Roosevelt High School - Rough Rider Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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1L.,,1, sound advice pilofs a safe fufure Every student recalls at some time or another being relieved from a tiresome class by a little notice summoning him to Miss Stevens' or Mr. Myers' office. Full of ideas about taking mechanical drawing, typing, and chorus, he enters the office only to come out having signed up for English, chemistry, and algebra. Although a trifle dis- appointed now, the boy will probably be very grateful later on for the change. Or maybe the bulletin one morning says, standardized test, and off he trudges to the cafeteria, where Miss Stevens is ready to proceed with the exams. Having finally been given the signal to begin, he laboriously plods through the mountains of questions that he is sure he knows absolutely nothing about until he is re- lieved by the welcome Stop. Once again the counselors have figured in the boy's plans. Then in the senior year, he is faced with im- portant decisions concerning his future. Where should I go to college? Can l apply for a scholarship? What profession should l choose? Here he profits by sincere interest and competent counsel. Taking on the awkward robe of on adult is often a painful process, but the objective advice and heart-warming friendship given so freely by our counselors help to ease these situations. 777

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AILEEN BROMLEY x , , - A U -' 1.3: - Qifli - -4 'L.,, WILLIAM M. MYERS Y LUCILLE M. STEVENS Q' 1- sew ,533 1 ,- -is- And you should see ihe campus! Bill Cooper, Pearl Wolkinson, ond Jay Boker gel a briefing on college plans from Miss Bromley, college advisor, Where are you going to college? Robert Hawkins, Roslyn Morris Elaine Beckrncn, and Anuslcsiu Manfis are trying lo find lh nv ' Nldft l Y B CHSWEY

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the younger sei scans new horizons English . . . geometry . . . biology. Racking their brains to remember the day's homework assignments, these third semesters are getting ready to head home. llllll The word is antidisestab- lishmentarianism. Now show its derivation through the Sanscrit and use it in a sentence. Giving a typi- cal spelling test is Mrs. Kern. 24 When we walked into Roosevelt for the first time, doing everything in our power not to get stepped on, it was a real change from iunior high. Just last June we were the big wheels. Now we had trouble iust trying to get to the auditorium. Plowing through a billion upperclassmen, plus having to ask direc- tions at every corner, left us in no condition to go farther than the last row. As we plopped down in our seats, we saw that we were not the only ones who were tto put it mildlyl petrified. It didn't comfort us to see ourselves dished out to section teachers like a hunk of mashed potatoes to a hungry chow line, either. Finally it was time for all the new teachers to take all their new pupils to all the new section rooms for all of us to get acquaint- ed. That wasn't as easy as you may think. Have you ever seen thirty kids all trying to sit in the last row? Neat trick if you can do it. By the time we were iust getting comfortable, the bell rang, and we went shuffling around trying to find our first period class. Third semester leading third semester, the blind leading the blind. This went on for days, bumping into people, going up the wrong stairway, arriving late for classes. By the time the first ad- visory rolled to a close, we were wondering if it was worth living in a world of such confusion. But, like all inevitables, this too we learned. Eventually we knew this school like the back of our hands, and it only took four and a half months. By the end of the third semester there just wasn't anything we didn't know. b '