Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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As a part of tho commando courso a boys' gym class does the hand stand. Physical education directors. Mrs. Germaine Pella. O. E. Johnson. Miss Deone Gibson. I» II V SUM L Through a door marked Boys at the end of the tunnel go some 500 boys twice a week. The work done by the boys on the parallel bars is outstanding. These ex- ercises are muscle building and help build stamina in young men. So out- standing is the work done by these ath- letes that they put on exhibitions be- tween halves of the basketball games. Volleyball, basketball, tumbling, baseball and track are some of the other sports included in the gym pro- gram. The boys go through a vigorous training program in which they try to reach the rank of Commando The rank is reached by passing a program consisting of ten points. Points are earned for ten separate tests which in- clude scaling a ten foot wall, head and hand springs, a twenty-foot rope climb, a pull-over on a bar, running the quar- ter mile in seventy seconds, and the al- most impossible feat of performing the kip on the high bar. Several boys' squads play baskotball.

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Miss Wilna Nash gives an eye examination to Grace Damos. There are always times when a student has his ups and times when he has his downs. If the level of feeling ever becomes too low a student may seek the aid and comfort of the health department. Upon entrance to D. H. S. students are re- quired to take a physical examination. Too, at the beginning of the fall term, a tu- berculin test is offered to new enrollees. There are always such minor incidents as nose bleeds, cut fingers, or skinned knees, for the nurse, Miss Wilna Nash, to treat. Dr. Carl Matthey, school physician, and Dr. William Teegen, school dentist, ably help out in the miniature hospital . 23 Dr. Carl Matthey. school physician.

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Slimming their waists arc the members of a twelfth grade gym class. EIIII f IT III HI Going down through the tunnel and turning to the right twice a week (four times for some) is on the schedule for most girls. That is where you’ll find a door marked Girls’’ and a place of action. Sports offered in girls gym during the year include: volleyball, soccer, hockey, basketball, speedball, ping- pong, and badminton. The dancing program offers folk dancing and social dancing. Each gym class is divided into squads. Girls line up for calisthenics which frequently include everything from bicycling to push-ups. Classes are further divided into larg- er groups that rotate every six weeks. While one group plays volleyball, an- other ‘ is playing badminton, and an- other is learning such dances as the Virginia Reel and two-step. The rota- tion of groups gives all an equal op- portunity at the sports offered. Efficiency tests are given during the basketball, volleyball, baseball, and other sports seasons in order to formu- late class teams to carry on intra- murals. The champs’’ are given medals by the G.A.A. As soon as one season is over, practice immediately begins for another sport. The girls intramural program is car- ried on three time a week after school. This program offers volleyball during the fall, basketball in the winter, and baseball in the spring. Girls of the eighth period gym class playing basketball.