Roosevelt Junior High School - Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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31 mg: m Algebra problems for a ninth-grade group under the guidance of Mr. Van- Barriger in room 302 11 Speed tests cxre part of interesting instruction in this ninth-grade typing class room 211 Tl Business procedures, forms, and the like taught by Miss Mundhenke in this business practice class.

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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.

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Mr. F. G. Weber, M. A, Miss Claire Scone, A. 3., ML Peers Ray, M, 5., Miss Melva Olson, B. A., Mr. R. A. Hungerford, M. A., Mr. Raymond James, Ml A., Mr. Ralph Keltner, B. E, Mr Harold Huxham, M. S. 11 Miss Nellie Hanstrom, R. N., Miss Mabel Hopkins, At 8., Miss Naomi Owen, B. 5., Miss Laura Ryan, Mr. Robert Campbell, B. 8., Miss Elizabeth Scone, Mr. Arthur Larson, A. B. DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL AND GENERAL SCIENCE If Rip Van Winkle were to have awakened from his twenty-years slumber now instead of some 150 years ago, how many adjustments and changes he would have had to make. This is particularly true of facts in the sciences. fl In social science classes at Roosevelt teachers realize that boys and girls are anxious to improve society, but that they must have guidance as how to go about it as individuals. They feel that the school is not the place for special propaganda and so treat different or opposing views with fairness and respect; they know that much of democracy is arrived at by making and through making mistakes, so that they foster, encourage, and provide experiences from which boys and girls may experience the benefits of free discussion and the satisfactions of associated effort; they aim to prepare each child to become a citizen who will play a helpful part in the government of our country. This past year one of the department projects was a school election in which the pupils carried for- ward the entire work of the campaign and used for the election ballots very like the real ones. 11 Pupils in general science classes in Roosevelt are given information about natural sur- roundings; teachers strive to broaden pupils' experiences by using forces and materials in the environment and they try to deveIOp desirable habits and abilities through the use of refer- ence materials. Many activities are given to create interest in the practice of personal and community hygiene and to awaken in boys and girls a spirit of observation and inquiry con- cerning the nature and value of science in modern life. After a conscientious study of gener- al science, junior high school pupils should have a general respect for all living things and should better understand how necessary it is for community, state, and nation to co-operate in the conservation of natural resources; they Should also be able to understand and appreciate more fully the devoted and unselfish efforts of noted scientists and their methods of working and serving for the common good.