Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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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

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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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i gylx DEPARTMENT masterprece to pass wxthout reflect1on I th1s manner a true apprec1at1on of l1ter ature the best that has been thought cmd SG1d IS promot ed Then too our Enghsh department a1ms to present the speak1ng and wr1t 1ng correctly Publrc speak1ng compos1t1on punctuat1on book reports and tests all pro vlde excellent pract1ce 1n the use of grammar Speak1ng correctly not only becomes the duty 1n the Enghsh classroom but the thorough student realxzes that he must car ry th1s traxmng 1nto other l1nes of work Surely lf there ever was a t1me for good Enghsh to uphold Amerlcanlsm 1t IS now hlghest of ldeals ,X 'iii HELEN LOCKARD ELIZABETH S HOGE MABEL Ovnnnom' ELVINA IANE OWEN MARIAN G. VARNER