Calumet High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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» Requires Proper Knowledge And Conditioning “P,T,X,Z, yes, that’s right,” is the reply of Candy Ruth, who is checking the letter chart for her fellow classmates in health and safety class. Alexandria Kostick finds an explanation of the human heart rather amusing-at least when Ron Atterberry explains it. Since the beginning of time, man has tried and proved different ways for making this world a safer place to live. The students of each health and safety class are taught many of these methods. One large field covered in each class is the study of the human anatomy— what it is composed of, its functions and what keeps it going. Both health and safety play an important part in each and every one of our lives, therefore, it is considered an important subject at Calumet, and it is a required subject for sophomores. Testing the theory that one learns something new every day, Alan Anderson explores the hidden parts of the human ear. - 15 -

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Physical Fitness Most any hour of the day, should a visitor come to Calumet, he would be greeted with screams from the girls’ gym— screams of excitement or glee. These girls are taught good sportsmanship by play- ing a competitive sport daily. Some favorite sports are kickball, volleyball, softball, and line soccer. Handsrpings, tumbling, and pushups are performed later in the year. The boys’ gym classes are basically the same as the girls’. Among the more popular sports play- ed by the boys are basketball, team relays, and acrobatics. They, too, are taught from the begin- ning the importance of good sportsmanship in vic- tory or defeat. Reaching high to complete his jump shot, Charles Wethington finds tat Jim Ryan is also reaching high to take that ball away from him. Watching the action is Kenny Ring and Jim Rivers. The importance of healthy bodies is emphasized in each physi- cal education class by a thorough calisthenics program.

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Language, Art, And “Travel” is the keyword nowadays for many students in the U.S., even though it may not be literally. The language classes of Calumet High School give our students an excellent chance to prepare themselves. French, Spanish and Latin are each taught for two years giving the individual a brief insight of the colorful background of the countries where it is spoken, its origin, and an opportunity to learn how to speak and write it. Also, a student taking a foreign language may join the club sponsored by each. They are: Sodili- tas Porvorum Caesaris for Latin, Pan Am for Span- ish, and Le Cercle Francais for French Club. Taking a trip via the poster route through ancient Spain, are Bill Woods and Tom Wil- son, students in Spanish I. Putting practices on the board is nothing new for French students, but the question that is foremost in the mind of Doris Ohm, Joanne Kelley, and Tom Toth is “Why did it have to be me?”