Greenwood High School - Under the Greenwood Tree Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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l l i l l JOYCE LEA, supervisor of Physical Education and sponsor of Swimming Club. She attended Southwest Missouri State College where she received her B.S. in Education. Emmy Potter and Becky Kruse prepare to iump for the ball, held by Mrs. Lea, during a Senior High girls' basketball game. Teammates wait forthe iump with anticipation, gain well-balanced minds and bodies l r l K 5 I One, two, three, four -so goes one of the many exercises so 'Familiar and essential to the Junior High Girls' gym class.

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ho has Y h Carr, W . to be eniovable lor :UZ anxtauslv awall , . -it Ov R e climbing Proves Other .luruor l'l'9 -op ached me wp' ess. WS' re 1 their Pfow their Wm lo les J. H. COLLINS, Supervisor of Athletics. Both his A.B. and B.S. were obtained at Southwest Missouri State College while his Masters in Physical Educa- tion was received from Springfield College. our physical education classes help us Variety is the spice of Green- wood's physical education life. The well-seasoned teenagers of the gym classes go through their paces in everything from rope climbing to calisthenics in our Well-equipped gymnasium. The boys, under the direction of Coach Collins, center their interest around intramural sports of basketball, volleyball, and football, while the girls di- rect their attention upon con- temporary sports of the day, with helpful guidance from Mrs. Lea. P.E., although a re- quired subiect, is one of the l favorites of boys and girls alike. i l During the fall, touch football is the maior sport for the boys in Senior High gym class, as they demonstrate above.

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languages help us master english Mais oui, madamef' These could very well be the words of Dr. Payne -iii as he dictates to second year students Janice Fuge, Lou Ann Haseltine and Linda Wakeman. LOIS CARTER, Supervisor of Spanish, received both her A.B. and B.S. degrees from SMS. Senora Carter directs la Clase de espanol and all other Spanish activities as well. Come the Christmas season, classrooms were filled with the strains of carols and the story of the nativity done in Spanish by members of the class. 26 R. J. PAYNE, Supervisor of French, acquired his A.B. and M.A. from the University of Michigan and his Ph.D. from Savae University of Canada. Monsieur Payne also serves as the sponsor of the French Club. French and Spanish, taught by Dr. Payne and Mrs. Carter, are two of the foreign languages which are offered at Greenwood. Beautiful and cultural French, exciting and exuberant Spanish-they attracted many students who wished to gain a better knowledge of foreign countries and their customs. Both classes en- joyed singing carols at Christmas.