Springfield High School - Capitoline Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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FINE AND HOUSEHOLD ARTS Ari S+udenTs aT Work y The ArT DeparTmenT Tries To develop an apprecia- Tion and undersTanding of diTTerenT arT expressions, To- ge'Ther wiTh The Techniques and skills required Tor carry- ing Them ouT. The course includes such Things as leTTer- ing, design, figure drawing, waTer color, oil painTing, and craTTs. The ArT DeparTmenTs of The Three ciTy high schools produced a bloclc prinTed calendar Tor The year I944. We hope To esTablish This as an annual TeaTure in which all Three of The schools cooperaTe. Many girls maior in home economics because of The subiecTs oTFeredg namely, homemalcing, foods, cloThing, and home management are boTh essenTicil and enjoy- able. Emphasis here is cenTered on wise consumer buy- ing and meal planning, pracTicabiliTy and good TasTe in cloThing, and eTTicienT economy. 2 is .Q 3 l SN .Jia , me Q 5 2' 32 i 'K T Q: we 3 We Emir! D6 'S' 2 T2 gi if Amanda Wessel M iis iis l . :.,. T Mary Jane Day Mildred Brown ETl'1elVan Gilder Mabel Hayes TwenTy-seven

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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

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LANGUAGES Q wifi Mary K' Bloll Margaref Marion S+einmiller Befncdine Mvfhews Ma 9,u?'l+a Ihlenfeldt McPl'1illlmey ln our large language deparlmenr lhe sludenl has a choice of Lalin, Spanish, and French. The deparlmenl oiclers four years of Lalin. Under lhe capable leadership of Miss McPhillimey, Miss Slein- miller, Miss Blall, and Miss lhlemceldl, grammar, Caesar, Edna Carson Cicero, and Virgil are sludied. The French Classes, under Miss Malhews, besides sludying grammar, give slcelches and shorl plays in French. Spanish under Miss Ronca and Miss Carson accen- luales our relalionships wilh Lalin America. Much em- phasis is pul upon Jrhe cusloms of Cenlral and Soulh lines and procedure, Spanish books, newspapers, and CharloHe Ronca magazines are available lo lhose who desire lo read lhem, La+in Class ifliii Twenfy-eighl America and pronuncialion. Besides Jrhe usual class rou-