Woodrow Wilson Middle School - Statesman Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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THE WILSON BOOSTER Page17 SOCIAL STUDIES Mrs. Nelle Weatherford Mrs. Nancy V811 Bradt Chairman of Social Studies Miss Helen Giffert Genevieve Howard hflany Various and interesting activities have been carried on this year in connection with our social studies classes in Vkioodrow lYilson. hlrs. llieather- ford, and hliss Oiffert teach the eighth grade which has studied Hllve and Our Covernmentn and How Discoveries and Inventions Have Changed Klodern Living? One day while studying the former topic. lNfIrs. Weatherford's class decided to dramatize the United States Congress. Part of the class became the Senate, the other part was the House of Repre- sentatives. Woodrow VVilson school was considered to be the United States. The president of the class acted as the president of the United States. The class vice-president presided over the Senate. Klany laws which would interest all of us were introduced. One was to abolish the demerit system. This one was not passed. Another was to eliminate all home work. This was carried by a large majority. Other bills concerning a longer lunch period, the elimina- tion of the activity period, and the rnerit system for our junior Police were considered. lX'I1ss Thompson, Xlrs. Howard, and llrs. Yan Bradt have taught our seventh grade classes. llc Yr! Asn X1-t Miss Lenora Barnett Miss Helen G. Lea Mrs. Velma Craig Miss Marietta Thompson have studied 4'City Life , '4Chinese Culture and 4'Iinmigration7'. On hlonday each pupil in hlrs. Yan Bradtas classes was expected to bring a news- paper clipping, cartoon or picture on some current event that affected Tulsa directly or indirectly. All the seventh grade classes have made posters and booklets and have collected material in regard to means of improving and heautifying Tulsa. Those of us who are members of hliss Lea's and lX'Iiss Barnett's classes have studied Occupations and Hlnternational Cooperation during the ninth grade. Wie have had the opportunity to write occu- pation themes. Some have made booklets on the professions they wish to follow when they have fin- ished their education. These activities have proved to be original and interesting to the teachers, as well as to us. One girl who was interested in dentistry even went so far as to construct a set of false teeth. Another thing that makes social studies interest- ing is the study of the junior Review, a four page paper written specially for students, which we read and discuss i11 all social studies class rooms one day each week. I l is as Y Y

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Page16 THE WILSON BOOSTER ENGLISH AND LATIN 2 Miss Mary Richards Mrs. Lura Lake Miss Katherine Moran Mrs, Chairman of English Miss Katherine Gibson Miss Marietta Thompson Miss Lillian Roberts Genevieve Howard . 'Qan- QM- 'aw Miss Marie Fitzgerald Miss Trean Maddox Latin ENGLISH The main purpose of the lfnglish Course is to develop good speakers and Writers. lXIost of us are already good talkers. Until we reach junior high we learn nearly all of our English by intuition, imita- tion or absorption. At that mature age we begin the painful process of learning construction and dia- graming sentences. The ninth graders go through the enjoyable process of learning the conjugation of verbs. It goes something like this 'I loven, You lovew. He lovesn, etc. The chief delight of the course is reached when grammer is laid aside and we devote our time to reading. Because of movie productions. we have read several classics this year. We have found out that they are really interesting. One day each Week we go to the Reading Room. Here We find a varied selection of books from the Public Library. Contests have their place in our course. Wie write Thrift essays and mentally figure how many sodas and shows the prize money will buy. In our Civitan papers we settle once and for all problems of war. peace. Worn out constitutions. crime and many other weighty subjects. XYhen the papers in the Humane Society's HIVhy Be Kind to Animalsu contest have been read and thoroughly digested Fido and Tabby will never, never leave home again. LATIN Latin is the only foreign language offered at Ivilson. IVe have looked upon it as a dull. uninter- esting subject, to be endured as best it may until we had earned the coveted credits. That was before the Latin Department decided to do something about it. Now several interesting projects have been intro- duced to vary our regular routine of conjugation. declensions, vocabulary drills and translations. Last fall a general study of Rome and the Ro- man people was begun. Kiany interesting reports were given. At the conclusion of this study. dolls were dressed as Romans, showing the various types of clothing worn by the Romans. At Christmas the old Latin hymn Adestes Fi- deles Was committed to memory and we sung it quite lustily in Latin at the conclusion of a pro- gram that included a description of the old Latin festival, Saternalia, a religious feast celebrated De- cember 18. After reading several Roman myths and legends. we tried our hand at giving them a modern touch. 4 . if 5 W as 1 1

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Pageh? THE WILSON BOOSTER MATHEMATICS AND TYPEVVRITING fm lla 'Q Miss Anna Wiltse Mrs. Grace West Mr. W. B, Wise Miss Mae K. Brown Chairman of Mathematics Mrs. Elizabeth Curry Miss Cleo Yarberry Mr. Frank P. Geurin Tynine lXlATHENlATlCS lylathematics is required of us in the seventh grade and eighth grade and is optional in the ninth grade. ln the seventh grade we first review our previous work in arithmetic. During our first semester we study the three cases of percentage, VVe learn to read the meters such as water, gas, and electricity. lVe also study interest, discounts, graphs, areas and volumes of plane figures. ln the eighth grade we are first introduced to the study of equations. Then we study the busi- ness forms of making checks, notes, checking ac- counts, budgets, installment buying, insurance, and taxes. We also study similar triangles, scale draw- ings and square root. About the end of the first se- mester two advanced classes begin studying algebra. ln the ninth grade some of us study algebra. Two of our classes study approximately one whole se- mester of geometry and will be ready to take up Geometry ll when they enter high school. Those who do not wish to take up higher mathe- matics study advanced arithmetic in the ninth grade. ln these classes we learn short cuts in arithmetic, and go farther into the study of business arithmetic. VVe also learn to check our work and study prob- lems of thrift and investment. TYPEWRITING The major part of our course deals with the sub- ject of keyboard technique. This is supplemented by lessons to develop some skill and taste and ar- rangement of themes, manuscripts, and personal and business letter writing. Vllhile taking typing we learn to be more accu- rate, we explore and find out more, and it helps us in our choice of a vocation. lt may be said that a knowledge of typewriting in this modern day and age is a token ol good citi- zenship. So many people own typewriters, or have machines available for their own use, that some knowledge and skill in typewriting has been ac- cepted as a good junior high school educational pro- cedure. The major ohjectives in the teaching of typewriting are: first, to ascertain our aptitude for the subject, and second, to make whatever Work we do of value if we should discontinue the subject at this point. , . 5 1 N Us ? t