Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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22 SPECTATOR The iglq Snlqunl Speniatnr JOHNSTOWN, PA., NOVEMBER, 1921 Subscription Price 51.50 Per Year. Per Copy 25 Cents. ' hitnrizrl Staff Editor in Chief, GLADYS M. BANTLY, '2117Q Associate Editor JANE GORE, '22 Literary Editor ANNA MAY FRANKE, '22 Exchanges IMELDA RINCKENBERGER, '22 Ruthless Rimes DOROTHY BELLE RUTLEDGE, '22 ELIZABETH GREINER, '22 Cartoonist GERARD ROONEY, '24 Art Editor SAMUEL STREHLER, '21b2 Jokes STANTON FUNK, '22 BRANDON RHODEHAMEL, '22BQ School News PAUL BARNETT, '22 Athletics JOHN JOHNSON, '22 Alumni Notes BESSIE GLOSSER Faculty Advisers KATHARINE M. ULERY JOHN W. HEDGE usinzss Staff Business Manager, WILLIAM BOWERS, '211,Q Assistant Business Manager EMMET BRIDGES, '22 Advertising Manager HAROLD PRICE, '22 Assistant Advertising Managers HELEN FRYE, '22 HELEN McCALL, 'ZIBQ ANITA TREDENNICK, '22 WILBUR STUVER, '225Q EUGENE EPPLEY, '22 ARTHUR JACKEL, '211,Q JAMES TOMB, '22 PAUL JOHNSON, '22 HARRY GRAYBILL, '21Bi HAROLD SMITH, '211pQ HAROLD DONGES, '211,Q The Spectator ls published monthly during the school term. Address all communications to The Spectator, room 216, High School Bulldlng, Johnstown, Pa.. Entered at the Postollice, Johnstown, Pa., as second-class matter. In order to secure publication ln the current Issues, MSS. must be handed to editor not later than the tlrst of each month.

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I. W W If x ,V jfffif ,jqy ,Q f ' f SPECTATOR 21 8. Not allowing boys to smoke cigarettes. 9. Allowing no liquor to be manufactured or sold. 10. Requiring one to pay school taxes when one has no children to send to school. A High School Band Johnstown has never had a High School Band. When occasions arose from time to time, and a band was especial- ly needed a few of the boys with true school spirit gathered together on their own initiative and furnished music which was appreciated though it was the jazz band kindg but this haphazard way of doing things cannot go on forever. Anything but a well organized band with a' pretty uniform and the best of instruments is inadequate to the present needs of Johnstown High. Pep rallies, athletic games, and a variety of school events demand the services of a well trained group of musi- cians. Johnstown High School has the material for such an organization. It will give an opportunity for some boys to serve the school who cannot represent it in any other way. I feel safe in saying that a number of organizations and industries in our city are ready and eager to furnish the uniform and instruments for a High School Band and that the School Board Will pay for the instruction. This band would be a factor in creating a good school spirit and would render very valuable service not only to our High School but to the community as well. We hope that the near future will see a Johnstown High School Band organized systematically, practicing reg- ularly, and ready to assist on the many occassions where its assistance will be needed not only in school but in the city. J. D. Ripple.

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SPECTATOR 23 EDITORIAL 1 sli Good English Week We are again inaugurating into our school a Better English Week. For one week last year We thought of nothing but the betterment of our English. Attractive post- ers greeted us on every side as We passed through the halls of the High School, so that We could not forget the thoughts of improving our English even though we had so desired. For the first time, we began to realize the influence of good English on our lives. We knew that we could never be considered cultured or intelligent if we continued to mar our language by such expressions as it is me, that's him and others far Worse. We observed the English of those with whom we came into Contact more closely. At the same time, we earnestly resolved to master our native tongue. The impressions made last year still remain with us and we look forward with great pleasure to Good Eng- lish Week this year. The idea of having a Good English Week originated in one of the Women's Clubs of Chicago. The movement spread rapidly until it is now international. People are at last beginning to realize how defective the language of the inhabitants of the United States really is. Why should our language be defective? We are given every opportunity for education and yet we make numerous mistakes. The language of the street seems so easy to acquire but with just a little more effort can we not learn to speak English correctly? Let us strive to gain as much benefit as possible from Good English Week this year and then let us retain these benefits so that we, as citizens of tomorrow, may be an in- telligent and progressive race. 4 G. M. B.