Roosevelt High School - Rohian Yearbook (Virginia, MN)

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Q14 nv- ' Wx 3-isfstv . Miss Lomen Mr. Mrllvenna Mir: Ogren Mr. Oman Miss Knickerbocker Mr. Leyden MY: Malone Mr. Mueller were listed, among them being plumb- ing, painting, mining, and salesman- ship. During Superintendent Bliss's administration, the present Technical building with its modern cafeteria and fine auditorium was constructed: and in 1919, during the superintend- ency of P. P. Colgrove, the vocational section of the Technical building was enlarged to include printing, Wood- work, foundery, turning, pattern mak- ing, forge, machine shops, electricity, drafting, and auto repair. The cur- riculum Was further extended to in- clude the commercial subjects, photo- graphy, and music. Superintendent E. T. Duffield came into office in 1920. He was succeeded lConlinunz' on next pagrl Toe RIGHT: Miss Orvis BBLow, RIG:-rr: Mr. Pepelnjak Mix: N. Peterson . -P-df' fi , V fi K . 1 S 'all ' 3-f. 4 'L f. ll 'Zig - ffm --W U X 4 ..f, A .,, ' Qu Hg Mr. Pike Mr. Pottxmitb Mr. Rap: Miss Rhoda

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AT RIGHT, TOP Mr. Levine Mr. Slette Superintendent Principal To B0TT0M: Min Healy Miss Henning ,,..-gp Miss Holley ' Mr. Humpal Miss Macfarlane M ix: Aure H' the home of Herman Niculou of Virginia. This building burned in May of that yearg and during 1893 and 1894, the fundamentals of education were taught in the Methodist Church and on the first floor of the Charles Gronberg resi- dence. The Central school was then built in which Super- intendent S. W. Gilpin had his office. At the turn of the century, the first Roosevelt building was erected. During JD the early years of Lafayette Bliss's administration, when the superintendent himself was teaching Rhetoricals and Economics, the shop course consisted of only woodwork and woodturning, subjects taught by Mr. Emil Johnson, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. Wieland. Mr. Prosser of Dunwoody In- stitute at that time conducted a survey of Virginia condi- tions to decide what shops were needed. Nineteen shops fCant1'nufd on next jmgej -Y Q Mr. Hurst Mis: A. Johnson Mr. jorgenson Miss Ketlunen 0130

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Mr. Rowboitom MY- SfbW41fZ AT RIGHT' V if Top TO Borrom: ' Mr. Skalbeck Mr. C. O. Smith V Miss T. Smith Mr. St and 'A l M iss -Silkef M isx Simon: by Mr. W. G. Bolcom, during whose administration the senior high department moved into its new quarters across the street from the Technical building. Robert H. Brown was appointed superintendent in 1930. During his term, the effects of the post-war depression were felt even in the classroom with the curbing of school activi- ties, the discontinuance of agriculture and photography, and the hiring of local unemployed teachers to serve as cadets. Mr. L. A. Lavine succeeded Mr. Brown. In 1904, there were six teachers on the senior high facultyg in 1924, the earliest entry in the school direc- tory, thirty-oneg and today, there are fifty-three who are employed to give instruction in a wide variety of courses, ranging from college prerequisites to boys' cooking. ,2 .ey X Min Wargxtrom Miss Wert Mr. Wick Mis: Zeidler o15a