Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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HISTORY DEPARTMENT Do you know who the first king ot England Was, what great general sighed for more worlds to conquer, who won the Franco-Prussian war, what the importance 'ot the tree press is, or how a bill becomes a law in the United States? It you've had any social science, you should be able.to answer at least one of those questions, for 6533. IU!- our history department covers all phases of world development in its courses in American, Ancient, and Medieval history and in the Problems ot Democracy. American history and Problems of Aww Democracy deal chiefly with the United States and her sister republics. Ancient and English history are enlargements on two phases of Medieval history, taught for the convenience ot those students who were not able to take it previously. I is ZZZZZ 5 ll l Iss Sa l r, V.: l

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT Parlez-vous francais? Habla usted espanol? Veni, vidi, vici. Guten Tag, Mein Herr. No, We are not in Europe, but rather in the Foreign Language Depart- ment of Iohnstown High School. Many of the pupils Who find a foreign language difficult never realize the Work that this department puts in, trying to make the study of the language interesting and understandable. Fundamentals of grammer are not the only points brought out in a language class. ln the Latin classes pupils study the military campaigns of Caesar, the orations of Cicero, the Aeneid of Virgil, and the Writings of lesser Roman poets. The French classes read Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. Spanish students read the adventures of Cortez in Mexico. German classes enjoy, among the poetry, Der Erlkonigf' or the singing of Die Lorelei. Italian students read the classics of that language. Through these stories, poems, and essays the pupils further their know- ledge of the language itself, its uses, the countries Where it is spoken, and their history and customs. Truly, the work of the Language De- partment is listed among the most edu- cational and interesting subjects in our high school. 14 f A K x H al Wet

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MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT A circle is a closed curve all points of which are in the same plane and are equally distant from a point in the plane called the center. The side of angle A equals the opposite side divided by the hypotenuse. The square root of four is two and the square of six is thirty-six. Why all the complicated definitions? you may ask, The reason is that these are a few of the important axioms which the teachers of the Mathematics Depart- ment try to help us understand. Making complicated formulas, involved defini- tions, and difficult calculations clear to each student is the main Work of these teachers. The vocational students are taught shop mathematics by Mr. Ralph Gillmang while Mr. Ross Benshoff and Mr. Nevin Smith instruct their pupils in alge- braic calculations, geometric principles, and trigonometric functions. The pupils learn to express themselves clearly and concisely and to solve many of the prob- lems which they will meet later on. Therefore, if you wish to have some complicated figures explained clearly and carefully, see the Mathematics Depart- ment.