Roosevelt High School - Rohian Yearbook (Virginia, MN)

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Art is defined by some as an expression of an inner truth that the artist conveys to his fellowmen. A knowledge of the basic principles of art gives the layman an understanding or mastery of one more language by which communication be- tween layman and artist may be perfect- cd. An attempt is made in our Art de- partment to master a knowledge of basic principles hand in hand with creative work. 'Mid clicking typewriters and tinkling bells, the steady march toward business perfection continues through the years. Enterprising crusaders, in ever-increas- ing numbers, adopt the business world's motto-speed and accuracy always-in order to join the endless caravan that moves toward its coveted goal, a success- ful career in the modern world of business. In the printing department, pre-vocation- al students are taught the fundamentals of printing, which include its history and minor operations in the mechanical end. Vocational pupils are given instruction and training of a practical and related nature: han d composition, linotype, presswork, and bindery. School publica- tions as well as many commercial forms for the school system are printed in this department. The wealth of a nation may be measured in terms of gold or silver, but its true wealth lies within the four' walls of a library. Books, the written record of other men's thoughts and deeds, enable both reader and author to travel down the glamorous paths of the past togeth- er to live-not merely exist-in the glorious present, and to explore the puz- zling mysteries of the future. N ll 5 Y 1 r,, Nineteqn l

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Eighteen High school science is taught primarily to create student interest in a line of work that is the cornerstone of modern civilization. It enables him to grasp some fundamental laws and their appli- cation to daily life and teaches him that it is impossible to avoid science. Be- cause of this. the student is anxious to study thoroughly a subject, which he will constantly meet up with in life. A work bench, cluttered with tools, rising from a two-foot pile of shavings is the carpenter's paradise. Every man, no matter what line of work he is in, would like to get into that room to finish piling tools on the bench and to increase the depth of the shavings heap. Virginia gives every boy the chance to determine in which line of work his vocational interest lies. Educators believe that students should learn to do better the Worthwhile things. Home Economics changes from a sub- ject of foods and clothing for girls to a study of all basic activities for both boys and girls. Child care, home fur- nishings, marketing, budgets, food se- lection, clothing and textiles, all are taught in order to prepare students for worthy home membership. Academic offerings at Roosevelt are many. They range from geometry to geology, from A.merican government to English Literature. Their purposes are to teach the student how to write and speak correctly and effectivelyg to ac- quaint him with the best that has been thought and expressedg to lead him to discover the relative values of all human goods, and to teach that things do not happen by chance, but according to the dictates of an invariable sanity.

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P-Lew Twenty Dusty Overalls by Grace Darin He came from the pit, leaving behind him its engines and shovels-its cranes and smoke-and ore. There was smoke in that pit-the smoke of toil for the sake of progress. There was dust in that pit-dust of the earth and its elements. There was ore in that pit-ore of iron, upon Whose Wheels the chariot of civilization moves forward. And when he came from the pit, he brought with him Dusty overalls- And a clean mindg Dusty overalls- And a clean soulg Dusty overalls-- And the thought of a day's work well done. September Waits For June by Erling Toness Fathoms of silent water Suprest by a sheet of silent ice Wait patiently Press-diligently-for freedom. Restless Waters must wait. The sun brought days of freedom The Waves chase waves endlessly They kiss the shore Dancing happily in ecstasy Restless waters may dance f Mm ,-r ' I ,M D ig I 1: ,V 1 it l . Q gg! J' 5 .l ' . l ' 9 15 ill , -. V M 11 A A7- D fi' If l 4 wg , 'xxx T I V 5- 4,fgqLy . ,-:.m,,:' rl V V' ii al l -i,1,.1,g: 5,,,.-,my K U t R-YT up piss- V is -S it-lx, L'-1-.HQ my I, 4, p Q ,..,f, ' win' Av' L1 J gfzffv 1-A ' is c ' . . be sfgsiw' A A f:i..fi e--.,ii5'i-21'--im tt