Springfield High School - Capitoline Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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SCIENCE In The Chem Lab The Science courses are open To all sTudenTs. The Treshman course is general science. Upperclassmen are Tendered a varieTy oT subiecTsg boTany, biology, and zoology. The more advanced sciences are also oTTered To upperclassrnen. Chemislrry is valuable To all sTudenTs who wish To enTer college. IT is necessary To a scienTiTic back- ground. Physics, The oTher advanced course, is a very inTeresTing subiecT. These courses have become very imporTanT. The Army needs engineers, docTors, and nurses. l-lere are The sTudies To Take Tor a ToundaTion. FuTure docTors and nurses are Taking boTany, biology, and Zoology, while The engineers are Taking chemisTry and physics. The sTu- denTs evidenTly realize how valuable This course is be- cause aln'iosT Twelve hundred sTudenTs are enrolled in The excellenT science courses oTTered To Them. Carrol Hall Mary Sullivan A . f Tasrmwfwzsggmg , fezrwfs 4' .,i ,..,,.. . ,A Q., Fx rv id ,.i,. V H2 Z 521 1 Roy Deffenbaugh g g I y s - uw' Reuel Tomlin RuTh Woods Joseph SpiTcle TwenTy-Tive Olive NuTTol

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M A T H E M A T I c s T A ' Zt: f W my , Sadie Clapper Lorene Campbell John Teuscher Q, Blanche Dunlap Our ThirTy maThemaTics classes in- clude more Than halT The high school enrollmenT. AlThough The TundamenT- als required remain The same in war and peace, each insTrucTor has geared her classes To meeT acTual war de- mands and lasT year a reTresher course was added To The deparTmenT. ln normal Times, The advanced clas- ses were composed mainly oT boys. buT The war demands have shown The girls The imporTance oT These courses l MaTilcla PinclerTon - in an increasing number oT proTes- sions open To women. Much OT The conTinued inTeresT in maThemaTics is aTTribuTed To The va- rieTy oT inTeresTing proiecTs displayed in The maTh case each week. These proiecTs represenTing worlc in all cours- es oT The deparTmenT, range Trom original problems planned and illus- TraTed by The Treshmen, To The elab- oraTe Tield proiecTs oT seniors in Trig- onomeTry. Ma+h STudenTs in The Field TwenTy-Tour T

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS James Jabusch Allen SmiTh ? Jesse Sander Machine Shop PracTical schooling is cerTainly as necessary as an aca- demic educaTion in preparing sTudenTs Tor a prosperous TuTure. ThereTore, The experience gained in shopworlc is invaluable in showing The individual where his apTiTudes may lay, and possibly in guiding his choice oT a vocaTion. In This deparTmenT, boys may acquire dexTeriTy in woodwork, machine repair, The Tine slcilloT mechanical drawings and relaTed craTTs. Should a sTudenT indicaTe parTicular inTeresT or capaciTy in a cerTain course, he may specialize in iT and be well prepared Tor ThaT Type oT work. WheTher he plans To launch an indusTrial career or noT, The average boy enrolls in lndusTrial ArTs, Tor The Training received in The use oT Tools and in mechanics Tinds lasTing advanTage in meeTing everyday problems ThaT arise. 5 AnThony La Fauce M. J. Kavanaugh TwenTy-six