Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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Good sale-smanship means better business- Cuxmssn HILLS CHARLES E, Bovm Supervisor of Commercial Education MARIE E, CULLITON LEMUEI. FISHER 1,15 COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT The World of Tomorrow will be a world of specialists-and what better position is there for a young man or Woman than that of an efficient secre- tary, an accurate clerk, or a Well- trained salesperson? Although these so-called, white-collar workers do not receive salaries, they do have the ad- vantage of more pleasant work and surroundings than many other workers. Whether it is realized or not, secre- taries, stenographers, bookkeepers, sales personnel, and Clerks are the most indispensable people in the busi- ness World. Have you ever realized that if all the stenographers in New York City alone would go on a strike tomorrow all business would come to a stand-still '? With probable additional changes in the post-war era, our Commercial Department will have at its fingertips all new methods of presenting ma- terial and will be in tune with all in- struction which stands for progressive teaching. Thus, we will be able to promise our business employers most up-to-date workers.

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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.

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Actual office practice in the class- room -QM Our gigantic post-war re- conversion program will cre- ate a vast number ot new posi- tions for the white-collar Work- er. The air age will see the building of great, new airfields where more and more com- mercially-trained people will be needed to do the paper work. This rosy picture should not make one think that all is honey and orchids with the commercial workers. Their job is not easy. However, their training, which stresses accur- acy above all else, enables them to face the future with self-assurance. VERDA GILARHART EM MA BELLE HAUCH IRLNI: MCKINNEY RAYMOND MORGAN ALMA I. Hucmgs ALBERT Rufus N 9 'Qt SWIM 'ww RALPH SHARP Rosn GRAZIANO Substitute teachcz