Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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bmftefz L ai K VM.. around the Commercial Department. Everyone is busy at something or in a dignified hurry to get somewhere. Each man Works for himself, because each man Will have to earn his own living in the near future. The student is learn- ing for his own benefit. A feeling of accom- plishment is the result of having the capacity to take dictation at a hundred words a minute and transcribe it accurately. One is on top of the world when he completes a trial balance and finds that it is correct. When one has graduated he hopes to be- come a credit to the business World. He has learned to type accurately, to keep books, to sell himself or his products to a potential cus- tomer. He has learned how to dress and how to act. Because of his training at I. H. S., he steps forward into the business World with a confident smile.

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guzfmrzl, uUwuqf.f1umm Music, art, and drama go under the heading of the Fine Arts Department at I. H. S. Music theory, appreciation, band, and orchestra are taught un- der the direction of Mr. Charles Aikey. The band's function is to perform at football games, in parades, and in assemblies. The orchestra also provides music for I. H. S. assemblies. Mixed choruses under the direction of Miss Mary Weaver and Mr. Marvin Eshelman entertained during the year. Miss Weav- er's chorus helped make Christmas more joyous by presenting a Christmas program made up of varied Christmas songs both old and new. Besides enter- taining and performing, the music department at I. H. S. is helping students to understand and ap- preciate the language of music. If one should happen to wander into room 410 a beehive of activity would be found. The piercing odor of turpentine and oil paint would immediately give the room away. The Art Department under the direction of Mrs. Madge Rose has turned out nothing but the finest examples of art productions. Students may enter poster and various Contests if they wish, or they can participate in the varied crafts such as ceramics, leather tooling, and sculp- ture. Anyone with a creative instinct will always be welcome in room 410. Future actors and actresses are taught to bring out their best qualities in the Dramatics Department directed by Miss Edith Paul. In the classes plays are read and acted by the students so that Miss Paul can criticize and comment on how the speeches could be improved. A most important project of the Dramatics Department is the annual class play. Tryouts are held for the purpose of selecting the boy or girl best suited for the various parts. After the cast is chosen there are weeks and months of hard work ahead. The work is not in vain because the play is always a sure-fire success. Wherever and whenever talent is needed the I. H. S. Drama- tics Department can always supply it.