Roosevelt Lincoln Middle School - Yearbook (Salina, KS)

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I ll ll ll H I ildl-IE RAIL - SPLITTER-1 l DOMESTIC SCIENCE ROOM Lincoln liuilding HE importance of training pupils for the duties of the home has been constantly growing in the minds of those in charge of the Salina public schools during the past few years. By reason of this increased interest, the course of study in this department has been arranged as to permit the girls from the Tth grade on through the high school an opportunity to take some home economic work each year. Under the 6-3-3 plan of organization used in Salina the three years in Junior High school are given over to sewing in the Tth and Sith grades and cooking in the Hth grade. In the senior High School, coolving is offered in the Sophomore and Senior years and sewing in the Junior year. This plan offers a girl an opportunity to take three years ot' sewing and three years of cooking during her High school course. Every seventh grade girl is required to take sewing and every eighth grade girl is required to take cooking. In the other four years the home eco- nomics is elective but every effort is made to have the girls elect this work. 1-135' H -11: 1:5 te' -' 'QS l 4 l l l l 4

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-f -Iv'- -' - 4- - -- I VA' JN ff--'-THE RAIL - SPLlTTERi N. .. .. .. .. W4 I-ll. TORICAL HE beginning of our present modern Junior High School was made in 1910, when all the seventh and eighth grade pupils were brought to- gether into the old high school building located on the south east corner of the central school block and now known as the Franklin school. ln 1914 the school was moved into the old Central building. Some new opportunities were offered pupils at this time. Teachers were required to teach not more than two subjects. Music, freehand, drawing, and mechani- cal drawing as well as penmanship and spelling were taught by special teachers. No general chapel exercises were held but a Home Room plan was worked out that proved to be very successful. The Lincoln building, modern and up-to-date in every respect was com- pleted and ready for occupancy in February of 1916. On the second of Feb- ruary the seventh and eighth grade, pupils together with about fifty fresh men, moved into this building. With this new building came new opportuni- ties to perfect an organization that would in every sense be a Junior High School. Some electives were offered, the school was entirely departmental- ized, a period for chapel excercises and meetings of the HI-Iome Roomw groups was provided, and a plan of supervised study was begun. The enrollment in the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades grew rapidly and it was found necessary to build another building. The new Roosevelt building was completed and occupied by the entire seventh grade in the fall of 1921. This arrangement permitted the housing of the entire eighth and ninth grades in the Lincoln building. The enrollment for this year is 627. During the winter of 1922-23 the old Central building, which has stood as a land mark for more than fifty years, was torn down and the space it occu- pied between the Roosevelt and Lincoln buildings was 'prepared for a play- ground. This playground is idealy situated to give a maximum of fun and enjoyment to not only the pupils of the Junior High School but to pupils of other schools as well. Within a year or two it will be necessary to tear down the old Franklin buiding and complete the east wing of the Roosevelt building. At that time the Lincoln and Roosevelt buildings will be able to accommodate more than twelve hundred pupils. With two buildings filled to their capacity the playground space will be inadequate to accommodate them. Eventually it will be necessary to secure additonal ground to provides playground facilities. ce. . -.-- . . EGG: ll Hd. fl?-K 'bn n :QQ