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

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Page20 THE WILSON BOOSTER FINE ARTS Y Q C Miss Edna Remington Miss Mary Lindley Mrs. Hattie Dickson Chairman of Art ART ln our art courses we learn art appreciation as well as skill in art work. When we are in the sev- enth grade we study printing and object drawing. This year in some of our seventh grade classes we made tray covers and cut nut cups at liaster for the Yeterans in the Government Hospital at Kluskogee. These were sent through the Tulsa County junior Red Cross. The students received a letter of ap- preciation. Others in our seventh grade have made panels for doors and windows. Finger painting was one of the most unusual projects which we worked out. In some of our art classes we have made murals BHISI The fine arts are given a prominent place in our curriculum. Theory, appreciation and singing comprise our music course. All of us are required to take vocal music in the seventh, eighth and ninth grades except those Who are enrolled in instrumen- tal classes. VVe study three part music during our three years at Vliilson. The boys in our classes with their changing voices are given special attention and great care is taken to place them in the proper voice part. One of their greatest difficulties is the read- ing of the base staff. Heretofore their reading in the elementary grades has been in the treble cleff. llie devote a part of our time to the study of in- f 41 'I A. ,. V 0? Roger Fenn Miss Marie Wall Mrs. Gladys Prather in connection with social studies, linglish and sci- ence classes, war, the seasons. storm, the sea, primi- tive man and the history of Oklahoma were some of the subjects chosen. Vl'e've had our share of prizes and honors this year. ,lean Higginbotham won first place and Helen Fees won second place in the Beaux :Xrts Poster Contest. In the S.l'.C..-X. contest which was open to all junior high and elementary graders above the third grade, Kay Hicks won second place with her poster and Julien Dedman won third prize. Florine Brooks received special honorable mention in this contest. C strumental and voice music. using the victrola. VVe look forward to Klusic Vlieek which comes some time in hiay, as one of the interesting out- comes of our year's work. School music classes and organizations put on two programs in the Coliseum with representatives from all the schools in town taking part. Through the young people's concerts we are able to hear fine music at a very low cost. This year the attractions were: f'The Klaster Singersw. St, Louis Symphony Orchestrau. Cilbert's and Sullivanis f'lolanthe , which was pt1t on by the Central High School music students.

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THE WILSON BOOSTER Page19 SCIENCE Miss Ada B. Hanna Mr. L. S. Elstner Chairman uf Science Vilhen we enter junior high school. we are glad not to have among our many worries. that of science, This is reserved for us until we become industrious eigliths. and have broader experience. Wihen we reach the eighth grade, we study physi- cal science. with its fun, and problems, and hard work. XVe find that it is very different from elemen- tary school science. being more systematic and giving more definite facts. The text for this course is ICveryday Problems in Science by Pieper and Beauchamp. Klany different things are considered, including the heavens, the earth. the weather, water supply. health, clothing. energy, building, and me- chanics. VVe learn what holds the stars up, what makes machinery go ,round and iroundv. and solve other mind-taxing problems. Quite a few interesting experiments are performed to demonstrate different facts. and to allow us to draw our own conclusions. Vic also have a workbook filled with many, many dotted lines which we must cover with cold facts. This year we took up the study of something new. This was: the building of houses. the materials used and insulation. First we took up the study of the materials used in the building of these houses such as: brick. tile. terra cotta. or frame. In the insulation of these houses, we considered materials such as: asbestos wool, spun glass and others. The use of these insulating materials deaden sound and Miss Edith Force Mrs. Lillian Kennedy keep out cold air in winter and hot air in summer. As ninth graders. being more learned. we are allowed to specialize in biology. Biology is the study of plant and animal life. from the lowly bacteria and amoeba to orchids and man. The text is Hlfveryday Problems in Biologyi' by Pieper and Beauchamp, and Frank. It describes in detail the food, growth, re- production, behavior. classification, and conserva- tion of various living things. We discover among other things that man is an animal with the classifi- cation Homo sapiens Cget out your Latin bookig that amoeba reproduce by dividing into two ani- mals, orchids are the highest class of plants, and that some plants move when touched. Vife peer through microscopes to view tiny wonders, as an amoeba floating around in the water. or a compli- cated cross-section of a plant stem. lixperiments pertaining to biology are performed. Wie ninth grad- ers also have a workbook, which is one of our prin- ciple sources of difficulty. In case we have a little time to spare. or want to get a little extra credit, there are always charts and special projects for us to work out. In spite of the work we find that our years of sci- ence have been in general very interesting and en- joyable. Science is absolutely necessary for living in the present civilization, and although we may not all be scientists, the science we learn now will stand us in good stead in later life. 2 4 :Y if l vi sv. + f 3

