Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Boys' Gym instructors. Jim Fox. Burt Siedler. The death of Mr. O. E. Johnson was a great loss; his eighteen years as physical education instructor and wrestling coach at DHS will never be forgotten. Mr. Burt Seidler filled Mr. Johnson's place. Mr. James Fox and Mr. Seidler are the boys' physical education instructors. Wrestling, track, volleyball, handball, bad- minton, soccer, apparatus competition, ping pong, and spring softball make up the sched- ule of activities during the three-day-a-week periods. Extra-curricular activities include intramural volleyball, ping pong, and baseball. 24 All heads up in a fast game of volleyball in Boys' Gym class.

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As Mrs. Garry watches, students from the Art classes work on thoir drawings. Can you capture with brush or pen the last rays of the setting sun? Per- haps not, but this does not prevent your appreciating the works of one who has. Mrs. Dorothy Garry and Mr. Paul Johnson share the teaching of the art courses offered. Art I acquaints you with basic skills, Art II deals in design. Art III in figure sketching and land- scaping, Art IV is along commercial lines, while Art V deals in metalcraft. In Art VI, added during the second semester, students have freedom to work on school art projects. Davenport High School Art instructors. Mrs. Dorothy Garry. Paul Johnson. Looking over some advertising posters are Sandra Senjen. Harvey Czichas, Erna Pinnow, Ronald Gile, Don Braddock. 23

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 Sit up — sit straight — and back! Sit up — sit straight — and back! That's the rhythm pattern for one of the exercises held during the first few minutes of each period. The gym classes, which meet twice a week under the supervision of Mrs. Marion Steckel and Miss Shirley Yermasek, teach the basic fundamentals of field hockey, pingpong, baseball, basketball, volleyball, social and square dancing, and gymnastics. Girls' Gym instructors. Miss Shirley Ycrmasck. Mrs. Marion Steckel. Miss Joan Hinkle, pianist. The girls are rated according to the scores they receive on motorability tests taken at the beginning of each semester. In addi- tion to classwork, girls interested in extra- curricular gym activities may participate in intramural games after school. ’Under, fling is the signal as the girls start their gym period with exercises. The Gym girls watch as Jo Klein shows how to do some tricks on the rings.