Mason County High School - Ma Co Hi Yearbook (Maysville, KY)

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yiea lfi ancf JJfujsica C cfucation ===== ZDepartment - All high school students are required to take a course in health and physical education. Health is studied to help the teenage girl and boy gain a knowledge of anatomy, physiology, mental health, and first aid methods. Physical Education provides activities that will develop the teenager mentally, physically, emotionally, and socially. Mr. Ryan watches the class's reaction while Bobby Hymphries shows his muscles. David Redmond is waiting his turn. Mrs. Snider is explaining “Mr. Bones to her health class. Dorothy Porter, Mary High- lander, and Vicki Halfhill wonder if they should touch him.

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Mr. Calvin Walker Ipricu ture Oepartment Agriculture is Kentucky's basic industry. Vocational agriculture is an integral part of the secondary school program. The aim of vocational education in agricul- ture is to train for proficiency in farming those people who can profit by such training. Vocational education in agriculture provides class- room instruction and on-farm supervision for three groups: farm boys enrolled in high school classes, out-of-school young men enrolled in young-farmer classes, and adult farmers enrolled in adult-farmer classes. Mr. Fred Chumbler Mr. Chumbler watches as Wayne Vice, Bobby Johnson, Dan Rees, and Donnie Stitt put the finishing touches on a gate. Butch Forman and Marvin Bare listen attentively while Mr. Chumbler explains different seed types. Mr. Walker watches while senior agriculture students Harvey Lyons, Tommy Clary, and Melvin Bare pre- pare a piece of lumber.

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L ancjuaje )eparim ent Mrs. Jewell Woodroof Phillip Manning strikes a stately pose as a Roman senator during the Roman Day festivities. Pat Grant admires Mary Reynolds Worthington's portrayal of Cleo- patra. A sixth century writer said, The study of literature is a wonderful thing because, in the first place, it cleanses the character of men; sec- ond, it gives charm to speech ' This might well be set forth as the pur- pose of language study in high school. In our space age, the study of language broadens our horizons and enables us verbally to join hands with our neighbors around the world. Slave Betty Lyons and nobles—Juanita May- nard, Fay Rawlings, Buzzy Curtis, Kay Raw- lings, Bill Gale and Mary Elaine Day—admire the attractiveness of Charlotte Griffith's Cleopatra costume for Roman Day. 25