Springfield High School - Capitoline Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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5 S 6 Science Q l oL1v1: E. MARY NUTTALL REUEL M. SULLIVAN , X Lk,L w.2s.c+'- f , f .-,,, Y it ' 5 RUTH M. ,vw X ' 5, , y WQQDS - - V V i , . if ,Wi i . Q' tai i M: LEWIS BROWN H :- ,, 'K ' ROY A. ffl JOSEPH DEFFENBAU H - SPITALE G Science is ever present in some form in the World. Thus believing, our high school teaches a variety oi sciences. For freshmen, there is gen- eral science, and for sophomores, botany, Zoology, or biology, all offer- ing some opportunity for individual Work. luniors may take physiology or Physics, in both of which the lab Work is increased. Seniors delve into the field oi chemistry, in which work- ing With materials as actual labora- tory experience is a part ot the sched- ule. Teaching a sense oi value is not the least aim of the science courses. Not only that, but science encourages sys- tematized thinking of the individual, thereby instigating a useful habit. Carroll C. Hall directs a Chemistry experiment .gf 1. I-Vi .Ui P' V-X Sb? T e 3. ,jj,5g,M'3 5 gg, FF-gg 99 5 ,Nita Se Er E ' Twenty-three r.

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Student Service LOIS AURELIUS , MARGARET DAVIS MAUDE K. BUTLER xi y t 1 DOROTHY 3 r I ' tSOUTHWICK.R.N. fl A .- A Q' mx TF in J my ' EDNA 31 A MARY L- ATKINS J: A -::' TAYLOR BERTHA B. ' A JONES Serving the students, as the name implies, constitutes the areater part ot the work ot this invaluable depart- ment. Miss Atkins is trustee ot records throughout the students' iour years. Miss Taylor checks on the attendance ot all students, and contacts their homes. Miss Aurelius is clerk in the A busy d student ottice downstairs. Miss Davis has many duties in connection with her work as correspondence secre- tary. Mrs. lones handles efficiently the cafeteria, that serves almost two thousand students every noon hour. Mrs. Butler is in charge ot our excel- lent library. Miss Southwick takes care of the health of the students. ay in the office Twenty-two

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English ELIZABETH MARY E. GRAHAM l NEBLICK tHeadJ EMMA ADELIA C. CAMPBELL METZGER DOROTHY BUNDY The English department has been building up through years cumula- tively, advancing and accomplishing new things each year, and trying to retain its sound curriculum. This year the department added new features to the valued heritage as well as markedly increasing the available books and reference aids. Bookcases have been added in many of the rooms, and there are libraries in every English classroom as well as individual reference books. Facilities for radio and victrola connections make possible the use of these regu- larly. The department now possesses over two hundred victrola records and slides. The records include works of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Frost, etc., and lectures by scholars from Colum- bia, Harvard, National Council, and Tw LUCIE ALEXANDER MARGARET E. f Q1 ,-i:,'- ROURKE H .. . CORA enty-fo it 5 - ttirt . ff K . CAMPBELL record companies. The illustrations show colorful scenes closely connect- ed with classical, medieval, Renais- sance, Romantic, and today's litera- ture. After the first three years of varied and required English courses, stu- dents have a choice of electives. For the first time in the history of the de- partment, three classes in Drama, three classes in Public Speaking. a class in Iournalism, Scribblers. and American Literature were all offered during the same semester and filled with electing seniors. The depart- ment has made efforts to build up to this point, and this year succeeded. A definite offspring of the Eng- lish department was the Vachel Lindsay Verse-Choir, directed by Grant Fletcher. The choir chanted 111'