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THE WILSON BOOSTER Page21 PRACTICAL 'X'TS 1 s - i st 4 fear. Mr. Claren ee Weger HOME ECONOMICS In the seventh grade the teacher told us that before we could cut and sew the pretty cloth we had many other things to do. Our first little job was to make a book about the do's and don'ts in clothing and manners. The next thing was to find out what makes the sewing machine needle go up and down. By the time we finally got around to making our cute little white aprons for future use in cooking class, the mystery and novelty was quite worn off of the whole adventure. Now that we had our cooking aprons all finished our next job was to use them. At the beginning of the second semester we entered room 200-A ex- pecting to put on our aprons, take out our spoons, and bake something. Instead it was again neces- sary to learn many things-first, how to keep our health if we had it and how to get it if we didn't have it. To do this we had to learn the making of balanced meals, and food preparation. Then we proceeded to figure out just how much window shop- ping we would be forced to do if hubby earned only a hundred dollars a month and what we could get to eat on said income with four in the family. In the eighth grade, although somewhat ad- vanced, we were still green in comparison with lXIother, who seemed to know all about the art of sewing pieces of material together and having a dress as the result and of keeping cakes from falling, or carrots from looking aenemic or burning to a crisp. To make matters worse, about the time we were getting discouraged and had decided that we were so many hopeless cases as far as sewing was con- cerned, we were suddenly told that we would have to make pajamas. If we still felt ambitious after our two years of hard labor, we signed up for a third year of the gentle art of Home Economics. VVe were now advanced enough to think our- selves good and make our first attempt at making clothes the right size for little brothers or sisters under six years of age. We also had lots of fun tak- Miss Mabel Lowe Miss Ona Mae McFar1in Mr. S. L. Gunderson ing an old dress of mammais apart and making it over to fit ourselves. It may have looked worse after than before, but then we had our fun. In cooking we learned how to prepare a birth- day dinner or a tea in case company drops in un- expectedly or upon invitations. Then, in case we, in later years, had to take care of little son or daugh- ter who develops chicken pox, measles, mumps and what have you, we learned a little about the art of nursing. WOOD AND INIETAL Our boys' practical arts or shop work is divided into two divisions, woodwork and metal-work, ac- cording to the raw materials used. In the seventh grade we must take a semester of each. In the eighth grade one semester of either must be taken except in special art groups. In the ninth grade, shop is purely elective. Our seventh grade woodwork consists of elec- tricity, mechanical drawing, and regular wood-work. In electricity we use batteries and learn how to make electric circuits which will ring bells when a button is pushed. After much practice we are allowed to tamper with 110 volts. hfechanical drawing teaches us how to make accurate drawings or plans for ob- jects. We also make several simple articles of wood. When we become eighth and ninth graders we may make more advanced objects, such as tables, chairs, or cupboards. This is made possible through the use of various machines, including a band saw, circle saw, lathe, shaper, grinder, and electric drill. In metal-work our seventh grade work is speci- hed, also in half the eighth grade, but the rest of the time we may make what we want to, provided we find a plan or make one. Our seventh grade ob- jects are of plain or black sheet metal, and orna- mental iron. This gives us practice at the forge and solder furnace. As eighth graders we work at the foundry and at the blast furnace which melts alumi- num for molds. We can make many things as ninth graders, but we usually construct a drill press. Thus we get experience with the metal lathe. 5 5 if at as 3 ? is