College of Emporia - Alla Rah Yearbook (Emporia, KS)

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HOME ECONOMICS Work in this department may be your preparation for a career - in advertising, dietetics, research, extension service, teaching, institution management, or may- be merchandising. Or it can teach you to be a charming, efficient and resourceful homemaker. Courses relate to food, cloth- ing, and home management Qchild psy- chology is availableb. Men students may take a Human Nutrition course. -is - -:,.,:1 O . , 1 What's cooking, or is it burning? Many teachers and students have often stopped to look into the home economics room. Sometimes a free sample of the latest delicacy is offered. JOAN FORAKER, home e- conomics instructor, is an- other one of the faculty members who is a 'former student of this college. She has also attended Columbia Uni- versity.

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,ma MRS. ALOHA P RESTON, Women's physical education instructor, trys to present something worthwhile every day in her classes, so that those who are absent have really missed something con- structive. She hopes her stu- dents realize that physical education is not just fun and enjoyment, but that it offers educational value. Her hobbies are ceramics, playing bridge, and copper tooling. She makes jewelry and has her own kiln to use for ceramic work. DONIS ACI-IER hopes that the girls in her physical education classes will enjoy her presen- tation of the course. She be- lieves that many students don't like a sport because they don't know enough about it.Agrad- uate of the University of Kansas, she strives to make her classes as interesting as possible. Designing and sew- ing her own clothes, attending dances, and water skiing are her favorite pastimes. Students in the co-educational life saving course learn how to hold and carry the people they are saving using different techniques. While these students are playing a doubles badminton game, their teacher Watches to see if they are using the right grip on the racket and correct stance for shots. PHYSICAL EDUCATION Sounds like fun? lt is. A place to goof off ? lt isn't! This department encompasses physical fitness activities courses required of all first- and second-year students, intramural and inter- collegiate sports programs - and theory courses for those who plan to workin the field as coaches, recreation di r e c t o r s or community service workers. lvlinors in ph y s ic al e d u c a t i o n and recreation are available to both men and Women.

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As Director of Athletics and teacher of physical education, MR. BILL SCHNEBELlikesto think that students learn by do- ing. He believes in having each individual participate in class work. Family camping trips are a source of enjoyment to him. Last summer he tookhis family on a twenty-three day camping trip and they also visited the Seattle World's Fair. They have camped in Montana, Wyoming, and Canada, MR. BOB JOHNSON enjoys coaching the basketball team and teaching men's physical education classes. He wants his students to do most of the work so that they can teach themselves the values of learning and be able to apply this knowledge. Golf, bowling, and handball are his interests. He is also active in the community as he teaches a senior high Sunday school class and is on the board of directors for the Hi-Noon Kiwanis Club. The white-shirted figure on the court kneel- ing is Bob Johnson. This is just where he likes to be, coaching the basketball team. PHYSICAL EDUCATION IS A Methods of teaching Trampoline and Tumbling, Health Education, and the Treatment of Athletic Injuries are some subjects offered by Mr. Johnson to his students. ln the orientation classes re- quired for all freshmen and sophomores, Mr. Johnson and Mr, Schnebel teach the boys how to play volleyball, handball, lift weights, and do exercises. Mr. Schnebel has classes in major sports activities, and administrative work in high school athletics which prepare students vocation- ally.