Harold L Richards High School - Golden Year Yearbook (Oak Lawn, IL)

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44 Physical Education Second-hour gym class at Northwest played alley speedball in the fall. Players shown were Eileen Blum, Carol Fitch, Ginger Cole, Leslie Lesncr. Barb Kling- hamer, Peggy Roulo, and Carol Kline. Unless students were exempted by a medical excuse, physical education was a required course. The instructors in physical education were exceptionally well-qualified for the job. This fine staff was very much interested in improving the physical fitness and skills of all the students to make them healthier and more successful in their other classes as well. A test of that improve- ment was the AAHPER Youth Fitness Test. It was generally quite noticeable that the good school citizens scored much higher in physical fitness. Physical education thus gained definite recog- nition for the building of well-rounded individuals. Good minds were more alert and active in strong bodies. Seventh-hour gym class at Northwest played a fast game of alley speedball with Barb Knian, Sandy Sonnenschein, Kathy Wochnik, and Debbie Harris leading Timing for jim Dehornie in the shuttle rim. a part of the AAHPER Physical Fitness Test, gave Mr. M ay enjoyment. Crabbing a half nelson on Pete Gerike. Gerry landman gained the advantage in wrestling class at the Campus gym. the action. i

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Science studies were stimulated 46 Miss Lau's biology class did informative experiments on dissecting. Mr. Frigo observed Gerry Knoll and Harold Hogan as they conducted an experiment using specific volumes of hydrogen gas. A small explosive reaction took place as chemistry students Tom Duschene, Peggy Dannowitz and Robert Mayor combined sugar and sulfuric acid. New programs were developed in all areas of science. Be- ginning with the freshman year, a double-track general science and physical science program was introduced. Two levels of biology were taught in the tenth grade by means of the blue and yellow version books put out by the Biological Science Curriculum Study. Eleventh grade chemistry used a new pro- gram of teaching with Chem-Study materials which included a textbook and a specially planned laboratory manual. A course in chemistry was also incorporated for those students who were not presently college oriented. Twelfth grade physics teachers also developed the two-level program. The courses followed a technical approach but re- mained college acceptable in the event a student should change his mind later in the year. Diann Schombert carefully studied drawings of small anlmal and plant life found ln pond water.