Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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and Psyche 'ff , . E-M. . , ., A ...au , strengtheners and muscle toners in future PE classes and sports. We tumbled through cartwheels, backward and forward rolls in gymnastics. In tap we shuffled-off-to-Buffalo. We danced beginners' steps and headed to fame and fortune as Gene Kelly ll. Playing new games everyday, Recreational Games broadened our skills and techniques for various sports, from tetherball to ping pong. We hooked shots in a second quarter of basketball. We slugged the ball into left field to make a homerun in softball. We organized plays and faked passes in Football Two. In third level advanced courses we developed our own styles. Smashing an unreturnable birdie took a little more than just plopplng it over a badminton net. Knowing special strides and breathing exercises helped track stars run continuous miles without overworklng calves and lungs. Acing a serve and psyching out our opponent by calling her plays before she made them in tennis required effort, concentration, rationalization, and experience. Learning rules and regulations, developing skills, and strategies, advancing techniques, and competing with others trained us for the games we would play in the future. We used those basioor advanced skills we learned in PE. Whether we knew it or not, exercise was a learning process we experienced everyday. We did it because it was fun. We tackled relatives in family football games and courted friends in Sunday afternoon doubles matches, We called it our hobby. Sailing in the summer sun tanned our bods to a golden brown. Snow skiing tickled our noses while plotting down the Colorado mountains. We labeled it sparetime thrills. We bowled Saturday nights with friends after working eight hour shifts. Sidewalk surfing let the cool spring breeze blow through our hair naturally. Among friends we called it Friday night follies. We went roller and ice skating on dates. We went stag to meet someone to share Friday night fun with. We knew it as physical therapy. We did calisthenics to shape up mind and body. We jogged daily to relax and tone muscles. Not only did we swim laps because the water was refreshing or hike Mt. Bonnell energy 5 exercise 177

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for the campout that followed, we burned off pounds we could live without. Cullum and Boren and Oshmanns wouldnt lose business after graduation, They'd get rich. We'd have more time for exercise we enjoyed. We'd have more interest because we were continuing our learning on our own. We were doing something we wanted to do. After advancing in our specific PE field we were encouraged to try out for varsity sports from football, to swimming. to wrestling. Twenty-six four A offered stiff competition. Nine Austin high schools continued a raving battle for the number one spot in all sports. Everyone worked together in a team effort to be crowned number one. Varsity stakes were greater than running a mile or passing a football in PE class. Hundreds ol fans cheered for us in the rainy, cold loolball season. We packed spectators in the over-heated boys' gym to see a basketball court come alive. The cheering crowd made the challenge of competition worth fighting for, But their high hopes and expectations put pressure on us. We had pushed hard at practice and planned undefeatable plays. Come game time, it was all on the line. We played against people shooting for the same goal. We tried to read the opponents' minds, hoping to counterattack their plan of action. We'd hurriedly seek their weakest point and interpose with our strongest defense. We learned our own playing abilities were measured by how well our opponents put up a fight. Win or lose, we learned to play the game. 5 Gail Hamnck runs to the lar corner of the court to return a serve. We endured tough matches against tirst rate competition 6 Julie Burris runs the 100-yard dash at the dis- trict track meet Varsity stakes were high We had to apply all ol the rules. regulations and stra- tegies we'd learned to that one fast, exciting race energy 8 exercise