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

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ART To be sensltrve to the b auty about htm and to be able to express rdeas rn forrn de srgn and color truthfully and artrstrcally IS the dents have an opportunrty to test the1r art1st1c aorlrtv and decrde whether they want to er' the world of commercral and fme arts or whether they want to pursue thetr art work later as a profltable and enterta1n1ng hobby Varrous aspects of our great country rts beauty and greatness furntsh rnsprratror for a set of large posters Carved plaster plao s proved an rnterestmg craft problerc Son Mable Krtch the students reluctantly sold thetr work or parted wrth rt as grfts Some other craft pro J cts have been metal toolrng block prmtrng boxes Clay modelrng as usual came rn for rts share of fun and work Frgure sketch el rted much rnterest and resulted 1n some unusual and fancrful cornposrtlons The struc tural elements of therr own school room were reproduced rn perspectrve drawmgs by rrtem bers of one art class Color rn chalk and water color made naturallstlc and decoratrve strll l1fe studtes The delrneascope has proved useful ID ac auarntmg the students wrth the great master preces of the past and the work of rrod rn parnters Home beautlfrcatlon has b en pre sented also by means of prctures shown IH the machrne The art department has cooperated rn varrous school acttvttres We worked rn con lunctron wtth the muslc and drama depart ments for the Chrrstmas program and ae orated the banquet hall for the football and basketball banquets Twenty two nga: I V 4' V, A ' '..' 'Y'i'g t' 4 f f f l f I ' ' ' I U If ' A I l I1 Yft ' , , f I f ' ' .x ,, . . 9 . I , . 1 I I l te 1 , U I V goal of all art students. ln the art room stu- and decorating of wooden trays, bowls and w - - - lv. - . - A ,L r N t . . , ic, . , 1 I I I 1 1 ' ' ' ' A. we of ' A 9 l ' 1 , , . .

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MATHEMATICS We are proud to say that the students rr lanphler are realrzrng the value of the study of mathemattcs to tne extent that the growth rn t us department has exceeded the excepttonal orowth of our school From the l1TSl small algebra class 1n Lonverse a few years ago trll Pow 1n the lonph1er the mathematrcs departrrtent has shown remarkable progress ln add1t1on to the regular algebra and geometry the math department offers the sub Jects solrd geometry advanced algebra col lege algebra and trrgonomt try The former two sub1ects are regular college entry and the latter four are offered for the students who wrsh to study matnemattcs or SCIQHCQ rn college Although thrs course 15 not rntended for students who wrsh to go to college tt offers college entrance credrt ln the math department we have Mrss Haman a math teacher srnce Lanphler s la qrnnmg and Mr Goodwrn who was placed tn me math department when Mrss Raman s classes b came too large We realrze the great rmportance of math rn e grne rtrg and ch mtcal courses and 1ts p actlcal appllcatrons rn everyday lrfe ln leavlng thts department we hooe we ave shown that rrathematrcs rs nrt a sulatect for Just certam frelds but a subtect for every day l1fe ln geometry we have a sublect of great rmportance due to the fact that rt teaches one to reason Of course lt has 1ts value 1f one s gomg farther mto college flelds wh1ch requtre thrs Even though one rsn t an expert rn alge bra he should take geometry as 1t helps o much rn reasomng Everyone should take at least two years of mathematrcs due to 1ts rncreasmg value lf one applres math rn hrs everyday lrfe he wrll never regret the trme spent rn mastermg th1s subnect Those who heretofore have been afrard of math need fear rt no longer as our teachers are more than wrllmg to help you at all tlmes wrth parts wh1ch are drffrcult for you to understand -if I , . . . . . A . ,K . , , rr , . . , ' ' . l ay , , . Y . , , 1 ' ' - , . - Q . , , . . , -J . . l ' - r 1 ' ' . , -f A A . 1 k ' . . A 7 k Q- 1' , X, X . . . - . , - 1 . 1 . f A 1 A K D . . , o c . ll, 60 A fo 1- t e ' r e t l s Y . , . . . . . Il' . . T t 4 ' E :rt me Pwrxyz, lr'-I'?3fTT'!!l 5, G','f'l'.'f'lIL ,r.'y-:rtaf

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FOREIGN LANGUAGES Latrn that language Doctors use wrrtrng prescnptrons rs usetul to students too Many of the long Engltsh words whrch are d1tt1cult to pronounce and to comprehend usually are compounded of Latm words A student ot Latm usually has a larger vocao ulary and need not use the drctronary as much as one who has not nad the advantc ot thrs course Latm selectrons trom tamous Roman authors such as l..1VY and Plmy wrrtten about the early hrstory ot Rome are very mterestmg The deep patrrottsm to the country ways ot lrvmg and 1deas ot the Romans are strongly presented and make us appreclate our own country The legends the Romans were tn settmg out on dangerous and adventurous Journeys through forergn and strongly mhab1ted lands In the study mg ot mythology one trnds how the Romans worsh1pped therr gods and goddesses Au thors today reter to the old de1t1es ot the Romans rn therr lrterature I tmd that Latm 1nd1rectly helps one rn all of h1s subJects part1cularly rn Englrsh because ot the grarr mar vocabulary hrstory mythology and tra1nmg 1n preclsron whtch one 1S reaurred to learn The students are reaurr d to orrpose essays on sorre ot tne more famous leader ot ancrent trmes Thls helps them to gam a background tor tne1r study ot the tcrergn language chosen to study Each Lat1n stu dent has been requ1red to keep a d1ary and a b1ography ot the hte ot Caesar to tamlllar 1ze h1mself w1th the ways ot the Romans Many ot the students have voluntar1l,1 made protects such as wooden models ot a 1 rent war apparatus Roman archrtecture etc Th1s procedure has grown to be a ve y mterestmg excrtmg and a detrrnte part ot the Latrn classes The French classes have been putttng thetr knowledge ot French to pract1cal use by holdrng conversatron and rece1v1ng therr assrgnments 1n French To prov1de a back g ,md for therr work the students have adventures ot Napoleon the explorts f Roland La Comte de Monte Crrsto among others Furll K R t A, ,, ,, in l , - . I . V Y . , - . . C. A l l . ,Q-e . ' f Of the ROHHGH h9fQ9S SHOW hOW VGTY bfUV9 stuated tlnv ancient history ot France, the , . ' V O 1 I A I V I - t e c . o Y l ,- . A.X., . D