Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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SPECTATOR 11 feels confident, that the allied armies will win. They have grown accustomed to war, as a business, and go about their various duties with no fear for the morrow. ,..i...l-.- Her First Book Success Lorena Green 171f2 Oh, have you read that new book? And just look who wrote it! Best book I ever read. , And to think that you are my room-mate and I never saw you write a word of it! Such were the exclamations from a few of the many school girls who had met in the room of the authoress to congratulate her on her first success. Why, Beverly! I never thought that you knew even how to begin a story, and to see such a perfectly won- derful book as this, with your name under the Written by, -I don't know how to congratulate you! Now, Ruth, it is only a trial and if you like it so well, I will try to write a better one with you as the heroine, Beverly answered. Strange to say, with praises coming to her from all sides, Beverly was very unassum- ing. Oh, please put me in it, too, they all cried in chorus. Wait until I write it, then you will all know how much I delight in having you as my friends. You will all figure in one, or maybe two of the books which I in- tend to write, provided the public appreciates my first attempt as well as you do. Don't you doubt the public! They, will be even more enthusiastic over it than we are. Wait and see, came from Beverly, as the girls said Good-night and went to their own rooms. li Papa, just see this letter from Beverly! We can

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10 SPECTATOR Canada and the War' Viviene Maloney 'l8. 31 N entering Canada, one does not need a herald to ac- quaint him with the fact that something unusual is astir. Government Inspectors meet all travelers at the landing and carefully inspect each individual, evidently to guard against the entrance of possible spies. Commercially and socially Canada is upset. The usual hustle and bustle of business is absent and in its place, militarism flourishes. In the cities, placards on the buildings and banners stretched across the street extend an invitation to Canada's sons to take a trip to the con- tinent at Government expense. You said you would go if you were needed. You are needed now. When your son asks, 'Father, what did you do in the Great War?' what will your answer be? A thin line of khaki stands between your hearth and home and the fate of Belgium-get into khaki now. These and many similar phrases are used to drive home to the men their duty to their country. Mass meetings are held and silver tongued orators picture the glory of war and the fate that awaits a laggard nation. All applicants for enlistment are examined as to physical fitness. ,If passed, they are hurried into khaki and off to concentration camps. Of these there are a number throughout the Dominion. There they await transportation to the training camps of England. Business is practically at a standstill. Many shops. factories, and hotles are closed. Railroad sidings are lined with idle freight cars, and steamers are moored to their docks. With all the evident confusion, no sign of anxiety regarding the results of the war are apparent. Every one looks confident, talks confidently, and apparently

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I2 SPECTATOR certainly be very proud of our daughter, her mothei said after reading the letter from Beverly telling of her success. Indeed I am. I always knew that Beverly would turn out far above our expectations. Rev-wy-wote a towy, piped little four-year-old Bertie. She did more than that, Bertie. Just think! She wrote a great big book with a hero and a heroine, his older sister Helen informed him. What tind of ling is a hewo? Wait till you grow up, then maybe you might be one yourself. Many more praises were heaped on Beverly by ner friends and relatives, but her efforts were more than repaid when she received a letter from home telling her how proud her parents were of her. It paid to write it just for them, she said, after reading the letter. The next day she was to receive her check for S500 from the publisher. Her school friends were all with her and as the postman handed her a letter they gave a rousing shout. Above the shouting came the sound of a bell, clear and insistent. Beverly awoke to the sad fact that it was all a dream, for her alarm clock was an- nouncing the first day of school! .i N C3 c