Mahanoy Township High School - Corinthian Yearbook (Mahanoy City, PA)

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HOW PEACEFUL THE LOCKER ROOM LOOKS FORWARD, MARCH! Eighty-eight BOYS HAVE VARIED GYM COURSE Class Attention! All thc boys snapped erect as work got under way in prepara- tion for the gym exhibition. In it the different classes performed various stunts and games that required quick judge- ment and good health. The senior class demonstrated fundamentals of basketball, football, and, baseball. As soon as classes were organized a physical capacity test was given to de- termine the average ability of each group. Then the boys were given the funda- mentals of basketball and football. Class competition became keen as intra-mural basketball teams were formed with the goal of school champion in mind. Fencing, volley ball, badminton, mass games, apparatus work, and tumbling were all given their place in the class schedule and all Whole heartedly en- joyed. As soon as the Weather permitted many boys flocked to the new stadium to take part in that favorite, baseball. From these a well-rounded team was chosen. Track was also given an inside track as several meets were held between sopho- more, junior, and senior classes to deter- mine which one was superior in this sport.

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WE FLOAT THROUGH THE AIR DANGER-GIRLS AT WORK Has anyone seen my towel? Where did I put my sock? Oh, there goes my shoe lace! Just like me to break one now when I'm in a hurry. Did you get your gym suit washed and ironed this month? Oh, Oh, there goes the whistle. Time for roll call. Wonder what we'll do today? That can be answered by referring to the calendar. If it's spring, or fall, ten- nis, indoor baseball, hockey, volley ball, deck tennis, or soccer are in demand dur- ing school hours in the gym and after school hours in the spacious new stadium. If it's winter the gymnasium holds the spotlight solely, for this is the season for indoor sports, dancing, tumbling, or ap- paratus. Of all the indoor sports, basket- ball seems to rate ace high. The girls come back two nights a week for prac- tice. The dances studied in the classes are folk dances. The tumbling includes the hand, head, and shoulder stands, for- ward and backward roll, the cartwheel, and the fish flop. Apparatus work con- sists of use of the rings, ropes, buck, and horse. , .,,,,... ,.., ,. -w...- WARMING UP Both physical and mental health are stressed in the physical education classes. The work carried out to stimulate physi- cal health includes good posture, body mechanics, coordination and control of the body, and cleanliness which is em- phasized by showers after class. Good judgment and quick thinking, which sports require, are attributes of mental health. OVER THE TOP f - J 7, -f-- ., - ' .Lynn '..f...i N -. . .-p ........,.l :.N..g M' nmaum.aLu2::.,.w..1,. L.. Q,-,,..,...4.,mv....Q..... . - Eighty-seven

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THE SCENE OF MANY LARK TRIUMPHS THE DANCE EMPHASIZED IN GYM Step close step. Step close step. Well, well the freshmen certainly are taking advantage of the ballroom dancing les- sons given in gym classes. You can't blame them though, can you? They want to be prepared to take their place in the social club next year. One look into the gym during the ex- hibition would show three different types of dancing being presented. Folk, tap, and modern dancing play a prominent part in the girls' half of the exhibition. The folk dancing is given in class and consists of the German, English, Russian. and Austrian folk dances. Both modern and tap dancing are ex- tra curricular activities taught to any student interested. The modern dance group is a selected number of girls whose aim is to give expression to feeling. Each year for the exhibition the girls present something new. This year they rendered a dance orchestration which is a romance by Rubenstein and a nursery rhyme, Ding Dong Bell. The tap club learns military taps, Waltz clogs, horn pipes, and buck and wing dances. Eighty-nine STRIDE AND STRIKE