho- more at Dartmouth. Do you remember the time he was 62 SPECTATOR mi put out of school for wearing green and orange socks? Girls, an idea! exclaimed Peggy. Listen. Why not invite the nineteen iifteens down here for a week end? Though it's merely a little lake resort there would be plenty of room for all who could come. There are several vacant cottages, and the hotel is never full. Yes, I shall entertain them myself, if you girls don't choose to share the honor, added jubilant and hospitable Peg. Why, it would be great Peggy, but- There you go, Rhee, trying to spoil everything. It's settled that they are to come, so you may as well help. Say yes. I promise for both, I agreed as I caught a nod of assent from Nan. And now we had better inform our mothers of our plans. At Rhee's suggestion, the letters were hurriedly jammed in the trunk, and the girls started out, joyfully planning for a renewal of those glorious High School times and friendships of the nineteen fifteen class. ,L The Pennsylvania Garrison Price '15 -' N March 16, 1915, the battleship Pennsylvania, the dl newest and perhaps the most wonderful naval crea- tion of man, was launched at Newport News, Virginia, She was sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Kolb of German- town, Pennsylvania in the words of Governor Brumbaugh: Pennsylvania's sweetest girl, who had for her maids of honor Miss Kathryn Martin of Michigan, Miss Mil- dred Harrold of Ohio, and Miss Katherine Kolb of Penn- sylvania. Despite the prohibition views of our Secretary of the Navy, the Pensylvania was christened with champagne. This monster dreadnought was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, and is the SPECTATOR 63 largest battleship afloat. She has a mean displacement of 31,400 tons, approximately 62,000,000 pounds. This tremendous weight may be even better realized by know- ing that it took slightly over 310,000 worth of tallow to grease the track upon which she ran into the water-and tallow is not expensive. The Pennsylvania is 608 feet long over all, and nearly 97 feet beam. On the twelve-hour trial, which Will be conducted on completion, the vessel will be required to maintain a speed of twenty-one knots when loaded to a mean draft of twenty-eight feet, six inches. The main battery includes twelve fourteen-inch guns in four turrets, each turret accomodating three guns. These guns are mounted on the centerline of the ship, which arrangement represents the American idea in nav- al design for mounting large guns. It is believed to give the greatest radius in gun firing and to permit of con- centration of the greatest number of guns on any one tar- get: The secondary battery consists of twenty-two five inch guns and four twenty-one-inch submerged torpedo tubes. The fourteen-inch guns have a penetration of approx- imately fourteen inches of K. C. steel armor plate at 52,- 000 feet, approximately eight miles. They throw a pro- jectile Weighing about 1500 pounds and use about 450 pounds of smokeless powder to do it. The projectile is first placed into the breech of the gun, and the powder arranged in small silk bags, is packed in behind it. The breech is locked and the electric button is pushed. This ignites the powder. In some cases a core of black powder is run through these bags, the function if which is to produce a more rapid combustion. The five-inch guns, which are used in very close ranges, weigh three and three tenth tons, and have a length in calibre of fifty. They use twenty-seven pounds of smokeless powder to throw a projectile Weighing six- ty pounds. This projectile has a muzzle velocity of 2900 64 SPECTATOR feet a second and a muzzle energy of 3503 foot tons. If capped it has a perforation at the muzzle of eight and four-tenths inches of K. C. armor. Its remaining velocity at 1000 yards is 2460 feet and at this distance it has a perforation, if capped, of six and seven-tenths inches of K. C. armor. At 2000 yards its velocity is 2085 feet and its perforation five and five-tenths inches, while at 3000 yards its velocity has diminished to 1770 feet and its perforation to four and six-tenths inches. The two military masts on the Pennsylvania are of the cage type, being built of hollow tubing, following the practice of the United States Government on its largest ships. The function of these masts is to provide a platform for the instruments used in determining the range for all the guns of the main and secondary bat- teries, for the great searchlights used to a great extent in repelling torpedo attacks, and as a support for the wireless aerials. The vessel's deck and sides are protected with heav- ier armor than are any of our other battleships and es- pecial attention is given in the structural design of the ship to provide protection against submarines and air craft. The propelling machinery will consist of Curtis tur- bines, operating four screw propellers, and will develop about 32,000 horse power. Steam will be supplied to the turbines and auxiliaries by twelve watertube boilers burning oil fuel only. Provision is made for the storage of large quantities of fuel oil, so as to insure a wide rad- ius of action. The Curtis turbines, invented by Professor Curtis of New York, differ slightly from the Parsons turbines used so extensively in English men-o'-war. The Curtis turbines follow Parsons' closely in theory, but are differently worked out mechanically. Few revolving disks of com- paratively large diameter are arranged, and the fixed steam nozzles only play upon part of their periphery, in SPECTATOR 65 some cases only two nozzles being employed on the first disk. Provision is made for altering the nozzle areas ac- cording to load by opening or closing their tapering walls, thus to a certain extent permitting correct main- tenance of expansion ratios for varying steam pressures and loads. Professor Curtis argues that his arrange- ment of a few large nozzles and wheels in series lessens the percentage of waste through spilling of steam. In order to reduce the revolutions per minute as far as possible, Mr. Parsons appears to advocate a large number of turbines in series of small diameter, while Professor Curtis believes in few Wheels of large diameter. Which of these two designs is the better is an open question. There will be but one large central stack, another outward feature of assistance in determining vessels of this class, which will take care of the entire boiler plant of the vessel. The electrical equipment of the ship is extensive, as a great amount of the auxiliary apparatus is operated by motors, and current must likewise be provided for a large outfit of searchlights, and for the lighting of the incandescent lamps in the vessel. These searchlights are marvels of power and effic- iency. The best of these lights have a diameter equal to the height of an average man. The hearts of them consist of arc lights ranging in power from 4000 to 6000 candle power. This is intensified by a great lens built up of rims of prismatic glass having, in the largest, a bull's-eye in the centre eighteen inches in diameter. This raises the power of the light to from 10,000,000 to 30,- 000,000 candle power. These monster lights may be seen from a distance of from 75 to 100 miles, but, taking the curvature of the globe into consideration, they can pick up a ship over twenty miles away and throw a light upon it powerful enough to make recognition compara- tively easy. Another quite interesting fact to note about the 66 SPECTATOR Pennsylvania is this: Although she is twice as large as some of the earlier battleships of the Navy, she will utilize very little more power than the smaller vessels to obtain the designed speed. Since the launching of the Pennsylvania there has been a great deal of interesting controversy as to whether the Pennsylvania of our Navy, or the Queen Eliza- beth of the English navy is the better boat. Some claim that were they ever to become engaged the Queen Eliz- abeth , with her superior speed of twenty-five knots, an enormous speed for a battleship, would simply run away from the Pennsylvania until she had reached a point Where the Pennsylvania's fourteen-inch guns would be ineffectual, then turn and pound her to pieces with her larger fifteen-inch guns. Whether this is true, or whether the Pennsylvania would be able to sink or disable the Queen Elizabeth is a question which, I be- lieve, the American Nation to a man, hope never will be experimentally answered. On the contrary, I believe, all of us Americans sincerely hope the Pennsylvania will be, as the prayer offered at her launching asked: A messenger of peace rather than of war. Farewell Martha James '15 ' AREWELL, dear school, much have we enjoyed our .ig four years within your great stern Walls. We will carry with us a great deal of knowledge, that we re- ceived after four years of hard earnest study. Some of us will enter colleges in order to advance ourselves still farther in education, others will accept positions, but we shall all look back to our happy High School days. We are now ready to extend our heartiest thanks to the kind and considerate faculty. You have helped in SPECTATOR 67 many ways to make our lives more useful. To you, fellow Juniors, we give our position as Seniors. It will be your duty as Seniors, to take up a responsibility that will be greater than that of your under schoolmates, and we trust that you will have the greatest success. To our fellow students of the lower classes we sug- gest that you do not give up, study just as earnestly as you can, the world has plenty of room for such people. We offer you our best wishes for success. Much more could we say to you all, but as the world is moving, we must move along with it. Therefore, to all of you, faculty, and fellow students of every class, we bid you farewell. 1 At Daybreak Emma Domka '15. At daybreak, on the rugged hills, The sky with all its radiance fills, Gives day her room. The sun appears, A ball of fire, in turning sphere Curtained with cloudy red, it floats On lovely imitated lake, Where fleecy waves lie wide awake, Throned in celestial sheen. But, lo! With matins sweet, the bright-eyed lark Our hearts and ears does greet, And all our souls, in rapture take The music. So let us arise, Walk forth to meet such pleasure, and With thousand songs the notes prolong. 68 SPECTATOR To the Class of 1915 LTHOUGH spring is the supposed time of happiness, A nevertheless we feel a certain sadness because this time suggests, too, the approaching departure from Johnstown High School of the Class of 1915. The Seniors will long be remembered be- cause of their faithfulness and sincerity in their attempt to' further the renown of the Johnstown High School. The other classes, especially the Juniors, will miss their fellowship and co-operation in all things, but they will find a certain comfort in the thought that although the Class of 1915 has left in body, in spirit it will always re- main with its Alma Mater. During their four years' work in High School the Seniors have taken a lively interest in all things which pertain to the welfare of this institution. Under their leadership studies, athletics, and societies have progress- ed, and they may well remember their life in High School as one of advancement. The Juniors will conscientious- ly endeavor to follow the high standard which the Class of 1915 has so nobly set up. Before the Seniors lies the worldg behind them, a four-years' path of knowledge, strewn with the flowers of their successful endeavors. We hope that the Seniors, wherever they may go, will remember that they leave be- hind them friends and fellow students who wish them the best of success all through their lives. es? SPECTATOR 69 The Senior Class Album GEORGE BECKER George Becker as zz A bashful boy with cheeks ol' tan, But alter four years OCIE. ANKENY SHORTY Ocie's the girl who is always jollyg She doesn't believe in melancholyg Her longest suit is skipping classesg Anil if she's caught she never sasses. 