Roosevelt High School - Roundup Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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THE 1943 ROUNDUP E E E E S E FLORENCE L. BRUCE Attended the University of North Dakota where she received a B.S. degree. She has taken graduate work at the University of Colorado, the University of North Dakota, and the University of Southern California. She taught at Dickinson, North Dakota, before coming to Roosevelt. Her hobby is traveling. She is noted particularly for her way of saying, All right! DOROTHY GREGG, 246, Science, Study Hall Attended University of Iowa, B.A. degree: and Iowa State College, M.A. degree. She also has taken graduate work at Grinnell College. Before coming to Des Moines, she taught at Ward Belmont School in Nashville, Tennessee. She likes gardening and poetry, and also enjoys her little boy. She dislikes noise and her pet saying is, By the process of osmosis. EDITH JOHNSON, Nurse Graduated from the Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, and has taken grad- uate Work at Bellevue Hospital in New York and Barnes Hospital at Wash- ington University in St. Louis. She has taken college work at Drake University and Columbia University in New York. She taught at East High School before coming to Roosevelt. Her hobby is collecting china and glassware and Mexican-made things. She plans to have a victory garden this year. She enjoys swimming and walking. Her pet peeves are measles and student test- dodgers. Her most frequent saying is, You've got measles! LAURA W. SHAMBAUGH, 232, Social Studies Received Ph.B. degree from Grinnell College. She has substituted in the Des Moines schools in previous years. Her hobbies are her daughters. She particularly dislikes slacks and chewing gum. She often says, I'll give you three chances. SARAH RISTVEDT, 346, Social Studies, Experimental Curriculum Received B.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin, and M.A. from Drake University. She also has attended Lawrence University in Wisconsin. She is interested in music and for a time was state president of the Federation of Music Clubs in Wisconsin. She dislikes students who try to chisel grades, and says she is a pushover for a hard luck story if it's a true one, but dis- likes phoneys. A favorite saying is, Bring your opinions to class with you tomorrow. Page Sixteen

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THE 1943 ROUNDUP E S S S E S NELLIE BEHM, 108, Librarian Studied at the University of Chicago, Ph.B. degree, and the University of Illinois, M.A. degree in Library Science. Before coming to Roosevelt, she was engaged in library work at Nebraska State Teachers' College. She likes movies, reading, playing cards, candy, flowers and sewing. She loves nice clothes, particularly shoes and gloves. She dislikes the destruction of books or magazines and students who can't take it when they're in bad. We've all heard her say, There'll be a two-cent fine on that book. MARY B. KASSON, 205, Social Studies Attended Mt. Holyoke College, where she received B.A. degree, and the University of Iowa, where she received M. A. degree. She taught at West High School before coming to Roosevelt. Her hobby is gardening, and she dislikes between-program radio advertising. Her most frequent saying is, Do you have your outlines today? MARGUERITE C. BARIDON, 210, Spanish Obtained her M.A. degree from Denver University. She taught at St. Joseph's before coming to Roosevelt. Her hobby is the study of languages, and her pet peeve is chewing gum. Her classes often hear her say, Siempre habla! falways talkingj. A. NEAL HUTCI-IINS, 244, Mathematics Received B.A. degree from Drake and M.A. from Colorado State College of Education at Greeley, Colorado. He taught at Wilson School before coming to Roosevelt. His hobby is the Riiie Club. He dislikes gum chewing and thinks it is a waste of energy. He often says, We can't have noon movies without those tickets. FRANK L. HILDRETH, 202, English, Speech Obtained B.A. degree from Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska., and M.A. degree from Colorado State College of Education. He taught at Monte Vista, Colorado, before coming to Roosevelt. His hobbies are studying Spanish and handicraft, and he likes dramatics, and composition. He especially likes to teach poetry to his classes, and his favorite writers are Whitman, Sandburg, Amy Lowell, Riley, and Frost. He particularly dislikes inconsiderate, dis- courteous people, and cloudy, rainy weather. He wishes he could have brought Colorado weather with him when he moved to Des Moines. He likes to teach because he likes to work with young people, and he says he has never entirely grown up himself. He frequently says, This composition must have unity. ORVILLE F. BARNES, 211, Bookkeeping, Business Training, Commercial Geography Received B.A. degree from Des Moines College. Before coming to Roose- velt, he taught at Cherokee, Iowa. He dislikes loud talking in his classroom, and he likes to fish. He is often heard saying, Don't forget to bring your books back. Page Eighteen