Martin Boots Junior High School - Sketch Yearbook (Marion, IN)

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28 The Sketch Social Studies IT IS THE AIM of the Social Science Department to prepare those students enrolled in this course for a larger and more useful place in society by creating in the students proper attitudes. History and Civics class work is carried on by means of social- ized recitation which may include discussions, debates, dramatizations etc. Geography classes with their pictures, travel talks, imaginary journeys make far places and people real to the student. Vocational classes make excursions to various industrial plants of the city and successful business men and women speak to these classes about their work. Students attend civic club luncheons where- they meet people of many vocations. Foreign Language LATIN IS A PRACTICAL language. Why? Because two-thirds of our words are derived from it and consequently a better under- standing of English is obtained through a knowledge of Latin. French, the baby of our language department was introduced January 1929. At present the classes are following with interest the adventures of Remi Barberin. The French club. Le Cercle Francais formed by the 9A Class, meets twice a month. Spain has aptly been called The Land of Romance! What country can offer a more romantic figure than Don Quixote , hero of the world's greatest novel. ln the realm of art we find Velasquez and Murillo among the greatest masters. Home Economics THERE IS N0 SUBJECT taught in school that more carefully trains a girl for her place in the home than Home Economics. Every girl who takes the Home Economics course has one term of sewing and one of cooking when she has finished and has a general know- ledge of each. , In clothing classes the 7B girls make cooking uniforms. The 8B's make attractive underwear and pajamas. The ninth year girls make coolie coats and dresses. In food classes the 7A and 8A classes have laboratory work. In the ninth grade foods are studied as to their origin, chemical com- position, value, and nutrition,

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The Sketch 27 Departments Mathematics RITHMETIC is A Mosr VITAL SUBJECT. It enters into our daily lives in all forms of measurement, the making of change, the telling of time, the keeping of scores, and the planning of practically all effort, whether it be in vocation or professions. No boy or girl can afford to stop short of as thorough a mastery of this subject as his native mentality will permit. While for the average person Algebra may not seem to be use- ful, yet it is surprising how many things one can do with numbers by using the various principles of Algebra. Some of the hardest prob- lems can be answered in Algebraic form through the equation before the Arithmetic answers are known. It is a very fascinating subject and its fundamental laws are valuable not only in discovering values and relationships existing in the field of science, but also like Arithmetic it aids in promoting those finer and desirable habits and qualities of mind and character admired in any individual. Science HE PRIMARY OBJ ECT of General Science is to aid the pupil in in- terpreting his environments and to train him in the habit of thinking from cause to effect and from effect to cause. Innumerable applications of Science in home and civic life are studied. Several pupils are carrying out projects of their own volition. William Ec- khart is experimenting with growing plants by artificial light, Jack De Wolf has kept a record and made a graph of barometer readings. Yates Smith is recording the development of tadpoles. Several pupils are making collections of fossils and carrying out home experiments. Biology is the study of both plant and animal life. This subject touches some phase of interest in every child's life, and is a subject that comes into use every day in a practical way. Aims of course: To acquaint the student with such facts as will help him to live a healthy life: to bring about a healthy community. C25 will give him the right attitude toward many civic problems as: sanitation, etc. C31 will show him the fundamental relationships between plants and animals. Q4-J will give a correct attitude toward germ theory of disease, vac- cination andg heredity. Many interesting projects are being carried out by the students of this course.

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The Sketch Z9 Industrial Arts OOD WORK IN Martin Boots is compulsory in the seventh grade, ill optional in the eighth and ninth grades. The seventh grade projects are hat and coat racks, book racks, tie racks and smoking stands. Eighth grade projects are end tables, smoking stands, maga- zine racks, hall trees. Advanced classes are open to ninth grade boys only. General metal shop is perhaps the newest organized shop work given to boys of the ninth grade. The aim of general shop is to give' those enrolled information as to what the metal may hold in store for them as future mechanics. electricians. Projects in sheet metal ma- chine shop, practical electricity, auto mechanics, Wood Work, weav- ing. plumbing, Wood-turning, pattern making and forging are be- ing carried on. Radio Work is given to second term students. At pres- ent the 9A Shop boys are overhauling a Ford roadster. Usually about 90 boys take shop during the day. Cafeteria QUR LIFE DEPENDS a great deal upon what we at and Martin Boots cafeteria provides the most wholesome foods to be had. The cafeteria serves meals to 275 students and teachers daily, and the average meal costs from 15 to 20 cents. The ladies who prepare the food are always glad to assist at banquets or any other social func- tions. We are very grateful for their help and the best way to express our appreciation is to do all We can to make the cafeteria a success. ' Twenty-third Psalm The teacher is my shepherd. I shall always want, She maketh me bow down to her. She leadeth me into deep waters. She raspeth my soul. She leadeth me into paths of work for meaness sake. Yet. though I walk through the halls of J. H. S. I shall always fear evil for thou art against me, Thou prepares! an exam before me in the presence of my classmates Thou armointest my Card with P's My cup rurmeth over. Surely P after P will follow me all the days of my life and l will dwell in this J. H. S. forever.