Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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PHYSICAL The motto of the boys’ classes is phys- ical improvement”. In the gym classes, Instructor O. E. Johnson teaches his pupils how to build a strong body in preparation for their years of adulthood. Besides the many rugged calisthenics, the boys develop co-ordination and coop- eration by team sports in basketball, vol- leyball, and baseball. On the individual competition side of the gym course are the Commando tests. In order to attain the title of Commando, one must pass every point of a ten-point program. The list of the test includes a pull-over on the bar; hand stands; twenty- foot rope climb; running the one-quarter mile in, at the most, seventy seconds; scaling a ten-foot wall; five dips on the parallel bar; head and hand springs, and the old faithful kip on the high bar. Members of a gym class practice for a part of the Com- mando test.

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IATIONAL EDUCATION Three courses in drawing are offered: me- chanical, machine, and architcctual. When the student has completed the course in mechanical drawing, he may go directly into industry or use his knowledge as a basis for future study in an engineering college. Machine drawing con- sists of learning how to use standard tables in making a working drawing of a machine. The future homes of America may be designed by some of those who have taken architectual drawing at Davenport High. In the architectual drawing class the students gain a thorough knowledge of blueprint reading and finally make a complete plan of a house. Timeliness, exactness, carefulness, and pa- tience are a few fundamentals that must be per- fected before a student may achieve efficiency for work in later life as well as safety at the present time. Making a mold in Air. Ge sell's foundry are left to right: Paul holey. Jack Lejfler, Iran Hansen, and Roger Gabriel. Mr. Wlegmen’s machine shop class. Industrial arts instructors left to right are Charles V. McCoy, supervisor of industrial arts and evening school. At Wlegman, Charles Ciesili, Clifton II. Matz, Joseph II. Carr, Roland G. Krieb, and Chester G. Anderson. 25

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EDUCATION The girls’ gym is a busy place from morning ’til night. Since it is a required subject, all the females suffer equally from stiff legs or battered fingers. The former are the results of the numerous and varied exercises which start almost every period with a bang. The smashed anatomy could be the result of a fast and furious game of baseball, basketball, or volleyball. Each class is divided into either squads or teams for participation in the various activities which make up the year. These include badminton, tennis, ping pong, basketball, baseball, or dancing. When the inter-squad games of each class are over, the winners of each class play to choose the final victor. The champs” are given medals by the G.A.A. An intramural program is carried on three nights a week after school. This ac- tivity offers various games according to the season in addition to ping pong and badminton tournaments.