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

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French Club busy, starts new Ensemble Musica French Club continued to be the largest club at Roosevelt, with membership of about 130 this year. The first activity was a picnic in September featuring the new Ensemble Musical, a group headed by Katherine MacKinnon and consisting of in- strumentalists to accompany the sing- ing. On October 21, the seventh annual French Club Bake Sale was held in the student center. French delicacies were offered, and the club netted about $120. In November, there was a Circle de la Conversation, a dinner where only French was spoken. Later that month, club members enjoyed lunch at Alouette, a new French restaurant in Des Moines. The club held its traditional holiday party December 18. In February, the club went to Pella and saw a performance of Le Treteau de Paris, a troupe of professional French actors. The show included Eugene Ionesco ' s comedy play, La Cantatrice Chauve, and poems and sketches by Jacques Prevert. The club held a progressive French dinner in March. Later in the spring, French Club was well-represented at the Arts Fair. The Ensemble Musical and French Club Chorus performed, and the club had a stand with gourmet goodies. Heidi Fatland was the club president first semester; Sue VerSteeg held the office during second semester. Other officers were Daryl Fingerman, vice- president; Liz Rodgers, secretary; and Brad Carpenter, treasurer. Mr. Gary Thelen was the club sponsor. Left: Bread, cheese, meat, and fruit are typical French picnic foods which were eaten at Claire Sommers house in September. Top: Members of French Club enjoy lunch at Alouette. Above left: Brad Carpenter displays a loaf of French bread at Alouette. Above right: Les Buches de Noel, or Yule Logs, are s traditional dessert consisting of cake and ice cream rolled together. There were two at the holiday party: one for Hanukah, one for Christmas. Below: Club members board the bus for Pella to see Le Treteau de Paris. 28 French Club

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Students from Iran, Brazil, Europe attend TRHS Five foreign students attended Roosevelt this year. Junior Hossein Alavi started at Roosevelt last year and will stay to be graduated next year. He also plans to attend college in the United States before returning to his family in Iran. Senior Rogerio Aguiar came from Rio de Janiero, Brazil. He noted that it was harder to make friends in America, but that the school work was easier. In Brazil he had class for five hours a day, either in the morning, afternoon, or evening. Joelle Hirsch ' s home is Neuilly-sur- Seine, a suburb of Paris. She had already graduated from high school in France. She spent some time on a farm in Fort Dodge before arriving in Des Moines. She enjoyed trips to New York and New Orleans with her host family, and she participated in French Club ac- tivities at Roosevelt. Regner Hansen had also been graduated from school when he came to Roosevelt. He planned to enroll in a four-year course at a journalism school similar to the American college when he returned to Denmark. Regner had been a Danish correspondent for Track and Field News for three years, so he was interested in journalism at Roosevelt. He worked on the sports section of the Roundup first semester, and was art editor of ACTION Magazine second semester. He also played soccer on the Roosevelt team. Reidar Skorpen arrived at Roosevelt at an opportune time. A basketball player, Reidar joined the team that became state champions. It was an ex- perience he will never forget. Reidar attended a gymnasium in his native Norway. At this school, he chose his profession and was assigned courses according to his field of study. He returned after his year at Roosevelt. Top: Joelle Hirsch stands in front of RH8. Center: Foreign students. Regner Hansen, Hos- sein Alavi, Rogerio Aguiar. Reidar Skorpen. Far left: Reider Skorpen gives the victory sign at the State Basketball Tournament. Left: Regner Hansen plays soccer for the Roosevelt team. Above: Rogerio Aguiar points out his home in Brazil on a globe in the library. Foreign Students 27

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L eft: Marcia Isaacson and Evie Bergh converse over lunch at Daryl Finder- man ' s house before the trip to Pella. Above: The new French Club Ensemble Musical plays at the Circle de la Conversation. Pictured here are Suzanne McDaniel. Burns Stanfield. Brad Carpenter. Katherine MacKinnon, and Prudence McDaniel. Not pictured are Diedre Robinson. Jody Valentine. Kevin Hensley, and Debbie Ankrum. ROW 1: Tom Mealy. Reed 8nyder. Maria Dille. Lisa Lindstrom, Cheryl John- son. Diana Dickinson, Edit Prusak, Stacy Peterson. Martha MacKinnon. HOW 2: Tom Wilson. Julie Nelson, Lee Ashby. Brad Carpenter. Randy Clemenson. Marcia Isaacson. Dana Mintzer. Jennifer Mitchell. Karen Levine. Diedre Robinson, Debbie Burns. 8 nelly Rollison, Patty Sargent. ROW 3: Lin- da Perry, 8helly Stevens, Diane Hogan. Mary MacKinnon. Heather Stanfield, Dave Copley. Carol Blome. Katherine MacKinnon. Tom 8tearley. Doug Reynolds, Mary Jane Bear, Kristen Kalsem. Ruth Nelson. Ms. 8imone Soria. ROW 4: Jeff Wallace. Daryl Fingerman. Chris Zinger. Janean Gardner. Beth Blanks, Theresa Humphries, Maura Robinson. Jody Valentine, Mr. Gary Thelen, Prudence McDaniel. Lori Pomerantz, Nicole Pierce, Joyce Shearer. 8ue Zuckert. ROW 5: Rhonda Fingerman. Evie Bergh. Julie Green. Diane Norris, Katie Boyle, Suzanne Helmick, Claire Sommers. Kelly Koch, Lynn Jones, Susan Guthrie. Jill Downing. Charlotte Hemminger. Christy Whit- more. Julie Sandler. ROW 6: Kellee Moore. Lori Meek. Linda Deyo. Mary O ' Harra, Nancy Voigts. Jane Lynch. Danielle Meeks. Bill Grund. Sheila Burns, Laurie Hornberger. Kay VanHorn. ROW 7: Karin McKinney. Pam Oldham. Julie Boyle. Liz Rodgers, Burns Stanfield. Sue VerSteeg. Gail Smith. Ann Whitfield. E Use Vogelgesand. Chris Snyder. Linda Elliot. Marian Hill. ROW 8: Tom Lock, Steve 8nyder. Doug Hagen. Kevin Hensley. Brandon Bennett. Dave Robinson. Steve Walters, Boun Soun Rasavanh. Heidi Fatland. Rick Hermann, Dennis Kelly. French Club 29