Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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Next we heir of the qroxxmq dnsswtlsfwctlon xv1th the mother coun try beciuse of the tax ltlon of the colonxes ind then of the RCx0lLlfl0U ary Wir xxhlch left the colonles free 1nd mdependent states We follow our countrys affrnrs on through the other smaller vxars dovxn to the Clxll War After 1ts horrors were ended came a txme of prosperltv listmg unt1l the present the country groxx mg rneant1me ln srze and power until xt 13 noxv the greatest nat1on of the xxorld Through all th1s the people had been growmg more lntelllgent Many 1nxent1ons haxe been made rex olutlonlzmg the methods of farm lnq manufacturlng and commerce floxx strange lt would seem to us now rf the days of the stage coach were to come back and we xxere compelled to xx11t for our mall untrl the post rlders 1rr1x ed How xx ould these people endure lt xxho ex en novx when rallroad trams run it the rate of forty mlles an hour groxxl the whole t1me and keep the other passengers 1n m1sery7 In the sc1ence too there has been corresponding adxancement par txcularly 1n the natural sclences for example the names of the dlfferent uses to vxh1ch electr1c1ty may be put are leglon Slnce there has been such advancement 1n t1mes past xx hat may people not do 1n the tlmes to come7 It rs sald that each succeedlng generatlon of men becomes expect a time to come when the fertlle bram of min wlll form such qreat projects that he wlll not haxe the strength to execute them It xvxll be a long tlme before that takes place hoxx ex er and mean xx hlle vxe may expect great thlngs of men We may expect to see aerlal nax1gat1on establ1shed the North Pole dlscox ered and many other thmgs of whlch we cannot conce1xe But on the other hand Vx'l'l1l6 some natlons of the world haxe ad xanced others haxe made a retrograde mox e1nent Gomg back to early tlmes xxe may take the Roman Emplre as an example In the days of the Caesars thls kmgdom comprlsed nearly the whole of the c1v1l1zed world It xvas the seat of learning and art and contalned many beau txful c1t1es 1n whlch xx ere the most beautlful bulldlngs rn the world All other countrles pa1d tr1bute to lt But xvhat IS It now7 Th1S great em plre has gradually fallen to pleces and parts of It haxe been annexed to other countrles so that hardly any of lt remalns The great difference betxx een the past and present lb strxklngly 11 lustrated ID a poem called Old TlmES and New Thls represents one of the Pllgflm as x1s1t1ng the xx rlter and belng so astonlshed It the number of new thmgs IH use at the present tlme that he refused to hxc mv lonqer upon the earth saymg rn explanatlon Your telegraphs your rallroad trams Your gas l1ghts frlctlon matches Your hump backed xxomen rocks for fuel Your thing xx h1ch chlckens hatches Haxe turned the earth so upsxde down No peace 1s left xx1th1n lf Retrospect lcontlmn rll .Y K VA lssvl Vs' C . I ' 1 1, . . 1 , . , ln K , I , 4' - p l C C , , ' A .', L . .W sv. 'L C I xi 1 'K 1 7 f s Cx V . 4 ! VA l D if 4 C 1 H 1 1 1 R . 4 . 1 - . 1 C . 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 7, . . 1 C 1 1 . . . . . physically weaker and mentally stronger. If this be the case, we may 1 . . . K . . , 1 1 1 1 - V ' Y 7 I . I Y V r , ' ' - , ' . . V w c I , Q ' ' - - V

