Roosevelt High School - Rohian Yearbook (Virginia, MN)

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M.ry listens intently ,„d Miss H.aly mtrk, J„d, sk. d.Mv.r, her Ip..eh. The study of American Literature for Juniors, was highlighted by the study of American poetry, and a modern idea in drama. Our Town”. Macbeth by William Shakespeare will long be remembered by the seniors, as they concentrated their last year of high school English on English literature. Of course, the dreaded pribble must be passed before a senior is allowed to graduate. Writing, delivering, and interpreting speeches and literary works, was the duty of the speech class. Climaxing a semester of making speeches, was a ten minute original memorized oratory. Bill is hard at work laying out a pag of tha Rohian. Communications With a bang and a whistle was how the 19 7-58 Speech and English classes started. Speech students recall how nervously they delivered their intro- ductory speech. Of course, the usual grammar re- view greeted Sopohmorcs, Juniors, and Seniors in their English classes. Sophomores adventured through literature into the talcs of Silas Marner by Charles Dickens, and waded through Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, in their English classes. Marilyn laaf through a faw of tha many books wa ancountar in English classas. Under the guiding hand of Mr. Ferguson, this years Journalism class undertook their usual task of publishing the Star” along with learning the preliminary skills of newspaper writing and jour- nalism essentials. One of the years highlights was a trip to Bemidji State Teachers College for a Journalism Conference, that was enjoyed by eight Journalism students accompanied by Mr. Ferguson. This was the first time Virginia was represented at this con- ference. Visiting city newspapers was one of the projects of the Journalism class. Budding young journalists are given an oppor- tunity to display their talents and possibly discover sufficient ability and interest in this course to pur- sue a journalistic career.