Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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THE SPECTATOR 21 And falling from those circling, swooping Things up in the sky. Look over there! Look ! shrieked Mrs. G. W. Every bird looked. Down from the sky came a strange creature. It looked like a bird. It looked like-nothing the birds had ever Seen. Frightened and Wondering, the birds flew around the city. Then, when all the strange things were gone, as Mrs. F. T. arrived, they quieted down and attended the meeting. When the business was finished Mrs. F. F. addressed the pigeons in a little speech, part of which may interest you: Ladies, these big things that made the 'Whirring noise' are machines that saii. in the air, aeroplanes. The 'banging' was made by exploding bombs. The 'falling stars' were pro- grams, and the 'animaI.s' balloons. In summing up the events of this day, I might say that these things which terrorized us were brought here to make pleasure for the people of this city. These things cannot in any way harm us. But, Mrs. F. T. continued, if you were to have your wish, would you want more holidays with am usements like these? Yes or no F The pigeons voted, and the wonder of it was that only Mrs. W. B. voted aye, Perhaps she was more adventurous than the rest. Perhaps she understood the strange birds. Perhaps she even understood the deep significance of the Vic- tory jubilee. i

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20 THE SPECTATOR this much, however-it would be held at 6 a. m. so that every one would have a free day. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon some twenty pigeons, Mrs. G. W. and Mrs. W. B. included, all members of the society, gathered on the housetop where the meetings were held. Some- thing extraordinary had happened, as was evident by the ex- citement among the pigeons. It certainly was too bad you stayed at home instead of attending the meeting as you should have done, said Mrs. W. B. Mrs, Fan Tail arrived promptly at 6:00, called order, and the business of the meeting was begun. She talked and talked about something that. was very tiresome. She never finished that speech, however, and that is the reason a second meeting was called now, for there began an awful whirring sound that increased every minute and seemed to be on all sides of us at once. Mrs. Fan Tail was looking up in the sky at the moment. She screamed, and we looked, first at her, then at the sky. There, away up in the blue, sailed a something that dipped and dived and turned and twisted gracefully. It was a golden color in the sunlight, and it made the noise which frightened us. Then, as we looked, there came right out of the sky a great bang and a puff or two of smoke. Mrs. F. T.'s tail stood up with terror, and I suppose I was as badly scared as the rest. The echoes of one bang had scarcely died before it was fol- lowed by another and louder bang. I never was so frightened in all my life! And there were so many of those loud explo- sions ! Mrs. W. B. paused for breath. Did you hear them P she asked. Did I hear them? repeated Mrs. G. W. I was so frightened, I almost fell off the roof of the Fort Stanwix I-Iotel, and Iimy goodness l she screamed, interrupting herself, there are the Somethings and they're letting the stars fall! Look ! Stars falling? Nonsense ! came from Mrs. W. B., but she was not long a doubter. Truly the stars were falling!

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22 THE SPECTATOR Glirrumntaniial Euihvnrr Mary C. Lape, '20 Talk about luck! It's wonderful that Adele and I are to be roommates in dear old 38 again. I haven't seen Ad since her house party, and the glorious times we expect to have made me more than enthusiastic to return to the halls of Glen Eden, and you know, Kate, school is an unusual thing for me to be enthusiastic about? Yes, you are lucky, retorted Kate. I hear that Glen will be overcrowded this year and Miss Dufell informed me that my roommate would be a Freshman, Eloise Leslie. Can you imagine me, Katherine Austin, rooming peaceably with a Freshman? My only consolation lies in the fact that I'll have something to amuse me. What is coming up the end stairs? Oh! I say, do you see my Freshman roommate? There, Dufell ushered her into my room. I must go over and empty a few hooks for the child. I always did monopolize wardrobes. Hurrah! Mart, there comes Adele up the campus. By the look of things she has more trunks than last year. , Let's give her a rousing welcomef, Adele King, Martha Wilson and Katherine Austin had been termed the Clique ever since they entered Glen Eden, Madame Dufell's school for girls, because of their devotion to one another and their disregard for the society of their class- mates. , Adele was a natural leader and her wealth added to her popularity. Katherine was trustworthy, but proud and haughty. Martha provided the wit and cleverness. The girls spent the first week in renewing old friendships and settling their curriculum. Katherine tolerated her room- mate, and sometimes almost proved friendly, but Eloise was too shy and studious for the Clique. On Friday Madame Du- fell announced that an Upper Class Reception for the Fresh- men would be held. Adele and Martha, as members of the Reception Commit- tee, were very much pleased with the success of their efforts.