Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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DEPARTMENT Some of the shops are located in the junior high schools, and the entire first floor of our school is composed of shops. All the shops give the boys a knowledge of the type of work they must do when they enter the field of industry. Although the instructors of the Vocational De- partment are not given lime-light recognition, the results of their direction is obvious, as we watch trained boys go into various defense occupations.

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The future draftsmen, mechanics, welders, print- VOCATIONAL ers, carpenters, and electricians who will join in the march to victory with Uncle Sam, will be those trained through the Vocational Department. Those boys taking up one of the numerous trades offered have a half-day training each day. The other half of the day is spent in English, vo- cational mathematics, and science classes.

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Acmes B Heary Josephine A. Younc LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT The Post-War era will bring a need for people who have a knowledge of either French, Spanish, German, Italian or other European languages. If a student has taken advantage of the opportunities offered by the Foreign Language Department, he should be able to speak and write at least one of these important languages. In a language course, one not only learns to speak and translate a foreign tongue, but he be- comes acquainted with details of interest concern- ing that particular country. One division of the course consists of reading Caesar, Cicero, and the Aeneid of Virgil. French pupils read Vic- tor Hugo's Les Miserables plus short French stories and essays. In the Spanish classes, the ad- ventures of Cortez in Mexico are translated, while German and Italian students enjoy the literature belonging to their native land. SCIENCE DEPARTMENT 'T' o k Mim John McHugh Chairman Ellsworth Kunkle In the service at the U. S. Navy