North Phoenix High School - Hoofbeats Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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Mr. Pace explained many principles of driving safety. Driver-Safety Ed. Taught Students To Be Perceptive Mr. Don Pace's driver education class was one course taken by every student at North High. During this nine-week class, students were given basic instruction per- taining to driving and caring for an auto- mobile. Mr. Pace used films and various other visual aids to help students realize the importance of safe driving practices. ln conjunction with driver education, many students took the nine-Week course in safety education taught by Mr. William McDermott. This course included units in first aid, civil defense, fire prevention, and gun and water safety. Donald Pace William H. McDermott Driver Education Safety Education B.A., M.A. B.S., M.A. Two safety ed. students practiced making bandages for dif ferent types of injuries.

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fliegiii. Clarke Elsie Deaver Chloe Fields DM! il ing Shorthand Typing .s.A., Mead. B.A., M.A. Bs., M.A. Business Students Studied Basic Office Procedures Students interested in business careers took advantage of courses offered by North's business education department. Among those courses available were typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, and recordkeeping. Also offered were business machines, business management, business law, busi- ness English, and general business. Work experience was available this year to give students on-the-job training. 1 Y 2 2 Jacque Lambert improved her typing skill while working on a timed writing. Mr. Palmer instructed Judy Howell in the use of a comptometer during his business machines class. 5 james Long Isadore Munger Edward Y. Palmer David Tillotson Ruth White Work Experience Business Law Business Machines TYPiT1g Typing B.S., M.A. B.A., M.A. B.A., M.S. B.S., M.A. B.A., M.S. 28

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Students Took National Physical Fitness Exams Many students on campus were enrolled in North's physical education program. 'lhis program included both boys' and girls' P, E, departments. Girls were offered beginning and ad- vanced courses in modern dance, as well as regular physical education classes. Modern dance classes taught girls to re- cognize and understand beauty and rhythm in movement. Girls taking general P, E. were introduced to such sports as tennis, archery, badminton, and basketball. Also a part of the girls' P. E. department were the pom and cheer classes in which girls were trained for the pom pon and cheer- leading squads. Boys' P. E. included participation in basketball, wrestling, and gymnastics as Well as many other sports. All physical education students were required to take standardized physical fitness tests both in the fall and in the spring. These tests measured the student's ability to perform sit-ups, standing broadjumps, and pull- ups. William Caldwell Thomas Cooper Bettse Phelps Boys' P.E. Boys' P.E. Girls' P.E B.S., M.A. B.S., M.A. B.A., M.A. William Roberts Maxine Standerfer Dr. C. Wilkinson Boys' P.E. Girls' P. E. Girls' P.E B.A., M.S. B.A., M.S. B-E-, M-A- Golf was just one of the many sports engaged in by girls enrolled in the P. E. program. 30