Roosevelt High School - Rohian Yearbook (Virginia, MN)

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0100 04,44 One longs to be remembered, to be for- gotten is a cruel destiny. For this reason every graduating class has raised a fund so that it might leave behind a pleasant memory and so that its members may feel that by paying a lasting tribute to their school, they have really accomplished something memorable. The first memorials were plastic statuary. A plastic statue of Mercury presented by the class of 1904 was the earliest contribution. The little statue was broken, however, and the resting place of its remains is unknown. Me- morials of the classes of 1905 and 1906 in- cluded four large plastic statues, one of Venus, Goddess of Love, another of Athena, Goddess of Wisdom and War, one of Niobe and Child, and one of Diana and the Deer. These have met a better fate and are gracing the halls of the Technical building. The class of 1910 presented a fountain and a rock seat which were made of stone and cement. The pictures, Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity , Justice with Condemnation and Acquittal , and The Three Fates: Clotho, Lo- chesis, Atropos after the originals by Edward A. Simmons, were presented by the class of 191 1. ln 1912, two pictures were given, Minnesota, the Granary of the World and The Source of the Mississippi . A silver Punch Bowl, used every year at the Junior-Senior Prom, is the memorial of the class of 1913. The class of 1914 presented a show case to display trophies and medals. The 1915 memorial is a picture of the Canterbury PiIgrimage by Ro- bert Van Vorst Sewell. In 1918 the memorial fund was given to the Red Cross for war work, and the 1919 fund- was used to buy a bronze plaque, memorial to the Virginia students who fought in the World War. This plaque bears the names of those who went to war, with a gold star placed after the names of those who died in action. During the twenties, pictures were bequeath- ed: in 1920, prints of Lincoln's Gettysburg Ad- dress and Washington's Farewell Address, after ewwzia .4 the originals by Violet Oakley, 1922, the large bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln, so promi- nent in the main corridor Qf the Junior College, 1924 and 1925, pictures by Leighton, Joshua Reynolds, De Forest Brush, Von Seil, and Irving Cause. Three classes, those of 1927, 1928, and the June group of 1920 all contri- buted to the fund which was used to purchase the series of fine Holy Grail paintings in the Technical corridor. Equipment and furniture were presented by several groups, the 1926 class giving the dav- enport and chair in the office, the 1928 groups and the January class of 1929 contributing to the Grandfather clock fund. Furnishings for the social room were purchased by the June, 1929 class, the June 1931 group giving the radio. Presented in 1931 was the large oil paint- ing of Theodore Roosevelt, which is a copy of the original by John Sargent. Alongside the portrait in the front hall are two original studies by Knute Heldner and David Erickson, contributions of the classes of 1932 and the January class of 1931. The memorial fund of the midyear class of 1933 was used to buy glasses, clothing, and other necessities for the needy during the depression years. The June class of that year gave another original paint- ing of this northern country, Lake Superior by Leon Lundmark. During recent years, plastic busts of Edison, Lindberg, and Byrd have been presented for the library. When the desire for a school em- blem resulted in a contest, Scott Burris' win- ning design was translated in silk on a school flag, the memorial of 1936. A bronze plaque, further expressing the school symbol, was pre- sented in 1937, and a companion plaque, in- scribed with the creed of Theodore Roosevelt, was the contribution of 1938. All these and other fine art objects represent the expenditure of thousands of dollars, sums secured from class play funds and given by the graduating groups for our lasting enjoyment.

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ZPLZZZZ J 14563626 EOARD OF EDUCATION .,.......................... ..,......,....... ROOSEVELT'S HORSE AND BUGGY DAYS .,....... FOREWORD ..............................................................,..,.. CLASS MEMORIALS ............,.....,......... ADMINISTRATION GLIMPSES .,........ WE, THE SEN IORS ...................,.................... ................. I ncluding'References to Former Graduates Senior Directory Activity Highlights Valedictory Recognition: UNDERCLASSMEN . . OFFICERS AND PROJECTS CLUBS FULFILL A VITAL PHASE .......... .,................... ,... Executive and Forensic Groups ,....... journalistic Organizations ....,....,..,, Girls' Clubs .................,........,.,... Boys' Clubs ......,................. Booster Groups ......,..........., Musical Organizations ...,.... From the Scrapbooks ...,.... ATHLETICS ...........,.................................... Sports Through the Years ..,..... Reviewing Football ...,.......,.... Basket Season ...,.,.............. Bonspiel Semi-Finalists ....... Heats and Meets ...,....... Track - 1938 ..,.......... Intramural Sports ......... Aquabelle Artistry ........, G irls' Sports ..........,.,. CAMPUS CANDIDS ........ l 0 Page 4 6 7 10 12-15 17-29 30-31 33-45 ....................page 34 pages 35, 40 .pages 36-37 pages 38, 40 . . ................ page 39 ..pages 41-43 .. pages 44-45 47-61 ...........,page 47 .. pages 48-49 .pages 50-51 ............page 52 ............page 53 ............page 54 ............page 55 ......,.........page 57 .pages 56-61 62-74 0110