Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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Latin and ltallan Llterature lcxfbllflllllttll Spanish Literatu re In the teachmq of Itahan there IS bv no means a lack of oppor llllllty to teach loxe and appreclatlon of the arts The opportunltles are so many and xarled as almost to stagger one xxho would QIVQ at least a gllmmer of ltalys brxghtness to those vxho grope 1n the gloom of lgnorance To sum up both Latm and ltahan furnlsh wonderful opportunltles for teachers 1n the realm of the fme arts lf ln no other way than ln fur n1sh1nq stlndards of taste Hovx can anyone pronounce a thlnq good bad or lndlfferent unless he has some standard or form by whxch to test 1t7 BV teachlng great lxterature one can at least teach what lb not hterature by teachlng the best 1n the arts one can at least teach vxhat IS not and never can be art ex en though xnternatlonal cr1t1cs of art pro nounce It so Tm e xxlll tell here as 1n all thlngs To make students famlllar xxrth a few great palntlngs to make them see xx hy they are great IS to teach them the dlfference between 1 chromo and 1 work of art and to set thelr feet on the f1rst rung of the lidder th lf le mds to sound taste Spamsh speakmg countues are almost synonymous xv1th our con ceptlon of the fme arts What hax ent those countrxes contrlbuted to our enjoyment and appreclatlon of danc1ng muslc archltecture palnt mg and l1terature7 Vlcente Escudero and La Argentma haxe held spell bound well f1lled theaters by the beauty of theu graceful dances ose lturbx br1ll1ant young conductor and p1an1st Pablo Casals and h1s American audlences by thelr perfectlon The Altambra stands as a World wonder 1n archltecture and tour 1sts to South Amer1ca are surprlsed at the beauty and strength of the buxlclmgs 1n those d1stant c1t1es In MQXICO the Floatmg Garden are monuments to the loxe of beauty handed down by the Aztecs Dlego Rlbera was called from h1s Memcan home to decorate pubhc bulldlngs and clubs wlth h1s un1que art1st1c creatlons Looklng back such names as Velazquez Mur1llo R1bera and Goxa come to our mlnds These artlsts were successful 1n all types of work drsplaylng a V1V1d 1mag1na t1on bold use of color and xvorklnq wlth a xarlety of subjects ln the fxeld of llterature Spam ranks second to none among the moderns Don Quryote xxr1tten 1n 1605 lb most 1nterest1ng and 15 filled xxlth a sage and sound understandlnq of human nature and llfe Cerx antes the author vxlshed to shoxx that a man or woman must haxe :deals and amb1t1ons but at the same tlme he must have a practlcal mlnd and the ab1l1ty to mterpret llfe correctly The Golden Age of Llterature xx'1s the Sex enteenth Csenturv when such vxrlters as Lope cle Veqa Calderon and T1fbO de Mollna appeared acmto Benlx ente IS 1 most x ersatxle xx 11ter to xvhom the Nobel prlze has been awarded The list of all IS Martxnez Sl2I'l'l vxhose plays the best knovxn of vxhrch IS The C radle Song hax e been presented on the An1er1can stage Zoe I-luqhes . Y . I s . ' D Y ' v K 7 . 0 - v V . Q V I ' A K . AE c . V V , . - ' U ' ' C y , , ' - . . . I ' . . ' .1 f' ' ' 1 ' .. ,A 7 A c ' , ' I 4 K c E V C 1 - ,' - - . E 1 2 3 3 ' . . ' - F . ' .' . C - L. - ' - . . . . . . . . violin cello, Lucrecia Bori and her silvery voice'-all have captured 1 A ' ' , - .x . . C A v l v I v C 1' Y . - , 1 ,' 1 - , f Y l 'c t ' 1 l l V I A ., . , ' ' ' C ' . I ' 2 ' 4 S ' 'K ' ' 'U ' 1 ' - 2 K, . 'S C ' ' .L , 1 L. -I 7 V '

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cate xx1nd1ngs 1n h1s composltlon of Kubla Khan perhaps thelr com posrtxons haxled as masterpleces a generatlon ago would not so soon be pronounced the mere effus1ons of lrterature not based on l1fe but based on literature the kmd th1t by next year ls gone vxnth the wmd lt IS lust here thit teachers of M1lton and Vlrgxl and Dante are contr1but1ng to the artxstlc and llterary producuons of the age They at least can help lessen the output by teachmg that lrterature IS not the ef fortless outpourmgs of the v1x1d dreamer but the studled effort of the d1sc1pl1ned mmd and soul of an artlst They do not sprlng full grown from the m1nds of poets they are wrung drop by drop out of hrs agony The teach1ng of Vrrgrl lends ltself admlrably to the teachmg of how mtrlcate and art1f1c1al a thmg poetry IS as mtrlcate lndeed far more 1ntr1cate than the creat1on of a mosa1c Words are the llttle cubes of gold or aquamar1ne that go to make up the perfect pattern and must be as carefully lald to keep the lmage from blurring The xxorker ln mosalcs deals xvlth tanglbles the worker IH words with lntanglbles The teachmg of Vlfgll CITlph3SlZ6S the fact that poetry IS an art one of the most 