Roosevelt High School - Sagamore Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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'fo IRROR Q' s l Commencement llixereises THURSDAY EVENING, QIANIFARY 22, 1925 AT EIGHT CTCLOCK PROGRAM Qverture Roosevelt High School Orchestra Invocation Rev. R. E. Overmire Vocal Solo sigfid Jakkuia Address- Education and Leadershipl' Dr. Fred bl. Kelly, Dean of 44d1'1'1fi'7llSf1'Uf'i01Z H U11i'zfez'xz'ty of Illimfzcsota Violin Solo Clara VVellman Marie Dahl, Acco11:,pa11ist Valeclictory Henderica Aberg Presentation of Diplomas A , Philip E. Carlson mich. Orchestra 24

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e I .. . J IRROR G' Message to llanuary Class HREF. stone cutters were once asked, XVhat are you working for ? The f1rst one replied, I am cutting this stone. The second said, I am working for eight dollars a day. The third answered, I am helping to build a cathedralf, I hope that you, the graduates of this new institution of learning, will con- centrate your energies and your attention on the task in hand. I hope you will learn to know and understand that no one can ever expect to succeed in this world who permits his physical and mental powers to be dissipated by divided interests. It matters little whether you write a book or preach a sermon-whether you plow a furrow on the farm or operate a machine in the factory-you must continue to apply the principle of concentration of effort which you were obliged to learn and to apply in your study of mathematics, history, and kindred subjects at school. I hope the graduates of this school will want to earn a fair compensation. I do not mean that you should make the dollar your only objective. On the contrary, I hope that it may be truly said of you that you are more anxious to render service than to collect wages. However, I want you to secure a remuneration for your services that will enable you to provide for yourselvesiand your loved ones, not merely the absolute necessities of life, but some of its luxuries as well. It is well to bear in mind that, while there may be some ungrateful souls in every community, the world at large will always give material recognition to the faithful servant. I am particularly anxious that you, the graduates of the Roosevelt High School, shall realize that your labors in this work-a-day world are not merely of value for the moment, but that the results will be felt throughout the ages. You cannot all help to build cathedrals, but you can all co-operate in building, improv- ing, and perfecting institutions that will continue to benefit mankind long after you have left the scene of action. My observations as principal of the Roosevelt High School have confirmed me in the belief that the great majority of our graduates will go out into the indus- trial, social, political, and religious avenues of America imbued withgthe idea that they are prepared to help in building, not merely for the present but for the future as well--that they will assist in so perfecting society that the day of wrong and evil may some day be relegated to tl1e gloom of the past ages. When these ideals of civilization and enlightenment have been attained, we hope to find the names of many of the graduates of the Roosevelt High School on the world's Honor Roll. PHILIP E. CARLSON. l i i l i i l23l

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MIRRGR ff? Graduates FIENDERICA ABERG IQALPH WV. BELL RAYMOND K. BERGERSON XVILLIAM H. BRANNON, IR. VICTOR T. A. CARLSON NIAXINE RIAE DUNLAP I FRANCIS DOERSCHUG RUTH NIELVINE FINSTAD IQOSE M. FISHER JOHN M. FITZPATRICK MARION J.'HALL HIXRRIET E. NIISNER STANLEY P. HOLBIES AURILLA M. JOHNSON LEONA M. :NICGINNIS ECKERT C. PALMER TROY H. PETERSON IJEVI ROBILLARD RUTH JENNY RUSSELL GORDON VV. STANSBERRY GEORGE FAY VON ESCHEN LAWRENCE VVALSH MAX J. YV. VVESTON MOTTO I 11 medias res. SLOGAN A zcfimzm' newz' quits, And cz quiffef' newer Ivins. FLOW ER Fm? Radmnra Rose COLORS-R0d and White f25