Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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PART OP CAFETERIA-TABLES FOR FIVE HUNDRED

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s n S WHAT HIGH SCHOOL HAS DONE FOR ME High school's contributions to society are innumerable and entirely praiseworthy. Perhaps its greatest benefit to the public is the multitude of educated, socialized young men and women that it sends forth each year. The boy or girl who wants to make something of himself or herself finds op- portunities in high school. I. myself, wish to specialize in one phase of pro- fessional work, and I have so desired for a number of years. The high school has afforded me all the primary possibilities of achieving my aim. Besides, because of its many varied subjects. I have been able to absorb some material other than the professional material required, both interesting and enter- taining. The social studies and the various clubs of the school have helped to so- cialize me. A problem which faces every graduate is not only a problem of what kind of a position he is going to secure after graduation, or how he is going to secure it: but also just how the girl or boy is going to fit into his community: or if he goes to college, in the college group. To return to my discussion of the benefits one can secure from society, I have in mind the help which the high school has given to young people in the past in reference to this problem. These young people went into high school with only a vague idea as to what problems they were to encounter upon their leaving high school. Now. upon the verge of departing from the high school, they have firmly established in their minds the fundamental principles of education plus the knowledge of how to benefit themselves most in society. When I first decided what 1 wanted to make my career after gradua- tion in junior high school. I had quite a different idea from what I now be- lieve will firmly lay the foundation for my vocation. But by the time the second semester of the first year of high school had ended, I had completely changed my mind. With the aid of the Guidance Department. I was able to decide exactly what I wanted to do after I left school. Then from the sub- jects offered. 1 first chose those essential to my future course of action and added from a wide variety of other subjects a few more of interest and en- tertainment. Now I know that no unfortunate retaking of any material will be necessary for me before I enter college. It is my opinion that though I am not fitted to give an opinion of the Johnstown High School, there are many other able graduates, who will be glad to join me in bestowing the highest form of praise upon the school. Two factors, the faculty and the students, make and have made the high school what it is. Jack Benford

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