Roosevelt Junior High School - Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Miss St- art, A.B.; Miss Blackburn, A.B.: Miss McGuire, AIL; Miss Whiting, B.S.; Miss Scone; Miss llivan, B.S.; Mrs. Warren, A.B. Morse. Miss Snyder was absent. DEPARTM ENTS OF E Strands in reading, literature, oral and written composition, instrumental gram- mar. and spelling are presented to junior high school pupils enrolled in English Classes. Experiences in silent readingr give practice with study materials. with locating, collecting, and stunmarizing helpful facts, with supplementary reading and recreational reading. This year a few Classes have done work which has enabled them to find out very interesting facts about their own reading rates. compre- hension and memory scores, and they have made much progress as a result. Litera- ture, where more oral work is done, uses selections of many types and corresponds with the present and possible future in- terests 0f the class. For oral and written composition, exercises are chosen on a basis of probable social usefulness, suit- ability. and probable ettectiveness. Instru- mental grammar includes necessary in- formation and considerable drill in gram- matical usage. Spelling lists and tests are identical for all, as the problem works for Mis Green, A.B.', Miss Clark, M.A., Head of Department of lilnglish; Miss Holt, AJL, Librarian; Miss o h LISH AND FORE N EANGUAGE these grades vary little. Remedial work and creative compositional activities are carried on in certain classes; in all cases the Course of Study is designed to be suf- hciently flexible to permit its use under whatever conditions may exist. The classes in the Foreign Language Department are all elective. Eighth-grade students usually choose general language, which gives a greater knowledge and ap- preciation of their own through compari- son with others. Simple songs, grammar. simple poems are learned in the different languagesi Ninth-grade pupils have the choice of French. German, Spanish, and Latin. Last year there were no Spanish or German classes; so few were interested in these two. Class activities in ninth- grade work include grammar. vocabulary drills. translation, and a study Of English derivatives. Miss Stewart and Miss Black- burn have the foreign language classes at Roosevelt.

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ROOSEVELT I936 Mr. Campbell, B. 8; Miss 0. Same, A. 11.; Mr. Svhoomnakel', 13.8.; Miss Hopkins, A. 13.; Miss Ryan. MI'. Huxham, B. 8.; Miss E. Scone, Mr. Larson, Head of Department of Social Science; Miss Reynolds, A. B. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE In ancient Rome the proudest boast was Romanus sum which is translated, n1 am a Roman citizen? In ancient Rome, how- ever, the privileges of a citizen of the E111- pire were very few in comparison with those which we as citizens of our country enjoy today. Too often, it would seem, we think of our blessings and privileges and forget that we have duties and re- sponsibilities to render in return. All school work should aim toward a better fulhllnlent of these duties and re- sponsibilities. The work in the Social Science Department is of such a nature. In social science, geography teaches us about the lands and life of our fellow Americans who live in South America. This study should make it easier for us tO understand the problems that may arise in our relations with these people. A study of the history of our own country should and does help us to understand better what the ideals of America are, and how our forefathers struggled to obtain these privileges we enjoy. Such study also makes us more conscious of our duty to maintain these blessings. Problems are constantly arising today just as they did in the past, and we need to prepare our- selves so that we shall be able to solve better than before the many difficult prob- lems that are almost sure to arise. Com- munity civics gives us information about the problems and work that confronts us as citizens of the city, state, and nation. In civics, too, we learn how to mark ballots and discover what the qualifications which the candidates for public offices should have. In social science vocations are studied, and each pupil tries to select the one vocation which he will follow when he leaves the school life for the community life. Social science in an age like ours and a country like ours is a most important subject. Paw

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ROOSEVELT 1936 Mr. Van Bzu'riger; Mr. Villemure, B. 8.; Miss Hyland; Miss Eckberg, A. B. Miss Hollem, A.B.; Iiss Reitsch; Miss Nolan, 1 WI WeH'SO . end of the Department of Mathematics; Miss Weld. DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS The great men of science and of learning eThales, Pythagoras, Plato. Aristotle, Euclid,ehave established beyond a doubt that mathematics is the basic science in our system of knowledge. itln the realm of thought, it is our one real link with in- finity; in the realm of the practical, it bridges our rivers and stream lines our airplanes? The number of students who need math- ematics for preparation in careers of engi- neering, astronomy, chemistry; the num- ber who need mathematical statistics in the held of economics, business, education, and the natural sciences, as well as in medi- cal research, is increasing rapidly; and the amount of: mathematics required in each held has multiplied many times. An excellent opportunity to acquire this strong and greatly needed foundation in mathematics is given to each pupil at Roosevelt through the required mathe- matics courses in the seventh and eighth grades. In these classes review is given and drill on all the fundamental processes is practiced. Pupils are introduced to busi- ness arithmetic, algebra, and geometry. The ninthegrade course is elective and very popular with a large number of Roosevelt students. It is a combination of algebra and an introduction to trigo- nometry. Page 11