Roosevelt High School - Ranger Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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SCIENCE CLUB COMMERCIAL CLUB LATIN CLUB SPANISH CLUB INTERNATIONAL CLUB RANGER AND MIKE STAFF

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LATIN CLUB THE Latin Club, known as Res Publics Romans, is under the supervision of Miss Comstock. The purpose of the club is to create an interest in the Latin language and to study the customs of Roman life. In order to become a member, one must have received good grades for at least one-third of the term in Latin. There are at present about forty-two members. The officers for the past term were Irma Lewis, president; Mary Sullivan, vice-president; Audrey Ferguson, secretary; and Dorothy Miller, treasurer. SPANISH CLUB THE Spanish Club, under the direction of Mr. Bassett, is open to any student who has completed one term of Spanish. The objective is to give students an opportunity to increase their knowledge of Spain, the Spanish language, |xrople, and customs. Meetings arc held twice a month. The officers were Kenneth MaGee, president; Harryett Bennett, vice-president; and Margaret White, secretary-treasurer. SCIENCE CLUB THE purpose of the Science Club is to create a wider interest in scientific ideals and principles. Original experiments arc performed at each meeting by the program committee. Meetings are held every week. The officers were Paul Hansen, president; Alan Dean, vice-president; Margaret Spocrli, secretary-treasurer; Wyntcr Simons, herald; and Walter Nelson, sergeant-at-arms. INTERNATIONAL CLUB THE International Club, under the supervision of Mr. George, has a membership of twenty-seven students. The purpose of the club is to increase a friendly feeling toward other countries, people of different nationalities, and different faiths in our own midst. To achieve this program, the members arrange to have speakers, such as consuls or other representatives from foreign countries and also plan assembly programs that will help further attitudes of peace and good will. The officers of this term were Paul Hansen, president; John Sullivan, vice-president; and Thorlcy Wilson, secretary. COMMERCIAL CLUB THIS organization aims to stimulate the interest of students in the study of commercial subjects at school and to give contacts with the commercial world. In order to become a member of this club, a student must have completed a term’s work in some commercial subject. Meetings arc held twice a month. Miss Chambers is the adviser. The officers for the semester were Alfred Monroe, president; John Sullivan, vice-president; and Evelyn Nclsen, secretary-treasurer. THE MIKE-ROPHONE STAFF Adriser..................Mrs. Hirscii Editor-in-chief...............Cordon- Smith Assistant Editor . . . Fredrick a Griswold Assistant Editor .... Deloris Kf.tchlm Sports Editor.........Wu.ered Wiese Staff Artist.............Gordon Smith Reporters: June Acnew, Esther Delanoy, Mildred Billups, Pauline Deppe. Dorothy Eakin. Doris Nordquist, Francis Esson, Shirley Pedersen, Lillanna Kopp, Russei.i. Volm Business Manager............Evelyn Nelson

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n. y. a. npHE purpose of the N. Y. A. is to give worthy students gainful employment. Roosevelt's allotment ol $84 a month, supervised by Mr. Smith, aids from fourteen to thirty-three students. Work done during the term included cleaning the campus, acting as clerks for the teachers and for the office, rendering assistance in the library, cafeteria, and laboratories, and mending and filing sheet music. THE CAFETERIA BOARD I fHE activities of the cafeteria board consist of making visits toother school cafeterias and endeavoring to find ways to improve our own and to cooperate with the manager of the cafeteria, Mrs. Gibson, in every way possible in improving cafeteria service. Mr. Dunkclbcrgcr, treasurer and faculty adviser, informs us that the cafeteria is doing well financially. Members of the board were Deloris Kctchum, Wallace Graser, John Sullivan, Jim Wilson, Thorlcy Wilson, and Evelyn Nelscn. THE EMERGENCY ROOM STAFF TfHE purpose of the emergency room staff, which is under Miss RundaH's supervision, is to render practical aid to the girls in cases of temporary illness. One regular member is in charge each period. The members arc Dorothy Marchant, chairman; Esther Delanoy, Naomi Clark, Dorothy Smith, Al .ata Pyshcr, Lillanna Kopp, Irene Everett, Florence McRae, Thorlcy Wilson, and Marjorie Nelson. The alternates who serve in absence of the regular members arc Mary Ellen Kristenson, Louise March, Irma Lewis, and Wanda Berry. THE HONOR SOCIETY ; I fHE Honor Society is an un-organized group of students who have earned enough honor points in different activities and scholarship to secure one of the four honor pins as specified by our school constitution. Awards for the Honor Society arc granted on the following basis: a silver pin is granted at the end of two terms to those who have earned fifteen honor points in three departments; a brass pin is awarded at the end of four terms for forty points in three departments; a bronze pin at the end of six terms for sixty points; a gold lamp pin at the end of the seventh term for eighty points; and permanent possession of the gold lamp is awarded at the end of the eighth term for one hundred [X)ints in four departments. A standing committee of eight members known as the Honor Point Committee, under the guidance of Miss Wilson, records the number of honor points earned by each student, awards honor pins, and makes out the semi-annual eligibility lists. Present members of the committee arc: Chairman-secretary, Alan Dean, Robert Blanding, Frances Chancy, Catherine Morrow, Harold Locke, and Paul Hansen. KAPPA PHI UPSILON TfHE Kappa Phi cabinet is composed of one representative from each term, except the - • first term, which has two. The regular meeting of the cabinet members is on every first and third Monday of each calendar month. The members of the present cabinet arc Betty Billups, Barbara Retherford, Lucille Smith, Viola McDaniels, Thelma Barton, Alma Bingham, Doris Nordquist, Frcdricka Griswold, Dorothy Eakin, and Marion Grimm, Girls’ Activities Commissioner. The activities of the Kappa Phi as carried out this term were the Reception for Freshman girls; a speech by Miss Dulsina Brown, who talked about her summer's journey in Sweden, Norway, and Germany; and the faculty tea which was served in the Dean’s room in honor of the members who joined the Roosevelt faculty for the first time this term. These members arc Miss Jessie Campbell, Mr. Roland Rourkc, Mrs. Randles, Mrs. Helen Hol-lcnstcd, and Miss Vera Frank. The program of the Kappa Phi this term as designated by Miss Rundall was a combination of simple social functions and the securing of speakers. LIBRARY BOOKS for the school library are furnished, re-bound, and repaired by the Central Library, while equipment is furnished by the school board. The fund for the books amounts to $250 at the present time with a Si60 book order this fall, followed by a small order each month. According to Miss Allen, the librarian, fifty-four new books have already arrived this school year, making the collection in the library total nearly 3,400 books.