Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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is RALPH GILLMAN HJRILII N lANf UA! L AND MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Nsvm SMITH Ross BENCHOFF Ac rss B NEARY IOSEPHINE A Youuc j The Jmmense value ot becommg acquamted wrth a torexgn language IS that we are thereby led mto a new world of trad1t1on and thought and teelmg . l ' I fu 8,15 Asrde from thrs the study of any tore1gn language rs a great help to the student 1n understand1ng our own A-4 language more clearly slnce our language 1S a com pos1t1on ot several tongues It mcreases our vocabu fcun lary enrlches our conversatlon and xmproves our sm' ' grammar In our school we are offered a great vanety of languages Lat1n French Spanlsh German and Ital1an all ot wh1ch wxll open to us a new world ol thought mathemahcs IS necessary 1n practrcally all hnes of defense? It ts compulsory for each mdrvrdual takmg 'WF A D1d nt ever occur to you that a knowledge ot J f L war exammatlons to complete a d1v1s1on devoted excluslvely to mathematxcs Arnerxca IS callmg out to her youth pleadmg for more experts to operate our mdustrnes Here at Iohnstown Hlgh School stu dents answer that call by preparmg themselves ln algebra geometry and tngonometry classes 24 t- 1 l Q . I V I l' l l f z . . 1 ff . . , , 9 I A - 1 ' .As l . 1 , . . 5, . -Ellis -, 'G f v N 'xL.l I . . - 'J LJ Nfl 'z N , ' . I . - '. I:-as . Q I I ' sffwwv , 5 . I . ' . I ' ' 4 . Sf.- x . .

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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

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SOPH111 MOlLES sf HLAC l DLPXRTNILWI Q9 Louis: KUNKL1: IOHN MCHUG1-1 N1:T'ru: M Suownns LELAND THOMAS Sclence IS in its source eternal in its scope unmeasur able ln its problem endless in its goal unattainable ' 5.1 Von Baer Today we are living 1n a new era a world of science Sometimes 1t IS called a machine age but behind all these machines IS the scientific hand Our country 1S caught 1n the grip of a War a war that must be fought with 1m plements that are born in a test tube Millions of sci entists throughout the world spend day and night 1n their laboratories battling to conquer nature and produce the impossible Perhaps from our high school will emerge a future Einstein or the equivalent for our students have before them excellent depart- ments in the scientific field. We have available here at high school classes in physics biology physiology physiography and chemistry. Our instructors are the best and the advantages set before our students are most beneficial. Is not victory certain when 't ' determined by the hands of the eager youth? 25 .ff