Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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THE SPECTATOR 27 asking too much for us, the students, to support it? We will be the beneficiaries-we and all the pupils attending t-he schools in this city. As our part, we are urged to discuss the matter at home-talk Bond Issue at breakfast, at lunch- eon, at dinner, do our utmost to interest our parents, espe- cially our fathers. Convince them that it is their duty, on election day, to put an X in the square opposite the state- ment of the Bond Issue. Boost! ilinnrkmi nz. Ennatvra It takes all kind of people to make a world goes the familiar saying. One might enumerate fifty-seven varieties and more and yet not include all the types of people in this conglomerated old world of ours. However, in our opinion the simplest and most comprehensive classification would di- vide them into two groups- Knockers and Boosters The Knockers, famous for their severe criticism, harsh judgment, loud disapproval, and unreasonable intolerance- what an unpleasant club are they! Everything, from the weather and the cost of living to the government and the world in general, meets with their disfavor. Nothing pleases them- everything has a sour, unwholesome flavor, just because it differs from their notion of the rightness of things. They dis- approve of every new project, every new enterprise, and show their disapproval by knocking, Now knocking would be the death knell of every under- taking Qfor there are always knockersj if it were not for that other well-known club- the Boosters The Boosters are congenial mortals, who make life pleasant by a cheery word here and a thoughtful suggestion there. A public demonstra- tion such as the Victory Jubilee is planned-they eagerly boost itg a church is oppressed by a lack of funds-they offer their services to raise them. By enthusiasm and energy, they persuade other people to support the cause they are working for. In one sense they are good Samaritans-they help that

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26 THE SPECTATOR EDITORIAL Suppnrt Ihr Ennh EIZHLIP One of the most vital projects at the present time is the Bond Issue for Johnstown School Building Program. The daily newspapers are printing information concerning it, the principals and teachers are meeting to discuss it, and in No- vember it is to be placed before the voters of Johnstown for decision. In an enthusiastic effort to lend support, The Spectator is publishing, in this number, several articles re- lating to this issue. Valuable information and conclusive rea- sons why this plan should be upheld, are given in Supt. Stock- ton's article. Mr. Black devotes the Principal's Page to a direct statement of our duty in the High School, while one of our Seniors, VVilbert VVehn, discusses it from the student's point of view. Every student attending the High School realizes the congested conditions which exist. The overcrowded class rooms, the confusion between periods when the halls resemble a bargain sale in a department store, the inadequate Audi- torium-are familiar to everyone. Many a poor Freshman arrives breathless at his class room after the tardy bell has rung- I couldn't get through the crowded Auditorium is his stammered excuse. Moreover, students can testify to the inconvenienc caused by several ridiculously small class rooms on the landings-rooms where they cannot move around comfortably. Since such conditions exist, as every student knows, and since the Bond Issue for 32,000,000 will remedy them, is it

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28 THE SPECTATOR which is in need of help. VVhat a pity that this group is not larger so as to neutralize the other-the Knockers ! . just so in our school life. No matter how efficient, how well-managed are the Cafeteria, the school library, the foot- ball game, and especially The Spectator, among the students there is always a majority of Knockers and a minority of Boosters, In the hall is frequently heard I can never get the book I want in that old library, and Why doesn't 'The Spectator' give us more good stories and illustrations ? and sometimes Qless frequentlyj What delicious sandwiches they sell at the Cafeteria! or 'The Spectator' is splendid-such good jokes and everything! Now, to which class do you and I belong? Are we imped- ing the activities of our school by knocking or are we pro- moting them by boosting ? Are we strengthening or weak- ening our morale? That is for our own conscience to decide. If we are Boosters -well and goodg if Knockers, let us strive to reform and join the glorious ranks of the Boosters To boost or not to boostg that is the question- Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to support The aims and schemes of each new enterpriseg Or to oppose and thwart them stubbornly, And by opposing end them? -I-I. V. v - i afl'7 ' .. I A AE ..