Roosevelt High School - Echo Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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MISS McANDLESS The head of the English department is Miss Thelma Mc- Andless. Her schedule includes the eleventh and twelfth grade classes. She also spends numerous hours as sponsor of the Rough Rider and Echo, In addition Miss McAndless directs speech activities and junior-senior plays. On the state, regional, and national levels Miss McAndless is busy as a speaker and resource person for various organizations. Roose- velt is proud to have Miss McAndless, professor of English and biographee Who’s Who in American Women,as a mem- ber of its faculty. MISS LANGWORTHY Roosevelt’s French teacher is Miss Lucille Langworthy. Her classes include junior and senior high French. This year she is also teaching Eng- lish IX. In her spare time Miss Langworthy enjoys gardening and listening to fine music. Language § Broaden MISS COOPER Roosevelt Latin teacher - Miss Virginia Cooper. This year she teaches world his- tory as well as social studies. In addition she is in charge of the National Honor So- ciety at Roosevelt. Her de- votion to teaching is well known to those who attend her Saturday morning ses- sions.

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Mr. Mac. Heads Social Sciences MR. MacDONALD One of the best liked teachers in the senior high is Mr. Alister MacDonald. He instructs American Government and History, and coaches the senior high tennis team. He is known as a woodsman of the Paul Bunyan variety, and while he does not match Paul in size, his stories do. MR. TOMCZAK Mr. Benedict Tomczak is one of the junior high core teachers. He coaches the junior high tennis team. He has a flair for the guitar and the bowl- ling ball. Some say he is an expert fisherman. MR. WAARA A new junior high core teacher is Mr. William Waara. He came to RHS from Wayne, Michigan. During the summer Mr. Waara takes to the air as the pilot of a crop dusting plane.

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Music Studies PA MISS FRASER Ho ri ZONS Miss Jean Fraser, ninth and tenth grade English teacher, has now completed her second year at Roosevelt. She is mad about Shakespeare and will talk up the bard when- ever the opportunity presents itself. She knows the value of good plays and encour- ages her students to attend. MRS. SUNDQUIST Mrs. Jean Sundquist is Roosevelt’s prize winning music teach- er. She has elementary and seventh and eighth grade music and directs the high school chorus. Mrs. Sundquist works with many adult groups including the EMU faculty council, the State Music Supervisors’ Organization, and a local string trio. She is a real contributor to the life of the school, filling it with the strains of young voices. DR. RILEY Dr. Maurice Riley directs the orchestra and junior and senior high band. He supplements group activities with individual and ensemble coaching. Dr. Riley’s organizations have brought much good publicity to Roosevelt and to Ypsilanti.