Roosevelt High School - Echo Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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Varied curriculum INDUSTRIAL ARTS The Industrial Arts Department of Roosevelt offers students a chance to develop skills in work- ing with various types of materials which will afford them experience for future work. Through the instruction of Mr. Robert Bendon and Mr. Carroll Osborn, students are given the opportunity to under- stand better the art of creating practical but beautiful things out of wood and metal. FINE ARTS A great change has taken place in the lower halls of Roosevelt. Mr. Roger Armstrong’s eighth grade art class has taken upon itself the task of painting a mural on these walls. Many other changes have taken place in room 110. In this room we see neat shelves, stacked with chalk, tempra, oil paint, water paint, and the artistic endeavors of Mr. Armstrong’s pupils. This year Mr. Armstrong has formed the Art Guild, a club where students may devel- op their artistic ability. COM MERCIAL When walking by Room 310 one almost always hears the sound of typewriters clicking away. Here, Miss Vera North is instructing students in the skills demanded in office work. The scribbling on the board in room 312 is not scribbling but short- hand, a necessity for a student working toward a secretarial career. Typing and shorthand, plus a course in bookkeeping, compile a well-rounded business education program.

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Faculty keeps pace ——— with times The Mathematics Department under the direction of Miss Mar- garet Gotts, Mrs. Miriam Shurlow, and Mr. James Northey provides the Roosevelt students with an ex- cellent background in math. Vari- ous courses, ranging from seventh grade math to geometry, advanced algebra, trigonometry, and solid geometry are available to the stu- dents. The Science Department, under the direction of Mr. Emile Gosseaux and Mr. Louis Golezynski, is designed to encourage scientific interests and attitudes in vari- ous areas such as physics, chemistry, biology, and general science. The pupils are given a knowledge of the natural and physical sciences and are taught how to carry on practical experiments. A varied social studies program is offered to Roosevelt students. The junior high social studies classes are taught by Mr. Alister McDonald and Miss Pearle Baxter. In high school students may take Miss Baxter’s World History or Mr. Lawrence DeBoer’s American Government and most seniors take sociology the second semester,

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of fered PHYSICAL EDUCATION The goal of the Physical Education Department is to pro- vide physical recreation for the students in grades seven through ten. The classes teach students skills in sports, good sportsman- ship, and the ability to get along well with other students. Miss Mary Irene Bell sponsors the girls’ Swimming Club, and Mr. A. D. Walker coaches the various sports. students MUSIC Under the guidance of Mrs. Jean Sundquist, seventh and eighth grade students receive train- ing in the fundamentals of music. Mrs. Sundquist also directs the high school chorus. Mr. Maurice Riley heads the active instrumen- tal music department. He conducts band and orchestra and gives private lessons to students wishing special help. HOME ECONOMICS The Home Economics Department prepares girls in grades seven through twelve for their future homemaking careers. The new modern kitchens and sewing facilities make up an enjoy- able atmosphere for the homemaking students. Through this department students become ac- quainted with the F. H. A. Club, which is spon- sored by Mrs. Barbara Heffington.