Manual High School - Thunderbolt Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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IFIZHOI-'UD'-4'Jl U ZO'-H-JDHC'JClUII'ZI Golf has a lure of its own THE crisp autumn air, stirred by a biting Wind, spurs lightly clad athletes to vigorous action. A group of boys occupy themselves in a speedy game of touch football. The ball is snapped from center to the offensive quarterback who fades back, scanning the field for an alert teammate. He spots a receiver and lets the pigskin fly in a long pass that shoots straight to its mark. A Wide awake defensive player makes a frantic attempt to knock down the oncoming pass. Unsuccessful, the ball soars over his head squarely into the arms of the receiver Who steps across the goal for a touchdown. Passes swish through the air at the opposite end of the field too, Where the girls engage in a bruising game of speedball. Inside, others, wary of the crisp air, bat the badminton birdies back and forth across the net. The click of ping pong balls and shuffieboard indi- cate that not all enjoy the more vigorous sports. Winter comes and in the girls' gym basketballs swish through the nets as tournament teams practice preparation for their games with rival squads. The boys' gym too, is the scene of frenzied basketball activity. Masculine shouts, the bounce of the ball, and the swish of a basketball barely clipping the strings resound as aspirants battle furiously. Dance from The Magic Makeri' Nineteen

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-420200:-1 5? Q, H O M E C S Too busy to notice us fFootball Dinnerj AN appetizing aroma fioats from the cooking room into the halls. Girls rush madly about the room preparing for the afternoon tea. Aprons and caps are thrown aside and the hostess takes her place at the head of the table. After a successful afternoon, smiling girls rush about the room in an effort to leave it in fit condition for the following class. They hurriedly wash dishes and put the room in order. The last chair is put in place along the wall and the group is dismissed. Needles, thread, and scissors bedeck tables in a sewing class. Patterns are fitted, material cut, and seams basted, as busy fingers gradually shape gar- ments toward completion. Praises and criticisms fill the room as a girl models a finished garment and walks proudly to her seat. The clanging of a bell and materials are hurriedly stowed away as the class prepares to leave. Stillness reigns in the homemaking room, eyes are intent upon the teacher as she asks the final question of a difficult test. Give an example of a well bal- anced budget. Most of the students frown disapprovingly and stare blankly at their paper. Here and there a face brightens as the answers suddenly appear. Sighs of relief or disappointment blend as papers are collected and another homemaking class ends. Eighteen Sewing along together if

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Embryonic artists require models too ADRAWING class bends enthusiastically to the mastery of freehand. There is a shuffle of feet, sounds of drawers being opened and slammed, or draw- ing boards hastily covered with paper. A momentary controversy flares over the model and the class begins. A wiry, white-garbed man moves easily about the room, stops momentarily to point out mistakes and then moves on. Blackboards are covered with partially completed posters to illustrate the steps in painting a portrait. At the back of the room discarded drawings are forgotten and plaster of paris statues stand in grotesque attitudes. In a small side room a student works on the end sheet for next year's annual, skillfully molding the clay into striking symbols of the American Way. Nearby, other students model in clay, madonnas, buffaloes, or elephants, take shape under their fingers. A boy seated on a high stool gazes dreamily out of a window, the drawing board in front of him a complete blank. Suddenly, an inspiration comes to him, mingled trees and house tops, broken here and there by a tall building, provide him with a subject. He eagerly sets to work and before the end of the period the background is in and he is ready for color. The harsh dis- cord of a bell breaks upon their work and paper and clay are quickly laid away to be finished another period. Twenty Clay finds new and beautiful forms