George Peabody College For Teachers - Pillar Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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Cocka's office is constantly busy, swarming with students and instructors. As part of International Week, The Dance class demonstrated dances from other lands. Miss Clara Haddox teaches The Dance. a class which presents a program each spring' and provides dancers for other programs throughout the year. Religious Emphasis Days found the group performing in Hume Chapelg during International lVeek they demonstrated foreign dances in the Peabody Room. Each year 'l'he Hanging of the Green pools the etlorts ol' the music and physical education depart- ments. Boys in physical education work out on the mats and the bars, swim, and play tennis. Archery is taken hy some several hoys, as well as dance, llUl'SC'lJ2lL'li riding. and others. First aid, taught by Miss LaSalle. is ollered hy the department primarily for majors in the field to provide them with a knowledge of the correct techniques needed in this area. The course features hoth demonstration, practice, and lectures. Trampoline. formally Self-Testing and Informal Gymnastics. instructed by Nlr. Handley, teaches conditioning exercises and llltll tumbling as well as trampoline. The Department provides classes in coaching olliciating. with active practice dur- ing game seasons, anatomy and kinesiology and history of physical education. Boys' physical education features gymnastics. Trampoline class provides late afternoon lift for students. Margaret Green demonstrates in first-aid class the correct way to bandage the head. Page 187

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Freshman girls take swimming, taught by Mrs. Pirrie, during the winter quarter of the aca- demic year. cgszccz e ucatton epcutmenl prov! es variecl class actizdty 'l he physical education department ollers a wide selection of class activities during the year. Two years. or six hours, of physical edu- cation are required for graduatioug these requirements are usually met hy freshman and sophomore courses. Freshman girls take speed-away. a combination of sottrer and foot- hall, their first quarterg swimming second quarter. and the third quar- ter is devoted to volleyball. Fall quarter of the sophomore year in- cludes held hockey. followed by dance or basketball in the winter, and sotthall in the spring. Field hockey is played as an intramural sport in the fall with color teams. and the games usually arouse widespread participation. Basketball. as a winter intramural, is quite popular with the color teams playing once again in tournaments. Volleyball is the spring activity' for girls in intramural area and in supervised hy Miss LaSalle and the intramural managers. Nliss l.ut'ile LaSalle and Mrs. Betty' Pirrie are professors for the freshmen and sophomore classes. Three physically fit sophomores exercise in gym class Stress on the physical provides a welcome relief from the mental.

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The annual water show is alive with action, color and costumes. First row: Rita Nonrris, Dianne Pierpont, jerry Davenport, Kathy Koeditz, Betsy Williams. Second raw,- Sfd71filllg.'.ClH.1'Zl Creighton. Sefzfed: Margie Cotten, Avis Roemisch, Cindy Kimbrough, Nancy Lucas, Monica Lew1s,.Ericka McDonald: sfamlingr Jan Brach. Third row: Claudia Hutchinson, Judy Snellgrove, Barbara Schulling, Beverly Kay, Judy Robertson, Becky Maxwell, Harriet Wllite, Pat Fernstrom. 4 errncutfs elect iss ermarz. 'I'he Mermaid Club, honorary swimming organization, is an extra-curricular activity oif the XNKRA. and the physical education department. The club's purpose is to promote and encourage sportsmanship and water lore through the medium of rhythmic experience, creative activity, and basic aquatic principles. This year nmrked the Nlermaitl's tenth annual water show. which was presented two evenings during' March at the Demonstration School pool. The twenty-tive members of the club performed to the sound track from the musical, The Sound of Music. Clara Creighton was chosen, by popular rote of the club. Xliss Mermaid of 1962. She was a soloist in this year's water show. This year the Mermaid Club attended the Aquatic Sympo- sium held at the University of Tennessee during the last week in February. At the Symposium they performed two numbers from their show. Miss Lucile LaSalle organized the original Mermaid Club and is sponsor and director ol the elub. JD Page lS8 One of the many difficult formations performed by the skilled Mermaids. Clara Creighton was elected Miss Mer- maid for 1962 by her fellow swimmers. N