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

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Health and Drivers'.Trciining Are Electives FRANKIE OVVENS plays a rough game of Table Tennis as Coach BruTon, and sTudenTs, King, Turner, and Farrow look on. Driver's Training was offered To sTudenTs who were ap- proaching The age To oloTain Their driver's license, ThirTy- five sTudenTs Took This course This year, which offered knowledge of The auTomobile, skills in driving, acTual driving experience, and hinTs To improve Traffic safeTy. Two cars were furnished for acTual driving pracTice. COACH JAMES S. BRUTON, who came To C.H.S. for The lasT semesTer of The year To fill Coach McGuire's posiTion, Teaches physical educaTion, healTh, and civics. He received his B.S. degree at Mississippi STaTe College. Mr. BruTon has several hobbies, buT his favoriTe is fishing. 2' yy mm ' 7- , 'frjsfga M , ff Q , I! STUDENT DRIVERS JeanneTTe Preston and Brenda Bracey Waif Their Turn To geT be- hind The wheel. Coach Parkinson is The insTrucTor. THE THIRD HOUR PHYSICAL ED CLASS congraTulaTe Themselves on winning The safeTy pin collecfing drive. Susan Ward helps Lane RoberTs, The champion collecTor, display The pins.

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Four Years of Physical Education Are Required Physical education is required for both boys and girls all tour years in high school. lt Otters an opportunity tor students to learn recreational skills and healthful habits and provides an opportunity tor all students to have tun. Soccer, basketball, archery, sottball, tumbling, social sports, rhythms, mass games, relays, badminton, volley- ball, table tennis, and shuttleboard were all taught and practiced this year in physical education. For those students physically unable to take physical MR. JOE PARKINSON, another former C.H.S. student, teaches physical education and driver's training and coaches basketball. His hobbies are gardening and whittling and his favorite sports are basketball, base- ball, and tennis. Mr. Parkinson has taught in C.H.S. for tour years. He received a B.S. degree from Arkansas State College and an M.E. from the University ot Mis- souri. MRS. THOMAS MOCK teaches girls' physical education in grades 5-T2 and is a sponsor ot the Tigerettes and the sophomore class. Mrs. Mock received her B.S. degree at Arkansas State Teachers' College. Her hobbies are tly fishing, reading, and cooking. Mrs. Mock is district di- rector ot C.T.A. MR. JOHN MCGUIRE was head football coach and taught physical education, health, and civics until he resigned in February to accept a position in Texas. Mr. McGuire, who had been in C.H.S. tor tour years, was also a sophomore class sponsor and an advisor to the C Club. His hobbies are fishing, traveling, and swim- ming. He received his B.S. degree from Arkansas State College. education, a health class was ottered. Twenty students took this course this year. Health also helped students to understand themselves and their problems, to de- velop healthy personalities, to present a good personal appearance, and to learn more about diseases and tirst aid. instructors in this department were Mrs. Thomas Mock, Mr. Joe Parkinson, Mr. John McGuire, tor the tirst semester, and Mr. James Bruton, tor the last semester. BUILDING PYRAMIDS can be fun! say the mem- bers ot this physical education class taught by Mrs. Mock.

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24 Four Social Studies Courses Give Citizenship Training Training for intelligent, active citizenship in our community, nation, and the world is the purpose of our four social studies courses in C.H.S. Civics, taught by Mrs. Parker and Mr. Bruton, World Prob- lems, taught by Mr. Roome, and American History taught by Miss Horner, are required for freshmen, sophomores, and iuniors. A fourth course, American Problems, in which current political, social or economic issues in Amer- ican life are studied is an elective course for iuniors or seniors. In all these classes, class routine was varied this year by films and film strips, recordings, field trips, and numerous outside speakers. MISS HORNER, MR. ROOME, AND MRS. PARKER teach our social studies classes. MISS MARY ELLEN HORNER, who has taught in C.H.S. for twenty- four years, is the instructor in American history and American prob- lems. She is also the major Cotton Blossom advisor and a sophomore class sponsor. Miss Horner received her B.S. from the University of Missouri and her M.A. at Peabody College. Her hobbies are photog- raphy and fishing, and her other outside interests include P.E.O. and working in her church. MR. CHARLES ROOME teaches world problems and is a freshman class sponsor. He graduated from Southeast State College with a B.S. degree. His outside interests are fishing and hunting. He has taught in C.H.S. two years. MRS. LOUISE PARKER teaches English l and civics and co-sponsors the freshman class. She received her B.S. degree at Arkansas State College and M.A. from Memphis State, Her outside interests in- clude music, her church, and working with the boy scouts. This is Mrs. Parker's fifth year in C.H.S. PROUDLY DISPLAYING HER TROPHY won in the l Speak for Democracy Contest is Sandra Southern. Kay Burns and Ronnie Beck were other contestants in C.H.S. in this competition, a proi- ect of the American history classes. MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN PROBLEMS CLASS enioy a trip to the Court House to visit the County Court. These students and the civic classes learned about their community through a number of such field trips.