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

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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

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THE 1943 ROUNDUP S S S E S2 ANN JONES, 302, Art Attended Colorado State College of Education, where she received her B.A. and M.A. degrees. Before coming to Roosevelt she taught at Woodrow Wilson and Emerson schools. Her hobbies are swimming and water color painting. She also likes to travel, particularly through the West. She often says, Now, I'11 have to change seats again. CLARENCE E. IRWIN, 247, Science Studied at Drake University where he received his B.S. and M.S. degrees. Before coming to Roosevelt, he taught at North High School. He likes all sports a great deal. His students feel guilty when he says, But the experiment shou1dn't have blown up! MARGARET MEIKLE, 117, Business Correspondence, Shorthand, Typing Attended the University of Iowa where she received her B.A. degree. She taught at Belmond, Iowa, before coming'to Roosevelt. Her hobby is music and she enjoys playing the piano and singing. Her most frequent saying is, Time! WILLIAM KOCH, 235, Science Received B.S. degree from Dixon College at Dixon, Illinois, and Ph.B. degree from the University of Chicago, where he has also taken graduate work. Before coming to Roosevelt, he taught at St. John's Military Academy in Dela- field, Wisconsin. His frequent saying is, Today we'll bisect a bug. ELIZABETH M. MELSON, 204, Latin Obtained B.A. degree from Morningside College and a B.A. degree from the University of Iowa. She taught at Humboldt, Iowa, before coming to Roosevelt. She likes picnics and fishing. She dislikes seeing students write in their Latin books and is annoyed by the noise from the steam radiators. Her most frequent saying is, What's the derivative? GRACE D. MAYNARD, 350, Mathematics Received B.A. degree from Wellesly, and M.A. degree from Drake. She taught at East High before coming to Roosevelt, and is one of the pioneer teachers here. Her hobby is homemaking. She greatly enjoys her four grandchildren. Her pet peeve is gum fiavored with spearmint, and loafers in her classes. She likes to say, I don't care if I did get the answer wrongg you get it right! GLENN A. COLE, 203, English, Social Studies Studied at Ohio University, B.A. degree, and the University of Colorado, M.A. degree. He taught at Fort Collins, Colorado, High School before coming to Roosevelt. His hobbies are traveling, mountain climbing, and skiing. He dislikes to have students bluff their way through their studies. He often says, I'll have to confiscate those pencils if you don't stop playing with them. Page Twenty-two