Roosevelt High School - Echo Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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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.

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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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Mr. Alister MacDonald, bet- ter known among students and faculty members as “Mr. Mac,” teaches American Gov- ernment and history. He is coach of the tennis team and is well known for his whop- ping lumberjack stories. Mr. MacDonald takes a typical pose in discus- sing current affairs with one of his classes. Miss Margaret Gotts is a profes- sor at EMU. She takes time off from her many college classes to teach an Algebra II class at Roose- velt. She sponsors the Roosevelt Bible Club. Mr. Francis Welper is senior mem- ber of the Roosevelt Math Depart- ment. He teaches algebra and geome- try. He has also been the sponsor of the Pep Club since its beginning. Miss Gotts and Mr. Welper take time out from correcting their math papers to smile for our camera. Interest Found The junior high math teach- er is Mr. William Saulsberry. p He devotes much of his time Mr. Saulsberry demonstrates the use of the film to the audio-visual program. splicer to eighth grader, John Johnson.