Jefferson High School - J Yearbook (Jefferson, WI)

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MILITARY TRAINING I'AC.K EUiHTKKN The third year of military training in high school was a combination of intensified close order drill under student officers and instruction and practice in modern bayonet fighting movements. All able bodied boys in high school take the training unless specially excused. Military Training. But Not Necessarily Training to Fight ATHLETICS As long as we have boys in high school we will have a place for athletics. The natural energies of boys demand an outlet in strenuous physical activities. Teams in foot-ball and basket-ball were developed this year. They competed successfully with teams of rival schools, winning a good percentage of their games and very credibly representing the school. We make no attempt for State Championship attainments, neither do we give the work an undue place in high school affairs. It is always the desire of our school to develop a high ideal of sport-manship and fair play rather than an uncontrolled desire to win.

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PAGE SEVENTEEN PHYSICAL TRAINING FOR GIRLS Group of Girl in Gym Classes The purpose of physical training is to give as thorough development physically, hs the conditions of school life will admit. To attain perfect bodily development, the student should have proper food and clothing, sufficient sleep, plenty of fresh air and exercise. Over the first three, the school has no direct control, but the latter requirements may be supplied here. With kindly co-operation the girl may become stronger and better fitted to meet the demands of school and social life. The exercises are not for the purpose of developing muscle. Many are largely corrective. Careful attention is given to position exercises, that faulty attitudes may he remedied and internal organs lifted, since they invite disease when they become lowered through continued incorrect position. The games and dances free the girls of self-consciousness. and develop poise, ease and a sense of rhythm. Then too, through these factors, a democratic social spirit is established.

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PAHE -NINETEEN Boy Who Competed :n the Oratorical Contest — And They Can Play Basket Ball. Too