4a4SLIMvv Freshman was with us here LILLIE BEERMAN LEAH Lillie will be a stenographer fine, For she has worked as hard as could be, And she has accomplished along that line Much that others have failed to see. He's grow!! ulII10SE into at I1'1zLn. 70 CHARLES BIRD Yes, this is our Charles As we see him, He brings home laurels From over in the gym. DUNCAN BRUCE A splendid musician, A Scotchman bright, Who studied with zeal Till late in the night. SPECTATOR LEE BENFORD UDEACON There is a boy in our school, Who has an awful caseg You bet those trips to Westmont, Aren't just to see the place. CANARY FRANCIS BRODERICK PETE Here's to our Francis For short he's callerl Pete When it comes to foot-ball He's hard to beat. DUNC SPECTATOR 71 GLENN BUCHER Here's a maid with many a trick Whose eyes are full of the old-nick, Her voice is sweet, she has one desire, To marry a man she can RUBY BURKHART Ruby comes to school each day In a trolley carg Because she loves her home so well, She never travels far. ROBERT BRUNNER au BRITZIE Britzie will go through this world Without the aid of a staffg All he'll need to help him Will be his hearty laugh. BUCH admire. PAUL BURGGRAF This youth dotes on pharmacy, For he thinks it a great thing To mix anything from water Up to a vinegar-sling. HBUGGY DlXY 72 SPECTATOR ALBERT CALLET Now Albert is a right smart lad, Whose mention makes the teachers glaclg For though he really is a bore, He took three years instead of four. HANNAH CANAN What will Hannah do When she's through at school? Teach the children how to read, Count, or say a rule. SANFORD CABLE SISTER Our Sanford's on the honor rollg A lad of mighty brain and soulg Never known to skip a classy And hence, he never failed to pass. KELLY K I LAWRENCE CAMPBELL I-IUMP They call you Hump All but the teacher I guess some day We'll call you preacher. ..HAN5,, . ::Q ' ..t.,,, .1:i.i , SPECTATOR 73 RALPH COLEMAN COLLEY The manager of the business staff Has, We think, a job and a half, And though Ralph isn't all care and Worry, He's always going: someWhe1'e in a hurry. J. EARL COOK COOKEY Cook saves his jokes For damsels fairg He's champion breaker Of' chemical wa1'e. LEROY COOK HITCH Itchie is the village cut-up Always doing something amissg Now that he is leaving High School The teacher's living will be all bliss. MARGARET COOK PEGGY Oh, Peggy is a little maid, A pretty maiden toog And when she rode her horse through town, Both horse and rider flew. Q , 74 SPECTATOR BEATRICE COURTNEY BE.E' Here's to the chief of our Student's Club, Here's to our blue-eyed Bee, And don't forget the Friday night That she starred for the T. K. E. MARY COVER MARY LIZ f ---. f 1' A Mary is our editress wiseg uiiu .,.:g She's going to Vassar Collegeg ' '2:: She's noted 'For bright hose and ties, H And a head just full of knowledge. ,N i ii I Craig is a happy fellow, As any one can seeg The reason, too, is simple For he's always Iilled with Glea. S h p 1' I2 BYRON CUSTER BARNEY l I am Custer, I am an athlete, I play foot-ball, They say I'm fleet. CLEA CRAIG UBUTCH' SPECTATOR i e E 2 5 S FLORENCE DAVIS Florence, now, would win her fame In practicing stenography, But it may become her aim OLIVE CUSTER PI Olive is quiet, Olive is neat, She's the kind of girl We all like to meet. FLC .Q To use household economy. .... mga -V ga RUTH DEMPSEY At the piano, in the cage, Ruth can play, When she's finished up at Smith, She'll come home to stay. Si SARAH DeFREHN HAPPY Happy won this jolly name, Because it suits her natureg When she goes to study art, May she keep her nomenclature, DEMPS 75 76 SPECTATOR 'Q GENEVIEVE DIMOND PUD Here's to a girl with a voice that's fine, '- 2 Here's her name that can fairly shine, ri' But l1ere's to her smile, and her eyes that zz, 4 ,ilivu 3 Q, ' dance, iii :: As she nods to a friend, 'tis a sly little glance. EMMA DOMKA SMlLEY Emma wants to train young minds, ..' : X Just how they should growg If they're all as good as she, It won't be hard, we know. f ' HARRY DREW HDREWEY A ladies' man, a foot-ball player Defender of the Black and Blueg Is the record of this Harry Whose family name is Drew. EUNICE DRISCOLL EUNY Did you ever? No, I never Saw a girl who was so clever! Painter, singer, student, too, There is nothing she can't do. H WILLARD ENGELBACH WOO Now Willard was the white man's hope To force the negro to the ropeg And so with us in volley The champ's had Willard Engelbach. S P E C T A T O R CLYDE DUNMEYER UDUNNY Dunnzeyer is a former sharl-1, But now his hobby's a midnight lark, A cigarette, the car, a 'ldoll g That's why his studies took a fall. ball, HUGO ERDMANN BOOBY A Hugo here, a German good, Would go to war, if he but could, Yet as he still is in his teens, He'll hardly be with the has beans. EDNA FONDELIER CHANTICLEER Edna has the qualities For a fine caleei For her we have no feai H H 1 ,,., A E Where books and figures are concerned, A , 77 78 SPECTATOR FLORENCE FULTON UFLOSSY I A lady of great dignity, Miss Florence Fulton tries to beg With banners Votes for Women she Q Could set the pace for you and me. HAZEL FULTON IRISH ' - This modest Hazel sits all day, 1 ' And wiles so many hours away, 1 By thinking if the job would pay, I e Q. Of keeping house for some nice jay. e 'A ,.-as aw- '- ALICE GALBRAITH GARY Alice is slender, and Alice is tallg She has light hair and is liked by all, She has a sly wink in her right eye LEAH GILBERT BLONDY We hope that when Leah begins to teach ln the primary grades next year, She'll transmit to her naughty pupils, Some of High School's rules, so dear So, of course, she is popular, that is why. SPECTATOR 79 KATHARINE GLOCK TEDY Tedy always has u big broad smile, She thinks living is quite worth whileg For she's in love with a professor, And we as Mrs. will soon address her. BELLA GLOSSER BE.LlNDA Bella Blosser seeks her fame By playing at the business gameg We think that job is much too tame For such a priggish little dame. DONALD GOCHER DUFFY Now duffy is il cute young fellow,k Who when it rains, has an umbrella, And when its hot enough to swear, Miss Gussie knows her p's and q's, , And says quite often please excusef' ,,,- We know that it is but the ruse Of this affected little goosei f f' 55 gi Well, Duffy really is a bear. V cussu: GOTTDIENER GUS .Q -.,. tzl. T XY-f a 'X W gt. 80 SPECTATOR Harshberger is out for the track team, And seems to possess plenty of steamt Around the track he runs, quite spry, For Clay, they say, can make dust Hy. NAN HAYNES HAYNZY A movie actress she wants to be Wait till she's older then We'll see If her dancing and singing brings her iameg Nan thinks life otherwise far too tame. ' 1 RUTH HOFFMAN HUF ' 21 - f : E ': ':i 'A Ah! there she is, the brown eyed oneg '- .5 zziz- ' See how her face just beams with fung 1 She can bake cakes, and win a hearty .. And never think it the least bit smart. -K s . ll Ilfxjll- Z ' il .xg HELEN HOHMANN TIPS Here is a girl with lots of knowledge, Enough to keep her away from collegeg She will help her mother and then she'll plan. How to keep house, for she has a man CLAY HARSHBERGER DOC PILL' S P E C T A T O R 81 WALTER HOLMQUIST LUMP Cupid the boy Scientist, Of Edison's fame and renown, Invented a fine spring motor. That only could run down. MARGARET HUMMEL MARC By using these eyes as you can see Marg: won her ability in the T. K. E. Il' sho keeps up much fame she'll win, Then watch Kuith's vaudeville take her in. CATHERINE HUTCHISON HUTCH Slim Hutchison is a singing' girl, And used to limelights glaresg Now you know how her eyes can stand The bright colored waists that she wears. HELEN JAMES JIMMY Stenography shall be my work Said sober Helen James, And from my work I'll never shirk Like many other dames. ' ,.- ,: F ' Q ,., , x W X ' -Nl lj, S- 82 SPECTATOR MARTHA JAMES UBETZY Here is a girl who is quite clever, But we do beseech her, Not to scold or whip the kids, When she is a teacher. l FRED JODER FRlTZ A studious boy is Fred Joder, Yet for gym Work he always has timeg His ambition's to run round the ovalg And in track work always to shine, He loves to imitate a man Often seen in Study Hall, Or set examples for future boys To make money from foot-ball. CARL KAUN COONEY Study hard and long each day, So that your marks won't drop That is the motto of Carl Kaun Whose middle name is Pop, FRANK JORDAN H, J. SPECTATOR 83 MARIE KEENE Here is a girl with pale blue eyes! Though she is small, she looks so wise, As she nods to a friend and passes byg This blond little girl who is so shy. FRANK KELLAR Frank was with us but one year He came from Dale which is quite nearg But still he always gets along For his thoughts are only of books and song. MARIAN KAYLOR UCHUB What would we do Without this lass, So dainty and airy The joy of the class? KEENEY ' V- PEARL KEIFER POLLY Pearl Keifei' was a merry lass Who disliked flomestic science And when :he got in grnnimai' class She talked with all defiance. DUTCH 84 SPECTATOR LOLA KENNEY DOUGHNUTS Miss Lola Kenney has a call, And we'll agree both one and all, She's the kind of a graduate we would take To stay at home and cook and bake. RUTH KOONTZ DOC This girl is tall, her hair is light, ln her studies she's surely bright, She goes 'to Normal, we'll want to see What sort of a teacher she'll prove to be. i This dark haired happy maid, Is not in the least afraid Of honor rolls, or a college fate, mate. CHARLES KRESS SKlRTS Here's to Kress, the dude of our class, Who's often seen with a one-eyed glassg His hair being pompadour lies Hatg He's always seen with a derby hat. WINIFRED KREBS FRED For she'll go to Dana, our littlest class- SPECTATOR 85 JAMES LEWIS JIM He's going' away to college, To learn dental surgeryg H6l'6,S sympathy for his patients, For pain there's sure to be. VIRGINIA LEWIS GINA Virginia has worked for the Agassiz Clubg The Spectat01 ' knows well her peng She's captured first place on the honor roll race' What more could you wish of her then? Charlie is a commercial studentg His time on books is always spent: There s one thing we cant understand, How one so long can take Shorthand. WILLIAM LONG BILLIE Though he comes from out of town, He is quite :L shark, If he aimed For second honors, Then he hit the mark. CHARLES LONG HSCHRIMP' 56 SPECTATOR A 5 MARGARET MAHAFFEY TAFFY xx I V Margaret is very adept x In the arts of social economy. A wise advocate of the Single Tax , 1 And 11 student, likewise, of astronomy. ww it A it Arg, NERINE MALEY PAT This girl's charm is one that's rare- It':a hor glorious wealth of auburn hair' If she begins to teach next year, Worry will turn it gray, we fear. Our little friend with the auburn hair, She is so frenchy, she is so fairg And from Petite we hate to pzmrtg She's going to study music and art. H LU MELLINGER JIM , ,. . 1- ' Lu, Lu, I still love you, 311- Is the :song the class will sing, EEE' When long, long years have passed away V --- ,: V Vuvqvuuuuu Q And joined the endless ring. V GERALDINE MARTIN PETlTE' S P E C T A T O R 8 HELEN MENOHER JIMMY Hclc-n's noted for her cases, Arid the way she loves a girl! Perhaps sometime she'll lwve 51 boy And for him her heart will whirl. HELEN MEYERS HONEY-BUNCH N in Baby Meyers with her smile, :IVE Will be a nurse after whileg D 2'- '11.,. r Best wishes to thee HBaby'f fair ' And may your life be free from care. RUTH MILLER JOLLY The laugh is gay Which she always wears, She'll make our dresses For future affairs. ELEANOR MITCHELL MlTCH Will she teach Or will she wed, Now she's got Domestic Science in her head? ff 88 SPECTATOR X Q bl l ..,. ,,., , X .