Lanphier High School - Lan Hi Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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SOCIAL SCIENCE The adult can never be a worthy c1t1zen ot h1s country unttl he knows enough about 1ts hlstory trad1t1ons ldeals and heroes to apprecrate 1ts development and 1ts contrrbu trons to c1v1l1zat1on 1n general He can never be an lnterested and loyal cxtlzen unttl he s able to thrrll to the stones of the hardshrps tallures and successes ot hrs predecessors and those of the present age that have dl rectly benetrtted h1m Umted States hxstory IS worthy ot study as a notable and successful expenment tn self government lt IS lmportant that the c1t1 zen upon whose op1n1on IH the last analysls the cont1nuance of the government must de pend should know as much as possxble of 1ts 1nst1tut1ons and of the tundarnentals of 1ts problems ln Amerlcan Government the student hulda Albrecht Cleo Depp k ff learns that government IS not operated ac cordrng to preconcetved theorles but IS a l1v1ng organ1sm developed by the people to meet the needs resultmg from changrng cond1t1ons The actual operatlon of the na tlonal state and local governments IS dls cussed and the polrtrcal and soclal problems ot today stressed An organlzed plan by wh1ch the student through hrs own experlences and reasonmg s iade fam1l1ar wrth the 1nst1tut1ons prac t1ces and pr1nc1ples of our economrc hte IS brought out 1n Economlcs The study of World l-hstory turnrshes the tntormatton about the experrence of the human race whrch may lrght the way 1nto the future lt traces the rmportant develop ments ln human progress and stresses the ways 1n whlch the past has contrrbuted to our present l1V1Hq loe E Ho rv In Rolla Sorrells f, ,A , t - V Q V I , f , , L ' , , ' - . , . , . - I ' 1 l 'r ' ' ' ' ' ' - - - V , f . . . A . v :Q f ,. . 'C . f if My A QMAZZ, .L at? li' K . T 6. ns i .5 -fb rf., . .,3r4.-,.,,,,' h , ' 4 , ,wil r :9-- f iz. rv A , ,, , .3 fv'A'f'Nf3i

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1 SCIENCE The modern trend in high school science throughout the country today is away from the highly technlcal and toward the more pract1cal The six hundred seventy students now enrolled in general science biology chemlstry and physics at Lanphier High Qchool are receiving instructions in accord ance with this trend While these subiects are made sufficiently fundamental to meet state un1vers1ty and North Central requi e the opportunity to secure information that will lead them to enioy richer fuller and more satisfying roles in a complex and changing society A rather extensive program of Visual Education and ample laboratory facilities offer science students two excellent methods for learning seeing and doing A fee of ten cents each year is charged to science students This money is used to pur chase and rent films Thls year several out standing films have been purchased and form the nucleus of a filrn llbrary that will be added to each year Many films from the State De partment of Public Health have b en shown to general sc1ence and biology classes Films for the chemistry and physics classes were ecured from the United States Bureau of Mines through its extension library at the Uni cooperation with manufacturers of nationally known products and afford excellent informa tion regarding modern chemical and physical processes in industry Biology students have taken many fiela trips when studying trees and their leaves In thzs Way the students become more interested in the study of science lumus C Wetzel Hugo Lindquis Frank lfloore Paul Stone l' u rm 4 . ' I 1, fm.. 5 A . A kv 1 M y ments, they are offering the students enrored versity of Illinois. These films are made in

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MUSIC The Chorus Classes tor treshmen and sophomores are perhaps the largest classes 1n Lanph1er An attempt IS made 1n the e classes to unlty VOICGS and to tra1n 1nd1v1d uals to hear and be able to s1ng the part su1ted to them Some work 1n apprec1at1on IS done and an effort made to g1ve a muslcal background so tnat the s1ng1ng done 1n class has meanmg Much mus1c ot every type 19 done and we earnestly try to rmprove the muslcal taste ot the 1Hd1V1dUGlS 1n the chorus classes There IS perhaps no sub1ect that glves better tra1n1ng 1n au1ck th1nk1ng sub ord1nat1on ot self to the good ot the group selt d1sc1pl1ne and accuracy than choral s1ng1ng One s own personahty has to sub merge 1tselt to accompl1sh t1ne ensemble and blend These results are the pract1cal on s that can be measured and evaluated but that greatest good ID choral mus1c wh1ch Edwm E Sach Es ner Dun: QS! 1S the opportunrty tor emotronal QXQIGSSIOU can never be measured The cho1r and chorus work carr1es over det1n1tely 1nto so cral relat1onsh1ps outs1de the school torm mg an answer to that lersure t1me problem wh1ch IS such an ever present one w1th youth The chorus classes took part rn a Chrrst mas pageant s1ng1ng carol backgrounds to the story ot the nat1v1ty They also asststed 1n a program g1ven by the mus1c department durlng Nat1onal Muslc week as a part ot the educatlonal ta1r held at the school Each chorus class prepared a group of songs and thus became part ot a program wh1ch ran durrng the course ot the ent1re even1ng and to wh1ch all patrons ot the school were IH v1ted to attend The two drrectors ot the chorus classes Mr Sach and MISS Duncan devote much ot tne1r t1me 1n rehears1ng and a1d1ng the stu dents ot chorus ID var1ous programs to be grven 1n the school assembl1es and at a n1ght program The chorus classes have cop1es of all the popular songs and pract1ce them 1n chorus They also study the class1cal songs 1n books they have tor th1s purpose The hves ot the old masters are deta1led 1n these books allowlng chorus students to study the wrlters ot mus1c Chorus IS ernoyed by the students and many of them through th1s tra1n1ng go on 'o the band orchestra and cho1r . I . . , . C - . , . - . .1 . , I - . . , I - 4 1 - I T ' I f . . I . - t . . . . ' e ' . 1 1 1 - 1 1 gan - - 1 ' 1 1 . , , . ,s , , , 1 L ,WW V' J n . J 1- N. ' ' ' ' .1..' - -n