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

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English Jennie Brody I ii 1 1 - 1 1 Edith Bjornstad Engli-h Everett Craft English Individual enfaraMM between tearher and student are ti f 11 1 to niak subject matter understandable to all. Nothing a student ran gain in high Imnl will be B ttO rC important to him after |l admit ion than a good foundation in written and spoken English. For this reason, Roosevelt ' i English i BB fhfir t place emphasis on grammar, t h» n writing, oral presentation, ami literature. In his sophomore year the student receives an introduction to the world of literature; as a junior he studies the development of liter- ■tan in America; and in his final year the -enior explores the realm of English literature. Mi-- Jennie Brody, who i he.nl of the English Department, is al o sponsor of Scribblers Club. Marian Ehlers English, Speech. Drama Oaklev Ethington English Lillian Ereimark English B. . I reimiith English, Counselling Donald Hah-; Journalism Herbert Hantz English Kthel Harold English Jam- Bo snaf»k English Barbara Seeh English Thelma Taggart English 20

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Lecturing is a favorite teaching tool which -hows student- Informal conversation is the new method that language teach- how to listen and take accurate notes as it informs them about ers use to urge students to speak in the foreign tongue. lii-tor . Foreign Languages In response to the expanding horizons of today ! world, four foreign languages have been made available at Hihim ' m It. TtMiVillll enrolled in conversational language -pend one period each W9tk in the language lab im- proving their pronunciation skills. Interest in the culture tad hittorj of foreign countries is increased in the language tMm Guest speaker-. mo let, and -indent newspapers are some of the main activities of these clubs. Jeanne Piatt, head of the department, co-ordi- nates the club- and -uper i-e- the IftBfMgC activities Koland DuBosq French Jeanne Piatt Spani-li Frank Angerer Latin. Kimlish Joyce Fant Latin David Graham German Irene Krueger pani-h (.rant Moore French 19

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Mathematics Health N«Wt— 1 l de Anderson era Biddle Ethel Cain Robert Gumming TrifO — 1 try, Algebra, Algebra, Trigononn 1 1 Geometry . hi n -riling Geometry Geometry l ar Knunli Algebra, ( .. ometry V 1 Cordon (Harrison Algebra Gerald Robinson Algebra, l ' i -nhahilitv and Statistic- Belford Walker Geometry, ( Imiriselling ernon Weidmaier Geonn ' ti ■ Each Des Moines hiuh school student must take at least one year of math before he receives his diploma. However, as preparation for college or a career, nm-t students take at least tun and a half year- of math; many take four year-. Roosevelt math department, headed by Miss Beulah Newton, has had two additional rourse- this year: a one-semester course in the history and appreciation of math, available to all interested -indents; and two semesters of probability and statistic-, offered only to student- who have already completed tin- traditional math rnrrimlum. Driver Education i-nal aids such as the traditional blackboard are used to help students learn material more quieklj and thoroughly, Jerr roster Doll KohmIi 21