Wyomissing Area High School - Colophon Yearbook (Wyomissing, PA)

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avg 5156816 Q3l54l'2T PHYSICAL EDUCATION GYM IS one of the joys in a girl's schedule. To them it means a period of good Whole- some sports and fun. Not only are the girls strengthened physically with all kinds of cor- rective equipment but also they learn good sportsmanship in team Work. Each class, with its elected captain for each sport, vies for the laurels in hockey, soccer, basketball, volley ball, deck tennis, track, and tennis. If a student should have any physical de- fect, the corrective gym is the place for her, and she would find, after a few Weeks of training, that her ailment had disappeared. The seniors copped the hockey honors this year While the sophs Were the dark horses and Walked away with the soccer victory. The most popular season, basketball, was quite the food for talk. The Senior Commandosi' and the junior's team were rallying for Hrst place when the juniors dumped the seniors in one of the last games of the season. As for track, the Inter-class track meet is the goal for every class in junior and senior high. MRS. G. G. KROM This year the gym classes have been re- vised in order to prepare the students for the armed services. Many of the drills and train- ing schedules used by our armed forces have influenced the gym class activities this year. During the fall season when outdoor recrea- tion Was permissible, a commando course similar to that on which the army comman- dos train, was built, each pupil who was physically capable ran the course. With this activity, endurance, muscular coordination, and strength were developed. Also, during this season and during part of the winter the gym classes drilled in military marching for- mations. These also are the same as those which the armed forces execute. Calisthentics, which brings into use muscles which ordi- narily remain idle and are an asset to a per- son vvho can perform them well, Were, too, an important part of the training program this year. All these activities in addition to the usual ones-soccer, basketball, volley ball, and track, Which were a part of the gym schedule in past years, were practiced with much eagerness and enthusiasm. R. H. DIEDRICK Twenty-four

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MR. I. I. SHELLY the ceiling of the science room where the pre-Hight students studied them. The mechanical drawing class had more students than usual. This year more empha- sis has been placed on the mechanical draw- ing work. Following a well planned course, the students go from elementary drawing through ten steps, on completion of which they will have had contact with all the spe- cialized types of drawing in use today. Fol- lowing this, the student may pick out any Held and do more research in this kind of drawing. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Now THAT we are engaged in a total war, the Commercial Department plays a part of growing importance. The Government needs stenographers, typists, and bookkeepers to bring victory, therefore, those trained in the EQQ CGKLGQJIEGQT commercial Held can be of great assistance. To qualify for graduation, the pupils of the department must be able to pass tests in short- hand at one hundred words per minute, and typing tests with a minimum speed of forty- Hve words a minute. In addition, each pupil learns the centering of letters on letter-heads' and other office practice. A short course in hling is also given. Because of the knowledge gained while taking the commercial course, many of the students are able to take jobs while still in high school. This gives them a great deal of practical training which is invaluable to them in their later business life. Miss E. N. NACSLE A patriotic gesture was made during the year when Miss Nagle, head of the depart- ment, left her position to join the Womenis Army Auxiliary Corps. Because of her valu- able training as well as experience, Miss Nagle thought that she could be of great assistance. ' 8. Z'J1.u.aL.. Twenty-three

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926851165 qzotsesot Lieutenant Colonel D. C. Shirk Lieutenant Hamilton Crowell Fort Benning, Georgia 3730 West St., N. W., Washington, D. C. WE ARE PROUD to pay tribute to these two former mem- bers of the Wyomissing High School faculty who are now serving in the armed forces of the United States. Twfllly-fiUE