Roosevelt Junior High School - Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Miss Lucille Linden, B.S., Miss Millie M. Knott, A.M., head of department: Miss Edith Stauf. Mis: Stan 'J sixth-hour class in makin g HOUSEHOLD ARTS Household arts classes were designed to teach girls such skills as will make them more efficient in the home as well as to give them the fundamentals of cooking and sewing. In foods classes the seventh-grade girls were taught how to prepare breakfasts, while the eighth- and ninth-grade girls were given practice inthe preparation of luncheons and dinners. Those enrolled in clothing classes were given the basic stitches of sewing and then practical experience in making pinafores, slips, and cotton skirts. Child care, personal hygiene, etiquette, and architecture were units of the home arts course, given to pupils in the eighth grade. Aprons and potholders, made by the clothing classes and home-canned goods, cookies, and bread, made by the cooking classes, were attractively displayed dur- ing the year. The seventh-grade classes also gave teas for their mothers, while the Foods A classes gave two luncheons, which were served in the school dining-room. 19

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I Mr Annis' .rixlb-bour class in mechanical drawing. INDUSTRIAL ARTS . Never before in the history of our country has the need for trained hands been more vividly shown. It is imperative in times of war and even more necessary in times of peace. The teachers in the industrial arts department have reaiized this challenge and met it in such a manner that the boys who received training this year will take the responsibility of filling in the ranks in skilled occupations when the time comes that they should. Build- ing upon the foundations which have been so hrmly laid, the boys of the industrial arts classes will serve their country with an ever-growing zeal and in a very special way. Work in mechanical drawing was given by Mr. Annisg in woodshop, by Mr. Balsleyg in printing, by Mr. XVood g and in machine shop, by Mr. Bjorge. 18 Mr. Lloyd Wood, Mr. Thomas Biorge, BS Mr Arthur Annis, B.S., head of department: Mr. M. C Balsley

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Miss Frances Shimmin, B.M.E., Mr. Alfred N. Moore, M.A Miss Lucile Mathre, A.B., Miss Emma Green, B.A. Miss Shimmirfs sixth-hour :lass in music. MUSIC The music department offered pupils anropportunity to sing or to play in the orchestra or band. .One semester of vocal music was required of all seventh-grade pupilsg strings, brass, or woodwinds were substituted for those who wished to work into the band or orchestra. Emphasis this year was placed on patriotic songs of America and the South American countries. ' In seventh and eighth grade music was offered as an elective, and included-besides the advanced strings, brass, and woodwinds sections-orchestra, band, music I and II, and chorus. Mr. Moore had charge of the bandg Miss Green supervised the orchestrag Miss Shimmin and Miss Mathre conducted the vocal music classes. Pupils have demonstrated what they have learned in music on several occasions this past year. At Christmas there was a singg during the spring, there were concerts by the choral groups, the band, and the orchestra. Many assembly programs were made more enjoyable with the assistance of these groups. 20