Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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EDUCATION Building physical stamina and prowess, young braves in gym classes take part in strenuous exercises as preparation for the Great War. Health and fitness played a great role in the life of an Indian, and so today when strong bodies are needed for the preservation of Democracy, the accent has been put on this same toughening up” drill. As the young brave of yesteryear com- peted with his fellowmen in order to be- come a warrior, today young men partici- pate in the gym to reach the rank of Commando, attained by passing a ten-point program. These points are given for the fulfillment of ten separate tests including a pull-over on the bar, hand stands, twen- ty-foot rope climb, running the one-quar- ter mile in seventy seconds, scaling a ten foot wall, five dips on the parallel bar, head and hand springs, and the seemingly eternal stickler, the kip on the high bar. Ron Dat is scales the uall to earn points in the commando training course. The handstand is done in a boys’ gym class as part of the commando course. 27

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Members of an eleventh grade gym (lass perform a pyramid. PHYSICAL Girls’ Miss Deone Gibson, girls gym instructor. The coming of the Great War made it necessary for the Indian” girls to com- bine physical fitness along with the regu- lar gym activities. Modeled after the National Victory Corps, the gym course includes many new features. The first five or six minutes of the class period are spent in doing various calisthenics. Sometimes this is followed by the obstacle course, after which aching muscles are suffered for a few days. Each girls' class is divided into teams throughout the semester with contests in basketball, volleyball, baseball, badminton, deck tennis, and ping pong. After the intra-mural class competition is over, the winners play in inter-class games to choose the final victor. Many types of dancing arc also pre- sented to the girls during the semester. Here they learn ballroom steps and intri- cate folk dances. Some of these dances are the Virginia Reel, the square dance, the schottische, and the rye waltz. 26 An eleventh grade gym class does tire chest lift as a uarming-up exercise.

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS Now, as never before, the Indian braves” must carry their end of the production line in the Great War. It was only a few years ago that they were planning for their work bench or workroom at home. But then foreign tribes attacked our hunting ground and our warriors entered the Great War. It was then that the Indian” gave up his dreams to prepare for the tremendous task of supplying equipment to win the Great War. Industry came to the rescue, and soon the mas- sive wheel of production was rolling through- out the land. Factories converted, and thoughts of model airplanes turned to the actual planes. Ken Bull gen watches Earl Gould operate the linotype machine in Mr. Sitiel’t linotype class. It is here in the tribal school that braves learn to carry their end of the production line. Here they prepare themselves for jobs in the war plants. In the printing department the advanced classes may be found putting out the school paper. The Blackhawk, running off play pro- grams, P.T.A. announcements, or posters for various activities, while the beginning classes are learning to set type. When working on their projects and on pre- cision instruments, braves” must be very exact- ing. Mistakes may cost the life of some man Leonard Hoffman and Harley Webb operate the simper machine in the machine shop. 28