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

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The creative element is the emphasis of Sculpture and Craft class. Gene Brownell ad- vises Ron Piajoman, Kathie Armstrong, Lou Ella Nixon, and Sharon White, as they carve and polish. A study of behavior principles is part of the curriculum of psychology. D a v e Gravrock and Jane Wiegert learn, through discussion, how to an- alyze personality. French students Christie Stam and David Ault display figurines and art work to the beret and coif topped members of Miss Florence Russell's fourth period class. A term paper and preparation of a round table are culminating assignments in Language Arts l2a. Discussing the Atlantic Monthly are Mrs. Car- lotta Brunson's first period seniors: Dick Meyer, Doug Orkney, Bonnie Lewis, Judy Smyth, Pat Giles, and David Corey, as Ann Meyer looks on. 60.1 J

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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.

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Business is Attractive Featuring one department of the school's curriculum in The Strenuous Life is an annual tradition. This year an inside view of an up-todate Business Education Department which offers four courses, bookkeeping, clerical, retailing, and secre- tarial, is presented. Often students have found in one of these a foundation for their future careers. The school is indebted each year to this department for the mimeographing of the Sophomore handbook, the Compass, the Teddy Echo, Big Stick, and also the typing of most of the tests and bulletins. The classes in this department are very popular with the students, as can be seen by this year's enrollment, which totals 1,126. A dictation drill in shorthand to test speed and skill is being given by Margie Porter: Row four-Susan Hall. Row three -LaDrene Ainsley, Barbara Holden. Row two-Winifred Freidman, Zana Dean, Dor- othy Keener. Row one-Sally Pfieffer, Nancy Oldenburg, Peggy Button, Susan Dewar. UA day in court is enacted by the Business Law class: Row three-Deanna Vollan, Den- nis Leahy, Ruth Knemeyer, Mary Ann Paulson, Hugh Middleton, Joe Grant, Paul Decker, Lon Davidson. Row two-Sandra Mathis, Claudia Hailstone, Karen Williams, Cece Tenney, Lyanne Nick- las, Bob Monroe. Bow one- Grant Giske, llanice Czar- netzke, Pat Ke ly. A variety of office skills are challenged by these machines: Bow two-Billie Sue Offield, Pat Critchett, Lauriene Hughes. Bow one-Margaret Ross, jean Ulsrud.