Roosevelt High School - Echo Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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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.

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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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First row (l-r): Gretchen Geiser, Carol Burrell, Betsy Bryan, Peggy Elliott, Amy Sanzi, Miss Mary Drake, Marti Ulrich, Wendy Skinner, Barbara Campbell, Roz Green. Second row (l-r): Vicki Packard, Laurie Leabu, Margaret Kennedy, Yumi Shitoto, Debbie Betts, Linda Wood, Lynn Sharrock, Lusia Mitchell, Valerie Leabu. Third row (l-r): Barbara Bowen, Jane Swihart, Janet Burrell, Jennette Elliott, Amy Otis, Annette Lamb, Lynn Rowan, Connie Campbell. Fourth row (I-r): Sue McDaniel, Chris Robinson, Darlene Turner, Jackie Hewitt, Sue Smeckert, Martha Caswell, Danielle King, Patty Jones, Sharon Langen. Sinkopators Profit From Their Hard Work Many hours of long and hard work have been put in by the members of the Swim Club to make the year enjoyable and profitable for all. The Club started off in the early part of October with the initiation of new members. The largest project consisted of an intra-club competition which offered a pleasant change from the annual Sinko- pator show. Directed by their sponsor, Miss Mary Drake, the girls this year have been swim- ming for their own improvement and only occa- sionally for audiences. The intra-club competition was given a modi- Miss Drake points out flaws, as sinkopators prepare for fied public presentation. competition. The Club rounded out the year with the annual dinner for the Boys’ Swim Team and staged the annual overnite at a nearby lake.