Cochran Junior High School - Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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'COCHRAN AERIAL that I thought I was on fire. He stuck a pen in me Yandbit parts of me and threw the pieces at boys andgirls. Finally, I realized he could not use me any longer, so he threw me into the waste basket. Somebody emptied me into a large can. From there I was thrown into a large fire and that is all I can remember. WALTER BECK, Term II. .-M..-Oii. HOW THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES WERE NAMED Every American boy or girl should be interested in the naming of the states of our country. Many bear Indian narnesg a few received names from European sovereigns and other individualsg and one bears the name of a fabled island of romance. Indian names when translated generally tell of some natural fea- ture of the region: of a river, a mountain, or a lake. But even when these names are changed and translated they are beautiful and no names brought from foreign countries can equal them for beauty. lt was hard to translate these names, for the Indians had no alphabet and the white man had to do the best he could. Out of the forty-eight states we find that twenty-five bear names of Indian origin, twelve are English, six Spanish, three French and two that must be considered American. The English named are: New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New York, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, West Vir- ginia, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvaniaq Those that are of Frenclrorigin are: Louisiana, Maine, and Ver- mont. Nevada, Montana, Florida, Colorado, Oregon, and California fwhich is the fabled isla11d of romancel were named by the Spanish. The ones that were named by Americans are: Washington and Indiana. All the rest are Indian named, so you see that the Indians have provided more than fifty percent of our states' names. DOROTHY WUENSICH, Term II. Oi...-.... AN ADVENTURE WITH A HORSE One very bright sunny day Louise was going to go for a ride on a race horse. Her mother told her not to take the race horse, but she would not liste11. She said the pony did not go fast enough for her. It was about nine o'clock when she started. She decided to take a lunch along and come back for dinner. At First the horse went very slowly. She thought it was because he was very old. She whipped him with all her might. He ran so fast she did not know what to do. She became very tired, and screamed, but this didn't do any good. NVhen crossing the bridge the horse threw her into the water. She could not swim, so she called for help. No one was around then but a small child. Soon after, the small child came with help, and she was taken to a house where she was given hot tea, and soon was able to go on her way home. When she reached home, it was about ten o'clock. Her mother had been very much alarmed. Louise never went for another ride on the race horse. She was satisiied to take tl1e pony. ELEANOR COYLE. 1.0 A TRIP THROUGH CAMP ' . One hot afternoon in camp my uncle said to Bill and me, Jump in, you can come along. I have some business to attend to up at Division .I-Ieaclquartersf' f Cforty Fivej

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GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM

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JUNIOR ORCHESTRA