Roosevelt Junior High School - Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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H. C. MUTH, Principal . Page eight

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HistCrg Theodore Roosevelt Junior High School opened its doors to students for the flrst time on September 2, 1924. At that time 1023 students enrolled, 502 boys and 521 girls. The growth in enrollment is shown as follows: Year Semester Boys Girls Total Increase 1924-25 First 502 521 1023 1924-25 Second 565 609 1174 151 1925-26 First 601 602 1203 29 1925 26 Second 629 626 1255 52 1926-271: First 707 696 1403 148 j:Estimated. Nine elementary schools tBarhour, Blake, Church, Ellis, Franklin, Garrison, Kent, Montague, VValkeQ contribute to the enrollment, together with scattered entries from rural districts and from private and parochial schools. Increase in numbers might be taken as evidence of the attractiveness of the junior high school program, but detailed studies will be available for the next Yearbook. To meet the needs of a growing school, it has been necessary to organize many activities appropriate to junior high school students. Horne room organizatiOns and student service organizations elsewhere enumerated and described were put into operation the first semester of 1924-25. The second semester marked the ad- vent of special interest clubs, together with the weekly publication of nTeddy's News? The llOrange and Blue? handbook of school information, appeared on September 1, 1925; and work for the present Yearbook has featured the second semester of this year. Interscholastic and intramural athletic activities have played their part in building up the spirit and life of the school. The curriculum of the school has had like attention. Organization of depart- ments aided the analysis of subject matter appropriate to age, grade, and ability of students. Auditorium exercises were introduced into the seventh grade program last fall. The machine-shop was equipped during the summer of 1925 and offered to ninth grade boys in September. . The faculty as a whole has been making an investigation of study habits and student accounting. Building a school program of curricular and extra-curricular activities has been, and will continue to be, a pioneering project, filled with living experiences for all engaged in the task. Page seven

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Top Row-Mabel Hawkinson, Eva Giffen, Margaret Long, Esther Clark, Bertha Morse, Arthur Annis, Carl Cramer, Claude Middleton, Arthur Larson, Marion Balsley, Harold Ryan. Third ROWsSarah Snyder, Mary Weld, Mabel Hopkins, Lillie Mottier, Edith Stewart, Millie Knott, Blanche Scone, Ruth Hollem, Ola Bogen, Laura Ryan, Eleanor Westberg. Second Row-Olive Daley, Dorothy Blackburn, Alice Nolan, Elizabeth MCEvoyY Mary Sullivan sAssistant PrincipaD, H. C. Muth Gjrincipab, Ruth Heffran, Lillian Reitsch, Ruth Martin, Marion Seal, Bessie Dougherty. First Row-Naime Eckburg, Anna Hyland, Florence PoweH, Claire Scone, Evelyn Mundhenke, Elizabeth Scone, Angela Joyce, Helen Wight, Dorothy Barber, Elizabeth Sullivan, Ellyn Olson, Winona Witty. Absent-Mary M. Ralston, Gladys Whiting. Facultg Sarah Snyder, English Dorothy Barber, English Angela Joyce, English Bertha Morse, English Blanche Scone, English Elizabeth Sullivan, English Florence Powell, English Alice Nolan, Mathematics Anna Hyland, Mathematics Lillian Reitsch, Mathematics Ruth Hollem, Mathematics Mary Weld, Mathematics Naime Eckburg, Mathematics Arthur Larson, Social Science. Mabel Hawkinson, Social Science Ellyn Olson, Social Science Laura Ryan, Social Science Claire Scone, Social Science Elizabeth Scone, Social Science Mabel Hopkins, Social Science Dorothy Blackburn, Latin, French Edith Stewart, Latin Gladys Whiting, Dramatics Esther Clark, Business Practice Ruth- Heffran, Typewriting Evelyn Mundhenke, Commercial Millie Knott, Clothing Winona Witty, Clothing Lillie Mottier, Foods Arthur Annis, Mechanical Drawing Marion Balsley, Woodshop Carl Cramer, Automotive, Machine Claude Middleton, Printing Margaret Long, Music Elizabeth McEvoy, Music Bessie Dougherty, Art Eva Giffen, Art Ola Bogen, General Science Mary M. Ralston, General Science Eleanor Westberg, General Science Louise Herrick, General Science Harold Ryan, Physical Training Helen Wight, Physical Training Page nine