La Salle Peru Township High School - Ell Ess Pe Yearbook (La Salle, IL)

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DSP ELL ESS PE . LIBERAL ARTS ENGLISH Three years of English are required for graduation. An elective course is also given for fourth year students. The English rooms are decorated with pictures and busts of writers in order to enliven the study of various authors. Lantern slide lectures, bearing especially on his- toric relations, are also given in connection with this study. HISTORY The History room is capable of accommodating large classes. It is fitted with maps and pic- tures of various kindsg and a large part of the school library is also now in the history room. The courses taught in this department include United States, Ancient, English, and History. Civics, Economics, and Citizenship. Interest is also added by lantern slide lectures which are given at various times throughout the year. LANGUAGES ' French and Latin are the languages taught. The modern language department occupies a special room which is fitted with busts and many pictures relating to history, legend, and liter- ature. A four-year course is offered in Latin, and this year additional courses in beginning French were added. The Stereopticon room is arranged with a sloping floor and opera seats, accommodating about one hundred people. The room is litted with a large white screen and balopticon for lantern slides and opaque projection, the latter the gift of the class of 1918. This is especially valuable to the History and Language departments, as postal cards may be easily projected with their natural colors. The school possesses a large number of lantern slides, the Ancient History col- lection being especially Hne. FINE ARTS The Art Department occupies a large room well supplied with artists' easels, drawing boards, cases, models, Casts and other equipment necessary for the work. In this department are taught water, color, leather work, and design work, oil painting, poster making, and car- tooning. This department is also in possession of some good oil paintings which are the work of students in former years. ' MUSIC The Music room is used by all choruses, by the English and Economics students, and as a lecture room by the Social Center department. The room is capable of accommodating about one hundred persons. It is fitted partly with school desks and partly with opera seats. This department also possesses a piano and a victrola. MUSIC AND DRAMATICS Music is supplied for the school by the orchestra and the chorus. The orchestra possesses an opera piano, which was presented to the school by the orchestra several years ago. Dramatics are supplied to the school by the two competing literary societies. In this manner good plays have been produced and are now being presented to the public. The accomplish- ments of both musical and dramatic organizations are presented in the Auditorium. The Auditorium is, a large room with sloping Hoor, having opera seats capable of accom- modating about seven hundred people. There is, on Chartres Street, a special entrance con- sisting of a hall and ticket oflice. The Auditorium is electrically lighted and well ventilated. The stage is large and roomy and Fitted with a silk velour curtain which was the gift of the classes of I9I2 and 1913. The school is at present in possession of several good sets of scenery and more is being added, a gift of graduating classes. The Auditorium is a great help and credit to the school since its many and varied dramatic activities can be carried on there instead of in the Assembly Hall as formerly. - Fifteen

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Y' DSP ELL ESS PE Fourteen

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DSP ELL ESS PE IN AND OUT ABOUT THE SCHOOL