Roosevelt High School - Rohian Yearbook (Virginia, MN)

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Fine Arts For many years. French and Spanish have been offered to (hose students wishing to take them as electives. These courses take two years to complete with one credit being given for each year if both years are taken. First year students learn the basic essentials of grammar. By the second year, they have advanced far enough to read pieces of real literature. Students in Spanish II had a Christmas party where they enjoyed breaking the pinata . French II students received a paper entitled La Jeunesse Both groups supplement their courses with movies and records. ii,.. Lou rd D°nn r • ”°rk on °f • pioj.c ♦n t tho ort classes perform for school activities. Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast , and since their were no savage beasts around RHS, credit for keeping the halls safe must go to the RHS choir. The choir, directed by Mr. Donald Colton, had a very successful season. Their first performance was a Christmas concert in which they presented two Bach cantatas with orchestral accompaniment, besides a variety of other Christmas music. As an Easter concert they presented Prologue to Mcphistophelcs” by Boito. The RHS choir also took part in the annual dis- trict music festival, and finished the season by sing- ing at baccalaureate services. Jan and Pat sdmirs ixing Spanish lift. Miss Anderson’s unique bulletin board with pictures symbol- Artistic ability showed up in Miss Ann Mobergs art classes in RHS. Throughout the year the students learned different ways to sketch with crayon, pencils, and chalk. Painting varies, too, among water colors, poster and oil paints. There was craft work and modeling done also. This included working with clay, chip carving, constructing, etc. Besides working at these things they were also kept busy making posters and decorations for school doings. Yes, this certainly was a wonderful place to find and develop interesting hobbies. Mr. Colton instructs his choir concert. so they will bo up to por for thoir

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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.

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Current Events publicationi for 10th. Nth end represented here by Rendi. Dick end Marilyn. 12th grades are Miss Beckstrom leads one of her World History classes in discus- sion. Social Studies are a very important part of our studies at Roosevelt High. The studies of the accomplishments and fail- ures of the world are important to students who will become the future leaders and voters of the country. We can hope to learn from the mistakes of past generations to make our world a happier and more stable place in which to live. As sophomores, World History taught us of the develop- ment of our civilization from the beginning to the present state of affairs. Miss Simons and Miss Beckstrom sometimes have a hard time pounding important dates and famous his- torical leaders and events into the minds of students. In the junior year, Mr. Anderson and Mr. Haldy intro- duce the constitution and political conditions of the United States in the United States history classes. Presidents, their parties and terms, are one thing that are especially drilled upon this year. Finally our senior year and we meet either Mr. Mcllvenna or Mr. Rukavina for a first semester of Civics. This branch of study deals with the political machinery of our country. Dur- ing the second semester seniors have a choice of either Eco- nomics, which covers money problems and economic condi- tions, or Sociology, where we encounter problems of people and our social order. Ev«ry Friday senior! enjoy reeding Newt Week to learn about world affairs.