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

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COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Upper picture: Iohn Benson, David Baron, Maxine Smith Lower picture at the lett shows a class in Business Practice: at the right, a Typing class at regular daily practice. The Commercial Department offers two courses, elective tor eighth and ninth grades, typing and business practice. The former is open only to ninth graders, while the latter is available for both eighth and ninth grade pupils. Business Practice is planned as a preparation tor further work in commercial courses and as a good foundation of the subject for those who will be using it in their everyday liie outside ot school. Most practical subjects are found in the course. So great is the demand for the course in typing, only a per cent of those electing the course can have it. The department gives two semesters of work, sufficient to give the class members a skill in typing which they find useful in all ot their classes. Those who continue commercial work in senior high school may enter the second semester of typing after taking the course in junior high school. A typing club is organized to give those unable to enter a class an opportunity to obtain some practice and knowledge of the skill. l9l

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THE ADMINISTRATION L, 'Q' ,, ,Sai r Upper picture: Lucille Bom, Bookkeeper: Pearl Anderson, Clerk: Helen Gibbons, Sight-savinqg Marion Retzlaw, Clerk: Blanche Bowman, Assistant Principalg Marion Seal, Librarian: Nellie Hanstrom, Nurse l. W. Welsli, Principal Lower picture at the leit shows a class in Business Practice, at the right, a Typing class at regular their assistants are busy at some of the many duties oi their positions. The picture to the right is of a group of student helpers in the library, busy checking out books to those who wish to take them home. The offices are the center of life in our school. One enters first into the gen- eral office Where records are kept and information regarding the school and its personnel may be obtained. Next to the general office is Miss Bowman's office, where pupils seeking her aid, may secure kindly advice and help. Mr. Welsh's office is next in line. Here Mr. Welsh meets many pupils who bring their prob' lems and seek his help in planning their school careers. Near the office is lo- cated the dispensary where Miss Hanstrom is ready to render first aid to aching teeth, heads, or hearts. The library is on the third floor, above the auditorium. lt is a popular place. The sight-saving class has an especially equipped room on the ground floor. Members of this group come from all over the city to enjoy the advantages of this room and of its teacher. fBl

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SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Upper picture: Vivian Swanson, Violet Peterson, lohn Ekeberg, Muriel Lee, Gladys Shaw, Stanley Gritzbaugh, Lucille Beutel Sally Garde, Marian Peters, Marguerite Quinn, Grace Ellis Lower picture to the left shows a class in geography working on one of the interesting maps used in the classy to the right an eighth grade class displaying maps they have made. Everyone takes three years ot Social Science in junior high school. ln the seventh grade we study the geography of South America and of Africa. This is most interesting, and most of us gain an entirely new opinion oi these con- tinents. Our study includes the consideration of natural resources, of products, oi the lives of the people, and of the governments of the various countries. The history of our own country is the study of our eighth grade. Beginning with the early explorations and discoveries we trace its progress down to our own day. We follow this study ot our history with the study of our government, national, state, and localp this is the subject matter of the ninth grade. This brings us naturally to the problem of our place in this history and government and leads us to a consideration of our proper career. We choose our career- at least the one we think now we should like to pursue-study the requirements and possibilities for success and present our findings in the form of a book. One of the most valuable and pleasant features of our social science work is our study and discussion of current events. lf1Ul