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

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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

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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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INDUSTRIAL ARTS DEPARTMENT Upper picture: Roy Fowler, Nathan Clow, Ernest l-lintz, Oliver Schade, Claude Middleton, Irvin Carney - Lower picture, at left: Power hack saw operated by boys in machine shopg at right, eighth grade boys in mechanical drawing class. The industrial arts courses are required of boys during their first three semesters in junior high school. Courses are offered in machine shop, mechani- cal drawing, printing, home mechanics, woodwork, and automotive shop. These courses are planned with several purposes in view. Since during his three years in iunior high a boy may become acquainted with six different types of shop, he can decide which one he wishes to pursue in senior high school: he learns whether or not he has the mechanical ability to permit his pursuing one of the trades for his life's work: he gains in his appreciation of the mechanical age in which we are living, and he receives training which will afford him much pleasure when put to use during his leisure time. lt is no wonder that the courses are popular. Many boys choose shop courses as an elective in their eighth and ninth years of school. Although these courses are only one semester in length, they provide practical training which the boys are ready to put into service on numerous occasions. l17l