Springfield High School - Capitoline Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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ENGLISH Marie Dean National Honor Society Committee, University of Chicago, M.A., Illinois Wesleyan, B.S., University of Iowa. Letha Eilers MacMurray College, A.B., James Millikin University, University of Iowa, University of Colorado. Isabel Fogarty Trinity College, A.B., University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin, Boston University, Columbia Uni- versity. Lucie Alexander University of Chicago, Ph.B., Uni- versity of Illinois, University of New Mexico, Summer Session at Cambridge, England. Mary E. Neblick' Jr. Les Bas Bleus Adviser, E.l.S.T.C., University of Chicago, Ph.B., M.A. Margaret E. Rourke Drama Coach, University of Chicago, Ph.B., University of Illinois, M.A., Columbia College of Expression, Northwestern School of Speech, Robertson's and Doyle's Schools of Acting. Ellen M. Rourke Debate Coach, University of Illinois, A.B., M.A., University of Chicago, De Paul University, Northwestern University, Lincoln College of Law, LL.B., Admitted to the Bar. - Gladys D. Black University of Chicago, Ph.B,, Co- lumbia University, M.A., Bread Loaf School of English. Emma Campbell James Millikin University, A.B., University of Wisconsin, Leland Stanford University, Columbia Uni- versity, M.A., University of Chicago. Pea rl Brown Iowa Wesleyan University, A.B., Columbia University, University of Chicago? M.A., Harvard University. Priscilla Fogarty Trinity College, B. Lit., Columbia University, A.M. Irene Simpson University of Illinois, A.B., Univer- sity ot Wisconsin, University of California, College of New York City, Columbia University, Harvard University. Twen ty-one at 'ss-. Xx af, ft ' ' S 41 -..s:?..4. 1' J 2 '... 1' Q

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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

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'EL Q --A SOCIAL SCIENCE Louise Welch Ewa Lo an Head of Social Science Departmentg . . I . 9 , University of Minnesota, A.B.g Unl- UUIVGFSITY Of CVIICBQO. Ph-.B-l Haf- Versify of Chicago: Bread Loaf vard Graduate Schoolg Mlddlebury School of English. French COHEQQ. Ruth McKinnie GUY Thompson . . . Pennsylvania State Teachers' Col- Unlverslty of Chlcago, Ph.B., M.A. lege: University of Illinois, BIS., M.S. Tula Chambers R D. F University of Indiana A B ' Univer- oben wry ' - - .' '- - Adviser of Capitoline and Junior 2Qforjgo.WLjSrfff,QfQQ5 liQ'ViX?Qqfaf1f , Capitolineg Illinois College, A.B.g MA' ' Y 9 ' University of Chicago. Eda Nelsch Iliinois State Normal University: D h Irene AB 'eH University of illinois, B.S.g Colum- Unlverslty of Chicago, Ph.B., M,A. bia University, M.A. Twenty- two