Newton High School - Railroader Yearbook (Newton, KS)

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Sweat credit Smelly sneakers, dirty socks, lockers that won't open and strenuous exercises were what students associated with Gym class. However, Gym class had much to offer, with choices ranging from snorkeling to first aid to disco dancing. A But how did students feel about all this exercise? Instead of working with books all the time, it gave me a chance to do something different and learn some new sports, said Barb Hanke. - Gaylen Kaufman was involved in the swim program and learned to be a lifeguard. He hoped to use his new skill at the pool during the summer, asa life- guard. Outside of the gym itself, some of the activities students were involved in were tennis, running, archery, flag football and softball. Gym class was required for freshmen and sopho- mores. However, there were those students who en- joyed the break from hitting the books for a solid class period. U lt was just a good chance to get out of a class- room atmosphere, said Lisa Okle. Whether students spent the hour running laps, shooting Iayups, doing pushups or hitting the bull's eye, it was more than locker room blues, it was a break from the classroom blahs. ,4.5!,WZ.,.5 4- It Z ' -f-f-:ffm 2 H fm.. if .. 4 ,f ' x. l J 76 GYM , , f , 1, , vw .1 sk. INS? ' . , ,,, . , We - 45 --. .a...., 'A l. l l l l

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'W , 1.5 ,a I ,fy .Q ,A ! 4 'HS C y X W , 7 1 mmf Wm We yr 5 , 4 9 1 .f-. IXTT 1 W . IL male 5 and lines Art is often used to enhance a student's personality by the lines they make and create. However, one must be taught, as well as have a talent and feel for art. The talent of teaching this year came from three teachers: Larry Preston, Jeralyn Hill, and Houston Devins. Devins only teaches one hour at the high school and then goes to Santa Fe Middle School the rest of the day. But the others are here the whole day. People often think art is some- thing you are born with, but for Larry Preston, it was the shortest line at college enrollment. Preston started out wanting to be a math major, but on the day of en- rollment, he found himself standing in the longest line waiting to enroll in math classes. After an hour and still a long line, Preston decided to try a shorter line. The shortest line was the art line. After taking a few art classes, Preston became inter- ested in art and stuck with it. After being a student teacher in Oklahoma City, Preston came here and has been here for 18 years as an art teacher. Although the only mathematics Preston seems to do these days is counting who's absent, adding up grades and keeping track of when the next art show is. He doesn't seem to mind. In fact, he said, I love teaching art or l wouldn't be in it. He also said, l love the free- dom and variety in art. While Preston's interest came later in life, for Hill it was some- thing she couldn't get rid of. This year was HilI's first year teaching. Like Preston, Hill wasn't going to teach art. After getting a degree in psychology, she took classes in speech therapy. But her interest in art just wouldn't leave. So she took one art class, then another, and so on, until all she was taking was art. Hill hopes to someday teach special people art with therapy. But for now, she feels it's reaI enjoyable to teach here. l like it a lot and the kids really try. Art seems to truly enhance our art teachers even though they started out with other ideas. of '4- O a. U ...ww . Q A . j Wizard of Oz collage. ART 75 UPPER LEFT: Working out of books was very important for proportioning a picture shows junior Beth Carlson, an advanced art student. FAR LEFT: Art students spend A most of their class time at finishing up their art pro - v r jects. LEFT: Patti Herron senior, applies some finishing T touches to the Tin Man in the

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Gym i l l 1 f, LEFT AND CLOCKWISE: THE HIGH dive is one of the favorite parts of the pool area. ALITA RIVERA and her partner Melissa Thomp- son, play a game of shuffle- board during fourth hour gym class. PRACTICING HIS stroke, Lyle Powers swims a few extra laps. CONCENTRATING ON the ball, Mike Baugh plays a match of ping pong. EXER- CISES WERE part of every- day routine. STRETCHING THEIR partner's legs, stu- dents prepare for an hour of activity. GYM 77 l l