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

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Van Woods quietly and anxiously awaits the outcome of a free throw, but John Jacobs is not quite so passive. But the year ends. The school year has ended. It has been a year of happiness, and one of sorrow; a year of gaiety, a year of melancholy. It has been a year to share hopes, thoughts, and aspira- tions with one another; a year to achieve and to see achievement. It has been a year to offer, and a year to take; a year to teach and a year to learn. The year has ended. And, as it ends, some will be leaving — some staying. Some will remember the ex- citement, some the sadness. Some will remember the friendship and loyalties, some the love shared. Some will remember the games and parties, brief moments of cherished conversa- tion, or studies and classrooms. Some will remember the inspiration, some will remember disappointments. Some will remember all, some may forget. The year has ended. And as Roose- velt closes its doors, all eyes take a last look at the familiar red-brick walls. They see nothing that needs fixing — all is firm and protective. They see not the hardships, only that their foundation has been made as strong as those walls. They see not their work, but their strength and readiness. The year has ended. With a fare- well — but not a good-bye — the year has ended. Senior cheerleader Betty Anton takes a break from cheering to peer anxiously at the Riders ' progress on the playing court. That screaming girl with the messed-up hair certainly couldn ' t be ladylike Vicki Jennings! In contrast, sophomore Mike Faino is b a test next period . . . . . . while Larry Shockey intently considers a passage he has 13

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ICS . . . Many are the birds on a spring day in flight, and sweet Are the flow ' rs in the dawning, but little do men know or Little they care if they don ' t have the knowledge to Make them aware of beauty and song in the land and the Air. Through teaching man learns to enjoy and to share. Money does not make a millionaire rich, while a pauper May be a king. Not earthly goods measure the wealth of A man, but wisdom and knowledge and learning can — and They have since the time air was breathed and life first Began. Through teaching, the future man ' s able to span. Wherever mankind is oppressed, and no matter where he is Downtrodden, he is robbed of free knowledge and stuffed Full of lies. It ' s through learning we see, and through Learning we find what ' s not good is bad, and all else is Blind. Through teaching man lives and suffers in kind.