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

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GENERAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT rttmrr DULD AND tt L- ' ,, tt A ..--- . T051 XII XXX lx Upper picture: Marie Sauber, Paul Nelson, Verona Prien, Paul Iohnson, LeRoy Foss, Fred Iohnson Lower picture: A general science class always has on interesting subject for discussion Two and a half years oi General Science are given in our school. We study about air, water, soil, physical changes, chemical changes, electricity, plants, animals, and lite functions. When We study Water and air, we also study the elements-almost one hundred oi them-oi which things are composed. Usually we spend the first halt ot our General Science period in discussiong the second half we spend in working on our notebooks. In seventh grade our study includes tire, ventilation, stimulants, and narcotics: in eighth, We have an in- troduction to chemistry, a study of rocks, stars, and the Weather. Our ninth grade course is an introduction to biology. During the first semester We learn to distinguish scientifically between living and non-living things, the effect of environment on living things, the methods of food getting, interdependence among living things, and man's control of living things. In the second semester We study human biology. Our course in science accomplishes two services for us: it gives us a better understanding of the world in which We live and it aids us in deciding upon the science to be studied in high school. i15l

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ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENTS Upper picture: Loretto Condon, Tomina Hiland, Sarah Burr, Adeline Hoegborg, Annctta Gibson, Olive Ballard, lean Geddes Josephine O'Donnell, Mary l-liclcey, Edna Olander, lvlinette Rudolph insert: Phyllis Levy. Lower picture: Left, an English class hard at workp right, a general language class exercising their tongues in French Three years of English are required in Lincoln. The course is divided be- tween composition and literature, a unit of one followed by a unit of the other. In the literature course We read widely from the works of a great many authors. Thus we become acquainted with many different types of books and learn to appreciate reading the various types of writers and writings. In composition we write letters and themes, we learn some necessary grammar, and We prac- tice talking in front of audiences by having our class listen to our attempts to give talks. In both our composition and literature units we have home read- ing assignments, thus further increasing our acquaintance with good writers. There is one elective course in the English department, the one in drama which is open to eighth and ninth graders. The language classes are elective in eighth and ninth grade. In the eighth grade General Language is offered, a course which enables the members to find out for themselves the language for which they are fitted. In ninth grade Latin and French are popular electives. f14l

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Q HOUSEHOLD ARTS DEPARTMENT Z, gffzilule tug q Upper picture: Vivian Westring, Alice Olander, Zella Evans, Nell Hall Lower picture, to the left: A Foods ll class is preparing a luncheong to the right: these Clothing fl girls are making pajamas for themselves. Household Arts is required in seventh grade and in the first semester of the eighth grade. Thereafter it is an elective subject, one which is most popular among the girls of Lincoln. The first semester of work in Lincoln is a course in sewing in which the girls make a variety of things, including aprons, towels, and caps. ln the second semester the course is one in preparing and serving simple foods. The last required course is entirely different, this one being a course in good manners, in budgeting, and in other problems related to the successful running oi a house. The first elective course is one for eighth grade in which the girls may choose either sewing or knitting. In the latter the girls make sweaters, purses, and other useful things for themselves: in the former, they make belts, embroidered jackets, and have a little knitting. In the ninth grade there are two elective courses offered, Foods I and II and Clothing I and ll. Here the girls are able to produce work of a grownup standard. These are very popular courses. f15l