Grants Pass High School - Toka Yearbook (Grants Pass, OR)

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MATHEMATICS Not required but highly recommended are all the math courses offered in GPHS. General math, the only required course, is taken in junior high school. A student who excels in math may choose to take Algebra I for his required math in the 9th grade, thus, the sequential courses in high school are: geometry, Math III and Math IV. Senior math and Math IV are sometimes believed to be the same course. Actually they differ greatly. Senior math is usually taken by those students who had math only in their freshman year or by those who wish to refresh their knowledge in this field. On the other hand, Math IV, a college-oriented course is the study of solid geometry, trigonometry and calculus. Once they enter the geometry room their mission is accomplished. LUVANNE J. KRUGER: Mathe- matics III, English II; Linfield College. EZRA JANSEN: Geometry; U. of Dubuque, U. of Iowa, Charleston College. ESTHER H. HANSEN: Algebra I, Latin I; St. Paul Luther Junior College, Concordia College, U. of Oregon, S.O.C.

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FRANK R. HOLLIDAY: Mathematics III, IV; Lin-field College, Portland State College, O.S.C. DONALD L. HEDGEPETH: Geometry, Senior Mathematics; U. of Oregon. It has often been said that too many students are looking for angles.

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Parallel bar adventures capture the interest of class members but are primarily designed to build muscles and coordination. THOMAS F. FLYNN: Physical Education; U. of Idaho. JESSE D. LOFFEK: Physical Education; O.S.C U. of Oregon. PHYSICAL EDUCATION Sophomore girls trek daily to the girls’ gym for participation in one of their required subjects. Starting from practically the first day of school, the techniques of field hockey, volleyball, basketball and softball are learned through practice. Ping-pong, badminton and tennis are played but are not listed among the “top four.” Also rating high on the popularity chart are swimming and archery which are practiced in early fall and spring. Those girls who wish to belong to G.A.A. form teams and vie at noon in volleyball, basketball and softball, thus earning points toward club membership. Also “point sports” for G.A.A. are ping-pong and badminton. Intramurals in these sports are played off during classtime. Junior and senior girls who are enthusiastic about continuing in the field of P. E. and who are athletically inclined are placed in the G.A.A. class, fourth period. These girls, aside from their regular physical education activities, officiate in all G.A.A. sports. Boys’ P. E., required for sophomore and juniors, is run on a slightly different basis. Since the competition in boys’ sports is inter-scholastic, there are no intramural play-offs. Teams, chosen at random, compete but no permanent team is organized nor is there any record kept of games won or lost. The first five physical education classes are made-up of only those boys who do not participate in a competitive sport. Sixth period is composed of the “sports men” who are on a team at one or more times during the year. As the sequence of sports progresses, each boy who participates in that sport is put into a special sixth period class. When a different sport comes into season, new boys are put into this class, and the others are returned to the regular sixth period gym class. Boys’ sports include football, basketball, wrestling, track, baseball and tennis. 26