Roosevelt Junior High School - Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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013i Mrs. Iessie Crozier, Mrs. Alma Peterson, Miss Katherine Brown tbuilding manageri. OUR SCHOOL CAFETERIA AND LUNCHROOM Roosevelt cafeteria is a very busy place and a popular one from eleven fifty in the morning until one o'clock in the afternoon. On an average over 350 students buy lunches daily, and more than that eat their lunches prepared at home. The second hour is the busiest of all, when all 412 chairs are occupied by hungry children. 11 Miss Lucy Normile, who has had charge of all school cafeterias for the past ten years, is director; Miss Katherine Brown is building manager. Miss Normile has many duties and plans all menus; Miss Brown checks supplies, supervises cooking and serving, attends to details, does the daily and some of the weekly buying. Seven Rockford housewives, who are not professional cooks, but Who are trained for this particular work and who are interested in Roosevelt and its children and who have passed rigid physi- cal examinations, help by having charge of various parts of the work and by supervising the student help. Thirty boys and girls who are deserving and efficient are chosen from the appli- cants to assist with the cafeteria work each semester. Studenthelpers serve food, dry dishes, clean trays, crumb tables, and act as checkers and caShiers. 11 This semester the menus, made out a week in advance, have been sent to home rooms each Monday morning. Special bargain combinations are frequently offered for ten, twelve, and fifteen cents; these are planned as healthy and hearty combinations and are readily recognized by students as good buys. The average cost of the student lunch is about twelve and one-half cents. Regular items on the menu consist of buns and hamburger tmeat ground in our kitchen and baked, not friedt, frankfurts, lettuce sandwiches, mashed potatoes, fresh and canned fruits, milk, chocolate drink, cookies, and ice-cream. Dishes changed daily are soup, a meat dish, two vegetables, two sal- ads, a sandwich, pie, and pudding. TI The lunchroom has regularly received the highest rat- ing accorded by the City Health Department.

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Dr. B H Quandt tthe school physiciani, Burton Schreiber tcx studentt, Miss Nellie Hcmstom, R N, Uhe school nurset. OUR DISPENSARY Another place as busy as the school office is the dispensary, located just south of the office. The dispensary consists of three rooms, one of which is Ct rest room with four comfortable cots; another, a small room Which is CI waiting room and in Which are the records and the scales; and CI third large, well-lighted room where examinations are held and first-ctid treatment adminis- tered. With work in one 01 these rooms Miss Hanstrom, our school nurse, is always busy, except for the time given over to inspections in the gymnasium or to teaching one general science class each semester, or to sponsoring the first-ctid club. Tl At least once each year all pupils at Roosevelt czre weighed and measured. At this time students are told what their normal weight should be. Dr. Quondt, the school physician, examines all pupils ctt least once during their stay Cit Roosevelt, usually during the ninth year. The school physician is also called in on occasion to make decisions to inspect special cases, and to make necessary physical examinations for pupils participating in the different school sports. Tl During the first semester this year, Miss Honstrom reports, there was but little contagion prevalentlejust two cases of scarlet fever. After the Christmas holidays, a good many cases of influenza and colds were found. During the first semester, however, Miss Hanstrom gctve 662 firstnid treatments, saw 4,050 pupils, and mode 4,137 inspections. With a school family of 1,700 to look after, check, examine, and care for, is it a wonder that our school nurse is busy from morning until night?

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Miss Esther Kleist, M. A. tLibrariant, Miss Blanche Scone, Miss Bernadette Robertsonl A. 13., Miss Dorothy Blackburn, B. A., Miss Elizabeth McGuire, B A., Miss Gladys Whiting, B. S. 11 Miss Vira Esther Clark, M. A, Miss Elizabeth Sullivan, B, 5., Miss Edith Stewart, A. B,, Miss Elizabeth Braid, B. At, Miss Bertha Morse TI Absent on account of illness, Miss Sally Green, B. A, II Not appearing in the picture, Miss Sarah Snyder. DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE English is required for the three years at Roosevelt. This subject includes reading, literature, ' oral anduwritten composition, grammatical usage, and spelling Emphasis is placed upon the silent and oral reading as a thought-getting process; selections in literature vary greatly as to type and correspond With present and possible future interests of students. An interesting ad- venture series and a unit on myths have recently been added. Many opportunities are given for oral composition which measures up with the development and interest of pupils; the pro- gram in written composition is flexible enough to be adaptable to the varying needs and abil- ities. Some time is given, too, to instrumental grammar in a variety of exercises incidental to acquiring proficiency. Spelling words assigned each semester form basis for mastery drill, for use in vocabulary building, and for assistance in sentence drill, and exercises in punctuation. 11 In the Foreign Language department general language, French, and Latin are offered. Eighth-grade pupils may choose general language, a short study of many languages, in Which they learn songs and poems and do some grammar work; they learn interesting facts about each country and about famous people from that country. Latin and French may be elected by IhnHygradesnudenm. In bohilanguages granunan Uan$ahon,conqjehon and vocabukuy drills, oral and written exercises, and a study of English derivatives make up the daily Class work. The members of the French classes this year have carried forward a letter-writing proj- ect with French children; this has proved interesting and helpful. French children write in Eng- lish; American children, in French. II Our library work requires a person Who is not only a librarian by training, but a teacher as well. Our librarian, Miss Kleist, aids classroom teachers in trying to create among students a lasting interest in books and libraries. She works hard to keep on hand, in the most usuable and most easily accessible form, collections of the newest books, pamphlets, pictures, and magazines. She gives students practical help in learning how to use the card catalog and aids them in selecting books for general reading. This semester Miss Kleist has instituted a system of fines, so that pupils are more prompt in returning books and in finding ttlost books. UM