Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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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

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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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L 'UN MARGARET M EVANS MARGARET GASTMAN Bowss Im HAWMAN HISTORY IJBPARTNIILNT The hrstory of the world IS none other than the progress of the consciousness of Freedom He1gh Does hlstory repeat 1tselt'f' Or better ff' A st1ll are we go1ng to allow lt to repeat? Shouldnt each succeedmg generahon proflt by the mlstakes and experlences 444 of the past and out ot the1r knowledge bu1ld for themselves a way of l1fe more perfect than any that has gone before? Th1s IS the 1dea around whtch the competent Amerxcan H1story World H1s tory and Problems of Democracy teach ers ln Iohnstown Hlgh form the1r plans of study Keepmg up w1th the now rapldly changlng boundarles and battle hnes of a world at war tracmg and compar mg ancxent and modern trade routes becornlng fam1l1ar w1th the l1ves of our lmportant men and heroes of Freedom learn1ng the msxde problems that our leaders face before presentmg to the publlc a workmg plan tor lend lease ratxonmg or defense the e are only a few of the many 1nterest1ng lOplCS taken up by the students of our H1SlOIY Department In these classes the students also learn the funct1ons of our governmnent study current events evaluate the1r true worth and d1st1ngu1sh between facts and propaganda Out of th1s study grows a real apprec1at1on of the greatest her ,U xtage 1n the world C1t1zensh1p ln Amerlca 17 D A i ,, fi . . Q ,v 5, u w u . 2 Q.. ' ' I' - - fn- ' I . ' . y I . . . - . - I I 4. . . . . - k . ..