Roosevelt Junior High School - Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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II. ABILITIES

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THE LIBRARY AT ROOSEVELT An interesting and busy place is the school library, centrally lo- cated on the third floor, where Mrs. Esther Rogers has charge as school librarian. Almost every period throughout. the. day .it serves as a ninth-grade study hall where pupils have access to refer- ence materials with which to sup- lement and enliven their work on outside assignments in many sub- jects. During these periods the librarian has the assistance of some of the classroom teachers of Roosevelt. Books of all kinds fill the spaces that line the large room. This year. through a serv- ice made possible by a W. P. A. project, many of these books have been reconditioned and appear very attractive and usable in their new covers. All materials in the library are designed and chosen to supplement classroom materials in all subjects. Work in the library gives pupils an opportunity to practice their instruction in learning to use books and libraries, which they have gained in their English classrooms. To be able to feel at home in a library and to use its facilities easily, efficiently, and intelligently go far toward making boys and girls better students and happier beings. liHalf of one's education consists in knowing where and how to get the other half. THE CAFETERIA AT ROOSEVELT Another busy and popular place at noon is the cafeteria, where more pupils come to eat lunch amid its attractive surroundings. The two lunch counters on the west and southwest corners of the room enable cafeteria attendants to serve teachers and pupils quickly and easily. Miss Lucy Normile, cafeteria director, plans all menus. These are published one week in advance and posted in each classroom, so that pupils and teachers can further expedite time and energy by making choices before they go to the lunchroom. Miss Katherine Brown is building director and checks supplies, supervises cooking and serving, and does the daily buying. Rockford housewives, who are not profes- sional cooks, serve the food daily. In this they are assisted by some thirty deserving pupils from Roosevelt, who are chosen each semester from the list of applicants. Food in the cafeteria is always attractive and nourishing. On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday pupils may buy a twenty-five cent lunch at the bargain price of fifteen cents. On other days there is always a ten-cent special, which attracts boys and girls who live on a budget and Who desire the most and best for their money. l,24i

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Education is not a panacea. It is not a pow- der, which, when taken by the rising generae tion, miraculously heals the ills of the body politic. We must rely on education because it is the only hope we have; but we must recog- nize its limitations, too. If education brings about change. it can do so gradually at best. Politics and not education is the architectonic social science. Politics determines the aims of the State. The aims of the State determine the aims of education. ROBERT M. HUTCHlNS, President, The University of Chicago.