Springfield High School - Capitoline Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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PRINCIPAL MR. ROBERT PERZ Here's a man you'll all have to meet. He came to SHS five years ago as assistant principalg for the past two years he has been our principal. The burden of administering to the needs of fourteen hundred students is not an easy one. Although everyone knows how busy he is, few know how varied his duties are. Mr. Perz has shown diplomacy in handling diffi- cult situations. His fairness, even disposition, and democratic ideals are well known and appreciated by students and faculty alike. Springfield High School has long had a reputation for excellent scholastic work, good student conduct, and good administration. Both Mr. Perz and the instructors are anxious to maintain this fine record in the field of edu- cation. Nine

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ACADEMICS IN THE 1920'S Literature: Sinclair Lewis-Babbitt and Main Street Ernest Hemingway-The Sun Also Rises, '26 A Farewell to Arms, '29 Edna Ferber- Show Boat, '26 Plays: Emperor Jones, '20 What Price Glory? '24 All Quiet on the Western Front HISTORY Albert Einstein won recognition Mayo Clinic becomes world famous Teapot Dome Scandal League ot Nations POPULAR CLUBS DURING THE TWENTIES Senior Girls' Council L'Histoire Club Wranglers Les Bas Thalian Literary Society German Club F.F.A. S Club Unity Girl Reserves Junior Etude Glee Club Orchestra Band Capitoline Staff TEACH ERS THAT WERE Lucie Alexander Roger Benedict Irene Burnett Roy Dettenbaugh Isabel Fogarty Elizabeth Graham Ruth McKinnie Eda Nelsch Mark Peterman Jesse Sanders Allen Smith Miriam Steinmiller Ruth Woods HERE DURING OFFICE STAFF Edna Allqins Eight IN SHS Senate Delphics Philos Hi-Y Elgethan Girl Reserves French Club Dramatic Club Quill and Scroll Girl Scouts Cafeteria Council Chemistry Club Bulletin Spanish Club THE TWENTI ES ARE: Louise Hager Mary Blatt Sadie Clapper Robert Furry Priscilla Fogarty Mabel Hays Marguerite McPhillimey George Patrick William Roellig Irene Simpson Joseph Spitale Guy Thompson Margaret Davis

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ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MR. LEDERER Eastern State College, B. of Ed.g Northwestern University, M,A.g University of Coloradog The American University. l'll never forget the time I was sent to Mr. Lederer. Will you please take this yellow slip and go to room 2 immediately? And so, slowly and hesitantly, I made the too short trip to the office. I was feeling hopelessly lost when I took a chair inside the office. In front of me was a big desk with Mr. Lederer sitting behind it. My ears burned, my temperature rose, the halls echoed my thoughts. Oh, why did I throw that spitballl Then he looked up from his work and started talking. It seemed that in a matter of seconds my terror faded. I liked himl Say, he wasn't bad at all. The task of discipline is a difficult one, but Mr. Lederer has made countless friends among the students and parents. His pleasant methods in discipline and accessibility at all times has contributed to this popularity. its-ljilffg gu Tr I J lg. if if lxllgil Ten