Roosevelt High School - Rough Rider Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Noses to the grindstone. After weeks of research for terms papers, Miss Dewar's class is trying to decipher hastily scribbled notes. N5 You've got to give it that extra umph! Miss Hawk coaches sceptical Ann Packard and grinning Robert Holtzman in the reading of Macbeth. Lf' ' ,.2fA1f'fL'3 FV . L 1 I I HJ A 0 ,UL Vbtlfv 4f!?j4Z4fM adm' jf. all ,bft I , . fd, 67f ?,,,V ..,, L, . . of Spanish, the noble dignity of Latin, French's liquid delicacy, German's explosive energy create vivid images of their native lands. The thrill of reading or speaking in a strange tongue is new and exciting, even if we experience it only for a moment. The distinctive literature and charac- teristic spirit of each people are open to unre- strained plunder. Our own speech is enriched by leaps and bounds. After Latin grammar, English is a cinch. Think of the troops of words lifted out- right or borrowed stealthily, all these are as gifts. Light is truly thrown into dark and unfamiliar corners. a conhri nfal flair accents our speech GENEVlEVE HAWK JEANETTE G. KERN JOSEPHlNE S. WADE RUTH L. WILSON RUTH O. WOFFORD English English English English Latin English In 'Wt Q-9 Q3-I Wi.

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? l 'Vx 'lv' MAY L. BROOK EDITH C. BUTLER LUCILLE M. DEWAR German English English Twins The teeth are fine, but the gums will have to go. This Spanish class is taking time out to have a little fun, Star performers are Bobby Goldberg, Harry Tucci, and Phyllis Richman. A .ix 'Q .. ls. ,, -A is eg F l, .-L-A 'Q :'E.r - ' f U sfwxn- . :F 'T :Ki . J. -Fil-,'Y.t:'t' i- sl Q-'.!,1 51 , , ' YF !gi15rim,n3? ...h , vfxltwu -,rg 5 .1 w if- -rn' .fqtfslx - 'vile' if ral: -- 1 flrgigxy s t L .mls , '- : '- ,G ,, ' f..,,f:3' A. . t Q . ks - ,szgfgxugs-,' ESTHER E. GALBRAITH MARY GIRARD English French Journalism English The study of English is universal. Every day in the week, every boy and girl at Roosevelt sits through one period of English. Amazing, isn't it? l So that's what it means! Laurence Oliver proves his m a s l e r y by clarifying Shakespeare. Left to right: John Bigelow, Bayla Good- man, Ricky Groves, Aiia Celtnieks, Marliene Rosen- bloom. X EX is ,A Everyone we meet in the halls has struggled through spelling tests, written themes or term papers, has had to diagram a sentence. The whole gamut is all very set and definite, too. Third semester, 'fourth semester, there's Ivanhoe, Sir Walter Scott, gram- mar, grammar, grammar, fifth semester, sixth semester, there's The Turmoil, American literature, grammar, grammar, seventh semester, eighth se- mester, Macbeth, English literature, grammar. A wealth of knowledge and culture flows past, divid- ed up into neat packages, delivered promptly, one every day, to every student. lt's surprising that not even half the school partakes of the color and variety of a foreign lan- guage. But the world of those who do is magnih- cently different. The spicy tang and sunny flavor g-

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I I Da Mrs. Hamilton's loan approval board listen with disdain to student applicants' tales of woe. And over here we have the bolt that holds the car together , Doc Brown warns his naive students. They are Fay Silva, James Pryor, and Richard Tingley. lt is in the history and government classes, the social studies, where the typical classroom scene occurs. The bell rings, slowly the seats fill and the class becomes quiet. The teacher calls for order, the homework is passed in. Last minute cramming begins. Pages flip, notes are frantically searched, and everyone tries to stuff hundreds of facts into his head at once. There's a surprise test today! Name, section, and date in the upper right hand corner. First question. Silence and scribbled answers. After the last question, papers are passed up with a general sigh. The homework assignment is given, the bell clangs, and class is dismissed. This is the ordinary routine of the day except, perhaps, when a movie is to be shown, or when a speaker is to be heard. ln the hands of a skillful teacher, history can be as fascinating as a good story, government, as intri- guing as the mechanism of a clock. Law is widely considered dry and uninteresting, but many people find pleasure in studying cases and critical opinions, geography students, likewise, are not iust anyone, but those who are spellbound by a good map. Since these subiects are electives, not many take advantage of them. However, each exists in its separate field as an exciting world of thought. we scrutinize our fellow man, his world lO