Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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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.

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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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lAiflS . V'Otn0tld' , ftCotarr 9- HC fConort M ss 1 » SW»'0’ ’ lAts- Home Economics Not just a home and family; most people want more. They want their home to be a happy one, and the family to be strong and healthy. Girls need to know how to decorate a home economically and provide proper diet for the family. The Home Economics staff conducts courses in Clothing, Cooking, Home Arts and Crafts, Dietetics, Home Man- agement, and Family Life Education. The course in clothing acquaints students with design and fabrics as well as the actual producing of gar- ments. Cooking and Dietetics includes basic and advanced methods of food preparation. Home Arts teaches skills in knitting, crocheting, and embroidery. Home Management deals with child care and economic living. Miss Ada Malueg works at her desk whilo students in her Sewing Class finish seams in thoir dresses and suits. As Mrs. Diamond and the class watch, one of the Cooking girls mixes an appetizing dish to set before her guests.