Durango High School - Toltec Yearbook (Durango, CO)

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Swimming. The girls' physical education program includes instruction in swimming. Durango High School has one of the few indoor pools in the State, and here are several students taking advantage of it. Our school offers many other athletic activities for girls-volley ball, tennis, dancing, and basketball. Miss McCormick has had charge of this program until the latter part of this year when she left because of ill health. I I I Calesthenics such as shown here put our boys in good physical condition. Here they are during a workout with wooden guns. Trapeze work, tumbling, and work on the mats, give them the right kind of exercise for muscle development and all around physical fitness. Mr. Farrow supervises this work. Page Forty-three

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P ngt Forty two HlSfOl'y. The students of Mr. Cobb's history classes have covered the whole field of history of the United States with special emphasis on the present war. Outside reading has been necessary because only through newspapers and magazines is it possible to obtain a detailed knowledge of the places where historic events are transpiring. Mr. Cobb believes that through a broader knowledge of the war as it proceeds, we shall obtain a better understanding ol' the peace to follow. Required outside reading, to a great extent, provides this necessary information for such understanding. Students ot' business law are here seen delving into law hooks in an effort to find the answer to a legal problem. Mr. Farrow teaches this subject, and he contends that an understanding of the legal angle of simple business problems through the reading of legal cases trains the student to read understandingly, to reason logically, and to express himself clearly. This year the class visited the District Court during an interesting criminal case. 1

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Page Forty four O This year the sociology class, under the supervision of Mr. Lester, made a survey of modern social problems such as child labor, poverty, unem- ployment, housing, health, domestic relations, religion, politics, and propaganda. Local examples of important social problems were also included in the course. An attempt was made to determine why these problems exist, and to find ways of correcting any evils that may remain. English. Miss Miller and Miss Bainbridge teach our courses in English. The Sophomore English course taught by Miss Miller has as its main objectives the betterment of vocabulary, encouragement of dictionary use, and fundamental grammar techniques. Miss Bainbridge, in her work, has endeavored to make reading and literature a pleasure and not just a task to be performed. A definite effort has been made in all English courses this year to develop interest in library facilities and promote voluntary reading of good books.