Roosevelt High School - Rohian Yearbook (Virginia, MN)

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class, bargained wirh one In rhe iirsr hour class For +he full sei' of answers +o a iiiry poinl' True and False Tesl. A ily buzzing abour lhe room could have observed a general uniformiry in lhe decorarive eiieci oi 'rhe book marks used. A sorl oi x and o ellecl. Thus iorliiied, lhe class zipped down lhe answers long before ihe lasl gueslion was asked. Then disasier. Wirh a guief glance ai lhe slack of papers on her desk our Teacher announced, llYou may have noliced l asked your class lorry-nine guesiions. The iirsi was omiifed. ll' seemed ralher unimporlanrf' Unimporlani she says-'rhe key queslion Thai ihrew oil all rhe answers. Filly answers fo a ioriy nine gueslion iesl. Bah. Chagrin and shame were ringed wifh a creeping wave of ad- rniralion. Foiled? Nay, oufgeneraled. The echoing words of a cerlain TV program came home ro a cresrfallen, sadder, and wiser class, ilCrime does noi payll. Assuming his usual posirion by fhe office af noon, Mr. L rd warches lhe classes pass 'rhrough fhe halls on the way +o lunch. Obiecf oi fhe survelliance: frahlic con'rrol. When fhe Roosevelf doors are closed and locked on fhe final day of the I954-55 school year, ihe doors will also close on fhe reaching career of Dean oi Sfudenls Miss Gene Aure, who is refir- ing. Miss Aure's reaching career is as disfinguished as rhe lisf of academic honors she can wrife--buf never did-affer her name. Uniorlunalely Miss Aure's deparlure does noi' coincide wirh rhe arrival af Roosevelf of a person equal fo her in abilify and sincerify. To fhose honors already yours Miss Aure you can add one more - conferred upon you June IO, l955 by fhe faculry and sfudenis of Roosevel'r High School -- Doc+or in Educafion and Friendship, Summa Cum Laude . Friendly Carol Kauppi, Mr. Lind's secrerary, and her sludenl assisfanf Pa'r Condon fake time oi-f fo pose for rhe phofographer.

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BOARD OF EDUCATION leff fo rsghf Mr Earl F Hessel Mrs Anna Hansen and Mr John Pepelnsak Clerk Mr Edwsn Pakola Dr W S Neff Dr Oscar Ness Chasrman Faculty ls Human, Not Phunfasmagorsul Up fo abouf fhe fhsrd grade our feacher loomed above us lske a fasr goddess hsgh on a pedesfal She knew everyfhsng + leasf everyfhsng fhaf was worfh knowsng Wsfh adorsng eyes we gazed af her as fhe supreme aufhorsfy An apple for fhe feach er'7 Thaf s penny anfe sfuff We d gladly have handed her fhe world on a sslver plaffer or even our pef collecfson of frogs As we grew sn sfafure we also grew sn exaggerafed self smporfance and fhe pedesfal faded away Soon sf was fhe ofher way around We felf we fowered over fhese poor creafures who dared fo fell us a fhsng or fwo And now fhaf we have reached fhe psnnacle fhe one be longsng only fo Sensors gradually agasnsf our wsll we fsnd our Now fhe cycle ss complefed By devsous nnefhods whsch we wsll sllusfrafe fhe faculfy has aga n earned our admsrafson and respecf Remember fhaf fsrsf reporf we had fo gsve sn fronf of fhe room before a blurry sea of faces7 Wsfh knees fremblsng ch eks pasnfully hof and sn a hsgh shrsll vosce whsch we seemed fo have no confrol over we somehow floundered fhrough our speech We saf down sn angusshed sslence feelsng dssgraced forever Then fo our unbelsevsng ears came fhe warm words of prasse Deserved or nof fhose words sef our world sn balance agasn as we muffered under our breafh Now fhere s a feach Then fhere was fhe fsme we came fo class unprepared We delegafed a few of our number fo ask a leadsng guesfson or fwo fo launch our pedagogue on a dsscourse whsch we hoped would lasf fhe hour Success seemed ours The clock fscked on fhe feacher s vosce droned on fo our unheedsng ears We ex chanoed meansngful glances prsdsng ourselves sn advance on fhss brsllsanf maneuver as fhe clock dessgnafed only fsve msnufes fo go Then suddenly fhe fables furned usckly fhe feacher passed ouf papers asked a few well placed guesfsons and our unpreparedness was dssclosed No feacher we dsdn f ouf smarf you only ourselves Remember fhaf fafeful day when quesfsonable reasonsng dsmmed fhe face of honor7 Theorszsng fhaf fhss ss fhe age for speed an age for shorfcufs one Sensor class came fo fhe sage conclusson fhaf snsfead of spendsng hours sn exhausfsve sfudy sfrasnsng eye muscles subsecfsng fexfbooks fo unnecessary wear and fear one could follow fhe shorf shady road fo hss goal ln brsef fhe aforesasd Sensor besng a member of a fhsrd hour O , , . I . -a . U . . selves refurning almosfio our firsf opinion. I - SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS: Mr. George A. Skusfad. er . l I -

