Roosevelt Junior High School - Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Mr. Sam Tracy, B. 5., Mr. Harold Huxham, M. S. 11 Miss Nellie Hanstrom, R. N., Mrs Helen Flood, Miss Naomi Owen, B, S DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION In no department in the junior high school are there so many and so varied activities as to be found in the physical education and health departments. The teachers work to instill a de- sire on the port of all pupils to live cleaner, healthier, and more wholesome lives. In the sim- ple act of dressing neatly for the gym class, in serving 015 monitor housekeeper, in taking that lost glance in the mirror before going to the next class, pupils have acquired and practiced having a clean and neat appearance. 11 An appreciation of the value of good health, talks by the nurse, physical examinations by the doctor, nurse, teacher, with follow-up work by each one, careful supervision of all physical activities so as to prevent injury to health by overdoing, -1- 0111 these and many others, e play on important part in CI program of good health. 11 Right attitudes are important in building c1 fuller life. Strong foundation in charac- ter, built early in life, make it hard for children to grow ctwcty from them. All of these plus how to play the game, the fundamentals of swimming, the technique and rhythm of dancing, and the skills of various games are cm integral part of the physical education program. In ex- periences of this kind pupils have unusual and unique opportunities to show what kind of citizens they are, as they have many chqnces to do the right or the wrong in competition and close play with others of their own age and skill TI The work of this department is valuable physically, spiritually, mentally; it supplements all other work.

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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.

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