-,,A MARY MORDICA Mal' will he verv 'trict Y . -' v When she teaches schoolg But she'll never whip a For she thinks it's Jruel. 2 ,.,., VIOLA MOSSHOLDER This iv Ike with big brown even. Who looks so knowing and so Wiseg In three Qhort your-1 she did High School, And never broke single rule ANNA MOELLER RUFF Anna likes to play a game Oi' fast basket-ball, But she won still greater fame With the volley-ball. MOI..LY child, RUTH MORRIS URUFUS' Rufus is our brown eyed beauty Who imagines it's her duty To Indiana School to go And she'll get through, for she isn't slow IKE ': , x, 1-5- iv H 1 r'1'i'. SPECTATOR 89 5 MARY MOSGO PATTY Oh, how happy We would be, If like Mary we could soc- All the chflrm in common things In the flower that grows and the bird that sings. EDITH MURPHY EAD She has big Irish eyes, As blue as the skies, And she'll care for you and me, For an nurse she's going to be. , N119 ' ,Q Ross MUSANTE HROSET' Tall and dark with glossy hair y' 5. Pretty clothes and il studious airy Z t V .,., ,V-' She's going to Indiana next fall ' Where she will be well liked by all. BERNARD MCCLOSKEY MAC McCloskey is the king of them all When it comes to this game they call foot- ballg They Say at a girl he never looks But we don't think he spends all his time at his books. 90 SPECTATOR ORLANDOMcCREARY TURTLE-DOVE' Orlando is a romantic young man, He roams with the ladies whenever he can If, near the High School you find him tar ryin' You'll know he's thinking about marryin fMarianJ. MARIAN McMULLEN PEE.P She sa s undecided y. But we suppose, That shc'11 be married Before she knows. OSCAR NAUGLE USQUIRE' Squire Naugyjle can Jo any thing, From pitching new mown hay To playing for an audience In the T. K. E's famous play. JESSIE OBER SQUEAK He1'e's to Jessie Ober Whose voice is very smallg If she wouldn't be so short, She would be rather tall. 'if M N T it Y ::. ' 5 S CURTIS PAESSLER Although I seem To lack in strength, My looks belie My mental strength GARETTA PAINTER Her dimples are her fortune This girl so slim and tall, She was our Senior center A shark at basket ball. SPECTATOR RUTH O'CONNOR BOOTS Ruth's middle name should be frolic, In parties she has much delightg A sleigh ride, hay ride or picnic, She'd work for from morning till night. cum EDNA PAGE USKEEZICKS' Miss Edna Page would be a rage, If she'd but go upon the stage But better suited she will be, When teaching us the rule of three. .-,- .-' , D1MPLEs 1 A.,,. ' 91 92 DOROTHY PETRIKIN DOT We never saw Dot With strubly hair, To keep it in order Must take constant care. ,, . A ROBERT PORTER Now Robert has a wondrous brain, But all his studies are in vain, His thoughts are but of picture shows, And hence to school he seldom goes. SPECTATOR MAURICE PEARMAN SKlNNY Pearman, president of the class, Is quite well known to every lass, He always fills his part with ease, And also tries his best to please. MARTHA POOLE TRlXY She's a little girl, And in her eyes, The black of night, So sparkling lies. uBOBu SPECTATOR 93 GARRISON PRICE Still waters run deep, We often have heardg That Gary's an exception Seems strangely absurd. CHARLES ROBERTS Bub is a jolly good fellow, Ready to mix with the boys, Joke with our young ladies, Or take part in any school joys. MARY ROBISON Mary has the movie fad, And she always would be glad, If some one would only go i MARGARET ROOS- PEG Her name rhymes with goose, But she isn't that styleg It's her aim to induce Other people to smile. H 3 HBUBH 1 , With her to the picture show. UGARIE' BILLY 94 SPECTATOR HARRY ROSE HAD Don't raise your Voice to sing a solo, Is the keynote of his fame. His life has been as rosy As the Hower that bears his name MARGARET ROSE WlGGlE Margaret resembles a fashion plate In her new and stylish clothsg We guess she can fill many a trunk When off to Beechwood she goes. ALLEN ROSHON DIP Yes, here's to our Allen Roshon's his last nameg Playing checkers Has brought him some fame. RUSSEL ROSHON RUSS' Our older Roshon, a reporter 'tis true, As a cartoonist he's right there too, He seems very busy and never will cuss, And signs his name R-U-S-S Russ, SPECTATOR 95 ROBERT RUTLEDGE RUT I hate all subjects that I took, And Physics like a caltouseg I'm subject to delightful sleeps, And dream-3 of Lady Alice. GERTRUDE SANFORD TRUDIE ' ,iz Singing and dancing' through life she goes, X ' Dear little Trudie whom everyone know-4, Waiting and dreaming' for days to come 'N ' y In a bungalow in Binghamton. by - 5- .IOHN SCHMID The orchestral will miss him And his saxslphoneg But he'll re-lch to us when he p I , To si man has grown N? hai HELEN SCHENKEMEYER USCHENK Such liveliness we never saw: She can talk the livelong dayg But when she takes u nurse's course, She'll have to mend her way. SCI-IMlDY ' 96 SPECTATOR ROBERT SCHRY Oi' Robert Schry Our words are few, We'l1 say he plays basket-ball Then we are through. JAMES SLOAN My name is Sloang I like nice clothsg I keep in trim From head to toes. HELENE SCHRY MOONEY' This is our little Moonie Schry, She is very dainty and very shy, She has a host of friends everywhere Who admire her eyes and her pretty dar! hair. JlTNEY ' EMELINE sl-IAVER HMEINIE' Here is young Emeline Shaver, Always on her good behaviorg With her arms full of books and a studiou bolt. She always steers clear of a failure. JIMMY -Q SPECTATOR 97 CYRIL SMITH CY Cy resolved when a boy To aspire to be great and tall, Now he has accomplished it, Aod Looks flown on us all. MILDRED SMITH LUD' Mildred can dance, Mildred can play. Or wield a racket the livelorg day: What did you say about basket-ball? Yes, for the Seniors she starred above all. SARA SMITH USALLY' u 5 Sara is 'L popular girl V- Who loves to spend her life in a whirl, We re sorry that the wor'ld's so cruel As to make her Study when she's in school MABEL SPEICHER SPIKE Just hear Mabel warble In a beautiful alto voice, She's starting out as a book-keeper, But marriage is really her choice. 98 SPECTATOR FLORENCE STATLER STAT If Florence Statler teaches school. No boy will dare to act the fool, For Florence is so straight and tall, She'll t61'I'01'lZ'.f them one and all. HORACE STROUP Chemistry for you says Schoch, Latin! says Miss Fearl, And to add to all his troubles Stroup now has a girl. JAMES SPRINGER JIM' Foot-ball is the specialty, Of this husky fellow, Men who opposed him on the line Never said that he was yellow, CARL sToLLE GERMANY My name is 'Stollez My voice is :wee-:tg Pvc- a buss drum suore, When I sleep. HOC SPECTATOR 99 ,1:1, . SARA STUTZMAN UDOLLY ' Here is another girl who sings ::' , In :1 Joifre so sweet and low' lzzzl She has a host of other charms Which her face in the picture will show ESTHER TEETER TEET Miss Esther T6F5t9l',S starting out To put the pesky kids to routg Her mind is fixed on teaching school And wielding the rattan and rule. JANE TREDENNICK CUTEY' Each evening down the lane, Miss Jane Munching peanuts smiling cameg No need ti ask her how and when, She got them at the Five and Ten. RUTH TREDENNICK TRED This is the older sister Who seems to be rather thin, Of course, we'd like to help her, Some gallant young brave to wm n SPECTATOR 97 -1 CYRIL SMITH CY Cy resolved when a boy To aspire to be great and tall, Now he has accomplished it, And Looks down on us all. MILDRED SMITH LUD Mildred can dance, Mildred can play, Or wield a racket the livelorg day: What did you say about basket-ball? Yes, for the Seniors she starred above all. A SARA SMITH SALLY ' I Sara is a popular girl :': '-, Y Who loves to spend her life in a whirl, . , We're sorry that the world's so cruel As to make her study when she's in school. MABEL SPEICHER SPIKE Just hear Mabel warble In a beautiful alto voice, She's starting out as a book-keeper, But marriage is really her choice. 98 SPECTATOR FLORENCE STATLER STAT If Florence Statler te No boy will dare to act the fool For Florence is so straight and tall, She'll terrorize them one and all. HORACE STROUP Chemistry for you Latinl says Miss F And to add to all his Stroup now has a girl. JAMES SPRINGER JIM Foot-ball is the specialty, Of this husky fellow, Men who opposed him on the line Never said that he was yellow. aches school. CARL STOLLE GERMANY My name is Stolle: My Voice is sweety I've a bass drum snore, When I sleep. ..H0C,. says Schoch earl, troubles r 5 .. SARA STUTZMAN DOLLY 5 - Here is another girl who sings ,.1:',g zz, I In a Joifre so fweet and low' Zll M lzll She has a host of other charms ',,. Which her face in the picture will show Viv 5 3 4 5 I HEL 2 'G ESTHER TEETER TEET Miss Esther Teete1 s starting out To put the pesky kids to routg Her mind is fixed on teaching school And wielding the rattan and rule. JANE TREDENNICK HCUTEY' Each evening down the lane, Miss Jane Munching peanuts smiling cameg No need tm ask her how and When, She got them at the Five and Ten. RUTH TREDENNICK TRED This is the older sister Who seems to be rather thin, Of course, we'd like to help her, Some gallant young' brave to WIH SPECTATOR 99 n 100 SPECTATOR LUDWIG TROSS His ideal is the wrestler Levi Lamb Or the political boss Penroseg You can hear him laud his favorites Wherever his big voice goes. PAUL WALKER They say I'm a Walker But to school I rideg I've a business in Bolivar, Where I reside. MARION TRENT GRlNNY' If Vou lool-1 at her she laughsg It's her chiefest joy, Just to laugh and smile and grin, And all care destroy. BULL BOYD WALBECK UFLICKER There was a young man from Portage, With a really serious lookg Though down beneath the surface He was jolly as a joke book. IRISH y sPEc'rA'roR y lg! MARY WEAVER Mary's our pianist, we all know, And when she plays, oh baby! Your head starts spinning, your feet to go, Let me tell you, Mary's EVERETT WETHERBEE Here's to little Everett, Who sings like a bird' It's out in Moxham, That he's generally heard. KATHRYN WALTER SlS' This is Kathryn Walt er, Quiet all the day We wouldn't like her noisy, It wouldn't be her way. SNOOKlE some lady. IDA WEISBURG IDA BALL Ida is going to be a nurse: If she uses her charms demure To administer bitter remedies, They'll not be so hard to endure. UHENI9 102 SPECTATOR Blllv IS a name that means a lot To a bo3 not vnu h but I gnl It erms tt Implv her I VOIS 'Ire ough And shes se? rnanv heads In a whnl 1' ,llzz in ANNA WILLIAMS BILLY ,. ':'A if ' . I . .ff GENEVIEVE WITT PETE Pete as we know is quite a dame Large in proportion and bright as her nameg Her cases are many, her failures few, And we 11 all be glad that her we knew. Mag she's called, we all know why, Not 'cause her name is Clemmintine, But if we use both of our eyes We'll see her name is Magdalene. EUGENIA ZIMMERMAN ZIM She's tall and slender, the willowy kinclg Just as her name implies. One of those who are hard to findg Alas! for just Pete she has eyes. MAGDALENE YODER MAG' l SPECTATOR 103 Ihr lhigh Svrhnnl Svprriainr JOHNSTOWN, PA., JUNE, 1915. