Roosevelt High School - Echo Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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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.

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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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Under Miss Lillian Ashby’s guidance, the seventh and eighth grades learn fundamentals of music. The mixed chorus and the girls chorus are under her direc- tion. The choruses perform at special assemblies and in local musical affairs. The active instrumental mus- ic department is headed by Dr. Maurice Riley. He conducts the band and orchestra, and gives private lessons to students wish- ing special help. The band marches at all the football games and in many local parades. The band attended the University- sponsored ‘‘Band Day”’ this year. Both the band and orchestra take part in the music festivals and give joint concerts. Miss Virginia Cooper reigns alone in the Latin Department helping students to gain an in- sight into grammar and word mean- ings and building up a knowledge of classical myths. Miss Cooper is also a teacher of ninth grade English and social studies. Miss Virginia Cooper helps David Goings see the importance of derivatives in the building up of a vocabulary,