Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Right: Art instruc- tors: Mrs. Edna Parmoloo. Mrs. Zoo Wiegmann. Paul Johnson, and Mrs. Dorothy Garry. Members of Mrs. Garry's art I class working on posters. I II T The fundamentals of art, design, painting, commercial art, sculptoring, and metalcraft - all are courses that are offered to the aspiring young artist. Posters, paintings, metal works, and murals are in evidence anywhere one chooses to look around D. H. S. It has been the custom of this department to supply needy organizations and charities with such items as menu and Christmas cards, lap boards, posters and cartoons. This year prac- tically all the goods went to the Red Cross and Schick Hospital.

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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.

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There is music in the air of D.H.S. We are justly proud of the accomplishments of the vo- cal and the instrumental music departments. Under the direction of Mr. Gannett, vocal classes including beginning and advanced chori , a’Cappella, and Girls Glee Club meet several times through-out the week. Music appreciation and harmony courses are offered to those who wish to study the finer points. Mr. Mortiboy, on the other hand, directs the band and orchestra. By the perserverance of both he and the ensemble, he has produced numerous fine concerts. Probably his most try- ing task was that of presenting the Minstrel Show. Although the music department has many difficulties to overcome, it produces the finest in programs. 27