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

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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

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THE 1943 ROUNDUP S S S E E Ps. ARDEN COLE, 217, Commercial Geography, Commercial Arithmetic, Business Organization, Social Studies Obtained B.S. degree from Iowa State Teachers College and M.A. from the University of Iowa. He taught at Aberdeen, South Dakota, before coming to Roosevelt. His hobby is sports and athletics of all types. His favorite saying is, Batter up! NETTIE N. DONOVAN, 218, Mathematics Attended Parsons College at Fairfield, Iowa, where she received a B.A. degree. She taught at Ida Grove, Iowa, before coming to Roosevelt. She likes to collect pottery and dislikes whistling in the corridors. She often says, It seems so easy to me. I don't know why you can't understand it. ETHEL R. BALLARD, 216, Mathematics Studied at Drake University where she received her B.A. degree. She taught at Perkins before coming to Roosevelt. Her hobby is raising flowers and she dislikes moles in her garden that kill the plants. She also dislikes to hear students say, I forgot my excuse, I'll bring it tomorrow. D. ALICE HICKS, 228, English, Social Studies Received B.A. degree from the Fine Arts Academy in Chicago. She taught in Kansas City, Missouri, before coming to Des Moines, and has taught in six states, including California and Colorado. For thirty years she has never missed a day of school because of illness. She likes hiking and walking. She also likes art, particularly cartooning. Her pet peeve is whistling in the corridors. She most often says, What is the verb? J. EDWIN GREY, 237, Arithmetic, Study Hall Received B.A. degree from Cornell College at Mount Vernon, Iowa, and has taken graduate work at the University of Iowa. Before coming to Roosevelt, he was the grade school principal at North English, Iowa. His hobby is collecting clocks, coins and books. He enjoys working with radio, and is now taking a course in this field at Drake. He dislikes to have people late for appointments. He constantly writes on the board, Silence! SARA M. NOLLEN, 214, Social Studies, Arithmetic NOT IN PICTURE Obtained Ph.B. degree in mathematics and science from Grinnell College. She has traveled a great deal, through Europe and England, Africa, Syria, and Palestine. Before coming to Roosevelt, she taught three years at Ana- tolia Junior College for Americans in Salonika, Greece. Her hobbies are trav- eling and reading. She also enjoys her four nieces. Her pet peeve is extra- curricular activities. She begins many of her sentences, The trouble with us American kids- Page Twenty