Roosevelt Junior High School - Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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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.

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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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um aux Miss Olsonls second-hour ninth-grdde class demonstrating the use of pulleys 11 Virginia, Helen! Gordon, Dick, Donald, Raymond, and Barbara working out om election according to Mr. Larson's plan II A class With Mr. Weber in room 309, busy at work With their books.