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

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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

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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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FQWW 'ar' -FUR!!! m Vllwllu Euxmz COMMERCIAL The Commerclal Department offers to every student the elementary understandlnq of the legal and ordmary procedure 1n busr ness To Freshmen the commerclal department offers a brrdseye vrew of what IS lrkely to come m later l1fe no matter what freld of specralrzatron he may choose The Sophomores are QIVGH elementary trammq rn bookkeepmq They develop the abrlrty to keep accurate records of personal and busmess relatrons learn to 1nterpret f1nanc1al statements and should come to a d1st1nct understandrnq of respons1b1l1t1es to others The student experlences the work cf bemq a bookkeeper by workmq on several drfferent types of practlce sets The frrst year of Work rn shorthand and typrnq, offered to Tumors, enables them to master the use of the typewr1ter or the short hand method for thelr own personal use The contmuatron of th1s work mto the Senror year qrves a much Wlder vrew of what may appear later on rn actual busmess l1fe The student actually experrences the tralnmq of a secretary by takmq the secretarral course offered m shorthand and typmq Thrs course mcludes such buslness fundamentals as frlmq bllllflq teleqraphy and other funda mentals whrch QIVGS the student a broader outlook on busmess l1fe The commerclal trammq course IS so constructed that by the trme a student has reached 1ts end, he should have an under standrnq of how to meet and solve buslness problems that wtll arlse m later l1fe, and also to have a better understandrnq of the people wrth whom he w1ll come rn contact Robert M Cam Don T Anderson Ar1elSWordes Nell Plarn Q? T en' 1 ' ' .,, 75 w'Z'W'?' KH' -I . V , r Q ff 'K' L ' -1 11 QQ: 1. 'Q ,gl , ,L 3 - X . , ,ftwy ,ww ,, '7 3 at Lf , 1 f .-t W x . ., 4 Q, Q r 9 ' I , ,-5: --3, -ti, .ry 'f ew , t.- - gy I ..?, M V , ,mm ' I ldv, ifvwtififfv Q , , , we A 'rl:i?5:, Q' lou W fi 7 'V ' , I 6. 1 - ' ll - I If . I - ' I ' 1 . . . . I I I . , . I -I 1 I . . ,