Roosevelt High School - Echo Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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Academic Overture Rhythm resounds through the hall hollow and soft; foot steps fall lonely. I come to the room early and still, still as a tomb, an empty quiet peaceful tomb. A hoarsely singing radiator whispers lowly ‘neath the window; adding slowly to the patter come more footsteps gaining volume till their forte, eighth notes shatter tomb-like air in friendly clatter. And all the school is a furious fugue building, building up to its tune; bells and note books slamming clanging; crowds and lockers Jamming banging; Voices, knuckles laughing cracking; pencils, tools graphing hacking. By Sereech chalk. Don’t talk. Please walk. Schreiber Nancy Don’t run. And then diminuendo and all at once the symphony has played its cycle and the sound of music is the sound of silence. Advertisements

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Contents Foreword Schoo! is many things. It is laughing and singing, dancing and playing, working and growing, thinking and learning. And behind these elements of school life is a beautiful and mysterious fugue, a symphony of sound giving depth and meaning to our multitude of daily tasks. The sounds of school are among the most familiar to us. We hear the scuffing of feet, the closing of books, the shuffling of chairs. We hear the sharp ringing of the bell, the banging of lockers in the hall, and the laugh- ing of students scurrying between classes. And almost every moment we hear the rust- ling of papers, the scratching of pencils, and the hushed whispering and giggling in every classroom. School is a symphony of sounds. With the theme “Academic Overture”, the 1962 Echo wishes to bring you closer to the sounds of school life at RHS, and to give you a deeper appreciation of the many beautiful sounds of life itself. Underclassmen ... 28

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Perhaps one of the most signif- icant sounds of school life is the authoritative sound of the fac- ulty. Guided by their kind and experienced voices, we grow in wisdom and stature and learn to seek the finer values of life. Often the first to greet us in the morning, we follow their example throughout the day. Our faculty gives us the firm foundations up- on which our lives are built.