Roosevelt High School - Rohian Yearbook (Virginia, MN)

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I Can Hardly Wait to Hear What I’ll Say Next! Mrs Patricia Pruznik smiles for a picture during a busy morning VMS’s foreign language program covers three separate tongues — Spanish, French, and German — by a preparatory program of two years. Spanish students learn the customs of our neigh- bors to the south and the background to the Span- ish-American culture as well as the language. French language students learn their parlez- vous’s and Je-comprende’s and try to gain an in- sight into the workings of the modern French nation. German, the most recent language to be intro- duced to V HS, also gives its students an insight into the history of the English language and the Teutonic family of languages. The world is a multitude of peoples and lan- guages, each with its own singularities. In the un- iversal drive for brotherhood, more and more peo- ple are needed who have working knowledge of other languages. The VHS foreign language de- partment gives its students a good footing on which to establish their further studies into other languages and cultures. 16

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 iiinm How do I draw that? Mr Phillip Kaneas looks sideways at student who professes lx1 lief in flying saucers. . . .The Discovery of Ignorance With the tinkle of test tubes, the study of living matter and energy, and the study of living things, one observes science in action. Physics, the study of energy, involved much work, at home and in the classroom. It entails ex- periments in which you may try to weigh a small cube of sugar by displacement. Chemistry, is tinkering with chemicals and ele- ments. This also has its problems and rewards. One may have trouble trying to learn the abbreviations for countless chemicals. All sophomores obtain some knowlegde of the Theory of Evolution and well known scientists when they study biology. They also study micro- organisms through the microscopes. For several days a year they also dissect small animals. Any questions?’ asks Mr William Somero, physics teacher. 15

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The speech department assists students in gain- ing poise, speaking skills and other valuable per- sonal assets for later life. Demonstration speeches, sales talks, and extemporaneous dissertations (in other words, talking out of turn) led to fun and laughter for all. Sales talks provided entertainment as students sold shaving cream for men's legs, fake fingernails and hair dry ers. By the end of the year, it was no longer an effort to talk in front of the rest of the class, and every one had moved another step up the ladder to effective communication. Mr Darrel Swenson Rives Scott Ajb Sll th® go-ahead Speech Builds Communication Skills to give Mark O’Leary and Jim Eckman a shave. 17