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HISTORY September, 1923, Roosevelt High School opened its doors for its first school year. Now, 1948, Roosevelt is celebrating its silver anniversary. Twenty-five years spent in teaching, learning, work and play. There were 1,082 students enrolled in that first year. Now there are approxi- mately l,800. In the first graduating class there were seventeen stu- dents, this year there are 360. All in all, 8,699 students have been graduated from Roosevelt. Construction began on Roosevelt April l, 1922 and the building was completed October 1, 1923. The school, which was built in a modified Greek style, cost 51,065,600 The equipment for the school cost 5160.000 and the grounds, which consist of 23 acres, cost S76,000. The dedica- tion of the school was March 2, 1924. The school colors, navy blue and white, were adopted October 8, 1923. The first assembly was held in the cafeteria because the auditorium was not yet completed. The first assembly in the auditorium was on lanuary 22, 1924. The school song, For Roosevelt, was written in 1924 by Helen Marr Van Tuyl with music composed by Ralph W. Holmes. A chorus arrangement was written by Miss Duncan in 1934. The Roosevelt Fight Song was written by a student, lack Schmidt, in 1941. On this Silver Anniversary, Roosevelt looks at a past filled with happy memories, lives in the present, and looks to the future with bright hopes to be fulfilled in the coming years.
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