Roosevelt High School - Rohian Yearbook (Virginia, MN)

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ART = PAINTING + SCULPTURE + DRAWING Through these three activities, sophomores, juniors and seniors can uncover their hidden tal- ents in art. The use of lines, color and dimension will help introduce the student to the wonderful world of artful imagination. This school year, VHS was excellently equipped with a new art room in the basement. A kiln, vices for wood carving, and spacious storage made it very convenient for the art students. Large tables and counter space enabled the classes to display their works. Each student had an individual drawer to store papers and materials. The room was put to good use by 150 determined art students. These students were divided into three classes of beginners and two classes of inter- mediates. Included in the first year of art are line designs, color and a combined unit on sketching and drawing. The second year of art involves more detail in advanced still life, portraits and figures. Through these projects, each can learn the values of art and the appreciation of the art beauty. Art instructor Miss Anne Moberg says, “Everyone has talent — it only needs to be developed.’ Art Expresses You Steve Petersen discovers he has “talent” for water-colors.

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Languages Offer Second Tongue, Vocabulary Skills Spanish teacher Mr. Wayne Christiansen illustrates an example on the hoard. Mary Ann Peterson and Linda Thomas enjoy singing Christmas carols in Spanish class. Noche o dia (Night or day) Roosevelt High’s lan- guage department takes top honors in French, Latin and Spanish courses. After two years of en- joyable study, a student here has great knowledge of the history, geography and speech of these lan- guages. During the first year, the students learn the rud- iments of the grammar and usage. After struggling through the first half, the second year is putting the finishing touches on skits, oral speeches and the usage of the language labs. In the labs the students get a fuller understanding of how to pronounce words by talking into microphones and listening to tapes of the various languages. Because many of our words are derived from these three countries, it will be helpful in vocabu- lary. Goals toward foreign horizons will be achieved satisfactorily through our language, courses here. HAPPY TALKING! Mrs. Mary Harrington enjoys teaching l.alin and supervising Nero's Fiddlers. Reading orally is part of the fun in Mrs. Patricia Proznik’s French class. 12

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Dramatic scientific information reveals itself through the micro- scopes in the biology lab. Scientific knowledge is increasing at such a tre- mendous rate that both instructors ami students find it difficult to keep peace with new advances. However, our science courses at MS are accept- ing the challenge with up-to-date hooks and lab facilities. Biology is the study of living organisms. How living things grow, how they adapt themselves to their environment, and how living things are in- fluenced by heredity are only a few of the essential points covered. Dissection of frogs, worms, cray- fish and grasshoppers make up the laboratory work. If you don't know the Periodic Table, the mean- ing of the term valence or the Law of Definite Pro- portions, then you are not a chemistry student. Those are only a few of the terms used in modern chemistry. Chemistry deals with the composition of materials and the changes which these materials undergo. In addition to class work and lectures, the Taking a break from correcting biology exams is Mr. Harold Schmitke. students spend much time in the lab. They learn correct lab procedures and obtain first hand chem- istry knowledge. In order to study physics, students should have a sound mathematical background. The principal aim of this course is to teach students the reasons for physical phenomena. It is essentially an exper- imental science, concerned with the hows and whys of these happenings. Lab work gives the stu- dents better understanding of what is taught in class and helps create an inquisitive mind. There are no physics lab books, so experiments are created and carried out by the student. “It’s just like the song,” Mr. Sheldon Johnson, biology instructor, quips. 14