George C Marshall High School - Columbian Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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Winter sports, which are usually restricted to the gym, include such sports as competitive volleyball. Under the coed system, nothing appears to lx changed as Tonya Carter releases the (Hitting cup from the basketball net. Coed fizzles PE Tennis, anyone? This familiar try was sounded by both sexes as girls and hoys met to rally the ball in the new coed PE class. Through cooperation between the Physical Education Departments, the elective tennis class allowed both boys and girls to compete together on the court for the first time. The coeducational concept was also carried into the Driver's Education classroom. The adoption of the concept resulted in some changes in the structure of the course. Instead of the previous three-3-week periods, sixteen or more sophomores remained in the class for an entire quarter. The students were as- signed to a certain quarter on the basis of their age with the oldest receiving perfercnce. With the reduction in the number of students in the actual class, only one Driver s Education class was 4 held per period. Despite appearances, the experiment in coeducational PE did not live up to [j everyone's expectations. Even though the tennis class was deemed a success, no plans were made for further coed sports because of a lack of interest by one of the departments. However, one H instructor stated that the coed program g was not totally out of the plans of the department.

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 There wasn't enough to go around so I couldn't do it. This common excuse was not heard in any of the Chemistry or Physics labs. The addition of some new equipment to those courses gave students the opportunity to do more individual experimentation and to receive more accurate data. In the Chemistry lab, for example, enough spectrum analysis tubes were available for each student to do his own work. Though not as plentiful as the spectrum analysis tubes, calorimeters were utilized for the measuring of calories under experimental conditions. Students enrolled in the Physics program also had plenty to do. Wheatstone bridges, designed to measure small resistances, were provided to help facilitate studies along with the new optical benches. For the first time, semester courses in environmental studies and lapidary were open to interested students. However, a lack of publicity hindered the opening of the courses, and as a result, they were not given. Mr. Michael Hcdlesky discusses nodal waves. hammer problems Earth Science proves a challenge as Steve Bender and Jim Owens examine soil samples for nitrates. Steve Redding waits as Mike Rogers prepares a graphite coated slide for measuring wavelengths. ■t - ■

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