Central High School - Analecta Yearbook (Switz City, IN)

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Exercises Condition ind and Body Rita Hollingsworth parallel parks as Mr. Gourdouze watches. P. E. boys keep in shape by doing push-ups. Centralls Driver Training Class is now given as a summer course to all students who are at the required age and who want to take it. Learning that drivers have a large responsibility and that courtesy on the road is important are main objectives of the course. The girls and boys physical education classes spent an active year participating in a variety of sports and learning their rules and regulations. In the actual competition of these sports, the pupils gained knowledge of the rules and a greater appreciation of the skills involved. The girls spent a busy year trying to measure up to the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation fitness tests. The boys participated in such sports as track, basketball, boxing and softball. Girls enjoy tumbling on a mat to keep fit.

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Girls Learn to Mana e Homes Efficientl Bonnie Murphy practices to become a good cook. Donna Pickett and Sandy Brown begin cutting a dress pattern. Education for homemaking in the school of today must be comprehensive in scope in order to keep pace with the changing aspects of home and family living, as well as to place continued emphasis on the endur- ing values which must not be forgotten. To meet the needs and concerns of youth, the school curriculum is planned to provide opportunities for many enriching experiences in personal, social, and family relations, in child growth and develop- ment, in home care and improvement, and in home care of the sick. It is vital that there be emphasis on the handling of money, the management of time and of self, and the selection of consumer goods. No longer is it sufficient that homemaking education consider only the techniques of food preparation and clothing construction, important as these areas are. ., 9 3 as asf I av' Pupils in Health and Safety Class learn fundamentals of first aid.

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Shop boys wash up after class. hop Courses Prepare Boys for Careers As carpenters, electricians, and mechanics, students work in Central's Industrial Arts' Classes. Shop courses teach boys how to use tools and how to repair equipment. It provides them with worthwhile knowledge to be used at home as well as in an occu- pation. Students hoping to eventually become engineers and interior decorators study mechanical drawing. With drawing boards and square rules, these boys construct three dimensional scale drawings of build- ings and floor plans. Teddy York draws pictorial view of block.