Springfield High School - Capitoline Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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English PRISCILLA MARIE FOGARTY 1 DEAN PEARL ISABEL BROWN FOGARTY LOUISE HAGER ELLEN M. ROURKE LETHA IRENE simpson Eirsns some ot the poems of Lindsay on vari- sented the English department with ous important occasions, broadcast- a bookcase and Vachel Lindsay's ing on the Ted Malone Pilgrimage complete Works, in tribute to the dis- of Poets program. tinguished poet graduate ot Spring- This year Miss Susan Wilcox pre- field High School. English office a scene of varied activity Twenty-five

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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'

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Mathematics it 1 QE, , g MATILDA T , PINKERTON is JOHN i :,: P TEUSCHER , y i s ff-rl 'y BLANCHE D. g DUNLAP , SADIE L CLAPPER s - GUY KRUMMEL The Mathematics department ot- ters to every mathematics student the chance to be instructed in one or an- other ot the various branches which are taught in Springfield High School. These branches are algebra in the first year and, in the sophomore year, plane geometry. These two courses prepare those students who wish to go on with advanced algebra and solid geometry. ln turn, the advanced Make your measurem student steps from these into college algebra, trigonometry, or college arithmetic. College algebra is a one-semester senior course, as is trigonometry, The latter deals With the relations be- tween the sides and angles of a tri- angle, and of those ot arcs and an- gles. Senior arithmetic is an impor- tant course in rapid calculation. lt stresses the ability to think a problem correctly through to its solution. ents accuratefMiss Clapper Twenty-six