Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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lb-.41 MISS IESS1E TOMB Admlmstratwe ASS1SfGI'If Iune 1943 brmgs a commencement w1th1n o momentous year Changes rn educat1on as well as 1n the econom1c world are now taklng place These changes demand a new way of hte 1n order to meet the present emergencres Dur1ng the two years you spent ln hxgh school w1th us we have made 1t our a1m to 1nst1l 1n each young man and woman hxgh xdeals of moral obl1gat1on and mdtvtdual responstbxlrty All graduates should feel capable of coplng w1th any unsual s1tuat1on when and where rt may present 1tself It has been our arm to present educat1on m such a manner that through the varrous academlc bus1ness and vocatronal studres a student would not only recerve a knowledge of subject matter but would also learn a democrat1c way of l1fe whrch would prepare hrm to take hxs place m ltfe whether 1t be 1n the armed forces 1n mdustry rn college or tn the bus1ness world Our goal has been to develop true Amencamsm as well as patr1ot1sm rn the lrfe of each 1nd1v rdual It has been our obyect to show that only through proper educat1on and tra1n1ng can vrctory be obtaxned Every boy and g1rl of the present graduattng class should be an example of a true Arnerlcan Your tra1n1ng 1S your background and how you apply thls tra1n1ng w1Il determrne where you wrll take your place 1n socrety It IS our hope that you w1ll be one hundred per cent Amencan and pledge your alleg1ance to everythrng the Amerlcan way of l1fe stands for Go forth semors rmbued wtth the feelrng that we are confrdent no matter what may be your lot m lxfe that you w1ll put country and vrctory before self 13 . p v xx y I 'f! s-W K X I . I 1 1 I I I .

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MR C E BOYER Actmg Prmclpal TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1943 Thrs 1S the flrst t1me rn the hrstory of Iohnstown Hrgh School that so many drplomas are to b granted rn absentla However Senlors I congratulate each one of you on your accomp11shment whether you are present for the exercrses whether you are wrth the Armed Forces of the Unlted States or whether you are enrolled rn 1nst1tut1ons of hrgher learnrng Even though we are actually separated by many mrles I flrmly belteve that we are unlted sprrrtually at thrs graduatron trme To our Senrors ln the Armed Forces We are proud of you for we know that you are flghtmg classes a graduatron trme One of the fundamental prlncrples of democracy IS equal1ty of oppor tumty you are frghtrng for that and the progress of the schools rn the future w1ll prove that your sacrrfrce has not been 1n vam To those who have enrolled 1n colleges under the accelerated program I know you were gurded by altrurstrc motrves because under true democracy ment IS rewarded and you w1ll be called upon for your contrlbutron rn the near future as doctors engrneers and professronal workers To those who have remarned wrth us to complete your hlgh school educatxon I know that you have done so w1th great sacrxfrce partrcularly when war rndustrres offer such lucrat1ve op portun1t1es In closrng I want to leave thrs thought Semors go forth strong rn mmd and body wlth a f1rm bellef rn democracy I know thrs world Wrll be a better place rn whrch to l1ve because of your worthwhrle contr1but1ons to the preservatron of our democratlc way of hte I2 A. yes, even willing to give your life if necessary, to guarantee to the luniors and the other oncoming

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53 M miss VIARY D GLENN Charrman GLADYS M BANTLY AMY V. BOLLINGER IESSIE E CANAN Aucr: M Gocmzn E IIISH mlm Lrterature rs a crrtr czsm of 11fe Matthew Arnold Have you read Beowulf Macbeth Iulrus Caesar Emer son s Essays books wr1tten by Thomas Hardy Iohn Ste1nbeck and other modern authors? You say you have and that you have en Joyed them thoroughly and 1ntend to read more of such l1terature'? Well rn that case you are 1ust the students that are rn de mand By keep1ng up morale through good readmg you are dorng more than you real 1ze 1n the way of defense Amerlca needs good books and authors to keep our mrnds on the hrghest plane and enable us to thmk clearly and mtelhgently At the present tlrne we have an Engllsh department whrch encourages us to read and apprecrate good hterature The depart ment furthers the 1dea of thrnkmg through l1terature rather than merely allowmg the -Z'T D