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

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luninrs llhnnse Rich Courses A second year student at Roosevelt may take subjects which interest him, and will be useful in his future plans. Pictured on these two pages are classes that are predominantly junior subjects. One of the interesting features of the Language Arts Department is that juniors are offered the chance to substitute either Writing Laboratory or Journalism for Language Arts lla. A wide variety is offered to juniors in Home Economics and Industrial Arts that include: Electric Shop, Metal Shop, Pre-engineering Drawing, Home Living, Clothing, and Home Management. Students in this Algebra III class ponder a complicated slide- rule problem. Mr. john Rushing, instructor, Barbara Waak, Diane Wilson, Dan Hallgrimson, Margaret Ludy CHid- 'ar 'Ar QHLL U Q ff W ,ig lv Wgggabs For all juniors, United States History is a require ment. Mr. ,lack Rasmussen tnstructor Jim Beau naux, Julie Willet, and L D Covington Industrial Arts classes or shop classes gwe boys valuable skills. Future cabinet makers gam know ledge in t his wood-working class denD, Dick Harrison, jerry Larson, Doug Orkney, john Bird, and Dick Beopple. Preparing girls for homemaking has now become a school problem. Pictured in Clothing II class are Judy Harden, Mrs. Lorna Erickson, instructor, Marie Iversen, Bonnie Kemp, and Sandra Evans.

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A gymnastic feat for all Roose- velt laoys is participation in the obstacle course. Students demonstrate their skill to parents on Back To School Night. Y -7 Chemistry is included in the curriculum of ap- proximately one-half of Roosevelfs graduating class. A major part of this chemistry is taken in the Junior year. Wendell Gadd, Betty Elmstrom, and Victor Hasselblad engage in a chemical ex- periment. Iournalism is a Junior year course. Pictured work- ing on a dummy are: Gene Ericson, Perry Koon, John Bird, Dottie Matthiesen, Mr. S. C. Green, instructorg Molly Walton, Ann Broughton, Bar' bara Thuesen, Mike Sweeney, and Hal Weber. Iunmr Curriculum ? 9- -1: 1

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me Seniors Build Year Whether for career, college or marriage, senior courses provide a solid foundation. Language Arts l2a, health education, gym, and a social studies class are requirements for the senior year. Seniors can choose from a variety of electives to complete the twenty-five and one-half credits necessary for graduation. Innovations concerning curriculum include: Commencement Commit- tee as an accredited classg the introduction of semi-micro-chemistryg and a meat-buying pro gram sponsored by the Washington Cattlemen's Association in the foods classes. Math Analysis is offered to students capable of handling a college level mathematics course. Mr. Phillip Stucky instructs the class on the prin- ciples of advanced algebra while John Adamski, Bill Burke, Randy Revelle, and Pauline Yeager demonstrate at the blackboard. Senrer Curriculum The proper bandaging and transporting of the injured is demonstrated by Miss Aurora Kipperberg's fourth period students. Sylvia Stewart, Nor- een Kumasaka, Linda Witt- wer, Carolyn Luft, Anne Tat- terson, and Marilyn Dixon carry victim Bonnie Chelin. The art of cookery - planning meals, buying food and pre- paring it in a variety of ways - is learned through expe- rience by these students: table one - John Rohlman, Bill Daly, jackie Neeseg table two - Nancy Gaylord, Dottie Bar- ragar, Sharon Spadafore, Dianne Born, Susan Emry, Arden Apted, Ioan Benhamg table three - Tom Crum, Ron Peterson, Rita Potts, Sandra Richardson, Bob Pace.