Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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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

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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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'S' 32 qv- MARGUERITE HINCHMAN HELEN Hmcl-IMAN KATHERINE LAINE Chairman HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT We may live without poetry music and QI' We may lrve w1thout conscience and live without heart We may live without friends we may I 3-1 live without books But civilized man can not live without 'Z cooks Edward Bulwer Lytton l A is During the past year the Home Eco nomlcs Department has stressed Vrctory through Conservation It has accepted the challenge of the national govern ment and has most successfully complied with it U S Needs Us Strong the nation wide slogan for nutrition was adopted by the cooking classes as the basis tor their study To enable all pupils to un derstand this sublect a campaign tor 'M good nutrition was launched During this campaign balanced meals correct diets and preparation ot foods were empha sized Then too menus for the family were studied centered around the prob uw, t E lem ol rationed foods Thus we see the ' A ' Q 'fa - cooking classes have answered the clar- Qfflf ion call tor Victory. - The clothing classes too were taught F , that conservation and victory go hand A V in hand. Materials were chosen for dur- ? ability, suitability and economy. Then. -as . too remodellng was mastered to such ' degree that even in last year's clothes one could be smartly dressed. A course was also given in Consumer Education. 16