Springfield High School - Capitoline Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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ROBERT PERZ Prunclpal Although crowded classrooms and teacher shortages are causes of real concern to most people the greatest threat to the education of our young people and conse quently to the future of our country as not so wudely recognuzed lt us the threat of r' e dlocrnty and of belng satusfled with mediocrity We all know that the polltucal wusdom which founded thus land of ours and the sclentlflc buslness Industrial and educational forces which have molded lt unto a great nation were anythlng but mediocre We know too that our needs today go far beyond ernment offnclals and competent workers ln all walks of llfe are terrlbly nn demand Yet as our country grows few people are walling to assume the responslbulntles of tomorrow Thus Capltollne IS a trlbute to those who are preparlng themselves for tomorrow o those who nn spate of obstacles at home and nn communuty and In spate of the encourage ment of medlocruty all around them are strnvang to provide themselves with the most thor ough educatlon any school can glve Upon them and partlcularly upon their success In remalnung free from the shacklmg forces at work In thus cnty and country rides the dat ference between a flrst rate and a thurd rate nataon ROBERT PERZ 8 I I I I the teacher shortageg that scientists, nurses, engineers, trained business leaders, able gov- . . . . . . t Tl

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Mass Loulse Hager Mass Mmam Stelnmlller 1 nnu Stare Norm1l B Colum nw Knox College Unrvcrsrtv of Chucago Unnversltv Unrversrtv of Chlcwqo Unlver PhB Unuversnty of Illnnols Summer Ses of llllnons M A Nluv York Schoo o lon at Oxford England Soclal Vkorrc The most helpful person to any hugh school student rs has counselor whose guldance and thoughtful advlce rs rndnspensable Each student IS alded rn clrscovernng has own aptltudes so that he can plan has course of study accordungly However counsel IS not lnmlted to currlculum as the counselors otten assrst nn solving personal problems Robert D Furry Donald W Rankin llllnols College A B Unuversntv of hr Kent State Unuversnty Floruda Southern ca o Unlversltv of lllrnous MA Advv er Co lege BA Unrversnty of Florida Ohro of Cap tolnne and Jr Caprto ne State Unlversrty MA 9 l OUR IIUUNSELURS