Roosevelt High School - Echo Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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Indispensable Services Provided for Students Joining the faculty ranks this year was Mr. James Olson, counsel- or, a transfer from Inkster Cherry Hill. Mr. Olson brought with him four years of experience. He has shown himself to be a first- rate counselor and a sympathetic listener. While engaged at Roosevelt, Mr. Olson is taking out time to pursue his studies at the University of Michigan. Mrs. Betty Powers, elementary and high school librarian, provides help to bewildered students who get lost amid the piles and shelves of books. Her main concern is pro- viding a quiet place to study, thereby pro- moting the intellectual growth of RHS students. Mrs. Geraldine Kress, school nurse, checks on student absences due to ill- ness, as well as co-ordinating the school’s health program. 7

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School Office Hums With Activity Principal Alister (““Mr. Mac”) MacDonald, who takes a personal inter- est in the affairs of the student body, strikes a familiar pose. Mrs. Janet Winkler, Roosevelt’s efficient school secretary, performing one of her many duties. Principal Alister MacDonald, maintaining a relaxed and liberal attitude at all times, has gained the respect and goodwill of Roosevelt stu- dents and faculty. Mr. Mac, as he is most com- monly called, is willing to listen to students and adults alike with an understanding and experi- enced ear. Besides his duties as principal, Mr. Mac teaches a University seminar, serves on staff committees, and coaches the tennis team. Under his able direction the team succeeded in winning a Class C state championship. When he is not submerged in conferences of one kind or another, he tells tales about his Scottish ancestors and his own Paul Bunyan experiences in the great woods of Minnesota.

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Miss Martha Foren can be easily identified as the freshman of the faculty team. Fresh out of the University of Michigan, an August 1967 baccalaureate degree graduate, she bounces gaily through the days of this brand-new classroom experi- ence. She flicks over life’s little ridges with the skill of the ski enthusiast, which indeed she is. Summer 1968 will find her at Sorbonne preparing for more classroom sallies “que maintenant—c’est la guerre-faire bonne garde” Language And History Courses Stress Cultural Experiences Mr. Kenneth Peters, one of the newest additions to Roose- velt’s faculty, arrived via U-M graduate school. Prior to the Ann Arbor sojourn he had been a Birmingham resident. At the U-M he was, and still is, working on an advanced degree in American Studies. This year he is teaching government, social problems, and American History. He has a stern con- viction that learning is a basis for life-building, and so as he hammers significant concepts into the minds of the needlessly indifferent, he mutters “ it’s all a part of the job.” Miss Virginia A. Cooper is completing another year of service to the school. She spends many extra hours in room 305 giving make-up tests and doling out special help for her Latin and history students. Her primary goals are to educate her students and to keep her athletes eligible. Besides her duties as a teacher, she serves as a loyal sponsor of the senior class. She keeps the class moving and sees that the work gets done even if she has to do a major part of it herself.