Roosevelt High School - Rohian Yearbook (Virginia, MN)

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Carol and Pat stand raady to catch Judy in cat sha should tumbla. Tha boys strengthen thair bodias during ona of Mr. Monat s gym classas. Physical Education The two main objectives of a physical education course are to develop a healthy body, and to help the student ap- preciate physical laws and achievements that will be of value to them in leisure time. Girls sports include soccer, speedball, field hockey, bas- ketball, volleyball, softball, recreational sports, badminton and table tennis. Boys sports include basketball, volleyball, besides track, relays, dodgeball and others. In swimming, the student must master the crawl, back- stroke, side stroke and trudgent. Life saving is another phase of swimming offered to seniors. In this course the student must learn different ap- proaches, carries, defenses, and releases. Th girls fry desperately to score points for their team during a volleyball game. Skill and coordination are stressed in gym classes. 17

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 Too many cook spoil th« broth” might wall ba tha crowded kitchan during a Home Ec. class. saying in this Gloria saws tha last stitchas on ona of tha that coma out of sawing class during tha year. many baautiful garments Homemaking Commercial Home Arts courses offered at Roosevelt are under two classifications; cooking and sewing. A course in homemaking, which consists of a semester of cooking and sewing is offered to the beginner. A full year of cooking or sewing is offered to the advance student. Girls in cooking specialized in learning to make menus, learning food values, giving luncheons, and distinguishing different cuts of beef and pork. Other valuable knowledge was gained by making jams, jellies and canning. Students in sewing began the year by studying children's clothing. Other projects were sewing dresses of wool and synthetic fabrics, studying textiles, moth control, and fabric dyeing. New projects in sewing this year were a play school, in which child care was taught and a home nursing course. All y«s on thoir books, spood and accuracy. ona of Miss Wast’s typing classat works for Courses such as typing, shorthand, bookkeeping and office practice offered in RHS give any student a well-rounded back- ground for further educatioq or for work right out of high school. As juniors, shorthand I supplied a good knowledge of its basic principles. As seniors, shorthand II awarded special merit awards to students meeting its standards of speed and accuracy. Typing is a must to all students and especially to those going into the commercial field who need typing before taking office practice. In bookkeeping the ledger and the journal are the basic books. Students work for accuracy and neatness. Office practice is a big help for those going into business of secretarial work, as students learn to use the dictaphone, adding machine, calculator and similar machines.

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On of th f w girls in drafting d . Mary Kay works itra hard. As Jo has probably found out. th print shop is k pt v ry busy printing th many it ms for coll g and high school. With grim fac s, Jim and Tom b gin a n w project in electricity | g shop. Vocational Education prepares young people for their life’s work. It also helps them choose an occupation. Courses offered include: welding, electricity, cabinet- making, drafting, printing, and auto-mechanics, Smith- Hughes. job relations and on-the-job-training is also pro- vided. Although a student spends three hours in a Smith- Hughes class, only two and one-half credits are given be- cause it is a laboratory not a theory subject. On-the-job- training and job relations are taken together and one credit is given for each. Here students learn a valuable lesson of associating with people in the business world. U