Sacred Heart Griffin High School - Dominicus Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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Clickl Clickl Click! Digi Digi Dig! Page 33 MEET THE ACADEMY GIRL AT WORK Would you like To spend a day wiTh us aT S. l'l. A2 l'm sure you would have an enjoyable Time. ThaT door over There? Oh, ThaT's The sTudy-hall. Those girls aT The desk are waifing for library slips. Shall we go wifh Them To The second floor? Our library confains all Types of reading maTerial ThaT would inTeresT a high school girl- ficfion, biography, Travel, and hisTory, as well as dependable reference works which aid in The preparciTion of lessons. Where is The sound of all Those Typewrifers coming from? The Commercial De- parfmenf is across The hall. This deparTmenT is well equipped To Turn auf compeTenT sTenographers and privafe secrefaries. Besides Typing and shorfhand, dicTaphone, commercial law, commercial ariThmeTic and accounfancy are Taught This is The senior home-room, buT aT presenf if is occupied by freshies who are Trying hard To undersfand The coniugcifion of Lafin verbs. They have anoTher year of LaTin ahead of Them, and offer Thaf a few of The braver souls will Take Cicero or Virgil. For Those who are inferesfed in modern languages, courses in French and Spanish are offered. ln addifion To learning The languages of These counTries, The girls acquainf Themselves wifh The lives and cusfoms of Their peoples. um-f

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First Row: M. Joerger, A. l-lill, J. Gofhony, P. Murphy, D. Small, P. McCue, E. Brennan, M. Ryan. Second Row: R. Flynn, R. Liddy, M.Wilde, l. Oldridge, P. O'Brien, M. Wheeling, A. Wheeler, R. Eddingron. Third Row: N. Ford, E. Sfeward, J. Weeden, M. Richiusa, E. l-lanrahan, N. While, M. Leviff, P. McAdams, L. Nonneman, C. Erley, A. Reynolds, Fourth Row: D. Kelly, B. Blair, D. Curfin, M. Williams, M. Williams, N. Cox, M. Camille, B. Moore, P. Mannon, M. Johnson. Fiffh Row: M. Gorey, M. Kloppenburg, M, Kralros, S. Sorling. R. Bunn, M. Hergen- rofher, D. Moore, D. Spanier, B. Fifzgerald. Sixfh Row: T. Hill, B. l-lorfom, V. Broderick, J. Brown, M. Sullivan, M. Culhan, M, Morrissey. R. Boarrnan. Sevenlh Row: D. Curlis, E. l-laclcell, l., Kirby, A. Henry, R. Coleman, E. Schobl, E. Chism. Eighrh Row: M. Stanley, R. Dunham, L. Beam, R. Polrorny, M. Meidinger. Noi' in picture: J. Cox, P. Billingfon, D. Bradford. FRESHIES BECOME Presidenf TRUE ACADEMY GIRLS 'Twas lasi Seplember S.l-l.A. saw coming ihrough ifs door, A class quile grear in number, Jrofaling sevenfy or more. On lniliolion Day, They showed whal lhey were wor+h, By providing upper-classmen wirh noi' a li'r+le mirih. Semesler lime lheir spirils were deeply 'ringed wilh blue, Bur Freshies were vicrorious and all come smiling Through. Their solemn, sad Greelr fragedy was Thrilling for us all: ll made us cry lor laugh?l uniil our fears bedewed The hall. Vice-Presidenl' , , , l RUM, Bunn This class came ihrough The 'rournamenl' quiie lured, fried bul' frui Slill bravely loyal lo lhe school, ils gold and while and blue. Their parly for Eighrh Graders was quife a novel fhing, Made happy Freshies for nex+ year +heir praises loudly sing. Secrefary Bul now as frue Academy Girls, +hey're very proud To say. They'll be +he Class of '43-rhese Freshies of S.H.A. Palricia O'Brien Q

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Successors of Madame Curie? American hisfory is faughf in This nexf classroom. You mighf guess fhaf from fhe map of fhe Louisiana Purchase. When we go downsfairs again, l'll show you one of fhe proiecfs of fhe ancienf hisfory class. The girls made an infensive sfudy of Egypfian life and even carved replicas of some of fhe Egypfian mummies ouf of soap. The modern hisfory class, by sfudying fhe experiences and misfakes of nafions during fhe posf few cenfuries, fry fo beffer undersfand some of fhe probferns of fhe modern world. For girls especially inferesfed in social problems, a course in sociology and economics is offered. This is fhe sophomore classroom. Yes, isn'f fheir Iiffle alfar lovely? You see fhe sophomores make a defailed sfudy of fhe Mass in fheir Religion class. Every academy girl realizes fhaf fhe religion class is fhe mosf imporfanf period of her day. Wifh fhe able assisfance of our chaplain fhe girls unfangle various efhical problems and are enlighfened on maffers of faifh and morals. Would you be surprised if l fold you fhaf many famous people have been in fhis room-people like Shakespeare, Milfon, Tennyson, Sfevenson, Francis Thompson and G. K. Chesferfon? Well, nof really presenf in flesh and blood, buf fheir wrif- ings have made fhem seem very real fo us. l'm sure you've guessed by now fhaf fhis is fhe room in which fhe senior English classes meef. Buf one advances grad- ually fo fhe sfudy of fhese famous English aufhors. The freshies and sophomores sfudy various fypes of world liferafure. Then when fhey are iuniors, fhey concenfrafe Page 34 Gallia esf omnis divisa in parfes fres. TT'e5e l095 Ofenif fi S Y Q E