Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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26 SPECTATOR A we here highly resolve that this sacrifice shall not have been made in vain -that this, our alma mater shall have a new birth of service to the people, and that this college of the people shall be truly of the people, by the people, for the people. No greater monument to those ,who serve -for us-could be raised. ANDERSON H. WALTERS, '77, Gllama uf 19111 America, my country, I come at thy call, ' I plight thee my troth and I give thee my all, In peace or in war I am wed to thy weal, I'll carry the Hag through the fire and the steel, On sea nor on land shall it suffer disgrace, Unsullied it Boats o'er our peace-loving race, In reverence I kneel at sweet liberty's shrine,- America, my country, command, I am thine. ' -Grendahl. Nearly one-seventh of the total membership of the class of 1910 have answered the call, and figuratively speaking, have lived the above poem. When the 77 graduates of this class received their di- plomas on the night of june 2, 1910, little did twelve of them realize that they would be at this'date serving their country in a battle for the freedom of the world. But true to ,the old spirit of High School they responded to a call which came for the freedom of others and they are now with the cream of the nation elbow to elbow and foot to foot, determined to do their share to rid the world of a stagnant monster, Kaiser Wilhelm, emperor of all the Prus- sias, and would-be emperor of the world. For the class of 1910 its service men have gained sig- nal honors just as they did in their school days. And to these boys we wish to extend our earnest wish for their good luck. May we do at home at least half for our coun- try that they are doing on the field of battle. By the time

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SPECTATOR 25 Ex 1919-CARL KNAUF, Private, enlisted in J. H. S., 7th Field Artillery, Battery C, American Expeditonary Force, via N. Y. Ex 1920-OSCAR GINSBERG, Private, enlisted in H. S., Aviation Section No. 68, San Antonio, Texas. Ex 1920-SAMUEL RESLEY, Private, enlisted in J. H. S., S. Barracks, Signal Corps, Fort Omaha, Nebraska. Ex 1914-WILLIAM GOENNER, Sergeant, Co. 7, Second Training Battalion, Depot Brigade, Camp Lee, Peters- burg, Va. Ex 1918-ROBERT L. DEVLIN, Private, Co. 13, Platoon 2, Squad 599, Fort Thomas, Kentucky. Ex 1918-THOMAS MCCLOSKEY, Private, Co. 13, Platoon 2, Squad 599, Fort Thomas, Kentucky. N. B.-The Alumni Editor asks the reader to pardon un- intentional omissions or errors. Pains have been taken to make the above list as complete and accurate as possible. The reader will realize suchia list has been difficult to com- pile without mistake. F. M. G., '08, A Elrihutr A glance at the list of High School students and gradu- ates now serving the Government, together with a personal knowledge of the many sacrifices, the energy and exertions in qualifying for the service on the part of those who are in, must make us all realize that no effort of the past has gone for naught. From the trenches to the camps, in the hospitals, on every highway of transportation-water and land-we are represented. Is it not worth while, worth every word and act of support and encouragement of our great school, when we count the men and women from among us Who are willing to make the great sacrifice for human- ity and for country? If I may be permitted a paraphrase: 'Alt is rather for us to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fight for us have thus far so nobly advanced. That 5

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SPECTATOR 27 the next issue of The Lyre comes out in 1920 we hope to have them all back with us to tell how the Kaiser was sent to St. Helena. - SEW DAVIS. ...- . A Qlllihnight Barrark Nutr C Company, 316th Infantry, National Army Camp Meade, Maryland 17 January 1918 The Spectator, ' Johnstown High School, Johnstown, Pa. Dear Editor: I am going to let my thoughts revolve around Cooper's legs, to keep from rambling too far afield, it is bad to write letters after taps. Corporal Cooper was one of the selected men, and his legs had been a very great worry to us in the Orderly Room at the Company. I first met his one day last September as he stepped oi? the train at the head of a sturdy quota of Pennsylvania Dutchmen. Cooper did not look at all military, his arms and legs had grown wild. so to speak, his waist measured more than his broad shoulders, and he ambled beautifully. There was an air of responsibility about him, however, and his Local Board had picked him to steer its little group to Camp, and he was worth watching. For several weeks I observed his painful efforts in making his feet do about face, and then, when he began to execute movements like a soldier rather than a windmill, he was made a corporal. To his great surprise, Cooper found him- self a teacher, showing Ignatius and Angelino the difference between right and left, and proving to himself that he would have to conquer his own unruly feet. One day he took a squad of men to a newly finished bath-house for a shower. One unsophisticated rustic, who did not know what to make of the overhead apparatus, exclaimed, I seen one of them things before. But he did not know the open sesame for it, and Cooper, to whom a shower was not such an old