Ferndale High School - Reflector Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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2 f all 3 IV. THE PRINTING PRESSfThe present period was ushered in with the invention ol the printing press. There is a great amount of controversy over the inventor, but rnost historians believe Iohannes Gutenberg perfected the first press around the year I 150. Few people then realized that this discovery was destined to revolutionize the world. Since then, the steady improvement makes possible the mar- velous jeats performed on the presses of today.

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TRACK R, Allison. I . Mit-wwa. R. Mali-lint. .l,. 'l'lllllll2!N. Y, Iflt-1-gl:-, .l. Strong. M. M. McNair. Miss Nlyton, Ii. Vickroy T Nloort .l. Mitchell, Mr. W1-igrlc. .l, Knapp. W, xYllllil'l'. lt, ttlplvlt-y, Y. t'1'aig:. It. Shal't'1-r. .l, Ling: Xl Nln to llr. I isl1ot'. 1'. Iitlllltl. H. SlIllll'I'. J. llortlor. If. Stair. .l. Hush. .l. Yonhousc. immediately following the close of the basketball season, Coach Bruce Fisher issued a call for candidates for the annual track team. Along with Shaffer, Schwing, Walker, and Knapp, all veterans of the l935 squad, reported such able material as Moore, Eppley, Baum. Howard, Erickson and Michlo. The season opened with the annual inter:-lass meet which was won by the ,luniors who scored T9 points, 45 more than the Seniors, their nearest rivals. The winners of this interclass contest were entered in the Seventh Junior Pitt meet on the Price Memorial field, Westniclnt. Here the Jackets showed all around ability by placing in eleven of thirteen events compiling 45 points, almost twice as many of the runner up, Indiana, who registered 25. This made the third win for our teams in seven years. One week later we entered the county meet at libensbnrg. This was almost a repetition of last yearls county meet when we tied Barnesboro. Again it was a battle with them and this time the team lost by three points in spite of the fine work of Shaffer who totaled l3 points and broke the record in the discuss and by ,lim Ling who broke the old javelin record formerly held by Dan Telenko. The relay team of Shaffer, Walker, Knapp and Moore took away some of the sting of defeat by capturing the much coveted mile relay trophy, one of the 'finest in our trophy case. This meet marked the close of another successful season. The boys deserve much credit for practicing under difficulties which caused most of the schools in the district to discontinue track for the year.

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OPERETTA Under the direction. of Mr. Baker, Miss Rhoads and lVliss Hemmons, The Bells of Capistranoli was very successfully presented December I6 and l7. The music of the operetta was composed hy a well known Johnstowner, Charles Wake- field Cadman, and the plot was written by Charles and Juanita Roos. Before Thanksgiving special tryouts for cast and choruses yielded a group of talented students to present this l936 operetta. To snake production more effective a crew of back stage people regulated properties, scenery, lights and costumes. Tut: STORY The story takes place in Southern California on the Ortego ranch. Wheii the scene opens the ranch is under a dark cloud. Draught and mysteries disap- pearance of cattle have left Ramon, its present master, with but one herd to pay offithe mortgages held by lake Kraft. Nonceta, an lndian girl, is a maid in the Ortego household, and is loved by Lone Eagle, a young chief. Medicine Man Pose calls upon his gods to restore the tribes lo't lands. and tells of a curse on the ranch and Capistrano Missicn because of wro.1gs done to the lndians-a curse lifted only when the bells of the mission shall ring again. Kraft urges Pose to Mrustlew the last of the Ortego cattle. Noiteeta overhears, and begs Lone Eagle to save the ranch. Jealous of Ramon, he first refuses, but finally promises to bring back the herd on the night of the full moon. Noneeta realizes too late that she has sentenced him to death, by making him a traitor to his tribe. Professor Anderson. his sister, Laura and students arrive at the ranch. Three of the boys fall in love with the Ortego sisters. Marian, a college friend of the latter, arrives with her father, James Alden, who has been sent to restore the Mission. Word comes that the great herd has been stolen, Noneeta tells Marian of Lone Eagle's promise and sacri- fice and explains if the Mission bells were to ring, on the night of the full moon,