Roosevelt High School - Sagamore Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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4 I0 THE MIRROR

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THE MIRROR 9 As they ring door bells and disappear into houses, they look so serious. When they come out again, they look so happy. Perhaps they are getting up a picnic and asking for cakes, sandwiches and salads. Or are they taking orders for something? No, if that were the case they wouldn't always look so happy as they emerge. lt's a great mystery and everyone is terribly keyed up about it. Then on the screen is flashed a picture of a petition with 7,000 signatures asking that work be hastened for the building of a splendid new High School at Fortieth Street and Twenty-eighth Avenue! The reason these parents looked so serious before the names were secured was because their boys and girls were so crowded at other schools that they felt they must have their own high school and have it as soon as possible. Then follow fast and follow faster, pictures of boosters for the new school, teams of horses breaking land for the new school, citizens with spades for the new school, citizens slapping each other on the back because of the new school, citizens talking with the schoolboard anent the new school, loads of material being dumped on Milton Brown's old Quaker farm and finally there appears the foundation for the new school! And now last scene of all to end this strange, eventful history-8:30 a. m., September 4, 1922. About 1,500 boys and girls, a few dogs, some 60 teachers, one principal, a sprinkling of parents-all swarming up the steps of the huge brick building. Gone is the ice sheet, gone are the French, the Spanish, the English flags that might once have floated, and see from the tower flies the Stars and Stripes forever! The new school, the pride and joy of every man, woman and child in the district is a reality. How much will you give to see this show when we put it on? WW B. FERGUSON.

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THE MIRROR Il QBLII' Zllirat Annual UBLISHING an annual during the first year of the history of a school is an unusual and difficult undertaking. However, by persistent endeavor, this feat has been accomplished. We have aimed to make this annual a valuable and interesting record of the growth of our school, of its activities, and of the standards which it upholds. Hundreds and hundreds of future students will look into this book to find what the school was like in the first year of its history, and we sincerely hope that this, our pioneer number, may reflect a spirit of loyalty, of earnest endeavor, and of sportsmanlike honesty and fairness. In the publication of this book, we have naturally encountered many diffi- culties. We have had very little material to work With: the staff was inexperi- enced: there was no class in news writing: there were no seniors: above all, there was little money. Much which should have been done has been left undone. and much done that were better omitted. We entered this work with gayety and over-confidence, but soon found that to publish an annual in the year one of the history of a school means work, and hard work. too. We have had a faculty adviser who worked for this publication as no other person has done, nevertheless, we found that heavy responsibility must be accepted by us. Despite all these drawbacks, we have succeeded, with the co-operation of the faculty and students, in accomplishing our purpose. We have overcome every obstacle-lack of material, lack ofexperience and even lack of money. We believe we may truthfully say that The Mirror reflects and records, for the benefit of future students, the ideals, the loyalty, honesty, sincerity, and indus- try which we hope in future years will make our Alma Mater an institution of which to be proud. We acknowledge that The Mirror has many faults, but we hope that its good points outweigh them to such an extent that our school need not feel ashamed of this volume. We like to look ahead and imagine the long procession of handso-me annuals yet to come, books recording a varied succession of triumphs-athletic, literary. dramatic, and scholastic-as our school grows and develops a strong school spirit. In 1933, students will g'o 'to the library and find it interesting to take up this little volume issued in the year 1923 by Sophomores and Juniors, and note that we at least made a reliable record of the opening and establishment of the school. The beginnings of things are always immensely interesting. What was the world like once long ago? What was the beginning of man- kind? What was the first of this, that, and the other? Because of this curiosity that possesses every human being, we believe that this first annual. this first year of school history will always be of peculiar significance and interest. ' And so, understanding the weak as well as the strong points of our work. and realizing our patrons' appreciation,we, the members of the 1923 Annual staff, present this, our pioneer number, to the faculty and students of our school. i 44