Roosevelt High School - Echo Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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Amy Sanzi, in the opinion of her classmates and the Roose- velt faculty, qualifies for the D.A.R. good citizenship award because she best demonstrates the qualities of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism. Amy, together with candidates from the six local high schools, presented her views on good citizenship at a D.A.R. reception in January As a further stage in the award competition, Amy completed a questionnaire to give some concreteness to the judge’s impressions of candidates on a statewide basis Seniors Reap Honors In Various Fields Harold Tripp (left), Mike Washington (center), and Tom Cox (right) discuss their stay at Boys’ State with Mr. Mac- Donald. Wolverine Boys’ State is held on the M.S.U. campus and covers a peri- od of eight days. Representatives formed and administered a mock government Their stay was climaxed by a five mile walk to the State Capitol where they were addressed by the Governor. This contact with a mythical government gave the representatives first hand knowledge of the duties and responsi- bilities of the various state offices. Senior Suzy LaRue (left) brought honor, this year, to Roosevelt by placing high above other area students in the Michigan Mathematics Competition. Suzy ranked in the top 2.5 percent, qualifying as a finalist She is the second Roosevelt student to qualify as a finalist in the history of the school

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Dave McCrae has won distinction as a National Merit Scholar semifinalist, on the basis of his scores in the 1967 N.M.S. qualifying test and the S.A.T. If he qualifies as a finalist, he will receive one of the 500 top awards set aside for the cream of the initial 800,000 juniors who took the test last spring Seniors Display Character, Scholarship, Leadership and Service ves 5 First row (I-r): Amy Sanzi, Sandy Good, Wendy Skinner, Miss Virginia Cooper, Cheryl Cham- berlain, Betsy Bryan, Gretchen Geiser. Back row (l-r): Barbara Campbell, Dave McCrae, Nelson Wood, Bob Anderson, Suzanne LaRue.

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Varsity Club Under the direction of Mr. Ron Sanders and Mr. Sanford Dorn- bos the Roosevelt High School Varsity Club began its year by sponsoring the Varsity-Alumni andJ.V.-Faculty basketball games. These games provided the club with enough money to purchase new athletic equipment for the school. Front row (I. to r.)}—Bill Rowan, Peter Walline, Mahlon Rice, Van Bolden, Dave Gessert, Mike Washington, Tom Cox. Middle row—Bob Anderson, Bob Lundy, Wayne Hackett, Mike Bodary, John Dusbiber, Dick Denny. Back row—Jim Maggio, Tom Abercrombie, Dan Prevost, Bob Spiess. Follow the Rugged Road with Scouting Front row (I. to r.}—Lane Kersey, Mark Russell, Greg Johnston, John Russell, Jim Dornbos, Jim Giles, Joel Osborn. Middle row Terry Gooding, Nick Russell, Terry Cummings, Bill Caswell, Norman Roesch, Harry Smith, Chuck Dornbos. Back row—Kim Otis, Tim Osborn, Steve Munger, Vern Davis, Wayland Blikken, Tom Jackson.