Roosevelt Junior High School - Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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, it 2x W244? : ROOSEVELT 1936 mA ' Mr. Villemut'eHE. 8.; Mr. Wood; Mr. Bjorge, B. 8.; Mr. liulsley; Mr. Annis, B. 8., Head of Department of Industrialurts. Miss Knott, . FL; Head of Department of Home Economies; Miss Olunder; Mrs. Carlson, 11. ll; Miss Schuaiern', B. S. A V x .2 z . 1i, Automotive, cabinet making, printing, woodshop, mechanical drawingeall these and many other subjects in the Depart- ment of Industrial Arts prove interesting to boys in the junior high school. This past semester 688 boys enrolled in classes offered by this department. Teachers in this department aim through the shop work to prepare boys for later life, not by making them master mechanics, but by giving them a knowledge and prac- tice in the right way of doing many things so that they are not dependent entirely upon skilled help, if some emergency arises; the work of the shops gives many boys new ideas and ways of using leisure time profitably; it often develops a hobby that later proves worthwhile; here, too, boys are taught the newest methods, learn about the new gadgets, and discover the latest developments in the field that is ever enlarging. The work of the Home Economics De- partment offers work as interesting and helpful to the girls as the Industrial De- partment does for the boys. Miss Schrader .L'V'DEPARTMENTS OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS AND HOME ECONOMICS took the place made vacant by Miss Lund- berg's marriage last summer ; some courses were so popular that Miss Olander had to be added to the faculty last February to assist Miss Knott, Mrs. Carlson, Miss Schrader with the work of the department. In seventh grade all girls take sewing in which they learn many different stitches and how to sew on a machine ; take cooking where they learn how to prepare everyday dishes and considerable about food values. A11 8B class in Home Economics gives in- formation on taking care of babies, making plans for homes, giving first aid, and facts about personal hygiene. Foods and cloth- ing classes, elective courses, give practice in preparing and planning large meals, meals for convalescents, and meals for people of various ages. In clothing classes girls learn how to make undergarments, pajamas, and wash dresses in eighth grade; silk dresses, tailored clothes, and fabric study in the ninth grade. This year the foods classes entertained all teachers at a tea at Christmas, and in late May a few teachers at a dinner which they planned, prepared, and served themselves.

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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.

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Mr. Bm'nnl', B. C. S V ROOSEVELT I936 Ema Ecaocistir; ; Mr. Elmquist, A. 13.; Miss Gustafson, Supervisor of Music; Mrs. Dougherty. Miss Haley, M.A.; Miss Giffen; Miss Fredl'icksen, B. M.; Miss Golwitzer, A. FL; Miss Irons, Supervisor of Art, was absent when this picture was taken. DEPARTMENTS OF MUSIC AND ART The music study offered in junior high school gives opportunities in both choruses and instrumental groups. The mixed choruses, boys, and girls glee clubs, and the smaller vocal ensembles furnish op- portunity for special training and interest; along with the instrumental groups, and all provide auditorium programs and as- semblies and affirm the feeling Of pride and pleasure in their accomplishments. In the past a great deal of emphasis in select- ing school studies was placed upon the three Rls; now that emphasis would seem to be shifting to the three Clsecharacter, citizenship, and culture. Music makes a valuable contribution to all Of these. The success of junior high school music work is measured in terms of its effectiveness in the development of a lasting love for the best in music through an intelligent appreciation of it. Not all artists draw, paint, and model. Some, who never work as painters, archi- tects, sculptors, and commercial desq, do, are just as truly artists. They use art in daily living to arrange a beautifu room. make a beautiful garden, or plan a becoming costume. This is a work of art and is created in the same way that a beau- tiful picture is created by the painter artist. One uses manufactured articles for beauti- ful arrangements; the other uses brushes and paints. Art in the seventh grade e111- phasizes the study of art as it influences daily living. The student tries out new materials and ways of working that he may understand how art enriches life today. Elective art offers the general student and the specially artistic student an Opportun- ity to experiment in new materials, clay modeling, and crafts. The language of art is the same whether one becomes the artist selector or the expert or just enjoys art as a hobby. The expert must be more skillful. but each plays an important part in daily living. Page 14