Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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M 7 4e tnuiic that can dtccfie.lt n.each, And cuie all ill, il caidial Ifieech. When Alice visited the English class- es, she found J. H. S. students adven- turing in their own private Wonder- land. More quickly than she could fall down a rabbit's hole, the class was in olde Englande reliving the lives of great English authors. Shakespearian plays and famous poems are magical- ly brought alive with modem record- ings and moving pictures. The intensive study of the history of literature from the Anglo-Saxon Age to the 20th Century gives each pupil a speaking acquaintance with the greats of the literary world and en- ables him to interpret these classics and apply their philosophy to present- day living. The Jabberwocky of current Eng- lish is straightened out by up-to-date grammar books and classroom discus- sion. Alice was as surprised at the au- dio-visual aids, current magazine dis- cussions, dramatic book reviews, and public speeches—fit for a president— as she was at the Cheshire Cat that disappeared. Yes, Alice was right at home in the Wonderland of J. H. S.'s English classes as the graduates will be at home in the adult world due to their excellent foundation in their na- tive language. Harry Sellers gives his public-speaking report

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Miss Ida Hawman's history class tf-iom out ojj the fiaAt . . . Hear ye, hear ye . . that was the cry of the town crier in the days when our country was just beginning to blossom into a free and independent nation. It is of little wonder that we marvel at the history of our country. Men like Jefferson, Franklin, Lincoln, Washington and others who made our country what it is today, willingly and unselfishly gave their lives in the service of Democracy. Our History Department, under the direction of Miss Margaret Evans, teaches us this history. Cur- rent topics worked cleverly in with the regular ses- sions furnish a wide variety and a modernistic touch to the dry history lessons of yesterday. In the Ancient, English, and World history class- es, the downfall of the Roman empire, the glory of Greece, and the inspiring tales of freedom-seeking men are taught. History is relived with bloody phrases and awe inspiring sentences. It is written with the hardships of the pioneers of freedom. History is the recorded page and the time of man; a page of which we can be proud or ashamed, depending on us citizens of today. Dolores Dick points to bulletin in history class