Springfield High School - Capitoline Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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Tap Row: Bafiom Row: Mansfield, J., University of Chicago, Ph.B. Max6eld, M. S., University'5'f Illinois, A.B. Matthews, B., Indiana University, A.B. Herzer, M., Washington University, A,B., M.A. Modern Language Avcr tuve el libro. Hier j'ai pris le livre. Gestern Habe ich das Buch genommin. To the student who has studied no modern language the above three sentences seem Greek. They are really not Greek but are Spanish, French, and German sentences. The Modern Language Department offers three languages that will ultimately help the student in social activities and business aggressiveness. Three years of French and Spanish are of- fered with various courses of study in grammar, pronunciation, literature, composition, and conversation. Stories are read whichtell of the life, customs, and ideals of the peo- ple. After the first year the conversation in class is held in the language being studied. In German the first year is devoted to grammar, poems, and story telling. The second year is devoted mostly to translation. 92 Spanish Class Twenty-three

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f I: 1' A--5 V R ,t I +-1 5 .., r f - 5, f X M' x - l . '--ix -P Q . ' J 3 Top Row: Boltam Row: Cantrall, H. M., Pratt Institute, Supervisor Rice, M., Central Normal College, A.B. Knudson, H. E., Church Art School Wessell, A., University of Chicago, Ph.B. 'Art' A . The Art Department of the Springfield High School offers a most interesting and helpful course not only to those who intend to carry on more extensive work in this field but to those who are delighted in acquiring a more 'thorough' knowledge of art in its better forms. Two courses are offered to the students: the 'regular art course, and an art appreciation course. In the regular art course the first year students are given fundamental work, which includes pencil and color design work. Later they are in- structed in painting flowers, figures, posters, in advanced charcoal and Pencil design work, and in wood blocks, water colors, and in drawingsg The art appreciation course teaches the fundamentals of architecture, house furnishings, color harmony, and master paintings. - ' . Our Art Gallery V b ,..--...,....,.,., ... ..., ,, ,-X ,, M W , , 1 X, , ,Q Vx j , , w M' N -,. .. 5 lf., .Milf if ,E-5 ',l 1. TJ . lf -.,.. .,- 'Twenly-two f i 1 l l l 1 + l l 1 4 I. l i i E l 1 il s 4 L 3 l l l 2 . , 5

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Top Row: Bollom Row: Kavanaugh, M. F., Stout Institute, University of Wis., Sanders, j. L., Millikin University Supervisor Flemming, D. C., Bradley Polytechnic Institute jabush, -I. F., University of Illinois Owens, F. S., Stout Institute Smith, A. L., Stout Institute. La Faucc, A., Bradley Polytechnic Institute. McCall, A., Illinois State Normal University. Kavanaugh, M. J., Stout Institute Manual Arts The Manual Arts Department offers to the high school boy an opportunity to fit himself for some vocation in the industrial field. The auto mechanics course presents a practical and theoretical understanding of the workings of automobiles. The machine shop course gives the student a practical understanding of the various machines and lathes, and also correct shop methods of production. The electrical section presents to the pupil a complete knowledge of the power, activity, and fundamentals of electricity. The mechanical drawing section is instructed in machine, architectural, engineering, and sheet metal drawings. The printing classes are responsible for the printing of detention slips, deficiency slips, other oflice forms, and the High School Bulletinf' Vfooclworking instructs the student in the correct use of woodworking tools and in the construction of useful material objects from wood. ' Advanced P7'i71fi11g Class Twczzly-fozzr