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 75C. PER COPY, 25 CENTS Ilihitnriul anim Business Biaif Editor in Chief, MARY E. COVER, 1915. Associate Editor Business Manager GERTRUDE PHILLIPS, '16 RALPH COLEMAN, '15 Exchange Editor - - WINIFRED KREBS, '15 ASSoifRfIE2uiQ,'?fSMfg'ager Society Editors , , ' BEATRICE COURTNEY, '15 Advertlsmnr Manager GERALDINE MARTIN, '15 HARRY ROSE, 15 5611001 News Associates SANFORD CABLE, '15 LEE BENFORD' '15 Current Events EARL COOK, '15 VIRGINIA LEWIS, '15 CLYDE DUNMEYER, '15 Athletic Editor PAUL LAVELLE, '15 MAURICE PEARMAN, '15 ROBERT HORNER' .16 Alumni Editor EDGAR MATTHEWS '16 MISSABRQSNER, 04 ALFRED DIGGLES. '16 rt itor . , Class Representatives CY1gg,j,ggg,g' 15 PHILIg WALTERS,'17 ALLEN GEIST, '15 MAR? RIE STIFFA 175 The Spectator is published monthly during the school term. I ' Address all communications to The Spectator, High School Buildimr. Johnstown, Pa. Entered at the Postofiicez Johnstown, Pa., as second-class mail matter. In order to insure publication in the current issue. MSS. must be handed to the editor not later than the 10th of each month. Editorial With this number, the class of 1915 completes the seventeenth volume of the Spectator. We hope that our efforts to advance the standard of our publication may be fruitful, and wish unprecedented success to the staff which will take up our Work next year. Whatever good results we have had are due to the loyal spirit which prompted the students of all the classes to make literary contributions, to the helpful suggestions 104 SPECTATO' of Miss Wissler, to the kind interests of the teachers in English, and finally to the various members of the staff, who co-operated to produce a Spectator that would repre- sent their best efforts. The most important question which will come up to the voters next November is that of WHAT dividing with women the responsibilities which MEN before the men have had to bear alone--that of NEED making the laws for the country. This duty which will be given to women marks the fourth step in their advancement. The first three steps, those of equal educational advan- tages, equal advantages in professional lines, and equal recognition by lawsg met with the opposition of the cre- dulous, the conservative and the timid, but now since they are here, we recognize them as useful and bene- ficial to men and women alike. The first three liberating steps were the outgrowth of industrial changes which now more than ever before, affect the institution of the home. The largest part of the work formerly done by the housewife, or personally inspected by her, is now done in factories. Mr. Zubelin in a recent lecture remarked that if advantage was taken of all modern conveniences, only women with four small children could busy themselves all day in the home. The social centers instead of ending at home have overflowed into the theaters, playgrounds, dance halls, adding to the cities new problems. On one side of the scale we find employment taken away from the women, leaving them vainly seeking occupation in bridge or gossip clubs, and on the other hand we see men with added responsibilities and difliculties. ls it not natural that a woman follow her work from the home to the city, the state, or the country where it has become a part of new problems? The United States is mentioned now by her country- men proudly as the country which has advanced from SPECTATOR 105 the place where she craved new acquisitions and wealth to a position Where she recognizes the needs of her citi- zens and Wishes to supply them. Our law makers are turning their attention to pure food laws, child labor laws, sanitary conditions, infant mortality rates, settle- ment districts, and labor conditions. Each of these fields is one in which women are skilled and interested. The news that the largest theater in New York was engaged by the committee on civics at a recent convention shows that this is a subject better un- derstood and better adapted to a woman's sphere than to a man's. How natural and convenient it would be if the men could turn these responsibilities over to the women and thus even the balance! - So many accounts of the war have brought to us the news of school boys in WAR AND the ranks and school girls filling the places SCHOOL of the men who are absent, that it has be- come our general impression that social institutions have no place in the present life abroad and that the schools, particularly, have closed their doors. But if We may take the record of one Eng- lish school as representative of the majority, schools still exist, and as a result of the threatening dangers are bet- ter institutions than they were in time of peace. One school instead of opening with a smaller enroll- ment, as the teachers had expected, started last fall with a large number of young people whom the war had made serious, earnest, and sympathetic to such an extent that the school spirit was entirely changed. Because they had come to think of themselves as part of a great nation: the cliques were destroyed, peace ruled instead of class prejudice and bullying, a new orderliness prevailed, and athletics became a secondary matter in an honest effort of the students to use their opportunities to advantage. They expressed their changed attitude in these words, When 106 SPECTATOR We as a nation are face to face with realities, we are not put off with shams and insincerities we demand great literature, great thoughts, high ideals. But is war the only reality? Are we in America not facing realities as true and far saner than the for- eign nations? And do peaceful occupations not oHer greater opportunities for our abilities than War? Let us then consider ourselves as part of a great institution, facing realities and let us create a spirit of democracy and earnestness by demanding from ourselves and from others the highest and the best. School News According to a recent report the division of students according to the various courses is as follows: College preparatory, 2463 normal preparatory, 1755 general, 169: technical, 44g four-year Commercial, 1373 two-year com- mercial 134g industrial 635 post-graduates, 2. Compared with the record of a few years ago, this shows an increasing tendency among the students to enroll in those courses which fits them for life immediate- ly upon completion of the High School studies. The tendency toward practical activities has been shown in the Commercial law classes. Under the direc- tion of Mr. R. P. Smith, instructor, a law suit has been heard with the students as lawyers and judges. The High School has taken the first step towards a better orchestra next year. A bass viol, which has never been a part of the orchestra, has been purchased. Before the close of the school term a pupil to play this instru- ment will be selected by competent judges. The lessons for the one selected will be paid by the school authorities. SPECTATOR 107 Graduates from Johnstown were highly praised by Prof. J. G. Quick of the University of Pittsburg faculty. Prof. Quick on April 13, addressed the senior class on Going to College. The present number of Johnstown graduates at Pitt is 17, which will no doubt be much in- creased by the seniors. On May 19, 20 and 21 the girls of the Domestic Science department will conduct an exhibition of sewing and cooking. This work is being done under the direc- tion of Miss Emma Clare Taylor and Miss Margaret Hinchman. Next term this department will conduct a lunch- room for students. Nutritious foods will be sold at cost, no effort being put forth to make a profit above the actual cost of operation. The Senior class will present the nautical yarn, The Bo'sn's Bride, in the Cambria Theatre on May 21. The music is under the direction of Miss Helga L. Swan and the dramatic features are being directed by Ben. Hinch- man, Jr. The rehearsals of the chorus, dancers, and the High School orchestra are progressing favorably and in- dicate one of the most successful operettas given by a student body. The Student governing board has launched plans for a picnic of pupils, parents, alumni and faculty. Var- ious committees have been appointed to arrange all de- tails of the outing which will be held on May 28 at Luna Park. The program for the day includes a full day of en- joyment. In the morning there will be a baseball game between the seniors and the faculty. In the afternoon the interclass track meet, including events for girls, will be held. Later the Literary societies will stage several of their sketches. In the evening there will be dancing. 108 SPECTATOR As a special feature of the chapel exercises on April 22, Gregory Smith played a violin solo. The orchestra also played the selection My Hero. On May 6, Mr. Coates, a missionary from India, call- ed at the High School. He made a short address to the Freshmen at their chapel exercises. On May 5, the Senior class attended their last chapel exercises for which a special program had been arrang- ed. The musical numbers included a clarinet solo by Wilbur Pearce and a violin duet by Albert Callet and Walter Kern. The members of the governing board, Cyril Smith, Maurice Pearman, Alvin Reese and Ludwig Tross gave enthusiastic talks concerning the school picnic. At this time the new bass viol was used the first time, being played by Mr. Harry Geist. Society Agassiz N the semi-monthly meeting of the Agassiz Chapter, held on April 29, a talk was delivered on the Turtles of Pennsylvania, emphasizing the Wood Turtle in particular. To illustrate the lecture and mainly to assist the lecturer it had been our good fortune to secure a live specimen of this reptile. Our final meeting for the term came on May 7. New officers were chosen to lead the Chapter through its next year's work, as follows: President, Lorene Martin. Vice President, Frieda Meyers. Secretary, Amelia Englebach. Treasurer, Charles Gochnour. Reporter, Marcus Sky. SPECTATOR 109 Emerson The eighteenth annual open meeting of the Emer- son Literary Society was held in the Auditorium Friday evening, April 16. The meeting was opened with a splendidly delivered address of Welcome by the Presi- dent, Ludwig Tross. Bernard Shaw's play Arms and the Man, was then presented. The cast of characters was as follows: Raina ..................... ......... J ulia Short Petkoff ....... . . . Ludwig Tross Butler . . . ........ Paul Lavelle Louka ..... . . . Gertrude Sanford Catherine ..... ....... M ary Cover Sergius ............................... Cyril Smith Chocolate Soldier ...................... Allen Geist The large audience enthusiastically applauded the comedy and the splendid acting of the entire cast. Der Schiller Verein Am Montag Abend den 10 Mai war eine kurze Versammlung des Schiller-Verein abgehalten. Da ents- chied der Verein das Geld, die 25 Taler, dem Verein von dem Johnstown Zweig des Deutschamerikanischen Cen- tralbundes von Pennsylvania gegeben, fur die Auffuhrung eines deutscher Dramas in der Hochschule nachsten November zu brauchen. Der Prasident, Herr Oscar Naugle, nannte die fol- genden Personen als ein Komite um die erste Versamm- lung des Vereins nachstes Jahr zu rufen.-Herr Carl Will, Fraulein Mary Collins und Fraulein Clara Groebel. Der Centralbund dieses Jahr Wie letztes Jahr ist der deutschen Abtheilung der Hochschule besonders liebenswurdig. Der Centralbund gibt drei Bucher-Preise fur diejenigen Studenten und Studentinnen der ,deutsch- en sprache, -Klasse 1915-, die das hochste Prozent haben. 