Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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Miss Pustt-Inilx A. li.ill Nllss Dittmar 1 HE ADM IN I Sl RAI ION 'f 1 W-- Nllss Plvqvr tl Klst Nllss lcmih R lmxvni Have you ever wondered why school life runs so efficiently at Iohnstown High School? This is due to the tireless efforts of the ad- ministrators, who accomplish a variety of tasks, including ordering and distribution of supplies cmd books, making out reportsg schedul- ing of yearly programs of each stu- dent, checking upon pupils' atten- dance, and awarding of scholar- ships. Complete supervision of Iohns- town High School rests in the hands of this department. Even though we may not come into direct Contact with the admin- istrators, and therefore are often not aware of the work they are accom- plishing, we feel their presence by the efficiency with which the school is governed. Every student may be sure that they are always working competently, with his benefit their chief concern. Miss l,x.ms Li. Shunkwil ffl

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MR. DAVIS With the advent of the present school year, Iohnstown High School received a new administrator in the person of Walter Clark Davis, former principal of Cochran Iunior High School. Mr. Davis is thoroughly qualified for his new position. as the following brief biography will prove. After receiving his early education in the schools of St. Clair New Florence, he was graduated from Muskingum Academy. Three received his bachelor of science degree from Muskingum College. In was granted his master of education degree from the University of has also taken courses at Pennsylvania State College. Our new principal has been the science department. He was secondary schools for three years. gan at Garfield in 1933, where, ne Davis was transferred to Cochran 1940 when he came to Senior High School. Township and years later he 1935 Mr. Davis Pittsburgh. He in Iohnstown High School before as a teacher in director of measurements and research in the city's His career as principal of Iohnstown schools be- ably served for three years. From Garfield Mr. where he remained as principal until the fall of

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Miss Bollinger M Public Speaking Marbcth Miss Lockard Miss Owen Miss Balitly Miss Ohart Nliss Kantner iss Gocher Nliss Overdorf Miss Glenn Miss Hoge Miss Canan Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjec- tives, Macbeth, lulius Caesar, Emer- son's Essays, Beowulf, composition, punctuation, public speaking, book reports, tests, tests, tests, so goes an English teacher's life and so, might be added, goes a student's. It is a good thing that all there is to be taught of English does not have to be crowded into one year! Pity the poor pupil it this were so, and pity also the teachers who would have to organize such Work. As it is, the English department of Iohnstown High is very helpful in aiding students to acquire a valu- able background in literature, and a sizable knowledge ot the use of the English language, as it is written and as it is spoken.