Roosevelt High School - Echo Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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Faculty Roosevelt's library gives students access to a wealth of resource material. Here they can review articles in current period- icals or consult the bound vol- umes. New books come constantly to the shelves. There is always a librarian available to give as- sistance when needed. Mrs. Collins, R.H.S. librarian, checks out approximately 250 books monthly to Roosevelt readers. American history is a grades’ eleven and twelve elective. It lays the founda- tion for American Government, a course required for graduation. World history is open to all upperclass students. It em- phasizes the workings of the U.N. and our relationship to the peoples of the world. Roosevelt sends delegates to the United Nation Model Assembly at Hills- dale. In grades seven, eight, and nine, there are offerings in social studies and core. These three social studies teachers (I. to r.- L. DeBoer, P. Baxter, A. Mac Donald) are considering some problems for discussion at the Washtenaw County Human Relations Conference. The objective of the Physi- cal Educational Department is to provide gym classes for grade s seven through ten, for both boys and girls. Miss Mary Irene Bell spon- sors the girls’ Swimming Club, and Mr. A.D. Walker coaches the various sports. Miss Mary Irene Bel! congratulates Coach A.D. Walker upon his nomination to the High School Football Hall of Fame. The Detroit Free Press and M.S.U. presented a plaque to Mr. Walker, November 16, 1957.

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On duty in the clinic and in the at- tendance office are our nurse and our counsellor. To Mrs. Kress goes the job of repairing skinned knees and soothing bumped heads. For returning absentees she has a ready thermometer. Mrs. Crouch takes care of white and yellow slips. Her biggest job, however, is to counsel puzzled young folks as to which career they could pursue, and to what college they should apply. Some- times it is to give advice on students’ personal problems or to confer with par- ents. In addition to these tasks Mrs. Crouch sponsors G,A.A. Dreams of creating beauty float through the minds of all pupils who pass door 110. There they work with crayons or with charcoal. Sometimes they dip their brushes in the paint pot or snip out an idea with their scis- sors. This is the Art Department where dreams of glory become real. Faculty Messrs. Robert Benden (I.) and Carroll Osborn (r.) of the Industrial Arts Department flank Roger Armstrong, Fine Arts, as they discuss the artistry of a hammered aluminum serving tray. Roosevelt scho ol, in 1952, began teaching French in the later elementary school. In 1955 the school enriched its curricu- lum by giving French instruction throughout the lower grades. Day by day Miss Lucille Langworthy converses with the children in French and develops an apprecia- tion of French culture. Two years of French are offered at Roose- velt, and students may elect ad- vanced courses at the College. Miss Lucille Langworthy is here instructing Georgia Campbell and George Sayre, fourth graders, in the niceties of the French tongue.

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Faculty The Home Economics Depart- ment prepares girls in grades seven through twelve for their future careers as home makers. Students enjoy working in the newly remodeled classrooms. Through this department girls are encouraged to join the school’s F.H.A. chapter. Mrs. Elizabeth Fitch, cafeteria director, and Mrs. Barbara Heffington, home economics teacher, discuss favorite recipes, Miss Vera North provides her students with the skills demand- ed in secretarial work. She helps her classes obtain the right kind of learning in their business courses - shorthand, bookkeeping, and typing. Miss Vera North (I.) explains to Rita Bolden (r.) banking problems involved in checking accounts. The English Department em- phasizes the Big Four of a com- munications program - speaking, reading, writing, listening. Week by week the business of theme- writing occupies the students’ time; and year by year the upper- classmen dig out a research paper. Each year a few students take honors in the various speak- ing and writing competitions. The English Department also sponsors the spring forensics and the annual one-act festival. Mr. Roderick Fraser operates the tape recorder as he and Miss Thelma McAndless listen to Linda Robinson prepare an oral reading.