110 SPECTATOR Erster Preis-Goethe's Werke in 18 Bunden. Zweiter Preis-Schi1ler's Werke in 8 Bunden. Dritter Preis-Lessing's Werke in 3 Bunden. Der Johnstown Zweig gibt auch der Klasse 1916 zwei Bucher-Preise. Erster Preis-Schiller's Wilhelm Tell. Zweiter Preis-Schiller's Gedichte--1 Bund. Die deutsche Abtheilung der Johnstown Hochschule und der Schiller-Verein danken dem Johnstown Zweig des Deutschamerikanischen Centralbundes ganz herz- lich, fur solch ein grosses Interesse und fur solche Liebens- wurdigkeit. Sie werden immer von den deutschen Stu- denten and Studentinnen der Johnstown Hochschule ge- schatzt. Current Events MERICAN women have been highly honored by the election of Miss Jane Addams to the presidency of the International Peace Congress. This is indeed a noble mission to endeaver to bring peace into war-torn Europe. Miss Addams is also head of the committee which is to visit the belligerent nations. They will first go to Berlin and interview the Kaiser relative to negotiations for in- ternational peace. Later they will stop at Vienna, Rome, Paris, and London, and then return to The Hague. The question of tides has always troubled business men along the coast. The Transcontinental Railroad of Canada has partially solved the problem. On the land- ing at Quebec and Levis the railroad tracks are built on a fixed level. A ferry boat has been constructed whose deck can be raised or lowered to take trains from these tracks at any state of tide. The range of the tidal deck is eighteen feet, and it carries three lengths of track. At the front of the boat is an ice-breaking propeller. SPECTATOR 111 A recent report of the State College of Agriculture shows that the school children in New York State destroy- ed 830,000,000 tent caterpillars last year. They also collected 4,150,150 egg masses, and thus saved great numbers of fruit trees and also many shade trees from this destructive pest. Efforts are made to decrease the death rate but such a report as the one New York city presented for March is rather discouraging. There were 21 persons killed by automobiles on the streets of the city during the month of March, 1915. During the same month of last year only two people were killed. A very lamentable automobile accident in New York City on April 10 re- sulted in the death of the noted American sculptor, Karl T. F. Bitter. Advance in education is constant. St. Louis has installed a traveling museum. It is carried by an auto- mobile truck from school to school and is used as a defi- nite aid to studying. No freaks, but mounted birds, and animals, mineral products, colored charts, and lantern slides are contained in this very instructive museum. April 10, President Wilson selected the Seward route as the one for the Government railroad that is to penetrate the heart of Alaska. This route extends from Seward, on Resurrection Bay, to Fairbanks on the Tanana River four hundred and seventy miles inland. The ad- vantage of this route together with the 38 mile branch which extends from Matanuska Junction to the Mata- nuska coal fields is not only that it traverses the best and the richest of Alaska's resources, but it is the only pos- sible route by which the Matanuska coal-fields are made available for the United States Navy and the industries along the Pacific coast. The estimated cost of construct- ing this line is SB26,800,000, a very small sum in considera- 112 SPECTATOR tion of the value of the railroad. At the recent auction of the Ives collection a copy of The Three Crosses, one of Rembrandt's most cele- brated etchings, was sold for S85,000. This is almost double the price that any Rembrandt print ever brought at any previous sale. ' ' Alumni Notes The Alumni Association of the Johnstown High School is now looking forward to its work for the next school term 1915-1916. As a beginning, the Executive Board was called to a meeting by the President of the Association, Mr. Fred Krebs, and a most attractive en- tertainment course was decided upon. The following numbers are included: Colangelo Band CComposed of 30 menj. Marguerite Stahl-Impersonator. A Male Quartette. Victor Murdock-Lecturer. Oxford Opera Company. P. P. Claxton-Lecturer. The Alumni Association feels very fortunate in being able to procure a program such as it has. The course during the present year was very successful, but the As- sociation is anticipating far greater success in the coming year. In the past month a committee from the Alumni As- sociation and one from The Spectator staff met to dis- cuss ways and means to introduce the Spectator among the Alumni. As the April Spectator was the Alumni number, the committees decided to have that number dis- tributed among the members of the Association. There- fore two prizes were offered by the staff. The first, 310, SPECTATOR 113 to the High School student procuring the greatest num- ber of subscriptions for next school year, and the second, 355, to the student selling the greatest number of the April Spectator. The first prize was won by Miss Lo- rene Martin, and the second by Edgar Matthews. Over 100 subscriptions were procured, and about 250 extra Spectators were sold. It is hoped, however, that more of the Alumni will subscribe to the High School paper, for the High School students need and want the close con- tact of the Alumni Association. The present graduatingiclass of the High School will soon be members of the Alumni Association. The Association heartily welcomes the class and hopes and expects that it will enter into this new work of the Alumni with all the enthusiasm with which it has gone through the High School, and thus not only keep alive interest in the Association, but also, what is even better, interest in and love for the Johnstown High School. '04-Miss Mary Lowman, Assistant Supervisor of Music in the Johnstown schools, has been organist at the First Presbyterian Church in the recent absence of Mr. Gordon Balch Nevin, who has been at his home on ac- count of illness. '09-John Rodgers, formerly coach of the foot-ball team in the High School, and of the team at St. Francis College, has been appointed coach at the Stevens Techni- cal Institute in New Jersey. Mr. Rodgers has the best wishes of the Alumni Association for his continued suc- cess as coach. '10-Miss Margaret Walters is leader of the Young Woman's Christian Association orchestra, recently or- ganized. '10-Miss F. Lillian Murdock will graduate from Vassar College in June. '11-The following members of 1911 will graduate this spring: Miss Ruth Glenn-Bryn Mawr College. 114 SPECTATOR Miss Gussie Schultz-German Hospital, Phila- delphia. John Cover-Columbia University. Thomas Crocker-Pennsylvania State College. J. Lewis Evans-Lehigh University. Joseph J. Meyer-Jefferson Medical College. Mr. Meyer will enter the Chester Hospital on July 1 as resident physician. Foster B. Snowden-Lafayette College. Philip E. Thomas-Princeton University. William R. Thomas Jr.-Princeton University. Leo Trent-University of Missouri. Robert A. Tross-Pennsylvania State College. Waldo Wright-University of Pennsylvania. '11-Earl Cavanaugh is a veterinary surgeon in Johnstown, having taken a two-year course at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. '11-Owen Sharkey is at present taking the law course at the University of Michigan. '12-Forrest Shaffer is a student at the United States Military Academy, West Point. '13-The following members of 1913 are completing a two-year course at the Indiana CPennsylvaniaJ State Normal School: Miss Edith Cover, Miss Rose Kilkenney, Miss Marga- ret McNamara, Miss Gladys Smith, Miss Ruth Young, Miss Emily Whetstone, Miss Alice West. '14-Griffith Owen has been one of the most suc- cessful track men on the Freshman team of the University of Nebraska during the present spring. Births. '99-Born to Mr. and Mrs. George Suppes fMiss Marion Dibertj a son. '04-Born to Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Sagerson, a son. SPECTATOR 115 Exchanges i In the last issue of the Spectator for this term, the Exchange department wishes to thank the numerous other exchanges for their valuable criticisms received during the year, and to wish every paper the greatest possible success in the future. Probably our best exchange this year was the World, from St. Paul, Minnesota. Every number con- tained good literary material, as well as an abundance of cuts and art work. A close rival to the World is the Comet CMil- waukeej. The April Fool number is splendid. In this number, as in all others, a marvelous school and Comet spirit is displayed, a trait many other schools might well copy. The two Red and Blacks, one from Salt Lake City, the other from Reading, Pennsylvania, are both ex- cellent representative school magazines. It is possible for these to contain a high grade of literary work, as they represent a large student body. This is also true of the Erasmian fBrooklyn, New Yorkj. The cover designs have always been one of its attractive features. It ranks, indeed, as one of our best exchanges. The Criterion is a neat paper, but would be some- what improved by a few more cuts and perhaps a differ- ent cover design. The Habit from Salina, Kansas, is a live, little, paper. The fact that it is printed by the students of the High School makes it doubly interesting. Judging from the lengthy exchange list in the April issue, the Habit must be widely known. ' The Omnibus, from Franklin, Pennsylvania, has been a very welcome exchange. The last number re- ,.L- ' 116 S P E C T A T O R ceived by the Spectator appeared in an exceedingly at- tractive cover. Our only objection to the Omnibus is the publishing of a melodramatic-foolish story in the liter- ary department. We believe it would raise the standard of your paper to have something worth while at the head of the literary department. The High School Journal, Pittsburg, represents two energetic high schools. Its literary department has been up to the standard. Both schools contain numerous societies and clubs, whose meetings are written up in an interesting manner. The greatest feature, perhaps, of the Tahoma fTacoma, Washingtonj is its clever cartoons. It always contains one or two good stories, and an almost unlimit- ed supply of jokes. Why do you always give the ex- change column one meagre little page? The Mirror, Philadelphia, the Spectator, Water- loo, Iowa, and the Spectator, Paterson, New Jersey, all deserve honorable mention for their splendid publications during the last year. Exchanges we have received since last month, which are not mentioned above, are: The Booster, ..... Buzzer, ......... . Brown and White, . Criterion, ........ . Central H. S. Bulletin High School Voice, . Orange and Black, . Spectrum, ..... Tattler, . . . Crimson, . Student, ...... The Times, ...... High School Life, . . if Cl KK KC Cl if CC KK Tilt0nian, ..... . . La Crosse, Wisconsin . . . . . . Avalon, Penna. . ....... Greensburg, Penna. . . . . . Bridgeport, Connecticut , . . ..... Memphis, Tennessee . . . Owensboro, Kentucky . . Milton, Pennsylvania Chester, Pennsylvania . Shreveport, Louisiana Louisville, Kentucky . . . . Detroit, Michigan . . . Fort Madison, Iowa Warren, Ohio Tilton, New Hampshire E 1 Y X 118 SPECTATOR Missouri High School, . . . . Columbia, Missouri Purple and Gold, ................... Ashland, Ohio The Easternerj' ................. Washington, D. C. Class History Robert Porter Freshmen N May 31, 1908, two hundred and twenty-seven diplo- mas were awarded to those students who had suc- cessfully passed the examinations, and we were now ready for High School. The class colors chosen were maroon and white. In the fall of this year two hundred and thirty-six students reported for the opening of the term of High School. The usual class fight took place but we had a strong and husky crowd, and not much initiation oc- curred. Several plays were presented during the year un- der the direction of Miss Ankeny and Miss Woodring. The May number of the Spectator was a Freshmen number and our class wrote all the literary material and made a clever cover design. During the year, the only branch of athletics that was participated in to any extent by the Freshmen was basketball. We had a fine team that year. A picnic at Yoder Falls successfully closed our Fresh- man year. Sophomores. When school reopened on September 2, one hundred and ninety-two Sophornores returned. We were prevent- ed from giving the Freshmen their initiation by a long line of policemen, who were on duty near High School. We were considered important enough this year to be represented on the Spectator staff-Charles Kress SPECTATOR 119 was chosen. On October 29, the Sophs, coached by Mr. Cleaver, engaged in football with the Freshies and were held to a tie score, 0-0. On November 9, the Juniors were held to a 0-0 score by the Sophomores. This game gave the Sophs the championship of the school. This year Orlo Wertz won his monogram on the High School football team. He was considered to be the best line plunger of the season. He showed his great defensive ability in the Greensburg game. Rutledge and Pfarr were represented on the scrub team throughout the season. In inter-class basketball, the Sophs finished one game behind the Seniors, who received the championship. Our picnic this year was held at Otterbein, where we had a jolly time. . Juniors. At the opening of the school term on September 1, our ranks had dwindled down to one hundred and thirty- two. Before the opening of school, Harry Rhoads, one of the most popular members of our class, was drown- ed while on a vacation. His funeral was attended by nearly all of our class. About the first thing we did this year was join societies. The majority joined the Emerson society. In the annual oratorical contest, Cyril Smith, an Emer- sonian, was one of the orators. At a class meeting held November 3, the following officers were elected: Frank Jordan, President, Maurice Pearman, Vice President, Marion McMullen, Secretary, Robert Rutledge, Treasurer. Our representatives on the Spectator staff this year were Charles Kress, Cyril Smith, James Lewis, Harry Rose, Mary Cover, Clyde Dunmeyer, and Ralph Coleman. The literary material for the March issue of the Spectator was contributed by members of the Junior class. 