1ntr1cate and profound of mans creatlons Language ltself IS a marvelous product of man s creatlxe power The weavlng of th1s language rnto patterns xx hlch are called poetry IS a problem more dlfflcult than compos1t1on of great mus1c because there must be not only sound but also sense To teach Vlfgll IS to teach that some themes are worthy or DOBII cal some are not Some meters are poetlc others barbarxc some words and lmages poet1c and others not ex en the gen1us of Shakespeare could make anvthmg of but pla1n prose So xt 15 w1th the teachmg of CICQYO the matter of all those who would conwmce Argument lb not a loosely constructed jumble of words but a reasoned bu1ld1ng up of a sequence of ld63S each xdea grounded 1n the one out of whlch lt sprxngs as flower to plant plant to root root to seed seed to sorl The analys1s of Cncero s xx ork wx1ll proxe that any well constructed speech can be subyected to rrgld analysts and that xt falls mto xts com ponent parts pomed by lI1XlS1bl6 threads as readxly as a 11g saw puzzle or as a problem ln mathematlcs under the clexer hand of a master of mathematlcs What a lesson for those xxho xxould haxe the prxze xvlthout the pams' The teacher of ltal1an fmds her fleld almost l1m1tless 1n her teach 1ng of the understand1ng and apprec1at1on of the xxhole fleld of art Thxs IS because nature has blessed no other natlon m art as she has the Italnan unless It be the Greek Whether 1t be language poetry pamt 1ng sculpture mosalc stamed glass archltecture mus1c the f1eld ns al most llmztless Poetry may be taught then rn the exqulslte poems of POllglEl1'l0 of Lorenzo of Tasso of Arxosto the appreclatlon of palntmgs ln the 1ncon1parable xxork of Leonardo Corregxo GIOFQIOHC the appreclatlon of the art of the mosaxc the wrt of the sculpture and archltecture then the numberless artxsts rn these fields xx ho haxe made Italy great Latin and Italian Llteratu re lCont1nuedl . . . . .. lr VV . , , . - 9 , - V . . . r. . . VV . 7 , 1 '1' c c . c c .' U , , ,-. , V . . . Y . . , , . V . . V . . . V . . V V - V - V V V I . - V V V t V V V V - . . V . A Y V r , - . . . V. . . .. - V V V . . Y . , , V . . . . Y . I ' r V - Y l v I I I 4 V V V . . V V V - v C r 1 '- ' . ' V , V V A .

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Horns cmd Trumpets h nc been llnked xuth vwnr and rel1g1on from t1me 1mmemor1al but the w1nd band plrmned to furnlsh concerted mus1c IS the wxork of the last century The or1g1n of the band takes us back to the epoch of the gu1lds Bag QIPQS and shepherd s plpes were the co1npan1ons of the wandermg m1nstrels who chose 1n the Thlrteenth Century to congregite 1n tovx ns ind c1t1es form1ng gu1lds Many of the mmstrels est1bl1shed themselxes at houses of prmces others yomed the '1rmy of f1fers and drummers It IS sa1d that 1f the mstrument of bronze the upper part and mouth PIQCB of sol1d gold had not been dug up at Pompen the trombone mlght haxe been lost to us forewer but 1n Queen Ehzabeth s day a band of ten trumpets and 5111 trombones bes1des 1 few other 1nstruments ha1led her xx1th much pomp and clrcumstance The town bands were of f1fes shepherds plpes a k1nd of tenor oboe lbombard horns l1ke cows horns wx1th sm holes and a mouthplece llmkenl bagp1pes and v1ols all of vt h1ch played the melody together bass of oboes and reg1mental drums lVleanwh1le the royal trumpet vxh1ch played only harmon1ca f1lled out the m1ss1ng parts The trumpet ult1m1tely acqu1red xalwes but the 1nxent1on and 1m prox ement of the clar1net began the era of the modern band In the rap1dly developmg orchestra the employment of the w1nd 1nstruments showed the way to the1r comb1nat1on 1nto the art1st1c Wlnd band The ohnstoxxn Hlgh School band has long been 1 fawor1te both vnth the old and the young VVh1le It lb known for 1ts march1ng and dr1ll1ng It lb equwlly known for 1ts art1st1c work haung been placed xery h1gh 1n all contests whlch It ex er entered The band IS an organ1zat1on of bilanced sectlons and studles the xx orks of the modern as vt ell as the past masters for example The P1e lude to Act II of Lohengrm by R1chard Wagner Ensemble work by the Johnstown l'l1gh Band 15 employed and has attalned ex ery des111ble comb1nat1on of mstruments MUb1C for each his been secured and worked out The band under the capable management of Charles l A1key IS heard 1n publ1c concerts wxh1ch d1splay clearly the work of the band throuqhout the semester e Band 1 . . 1 1 , I .L sl ' 7 . ' ' . c V ' T. 1 ' v 1' C ' ' ,' ' . ' . V . Louise XlV's bands consisted of a quartet, soprano. alto, tenor, 7 . cl ' , V A l. '. . C . V , 1' . V . . n 7- C . I . .1 V . A V I C . . Y . .1 C . X 7 3 Y. 7 ' 7 'Z C Z ' .- ' ' l' c, V f A v wr vc ' ' ' 1 -l 1' C xx