Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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THE SPECTATOR 29 Srhni rum J A number of new members have been added to this year's faculty. Their names and corresponding subjects which they teach are: Miss Maude Fiske, English, Mr. G. W. Metger, Science and Civics g Miss Lu Vara Smith, Bookkeeping, Miss Grace Haines, French, Miss Bessie Glossar, Bookkeeping, Miss Lillian Young, Sewing, Miss Mary Connell, Mathemat- icsg Mr. Leland Walker, Chemistry and Physicsg Miss Agnes Neary, French g Miss Elsie Greathead, English, and Mr. Web- ster Saylor, former member of the faculty, Mathematics. Miss Anna M. Strong, teacher of mathematics, has been unable to return to school to take up her work on account of illness. It is hoped that she will be able to return in the near future. During her absence Mrs. Fritz Mayer, formerly Miss Leone Raab, teacher of mathematics, has been substituting. New courses in Retail Selling and Public Reading have been introduced in the Johnstown High School, and an en- couraging number of pupils has taken them up. A course in Appreciation of Music to take the place of Harmony of Music has also been introduced. Mr. VV. W. Smith, a member of the Johnstown High School school faculty four years ago, was visiting in Johns- town Wednesday, September 10. Members of the faculty held a corn roast in Westmont Grove Monday night, September 15. The affair took the na- ture of a reception for the new members of this year's fa- culty. Dr. Edward Howard Griggs has returned to Johnstown this year to give a series of six lectures on William Shake- speare. The first lecture was given September 24 in the High School Auditorium. As much of the English work in our

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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 ..

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30 THE SPECTATOR school depends on the character and works of Shakespeare, it has been arranged to give the six complete lectures to pupils for 75 cents. Chapel exercises were conducted Wednesday, September 10, for the first time this term. Mr. Black expressed a wel- come to the student body, after which Wilbert Wehn and Helen Vogel gave talks to arouse interest in the Spectator campaign. The Spectator campaign, which started on the following Monday, ended on the next Thursday with about 850 subscriptions. The list of rooms which subscribed with the highest percentage are as follows: Room 306, first high percentage, Room 305, secondg Room 307, third, Room 212, fourth, Room 301, fifth, Room 203, sixth, and Room 302, sev- enth. The business manager of the Spectator congratulates every teacher and student who participated in the drive. Fulton Conner, a former student of the Johnstown High School, has returned to take up his studies after two years' service in the U. S. Army as a corporal. At the Chapel exer- cises of Wednesday, September 17, he gave a vivid and inter- esting account of his experiences. He left school about two years ago and was sent abroad. Among the important en- gagements he took part in, that of Argonne Forest stands out most prominent. At this engagement he received a wound which was the cause of his returning to the United States unfit for further service. The football campaign was launched at an enthusiastic Chapel exercise September 24. Coach Beeler, Captain Gaff- ney, Assistant Manager Max Applebaum, and the Treasurer, Mr. Saylor, presented the situation which confronts the team at the beginning of this season and outlined the policy for the sale of tickets.