120 SPECTATOR On February 24, the Seniors were entertained by the Juniors at the annual Junior-Senior reception. Two plays were given by the Juniors. One was Lend Me Five Shillings. Those who took part were Harry Rose, Francis Broderick, James Lewis, Everett Wetherbee, Charles Bird, Catherine Glock, Mary Cover. The second play presented was The Mistaken Proposal. The cast of this play was Cyril Smith, Charles Kress, Jane Tredennick, Eunice Driscoll. The Sixteenth annual open meeting of the T. K. E. Society was given March 27. The play Cyrano De Bergerac was presented. The following of the cast were from our class: Oscar Naugle, Leroy Cook, Charles Bird, Florence Fulton, Harry Rose, Donald Gocher, Earl Cook, and Clyde Dunmeyer. The audience was greatly pleas- ed with the play. At the Fifteenth annual Open Meeting of the Emer- son Society, April 24, The Melting Pot, one of the most diilicult plays ever attempted by the society, was presented. Of those in our class who helped to make it a great success were Mary Cover, Ludwig Tross, Cyril Smith, Emeline Shaver. The play was attended by the largest crowd the High School ever held. So well did the public receive the play that it was decided to reproduce it at the Cambria Theatre May 6, for which the pro- ceeds Went to the A. A. of the High School. At an Athletic meeting held November 7, Frank Jordan was elected football manager for the following year. Those who won their football letter this year were Francis Broderick, James Springer, Bernard McCloskey, and Orlo Wertz. Harry Drew received a broken collar bone in the Harrisburg game or he would have won his letter. Charles Kress and Robert Rutledge were faithful scrubs. Francis Broderick and Maurice Pearman won their monograms in basketball this year. The Juniors again SPECTATOR 121 finished second in interclass basketball. School was ended May 31, with a picnic at Burk- hart's farm, along the Southern Cambria Railway. Senior Year. At the opening of the school term, 141 Seniors re- sponded to roll call. Several Seniors were added to the list from small surrounding towns near Johnstown. At a class meeting soon after the beginning of the year, we elected the following officers: President, Maurice Pearman, Vice President, Robert Rutledge, Sec- retary, Mary Weaver, Treasurer, James Lewis. On September 4, the Seniors were the guests of Lud- wig Tross at a cornroast at his home near Southmont. Everyone had a delightful time. A Senior picnic was held Saturday, September 11, at Ben Avon. The weather was a little cool, but every- one was enjoying themselves so well that they soon forgot the weather. At an A. A. meeting September 4, the following officers were elected: President, Robert Rutledge, Vicf President, Harry Drew, Secretary, Ludwig Tross. Robert Rutledge was also elected basketball manager. On the evening of February 4, the annual oratorical contest was held. The T. K. E. Society won the cup. Those from our class who took part were: T. K. E., Clyde Dunmeyerg Emerson, Virginia Lewis, Mary Cover, and Cyril Smith. This year an organization known as the Student Council was established at High School. Its purpose is to arrange all inter-class affairs, both social and athletic. Its membership consists of six Seniors, four Juniors, two Sophomores, and one Freshman from each of the two classes. The Seniors on the Council this year were Maurice Pearman, Frank Jordan, Robert Rutledge, Cyril Smith, Mildred Smith, and James- Lewis. The Spectator staff this year was made up almost entirely of Seniors. Those included were Mary Cover, 122 SPECTATOR Editor-in-chief, Everett Wetherbee, Associate Editor, Winifred Krebs, Exchange Editor, Beatrice Courtney and Geraldine Martin, Society Editors, Sanford Cable, School News, Virginia Lewis, Current Events, Maurice Pear- man, Athletic Editor, Cyril Smith, Art Editor, Robert Rutledge, Joke Editor, Ralph Coleman, Business Man- ager, James Lewis, Associate-Business Manager, Harry Rose, Advertising Manager, and Lee Benford, Earl Cook, and Clyde Dunmeyer, Associates. On February 26, the Seniors were entertained by the class of 1916 at the annual Junior-Senior Reception. The halls, auditorium, and gymnasium were tastily decorated with class banners, palms, and college pennants. Danc- ing onthe new gym floor and the musical comedy, The Bachelor's Reception, staged by the Juniors, were the features of the evening. The reception was the best social affair of the year. At the seventeenth annual open meeting of the T. K. E. Society, held March 26, The Princess, drama- tized from Tennyson's poem, was presented by mem- bers of the society. The Seniors who played leading parts were Beatrice Courtney, Margaret Hummel, Helen Schenkemeyer, Katharine Hutchison, Winifred Krebs, Oscar Naugle, and Clyde Dunmeyer. On April 16, the Emerson Society presented Ber- nard Shaw's Arms and the Man, at their sixteenth annual open meeting. The Seniors who took part were Gertrude Sanford, Mary Cover, Maurice Pearman, Lud- wig Tross, and Cyril Smith. On April 10, Byron Cable, who entered with our class and was forced to quit at the end of his second year on account of sickness, died of a complication of diseases. This makes the second death of members of the 1915 class during its four years of High School. The Seniors were the interclass football champions this year and were given a handsome loving cup. They were also given a banquet by Margaret Rose. SPECTATOR 123 The Seniors winning their football monogram this year were Francis Broderick, Harry Drew, Byron Custer, James Springer, Horace Stroup, Robert Rutledge, and Frank Jordan. Francis Broderick was also awarded a silver trophy, given by Coach Schmid, for being the best all-around player on the team. There were two interclass leagues in basketball this year, one for the boys and one for the girls. The Senior boys finished third, the girls, second, in this league. Francis Broderick, Maurice Pearman, Robert Schry, Byron Custer, and Robert Rutledge won their baskektball Monograms this year. The Senior Operetta, conducted by Miss Swan, was given May 21, to two well-filled houses. The Operetta was a great success. The baccalaureate sermon was given May 23, in the Lutheran church, by the Rev. Robert D. Clare. Caps and gowns were worn to the sermon. The Senior picnic was held at Woodland Park or May 25. It was the most enjoyable picnic we have ever had. The Senior graduation exercises were held at the Cambria Theatre, Thursday evening, May 27. A Senior dance, scheduled for June 1, was the last event participated in by the 1915 class. 1M SPECTATOR Senior Plans for Next Year Ocie Ankeny . . . George Becker . . Lee Benford .... Lillie Beerman . . Charles Bird .... Francis Broderick Duncan Bruce .. Robert Bruner . . Glenn Bucher . . . Paul Burggraf .. Ruby Burkhart . . Sanford Cable .. Albert Callet . . . Lawrence Campbell .... . . . Hannah Canan . . Ralph Coleman .... . . . J. E. Cook ..... Leroy Cook ..... Margaret Cook . . Beatrice Courtney . . ..... Teacher Draftsman University of Michigan . . . . . . . . Stenographer . . . Undecided ........ Undecided . . . College Undecided Undecided University of Pittsburg Teacher Syracuse . Journalism, Columbia .............Jun1ata Teacher University of Pittsburg . . . College Undecided Undecided Goucher .. ...Teacher Mary Cover . ...... . . . . . ............. Vassar Glea Craig ..... Byron Custer . . . University of Michigan Undecided Olive Custer ........................... Undecided Florence Davis ....................... Stenographer Sarah De Frehn . . School of Industrial Arts, Philadelphia Ruth Dempsey ............................. Smith Genevieve Dimond . . . . . Undecided Emma Domka ..... .... T eacher Harry Drew ...... ............... U ndecided Eunice Driscoll .... .............. S tenographer Clyde Dunmeyer .... Work in Swank's Garage Willard Englebach .... ............. U ndecided S P E C T A T O R 125 Hugo Erdmann . . . ............... . . . Undecided Edna Fondelier .... ..... T eacher Florence Fulton . . . . . . Undecided Hazel Fulton .... . . . Undecided Alice Galbraith .... ...... U ndecided Leah Gilbert ...... ............ T eacher Katharine Glock . . . ......... Simmon's College Bella Glosser ..... ............... B ookkeeper Donald Gocher .... .... U niversity of Pennsylvania Gussie Gottdiener . . . ............. Stenographer Clay Harshberger .... .............. U ndecided Nan Haynes ..... . . . Undecided Ruth Hoffman .... ........... U ndecided Helen Hohmann . . . ............. Undecided Walter Holmquist . . . . . . Mechanical Engineering Margaret Hummel .. ............ Undecided Catherine Hutchison . . . . . . ....... . Teacher Helen James ....... .... S tenographer Martha James . . . . . Indiana Normal Fred Joder .... ...... U ndecided Frank Jordan .... ..... U ndecided Carl Kaun .... . . Carnegie Tech Marian Kaylor . . . ..... Undecided Pearl Keifer . . . ..... Teacher Marie Keen .... .. . Undecided Frank Kellar . . . ..... Undecided Lola Kenney . . . ...... Undecided Ruth Koontz ..... Winifred Krebs . . . Charles Kress . . . James Lewis ..... Virginia Lewis . . . William Long ..... Charles Long ..... Margaret Mahaffey Nerine Maley ..... Geraldine Martin .. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Indiana Normal Dana Hall . . . . . . . Princeton . . . . University of Pennsylvania Allegheny College College Undecided . . . . . . Undecided . . . . . . Valparaiso Indiana Normal . . . . Martha Washington Seminary IN SPECTATOR Lu Mellinger ..... Helen Menoher . . . Helen Meyers . . . Ruth Miller ...... Eleanor Mitchell . . . Anna Moeller . . . Mary Mordica . . . Ruth Morris ...... Viola Mossholder . Mary Mosgo .... Edith Murphy .... Rose Musante ..... Bernard McCloskey Orlando McCreary .... Marion McMullen . Oscar Naugle . . . Jessie Ober ..... Ruth O'Connor .... Curtis Pressler . . Edna Page ..... Garetta Painter . . . Maurice Peerman . . . Teacher Stenographer . . . University of Pennsylvania ........... Stenographer . . . . . . Undecided . . . . . . Undecided . . . Indiana Normal . . . Indiana Normal . . . . . . Undecided Teacher . . . Stenographer . . . Indiana Normal Harvard . . . Teacher . . . . Undecided . . . . . . . Undecided . . , Indiana Normal . . . . . . Undecided . . . . . . . Undecided .. Indiana Normal Hollins . . . . . . . Valparaiso Dorothy Petrikin . . . ............. Indiana Normal Martha Poole .... Robert Porter . . . Garrison Price . . Mary Robison . . . Margaret Roos . . . Margaret Rose . . . Harry Rose ..... Allen Roschon . . . Russ Roschon ..... Robert Rutledge Gertrude Sanford . . . . . . . . . . . . Howard University Post Graduate at High School Cornell . . . . Stenographer ................Teacher Beechwood .. University of Pennsylvania . . . . . Reporter for Leader Journalism Rowe Indiana Normal Helen Schenkemeyer . . . ............ Undecided John Schmid ....... . . . Franklin and Marshall Helene Schry ..... Undecided S P E C T A T O R 127 Robert Schry .... ..... B ucknell Emeline Shaver . . . .... Undecided James Sloan .... .... U ndecided Cyril Smith ..... . . . Princeton Mildred Smith . . . . . Columbia Sara Smith ...... ..... B eechwood Mabel Speicher . . . ...... Stenographer James Springer .... .... A lbright College Florence Statler . . . ............. Undecided Carl Stolle ...... ............... U ndecided Horace Stroupe Sarah Stutzman Esther Teeter . Jane Tredennick .. Ruth Tredennick .. Marion Trent ..... Ludwig Tross . . . Boyd Walbeck . . . Kathryn Walter .. Mary Weaver .... Ida Weisburg ..... Everett Wetherbee . . . . University of Pennsylvania .. ......... ..-........ . . University Anna Williams ..... . Genevieve Witt .... Magdalene Yoder . Eugenia Zimmerman Charles Roberts . . . Paul Walker .... Indiana Normal x .... Teacher . . . . Undecided . . . . Undecided . . . . Undecided of Pennsylvania . . State College . . . . Undecided Thomas Tapper Indiana Normal . . . . Undecided . . . . Undecided . . . . . . Bucknell Indiana Normal . . . . Undecided Yale . . . . Undecided 128 SPECTATOR Jokes FAREWELL Our mission in life was To make you glad. Have they been stale or foul And made you sad? Perhaps We have been poor enough To give your patience a test, But Whatever we did is past and gone And at least we did our best. Mrs. G.-Donald did you put the stamp on those letters? Duffy-Nog I put them in the slot when no one was looking. Porter Cdetects odor of burning woodj-Say, Oscar, I smell punkg do you notice it? Oscar-No one will notice it. I've been eating onions myself. David stood on the burning deck, Very romantic felt he. He used his voice with all his might, Calling: Oh see the sea, Ocie! Brunner-It's Wonderfulg I had a deaf uncle, who was arrested, and the judge gave him his hearing the next morning. Benford-That's nothing. I had a blind aunt who Walked through a planing mill and saw dust. Stranger-I thought Johnstown had two rivers and now I can see none. Holzman-Take a deep breath through your nose. SPECTATOR 129 Mr. Craig fto Glea who has overslept as usuall- You need a self starter to get you up in the morning. Bootch Cpronounced long OOD-Not when I have a crank like you to get me going. Steele Cin chemistryj-What did you break? J unior-I thought we were through with them. Steele-What was it? Junior-A graduate. Goat M. fin Junior meetingj--Have a Christian spirit and boost this big outing. If I had a girl in the Freshman class I couldn't take her to our class picnic. S. Rose-Use the Christian spirit and take a girl from your own class. Steele Cholding up tuning forkj-Cyril, what is this? - Cy-That's a pitch fork. Tross thought the rose was the best flower for the Emerson open meeting so, besides paying 52.50 for a dozen, he Went to Coopersdale for a special brand and delayed the meeting for a half hour. When they strut through the hall With their head in the air Without any books and a very cold stare When they bump into Freshman, Soph and allg When they're brassy, nervy, with lots of gall, Something has happened that's very strangeg Something has caused this wondrous change. They're now convinced they are some good, And no Beans of ivory or solid oak wood. Four year ago they entered the doors, Now they go out the haughty seniors. 130 SPECTATOR Beany-There was a long conversation going on down street. Caufiiel-Who was it? Beany-Broderick, Pinder, Shomo, Pindar, Rey- nolds, Musante and Stutzman. TO THE JITNEY BUS Old Henry Ford Had made a horde, And then he made a Jitney. To haul the people 'round the town, And shake their measly breakfast down. 'Twas but a Ford, made Jitney. Now High School pupils thought that they Could very quickly make their way By riding on a load of hay But thought they'd take a Jitney. They knew that they five cents must spend, No matter how their way they'd mend, But found no better way than send For that old Ford, made Jitney. Of all the carts we've seen before They're Worse than Petey's Foolish Four, Or Judge Rumhauser's Flivver. While shoes and boots are made of hide They'll last much longer if you ride In that old tin-side Jitney. Now summer days are coming fast We'll all enjoy them while they last And keep 'way from the hiver No fishing hooks or soaring hawks Or roller skates upon the walks Compare to that old Jitney. SPECTATOR 131 Teacher- Why do you always fall down in the exams? Ex '15- Well they say a fool can ask more ques- tions than a wise man can answer! Fresh Kas cyclist passesJ- He is leaving like a How- er. Soph-Yesg he petals on his Wheel. l...i.1-1 T0 SENIORS A thing of the past are these days of school, When you've posed as a student, sport or foolg Now among men you are forced to go Where things are serious, not merely a show. You're on your way, on your way! Seriousness is no pleasure, let me tellg Stick right to business, don't raise 1-- Walk the chalkline, and play the game Till you sink to oblivion, or rise to fame. You're on your way, on your way! Whether y0u're good or whether you're bad, Don't let misfortune drive you mad. If you're driving a jitney, or on the bum, Be the best in your business, wherever you're from. You're on your way, on your way! There's a grand day coming and it's pretty soon, When you'll know if you're a man, a fool or buffoong When you'll come to St. Peter and want to see If you're going in, and it's apt to be On your way, on your way! IN GERMAN CLASS Translation-Ist September ein Sommer oder ein Herbstmonat-Beides-Warum? Stude-Is September a summer or an autumn month -both warm? 132 SPECTATOR One day so clear Came the Freshmen dear Through the portals of J. H. S. Eager to hear With voices clear The teachers of J. H. S. Backward they shrink As they stand and think Of the studies of J. H. S. Don't fear, little one, You become a son Of the members of J. H. S. Four years have passed Of storm and blast Since We've entered J. H. S. And now We're through But We'll take something new As alumni of J. H. S. Mother to Daughter- What makes you seem so happy of late, Helene? Mooney - Oh! that is just glee fGleaJ ! Mrs. W.-What are coins less than a dollar called? Cook-Change. German Translation-Sobald ich den Hut abnohmen. Stude--So bald I took my hat. 'Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute f-sq, seuool. of xx Q.-we Enemesmn .M CHANICAL, ELECTRICAL d CHEMICAL cum-ENIENEERING, and GENERALBQCIENCE Cond for a Catalogue. N :YI SPECTATO R Gold Class Fobs All you chaps who graduate this year .should have one of these special fobs -they're FREE We had them designed and made especially for YOU-and We're giving them absolutely free with the purchase of a suit, topcoat or raincoat at any time during the year GET YOURS NOW If you're going to need a new suit addition to getting the best clothes values in town, you can own a class fob that you may well be proud of Chaps of I6 too ...-. -As.-1 I CL 37 9 - -:SS ' this summer, come here for it-in 1 1 W 1 U -- 3 I ' Other Special Fobs For ',12 ..fif. 7 , . The Penn 3:- ,Q rafhc Co. 134 SPECTATOR Clothes Particular ? ---Most You-ng Fellows Are And they rely on this store to supply them with distinctively young men's gar- ments-clothes with real life sewed into them. Values you'll not approach else- where. Here at 510, 512.50 and 515. Woolf 81 Reynolds, Inc. CLOTHES THAT SATISFYH RULES FOR WRITING A STORY ON HIGH SCHOOL LIFE 1. The hero is named Jim, Jack or Dick. 2. Always a Fat Guy who is the joke of the crowd. 3. Generally wears sweaters and smokes a pipe. 4. Any four high school fellows make a quartet who can sing. Adeline 5. High School boys are wooing a girl named Dor- othy, Alice or Helen, who is the finest girl in school. 7. High School boys address each other as Howde Lena. 8. Room at home has pennants and pictures of athletic teams decorating the wall. 9. All boys call father old man, and speak of school spirit with a sacred voice. 10. On Thanksgiving when the rival teams meet, Dick, the sub-quarter, is put in with score 6-6 and 1 min- ute 10 seconds to go, and saves the day. SPECTATOR Our congratulations and well-wishes to Johns- town High's girl grad- uates, f3?Qf ' o to t - w 136 SPECTATOR Out-Door Furniture For porch and for lawn-separate pieces and sets. Furniture that gives maximum summer comfort. Furniture that is truly Hfashionable. Furniture that is most moderately priced. At Johnstown's logi- GEIS Clinton-Near Main cal buying place- , ,, . l-411 1 Mary had an electric light Just for her heart's desire But every time, on1's night They seemed to have crossed wires. But-We owe a great deal to our druggists these days. Lewis CFusserJ-Yes, some of the nicest blondes come from them. Our Record and Growth Are the best evidence of reliable banking service. An account with us is an assurance of a strong de- pository for your funds and prompt attention to your banking requirements. Checking Accounts are solicited. UNION NATIONAL BANK SPECTATOR 137 Own .A Kodak? If you do you know the pleasures it makes possible during the out-door season-of the records of good times it enables you to keep for the future. If you don't own one, see our complete line-Eastman Kodaks and Ansco Camerasg supplies, too. Kredel's Drug Store 4112 MAIN STREET PARTING WORDS TO UNDER CLASSMEN Never cease to study-Even as we have done. Never skip periods-Even as we have done. Never roll pennies in study hall-Even as We have done. Never sign your report-Even as we have done. Never go on a strike-Even as we have done. Never raise a flag-Even as we have done. Never have an A. A. banquet-Even as we have done. Never go to Williamsport-Even as we have done. Fond parent- Were you on the honor roll? Jimmie- Nog I just rolled off. White Mountain Refrigerators The Chest Wim A Chill In Ia Provision Chamber lined with genuine stone, snow white-sanitary-indestructible. Buy a White Mountain Refrigerator and save the amount on ice bills. Cold Storage Boxes 54.98 to 560. Gately 81 Fitzgerald furniture Company 138 SPECTATOR gf 0 0 ,Q -Its the new and Elghflng Zfzlfzmiaiizi Different from riding in motor propelled vehicles of a score of years ago-and different from the Cadillac riding of one short year ago. Its wonderful. Riding in the Cadillac Eight is truly a new sen- sation-a new satisfaction. The easy-running, pow- erful engine, noiselessly carries you along-mile after mile-up hill and down-without jerk or jar. But we prefer that you should get your enthusiasm from the car itself. Go Eighting with us. Johnstown Automobile Co. 101 MAIN STREET Lost-A hat by a student with a broken crown. Coleman-When I'm playing basketball I hate to get hit on the neck. Stolle-Yes, that's a dirty place. Teacher-Charles, you are a fool, I think, for not studying while you .have a chance. Charles-I thought you a gentleman, but I guess We're both wrong. Title, Trust 8z Guarantee Company CORNER MAIN AND CLINTON STREETS cE,SifZis2oo,oo0 SurplusS200,000 DIRECTORS-W. Horace Rose, Percy Allen Rose, Samuel Lenhart, Hiram Swank, Jacob F. Kress, Edmund Overdorff, Gustav Bostert, Louis H. Opperman, Edward P. Riley. QINTEREST .PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITSLUBE SPECTATOR Do It Electrically Comfort, utility, convenience in the home M-you get them all in modern lahor-saving, time saving Electrical Appliances. Let us help you make housekeeping pleasurable. CITIZENS ELECTRIC 8a GAS APPLIANCE CO. Vine and Franklin Streets Principal-Is this your father's signature? Shivering Stude-Nearest I could get to it. FIR T NATIONA BA K Cor. Main and Franklin Streets JOHNSTOWN, PA. Capital, Surplus and Profits 51,000,000 Total Resources ---- 7,500,000 DIRECTORS Henry Y. Haws, John McDermott, Harry Swank, W. E. Matthews, J. M. Murdock, S. C. Ream. David Barry, John Widmann, P. F. McAneny. OFFICERS HENRY Y. HAWS, President. HARRY SWAN K, Vice President. J. M. MURDOCK, Vice President. DAVID BARR? Cashier. P. F. MCANE . CI-IAS. E. MCGAHAN. Assistant C h rs HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS I 1 ,R ev . , V Systematic saving leads to success. Start the new school term right by open- ing a savings account in E? United States National Bank 206 FRANKLIN STREET 139 4 140 SPECTATOR l i l l 1 l I l Garden Theatre cool., CLEAN AND COMFORTABLE Our Big Typhoon Fans and High Class Pictures GIVES You PLEASURE wm1 COMFORT SPECIAL Popular Prices ORCHESTRA 5c and l0c Farrell-I'rn waiting for you. Jordan-If you would have said 'Tm Waiting on you, I would have considered you a weighty affair. Dots- Why its only six o'clock and I 'cold you to come after supper! Harry- That's what I came after. Timid Fusser- What would you do if I kissed you when you weren't looking? Senior Girl- I would refuse to look at you again. All the Individual Photographs In This Spectator Were Made by 2'F'::iXf5NQ935ffE SPECTATOR For Mayor N. I Charles A. McKeown Secretary-Treasurer of the Colonial Printing Co. KThe Man that Prints the Spectator? - A Successful Business Mau Who Expects to Be Elected Ou His Mewlts SPECTATOR frfgx W Cfffr X k 1 T 1 . xg 1 3 B 28 Us N351 Ma 1 U 1 .,. 