Roosevelt High School - Rohian Yearbook (Virginia, MN)

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A new attraction this year was the tumbling team. It offered fun and soreness to many VHS girls. After a couple of weeks, with the group of girls exerting their best, twenty were selected for the team. This group began meeting on Tuesday’s and Friday’s at 12:30. During these sessions, mats were laid all over the gym floor. Some of the stunts done were the angel balance. standing mount, and planche. These are done with two persons, one acting as the base used to lift or hold the other. Somersaults, flips, rips, hand stands, head stands, and eskimo rolls were also learned. Later on. boys joined the girls and acted as good bases for stunts. By watching some of the stronger boys, one realizes that muscles help in putting on a good performance. FRONT ROW—left to right: Carol Jeffrey. Margaret McCain. Jean Ollila. Dorothy Lundeen. Barbara Popelka. Kay Peterson, Pat McBride. SECOND ROW: Darlene McDonald. Chuck Stlcknoy. Ray Nelson. Leo Ducharme. Jerry Ba'and. Vern Carlson, Carol Boril. THIRD ROW: Carol Rathbun, Gretchen Hanson. Miss Ingersoll, Mary Lou Rathbun, Herta Lang.

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The Lettermen's Club consists of hoys who have won letters participating in athletics for VHS. These include members of the basketball, football, swimming, track, tennis, and golf teams and their managers. The purpose of the club is to promote sportsmanship and fair play in Virginia’s athletic program. The 1952-53 Lettermen’s Club was led by President Hob Pickering along with Vice-president Jac k Stromberg. Secre- tary Don Madich. Treasurer Warren Sims and Sergeant-at- Arms Wilson Salter. Most of the money taken in by the Lettermen this year came from chec king coats at basketball games and from club dues. The big event of the year was the annual assembly at which Miss Cradia Johnson was crowned Lettermen's Queen for 1953. The Lettermen also staged a Vaudeville Show which featured such famous acts as “Jerry Leo . “Canvasback Matko . and John Phillip Salter's “Hand (?) of Virginia”. One of the major projects of the Lettermen’s club was selling candy to pay for their snappy blue jackets modeled by Jack Stromberg. LETTERMEN'S CLUB—FRONT ROW—left to right: Mr. Michels, ad- viser. Wilson Salter. James McBride, Robort Pickering. Michael Chopp. Clyde Koskela. Alan Jorgenson. SECOND ROW: Robert Roy. Louis Karaites. Leo Ducharme. Arthur Thayer. Peter Johnson. Vernon Carlson. THIRD ROW: Charles Stickney. Lee Shoquist. Jerry Baland. Jay Wil- liams. Danny Staudahar. Joe Koebensky. FOURTH ROW: Dick Ben- kusky. Jack Pierce. Robert Langer. Jack Stromberg. Warden Sims. Don- ald Madich. Glenn Boyer.

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FRONT ROW—left to right: Bob Longer. Elaine Rones. Nancy Kivisto. Marilyn Perala, Ann Shanedling. BACK ROW: Jack Stromberg. Louis KaraLes. Carl Minetti. Bill Babich. With the Star oj the North and the Rohian as their major projects, the journalism class spent the year hard at work writing, proofreading, pasting and planning. The Star oj the North staff was divided into four sections, each headed by an editor and an assistant editor. .News editors were Louie Karakas and Babe Devich; Editorial Editors. Loretta Alto and Carol Johnson; Feature Editors. Mary Lou Kathbun and Rose Marie Muskovitz; Sports Editors, Bob Langer and Jack Stromberg. Ann Shanedling was Business Man ger. Another project of the Star of the North staff was to solicite ads for a football homecoming pro- gram. This money was added to the funds for the 1953 Rohian.