Roosevelt High School - Rooseveltian Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Pantherama Post And Negro History Committee The Pantherama Staff has the responsibility of get- ting out the school paper once monthly. This monthly periodical covers all school events. Members of the staff write features and special columns that reveal their writing talents. The publication is most popular with the students. The staff has a roving photographer who takes many of the pictures that are featured in the newspaper. There is an exchange of ideas as our publication is exchanged with other schools. In this way doings in the newspaper fields are usually current by comparison. This year the staff planned and carried out its first i extra curricular money making activity which was the After Dark ball. ' 2: if i p iff lxxxt a- . A 5 -1 .- ' Joe White .md Jessie Gilliam are part ot' gi committee that worked on researching materi- als for display during Negro History NN eek. K vw rv 'M , ff-S , ' 'ri TT . ,,.,.,,..M..,.- .. Yong! Allen Jones. Shirley George. J i .y if is 1 1 . X a i

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uman Relations Club The Human Relations Club of Roosevelt High School is a large organization of sopho- more, junior and senior students. This group has as its main purpose to provide good understand- ings and promote better human relations among the students of the participating high schools of Gary and Northwest Indiana. Each year all the groups sponsor a citywide human relations conference. Much variation is noted on the student ex- change days with other human relations clubs. As a special social function once each year the group sponsors a ball or similar event for all members and guests. In their efforts to be helpful throughout the year the Human Relations Club sponsors all school assemblies which are unusual in interest and greatly appreciated by the student body. Human Relations Club meetings are held twice monthly in the school auditorium which is the only place large enough to accomodate the group membership. .nl V 4 II I Human Relations Club Officers: America Wakefield, Linda Ken- drick, Gloria Lewis, Frederic Retic, Carolyn Crutcher. Dorothy Hob- son and Deotha Howard STANDING.

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Dance troupe members Albertine McReynolds,EllenTribbleand Marva Dukes. Senior Orchesis members Zelda Bone and Mardella Williams. In 1967 Mrs. Virgie Washington of the physical educa- tion department organized a modern dance group that was later to accomplish in the interim years from there to now noteworthy fame. The two groups Junior Orchesis and Senior Orchesis are extra curricular clubs. Juniors must pass tryouts and show a keen interest in originality before becoming members of the senior group. The organizations are open to sophomores enrolled in the physical ed classes. The newness of their dances are timely, As they progress in their up-to-dateness, the 1970 Orchesis group will proba- bly have the top experience to date. For 15 days this sum- mer they will travel throughout Europe enjoying the theater and other cultural activities with the idea of returning in the summer of 1971 for concert appearances. A return tothe 20's Patricia Hartfield, Marsha Whitaker, Lavonne Bush and Ernestine Jones