Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

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safety at home, on road Ron Jordan and Max Ennis each attempt to do a kip while Mike Hensley looks on during first period gym class. man starts the game by tossing the ball in the air during girls ' physical education. Mr. Kenneth Everett and his health and safety class watch as Brendo Pearson identifies bones of the human skeleton. 23

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P.E. classes build bodies; H. S., D. E. teach This year ' s health and safety classes studied bone structure of the human body, first aid, and dating. During the three weeks spent on first aid the stu- dents discussed the care and treatment of wo unds, application of a bandage, and artificial resusita- tion. Questions considered on dating ranged from what age a person should start dating to what kind of person he should date. The students spent nine weeks studying safety rules for drivers and pedestrians. Special reports were given on cancer and the effect smoking has on the body. Students having health and safety the first se- mester and being at least 1 5 y2 years old were eligible to take drivers education behind-the- wheel during study halls and after school. Each day girls ' gym classes were led in calis- thenics by Mrs. Molly Beach, girls physical educa- tion instructor. Activities the girls participated in included basketball, trampoline, archery, soccer, speedball, bowling, scooterball, and volleyball. Mr. John Razmic, boys ' gymnastic teacher led the boys in tumbling, basketball, baseball, archery, and bowling. A student in one of Mr. Jack Nash ' s driver education classes practices parking between the stanchions before attempting to downtown. Pat Rhude and Anne Hussey vie for the bal for their teams as gym assistant Charlene Hill-

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M ' =- K ' Juniors Sharon Wratten and Susie Williams work on an exper ment testing the reaction of sulfur when heat is applied to it. Junior Tom Hunt adds a sulfur c ompound to his test tube during Mr. T. J. Barnes eighth period chemistry class. New chemistry, physics lab equipment added to Students having chemistry and physics were the first to use the new equipment purchased for the science department. An entirely new lab was in- stalled during the summer. For the first time sophomores who had taken bi- ology their freshman year were allowed to take chemistry if they had maintained a B average in biology. Mr. Leonard Robey, a new teacher at MHS, guided physics students in gaining a basic knowl- edge of the mysteries of the universe. General science and biology classes kept small animals and fish which they observed during the year. Miss Woodsmall ' s students had white mice and hamsters while there were tropical fish in Mr. Cooksey ' s general science room. Mr. Cooksey ' s second hour general science class became interested in smoking and performed an experiment to find its effect upon the body. Using a beaker as a substitute for the lungs they could observe how the smoker inhales large amounts of smoke and how much nicotine is produced from just one cigarette. Another biology teacher, Mr. J. B. Brown, joined the science department faculty. As in past years bi- ology classes spent time dissecting worms, cray- fish, grasshoppers, frogs, and fetal pigs.