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

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Miss Alice Johnson Miss Alice Johnson, familiar to all students, was head of the mathematics department and also one of the finest counselors of Roosevelt. Miss Johnson's career at Wyandotte began iust after obtaining her master's degree from the University of Michigan. Her sincere love of teaching and interest in us, the students of Roosevelt, has made us con- sider her first and foremost as a friend. Acting in the capacity of a counselor she has given individual attention td the difficulties and problems of each student 'under her guid- ance. She has encouraged many students to go into highly successful careers. In her 35 years of teaching she has seen many of her once strug- gling algebra or geometry students go out into the world as a doctor, lawyer, executive, politi- cian, secretary, teacher, and many other fields. Miss Johnson shows her students the angles. We Miss Johnson's constant interest in students as individuals helped her institute her individ- ualized instruction in the geometry classroom. This system is designed to allow each student to work at his own speed and to develop according to his ability. ln this way the student who is having difficulty will have a better chance to get special help. Many after school hours have found Miss Johnson in her classroom helping students. Many students can remember the case of nervous iitters as they sat down to take a geom- etry exam, or the bewilderment they felt as they looked at the geometric figures in the book, but after 2 feverish semesters and Miss Johnson's understanding they passed on to the next years work. In dedicating this book to you, Miss Alice Johnson, we hope to express our gratitude and appreciation for the many years of understand- ing and interest you have given us.

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Foreword Thus ls Our Day' Today for the graduating class a door IS bemg closed behmd you and another rs belng opened that leads Into the amphltheater of llfe with all of ts mystery and wonder What you do wnth your future depends an large part upon what you dld with your past You are the master of your own destlny and how far on the ladder of success IS dependent upon st preparation and your future determmatlon er will you have the protection that IS offered school students You are now on to contmue the moldmg of your the character of your Thus IS the age of 1 and Its deslre to future wall be can be determmed only by you There can be no standing stull Esther the world advances or lt stagnates The declslon IS yours and yours alone the world of the All too many people feel that there rs nothmg more to conquer no new fields to explore no more work to be done How wrong these people are for never has there been such opportunity as exists today Many an oldester nearing the end of has useful llfe would gladly exchange places with you Ahead of you Iles sweat and blood and tears dlsappomtments and heartaches but also IO d happiness There are Edlsons Fords Bells speares Marconrs and Barrymores among you T Lmcolns Wrlghts and many others who dev tlon to duty has made of thus world a better ID whlch to llve lf we but supply the character As you take the grant step that leads out unto the world ahead of you the best wishes of your hugh school and your commumty go with you We wlsh you well James E Ostrum

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Dedicate Miss Preston's students always meant more to her than iust names in a' class book. Each member of the class was an individual with his own special abilities and needs. She was al- ways ready to give a helping hand in a particu- larly difficult translation. Her understanding ear was always turned to those students who, because of some legitimate reason, were not able to prepare their lessons. But those who were unprepared without good reason were promptly isolated in section 2 , a table in the back of the room, where they remained until their assigned work was done with satisfactory skill. For twenty-nine and one-half years Miss Preston has faithfully taught Wyandotte students not only Latin but French, English and German. Latin may be a dead language to others, but Miss Frances Preston made it come alive for her students. Vale, Miss Preston. The faculty and students will miss you. Miss Frances Preston Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circum- spice. For many Roosevelt freshmen this motto introduced both a new language and a most cordial and gracious teacher. Miss Frances Pres- ton with her warm and friendly personality soon made her new students forget they were iust scared freshmen. For many students this first day of Latin class was the beginning of a trail which would lead them into medicine, law or other profes- sional careers. Especially to these students Miss Preston always stressed the importance of the Latin language. But even in high school know- ledge of the language was a help. Those who had studied Latin were aided in their conquest of chemistry, physics and English. No Latin student will ever forget the Latin scrap book. Bleary-eyed sophomores were a common sight on that dead-line date as they trudged wearily to class, heavily laden with scrap books filled to overflowing with Roman articles, pictures and phrases. Miss Preston examines the Latin scrapbooks of third semester stu- dents.