Ambridge Area High School - Bridger Yearbook (Ambridge, PA)

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BOYS' GYM The physical education program, this year, was similar to the former ones. The classes were held twice a week and one of these classes was devoted to physical culture. The other day the boys participated in various other sports and games in which they were very interested. Some of the activities were basketball, touch foot- ball, and a new game called usideline basketballl' introduced by Mr. Drake. In the warmer weather the boys went out on the obstacle course and the track. There were also marching drills, designed to acquaint the students with the various com- mands and marches that are given to men in the service. This varied program, under the direction of Coach Rubenstein, helped attain the sportsmanship, physical Htness, and mental alertness, strived for. ,718u,

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Here is your book . . . your picture . . . your story. You, the students of Ambridge Senior High have made it. It is you who have lived the experiences depicted here . . . you who have played the football games, sung in the concerts, marched in the band, written the Silhouette, estab- lished your point in Student Senate or debate, enacted the class plays, cheered in assembly . . . you who have multiplied and subtracted your way thru Algebra, memorized Shakespeare, typed your fingers to the bone, conjugated avoir, habeo, and utenerf' The struggle was yours, knowledge is your reward. The work and planning were yours, lasting friendships and enjoyment, your reward. It is you who will relive this year, remember these activities. Therefore, let this Bridger serve as your memory. Let it stand for all this term has meant to you . . . your friends, your work, your fun. May you occasionally come back to these days thru this book and by recalling a successful past, gain courage and inspiration for the future. If these pages can do this for you, all our photography, pasting, and composing shall have served a worthy purpose.

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GIRLS' PHYSICAL EDUCATION In general, physical education includes fundamental skill of vigorous sports in the different seasons, development of coordination, rhythm, body conditioning and playing group and team games. The fundamental skills of sports are taught by our physical education instruc- tors in mushball, soccer, basketball, and volleyball, and in some type of calisthenics. Development of coordination is an objective in the program. Playing of certain groups and team games and calisthenics for agility, rhythm, apparatus and tumbling aid in this development. Using the various skills taught helps the girl develop coordination. Rhythm work consists of tap dancing, folk, square and social dancing. Response to command and alertness have been stimulated by marching and heart and lung power, so important for endurance, have been increased by scout pacing the track. Associations with classmates and teammates in dressing rooms, in physical education activities, and sports help to build desirable and wholesome attitudes and afford opportunities for expansion of personalities. In the sports and physical education program there is a challenge for each and every girl-the challenge to overcome an inferiority complex, and build a new personality with self-confidence and self-reliance., -19.-