Roosevelt Junior High School - Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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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.

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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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Miss Eva Giften, Miss Lorene Fredriksen, B. M., Mr. lune Bomor, B. C. Si, Miss Astrid Gustafson tMusic Supervisort, Mr. Allen Elmquist, A. 3., Miss Carolyn Haley, M. A. 11 Miss Myrtle Irons, Ph. B. tArt Super- visort, Miss Geneva Golwitzer, B. A., Mrs. Bessie Daugherty. DEPARTMENTS OF MUSIC AND ART The music department offers Roosevelt pupils an opportunity to sing or play or both. All pu- pils are required to take music as a seventh-grade subject, but after that it is elective. Elec- tive courses include work in the chorus, the orchestra, and the bank. Many school projects throughout the year have been initiated to enable pupils to use their talents. There are Christ- mas songs, operettas in the spring, numerous radio broadcasts during the year, assembly pro- grams, band concerts and contests, and orchestra concerts. 11 Americans have outgrown the idea that music is something which only a few queer people do for a living and that Europe is the only country that produces good musicians. Music teachers are interested in developing music lovers, those who sing and play for enjoyment and Who listen understandingly to the music of the radio and concert hall. Music can do much to broaden pupils' understanding of history and other social and appreciation studies: it is a language which all are capable of understanding, even though they are unable to speak it. 11 Classes in art present pupils with many new and interesting experiences. In seventh grade many kinds of art activities used in life today are introduced; experiments with new materials are carried on. Those who choose elective work in eighth or ninth grade have the chance to model in clay, make glaze and fire pottery, work in leather, make masks, do block printing, design wall hangings and posters, help With stage settings, or do special work on art work on the Yearbook. 1I In studying art in their surroundings and in trying out many ways of working, pupils learn the language of art, which in turn brings about an understanding which is helpful in choosing the things needed for use and wear and in enhancing the enjoyment of beauty in everyday living. tZOt