Roosevelt Junior High School - Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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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

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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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Boys learning their cases preparatory to printing problems with Mr. Wood 11 The 7A foods classes at tea with faculty on December 16, 1937 11 Mr. Bjorge's boys busy on projects in the machine shop.