Frank W Cox High School - Talon Yearbook (Virginia Beach, VA)

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A new age has emerged — the age of push-ups, fifty-mile hikes, and phy- sical fitness — necessary to maintain the equilibrium of the student body. The program of physical education in the high school has once more gained significance among the students and non-participants in varsity sports. As symbols of this trend toward athletic ability and exercise, P. E. teachers have shined — a whistle around their necks, a stop watch in their hands, a yell (in no uncertain terms) to run two more laps, to do twenty more leg-lifts, or to try to lift a heavier weight. The intramurals and play- offs between classes gave students the opportunity to acquire, through the lessons of defeat and victory, the qualities of sportsmanship and fair play. Miss Emilie Tilley, department co-chairman, prepares for a rough game of basketball. Mr. Fred Soles, also department co-chairman, records physical fitness test results. Al Taylor, an eleventh grade phys. ed. stu- dent, displays his skill on the parallel bars. Pi. Program Emphasizes Physical fitness 25 Miss Wade ' s physical education class battles through a typically exciting field hockey game.

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Chemistry lab puts to work the principles of chemical reactions. Biology students explore the microscopic world. Students Learn Wonders Of Science Scientific knowledge is acquired step by step, and there must be a solid foundation by which to reach the highest concepts. Eighth and ninth grade general science courses covered briefly the vast areas of science without focusing on any one phase. Biology students also received an introduction to lab science and the exhilarating experience of dissection. In chemistry, the subject was matter and its elements, with their composite properties, atomic charges, number and weight, and chemical changes and reactions. Problems were solved, hypotheses proven . . . and the locale of discovery was the laboratory. Physics students concerned themselves with energy in coordination with matter, and the changes and relationships of the two. Mrs. Ruth Husk, chairman of the science de- partment, carefully stocks the lobortory shelves. 24

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Susan Mallory learns typing techniques in preparation for both the present and the future Mrs. Dorothy Frazier ' s home economics class learns sewing skills through creation of hand-fashioned garments. Students Prepare Courses in home economics have a rather distinguishing characteristic — all the students are female. Pri- marily, these courses are concerned with training the students in the domestic skills of beginner cooking and sewing, planning dinners, tailor- ing, caring for young children, man- aging a household budget, and in- terior decorating. Providing training of another sort is D.E. — distributive education or durable experience or desirable em- ployment or diffuse earnings, or just plain work. This program proved ex- tremely worthwhile to those students who participated in its job training and actual work experience in the afternoons and on week-ends. Mr. Brockman explains the lathing technique. Through the efforts of Mr. Stan Futrell, D.E. Department Heod, students become good em- ployees.