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

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Everywhere we look, we find infinite pattern . At Roosevelt- we are caught up in the -pi rit of The Great Roughridcr. Although we leave our school, the spirit will alwa live within our hearts, and help ib to establish new patterns in new walk- of life. Theodore Roosevelt once said: Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorioii- triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor souls who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, became they live in the gray twilight that know , neither defeat nor victory. 11

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Faculty The seemingly boundlc — flMTfJ and t ntliu-ia-ni of Theodore Ruo evelt were as prominent in his intelleetual pursuits as the were in his athletic activities. Although he said that educators should encourage all facets of a indent - intellectual and social potential-, thc nm-t above all put a premium upon the development of producthe holar hip. of the cre- ati e mind, in any form of intellectual work. Roo « .lt hiui-elf had an excellent education; he attended Harvard I niver ity. was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and was graduated mupnu mm lumlr. |MM •! I » -holarly background, Rttte velt was qualified to judge the value of a good teacher. Stu- «l« nt- at Roosevelt are fortunate to have a faculty that more than meets the high standards set by the school system, tmm teachers follow Theodore Roosevelfs ideas on education, in that they instruct not only in the classroom, but on the pla ing held and in the informal situation of a club or service activity 13