Roosevelt Junior High School - Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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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

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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 Mr. Clikeman, M.A.; Mr. James, M.A.; Miss Hanstrom, R.N.; Mr. Wise, B.E.; Chairman of General Science Department; Mr. Ray, M.A. Mrs. Billinghum, B. A.; Miss Olson, A. 13.; Miss Smith, A. Departmen t. COMMERCIAL AND GENERAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS The Commercial Department offers to pupils in the eighth grade Business Prac- tice I and II and to those in ninth grade Typewriting I and II. In Business Practice the student learns about the many activities which are a part of modern business. To supplment this business knowledge, regular business forms are used so that the pupil gets prac- tice in actually filling out records and papers which are used by people daily. Students also have the opportunity to find out whether they like commercial work well enough to continue it in senior high school. In the first semester of typewriting, pu- pils learn the keyboard so that anyone may develop typwriting speed and accuracy for personal or vocational use, how to center material on a page, and how to write short business letters. In Typewriting II prac- tice is given in writing all the different styles of business letters, envelopes, legal and business forms. IL; Miss Mundhenke, A. B., Head of Commercial General Science. as the name implies, is a general introduction to many of the spe- cial sciences as well as a complete course in itself. During the work in these classes many pupils choose a particular science Held for future study or gain enjoyable or profitable hobbies. The junior high school course in general science aims to give the pupil an under- standing of the factors of his environment so that he will be able to live more intelli- gently and happily; it attempts to impart to each a usable knowledge of his own per- sonal hygiene and the factors of commun- ity hygiene. Text books, demonstrations, and discussions are used, and frequently persons especially qualified to speak on special subject are invited to address the science classes. In story. too, the pupil becomes acquainted with the lives and un- selfish service and devoted efforts of those scientists who have brought about the con- veniences of our modern Civilization.