Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Miss GIJRTRUDE 1oNE HILL Physical Training HE Physical Training department of our school is a source of pride to every pupil. There all the wonders of strengthening and developing the muscles go on every hour of the day, for nearly four hundred of the high school girls take gym . It is the custom to give an exhibition every year, the proceeds of which go toward equipping the gymnasium with all the necessary apparatus. When Miss Hill began her work, she was handicapped by lack of equipment. Now there are many kinds of paraphernalia to work with, al- though more is still needed. The sum realized from the ex- hibition of December, 1910, was expended for the new Swedish ladder, barbells and balancing beams. Next year, the girls hope to add more to the equipment. A new feature has entered into the work in the Physical Culture department: the development of the social side of High School life. In order that the pupils may become bet- ter acquainted with each other and with the faculty, several enjoyable parties have been given in the gymnasium. The classes were separated into groups and each girl was privi- leged to invite a boy to her respective party. There was a mixed program of dancing, music and reading. Part of the music was supplied by the faculty orchestra, while the pupils themselves furnished the rest. The gymnasium was deco- rated with pennants and on Saint Patrick's day entirely in green. It is hoped that these parties will continue to be the source of pleasure in the future that they have been in the past. H. B. Twenty-nine UNJKUIUM.

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Y' N .C2llFtZ6lF. DEL? MISS GRACE BRANTINGHAM HHN you visit the High School do not fail to go to the art studio on the third Hoor of the new building. The stairs leading up to the rooms are hung on either side with charcoal drawings and upon entering the room one is attracted by its artistic appearance. The main studio is quite large, and is provided with tables and chairs used in the drawing work. The walls of the studio are covered with drawings of many kinds, charcoal, water color, pencil and ink. Adjoining the main studio on the east is another smaller room, which contains the various models and objects used in the art work. The cases in this room are lilled with books, tracings, designs and drawings. Drawing is taught for two reasons, first to enable one to obtain the fundamental principles of drawing, and thus be- come more efficientg second, to increase a person's power of observation, During the first semester of the First year. pe11ciI work is taken up, and the second semester is given over to charcoal work. The second year is devoted chietly to charcoal, col- ored chalks and designs. The second year is possibly more interesting than the first. ln the Spring and Autumn, a great deal of time is given to nature work, such as drawing of leaves, and flowers of various kinds. Friday of each week is given over to life sketches, an interesting as well as helpful feature of drawing. Art work is one of the most interesting as well as rehning studies in the High School, and it is hoped many more students will avail themselves of the opportunity placed before them in the line of art work in Rockford High School. li. C., '11, Twenty-eight E

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