Bushnell Prairie City High School - Beta Pi Sigma Yearbook (Bushnell, IL)

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V-wwwviwwt , W A .?-Y L-1-iffy' a 2 .Wy M35 ff? sit i t 'ifffi 'fb awww i afiivtsim-:Qs K CA? Look out, here we come, says Mr. Hill as Judy C a m p prepares to get behind the wheel of the dri- ver training rar. Driver training reduces teen-age accidents Driver education is primarily concerned, not so much with the proper driving procedures, but more so with the development ot sportsmanlike driving attitudes. Statistics released by the American Automobile Association prove the value ot driving courses in high schools. There are titty per cent fewer traffic accidents am-ong teenagers who have had driver education, Driver training pays ott in terms ot money for high school boys, too. Many insurance companies all-ow lower premiums for male drivers under twenty- tive who have taken dri- ver training in high school than lor boys who learned on their own. For the nine year period between six- teen and twenty-tive years ot age, this averages a two - hundred - dollar sav- A ing. Education pays divi- dends! Kay Vincent surprises Mr. Lawson with a correct answer to his ques- tion about the parts of a car. 'itil' Q-O 0.0

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-si any Once stopped in his tamed writing Greg Leigh struggles to regain his former speed. Commerce classes demand concentration With the increasing demand tor business- trainecl people, B-PC has planned its commer- cial courses to prepare students majoring in commerce for a wide variety ot commercial positions. Business-bound students are given an introduction to the commercial courses through the exploratory course, general busi- ness. The junior and senior years are devoted to the perfection ot typing skills, taking dicta- tion in shorthand, keeping a double-entry set of books, and operating certain otlice ma- chines, such as the electric typewriter, the ten and tull key adding machines, the calcu- lator, and the dictaphone.

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Physical education builds strong bodies and alert minds Because modern industry has given man more labor-saving devices which cut down his need tor physical exertion and at the same time increase his leisure time, education must be physical as well as academic. Physical education classes provide the opportunity both to improve physical performance and to learn the skills of many leisure time activities, ot which cage ball, speed-a-Way, Wrestling, and judo were new this year. New also this year was the combining ot the boys' and girls' classes for the purpose of learn- ing all the steps of social dancing. Partici- pation in these activities helps to develop quick thinking, physical poise, and emo- tional control. JOAN MACDONALD JAMES SWANSON, B.S. of Ed. M.l. Girls' Physical Edu- Boys' Physical Edu- cation cation Trampolene gymnastics help to de- velop physical balance and coordin- ation. Here Gloria Dimmitt gains height, preparatory to a knee drop. Calisthenics for body building are part of all physical education clas- ses. BACK ROW: Tom Stotler, Rich- ard Schmidt, C h a r I e s Benhamg FRONT ROW: G e o r g e Spangler, Lyle Hickman, George Mason.