Behrman High School - Bee Hive Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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LM DANCING, TUMBLING MADE INTEGRAL PART - OF GIRLS PHYSICAL EDUC.ATION PROGRAM By Emma France and Merrill Treadway Dancing, tumbling, learning 'the principles of safe driving, studying good health habits, and participating in sports were all part of the work carried on by the girls' physical education classes of the Behrman Senior High School dur- ing the past school year. The girls' physical education classes, under the direction of Miss Bernice Pailet, a graduate of Southeastern Louisiana College and past teacher of Arabi High School, were conducted this year with many variations. iThe girls in the gym classes this year learned to dance 'the fox trot, the Waltz, the tango, the rhumba, the samba, and the polkag they learned some square dances and folk dances. Practicing the many different dances was fun, though sometimes hard, and 'the girls soon learned that knowing their way around a dance floor paid dividends. Many of them helped teach some of the boys of the school the dances they had learned, and ,when Behrman presented its Spring Fiesta on April 26, several couples demonstrated how to rhumba, samba and tango. The senior high school girls learned that they could have as much fun dancing as they could hitting a home-run outdoors or by making two points on the basketball court. Another activity enjoyed by the girls was Stumbling. During regular gym classes many were surprised to see their classmates attempting, and sometimes accomplishing, forward rolls, backward rolls, flying angels, srroball-s, endless chains, three people forward roll-3, pyramids, and their favorite the squash pyra- mid. This phase of the program will long be remembered for backaches,- head- aches, assorted pains, and hours of enjoyment. Much of the time of the Freshmen was spent in learning every day health habits which help them keep healthy and look well-groomed a't all times. Some good daily health habits which are stressed are the daily bath, brushing of the teeth regularly, Wearing of clean clothes, and getting proper rest. Members of the sophomore classes are taught the fundamentals of safe driving. They are noit only taught the rules of safe driving but also the rules that all pedestrians should follow. , The junior classes learn how to apply First Aid whenever it is needed. They learn ho'W to handle and care for a person who is seriously injured before a doctor can be reached and also how to treat persons suffering from minor injuries.

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1 Y Y. Q 1 ' J-U N-E I 952 ART STUDENTS MAKE GREAT STRIDES in By Ada Gros The art students of the Behrman Junior High School have been very busy this year making posters with water colors, tempera and poster paints. Using India irik and chalk, the students drew cats, vases, and many different floral designs. Other projects completed by the students during the past year were St. Patrick's hats, Easter designs, landscape drawings, Christmas ,cards, posters lettering and figured drawings. Some students made three dimensional animals out of paper. The students used stylefoam plastic to make rabbits, baskets, eggs, and other designs representing the Easter season. Many students made papier-mache figures of negro mammies, rabbits, cats, little boys eating watermelons, and snowmen. The best ones were sent to Mc- Donogh High School to be put on exhibit. The art students of the Junior 'High School are taught by Miss Judith Snider. ' MBHS' During the month of April, the school, but especially the Art Department seemed to become Latin American. The pupils made posters depicting Latin American scenes, people and places. Poster paints were not used for these posters except for the letteringg students made them on colored paper using colorful clipings from magazines. ' Behrman is proud of the work of its Art Department which always is ready to serve the school and to help beautify it. Under the guidance of Miss Estelle Barkemeyer, students work happy in the knowledge that theirs is an important and pleasurable task. - H143

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' ' 1- ' ' JUNE 1952 NINE BEHRMAN GIRLS NUMBERED AMONG SUGARETTES ' By Ann Emiliani For the benefit of anyone who does not ye-t know them, let me introduce The Sugar- ettes, a precision drill team of 700 high school girls, parti- cipated in the half time ac ivitie-3 of the 1951-52 Sugar Bowl Football Game, Of those who volunteered from Behr- man, only nine remained to participate on New Year's Day. The girls were chosen particularly for their height, Weight, and ability to follow instructions. Practices were held from Sep ember through the Christ- mas holidays at Behrman, Peters and McDonogh, while the Sugarette Band held practice elsewhere. After prac- tice. or during intermission, refreshments were served. On the morning of January 1, the Sugarettes and Band nervously waited to be given the final instructions. They then marched across the field to their seats where they remained until the hali time. At the half time, before the Maryland Band had completed its routine, the band and Sugarettes took their places behind the goalpost, ready to march onto the field. The Sugarette Band marched ahead playing, paused, then started the KING COTTON MARCH, which most of the girls and boys will never forget. The mimetic routine included such sports as the Javelin, the Discus, the Sprint, the Broad Jump and the Hammer. The rou-tine ended as they left the field doing a rhythmic kick-step to the tune of WHEN MY SUGAR WALKS DOWN the STREET. The first performance of the Sugarettes was met with many Well de- servedpraises from the public. ' T In appreciation for their hard work and wonderful performances, ,the Sugarettes and Band were honored with a party and dance by the Mid-Winter Sports Association. At this time the Sugarettes were presented silver, miniature. Sugar Bowl pinsg the Band members were given pen-knives. . . . The Sugarettes from Behrman were June Dunbar, Ann' Emiliani, .Emma France, Iris Gordy, Janice Lauman, Merle Robichaux, Rita Joyce Romero, Jackie Senat, and Betty Sue Tyler. The Sugarettes will perform again next year. MBHS' . The senior classes are taught not only to recognize the symptoms of com- municable diseases but also how to treat them. They have learned aboutithe causes and cures of rare diseases as well as the mdre common ones. Each student did research work on a different disease and presented a report to the 'clas-sg this helped greatly in learing the truth about many disease and in dis- pelling old wives' tales that have attached themselves 'to the cause, treat- ment, and cure of some diseases. V Because of the limited playing space the classes were hampered a bit in their usual well-rounded intramural program, but the girls were taught- the fundamentals of volleyball, giant volleyball, basketball and indoor ball. Outside classes are enjoyed by everyone because of the difference from the usual :routine classes and the chance they afford the' individual to get a wonderful ready-made sun tan. A Y . . l 1 , I - 1 I 1 i -4 9145