Caruthersville High School - Cotton Blossom Yearbook (Caruthersville, MO)

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MR. HARRY. DARR, instructor in industrial arts, is also track coach and assistant football coach. Mr. Darr's vocation is also his avocation, for his out-of-school interests are woodworking and sports. He is active in the work of his church and is an ardent fisherman. Industrial Arts Qives Diversified Training A sheet metal machine was the new addition this year to the ever-expanding industrial arts department of our high school. COACH HARRY DARR, shop instructor, helps Frankie Nelson read his blueprint. Washing their prints are Michie, Keeton. Edgerton. Johnson and Watkins. TEMPERING METAL at the forge are Curtis James and Larry McCoy. Working at the acetylene welder is Darrell Dugger. WORKING ON WOOD WORKING projects are shop students King. Tate. Swiggart. Sawyer and Wood. This year, as in previous years, the boys taking shop exhibited their projects - furniture, metal work, lamps, boats, and architectural drawings - at Open House. Among the larger projects completed by these students were the pouring of the concrete for the new cinder track and making four work benches and twenty-four drafting tables for the shop. Industrial arts courses, taught by Mr. Darr, only instructor, are general shop, wood and metal work, electricity, welding, lathe work, advanced wood working, mechanical and architectural drawing and boat building.

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MR. JOHN McGUIRE, right, tenches classes in civics, health and physical education, and is head football coach and assistant coach of track. He is also an adviser to a sophomore homeroom and to the Varsity C Club. His hobbies are fishing, horseback riding, and travel. MR. JOE PARKINSON, left, teaches classes in civics, driver education and physical education, and coaches basketball. During the summer months, he will continue to work with young people as summer playground director. Mr. Parkinson's hobbies are gardening and playing ball. Drivers Training Is New in C. H. S. This year something new was added to the curriculum in the way of practical knowledge, drivers training. The course, taught by Mr. Parkinson, involved learning the laws of the road, proper driving habits, coordination and a healthy attitude toward the other fellow's rights on the road. The new addition to boys' physical education this year was weight lifting, started because the coaches thought it might help keep the athletes in shape after their particular sports had stopped. P. E. continued this year to include the regular team sports such as softball, soccer, basketball, ping-pong, croquet, tennis, archery, kickball, badminton and volleyball. The classes also did calisthenics and twice yearly tests were given to measure our improvement in this field.

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 MR. EDGAR I. AILOR is the director of the three school bands, beginners, junior and senior. He also directs the vocal groups in the high school, the girls' glee club, mixed chorus and the various small vocal groups. Mr. Ailor is active in the work of the Southeast Missouri Music Educators Association and his church, and is a captain in the National Guard. His hobbies are hunting, fishing, model railroading, and coin collecting. MR. AILOR directs the girls' glee club (above) and the senior band (right). JOSE PEREZ autographs programs for Spanish class members at their annual supper. SWING HIGHER. BETTY.” yell Spanish students Foster, Brown. Hill. Speight. Prost. Rodgers. Bishop. L. Foster and Bracey. After eating a delicious meal of Spanish food, class members enjoy a Spanish game, knocking down the pinata. Music and Spanish Lend Spice and Color The music department was one of the busiest places in C. H. S. this year. The activities of the band, glee club and chorus are described in the extracurricular section. However, Mr. Ailor, music director, also worked with a number of small groups and soloists. The boys' double quartet, two girls' sextets, a brass sextet and a clarinet quartet gave generously of their time and talent to churches and local service clubs. The boys' double quartet and clarinet quartet received 1 ratings at the district contest, while the brass sextet won a first rating at both the district and state contests. The Spanish class, taught by Mrs. Dwight Moodie, was made more interesting this year through the presence of a special student. Jose Perez, a Venezuelan, attended C. H. S. classes to learn English before entering business school. The class members also enjoyed their annual Spanish supper which is held to acquaint the students with Latin American customs and food.