Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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, . 2 4 5 MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Mathematics tells me What I need to know About the us And where they ought to go. -Eileen Nore Mathematics is one subject that every student should take It is one of the few subjects Whose fundamentals do not change. That is, you can't change the methods of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Especially now is advanced math necessary, with the age of aviation at its highest peak. One can't advance in this industry unless he is well learned in algebra geometry trigonometry, and aeronautics The field of science will also demand a knowledge of the various methods of calculating Messrs Ralph Gillman Nevin Smith and Ross Benchoff hold the role of instructors in this field which produces engineers, nav- igators accountants draftsm en and accurate thinkers. e of numbers points gr 'ha flu' RALPH G1u.M:m Ross Bsnscr-iorr - Nnvm SMITH Mr. Benschoft the way-

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CLARK Smirrrzn PHYLLIS Louc. PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT U -3 ff-.: BLANCHH Rooms ALICE RUTI-EDGE CARL WAUGAMAN School Nurse Physical education has acquired and will continue to acquire a greater significance since it has come to be regarded as a method of education, rather than a program designed for physical development alone. Physical education Works for the coordination ol mind and muscle. Health is only one ot the major ob- jectives. The development of the so- cial qualities oi courage, initiative, honesty, cooperation, and self-conti- dence are among the other objectives. Another purpose of physical educa- tion is to build bodies tempered by wholesome social and personal traits. There can be no denial that the boys like to gloat over swelling biceps, lim- ber back bones, and iron-walled abdo mens, and the girls over narrow Waist lines and tapering hips. Exercise in- creases the strength of the body, hast- ens and improves its general metabol- ism and multiplies its powers ot resist- ance to disease and infection. Stream-lined diver

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Emrn Pnui. , S, ,mn MADC: Ross CHARLES I. AIKEY 5. Accentuate positive-- ,mums r' V-FN pdl? FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT The war will have initiated changes in the fine arts field as well as in those of science and industry. TornorroW's World of music will find an increasing trend toward the classical be- cause of the intense strain war has brought on the worlds peoples. During this war our most talented musicians and actors b f have appeared before greater audiences than ever eore, t of American preference toward the finer in drama and in music. In the dramatic sphere, there will be nd comedies with the purpose of suppressing the harsh realism of today's war by a lighter mood. However, since photography and art are in such a com- petitive state at presen realism of the present to a more simple, vivid art. demonstrating the shit an enlarged stress on musicals a t, We will find a transition from the sur- the