Roosevelt High School - Strenuous Life Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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HEODORF ROOSEVELT was a courageous and forceful American. His courage raised him above the level on which many of us travel. After his presidency, he deserted the party which had elected him, and running again as an inde- pendent candidate, helped encompass its defeat. At fifty-nine, a retired army colonel, he offered his services to his nation in the First World War, as he had done in the Spanish-American War. Courage and love of country: as a symbol of these does the life of Roosevelt stand. Today, as we stand in the hope of a new era of international organization, we can perhaps interpret this American patriotism with these words spoken near the close of his life. The policeman must be put back of the judge in international law just as he is back of the judge in municipal law. The effective power of civilization must be put back of civilization's collective purpose to secure reasonable justice between nation and nation. . 1 A I PRINCIPAL oua BOSSB

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1 I it 1, ' kffui R l R! if My f T 'ln 1 'sv' sb' if ,V y fl .aff .M V .ff cu ,Af f W nf e 'M fazfei Q l l.--j I. fr ' gulf ,. .. Af new J sf T 44' 'Z ay rf, ev? ' .J ,r I' X! Theodore Roosuzfclf, The flu-Allll'7'iL'tl7l FOREWO HIS SCHOOL OF OURS was named for a great man, Theodore Roosevelt. An outstanding figure in,Ameri- can history, Mr. Roosevelt was a huntsman, executive, fighter, cowpuncher, peacemaker, and statesmang but he was first and always an American. Intense, energetic, decisive, idealistic, and patriotic, his life was full of action and accomplishment. Words to him were idle unless enforced by deeds. He spent his life in service to his fellow man, and in devotion to his country. Teddy Roosevelt symbolizes, as much as any other man, a real American. In this 1946 Roundup Edition of the Strenuous Life, we are using a western theme to bring out that part of Roosevelt's life which he spent in the West. He owned two ranches in North Dakota and spent much of his time on them. Day after day he spent in his saddle performing the duties of ranchman, riding-after cattle, rounding them up, and branding them with the Maltese Cross of his Chimney Butte Ranch, or the Triangle of the Elkhorn. He was known everywhere for his love of the West and the great outdoors. Many of us at Roosevelt High School have not had Teddy Roosevelt brought much to our attention, although references to his life are all around us. The Strenuous Life, Roughriders, Minute Service, Teddies,', and the Big Stick are but a few of them. We believe that more Roosevelt students should be conscious of the man for whom their school was named, so we are emphasizing Teddy Roosevelt in this year's Strenuous Life. We hope that both students and faculty will enjoy the book as much as we have enjoyed making it. ' KEN COLE, Editor and 1946 Staff

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RH AN T IS NATURAL that Roosevelt High School named for Theodore Roosevelt, should build many traditions around the Words and deeds of h t is splendid American president. A lover of the out-of-doors, he set aside vast areas of public domain for national forests. We honor this phase of his life with our Conservation Week and annual reforestation project. Our an- nual th S ' A ' ' , e trenuous Life, takes its title from his advocacy of vigorous and purposeful living. The Roughrider and Golden Spur honor organizations t k h . . . a e t eir names from his western cowboy life where he sought and won vigorous health. Our athletes are proud to be called the Teds. In the Boys' Club olhce the 'QBig Stickv is displayed. Two fine trees on our Campus are seedlings from walnut trees at the Roosevelt Oyster Bay home. Above all, we honor Theodore Roosevelt for his courageous action for public welfare regard- less of ' ' ' ' opposition. He once said, Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords. We would do well t l o emu ate his example and be proud of the Roosevelt tradi- tions built into our school. I ' 3466042 VICI2 PRIINICIPAL