Roosevelt High School - L envoi Yearbook (Yonkers, NY)

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Front Row: Miss Sona Pnaqouni, Miss Dorothy A. Andrews. Miss Metelle M. Crosby, Miss Margaret A. Ritchie. Top Row: Mr. I. L. Axelbunk. Mr. Edward Loudon. HE!il.'l'H lililll PHYSICAL EllIllI!i'l'lllN IJEPI-iH'l'lVlIiN'l' Keeping students physically tit and developing aood ath- letes are the goals of this de- partment. Dr, MacCurdy and Mr. Seidell, not pictured here, direct the hoys' gymnasium classes and train the various school teams. Miss Cushman and Mrs. Donoqhue preside over air-ls' classes and sportsg Mrs. Reagan teaches hygiene. On hand for sudden accident or sickness is Mrs. loyner, the school nurse. Mrs. Dorothy McGee, Mrs. Myra Moss. Mrs. Antoinette Mac Curdy. PINE AND APPLIEII ARTS IlEPliH'l'MIEN'l' Students in the art classes of Miss Ritchie and Miss Croshy, and the music and orchestra courses of Miss Andrews and Mr. DeMeo, are learninq to ap- preciate the finer amenities of life by their study of these arts. ln the field of practical arts, students study home econom- ics, which is taught by Miss Pnaqounip shop, which is under the supervision of Mr. Alex- bankg and mechanical draw- ina, tauqht hy Mr. Loudon. Left to Right: Miss Lucile M. Cushman, Mrs. Iulio F. Reagan. Mrs. Rosetta Donoghue. Mrs. Marie D. Ioyner. BUSINESS lJEP!iH'l'MEN'l' Training students in modern business methods, aeared to hiqh speed and aimed at ever areater efficiency, are the classes conducted by Mrs. Moss, Mrs. McGee, and Mrs. McCurdy, who returned to Roosevelt in Ianuary. Miss Kramer filled Mrs. McCurdy's position durina the first term. Courses offered to lnusiness students include typewriting, stenoaraphy, business law, ot- fice practice, husiness arithme- tic, and aeneral record keeping.

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LANGUAGE IIEPAHTMENT The protuse translations oi Kilroy was here , which ap- peared on numerous black- boards, corroborate the fact that many students at Roosevelt are studying languages. In the modern language department, French is taught by Mlle. Cong- don and Mme. Phelony Spanish is taught by Sra. Walter and Sr. Natellag and German is taught by Herr Kaufmann, who is a newcomer to our school. ln the classical department in- structors oi Latin are Mrs. Steiner and Miss Flavin. Front Row: Miss Maude D. Conqdon. Mrs. Gertrude F. Steiner. Miss Elizabeth M. Flavin. Mrs. Sadie G. Walter. Mrs. Florence B. Phelon. Top Row: Mr. Walter H. Kaufmann. Mr. Arthur A. Natella. Lett to Right: Mr. Rupert A. Smith. Miss Wilhelmina Hutchinson. Miss Fanny A. Siegel. Mr. L. C. VanAnden. SEIENEE UEPAHTMENT Future Roosevelt doctors, nurses, physicists, and chem- ists will be indebted tor the training they received in the classes ot the following science teachers: Miss Dignan, general science: Mr. Cacace, a new- comer to our school this year, general science and physics: Mrs. Shelley, biology: Mr. Wheelock, physics: and Mr. Flowers and Mr. Worthington, chemistry. MATHEMATICS IIEPAHTMENT Instructors who conduct their classes through the realm ot the equation, compass, log table, and imaginary number have varied assignments. Miss Hutchinson, Miss Fry, and Miss Iohnson teach elementary alge- bra and geometry, Miss Siegel teaches geometry and inter- mediate algebra. Mr. Van Anden is an intermediate alge- bra and trigonometry teacher, and Mr. Smith teaches inter- mediate and advanced alge- bra and also solid geometry. Front Row: Miss Margaret L. Dignan. Mr. R. S. Wheelock. Mrs. Lillian H. Shelley. Top Row: Worthington. Mr. C. B. Flowers. 10 Mr. Orlando E. Cacace. Mr. B. F.

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Lett to Right Miss Mary I. FitzGerald, Miss Margaret Dunne. Mr. Henry S Richards Principal: Miss lean E. Frazier. Mrs. Gertrude Cooper Miss Edith I Smith. UFFIEE STAFF The Office Statt, the nerve center of Operation Roose- velt , consists of Miss Frazier, secretary to Mr. Richards, Mrs. Cooper and Miss Dunne, regis- trars: and Miss FitzGerald and Miss Smith, guidance counse- lors. They are Mr. Richards' trusty and indispensable corps. Students have learned that Miss FitzGerald and Miss Smith have good advice about program or college problems, that Mrs. Cooper issues the passes, and that Miss Frazier has completed six hundred-odd college appli- cations. EAMEHA SHY FACULTY Mr. Peter DeMeo-Orchestra Miss Ann F rywGeometry Miss Irene Iohnson-Geometry Dr. Leigh MacCurdy-Physical Education Mr. Francis I. McCabe-English, Public Speaking Mr. Ioseph SeidellfPhysical Education at Roosevelt. 12 At the close of this school year Roosevelt students say goodbye to one of their most endeared teachers, H MISS ESTELLE M. MORRIS, who is retiring alter many years of faithful and outstanding service. Members of her history classes know her as an earn- est, conscientious and kindly teacher, who encouraged high ideals ot citizenship and scholarship in her stu- dents. Her retirement leaves a place not easily filled