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

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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.

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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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Hard af worl: in fhe Arf World. Speech Deparfmenf Broodcasfs Christmas Program Shall we go back fo fhe firsf floor now and visif The new mafhemafics room? A very complefe course is offered in fhis field, ranging from general mafhemafics, algebra, plane and solid geomefry, fo frigonomefry. ln here almosf any period of fhe day you may find sfudenfs engaged in some phase of mafhemafics-anyfhing from solving a simple linear equafion fo finding 'rhe cosine af an angle. We will go fo fhe Music Deparfmenf in a minufe, buf firsf le'r's go fo fhe audifor- ium. There is a speech class going an over fhere now, buf if we fipfoe fhrough very quiefly we won'f disfurb fhem. The girls in fhis class learn fhe fundamenfals of public speaking and debafe and have pracfical experience in sfage-direcfing and radio work. Privafe lessons in dramafic arf are offered and Silver Crosses and Gold Medals are awarded on fhe complefion of fhese courses. Here is fhe Music Deparfmenf. My, fhaf fall girl is cerfainly pracficing on fhaf Concerfol She musf be worlcing for a Gold Medal Award. Several courses are offered, among fhem are: Voice, Piano, Organ, and Violin. These are divided info Elemenlary, lnfermediafe and Advanced courses. Cerfificafe, Silver Cross, and Gold Medal awards are offered on fhe complefian of each. Would you like fo come oufside now and wafch a fennis game? l'm sure il' will be an excifing one. Mosf of fhe girls parficipafe in some form of afhlefics. Among fhe many choices open fa fhem are: swimming, baslcefball, fennis, and golf. You have fo go? I am sorry, buf I'm glad you enjoyed your visif wifh us, and l hope you'll come back again somefime. Pag