Springfield High School - Capitoline Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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D R A M A ENGLISH A three year course in English is re- quired for graduation from S. H. S. Be- cause of this, and because of our excellent English courses and English teachers, students leave this school much better prepared in this subject than from prac- tically any other high school in the country. In the English department we are ac- knowledged as one of the finest schools for English instruction in the United States. A segregation of students accord- ing to ability and initiative has greatly aided this department in maintaining ef- ficiency, and has given the individual stu- dent an opportunity to work with others of the same capacity. Freshmen start out in this course with a thorough study of the fundamentals of grammar. They take some composition and do some reading on plays and novels. Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice is included in the 9: course along with a thorough study of Ivanhoe,,' Kid- nappedf' and the Illiad. The lives, cus- toms, and habits of people who lived dur- ing the time of the story are also studied extensively. The 10' course is devoted almost en- tirely to composition. In this course teachers are able to learn which students have ability in writing and direct them in their choice of further English courses. News writing for the Bulletin', is a special feature of this course. In 10: English, the work of American writers is taught. Starting with the letters of George Washington and taking through to Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Ed- gar Allan Poe, Cooper, Edgar Lee Mas- ters, Vachel Lindsey, and Coming up to che more recent humorists such as Bret Harte, the outstanding works of each are studied, along with those of minor writers such as Walt Whitman. For all 11' students a one-semester course in composition is offered. This consists of the writing of short, descrip- tive paragraphs, short lyrical poems, re- writing of stories and plays, etc. The work grows more difficult every day un- til at the end of the semester, an original short story is written by each student, an original essay muSt be handed in, and a re-writing of Emerson's essay Self-Re- liance is done. Each of the foregoing courses are divided into an A group and a B group. Following 111 work the rest of the courses in English are elective. 113's have the choice of English 7 or English S. The former is a complete study of the litera- ture of England. Starting with the times of the Anglo-Saxons, the students learn about Beowulf, the Anglo-Saxon hero and his defeat of the dragon, translated

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C PITOLI 1935 'l'liolnpson Tomlin Van Ueventer Van Giltler Wentz Vfessell XY'ood s O. H. THOMPSON Social Science l'niversity of Illinois, ILS, .mtl M.S. Hlfirrilvmli' flrnrlzmg? RUTH VAN DIZVENTER Ifnzlisli University of Illinois, ILS.: University of Chicago: Illinois State Normal University. Nou ffiaxr rlnrfl arf young. ROY WENTZ Mathematics james Millikin Universitv, ILS. in ILE.: East- ern Illinois State Teachers College: Adviser of Senior Boys' Council. Dail gum flir rlad gum lurk! RUTH WOODS Science Rule Simpson Smith Spitalc Teuscher R. M. TOMLIN Science Sanders Simpson Spencer Steinmiller Tarrent University of Illinois, BS.: Ohio State Uni- vernty, Instructor uf Vocational Agricul- ture .ind Adviser of l'uture Ifnriners of America. AI our las! rxlvilwir, we iron- IETHIZL VAN GILDER Household Arts Kansas State College, ILS. Cheek ibut. AMANDA WESSELI. Art University of Chicago, Pli.B.g Columbia Uni- versity, M.A. Dixru.isi11g fb: neu' ar!- Illinois College. 3.54 Oregon State Agricul- tural College: University of Colorado. l'm lim ruxlml for lime-- Eighteen BETTY RULE Music Milliltin University: Illinois Wesleyan, B.M.g Northwestern Universiti: Director of Or- chestra. Our-Iim-flrrrr-lilay! JESSE SANDERS Industrial Arts james Milliltin University: L'niversity of Illi- noisg University of Iowa: Business Manager of Athletic Association. AH.'nlion, lvlr'nSr. IRISNIZ SIMPSON Iinglish University of Illinois, A.B.: Unis-ersitv of Xvisconsing University of California: Col- lege of the City of New Yorkg Columbia Universityg Harvard University. nlfsplain well! S. S. SIMPSON Social Science Northern Illinois Normal School. BS.: Unia versity of Illinois. A.B. and M.A. Thr fins! nffirc ix llu- lugln-sl point nf rirlli- :aliun m the u-nrlilf' ALLEN SMITH Industrial Arts Stout Institute. All mlm' lwvr, lmys. IQLIVIIIR SPENCER Science Illinois College, A.II.: University of Xviscnn- sin: Sophomore Clsss Adviser. Noir iusl suppose all flu- boys in lbi- mom an' atoms of mir rlrm.-nl aml all ilu- girls are nlnmt of alrollwr rlrumnf- JOSEPH SPITALE Science Illinois W'esleynn, ILS.: University of Illinois: University of Michigan Do1x'l ualk around Ihr won: :luring xluzly period, plratrf' MIRIAM STEINMILLER Latin University of Chicago. I'li.B.: Knox College: University of Illinois. Yon may lake lbr' tliinl .tral. JOHN TEUSCHER Mathematics University of Illinois, ILS.: lioacli of I'u.itI1all and Track. ls that xo? ELLA TARRENT Commercial De Paul University: Milliltin University: I.: Salle Extension. THE FAC LTY

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of course. Then the intricacies of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in all its old English style is studied. Classes follow through Shakespeare, Milton, Words- worth, Byron, Shelly, Keats, Goldsmith, Austin, Thackeray, Lamb, Dickens, up to the very modern English composers as Yeats, Singe, and Shaw. Although these latter really belong to the Irish Rennais- sance they are included in this category. This is a two-semester course. English S is a one-semester review of the above. Other elective subjects include drama. This, as its name implies, is a study of plays. Miss Margaret Rourke is the in- structor and, as she is recognized as one of the outstanding dramatic coaches in this part of the country, her students have an excellent opportunity to study dramatics. Class room plays, directed and acted by the pupils are given throughout the semester. Miss Rourke also has charge of the Senior Class Play given by a cast composed mainly of Senior drama students. Courses in news editing and journalism give students practical experience by their work on the High School Bulletin. Editorials, athletics, club news, personals, and news items are all included in this work. Public speaking is a course devoted to developing speech and oral work. It is a fine training for those students who intend to become lawyers or radio an- nouncers. 'Uv'-1mZOmC3 5953-2 35m RDP S'2?1'3:.f 5 3252.2 Oggtya' Se-rf'fg gash? WHS. aa5,':7'o.-li C or-if' 95-H353 Swain Piga'-E again 242053 PC0052- P-Hsu-1-,M 3233 90535. Q- 1'U H 35227 5O'5:.f-,L viii- MATHEMATICS With Mr. Barnes as it head the Mathe- matics department offers to every mathe- matics student the opportunity to be in- structed in one or another of the various branches of this subject that are taught in high school. For Freshmen a two-semester course in Algebra is required of all courses but Gen- eral. This subject teaches the funda- mentals of higher mathematics. Sopho- mores learn the intricacies of Plane Geometry which enable them to study the principles of courses in College Alge- bra, a continuation of everyday Algebra, and Solid Geometry which deals with divisions of space or solids. Senior Arith- metic is an important course in rapid cal- culation. It stresses the ability to think a problem through to its correct solu- tion. Trigonometry is a course treating the relations between the sides and angles of triangles, and of those of arcs and other angles. It is a highly advanced course in Mathematics. Over one thousand students have sig- nified their intention to learn different branches of mathematics by signing up