Springfield High School - Capitoline Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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LANGUAGES 2 f . Mariam Steinmiller Knox College, University of Chicago, Ph.B.g University of ' mer Session at Illinois, Sum Cambridge, England. Mary K. Blatt Monmouth College, A.B., University of Chicago, Uni- versity of Wisconsin. Margaret lhlenfeldt University of Illinois, B.S.g Columbia University, M.A. More and more students are applying for the language courses at S. H. S. be- cause language bonds between countries promote better understanding in interna- tional relationships. Also, a knowledge of several languages is a sign of culture. Latin is essential for a better under- standing ot English, and, it taken first, it makes the acquiring of other languages much easier. With the aid ot Miss Blatt, Miss Steinmiller, Miss McPhillimey, and Miss lhlenteldt, students learn grammar, Caesar, Cicero and Virgil. Miss Mathews encourages her French classes to give plays, to speak and sing in French at the same time that they are learning grammar. Miss Ronca enlightens her students on the customs of South American people, and enlivens class discussion with ma- terial not in Spanish textbooks. Empha- sis is on reading, writing, and speaking ability of Spanish. Twenty-five Bernadine Mathews Indiana University, A.B.g Uni- versity de Grenoble, Middle- bury College, M.A.g Penn- sylvania State College. Charlotte Ronca University of Wisconsin, B.A.g University of New Mexico, M.A., Marquette University. Marguerite McPhiIIimev Illinois College, A.B.3 Uni- versity of Wisconsin, M.A.

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MATHEMATICS Sadie Clapper Chairman, National Honor Society Committeeg Univer- sity of Iowa, A.B.: Univer- sity of Illinois, M.A.: Uni- versity of Colorado, Colum- bia University. Beulah B. Barrick University of Illinois, M.A. Merle Ruth Parker Greenville College, A.B 3 B.S., The S. H. S. mathematics department is a well-developed one, for this subject is an essential part ot such courses as en- gineering, chemistry, architecture, sur- veying, and many others. Instructors are well-qualified, and are interested in the progress of students in their classes. Students taking college preparatory courses are required to take one year ot algebra and one year ot plane geometry. Juniors and seniors can major in math by taking another year, consisting of semes- ter courses of advanced algebra and solid geometry. Other intriguing subjects ot- fered are college algebra and trigonom- etry. Projects displayed in the mathematics case always attract attention, for they represent work in all sections of the de- partment from freshman algebra to field projects in trigonometry by seniors. These projects emphasize the practical applications of mathematics, which are continually stressed by the instructors. ., K-, ..,...,-.....,.,...-.,...,. ., ..... exits-AE, : , ff - -. k Y ts it X -Qs , ,gs as it I K- Lorene Campbell Iowa State Teachers' Col- lege, B,A.g State University of Iowa, M.A.g University of Colorado. . fl-.fi'l:il' Guy Krummel Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, Black- burn Collegeq University of Illinois, B.S., M.S. Irene Mason Philo Adviserg Parsons Col- lege, B.A.g University of Iowa MA., University of . U '- , . versity of Michigan, M.A, nl -l-WCl'll'y-TOUI' Wisconsin.

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SCIENCE John Armitage Illinois State Normal, B.A.g University of Illinois, M.A. Carrol C. Hall Eureka College, B.S.3 Uni- versity of Illinois, Univer- sity of Chicago, A.M.g Colo- rado State College of Educa- tion, Olive W. Burton Illinois Wesleyan University, B.S., University of Illinois, University of Michigan, is 1. V -4- , iz' , , 2 5 , , Roy A. Deffenbaugh McKendree College, B.S. George Washington Univer- sityg University of Chicago University of Colorado, M.A. Ruth M. Woods National Honor Society Com- mittee, Illinois College, B.S.: Oregon State College, Uni- versity of Colorado, Univer- sity of Michigan, M,S. 'i ,..eag r I ggi F fm' , ,-E W wg 9, 9 as ,ei Q is g c 55 2 N if X 'Q C. A. Armstrong University of Illinois, B.S.g Southern Illinois State Teach- er College, Adviser of Future Farmers' Club. Joseph Spitale Illinois Wesleyan, B.S.: Uni- versity of Illinois, University of Michigan, M.S.g University of Colorado. For the past few years, science has played an essential part in affairs of the world. Scientists have developed such items as penicillin, sulfa drug, atabrine, plastic, and, most important of all, the atomic bomb. Thus, this can be rightly termed the Scien- tific Era.. It is no wonder that the oppor- tunities for scientists are increasingg a prac- tical person of scientific aspirations can go into an up-and-coming field such as this, and find a great future ahead of him. At S. H. S. are offered a variety of sci-- ences-chemistry, physics, botany, zoology, biology, physiology, agriculture, and gen- eral science. A student needs for these courses a good memory, tenacity, imagina- tion, and a practical application of all three, Twenty-six