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

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION Our Physrcal Edu at1on Department 1S to promote physrcal act1v1t1es and those whtch have a good carry over value The chtef act1v1t1es of our Physlcal Educatlon Classes are rntramural sports and 1nterscholast1f' sports One per1od a week 1S devoted to personal and socral hygrene Mr Rake the drrector of the boys phys1cal educatlon devotes part of the perxods to test mg the boys ln the 100 yd dash the low hurdles the hrgh Jump the shot put the broad Jump and tumbhng Physlcal educatlon has been rnodern1zed and IS not the old drrlls ln GXGYCISIHQ and strlctly basketball play1ng The numerous new act1v1t1es have made the class rn phys1 cal educat1on somethlng to be looked forward to by the boys and grrls M1ss MountJoy the glrls dxrector has organlzed basketball teams w1th1n the classes and the glrls play off tournaments for the champ1onsh1p The grrls emoy thetr hour of physrcal educatton and the classes prorn1se to do better and worthler thtngs 1n the future 'iov nto The act1v1t1es taken up durrng the yea rnclude Football basketball baseball krctf ball volley ball tumbl1ng track tennls speedball deck tenms and softball The glrls have a per1od of tlme rn the fall and tn the sprlng Whlch 1S devoted to rhythmrc Work ln the rntramural program we have pro vlded games for those students who Want to play and are on no school teams Tourna ments are held 1n basketball and softball The Glrl s Athlet1c Assoc1at1on partrclpates n mtramural volley ball basketball sofeball and golf The thlrd phase of the Phystcal Educat1on Department rs the rnterscholastlc programs Leon :rd I Rake C rrolme Mountloy rx C 1 1 ' 1 1 1 X' 11 11 . - 1 - . 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 - . , 1 1 ' ' ' . , . 1 1 1 K 1 , . 1 1 1 - ,,,,,:i,i.v,,,f 1 1 e, . .J 1 C' '3

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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

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AGRICULTURE Lanphrer Hlgh S hool Department of Vo catlonal Agrrculture was tarted 1D Septem ber l939 For a boy to get the full educatronal value of vocatlonal agrrculture 1t IS necessary that he have a general farm knowledge secured by llvmg or Workmg on a farm lt lS also necessary that he carry on a home super vrsed proJect as part ot hrs requrred work rn agrlculture For the hrst years pro1ect selectlon the most satlsfactory results have been obtamed We have at present a very good number of hvestock and crops prolects lrsted for the year l939 l94O All vocatronal agrrculture students have Reuel M Tomlm Ill an opportunlty to partlcrpate IH the aCt1V1t1es of the Future Farmers of Amerrca El1Q1b1l 1ty of membersh1p rn the Rural Youth Organ rzatlon cons1sts ot enrollment IH vocatronal agrlculture and the proper conductmg of a home pro1ect Other actrvrtres of the department con S1SlS of educatronal trrps and Judgmg contests for gram poultry dalry cattle and tat stock Th1s year the department wrll partlcrpate ln all classes The hrghlrght ot the pro1ect pro gra r tor the year IS the Sectron l2 Vocatlonal Agrlculture Fa1r held at the lll1no1s State Farr Grounds one week before the Illmors State Farr Classes and cash premlums are provrded for dalry cattle hogs sheep and beef cattle Later 1n the fall a Poultry and Gram Show IS held for the benefrt ot proJects 1n these respectrve trelds To enable boys to conduct worthwnu pro1ects a loan fund for boys has been establ1shed by the Board ot Educauon The Sprlngfreld Lrons Club also conducts a svn 1lar fund Th1s enables every boy wrth an amb1t1on to nave a pro1ect program w1thout t1nanc1al worry . . A - . . . , . .. . . Q - - L. . . , . - t - 1 1 1 A - , 1 , . ' ' ' I . 1 1 1 1 - 1 .1 9 1 - 1 ,. 1 . , 1 .!.Y 'Y'l