Coquille High School - Laurel Yearbook (Coquille, OR)

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Mr. DeGroat's Driver Training class, Eugene Wechter, Mike O'Kelly, Leroy Phillips, Jim Syfert, and Jerry laving-ston, not only learn, but apply safedriving rules. A Sound Mind And A Sound Body When President Kennedy stated The Strength of our Democracy is no greater than the collective well-being of our people , he was echoing Plato's belief that Physical fitness and mental fitness go hand in hand. In our P. E. classes, we proved daily that we have not become a nation of spectators . The vigorous program includes volleyball, tumbling, baseball, basketball, speed-away, football, track, and badminton. Not only are these sports body-building, but they are a refreshing break in a day of study. Future gymnast or frustrated monkey?

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Homemakers At Home By The Range The home is the first and most valuable training ground. By learning how to make a house into a home, and by practicing those extra little things that make a housewife a homemaker, the girls in the Home Economics class are preparing themselves for the valuable services they will give as our country's first teachers, and for building the happy home which is every girl's dream. As they sew, cook, can, and preserve jams and jellies, it's more than just a class-it's the future. Susan Sexton chose purple as feature color in the tasteful bedroom she designed and constructed for advanced homemaking class. Sophomore seamstresses add finishing touches to attractive cottons.

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Languages Span Centuries and Continents Obedient slaves offer delicacies to famished patricians. Barber Bob Welch shaves Monsieur Steve Slay-maker in French class play. i if Magistra Leisure reclines Roman-style. Mr. Gayle sets recorder for French dialogue dictation. In this shrinking world, the closest thing we have to a common language is classical Latin, the basis for so many modern forms. Forgetting its practical values for awhile, the Latin students re-create each year the age of Caesar, in a sumptous banquet, before they return to conjugations and sentences structure. French, the language of diplomats, is also a cultural language. As a modern tongue, correct pronunciation is necessary. This year's French class's have checked their speech and comprehension by recitation and taking dictation from French tapes.