Roosevelt Junior High School - Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Barbara Loman, Howard Green, and lack Grenz admiring a small mural! c1, project in ninth-grcxde cxrt class with Miss Giffen 11 Miss Fredriksen and her special class that delighted c: large audience at Christmas 11 Miss Haley's art class making masks. 03D

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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

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ML Lloyd Wood, Mr. Thomas Bjorge, B 5,, Miss Millie Knott, B. E., Mr. M. C. Balsley, Miss Lucille Cullati, B. S. 11 Mr. Arthur Aunts, B, 5,, Miss Alice Schrader, B. 8., Miss lean Good, B. 5., Mr. Fred Villemure, B, S. DEPARTMENTS OF HOUSEHOLD AND INDUSTRIAL ARTS The work of the household and industrial arts departments offer many classes that are inter- esting, fascinating, and very practical. TI In household arts, the girls of the seventh-grade Clothing Classes learn how to make the fundamental stitches. Before the semester is over, they have made their own cooking uniforms and in this way have become accustomed to using the sewing machine. In the seventh-grade cooking Classes, they learn how to prepare break- fasts and acquire considerable information about food values. It is this class that usually pre- pares and acts as hostesses to the faculty for the Christmas tea. This year it was a very en- joyable and lovely occasion when teachers and pupils got together for an hour after school. In classes in 8B information on personal hygiene, care of the home, Child care, first aid, bud- geting, and worthy use of leisure is given; in 8A clothing cotton slips and pajamas are made; in the foods classes the girls generally prepare and serve a luncheon to which mothers are invited. In Clothing I, a prerequisite to Clothing II, color and design in relation to Clothing are studied and a cotton dress and a cotton undergarment are made. Textiles, spinning, and weaving are studied in Clothing II and a wool skirt and a silk blouse are made. In Food I the girls prepare a class dinner; in the Food II classes the girls prepare and serve a three or four-course meal. 11 In industrial arts classes boys may choose work in mechanical draw- ing, automotive, cabinet, wood, printing, or machine shops. Teachers in this department do not aim to make master mechanics of the boys, but do expect them to gain a knowledge and mastery in the right way of doing things mechanically, which will be practical, economical, and labor saving in times of emergency. Boys are taught the newest methods, learn about new gadgets and the newest developments in the field,- they learn how to use leisure profitably and acquire new hobbies and interests. Woodworking classes with Mr. Balsley next year have a new thrill in store for them. Very recently for their use on new projects the following machines were installed in the woodshop: four wood turning lathes, two jigsaws, one hand saw, one disc and belt sander, and one jointer and saw. tZZI