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Retrospect The folloxxrng oratron xvas qrx en by ohn W Gocher as the Vale drctory Address of the Class of 1886 Thrs was the frfth class to be graduated from the ohnstown Hrgh School and rncluded the followrnq members Charles C Greer noxv udge rn Cambrra County Charles M Lemmon ennre R Beale Mary R Beale Cora M Wagoner Lucy Marnhart Arvrlla Barnes essre A Tommrns L Grace Young and ohn W Gocher Mr Gocher rs the father of Mrss Alrce M uocher 1 member of the present faculty of the school ORATION There comes a trme rn ex ery nun s lrfe xx hen he pauses rn hrs on xxard career and thrnks of the past Hoxx short hrs lrfe seems' The vears are as days and the hours as seconds He never fully realrzes untrl then the full force of the thought that the future comes xxrth folded wrnqs whrle the past flres xvrth eagles prnrons Hrs reflectrons may be pleasant or thev may be the rexerse ac cordrnq to the lrfe he has led He can see the results of hrs actrons qood as well as bad and thrs rs the trme when he can drstrnqursh between them If he be rn a penrtentral mood perhaps he determrnes to do what he can to rectrfy hrs mrstakes Thrs rs not alwavs possrble however especrally rf he rs old Then he sees that he should have retrospected earlrer rn lrfe new step we would try to thrnk of srmrlar ertperrences rn the past and therr effects we should be sax ed from makrng many blunders Young people generally rush rnto anx nexx project wrthout thrnkrng whrle to older people the habrt of retrospectron comes more naturally The aged haxrng but lrttle of the future before them lrxe rn the past A roseate glamous sheds rts hue on ex ery path untrred And dreamrng youth thrnks to hrs quest no good mav be denred Whrlst tremblrnq age turns back the page and through the record xarn Strrves hard to fell the ancrent zeal and lrve the past agarn People lrxe a great deal faster noxv than they drd rn past trmes Then they were content to lrxe on rn the same xx av day after day wrth nothrng to drstrngursh one day from another Noxx there must be ex crtement rn a person s lrfe or rt rs thought not xx orth the lrxrng Work xxhrch taxed the powers of men rn those days rs now done by boys Lookrng back over the hrstory of a country for a trme how strange rt all seems' Take the hrstory of the Unrted States for example Begrn wrth the landrng of the Prlgrrms on Plvmouth rock We can see them stepprng on the rock from the boats of the Mayflower They are dressed xerv srmplv and fully realrze what hardshrps they xx rll haxe to endure They burld therr log huts and burld them for comfort and conx enrence and not for elegance Then xxe see the growth of the colony and the settlement of other toxx ns untrl frnally there xx ere thrrteen colonres xxrdely separated srnce the only means of communrcatron xx as on horseback and the trme re qurred for the journey one or txxo xx eeks and sornetrmes more I V' ' K ' Y I . - n . . . - r - f' . . , c . . V L . . V . . n . 7. . . , A Y v C ' I N Z . . . . . , . This is a habit every person should possess. lf, before taking any . 1 I . . . . . . . . y A V ' ' ' ' 4 V V , , V . . ' V. , . . V Y . - ' ' ' r 1 ' C ' ' h t

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ln Retrospect lCOI1f1lll1i'd l But to us mv cl1ssm1tes lb mv suhyect most Hpproprldte tonlght Thxs 19 our nlqht to xeuexx the past Our retrospect IS full of pleisure and hrlqhtness 'as xxe rhmk of the school divs gone hy They hdxe xexx Hrded us is vxe employed thelr fleetxnq hours And is xxc qlther pleasure from our past may me not also qither from 1t lnsplratlon for the future We separrite tomght nex er lgam to meet as 1 class ls It xx ells must be sucl We must enter sepu ite roids lexdlng to cllffexent 'mx ocatlons and DUISUIYS xx 1th bughr recollectlons of our school llfe ind p1rt1eularly of the great klndness and lorherarance of our te ichers xx ho from the flrst haxe patxently 'nded us 1n our efforts to ohtfun knovtleclqe and haxe spired no tlme nor trouble For that end let us wlth ns lessons turn to the future wxthout feir IS xxe bld erich other lirev ell 'Q 1 't ' ' ax. . .5 ' -K ,4.q , C .4 Y A Y -4 C 1.1 . V Y . ' Q ' , ' 2 ' 3 Q ' ' any wonder then that we hesitate to say the parting word. But fare- ' 5 ' ,a'. ' X K e' ' ' K . , ' . .. 'S' ,' .' ' L. P. 1' , Z . A L A ' . ' Q ', ' y L C ' . K , i I I .4 ' 4 as ' A . Q J .