Roosevelt High School - Echo Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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Because of Miss Virginia Cooper's busy schedule teaching Latin, social studies, and English, she has little leisure time. She devotes her spare moments tutoring absentees. Miss Cooper can usually be found correcting Latin papers, Miss Lucille Langworthy in- structs in the French Department. She drills junior and senior high pupils to “parler francais.” As one passes the French room songs in French can often be he ard. Miss Langworthy collects a French III test paper just completed by Daren Otis Languages : French English Latin Between the Rough Rider, Echo, Quest, speech and dramatics, and the English and Publications classes, Miss Thelma McAndless is constantly “on the go”. Coupled to her homefront program there is always an ex- tensive schedule of state and national com- mitments. Miss Jean Frazer is new at Roose- velt this year. She instructs the ninth and tenth grade English classes and is sponsor of F.T.A. Miss McAndless analyzes some aspect of school publications for Mary Street and Miss Frazer.

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Principal Formulates Policies Mrs. Florence Crouch,counsellor, holds her hand steadily on the helm of student affairs. She adheres to the openear policy. She is at once firm and understanding. Mrs. Geraldine Kress, school nurse, is Mrs. Crouch’s first mate. Together they work with students, parents, and faculty to help make the good life for Roosevelt’s young people. Dr. Scott Street, our principal, is an innovator. He believes in an experi mental program; day by day he intro- duces new ideas of curricula, student government, and public relations. He sets his goal and moves with determi- nation toward his objective. CUMMUMM

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Miss Vera North displays a book that will be used in notehand, a new course being offered next year. Miss Vera North instructs the typing, shorthand, and bookkeep- ing classes. She also teaches an Algebra II class for the Math De- partment. Social Studies Promote Mr. Charles Alexander shares the core chores with Mr. B. A. Tomczak. They instruct the seventh and eighth grade. These two, come spring, to- gether coach the junior high tennis. Miss Alice Beal took over the job of librarian this year. She organized and sponsored the Librarians Club. She came to Roosevelt from Lincoln High School, where she had been in charge of the girls’ gym classes. Miss Beal examines the flyleaf of a newly acquired book. Understanding Mr. Tomezak points out a “hot spot” on the map to Mr. Alexander and his students.