Springfield High School - Capitoline Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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::::::::::::: '-'- ---- 7 -f----- ---- - i. -5? -J-a:--- f Q CD 2 Qlhvmiatrg Evpartmrnt HE course in Chemistry in the Springfield High School is in- tended to introduce the students to the value of chemistry as a science. The aim of the department is to present the subject in such a way that it will result in lasting value to that large class of students who go no farther and also for those who continue the subject. Chemistry is growing in favor with the High School student and many are looking forward to industrial and en- gineering chemistry as a profession. High School chemistry will make it pos- sible for many to find an interesting field of work. liriniing Brpartmrnt URING the last semester of the present school year the capacity of the print shop has been taxed to its utmost and present conditions seem to indicate a full enrollment for next year. Advanced courses are be- ing planned and many advantages will be offered to both the elementary and advanced student which the school has not been able to give before. Mainly this will be the offering and the oppor- tunity to the student or original work in constructive and commercial printing. mnnhmnrking Brpartmeni HE woodworking department of- fering courses in turning and cabinet making is finally coming into its own. This year two additional rooms have been added, one a 'dnishing room, the other a store room. With these necessary rooms the pupils are getting far better and more finished re- sults. ln the finishing room a fuming box has been constructed with a large window in one side. Now the pupils are finishing genuine fumed oak. The department has long been in need of machines and this year a sander and a mortiser have been installed. These save the pupils much time and relieve them of drudgery. The enrollment has increased this year by over half. Many students are doing advanced work and are making some very valuable pieces of furniture. Some are trying period furniture which helps combine Woodturning and cabinet making.

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:::::::::::::::ij:a:::F??iZE?-EEEQ-1? ix ln 212:53 l is ' T Qiztnrg Brpartnwnt HIS has been a good year in his- tory. We have had the use of nearly 200 new books. The bet- ter students especially have done a great deal of reading. The supervised study period has helped a great deal. It is now easy to get books. The study hour serves also as a laboratory period for all kinds of writing and drawing. Illustration came up every day of the value of history to other lines of study. English History and Senior English are almost parallel, and each helps the other. lt is impossible to read the news- papers, especially, now, without a knowledge of modern history, and our modern history classes are paying espe- cial attention to modern conditions. The growth of our civics classes show that students realize its value as a live subject. fllirrhaniral Brmning Bvpartmvnt HE aim, hope and result of the work accomplished by this de- partment are these in brief: The aim is to give every one a chance to develop or try out his talents along me- chanical lines. This will aid in making a decision for a vocation either along mechanical or some other line, and also give each one an understanding and reading knowledge of drawings. Ry giving this opportunity in school, it is hoped each one will be guided into the vocation for which he is best fitted. The results are that many are fitted for mechanical occupations and make them a success. fllllathvmatira Erpartmvnt HE individual progress plan as worked out in the department of mathematics strives to overcome three serious defects of the simultane- ous plan, viz: f lst. The class assignments under the old plan are for pupils of ordinary abil- ity and result in a great waste of time for those who can do two or three times as much work. 2d. By these same assigmnents the dull pupils are dragged along because they cannot keep up with the assign- ments, resulting in the Work being half done, or not done at all. ' 3d. The outgrowth of the above is a system of interdependence that per- meates the whole class under the old plan, resulting in habits of dependence on others that must adhere to life and character, habits of dishonesty, of Hstallingf' of pretending ,of waiting for a cue, of getting by for the time being, etc. These the individual prog- ress plan overcomes.

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o ::::::::::::::.::::Ea:::g'5jgE:'q5,:E:E.2 , ' qg'?EgEf7-,-r+1'-'rf---Z - nan :::: -:::::::': , ::- :..... -X -::::: -' ..::::::::::::::::::::: Ari illllrtal, Ilinrgr ani! illliarhine mark HESE three branches of our work constitutes the metal work done in the High School. Forge and machine work are taught to boys only and are related to one another. The student enters forge work first and then learns to hammer, twist and work iron and steel in a heated state. After the student has completed one semester of forge work he is allowed to take up machine work. ln this work the stu- dent learns to shape iron and steel with the aid of machinery. Art metal work is open to boys and girls during any year in High School. The course is planned for one year. Here the students learn to shape the more precious metals, such as copper, brass and silver. This work was started this year and one hundred students were enrolled this semester in this work alone. Girlz' Hhgairal Eraining Eepartmrnt N spite of the inconvenience of im- provised dressing rooms, the lack of lockers, apparatus and shower- baths, the Girls, Physical Training classes have proved a success. There have been four classes, each one meet- ing twice a week in the auditorium. The advanced classes have had advanced folk-dancing, the Russian technique for classical dancing, and have learned to swing Indian clubs with ease, while the beginning classes have had free exer- cises, folk dances, wand drills and games. This year the annual demon- stration was given on Friday night, April 28th, in the auditorium, with a matinee performance for grade school children Saturday afternoon. The girls gave the old fairy-tale, Cinderella,', in pantomime. This kind of a demonstra- tion was new to Springfield, and the pretty costumes, characteristic dances and drills, combined with the excellent pantomime interpretation of the various characters, madc it a much talked of success. The physical director, Miss Grace E. Lomelino, is well pleased with the work accomplished by her classes, but is in sympathy with all the girls who are anxious to have a real gym- nasium.