Roosevelt Junior High School - Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Mr. Raymond James, M. A., Mr. Reynolds Hungerford, M. 5., Mr. Peers Ray, M. S. 5' i it Miss Nellie Hanstrom, R. N., Mr. Dick Horrall, Head of the Department of General Science; Miss Melva Olson, B. A. Mr. Hungerford accepted a position in science department at high school the second semester; Miss Thomas took over his duties. DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SCIENCE The question that is most often repeated by the student with an inquisitive mind is one that is accepted by the general science de- partment as a challenge. As the life of a student grows increasingly complex. he deserves to know the reasons for the numerous phe- nomena that are taking place around him. Two and one-half years of general science is offered to each pupil. During this time the pupil studies the beginning of science and scientific thought. With experience through experiment impressed upon the pupil's mind, he continues with the study of water. heat, air. weather, rocks, stars, chemistry, machines, sound, light. and electricity. The study of plants and animals and the conservation of this life is emphasized in ninth grade. The functioning of his own body as a foundation for personal and community health and the effects of alcohol and narcotics are also studied. By studying the science of everyday life. a student becomes more capable of understanding his environment and directing his own activities so as to receive the fullest benefits of life. Miss Helen Thomas, B. St tZOi

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Miss Alice Shrader, B. 5., Mr. Arthur Annis, B. 5., Head of Industrial Arts; Mr. Thomas Bjorge, B. 5., Mr. Marion Balsley :1: :3 :1: Miss Lucille Culotti, B. 5., Mr. Fred Villemure, B. E., Miss Millie Knott, B. E., Head of Household Arts Department; Miss Jean Good, B. 5., Mr. Lloyd Wood. DEPARTMENTS OF HOUSEHOLD AND INDUSTRIAL ARTS The course in household arts at Roosevelt includes cooking. sewing, home arts, and elective courses in sewing and foods. The 78 classes sew holders, bags, head bands, and aprons, which they use in their 7A cooking classes. They also learn the use and preparation of foodstuffs. These cooking classes Iearn how to prepare and serve breakfasts. AH 88 girls study the home, body care, personal hygiene, first aid, leisure time activities ,and budgeting. The 8A girls make aprons, smocks, and blouses. In foods they learn to prepare small Iuncheons. The foods one and two classes learn the fundamentals of cooking and preparing meals. Girls in clothing one learn the kinds of stitches, styles, fash- ions, and patterns and they make slips, pajamas, dresses. and house- coats. In clothing two they study textiles and fibers. They make wooI skirts and silk blouses. The course in industrial arts at Roosevelt includes woodworking, auto shop, home mechanics, machine. printing, and mechanical drawing. . Woodworking deals in the making of game boards, necktie holders, and book racks. In auto shop a knowledge of the functions and the parts of a car are learned, and traffic laws and regulations are taught. Boys learn how to repair many articles at home in home mechanics. Screw drivers, hammers, and clamps are made in machine shop. The case and setting of simple forms are learned in printing. In mechani- cal drawing boys learn to write the universal language, orthographic projections, simple developments, and simple architectural problems. II9I

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iZH Miss Myrtle Irons, M. A., Supervisor of Art; Miss Carolyn Haley, M. A., Miss Eva Giffen, Mrs. Bessie Daugherty. Miss Emma Green, B. A., Mr. Allen Elmquist, M. M., iBandi, Mr. George Jensen, B. M, iii :1: it Miss Astrid Custafson, Supervisor of Music; Miss Frances Shimmin, B. M. E. ii: i: :1: Inset, Mr. June Bornor, B. C. S. iOrchestrai. DEPARTMENTS OF ART AND MUSIC The work of the art department continues to enrich the experiences of boys and girls. More craft work which requires planning of form as well as the design is possible, because of many new and interesting materials available today. Art links the present with the past, be- cause from the art of early people we have been able to know much of their manner of living and their love of beauty. Besides the use of art in daily living, some painters and sculptors create beauty just for enjoyment; sometimes their works prove to be of great value to the person or nation who owns them. in junior high school pupils are particularly concerned with the enjoyment of art, the fun one may have creating it. The talented pupil may have the gift to do beauti- ful things easiiy, but it also is true that everyone has a certain talent which he may develop by use. Many boys and girls are working in Rockford today, because of their art study in junior and senior high school. The music department serves the students of the school by providing opportunities to create and listed to good music. The public has helped by responding so well to the invitations to hear the Christmas Sing .the band, and the orchestra concerts throughout the year. A few parents, teachers, and friends have joined the groups in some of the class programs. The boys and girls who are doing the actual playing and singing are the ones whose lives gain more of that which music can do for all, directly or indirectly, the expression of beauty through tone, entering lives through hearing rather than by seeing. Music opens one great avenue of enrichment in living.