Roosevelt Junior High School - Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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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

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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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K n ROOSEVELT 193? If A? Mr. Sehoonmaker, B. 8.; Miss Reynolds, A.B.; BIYK Ryan. Miss Hanstmm, R.N.; Mr. anham, I;.S.; Mrs. Head of Department of Health lildm'nliun. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION Every effort is made in Health and Phys- ical Education to instill in each boy and girl the desire to be a finer individual. The girls under the direction of Miss Reynolds and Mrs. Flood and the boys under the supervision of Mr. Huxhain, Mr. Ryan, and Mr. Schoonmoker, with Miss Han- strom for both, find a wholesome and worthwhile program. Each day they at- tempt in some way to create a desire with- in the heart of each pupil to want to do the right thing at the right time, to try to per- form difficult stunts in spite of personal antagonism for the particular activity, to make the laws of good health a natural instead of a tedious task, and to present to these children a wholesome, beneflcial pro- gram in class time and out-of-school hours that will encourage them, no matter how old they are, to appreciate a clean and vigorous body, a clear mind, and a happy spirit. Classes are directed in the skillful per- formance of exercises for posture to en- courage quick response in marching tac- tics; for the completion of self testing re- quirements in various activities; for com- petition in higher and lower organized games; training of leaders, organized games, teaching rules of the game, ande for the girls rhythm in 1nterest1ng folk dances. Intramural activities have always been most popular with boys as well as girls. Soccer, basketball, bat bal, long ball, cor- ner kick, line soccer, baseball, indoor base- ball, track, swimming, horeshoes are in- cluded in this intramural program. The home room is ordinarily used as basis of competition. Interscholastic competition has been limited to swimming and basket- ball with Lincoln Junior High School. Swimming is open to eight- and ninth- grade children. This year there has been an intensive drive on making more good swimmers in the slower groups and much success has come to many; more difficult work was assigned to the advanced pupils. Social contacts are an important part of the work, for the work and organization of the department fosters such. When games are played, even in the most com- petitive spirit, there is always time for friendly chatter and laughter. The joyful hours spent in the Roosevelt pool, play- ground, and gymnasium, will be remem- bered long by students of Rooevelt. Page 15