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

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Q The Driving Class puts operating an automobile on ll scientific basis. Qualifying tests as well as driving instructions are given the members. In the first picture Doralee Nave is taking a distance judgment test. The Social Science faculty seldom meets as a single unit because of the many-sidedness of the work of the department. However, we have here for one of their general metings Mrs. Henderson, The right hand picture shows Gay Grindell taking a test at the Steadiness Meter as Pat Trinklc takes a foot reaction test. Mr. Thornburg, Mr. Slater, Mr. Larsen, Mr. Linn, M1'. Rolfcs, Mr. Caldwell, Mr. White, Miss Acker- son, Mr. Evans, Mr. L. Lewis, Mrs. Folger, Mr. Brickman, Mr. Clauss, and Mr. Matheny. 23

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Social Science Those subjects which we casually refer to as Social Science are much more numerous than We realize. When figuring our credits for graduation, we little conceive that a great part of our subjects come under this heading. Included under this title are history, soci- ology, psychology, business law, economics, and even driving. Each of these prepares us for better citizenship in our community. We can participate in the various civic affairs of our immediate community, and more clearly understand its problems after study- ing the history of the states and the nation as a whole. We can also vote more intelli- gently on state and national problems, for voting is explained thoroughly in history classes. A Mr. Matheny's world history class is instructed in how to use a voting machine by Mary Lois Hurch, Pat Joyce, Phyllis Martin, and Barbara Goheen. The Current Events section of the class Sociology is defined as a science of the origin and development of society, or of the forms, institutions, and functions of human groups. In this class we discuss problems of home and family relations, of church, school, and of the country. Law is technically defined as rules of conduct or actions which are prescribed by the supreme governing au- thority and enforced by a sanction. Literally speaking, we learn the fundamentals of the law practice and some of its technicalities. Through this course, we learn to appreciate the reason for many actions that seem un- reasonable to us on the surface. Economics, the science that investigates conditions and laws affecting our business, is another im- portant course of Social Science. A special group which benefits SHS students as well as radio listeners is the forum. This group presents pros and cons of important issues to the public. keeps the pupils up to the minute in affairs of the world, and the study from the text gives the background from the past. 22

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French, German, Latin, and Spanish are taught at Springfield High School by Miss Ruth Fitz, Miss Dorothy Krautwater, Mr. Marion Racer, Mr. Al- fred Stein, Mr. Clarence Smith, and Mrs. Nina Marie Ladd. The study of a foreign language is a wise choice because affairs of the world today have brought these countries closer to us. Although it has been said that Latin is a dead language, quite the contrary is true. Latin is the true ancestor of all Romance languages, and a knowledge of it helps greatly in the study of other languages. Courses in language study stress the customs of the people, their literature, their music, and to some extent their economic lives. The language classes are represented by this picture of Mr. Stein's German 4 class. They were on this day interested in one of the more formal lessons dealing with the German Way of phrasing and avoiding a straight English translation. In the German class, for instance, pupils learn something of the geography of the country and the customs of the people. Sev- eral pupils in the class correspond with Ger- man students. They tell each other about their school work, and their friendships are links in the chain of understanding between the two countries. Members of the class have been sending food, clothing, and supplies to needy German families. K