Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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VOF-XTIONAL '12 1 .2 mm 4 Industry marches forward HARRY I KLAHR1: Chairman BRUCE E ALTER losspn B Cort.: GEORGE KNEREM WILLIAM GARDNER -I 22 Today when we speak of vmctory we sem dom th1nk of the men behmd the men at the machmes These are the teachers who make up the voca1onal departmen s of hrgh schools all over the country They tram boys to par t1c1pate xn all the essent1a1 act1v1t1es 1n na t1ona1 defense These boys are the ones who make 1ron castmgs tn steel m1l1s tanks and yeeps tn automob1le factor1es bombers pur sutt planes and gl1ders 1n axrcraft plants and shells and bombs 1n mun1t1on works All ot these mdustrtes are Amermcas source of power Thus through these teachers the tu ture engmeers draftsmen machlnlsts and skllled laborers get the1r start These 1mportant men are seldom seen around school and very llttle IS heard about them however wrthout much pubhctty they are domg a great 1ob for our country When the Army calls for the1r boys they are pre l ,l

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CLARK Smxrrrza HAROLD Wsrcrs BLANCHE RODGERS Aucr Rurrwcr School Nurse tltesrgned March l5l 1-fs 4.23 i l 1TT' and sleeping habits are followed by boys and girls alike these exercises will improve their health almost one hundred per cent. Today more than ever before We must and will have strong bodies. It our bodies are not tit they give way to sickness which is only a drawback in our March tor Victory. Even it we cant go up and slap a lap as many of us would like to do we must help our country by keeping ourselves phsically able. Let us remember, Health alone is Victory. PHYSII AI If Ulf ATIUN lll health of body or ot mmd is defeat Health alone IS Vzctory Let all men it they can manage zt con trive to be healthy' Sir Walter Scott This year the Physical Education Department ot Iohns town High School is str1v1ng to keep its students mentally alert as well as physically tit Perfect coordlnation between mind and body is becoming more important every day since We are involved in a great struggle where only the tittest will survive Marching 1S one of the main act1v1t1es in gym classes this year One must not only be Wide awake to execute the commands given by the instructors but one must keep the body 1n good physical cond1t1on so that he will be able to carry out the exercises In addition to marching students have been required to execute a variety ot body building exercises which keep the body supple and develop the muscles It proper eating 2l

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DEPARTMENT ali 1 wx pared in Al condition by these supervisors The boys in the Auto Mechamcs Shop learn the names and parts ot an automobile how to take one apart and re assemble it and how to use and operate the various tools and machines needed lor this work So when necessrty calls for the boys to repair a leep or a tank they are ready The Welders ol our school are gxven the opportuntty to prepare for an important de tense yob Every ship that the United States IS burlding for our two ocean Navy must be an example of perfected workmanship The Welders play a most rmportant role here be cause they are the men who weld the ships together This IS certainly one way of strength ening our defenses and sate guard1ng our freedom Thus We see two examples ol the vital work that the vocational men are teach- ing our boys. With such instructors at our helm our country will be led to ultimate Victory. CHARLES E MARKS M I MILES CHARLES E THOMAS DON A WEST CHARLES B WONDERS