Roosevelt Junior High School - Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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US A seventh-grade class busy with book reports for Miss Morse, English teacher in room 217. Latin the second hour made bright by sunshine and the pleasant smile of Miss Blackburn in room 201. Three characters portraying cm episode in Book Revue, a part of Book Week activities celebraied annually by teachers and pupils of the English classes.

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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

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Miss Mary Weld, Miss Anna Hyland, Miss Ruth Hollem, B. A., Miss Maxine Smith, B. A., Miss Bernadette Robertson, A. 5., Mr. Edgar Van Barriger, Miss Naomi Eckberg, A B., Mr. Fred Villemure, B. S. l Miss Lillian Reitsch, B. E., Miss Alice Nolan, Miss Evelyn Mundhenke, A, B. DEPARTMENTS OF MATHEMATICS AND COMMERCE At Roosevelt all boys and girls in the seventh and eighth grades are required to take mathe- matics; in ninth grade it is optional, and algebra is offered. Mathematics at Roosevelt treats of social, civic, and economic values, all three found in our everyday life. Pupils are led to think about the quantitative aspects of life in such terms as the buying and selling in the mathe- matics of the consumer; of budgets, accounts, bills, installment payments, insurance, taxes, sav- ing and investing in the mathematics of the home; and of the formula, the graph, and the equation in the mathematics of industry. In this easy, matter-of-fact fashion, pupils develop a truer appreciation of the utility of numbers and learn the importance of such in social and oc- cupational problems; they also learn the importance of figuring problems with ease and check- ing them. 11 The commercial department offers two courses-to eighth-grade pupils, Busi- ness practice I and II; and to ninth-grade pupils, Typewriting I and II. Business practice aims to give pupils information about the world of business and the practices that help those en- gaged in business pursuits; it provides interesting exploration through participation in the common business activities such as buying and selling, saving and investing money, means of communication, travel, insurance, banking, handling the mail, filing, shipping goods by freight, express, or parcel post; it provides constructive guidance for those interested in a business career; and it lays a foundation for additional study of business. Typewriting stu- dents discover how to care for a machine, how to use it to best advantage, and how to type accurately with a reasonable degree of speed. How to center copy on a page, how to outline material, how to write short business and personal letters are projects for the firlst-semester classes; haw to address envelopes, how to write all styles of business letters, how to tabulate material in two, three, or four columns, how to write two-page letters, telegrams, and legal doc- uments are interesting problems for the second-semester typing pupils.