Springfield High School - Capitoline Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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Mariam Steinmiller Knox Collegeg University of Chicago, Ph.B.g Uni- versity of Illinois: Summer Session at Cambridge, England. Bernadine Mathews Indiana University, A.B.g University de Grenoble, Middlebury C o l I e g e, M.A.3 Pennsylvania State College. Charlotte Ronca University of Wisconsin, B.A.g University of New Mexico, M.A.g Marquette Universityg National Uni- versity ot Mexico. LA AGE MISS RONCA'S CLASS 'READS SPANISH LESSON Students are becoming more interested in language courses. They realize that it is not only a great vehicle of thought but an effi- cient instrument in forging bonds of better understanding in international relationships. The Latin instructors stress the need of a firm classical back-ground, presenting four years of the language. The first year course consists of short lessons in grammatical con- structions. The second, third and fourth years offer the writings of Caesar, Cicero and Virgil. The study of Roman life and heritage is stressed throughout each course. Miss Mathews in charge of French classes encourages her students to give plays, to speak and sing in French. In the Spanish class, Miss Ronca accentuates our relationships with the South American people. Emphasis is on read- ing, writing and speaking Spanish. Twenty-eight Mary K. Blatt Mo-nmouth College, A.B.g University of Chicagog University of Wisconsin. Margaret lhlenfeldl' University of Illinois, B.S.g CALAI u m b i a University Marguerite McPhillimey Illinois C ol lexgle, A.B.: klltnkxersity of isconsin,

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Ruth M. Woods National Honor Society Committee, Illinois Col- lege, B.S.g Oregon State College, University of Coloradog University of Michigan, M.S. CIENCE -'?7'-:5'2l :-Sith' 5, : . ::. .:1f,'.l: ' l X 7 axwp Y, S y il EEN sg, S' , lx, , ...-3 . i if Q' Joseph Spitale lllinoisk Wesleyan, B S Universit y of Illinoisf Universit y of Michigan MS ' Un' ' , ., :versity of Colol rado. ,Q av ,. . si 5 Cv J x t X .rl A .V ,A tis A - a, n f .- 'Qf1wE ' i . A V C. A. Armstrong U . niversity of Illinois B S ' South ern III. Statekfeachf er College: Adviser of Future Farmers' Club. Ro McKendree Col lege B.S y A. Deffenbaugh George Washington U U ni- versityg University of Chicago, University of Colorado, M.A. Carrol C. Hall Eureka College B S , . .3 Uni- versity of Illinois, Uni- versity of Chic ago, A.M.g Colorado State College of Education. Olive W. Burton Illinois Wesleyan Univer- sity, B.S.g University of l I I i n o i sg University of Michigan. The scien pringfield High School offers a varied list of subjects to those students with scientific aspir- ations. For freshmen the course includes one year of general science. Sophomores have a choice of biology, botany or zoology, junior and senior students may take one year of physics, one year of chemistry, or one semester of b one semester ot h ' A I gives students a trustworthy method for the discovery ot new truths and an understanding and appre- ciation of plants and animals that they constantly see. The program of the department was varied this year as usual. A group of botany students chartered a bus and traveled to St. Louis to visit the botanical gardens in Forre ce department of S ' otany and p ysiology. studv of science ' st Park. John Armitage Illinois S t a t e N ormal, B.A.g University of Illi- nois, M.A. CHEMISTRY BUSY IN T STUDENTS HE LAB. Twenty-seven

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ATHEM TICS Sadie Clapper Chairman, National Honor Society Committeeg Uni- versity of Iowa, AB., University of I I I i n o i s, M.A.g University of Colo- rado, Columbia Univer- sity. STUDENT DEMONSTRATES PROBLEM IN MATH t '-i' ,- 1 F-5. gglyim N' Lorene Campbell ' ',',' Iowa State Teachers' Col- VL tif ' f lege, B.A.g State Univer- sityhof Iowa, M.A.g Uni- ffr kwin fp l I versity of Colorado. . . fi The mathematics department is one of the I ' A , most important departments in the school and I ' under its capable teachers has maintained a Guy Krummel Lieutenant, U. S. Navy, Blackburn College, Uni- versity of Illinois, B.S., M.S. Merle Ruth Parker Greenville College, A.B.3 Universit of Michigan M.A.3 Xssembly Com- mittee. Beulah B. Barrick Les Bas Adviser, Univer- sity of Illinois, B.S., M.A. remarkable record in student education. Stu- dents taking college preparatory courses are required to take one year of algebra and one year of plane geometry. Many colleges re- quire students to pass college board exams or various types ot exams of their own. NROTC tests and other special types all include mathe- matics as an important subject. On account of crowded conditions, competition is very keen, but as a result of tests, students from the class of l947 are attending such colleges as California Institute ot Technology, Leland Stanford, Yale, Dartmouth and Princeton as well as many midwestern colleges. The students from the math department also maintain one of the school's most inter- esting show cases. Twenty-nine Irene Mason Philo Adviser, Parsons College, B.A.g University of Iowa, M.A.g Univer- sity of Wisconsin, As- embly Committee.