Roosevelt High School - Echo Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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Miss Jean Fraser offered a new course this year, World Literature, an addition to her former offerings of English Literature and Sophomore English. The works of many mod- ern authors have been explored, with an emphasis on exis- tentialism. Miss Fraser also encouraged her students to attend plays and lectures, and invited guest speakers in an effort to broaden the literary outlook of her students. English Program Boosts Creativity “A teacher who can arouse a feeling for one simple good action, for one simple good poem accomplishes more than he who fills our memory with rows on rows of natural objects, classified with names and form.” The chairman of Roosevelt’s English Department, Miss Thelma McAndless, inspires one and all to get up on his own two feet and think Her role as an English teacher does not stop outside the classroom, for she is the hard-working sponsor of both the Rough Rider and the ECHO. Her eleventh and twelfth grade students will long remember that it was she who aroused in them an appreciation of good deeds, good poetry, and good literature. Miss McAndless is distinguished on the state and national level, and is a biographee of Who’s Who of Amencan Women. Mr. Thomas Edison of the EMU Geography Department supports the national experimental geography program by teaching a course in that subject here at Roosevelt. Through this course, Mr. Edison hopes to make his students aware of the importance of World Geography and its relationship to social and economic problems of the day.

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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.

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Math and Sciences Play Leading Role Miss Joanne Rankin has the responsibility of teach- ing Geometry, Algebra II, and Senior Math. She tackles her job with patience, good humor, and enthusiasm, managing to maintain the delicate balance between a disciplined and informal atmo- sphere in her classes. Her office is always open to the confused would-be mathematician, as well as to those who just want to stop to talk. Mr. Emile Gosseaux, assistant principal and algebra, chemistry, and physics professor, has gained special fame for his superb skill in bridge playing and in the apprehension of truants. Re- spected as a teacher, he believes that the sciences should play a role in making students think. In addition to his curricular duties, he is an avid sports supporter and co-sponsors the cheerleaders. Mr. Cleveland Thomas, one of the newest faculty members, comes to Michigan from Jamaica. He is not new to the area, however, as he studied at the University of Michigan six years ago before re- turning to the Islands. In Jamaica he taught both high school and college students. In Nassau he concentrated on high school education. He came here in September, not only to work on his doctorate at the U. of M., but to broaden his family’s education by exposure to American com- munity life. He enjoys the teaching “freedom” at Roosevelt, as well as the cordial attitude of both students and faculty.