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EEE? EEDEEIEEE E THE NATIONALITIES REPRESENTED IN THE JOHNSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL HELEN Norms According to the last official census for the United States, approximately fifty per cent of the people in Johnstown are foreign-born or children of foreign-born parents. About fourteen per cent of the people come from foreign countries. Be- cause this is true, it is natural that this should be reflected in the enrollment of our school, where there are thirty-one nationalities represented in a student body of 1236. The parents of seventy per cent of the students were born in the United States. Twenty-four per cent of the students have foreign-born parents. Six per cent of the parents were born in a foreign country. Twenty-two students have parents who were born abroad, but of different nationalities. Of the students in the high school whose parents were both born in foreign coun- tries, sixty per cent are represented as from the Southern European Czecho-Slovakian group, while twenty per cent come from Italy, and eight per cent from Germany. These figures parallel those of the United States immigration figures for the past twenty years. Boys and girls of German, Italian, and Slovak ancestry make up approximately one half of the enrollment of the school with the Southern European nationalities in the lead. Fifty-five per cent of the parents of the pupils born in the United States are listed as of American descent. Most of the remaining forty-Hve per cent are listed as German, Italian, Slovak, Hungarian, English, and Polish nationalities, in the or- der named. In the graduating class of 1933, the greatest foreign representation is found in the German nationality, eighty students being listed as of German ancestry. Other prominent nationalities are English, Irish, Italian, and Dutch. Of the twelve students in our high school who were born in foreign countries, six are among the graduates. These students come from Russia, Poland, Hungary, Canada, and Germany. The remaining foreign-born students come from Syria, Wales, England, and Czechoslovakia. Of these countries Canada, Russia, and England each have contributed two students. While a large number of the leaders in the school are so-called pure American, some of the most active members of school clubs and leaders in school work are child- ren of foreign-born parents. This is evidenced in scholarship, many foreign-born pupils or descendants of foreign-born parents ranking high. The honor rolls of the graduating classes for the past four years show that boys and girls of Germany, Sy- rian, Italian, and English nationalities have most often held the highest honors. A consideration of the musical organizations revealed interesting facts. The Johnstown High School Band may well be called a big German Band, for about thirty per cent of the members of the organization are of German nationality or Ger- l9l
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EEEE EEEEE E E man descent. English, Welsh, and Irish are also well represented. While these na- tionalities have the highest percentage, almost every European country is represented by at least one student. In the Orchestra, the German element is overshadowed by the English-the German being twenty-one per cent, the English, twenty-four per cent. The remaining members, as in the Band, are found among various nationalities. A study of the athletic clubs for the past four years shows that in the groups making up the players for the school, outstanding athletes have been Austrian, Slo- vene, and Hungarian. Although the greater percentage of the pupils in the high school is American by generations of descent, those pupils nearer to European ancestry enjoy, through tra- ditions and customs which come to them from their parents, a valuable background of European civilization which. should not be lost. But all these boys and girls even- tually become American. Their training in American schools and American life de- velops the spirit of America and the love of America. The spirit which they share with the students whose ancestors have been in this country for generations, has de- veloped mutual interest, understanding, and appreciation. As a result, an all Ame- rican feeling leads to better appreciation, of the contributions of European nations to American civilization, and a deeper appreciation of American citizenship. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION IN JOHNSTOWN, ACCORDING TO THE 1930 CENSUS Foreign-Born Nalifvf Ilfhiias Foreign-Born 1Valiw' ll'hi1'1f.v lVhite: By of Foreign or lI hi11'5 By of Foreign or Counlry of Birlh Mixed Paren- Country of Birlh Mixed Paren- fage, hy Coun- Iayr, hy Conn-- lry of Birth fry of Birth of Parents of Parents England ,....... 527 1315 Hungary ..,,,,,.i.,. 485 851 Scotland ...,....,,,,......... 118 300 Yugoslavia ...,.. 868 H50 Wales ,.........,..., ,.,.,,.. 2 14 622 Russia ........,.... 259 428 Northern Ireland 64 350 Lithuania .,....,, 32 29 Irish Free State... 106 846 Latvia ,............ 11 15 Norway .,,,,..,........,,,.. 6 13 Finland ,....,.... ll 7 Sweden .,,i,,,,,,...ii,.,,,. 30 77 Rumania .,..... 13 17 Denmark ,.,.i,....,,...... 18 24 Greece ....,... 109 91 Netherlands ......... 3 9 Italy .................. ...... 1 465 23-1-1 Belgium .,,,.,.......... 3 5 Spain ............... ...... 91 21 Switzerland . ,,,,.., 17 55 Palestine Sz Syria 103 239 France ,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,, 16 108 Turkey ..,,...,.....,....... 4 ,,,,,.,i,. , Germany ........ 759 3458 Canada ........,............ 32 89 Poland .,,...,,.....,,.,.. 1105 2296 All other ,.,,... 55 123 Czechoslovakia 2245 4290 -- ---- Austria ......,.......,.,.... 709 1591 Total ,.,............,...,.... 9,478 21,060 Per cent native white ....,.....,...,,,...... .,,,.,.....,,,.,,,, ..,..,.,,, 8 3 .2 Per cent foreign-born white .....,... ,,.,....,, 1 4.1 Per cent negro ......,.,............................. .......... 2 .2 1101
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