Lanphier High School - Lan Hi Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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DEPARTMENT Nathan R. ,lerallzl Emily ll. l.annvy Department this year. She had just com- pleted a year of graduate study at the University of California before coming to us. Last year Miss Helen Teele and Miss Grace Cox were Hnew comersf' Both of them have their 1naster's degree from the University of Illinois. Miss Teele has had a great range in training, for after Illinois she has studied in the American tis Helen Tcele Classical School in Athens, Greeceg Har- vard Universityg NOFIIIWCSICTHQ and Ann Arhor. Miss Coxis work has been in Clini- cal Psychology,-while Miss Emily La- mey's master's work was done in Teacher's College Education. Mr. Nathan Jerald and Mr. Russel Fowler are Mold friendsi' to Lanphier students, since they were with us in Converse days.

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llclen L. Bell Grace Cox Russel H. Fowler ENGLISH Hive have your numberii is the know- ing look teachers can give this year to all freshmen and sophomores, because the results of the reading tests and the intel- ligence tests have been placed in the office for teachers to use. The English Depart- ment has made this possible. Since the general level of reading ability has been noticeably lower, work in remedial reading has been introduced. Good reading habits are as important an achievement for school success as clever passing on the gridiron. Good reading habits must be established before we can appreciate the literature courses offered to upper classmen. Most inlportant are they. if we are to appreciate good argu- ment in debating. the radio. movie. or newspaper. We are glad to hear familiar voices over W'CBS as the Lanphier Dra- matic Club presents its plays each week. but we can appreciate clever lines if we have learned to Hreadf' Miss Helen Bell is new in the English 1 How do you expect the uudience to believe it if you r1on't yourself? '---Speech. Twelve

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ART'DEPARTMENT Mabel Kitch Wlletller yo11 are interested in sketch- ing, painting, designing, modeling, carv- ing or in some other creative endeavors, you may realize your ambition in the art room. If your temperament carries you into the realm of imagination, you may give your ideas full play by recording tllem in a tangible form for others to LHS Our library has grown rapidly since Lanphier became a four year high school, and it now contains about thirty-five hun- dred volumes. These are well distributed among the various departments of the enjoy, or if you are materially minded, you may apply your art knowledge to the designing of useful objects. Some of our projects for the past year have been portraits of our classmates, color studies of flowers from our own Lanphier beds, posters and signs for school purposes. Our craft work has in- cluded incised plaster and tooled metal plaques, and painted and carved wooden bowls. Our school decoration, made for all to enjoy, took the form of imitation stained glass windows which shed the true spirit of the Christmas holiday season. In the Lanphier Art Room effort is made to foster the appreciation of the beautiful, the joy of creation, and the spirit of usefulness. RARY school and furnish fairly adequate refer- ence material for all courses. Consider- able progress has been made on the work of cataloging and classifying the books in the library. Student assistants have fur- Asi. ...aw , Be sure to make the figure jill the space. -Art. Fourteen