Abraham Lincoln Junior High School - Annual Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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l,it GENERAL SCIENCE J ' , Harry M. Palmer, LeRoy Foss, Verona M. Prien, Paul Johnson, Paul E. Nelson, Emery G. Fritsch. It takes brains to understand brains, as this class can tell you. a Mercy on me! I thought, what cm odor! Have the cooking classes been burning something, I wonder. But I'm not near them. What can it be? Thoughts led to action, and soon I found myself investigating the mysteries of nature along with another seventh grade general science class. In this class the pupils study such topics as air, tire, heat, and ventilation. Besides these, they study stimulants cmd narcotics. The eighth grade pupils come across such topics as The characteristics of some common substances, The changing surface of the earth, The earth's neighbors, and The weather.' These are followed by or study of the way mcm has gained power over nature by means of machines, by the development of means of communication, and by or study of light, sound, and water. Ninth grade ushers in a course of biology, where the student studies plants and animals and the human body. The first semester is spent in general biology Ehow living things differ from non-livinq; how they depend on their surround- ings for existence; how they obtain and store food; how they are related to each other; and how they are controlled and improved. The study of the human body is made during the second semester. This includes the study of how the body prepares and uses food, how it provides for its individual cells, how it is adapted by structure to perform the activities of life. Next, or study of the nervous system is made. Finally, CI brief study of diseases and their causes and cures is made.

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SOCIAL SCIENCE Stanley Griizbaugh, Lucille Beutel, Sally Garde, Gladys Shaw, Iohn Ekeberg, Marguerite Quinn, Marian Peters. Muriel Lee, Grace W. Ellis! Violet Peterson, Vivian Swanson. The seventh grade social science classes study southern lands. ---'- Walking through this strange land, I heard the queerest sounds imaginable. Deciding to investigate, I found myself among the people of Social Science. rI'he group I came upon were studying the geography of lands near and below the equator. I was told that all newcomers to this land made this study. rThey learn about the geographical and climatic conditions of the lands and of their products. With their study they acquire a better understanding of the political and industrial relations between countries. All of a sudden a sharp noise startled me. Gathering their materials to- gether, out this class rushed and another came in. Upon inquiry I learned that these newcomers were second year citizens, studying the history of United States from the time of Liet Erickson down to the present day. With vivid word pictures they are taught about the colonization of the country, of the struggle for independence, of the growth of the democratic form of government, and, finally, of the problems and events of the present. The next group to enter were ninth graders. Soon they were in the midst of a heated debate on labor conditions of the country. As I listened, I realized that they had been well instructed on the subject and knew whereof they spoke. Looking through one of their text-books, I found that they studied the com- munity and its problems, economic relations in business, and the government of the nation. Truly, I thought, no course could be more important in the mak- ing of good citizens in this world.

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ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE Mary E. Hickey! Loretto Condon, Tomina Hilcmd, Sarah Burn English; 0161 Bogen, Foreign Lcm- , quage; Adeline Hoegberg, Minette Rudolph, Eng- lish; Zillcxh Morgan, Foreign Language. Annettct Gibson, Harriet Hyzerl Olive Ballard, Edna OIcmder, Iecm Geddes, English. Oral interpretation aids in the understanding of good literature as these seventh graders demon- strate. Catherine Nicholson shows that she can ecrire as well as parIer Frcmcais. I will now relate my strange adventures in the English and foreign 1cm- guqqe departments. One of the common sights in cm English classroom, I am told, is the breaking down of sentences. From this, they get such odd words as subject, verb, predicate nominative, and adverb. I also saw a group of very dis- couraged looking people. They were reading CI book called The Talisman , which was, methinks, to be followed by Silas Marner cmd mcmy others. Since this was during the second half of the yectr, this class was studying literature, while during the first half they had studied composition with a little work on grammar. Upon entering a Latin class I talked to the Brainpumper in charge. I found that besides studying the language, the class learned about the history and the customs of the country whose language they were studying. E123