Springfield High School - Capitoline Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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Assistant Principals and Deans Solve School Problems Miss Hager, Miss Bundy, Mr. Gwin, Miss Lomelino, Mr. Petefish Miss Bundy Rockford Collegeg University of Wisconsin, A.B.g University of Chicagog University of Illi- nois, M.A.g Columbia University. Mr. Gwin Eastern State Teachers' College, B.S.g Univer- sity of lllinois, M.S.g Delphic Adviser. Miss Hager lndiana State Normal, A.B.g Columbia Univer- sityg University of Chicagog University of llli- nois, M.A.g New York School of Social Workg Les Bas Adviser. C Miss Lomelino Northwestern University, A.B,g University of Wisconsing Columbia University, M.A. Mr. Petefish Freshman Athletic Coachg lllinois College, A.B.g University of lllinois, M.A.g Freshman Football Coach. Varied problems of the students at S. H. S. are solved by our assistant principals iwho are in charge of discipline during Mr. Davis's leave of absencel and deans. lt is the duty. of these advisers to help students map out their programs and see that each one is making required credits for graduation, to maintain a quiet study hall, to make announcements and to help place certain students in outside work. Students remain in the same study hall all tour years, and thus their study counselor can get acquainted with them by frequent contact. OUT IN 34 Nineteen

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ENGLISH Miss Ellen Rourke's Public Speaking class debates current topic before student and radio audience The S. H. S. English department is one of the de- partments that teaches every single student in this school. As American educators believe, a person must have a thorough background of English. He should know how to express himself, both in writing and in speech, he should have a reading skill to main- tain his knowledge of current problems. The basic idea of this department is that logic, insight, and imagination are most essential. In i946-47 two changes in the English depart- ment were significant. The Senator, our school paper, was put out by the newly organized Journal- ism class and editing group, both advised by Miss Margaret Wilson. The senior class play was directed by two coaches paid from the proceeds of the play. Formerly the Drama teacher added a class play to her already strenuous program. The English curriculum this year was in accord- ance with our country's stress on inter-cultural rela- tions, books with information on Latin America, Japan, China, Spain, and more extensive world situa- tions lparticularly used in senior coursesi were read and discussed. Techniques of radio and movie writ- ing were also learned, as was an intelligent selection of news from the daily paper. A freshman at S.H.S. starts out with 91 composi- tion, and learns the rudiments of spelling, punctua- tion, and sentence structure, while in 92, he gets a general course of literature. A sophomore studies newspapers, radio, and movie, the three fields of communication, in the later semester American Lit- erature is introduced. Learning to read, summarize, and adapt the past to today is the junior's work. He sees the relation of heritage to his relations with other human beings, his studies consist of English 4, and English 5 or English 7. The senior comes into a mature range of thinking when he takes English l3, which is required for college preparatory courses. Elective courses given seniors are Drama, Public Speaking, and Journalism. Under Miss Elizabeth Graham's direction, a capable English staff has organized and rounded out a course of study rich in modern and classical, practical and imaginative writing, speaking and reading, Elizabeth Graham Head of English Department, Uni- versity of Illinois, A.B., Middle- bury College, M.A., Bread Loaf School of English. Margaret Wilson Senior Les Bas Adviser, Northwest- ern University, B.A., M.A., Colum- bia University, Pasadena Playhouse, Journalism Adviser. Twenty