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

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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

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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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K-1944499641: S HOME ECONOMICS The Home Economrcs Department ha reached another mrlestone th1s year The freshman classes have been made a part of the State Vocatronal Homemakmg pro gram recervmg federal funds made avatl able by the George Deen Act Thrs makes 1t possrble for the teachers Mrss Ruth Wme man and Mrss Dorotny Kellar to v1s1t the homes of therr freshman students and to supervrse summer home prorects The enrollment IS greater than eve 354 and about 50 were turned away from a new Home Course rn September because there was no teacher trme ava1lable We beheve that the Work rn these home economrcs classes IS extremely valuable for there we learn to work on true to lrfe prob lems and learn to do by dorng Home eco nomrcs courses are a composrte of hvmg problems A real effort IS made to correlate the knowledge we ga1n wltn the act1v1t1es we do every day The freshman classes are carryrng on home practrces durmg the year and each g1rl w1ll do a summer home prorect Approxrmately half the ttme lS spent rn prac t1ce and half rn study The courses offered th1s year were lrlomemakmg Advanced Foods Advanced Clothmg and Tarlonng The courses 1n the d partment are bemg re organrzed so that rn three years we wrll have a complete l homemak1ng course only the freshman course was changed thts year and rt now mcludes Personal and Socral Relatronshrps Foods Art rn Evetyday Lrfe and Clothmg Next year the sophomore work w1ll lnclucle Fannly Relatronsmps Chlld Care and Tram mg and Foods We hope to have an enlarged enrollment ln future years we hope to be able to accommodate a much larger number of stu dents We feel that every hrgh school g1rl should take th1s course because the ambltron of the ma1or1ty of grrls IS merely to be a house wrfe rt does much 1U prepar1ng her for her future hfe lncrdentally we thrnk that many boys would benefrt from th1s course because there rs always a trme when the knowledge of home economrcs would be extremely use ful to them Dorothy Kellar Ru h E l meman 'Y . ty 4 ,1 ' , X X td l I' T et: QL! A ' - V x kk f f . 5, , . - J, I . 3 'ina' 2 A l x , -M . S . - f . ' . A 9 . , . re n