Hughes High School - Hughes Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Health, Driver Education Teach Habits and Skills Health is a requirement in the tenth and tweltth grades. First aid instruction in emergency assistance leads the stu- dents to a Red Cross Certiticate, This course is planned to improve personal hygiene and increase satety. This is an es- sential course in helping to prepare students tor their tuture homes. Driver education is talcen tor one semester in the sopho- more year. The students are instructed in proper driving techniques, satety rules, mechanics ot the car, and its proper care. When a student, usually a iunior or a senior, acquires a temporary driver's license, he is eligible to talqe drivers! training. l-lere he experiences actual behind-the-wheel driv- ing, This later leads to a driver's license awd a reduced in- surance rate. It is the hope ot the teachers that the students will be prepared tor a better tuture in health and drivers education. Now all the wnfiii girls nr-wd s a pit ntl ljfitil l: Biiwvi Doiwitliy t-twlln t Jeanette Niirr Ronald J. Ott llriyd Williarn What happcn w

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Vi M'Uanie' helps sT.denTs NiTh Their math. Ills Vanish xirifi F, J J'i'riMli1iii iii 1 K l'l. lvi Ti if- VVVHL Pupils Get Special Help Hughes l-ligh School oTTers several diTTerenT kinds oT spe- cial classes. lT is The only ciTy high school wiTh courses Tor deaT sTudenTs. WiTh lvlr. John McDaniel as Teacher, The deaT sTudenTs learn To use The manual alphabeT and sign language. They also learn To lip read by imiTaTing Their Teacher. Mrs. lVlyrTle Jones and Mr. Thomas Moore are each in charge oT a TenTh grade special educaTion class. ln These classes, sTarTed only This year, pupils who Tind The regular curriculum Too dil3liculT can Tuliill The reguiremenTs Tor a spe- cial high school diploma while preparing Themselves To earn a living aTTer They graduaTe. lvlr. Jaclr WhiTal4er is a speech TherapisT. Some sTudenTs have speech diTliculTies oT various Types, many oT which can be correcTed or eliminaTed wiTh The proper diagnosis and Training. Teachers recommend boys and girls who should avail Themselves oi The special help ThaT Mr. WhiTaker's Training and slfill enable him To give. STudenTs appreciaTe The improvemenT They malce Trom monTh To monTh in overcoming Their own peculiar problems OT speech.

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T VM dw am ThaT ball HT mel .. T -is we gk. . T 'i , Tasse T ,X l 1 T kiiiiiiws Ki l Ri lieiT The l-lughes Physical EducaTion DeparTmenT oTTers The chance Tor healThy exercise, along wiTh parTicipaTion in many sporTs. STudenTs Trom The sevenTh Through The elevenTh grades, and ambiTious seniors Tor whom gym is noT obliga- Tory, spend Trom Two To Three hours a weelc in The Two gyms. Swimming courses are conducTed in The boys' and girls' pools Tor inTeresTed sTudenTs. During The warm spring and auTumn monThs The gym classes wall: down To Coy Field To enioy The ouTdoor TaciliTies oT The Physical EducaTion DeparTmenT. ln The girls' gym classes, insTrucTion is given in hoclcey, volleyball, baslceTball, soTTball, individual sporTs, and danc- ing. The boys' gym classes concenTraTe on TooTball, volley- ball, baslceTball, soTTball, Traclq, Tumbling, and calisThenics. AT The beginning oT every year The Board oT EducaTion requires The girls To Talce The Physical AchievemenT TesT ard The boys To Talce The PenTaThlon TesT, To deTermine The indi- vidual abiliTy oT The sTudenTs and To TesT Their slcill aT various exercises. The same TesT is repeaTed aT The end oT The year To measure The amounT oT improvemenT each sTudenT has made. The Physical EducaTion DeparTmenT plays an imporTanT parT in The educaTion oT The sTudenTs. From parTicipaTion in The various sporTs, sTudenTs learn cooperaTion and Team worlc and develop menTal powers Tor malcing guiclc reacTions. Mary Busser Verlie lvleveis Diane Ziegler Physical Fitness Depends On Active Bodies Hurry up and Take iiisi pmiufei My arms are geTTing iiied.