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

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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.

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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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Florence Brouse, Harold Gordon, Louise Sum- merfelt, Harry Nuttinq. wsmixw What has eightyvsix feet and danlces? You're right; this gym class of seventh graders. When I entered what many think is the most enjoyable place in Lincolnia, the gym, I was impressed with the activity going on therein. It was equipped with a net, baskets, and balls. I found that the seventh grade, the eight B's, and the ninth grade were enjoying basket, volley, and kick ball while the eight A's learned how to swim. I found the Lincolnia citizens inside, but when the weather permits, activities such as baseball, pass-ball, and football commence. Tournaments are held to determine the best teams among the boys and among the girls. Splash! Splash! What could that be? Methouqht I should investi- gate. Why, of course, the boys and girls are taking showers. Their gym periods become more restful because after the strenuous sports they can cool off in the showers before returning to their classes. Miss Brouse and Miss Summerfelt are the brainpumpers of the girls' swim- ming and gym classes; Mr. Gordon and Mr. Nutting have the same job with the boys. Although tumbling may cause many aches and pains, the citizens of this country seem to enjoy it. Sometimes on special occasions they are called upon to demonstrate their pyramids. head stands. and various tricky forma- tions. They have a beautiful body of water which is called Lincoln's 0001. It is about nine feet deep at the deepest end and eighteen inches in the shallowest part. Here the boys and girls learn to swim. 'When the citizens of Lincolnia fin- ish a year's training in physical education, they are more physically fit to do their work and play.