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

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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

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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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How Those dales do escape me' Page 35 on represenfalive American aulhors. Finally, in +heir senior year, lhey sludy lhe works of famous English wrilers. Of course, in all four classes, The lundamenlals of English grammar are sludied, and crealive wrifing is encouraged. Hop on lhe elevafor now, and we'll visil The lourlh floor. lsn'+ our arl room a pleasanf place? In lhis deparlmenl' sludenls are laughl 'ro love and appreciafe all 'rhal is Truly beauliful. Besides learning much abou? drawing, efching, and painling, The girls learn 'the imporlance of color and line in lheir daily lives. Here is 'rhe sewing room. lsn'+ lhe new lurniiure aflraclive? The Home Eco- nomics Deparlmenf is new lhis year. and we are all sa proud of ill lsn'+ lhe dress 'rhal Irma is modeling becoming? ll gives one a real lhrill lo know lhal she can make smarr, up-lollhe-minule clofhes. In addilion To lhe aclual consrrucfion of clofhes, sludenls in 'fhis deparlmenl learn lo become more conscious of whaf cerlain colors and slyles will do for fhem. Whal is lhal awlul odor? The Chemislry class musl be making l-l,S again. Le+'s visil lhem and find out Thal alligalor over in lhe aquarium is a reminder fha? biology is also laughl. Lucky will be lhe man who marries a girl wilh a credif in physics. He will never have lo spend lime repairingfhe eleclric iron or fhe loasler. Indeed nal: she'll know how lo do if herself! found in lumber cam s. P She weaves Ci web of wards.