Cody High School - Comet Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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BOYS' HEALTH EDUCATION TEACH- ERS . . . Top Row: C. Casucci, F. Cosgro. Second Row: D. Fitch, V. Florea. Bottom Row: W. Laury, K. Matheson Idepartment headj. Thirty mat. own pool. oyd exercise feam I0 ay ana! afhkfic A i All Codyites take four semesters of health classes which provide them with the fundamentals of team games, swimming, and first-aid. From the basketball court and playground sod, the swimming pool and lockeroom echoed the noise and boisterous laughter of their learning and fellowship. Warm spring days found the boys' gym classes outside on the baseball dia- mond. During brisk fall and winter weather, they remained inside to play basketball, volleyball, and run the track. Swimming proved to be both recreational fun and a life-saving technique in boys' swimming classes. Smooth style and speed were developed in the pool as they learned to co-ordinate kicking, stroking, and breathing, the three basic fundamentals of swimming. A course in first-aid was required of all Cody students before graduation to give them an understanding of civil defense. And basic medical knowledge was put into practice as students learned to treat broken bones, bums, faintin, and shock cases. During a physical educatzon class two boys provide entertainment for others as they attempt to prove who is the better man on the wrestltng Last May, with summer just around the corner, Codyites received a Red Cross demonstration on water safety tn Codys

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Hooping it up, girls' gym classes practiced the nation's round of bending and stretching exercises, they loosened latest craze as they whirled colorful plastic rings around muscles and improved their figures while having fun their hips. Substituting the hula-hoop for the usual girg affainla ydica grace an Lminine oifie Many girls entered the Intramural Volleyball Tournament in the spring. But first they prac- ticed on the court, brushing up on skills and game rules. Thirty-two Mrs. June Monfette's swimming class receives valuable instruction in the life-saving jump dive. As the class waits their turn at the pool's edge, their teacher gives helpful criticism to a classmate.