Roosevelt High School - Wy Hi Yearbook (Wyandotte, MI)

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OPQLUGI' XM zndottz h1s reathed 1 new mllestone on the hlghway of educ lllllllll pro ress ind 1tl,.,1V8's usa tothe theme for thls ve ll s Annual blanelng Back XM Move Forward Thls xt ll of 1954 lb one that Wyandotte and partlcular lx the Roosevelt Hleh Sc hool, w1ll exe: lt member for lt lllHlkS the CentennxalAnnnersaryof the Clly the January fxaduatmg class reeelxcd dlplomfls at the lO0th Com mencement md to the Iune graduates go the honor of begmmng a new century of progress Wlth th1s ploud hlstory is a foundatlon we ean well glance back to ax old the mlstakes of the p 1st as we glrd ourselx es for future growth and greatness As the Vlvandotte of today I9 a far crv from the llttle vastly d1fferent from that of The Llttle Brown School of early years The hlghway of educauonal progress has been labor lously carved from a narrow trall of three R s to a broad hxghway w1th many outlets leadlng to the world of to morrow and gear ed to modern hlgh speed lxvmg Eid ucatxon was llterally drxven mto the mxnds of boys and glrls, often ua anatonuc channels ln the early days Now xt lb largely sugar coated and lnjected wlth a gen erous sprmklxng of rad1o telev1s1on and other aud1o v1sual capsules Even though thls modern educatlonal hlghway has been broadened to large areas It must be constantly 1nspected repalred and w1dened st1ll more for the vast traffic xt IS ealled upon to bear Where graduates ln the early days were 1n the half dozens they are now xn the hundreds all clamormg thelr wants and echoed by a commumtv that also wants traff1e on th1s educatxonal roadway Although the three R s may appear to be lost by the more glamorous tralls of sc1ence,med1c1ne art Vfltlllo' mechamcs transportatxon communlcatlon and the hu mamtles they are the mortar that bxnds the mxrxad courses 1nto a permanent usable educatlonal system The progress of the future depends upon the youth of today Glance back 1f you w1ll but only for the purpose of mov1ng forward Never were there such vast oppor tumtles as today and tomorrow s today You who make no effort to grasp these opportunmes, are domg a dls SCFVILG to yourself your school your commumty and your world Selze these opportumtxes Icharge you and pay heed to the words of Henry Ward Beecher We should so l1ve and labor 1n our t1me that what comes to us as seed may go to the next generatlon as blossom and that what comes tous as blossom may go to them as frult Th1s IS what we mean by progress opportunxty to make your mark take wlth you the follow lllg thoughts of Rudyard Klplmg 1n hls poem If If you can keep your head when all about you Are losmg the1rs and blamlng It on you If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you But make allowance for thelr doubt1ng too If you can wa1t and not be tlred by wa1t1ng Or bexng hed about don t deal tn hes Or be1ng hated don t U'lV9 way to hatlng And yet don t look too good nor talk too wlse If you can meet mth Tr1umph and Dxsaster And treat those two lmposters just the same If nexther foes nor lox mg fr1ends can hurt you If all men count wxth you but none too much If you can f1l1 the unforgnmg mxnute Wxth sxxty seconds worth of dxstance run Yours 1s the Earth and ex erythlng that s ln 1 James E Ostrum 'rl , RV. . , 2 ' V- ' .1 . ' y ' . ., ' , U . . , ' T' , . .' . , 1 .l by -M, I. ,X ,, x . . . b r , . , . . I , , Hg . -. H - . , i - 5, I , . 'J ' . ' V v . , , ' ' ' Y ' y FI.. . ' , 7, B.: . ' .3 ' ix. ' . k ,p . , , 1 . . 1: f . ' 3, , . .Av Q 2: . V N V -4 L. ' ' ' . V f - ' - ' ' ' 'Y communityof 100 years ago so is our educationalprogram And now, as you graduates go out into this world of . ' Lx ' ' 7 .- . - . ' - ' - , .1 wr . ' ' Y - , - , .. , .A . S . V - . . . . , T v . - . . , d v ' 5 . ' A . . , . 7. H , ., , 1 . . . . I 3 . .W 1 - . . . C , , , . . K 7 ! 1 ' rw v . , . , . . , . M ' ! A L ' 1 Y. I ' - - - 1 . I , x. ' . Y . S, 3 . , ' V. . , ' ' ' , , S ,Q . L - V Y ' y . . . e h 'Q -4 I 1 v V rv t Y ' t' ..-, 7 ' . , .' 5' ' .' . '