Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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Margaret M. Evans Margaret G. Bowes HISTORY DEPARTMENT Ida Hawman Colbert Varner In the service oI his country He (the Most High) gave to thee (Columbus) the keys of those gates ot the Ocean . . . which were fast closed with such mighty chains. . . . (Dream of Columbus, narrated in his letter to the King and Queen of Spain, 1503.) One should not look upon history in too factual a manner; instead he should look upon it as a story of the past, which will better enable him to understand the development of the world in which he is living. Every day one hears and sees history in the making. Newspaper headlines, radio broadcasts, movies, and lectures bring us last minute news. This is the news that will make up the chapters of our future history books. If ever history was en- acted before our eyes it is now. If history ever demanded our keenest attention it is now. Only by reading history and learning the mis- takes and blunders of other nations in the past, who have passed into the pages of history, will one be able to take part in a better world for all mankind.

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Clark Shaffer Alice Rutledge Blanche Rogers Carl Waugamah School Nurse PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Girls' and boys' gym classes, under the direction of Alice Rutledge, Clark Shaffer, and Carl Wauga- man are doing much toward the building of sound strong bodies by means of marching drills and body building exercises. Girls, as well as boys, take sin- cere interest in this kind of work because this train- ing proves invaluable to those who intend to enter the service in the near future. Because body and mind must coordinate in a healthy individual, the physical education depart- ment offers the necessary training for a completely healthy person. Johnstown High School has a well- equipped gymnasium to meet the various needs of an interested student. Certainly such preparation, in the way of a com- pulsory physical education program, will aid those who will need strong bodies and minds to face the future.

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COM ME R(: fAL l)EPA RTM ENT Shorthand, typing, bookkeeping, commercial law, economics, business English, clerical practice and salesmanship are the subjects making up the cur- riculum of the Commercial Department. Thorough training in these various subjects prepares the stu- dent to apply for various positions in the business world. Many will become stenographers, secre- taries, typists, file clerks, bankers, or sales clerks. Today, more than ever before, there is a need for the trained commercial student. Clarissa Hills Supervisor of Charles E. Boyer Commercial Education Marie E. Culliton