LaGrange High School - Resume Yearbook (Lake Charles, LA)

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EDUCATION PROGRAM Archery is the sport of shooting with a bow and arrow. Archery was man's chief method of hunting animals and birds and for making war until the fourteenth century, when the use of gunpowder and metal weapons became Widespread. The arrows are shot at a circular target painted black and white alternately. The archer is equipped with an arm guard on the left forearm to protect against painful string slap and with a shooting glove which en- cases the ends of the first three fingers of his right hand in stiff, smooth leather thimbles. Bows used in target shooting weigh from 20 pounds to 60 pounds, de- pending on the archeris strength. Touch football is a popular sport enjoyed by the Girls' Physical Education Depart- ment. Touch football was first played in the United States in the 19th century. There are nine players on a team. The field is 160 feet wide, and 360 feet long. The ball is a regulation football. There are four ten minute quarters with a three minute rest period between quarters, and five minute rests between halves. The officials in a touch football game are the referee, two umpires and two scorekeepers. Tackling is not permitted. Rtmners are stopped by a touch by one or both hands. Bowling is a recreational sport played indoors for the purpose of added activity for the classes on rainy days. The game is played with a ball and ten pins. Each pin knocked down counts one point. When all of the pins are knocked down by a single throw, it is called a strike and the player gets the scores of the next two balls added on to that turn. A spare occurs when all of the pins are knocked down except one, or if all of the pins are knocked down on the second turn.

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GIRLS PHYSICAL The girls in the Physical Education Depart- ment are fortunate to have many different types of equipment. New equipment is pur- chased with the money raised by the Girls' Physical Education Club. Calisthenics are an important part of the daily routine 'of the physical education pro- gram. Many different exercises are used to develop strength and gracefulness. The program for this year began with the recreational games of darts, ring tennis, horse- shoes, hand ball, shuffleboard, and bowling. This is the first time the department has had bowling equipment. The classes were divided into four groups and each group rotated to a different sport each week. A game of darts consists of 100 points. The main aim of the game is to hit the bull7s eye. -Ring tennis is played on the same order as volleyball. Eight players compose a team. The object of the game is to return the ring over the net without committing a fault. In shuffleboard there are two people on a team. Players try to knock opponents' disks out of the rectangular field marked off in points of -I-10, 7, 8, and -10. Fifty, seventy-five, or one hundred point games may be played. Volleyball is the third ranked recreational game sport in the United States. It is one of the few popular games developed in the United States. The object of the game is to keep the ball going back and forth across the net. Skills in volleyball include: volleying, passing, serving, footwork, and blocking. A volleyball court is 30 feet wide, and 60 feet long. The court is divided by a net three feet wide, the top of which is seven and a half feet high. The official ball has a 12-panel white leather cover and must be about 26 inches in circumference and weigh not more than 10 ounces. There are eight players on an official volleyball team. 1

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DEVELOPS SKILLC Girls' basketball calls for teams of six players-three forwards and three guards. Only the forwards are allowed to throw for the basket. The playing floor is divided into two zones at mid- court, and the forwards must stay in the forwards' zone, and the guards must stay in the guards' zone. The game consists of four quarters of not more than eight minutes each, with a ten minute rest between the second and third quarters. The maximum size of a regu- lation court is 50 feet by 94 feet. The minimum court size is 74 feet by 42 feet. Some of the skills necessary for a good player in basketball are: footwork, pass- ing, shooting, and dribbling, The ball may be passed in any one of several ways: C15 the under-hand pass, T25 the overhead pass, C3l the chest pass, using either one or both handsg and C41 the bounce pass. Mary Ann Murphy practices the set shot. Before the classes begin the actual playing of the game. skills must be learned, practiced, and polished. Scoring is done by field goals and free throws. A player scores a field goal when he throws the ball through the basket. A successful free throw scored one point. The referee gives a free throw to a player who has been fouled by an opponent. Mary Fisher shoots for the basket. She is being guarded by Marilyn Lelune. Darlene Janice throws a chest pass to Saundra McClellion in a practice game during fifth hour physical education. Darlene is being guarded by Charla Wilson.