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

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Marian Ehlers English Speech Kill r r« imuth English Barbara Goldstein English David ( rosland English Communication Skills After two weeks of rea«ling and careful study, Mrs. Seel and one of her senior Eng- lish elapses discussed the American play, Raisin in ihe Sun. ' Mr. Mantz abandoned ihe lecturn occasional! and pe rc hed informally on a table while p MMft« ing one of his well-known lecture . Ik Margaret Peterson English Linda Rigor English Barbara S uti j English Virginia Tiernan English 19

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Everett Craft English Chairman aleri - tnderaon English Erank Ang«»r«»r English Edith Bjornstad English English Curriculum Advances Whm the school year began, the tcene v%a set for English students seeking to im- prove skills of communication and enlarge their reading backgrounds. Sophomores mad ' their debut bj exam- ining all forms of literature for subject, theme, and style. Juniors, in their last year of required English, reviewed the heritage of American literature. Concentrating on the English culture, members of the senior class perused the norks of such master authors a lirovtning and Shakespeare. All students worked at developing ideas and expressing them through themes and essays. Speech ami journalism were also avail- able. Speech students perfected fundamen- tals of elocution. Varied speech assignments found orators using library references Tor de- hates ami serious speeches, while a light touch v as adde d as aspiring comedians prepared humorous talks. Journalism classes edited the school paper and maga ine. Volunteer Staff members performed the extracurricular job of producing the annual. Sophomore Itvdeatl had th chance to resd parts for Our Town and Cyrano dv Ber erac in Mr. Craft ' s English classes. Donald Hair J Journalism Herbert llantz Kngli h Ethd Harold F TigHth Jane PeMMJ Kngli«h

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Jeanne Plait Spanish Chairman Joyce Fan! Latin Discussion among classmates often helps to «-r talize an important language con rpt. Lingual Accent With the learning of ■ foreign language as the year ' s goal, lin- guistic student! at Roosevelt began the stages of development from uni- lin ual thinking t major levels of their stuil pro- gram: grammar, vocabulary, con- versation, ami translation were scrutinised bj students w i t li the aid of prepared texts ami lab ses- sions utilising recorders, tapes, ami conver-guidest While beginning scholars memo- rised short talks ami conducted Imaginary meetings with Spanish friends, advanced linguists studied the history and culture of r ranee. Mr. David Graham previews a film on Germany before his attentive class. 4 20