Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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12 THE SPECTATOR PRINCIPAL'S PAGE Flhv Euan 3155112 anh High Svrhnnl Manila That opportunities for education may not be cramped for those who may later attend Johnstown High School, let each pupil encourage the success of the bond issue which is designed to permit building expansion. The present high school building has served a noble purpose, and it is with no thought of disparagement that we seek expansion, but rather that the present plant has so justified its construction that it stands itself as the strongest argument for a bigger, better, more modern building, that every opportunity may be available for the development of student activities. As pupils come daily in contact with conditions in the high school, all should inform themselves of circumstances and be prepared to talk to others convincingly in support of a project which is vital to thousands of future citizens of Johnstown. Base your plea on a comparison with building facilities in other communities. Base your plea on a request of selfishness for intellectual development. Base your plea on an altruistic foundation, that those who come after you may have even greater opportunities for an education than you have had. Base your plea on a protest against congested halls, against an auditorium inadequate to accommodate the entire enrollment at one time, against unsanitary, poorly ventilated class rooms, against the limiting of library expan- sion, against inadequate Science laboratory facilities, against cramped gymnasium and locker room accommodation. Con- sider the future of five years hence, and having confidence in the growth of your town and development of your high school, boost vigorously the bond issue which will permit a more healthy environment and a greater high school than we have yet known. By your act, make it easier and more desirable for pupils to attend Johnstown High School in the future. Boost.

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THE SPECTATOR 11 by Pennsylvania law. Bonds may be issued or the entire burden thrown on the taxpayers. The bond issue is to be the method resorted to in financing the adopted program, and to put this bond issue thru, it will be necessary to en- lighten the public as to the dire necessity of its support. Realizing that the cost of ignorance is greater than the cost of education, the School Board is endeavoring to place the entire matter unreservedly before the voters. The question of more buildings and more adequate edu- cational facilities is not debatable. It must go ahead. The Government invades the sacred right of a parent over his child in only one respect, that of compelling the child to go to school. And in making such invasion, the Government must guarantee that the child will be taken care of just as well in the trusteeship of the State as it would be in its mother's arms. Unless immediate action is taken on this building program, the school authorities will soon be forced to waive that guarantee. This question of immediate action is one which the voters of Johnstown must decide. The necessity of action is obvious. It is the duty of every student in the Johnstown schools, and especially in the High School, to propagate this issue. Every High School student should acquaint himself with the preceding facts and boost the program to the ut- most. It is the High School student of today as well as the student of tomorrow who will receive the benefits of such added facilities. Every student should bring his influence to bear upon his parents and voters, so that early consumma- tion of the outlined program will be their most cherished wish. Such early consummation will be realized only thru the sanction of the voters, which sanction will be granted thru an ,X in the proper square on the ballot of the general election in November.

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