Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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fffhf' f me ETS lp HOME Economics Lfflf fy .-, . , f - .JJ J-3:94 Mnncunmrs HINCHMAN DEPARTMENT Do you want to be well-groomed and well-dressed? Do you want to be a good cook? lYou know what they say about the way to a man's heart, girlsll If you do, a sewing class directed by Miss Helen Hinchman or Miss Marguerite Hinch- man's cooking course is the place for you. For girls who Want to lead the fashions in their crowd. the Home Economics Department offers units in grooming, clothing and textile selection, clothing construction and con- servation, and consumer problems. These are units in health, nutrition, food preparation and conservation, home management, child develop- ment, and community service for po- tential home-makers. Students in these courses gain experience in the practical arts at school not only in regular classes, but they exercise their abilities in the culinary and dressmaking arts at home also. Red Cross work and the Home Economics Club offer ex- HELEN HWCHMAN tra-curricular activities to the girls. Four choice Home-makers , 1

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my DEPARTMENT Board work iunlli Tomorrow's English classes will place more and more emphasis upon the mental equipment necessary for each to take his place in the world ot communication. Com- nication becomes increasingly important as new inventions and industries spring up. mu . s This new era will be the result of a war which has brought about progress as well as destruction. It is probable that changes will take place in the English department inas- . . . . . t th much as our literature will be a reflection of a reactionary period. Whichever urn e curriculum takes because of an advanced program, the teachers and students will keep in step with the torward march. A world of communication will also set high standards in the way ot coherent and unified writing. To achieve this, the techniques ot grammar and smooth expression will be brought to the student through a variety of methods of presentation. Our spelling, punctuation, and vocabulary will become more important. Public speaking as training in self-expression will be essential to the well-rounded personality. and group meetings for the purpose of general discussion will be promoted. Book re- ports will be stressed in order to keep the pupil in touch with the contemporary writers as well as with those of past centuries. It is a great probability that the boys and girls of future schools will be taking part in an English curriculum that will cover an unlimit- able scope. We will be ready to meet those demands. Public Speaking Class in session i . R 'NQQE1 I 3

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HISTORY DEPART ENT History is not necessarily the study of ponderous books and the memorization of a long list of dates. Perhaps our great- grandparents found it to be so, but We have come a long way since those days. History can now be enacted before us through the medium of motion pictures. What boy or girl does not enjoy a fast- moving adventure picture? After all isn't that what history is-a fast-moving adven- ture? Look! There is the Charge of the Light Brigade or the Battle of Bull Run! With his- torical movies before us We will want to take part in all history classes. The use of the camera in the classroom lb. 2 C? G Q X 9 C .05 MARGARET M. EVANS MARGARET G. Bowzs Chairman Will be a most popular attraction. The at- tack on Pearl Harbor has been recorded on film so that we have the complete dis- aster to show the students of the future, who in turn will pass it on as one of the dark days of American history. There have also been complete records made of the Battle Classes action , Y f l UAB QNT' 'I N ' L T' X -Q A 1 .., - : 5 :' 1 1 t bd IL .BL IDA HAWMAN COLBERT VARNER of North Africa, Air War Over Germany, and the Invasion of France. Exciting? Yes. Who could not find such a history class fun as Well as instructive? Then, too, this depart- ment is and will be well-equipped in order to train today for building tomorrow.