Sexton High School - Oracle Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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6 CHRISTIAN ll. ROOSENRAAD Principal of I. W. Sexton High School Perhaps there are reminiscent thoughts behind the smiles of Principal Roosenraad as he pauses a moment at the beginning of another busy day to chat a moment with the Oraclcfs photographer. Mr. Roosenraad may well be recalling that eventful Febru- ary 1, back in 1943. On that date, the doors of Sexton High School swung open for the first day of school in the new building. There had been no time for any landscap- ing of the grounds. VVooden planks still spanned the muddy spots, and mounds of earth from the excavating were still in evidence. Not only Mr. Roosenraad. but many of the men faculty members were physically tired from helping to make the transfer from Old Centralf, XVith labor scarce. it was they who installed the lockers, which have since been replaced by handsome new ones. Principal Charles E. LeFurge, whom many alumni remember from their days in Central High School, lived only a few weeks after the opening of the new build- ing. so that almost from the beginning of our life here at Sexton. Nlr. Roosenraad has been our principal. These ten years from 1943 to 1953 under his principalship have been eventful ones at Sexton High School. The auditorium has been completed, the football stadium and the new track have been built. Plans for a swimming pool are definitely on the agenda for the very near future. A great deal of new equipment for classroom and laboratory use has been purchased. Sex- tonis library has grown from 2386 volumes to 5419 volumes. Trophy cases in the foyer and along the corridors have filled with tokens of honors won in music, speech, and athletics. The growing list of scholarships awarded to Sexton seniors at graduation time attests the academic achievement of our students at the colleges and universities of Michigan and other states. The school enrollment has increased from 1263 to 1472 and with a curriculum ex- panding to include new courses such as driver education, cooperative training, and special facilities in counseling, plus the in- creased number of classes in all depart- ments, Sextons faculty has grown from -18 to 60.

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XllSb lll lll llllbbl L DEDICATION The 1953 Oracle we hereby dedicate to Nliss Ruth Russel who uuleirul hcrself to students and faculty in thc m-my ymrs she was xxith us, from 1916 until her retirement in 1952. Trained at Michigan State College and the University of Chicago. Nliss Russel served as a teacher of home economics and director of the school cafeteria. Even more important than her teaching and her supervision of food preparation is the example which she set for thousands of students. for her professional career exemplified service with a smile. efficiency without flurry. and cooperation with- out thought of repayment. Ns.:

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