Roosevelt High School - Echo Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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THE HILIJXEST HILLCREST STAFF fEditorial Committeej William Colburn Margaret Merritt Thyra Kinghorn Madge Bird William Lyons Grace Moran Neil Webb Editor-in-Chief Associate Editor Literary Art Athletics -Humor Business Manager CREATIVE EXPRESSION fDivi.sional Editors and Faculty Advisersj Thyra Kinghorn '33, Dick Holly fSixth Gradej Music Miss Lillian Ashby, Miss Elizabeth McCrickett Margaret Olds '34, Betty Heise fSixth Gradel DT2LHl3.t1LS Miss Sally Ann Martindale, Miss Eleanor Meston David Gauntlett '34, Jerry Lamb fSixth Gradej Science Miss Florence Eddy, Mr. Louis Golczynski Catherine Pittman '33, Marilyn Miller fFourth Gradej Play and Dancing, Miss Chloe Todd, Miss Aidella Jackson Robert Mellencamp '33, Ruth Darling QSixth Gradej Human Relationships Mr. Lawrence DeBoer, Miss Gertrude Phelps Wesley Burrell '32, Robert Yoder fSixth Gradel Creative Writing, Miss Florence Regal, Miss Gertrude Phelps Roger Heath '34 Mr. Leonard Menzi Kenneth Ray '36, Dick Wortley fSixth Gradej r Mrs. Helen Finch Swete, Miss Mary Hatton FACULTY PUBLICATIONS BOARD Principal Paul J. Misner Miss Thelma McAndless Miss Susan Stinson Mrs. Helen Finch Swete Mr. Leonard Menzi , Mr. Matt Lappinen Mr. R. W. Binns 6 Director of Publications Adviser of Publications Creative Writing Art Photography Printing Business

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IIILLCREST for nineteen hundred and thirty-three Sponsored by the Senior Class fbr the ROOSEVELT SCHOOL in Ypsilanti, Michigan

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1 TRUDUCTIU MANS remembrance of all things is ex- ceedingly brief when he ventures a backward glance. Only a few haphazard facts will stand out through the fog of lost recollections. Thus it is that to explain how the 1933 Hillcrest in its 1933 dress had its inception is a task fraught with peculiar diiiiculty. 'For long years the faculty of the Roosevelt school has recognized the im- portance of stimulating creative talents. Few outward evidences of this activ- ity remaing only the satisfaction experienced by the creators themselves proved the worthwhileness of the time and effort given to creative endeavor. One of the early evidences which we have of creative effort in our element- ary dlepartment is the expression of a child voicing her deep interest in the Huron River. Down in the -Huron Valley where the waters How The Willow trees' branches bend lowg They seem to kiss the water as they sway to and f rog The birds build their nests in the branches high And they sing and sigh as the waters pass by. The river is flowing down to the sea, The wind is blowing the willow tree, The river winds in and out, winding, winding all about. The trees sway to and fro while the winds softly blow. Ellen Pray, age 8, May 1920 In 1931 the Creative Writing Club edited a booklet of prose and poetry. ln 1932 the scope of this volume was broadened to include photography, music. and art. At the beginning of 1933 Principal Paul J. Misner announced a new policy to unify the publications program of the entire school. Advisers and pupil as- sistants were chosen to work in the fields of creative art, music, dramatics, sci- ence and invention, human relationships, play and writing. After serious consideration of the manv problems involved, the Senior Class decided to cooperate with the aforementioned organization in the publication of a combination Hillcrest fthe former annuall and the Creative Adverzfzores, In subscribing to this policy the Seniors feel that they are initiating a desireable departure in the field of high school yearbooks. With the administration they recognize that an annual should represent a unified school. The Hillcrest of 1933 , 7