Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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THE SPECTATOR THE THEME: OUR HIGH SCHOOL As the theme of this Spectator we have chosen the high school with which we have been closely identified for the last two years. It represents our work, our play, our associates, and our activities; consequently we wish to present not only our class but our whole school. The building itself, completed in 1925, is practically new. It is well arranged, containing offices of the administration, a beautiful auditorium, modern gymnasium, profitable cafeteria, class rooms, laboratories for the Science Department, and shops for vocational work. All equipment is modern. A private telephone exchange and a splendid system of heating and ventilating add to comfort and convenience. Six courses of study are offered to the pupils. The College Preparatory, Teacher Training, Liberal Arts, and Technical Courses prepare pupils for further study in advanced educational institutions. The Commercial Department prepares the student directly for the business world. The Vocational Course is valuable to those who wish to enter industry, for the boys choose the shops in which they are most interested and spend half of each school day there in definite preparation for the vocations they have chosen. The work of the school is under the direction of a sympathetic principal and an experienced faculty. Each teacher accepts his responsibility to the pupil, and personal contact between instructor and student is cultivated. This has made the pupils feel that their teachers are really their friends and has contributed greatly to the strength of the High School. Activities have also been cultivated, and organizations have been outstanding. For three successive years the band won the state championship for class A high school bands. This year the orchestra ranked first in the State Championship Or- chestra Contest. The football team of 1930 made a notable record for the season and won the W. P. I. A. A. title. The Student Council, the governing body of our school, has also been influential. Throughout the year, representatives of this body as guests of various clubs of the city, have reported important proceedings of these clubs, in this way bringing the student body in contact with the outstanding civic organizations of Johnstown. We have learned to love our school. The training received here will remain with us always, and in many cases the friendships formed will continue through life. We therefore believe that we could have selected no more appropriate theme for this Spectator than our high school. By means of pictures presented in this book we have endeavored to portray scenes of school activities, while the division cuts are windows which symbolize all that is best and happiest in our surroundings. We hope that our annual may give the casual reader an idea of the work and recreations of our school; and bring to students, especially those of the class of 1931, many pleasant memories of high school days. [9]

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