Roosevelt High School - Round Up Yearbook (Honolulu, HI)

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Class ot 45 -941' Grcxduatxon Speakers Mild ed Matuyoshx lane Steen Menon Davxs and Tom Clements Called war bab1es the class ot 45 was the hrst to enroll after the bhtz The1r social act1v1 t1es were l1m1ted but the 45ers managed to keep busy There Was a War to be Won and the class knew 1t Pmeapple gangs and Red Cross surglcal dressmg groups were organlzed The class sponsored assemblles to emphaslze the need ot buymg war bonds and the gtrls of the class entertarned the soldlers who were then stat1oned on part of the school campus Many sophomores also worked on a show Hav a Chuckle Whlch toured several army outposts As Junlors the class of 45 had therr act1v1t1es curtatled Just as m the1r sophomore year be cause ot the curfew and blackout However, the 45ers sponsored one of the best assemblres of the year, and edlted one lssue ot the Rough Rlder The outstand1ng event of thelr yuruor year was the Sad1e Hawkms dance held on Iunlor Day The pat1o was decorated 1n Dog patch style Claude Thornh1lls orchestra played After a three months summer vacat1on dur mg Whlch most of the students held Jobs rn con nectton wrth the war ettort the class members reahzed that they had become the upperclass men and leaders at Roosevelt Malcolm Cottmg ton was elected presldent of the student body Other sernors on the Executrve Councll were Barbara Borthwrck treasurer Nora K1m secre tary and Dtck Beers senlor councrllor The publ1cat1ons stalls were largely made up of semors Edltor of the ROUND UP was Tom Clements Barbara Borthwrck was assocrate ed1tor, and Nora Krm, senlor ed1tor Sect1on edltors were Pearl Llm, faculty, Alva lanssen, 1 I ',1.. fr Y A fy 1 1 - g,,.,wr,w, -Q E 'qt A If 'Q sv wr , 'af 3 ,,.4f,,112w ww 41:1 ' . Q 1 - -q.,, . , -sr - K ' fr ,ae ' - 1 -.w r . , . 11 1 11 1 , . - I . . . . . . 11 1 11 . . U . . . 1 , 11 - 1 , . . , . . . .1 11 1 . 1 1 -4' 11 . . . I I - - ,, . . . I ' I I I - 1 1 - . , . . . . , I -

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Senior Ctficers Presldent lane Steen and Advlser Mrs Christian I XM I ' 4 ' , , . it.- Treasurer Alva Ianssen. Vice-President Donald Chang and Secretary ' lr' ' , '- ' ' ' ' e . ' ' ' - t S l . . A K' - K T . Q l I - , l . . . . . . . I . Q . . . - - . . Vuguua Perry The class of 45 was fortunate to have an expenenced group ot O'l1CeIS gutde them Presr dent lane Steen had been sophomore councrllor and vrce presldent on the Execunve Councrl durlng her sophomore and 1un1or years re spectlvely Her enthusra m and mrerest enabled her to serve them Well Donald Chang vrce presrdent was actrve 1n var ous school organlzatrons He Worked wtth the other ofhcers to plan class assemblres bond drxves rallres and helped the other senror com mrttees w1th therr work lndustrrous V1rg1n1a Perry was secretary of her class 1n both her 1un1or and senror y ars She Worked quretly and elttclently to keep the records so that the classes ot the future mrght know wha the clas of 45 has done Blonde AlJa Ianssen was the treasurer of the class She had been a counctllor on the Execu trve Councll rn her IUUIOF year but th1s year she had the not too pleasant 1ob of handhng the flnances ot her class She also was actrve on the grrls sW1n'1m1r1g team and rn other phases of student hte

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Senior Councillor Dick Beers with other members of the Executive Council. organizations, and Malcolm Cottington, sports. Ianette Sapiro and Linda Liu were first and second semester editors respectively of the Rough Rider. Seniors who helped to edit this newspaper were Vernon Kuhns, Donald Chang, George Suzuki, Harriet Shima, Edith Chang, Faith Miyamoto, artist, Wilfred lng, photo- grapher, and Beverly Nakatani, business mana- ger. Roosevelts 1945 classes have shown the in- fluence of the shape of things to come. This is evidenced by the number of seniors in the solid geometry, plane trigonornetry, physics, and l'American problems classes as well as the large enrollment of juniors and seniors in the chemistry classes. The seniors of l945 have passed three fine years at Roosevelt High School, They have seen two other senior classes graduate from Roosevelt. Now their own graduation services are over. Baccalaureate services were held on lune 3rd at Central Union Church. Graduation exercises were on lune 13th in the George R. Carter Auditorium. l'Crossroads of the Pacific was the theme on which Mildred Matayoshi, Marion Davis, lane Steen and Tom Clements spoke. Before the next senior class has begun its year, many of the boys of the class of '45 will be serving in the armed forces. Many other members will have started in work that will fill a major part of their lives. At this time, during the commencement of the game of real life, this senior class looks forward to the great task ahead with a spirit that typifies the 'Youth Triumphantl Christine Chun explains the solid geometry problem to Emmett Hazlett and Sam Halsted.