Roosevelt High School - Roundup Yearbook (East Chicago, IN)

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THE SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT The Changing World It is the purpose of all education to prepare young people to live useful and satis- fying lives. Since society is ever in the process of becoming something else, never really- beginning or ending, it is the particular province of the Social Studies to leave the pupil at the end of his school course, with a vision of whence he came, whither he is going, and what he ought to do while he is going. Social Studies deal with man and his activities. Geography, History of the United States, Community Life and Civic Problems, and Physical Geography are required courses in the Junior High School. In the Senior High School, World History — Ancient, Medieval, and Modern European History — History of the United States, Government, Economics, and Sociology are offered. These courses are planned to give the student a greater appreciation of his country, its resources, its people, its history and its government; to give him an understanding of the past and present; to broaden his knowledge of other countries; to give him a chance to understand the people and customs of other nations; and to teach him ideals of citizenship which will aid him in taking his place as an American citizen when his high school days are over. World History, History of the United States, Government, and Economics are required for graduation in the College Preparatory course. Sociology, which deals with society and its problems, is elective. The members of the Social Science faculty are: Mr. Anderson, Miss Owen, Miss Reifel, Miss Spector, Miss Mann, Mr. Fox, and Mr. Haynes. Page Twenty-seven

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THE VOCATIONAL DEPARTMENT Glorified Work The Industrial and Vocational departments of Roosevelt have assumed greater im- portance in the last few years than ever before. The need for courses of practical value has become increasingly urgent. For this reason the industrial department has been enlarged and improved. The classes in this department have increased from five to seven, thes shops from three to five. A large amount of modern equipment has been added. The boys in the Junior High School are required to take a finding or exploration course. This course gives the boys general instruction in many industrial arts so that they may discover the type of work in which they would like to specialize. This course includes instruction in woodwork, sheet metal, concrete, household mechanics, printing, mechanical drawing, wood finishing, cabinet making, and machine shop. Boys who do not follow the academic course, may take an Industrial Arts course or the Vocational course. In the Industrial Arts course the boys take one hour of shop work a day, while in the Vocational course they take three hours a day. Classes which are offered in specialized work are: Printing, mechanical drawing, woodwork, machine shop, cabinet making and auto mechanics. An apprentice course was added in nineteen thirty. In this course a student is em- ployed in an industry and comes to school one day a week. On this day, he takes related drawing and other related aca- demic subjects. The teaching staff of the vocational department has greatly increased in the last few years. It now has eight members —Mr. Bunker, Mr. Brown, Mr. Miller, Mr. Maury, Mr. Rohm, Mr. Ferguson, Mr - B T , r - B ker Mr u Ferg ° n ' D M u r - Maury Mr. Matthews, and Mr. Lidster. Mr. Miller, Mr. Matthews, Mr. Rohm. ' Page Twenty-six

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On the Wings of Music THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT The Music department is divided into two parts — the instrumental and vocal departments. Both of these depart- ments have shown surprising development. Six years ago a small group of boys were brought to- gether in rehearsal as the first Roosevelt band. For a time they practiced under great difficulty. They had no regular time, were without adequate equipment and had no uni- forms. Gradually the band grew. New equipment was added; uniforms were pur- chased; and the band began to appear in public, at school functions and in parades. Frorr a small beginning, the instrumental department has had unusual development. A begin- ners ' band of forty pieces, a Cadet Band of fifty pieces, a Cadet Orchestra of thirty pieces, a Concert Orchestra of forty pieces, a Girls ' Band of forty-five pieces and a Boys ' Concert Band of sixty pieces are included in the instrumental department. Classes of cornet, clarinet, viola, cello and string bass are offered during school hours. In the vocal department Junior Chorus work for seventh and eighth grades is offered. This organization is the training center for the high school glee clubs. The vocal organizations for High School students have increased in membership approximately three times. For the girls a large chorus was organized from which a Madrigal Club was selected. Both groups have made many public appearances. There are two glee clubs for boys — the Varsity and Cadet. Greater interest was shown this year in the Boys ' Glee clubs th.i befc Boroughs The Mixed Chorus had seventy-two members. From this group an A Cap- pella Choir was selected. Both organiza- tions did excellent work. Mr. White, Mr. Boroughs, Miss Clark and Mr. Preston are the instructors in the music department. Page Twenty-eight