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

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS Ernest H. Hintz, thhcm Clow, Clinton Skinner, Claude Middleton, Oliver Schade, Roy E. Fowler. The boys in Home Mechanics prepare an exhibit of their work. In Wood Shop the boys make real furniture. Bzz-bzz-bzz, bang, bang, bcmg, click, click, click. Mercy on me, I thought, What is this? Suddenly I knew; I was near the various shops of this land. Boys were at work. Printing, machine, auto, and woodshop, home me- chanics, and mechanical drawing are the industrial occupations offered the boys. I learned that these shop courses hctve two chief purposes: they give the boys an opportunity to become acquainted with six different trades and thus assist them in discovering if they have any aptitude for any of them or ct desire to pursue them further; and they give some very practical experience in work that is of great use in every day life. Thus they are of great importance in the present and in training for the future.

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HOUSEHOLD ARTS Alice M. Olander, Vivian R. Westrinq, Neil E. Hall, Zeila Evans, Marion B. Whittlei In Clothing II classes the girls make dresses for themselves. Wkngwu 7y ;, These girls can make sauce without lumps. I guess I was slightly out of place here, but I found that the girls like the courses offered, for they are practical. Seventh grade household arts work is devoted to fundamental sewing and cooking. The girls prepare such tasty little tidbits as muffins! waffles, and pastries. During the course different groups pre- pare and serve meals for each other. But they don't spend all of their time cook- ing. They must learn how to plan and prepare balanced meals; this includes c1 study of foods. The girls have a choice of knitting, cooking, and sewing for 8A, 9B, and 9A classes. All of these fields are well equipped with efficient brainpumpers. In some of the foods Classes cake contests and luncheons for the teachers are held. In the elective clothing classes the girls are assisted in the making of clothes for themselves, some of them showing a truly professional touch. U41

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COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Albert R. Monti, David I. Baron, John H. Benson, Madge Belts. No hunt and punch method for these typists. A very popular course, methinks, judging by the number of pupils taking it as an elective, is the commercial course. It is offered, I found, from SE to 9A. The pupils are privileged to have Business Practice I and II in eighth and ninth grades and typing in the ninth. The business practice course covers filing, learning about telephones, telegraphs, and the sending of messages by them. The members of the classes make some most attractive and interesting note- books on these difterent topics. Filing is studied rather thoroughly, for, me- thought, I saw boys and girls carrying about three hundred tiling cards around. You see they write a name on each card and file them in small groups at first in order to get an understanding of the nature of the work. Then at last they file all of these cards together. I do believe the brainpumpers have to exert as much effort in correcting them as do the pupils in making them. Enough for business practice, for, as I glanced into another room marked Commercial , 1 was astonished to see a scene similar to that of a huge office staff busy with typewriters. There are so many boys and girls that would like to take this very practical course that it usually comes to drawing straws in the home rooms to see who will have the privilege of the training offered therein. After learning these basic skills at Lincolnia, the pupils may continue to pro- gress in the same field when they go on to senior high school. This course, in- deed, it truly valuable to all pupils who take it.