Roosevelt High School - Rooseveltian Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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MR WARREN M ANDERSON Asslstont Pr1nc1pc1l of Roosevelt School These are our Sponsors Mrs L11c1 Dunccrn Mrs Alberta Newsome M1ss Ida Kmg Mxss Ethel E Ponnell Mrs Bemlce Weddmgton T I . , O , S . Q I 1 'R 'M ii' , , O O 9 . , . , , . , . wclre

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Our Principal's Letter MR H THEODORE TATUM My dear Senlors Th1s year marks the twenty f1fth anmversary of our exrstence as a hrgh school Many changes have occurred srnce we enrolled the ftrst freshman class of 27 puprls 1n September 1925 rn the East Bu1ld1ng wh1ch now houses our vocatronal shops Wars famrne flood and v1olence have beat the tempo for an ever advancmg C1V1l1 zat1on bu11t upon the rdeals and herttage of mankmd The populat1on of our own c1ty then only 69 O54 has more than doubled The enrollment of our school has mcreased three fold to rank as the second largest school enrollment rn Ind1ana You are the twenueth class to graduate from th1s school Nmeteen classes have preceded you Scattered throughout the world are these 2 263 Roosevelt alumnr They are the torch bearers 1n our march of progress the tang1b1e products of our teachmgs The re cord of our school 1S marked by the1r fa1lure or success as c1t1zens And now you go forth 1nto th1s world of confus1on beanng the 1mpr1nt of our edu catronal efforts What w1l1 be your standards? What w1ll mark your destrny? May success 1n the th ngs more excellent reward your endeavors Twenty frve years hence may you pomt to the spot upon wh1ch th1s structure now stands and say wrth earnest truth I oo have fought a good frght I too have kept the falth Smcerely yours H Theodore Tatum 1 , - I , . r , I . . , . , . 1 ' - I . . . . H : , t , - - H . , , . I , Page H1

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G-oi IT These are our Kindergarten and Primary Teachers Mrs Ollie Barnes Primary Academics Miss Nannie Foster Kindergarten Miss Felicia Rhetta Elementary Education Kindergarten and Nursery Education Mrs Mary Lou Rice Music Miss Vera M Davis Elementary Education Mrs Hazel Gaddie Primary Academics Mrs Cleo A Brewer Primary Nature Studies Miss Mary Adamson . Primary Academics Mrs. Christine Daniels . Primary Academics Mrs. Velma Richardson . . Primary Music Page T h 1