Edison Technical High School - Edisonian Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Training Seated Edward A. Hulek. Snmding.' Brooks M. Kiggins, Vito A. Costanza, Ralph M. Geddes William C. Benz. The Health and Physical Education De- partment is responsible for the teaching of physical education including swimming, life-saving, and hygiene, and Driver Train- ing during the regular school day. It is also responsible for the coaching and conduct of all intramural and interscholastic athletic activities.. It promotes in Edison the national and local health emphasis information on such topics as tuberculosis prevention, eye conservation, cancer, general safety prac- tices and physical fitness. Reviewing -fifty years of automobile driving, we find that conditions are vastly different from those that existed when Edi- son Technical and Industrial High School was started. Driving hazards have increased tre- mendously, and we recognize today that really safe driving requires professional training. About 1954, Mr. Earl Hagen, now a machine shop teacher, started the first Driver Educa- tion class in the basement of the Bausch and Lomb building when Edison was located at that place. A little Austin car was used. No driving was done on the streets, and the stu- dents could be taught little more than to dodge the pillars and other students. Today We have developed a scientific training program con- sisting of classroom driving theory and prac- tice on the road. About 120 students now take Driver Education at Edison each year. Health, Physical And river