Springfield Senior High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Springfield, OH)

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The mus1c department has as 1ts prlme objectlve teachmg the pr1nc1 ples of apprec1at1on of mus1c so that long after the h1gh school students career IS ended mus1c can be a beau t1ful and V1V1d part of h1s hfe To ac comphsh th1s the mus1c department offers a var1ed curr1culum A student 1n h1s sophomore year may part1c1 pate 1n band orchestra or vocal mus1c MUSIC L1terature and Funda mentals of MUSIC are offered to stu dents who W1Sh to study mus1c as a maJo1 course preparatory to some phase of teachmg or concert work Fox students who do not W1Sh to ma Jor ln mus1c the1e are classes 1n gen eral mus1c wh1ch meet once a vt eek Th1s IS a class 1n the fundamentals of mus1c Mr R1Cha1d Stocker IS the 1nst1uCtor of th1s five day a xx eek course Gathered around the plano are M1 R1chard Stocker orchestra MISS Ella Gaver vocal mus1c and Mr Ph1lo Botsford band n n - - - T I 7 7 ' v . . . 3 ' . , , . , - l 1 7 7 I 9 , - v l

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Members of the Soc1al Sc1ence faculty are left to rlght seated Russell Evans Lewls Lewls Mrs Agnes Henderson MISS Ruth Ackerson Russell Larsen The Soc1al SCIGDCG department cons1sts of a Vaflety of classes All students are requlred to take one year of world hlstory and one of Amerlcan hlstory Classes 1n psychology ec ter understand people and world problems Law students find the facts they learn useful 1n thelr post gladuate years The forum groups p1ov1de a way for students to learn how to express thelr VIEWS before the student body on some of the mam lssues wh1ch confront us today These classes are the soclal sclence de partments valuable contrlbutxon to the best year of our l1ves John L1nn Stand1ng W1ll1am Clauss Franz Brlckman Ohver Matheny Ro bert Rolfes Wayne Slater Mrs W1lma Felger and Ralph Thornburg .24 l I xx L - . . . 9 . 1: . . , a . l v t a 9 'U - . Y ' 7 7 3 ' 7 2 ' ' . . ' ' ' onomlcs and soclology help the student to bet- Qi- . - - 3 15,5 - -' . . - g . . R, 4 Y . . 7 . . - 7 .

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There are about 100 students m the a1t classes n1netV of whom are art majors The alt major students spend thelr t1me learnmg to draw to shade to deslgn and to use colol effectlvely As the groups advance thex apply p11nc1ples to specxfic problems selected or asslgned Students work w1th penc1l pen and mk charcoal pas tels poster pamt water color and o1l Lettermg postel work fashlon pose drawlng or1g1nal 1llustrat1on and composltlon 1n var1ous medla are QIVQH specal emphas1s and practlcal use made when pOSS1ble Clay modellng and castlng vxork XV1tl'1 paper are also done 1n the art major groups The handlcraft program under the d1rect1on of Mr P1tLer 15 new th1s year Th1S course w1ll lnclude wood carvmg leathercraft soapcarvmg and metalwork Classes have already been set up 1n woodcarvlng and are progresslng very successfully A small group meets once a week for freehand drawmg Plctured below 1S the wood ca1v1ng class Above are MISS Cora Ullom and Mr El NVOI'k1Ilg on thelr dogs under the able wood Pltzer members of the Art faculty gu1dance of Mr Elwood P1tzer 1 y 1 . ' 7 y ' 7 a ' - . v . . 1 v 9 a ' za s a . . Y . , . 1 - ' 7 1 7 ' 9 ' ' S6 77