0 ff K do f' em Young Men This season one color is as true to :he mode as another. You may cater to your taste and feel safe, another splendid feature of this season is the great variety of models. You may secure long or short lapels, shapely or box waists. Never has there been a time when such a wide choice was offered to young men who dress with distinction, at 510, 512.50, 515, 518, 520 New style Hats in all the new shapes, at 52.00 and 52.50 Silk Front Shirts with silk cuffs, at 51.15 and 51.50 J0HN1fl'HOMAS sf soNs SPECTATOR 143 Jones-Morton A D V E R T IS I N G Make Sell Sell Signs Buttons Souvenirs of All Pins and for Every Kinds Badges Occasion Teacher-You were to Write a poem, and this paper has nothing on it. Student-That is blank verse, showing my thoughts in class. ii.-.-i Connors- What happened that Shomo and his girl fell out? Colbert- She said she didn't like Red any long- er. Chad- Why not? Charlie- Because he is long enough? Miss C.- I am going to have a class at eight o'clock in the morning. Sleepy Student- Gee, I would have to sit up all night to get here that early. Miss C.- Well, maybe you do anyhow! Going to the Picnic ? U You Are Youfll Need A Camera AND SUPPUES-Let us supply you An Icy-Hot Bottle comes in handy for drinks with your lunch. HOGAN an EVANS, Drugs 344 Main Street 114 Clinton Street 144 SPECTATOR V N T GP f C AT E R, TS A LL Millinery Sale rengiiiificiiilninfi Amazingly low prices considering good quality. Remember our Waist Department, worth while visiting. THE SMART SHOP ARE MILLINER5 WORTHY OF THE NAME ONCE WITH US ALWAYS WITH US Let Us Talk Kodak A Kodak makes the one best Hlnchman Q graduation present. 1 We have hem: i'a?,xv.2aE2,f,1'02as I EEAE ESTATE to Give us n call, no trouble to show goods E Rents Collected YOUNG'S PHARMACY I 634 MAIN STREET 205-207 Franklin Street A C Don't Forget to Visit HSCO RITICFHS M ' . QR. 621125 Here for them---the various sizes f.ffff211: pii.1f,i,f'fl'lle.ffffff gmnifnfy mH1'hPf ately priced. WM. B. WATERS Q FRANKLIN - STREET 41 ? ifrsmklin Strut Local, 1391-1392 TELEPHONES BELL, 308-.I RUTLEDGE 8: FOY Wholesale Fruit and Produce CAR LOTS A SPECIALTY 6 1 0-612 Railroad Street SPECTATOR ,,f- , ff ff ,Q of ififiapfif fi 2 P f -W e f 4? VC f i ZEN 4 7 1, 5 ,K , ' f , yr -, -gg- f E' ? 5-'-bc6f'Pi?i.?g 1 f A - - ' ggi eg Qffif if qlh 55' ' r?f f ,M - Q Qi' 7 gift-,'5y,g :gaf2:wd' -f f 01A-zi1agaza:f5,sQf:fegg,41m. - -. MV ,.,1 1 f M, 4 ,LQ , , V Nil i:f'lg2f, gfig'SRit5iE5,?lfgi2S Jai., , A ' , -f ,ri 4, Y.-:Lg-'Z'Eli1'23 X v- gt:--giazdni F The Bo'sn's Bride Park Family Theatre I THE HOME OF THE Paramount Pictures and Mutual Masterpieces You Always See a Good Program at the Park 146 SPECTATOR We Are Clothes Specialists M A R X Call and See Us Opp. Merchants Hotel Teacher- Why does the author speak of the Cone- maugh River as appearing lazy? '15- Because it is always in bed. Springer- Did you know that my watch is awful bashful? Jordan- Nog what makes you think that? Jim- It always has its hands over its face. NATHAN 'S Extends to the 1915 Graduate Class their best Wishes for success in future life SPECT ATOR 147 WM. H. RAAB 84 BRO. Blank Book Manufacturers Printers, Rulers, Binders Engraved Stationery, An- nouncements, Cards, Etc. Why not have your Spec- tator bound into a nice book? WOOLF BLOCK ANNEX Corner franklin and lincoln Sts. Jol1NsTowN, PA. Special: 15.00 Men's Suits, manufactured to sell at S18 and 520. Greatest values in Johns- town. See them-all kinds and colors. lVlILLER'S W. I. Rose 8. Sons SASI1, DOORS, LUMBER, CEMENT and all kinds of building materials, good planing mill work our specialty. BOTH PHONES Orders promptly attended to 328 Lincoln Street PORCI1 BROS. INCORPORATED The Home of the EVERETT One of the Three Great Pianos VISIT OUR VICTROLA PARLOR Porch Bros., Inc. Cor. Vine and franklin Sts. 148 SPECTATOR Demand the Bos Are you getting good laundry work? If not why not? Insist on getting the best TROY LAUNDRY J lThe laundry that stands for service and highest quality of laundry Work. Butch Craig- Say, Bub, I dreamt I died last night. Bub Roberts- Yes? Craig- Sure and it was so hot I Woke up. The Medico:Chirurgical College UF PHILADELPHIA DEPARTDI ENT 01 IYIEDICINE Located in 1xlllQ-'l'iI'2l.'S liledivnl Center. A School whivlx niiers Peculiar Advsuitages for Completing a Course un- der the Staniliuwls of the American Medical Association Completion of standard four-year high school course, or its equivalent, plus one year of work of college grade in Physics, Chemistry. Biology and one modern language required for en- trance. All credentials mustbe approved by Pennsylvania State Examiner under specifi- cations of state laws, A Pre-Medical Course in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and German is given, complying with the Pennsylvania State and American Medical Association requirements. The Course ln Medicine comprises four graded sessions of eight months each. Among the special features are Individual Laboratory and Practical Work in well equipped Laboratories, Hospitaland Dispensary, Free Quizzes, Ward Classes, limited in size, Systematic Clinical Conferences, Modified and Modern Seminar Methods. Abundant clinical materialis supplied by the College Hospital. Philadelphia General Hospital 11500 beds! and the Municipal Hos- pital for Contagious Diseases. Also a Department of Dentistry and a Department of Pharmacy and Chemistry. For an- nouncements and information, Address SENECA EGBERT, M. D., Dean, 17th and Cherry Sis., Philadelphia, Pa. SPECTATOR 149 JESTIC H THEATRE T'+M. J. BUYLE Nlanager'f'? JOHNSTOWN'S COZIEST THEATRE Presenting Keith Vaudeville THREE TIIVIES DAILY The Cream of American Vaudeuille Togelher With Choice European Impoftations , j Matinee-l0c and l5c. Time-2:30. PRWES- I Night-Ioc, l5c, asc. Time-7:30 and 9. Connors- Why is Jordan wearing a collar? Springer- The dog catcher is on the job again. Palace Laundr 606 FRANKLIN STREET , I I 1 I I I I P I I I I I Doss IT RIGI-IT :- SPECTATOR The Pioneer Trust Company Cambria County The Summer The JOHNSTOWN Girl TRUST CO. will find the dainty and , cool apparel in the right CHPIIIHI, styles here. Summer Surplus and Profit hags, mlidgies, waists an was resses ln a S425,ooo choice assortment. Pays Interest on Savings N N'S Accounts Clinton St. CHECKING ACCOUNTS SOLICITED ENGRAVED NAME CARDS 30 Different Styles VALLEY ENGRAVING COMPANY WOOLF ANNEX LINCOLN STREET ESTABLISHED 1892 STEPH EN LANE FOLGER Manufacturing Jeweler Club and College Pins and Rings Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals l80 BROADWAY NEW YORK SPECTATOR 151 ,- 7, , Drugs Sodas Candies Cigars Contad Drug Company Joe Holzman- Why does Germany spell Cook with a k? Itch - I d0n't know. Joe-- Because England has control of the c iseab. 1858 1915 Glnniumvn fur lglagn, Qbpvraa anh lgagvantz. :wh .Arahvmir Qlapz anim 6611111115 uf a Supvrinr Exrrllvnrv Smpplivh un an Brutal Numa Ennklvi Stn! nn Pspplimtiuu WAAS 64 SON PHILADELPHIA, PA. 1858 1915 152 SPECTATOR More People Wearing Summer-.- When you need Sporting Goods H R Y of any kind, remember our stock: are always open for your inspect- ion. Every Day l'lORAN'S BOOK STORE T ' d 4 'll k th rerziIsmi1n.pag1to2iIes iiimthreemsriitesii 545 M AIN ST' Leading Pianos of the World THE INCOMPARABLE Steinway 8: Sons of New York and A. M. Hume of Boston Also other Pianos ranging in prices from S150 and upward at very asonable terms T. E. MORGAN 118 MARKET STREET JOHNSTOWN, PA. I EMO THEATRE Johnstown's Most Comodious Picture Theatre GREATEST PICTURES THE MARKET AFFORDS PERFECT VENTILATION The brilliancy of mirror screen pictures eclipse all other modes of showing screen subjects. CHARLES CHAPLIN'S lat- est comedies are shown at this theatre. Follow the crowd to the Nemo. Admission l0c Children 5c SPECTATOR 153 Photographs LET Us ' SUGGEST of all kinds, what you may serve SIZGS and styles at that party or re- ception. It's a part We have a Style of our policy to ser- that you Will like ve you. . SANNER'S L. G. H0l'l1lCk QUALITY 51-10p PHOTOGRAPHER Main Street 527 MAIN STREET l Always Quality Footwear at ZANG'S THE HOME OF Gooo sl-loes G i ni ! riifmliiim Glow SPECTATOR qtamfbmenia 0 Ile :Mifune adeeialiavz of falndiown Zloaf l 1 l 1 i I l Z '- x ' 'ld-,.,.' '-' Seniors: f U H HOW you do have an interest y' in High School by subscribing ,l for the Spectator next year. i' A greater circulation not only meansa reduction in the average cost of printing each copy, but also an increased demand for advertis- l I 6 1 ing space at higher prices. Do Your Share to Make A Bigger, Better Spectator W I H SPECTATOR 155 g ' . ' 1 New , 5 1 0 Dibert ' l Main Building l l Street Cand Experts from Europe New Workers in tlie lilite Candy Kitcl1en--- li e r e with the very newest ideas in Confection novelties. Visit the Elite and see tlie many n e W Candies-n pure, delicious, Whole- some---fresh every hour. Elite Ice Cream is the Purest and Best Served in the City I. SPECTATOR VN J.. F T C C oyiifiyfflzi 5 'EQ '99 ,lI'lFf'llIL'fg X at r' gf' .f X: Rf' Q M if rl 8 ,Q U ' 1 W-ii? GRADUATED! WHAT NGEXIK Our Summer School which opens June 1, affords you a splendid opportunity to become proficient in the art of writing shorthand and in touch ty pewriting. If you are planning to enter professional life the abil- ity to write shorthand and operate the typewriter will be worth many times its cost in money and time. While in college you would be able to get more of the lectures and get them easier, and you would save a num- ber of hours each Week by using the typewriter to copy your notes. The ability to do stenographic work would bring you in closer touch with the faculty. This, you know, would mean greater opportunity during your college career, and it would enable you to direct your knowledge along practical channels later on. Two or three months of your time devoted exclusively to shorthand and typewriting would enableyou to qualify. May we hear from you. 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