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I MISS RUTH AMBROSE ANDERSON MISS GENE AURE Biology U S HisTory Dean oT STudenTs Biology LAVERNE BRAATEN Welding 41. KEITH DAVIS O J EIDE C A FLAGS InsTrumenTaI Music Gve0meTry DraTTing Remember Joe s doze? LeT us seT The scene. The room was quieT. The insTrucTor saT aT his desk. A Teeling oT uneasiness spread Through The room. ThaT breaThing sound was iusT Too deep Too ryThmic. Wary glances were casT abouT To discover The source. The sound gaThered volume and developed inTo a Tull-Tledged snore. Joe was sound asleep. We glanced aT Mr. Pedagogue. He looked remoTe and as yeT unaware oT Joe s visiT inTo dreamland behind The shield oT an opened TexTbook. One ThoughT hif his pals in The class-Joe musT be saved. Proceeding on The Theory ThaT The besT way To Tigh+ Tire is by Tire They began an organized campaign oT noise. Ben dropped his pencils Jack rubbed his head wiTh a piece oT paper. Pages oT TexTbooks were Turned Turiously TeeT shuTTled a cold or Two developed. No avail. Above and beyond all oTher sounds rose ThaT unmisTakabIe snoring sound. Mr. Pedagogue rose walked sTraighT down The aisle pasT Joesdesk Turned came back. We waTched wiTh baTed breaTh. He reTurned To his desk picked up an enormous volume sTrode back and held iT ThreaTeningIy over The sleeper s head. Sudden- Iy he glanced aT The worried Taces abouT him grinned and TipToed quieTIy back To his desk. The Ten- sion snapped and ThaT grin spread ThroughouT The room. Wonder if Mr. Pedagogue ever realized how much ThaT biT oT horseplay endeared him To us ThaT day. He d earned The supreme commendaTion a Teacher can receive Trom a pupil- Say he s human . Remember wiTh whaT skepTicism we seT aside our TavoriTe comics and dime Thrillers and reluc- TanTIy Tollowed our English Teacher s lead inTo The Tield oT classics and LiTeraTure . We knew we d be bored-we hoped To skim IighTly over The surTace wiThouT disTurbing our comTorTabIe ThoughT paTTerns or airing The pages oT The old masTerpieces. Amazing buT Those dry pages began To live wiTh Torce color and beauTy as our ears became aTTuned To rnasTerTuI phrasing. We sTood beside Mark AnTony and spoke Those subTle words To our Roman counTrymen. We lived in a rough lumber camp wifh Thomas Hardy. We TelT The charm oT Poe's haunTing play on words. Suddenly we realized ThaT here in These dusTy volumes Iay an inTriguing world To which we'd been handed The key. Digging ouT ThaT old dime novel , we suddenly Tound iT awTully dull reading. ThaT canTankerous, conTradicTory hisTory Teacher is anoTher To remember. Scarcely a day passed ThaT he didn'T dispuTe some TacT we voIunTeered. He TIaTIy denied sTaTemenTs we had long Taken To be esTabIished TruThs and challenged us To prove him wrong. This was open war. Our sTaTe oT indiTTerence disappeared and we pledged ourselves To a duel oT TacTs. We spenT hours in The library searching Through reTerence books, encyclopedias and period- icals To Tind TacTs To subsTanTiaTe our argumenTs. We quesTioned, we probed, unused secTions oT our brains groaned, creaked and sTarTed To TuncTion againsT our will. WILBUR GEARY InsTrumenTaI Music MISS MARY HALVORSON Social STudies MISS JEAN HEALY English, DramaTics