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

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l t MUSIC DEPARTMENT uv- Upper picture: Mary Anqusg Eunice Knockg Ralph Hall, Band: Emma Green, Orrrliestrag Astrid Gustafson, Supervisor of Music. lnsetsz George Iensen, Band, and Alfred Moore, Orchestra. Lower picture: A music Il class is having a good time. Music is a required study in seventh grade and an elective subject in eighth and ninth grades. In these classes the time is divided between increas- ing skill in creating music and in listening appreciatively to the music of others. During the year two very important musical productions occur. In the first semester a beautiful Christmas cantata is given on the Sunday preceding the holidays. This is produced especially for the parents and friends of the school. The operetta is the most important musical event of our school year. This year the operetta, Words and Music , was given at two matinee and one evening performance to large and appreciative crowds. In addition to the vocal music our school offers training in both band and orchestra. There are three orchestras and three bands. During the year both the orchestra and the band gave public performances in concerts to which many parents and friends came. In addition they have appeared in enjoyable assemblies during the year. l12l

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MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Upper picture: Margaret Fitzgerald, Karl Hein, Chester johnson, Mary Burchiield Katharine Smith, Susan Worster, Laura Larson, Louise l-lorrall. Inset, Richard Evans Lower picture to left, the eight-three class in mathematics: to the right, an algebra class working out problems in graphs Everyone in our junior high school takes two years of mathematics. Many oi us take an additional year, choosing algebra as a ninth grade elective. The course in mathematics is a very practical one, giving us many experiences in the computations and mathematical problems of everyday lite. We develop our realization oi the beauty and orderliness oi many familiar scenes by a study of geometric design and a realization of the frequency of these designs in nature and art. During the eighth grade course, We have an introduction to the study of algebra, sufficient to enable us to decide whether we Wish to take algebra as an elective. Algebra is one oi the most popular subjects in the junior high school course. Even algebra has become streamlined and has gone modern with many problems that are interesting stories in them- selves. Thus we get a good idea of the possibility of the practical use oi algebra in the problems of everyday lite. illl

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ART DEPARTMENT wltr K nvtunns my , Egan ,L my 2 in Upper picture: Harriett lohnson, Myrtle lrons, Supervisor of Art: Mary Andrew, Dorothy Cocktield. Lower picture: Ari Art III class is working on individual projects, all beautiful. Art is required for all seventh grade pupils and is an elective in eighth and ninth grades. The purpose of these courses is to develop artistic talent in mem- bers of the class and to increase an appreciation of art as it enters into many phases of everyday life. Pupils learn to use many materials in a' surprising new way as well as to use some materials, such as show card paint, for the first time. The craft courses give experience in planning and making simple and useful articles of interest to boys and girls. A great deal of interest is aroused in this course as the possibilities of the different materials are discov- ered. For those especially talented and interested there are special art courses, Art l, ll, III, and IV. In these courses the members have opportunities to find expression in many different forms of art and in a variety of media. An oppor- tunity for service is enjoyed by many of the people in art classes. They draw the posters that are used to advertise the many school activities. l13l