Marietta High School - Olympian Yearbook (Marietta, GA)

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l Tap: The most vigorous part of P.E.-the mad rush before the bell. Don't forget your socks! Bottom: It's cold outside, but in boys' P.E. things are quite heated. MERGES WITH HEALTH Mrs. Miriam Hipsher and J. L. jones. Under these excellent leaders, students developed skill in basket- ball, tumbling, volleyball, table tennis, swimming and other sports. French johnson, chairman of the athletic department and head coach of the football team, worked closely with the physical education teachers so as to correlate the ,teaching of physical skills with development of special athletic ability. Many students from Marietta have received college scholarships for their achievements in athletics. The P.E. department has helped to make this possible. Mrs. jack Webb University of Georgia vfwly Now, boys, try this. Coach jones gives good advice to the Bees as they begin a scrimmage. You didn't! Mrs. Webb is amazed to hear that Nancy had 4000 calories today.

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French Johnson J. L. jones B.S. and M.A. B.S. Tennessee Polytechnical East Tennessee State Institute 11' Plunge but don't splash. Mrs. Hipsher explains techniques in race diving to Vicky Sorrel and Lajohn Ivey during P.E. 4 i to plot football. 2 tt Johnson versus Mr. Alexander 5 I y Graham Bell-the modern way 75 5, I, .7 fiffflfi 5- 1 ff ixl- A -11' fl Vlffff' ci :wifi 3 fluff. Mrs. Charles Hipsher A.B. Georgia State College for Women Chairman, P.E. department PHYSICAL EDUCATIO Physical education is being stressed greatly at the high school level, because it has been found that a sound body is essential to learning. With that thought in mind, the physical education department and the athletic department were organized to develop in stu- dents at MHS physical dexterity as well as qualities of sportsmanship. Mrs. Martha Webb instructed classes in health which all students in physical education were required to take. This course included units of family living, home care of the sick, public health services and others. The physical education classes were instructed by

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115 may Miss Mary Lance B.S. and M.A. University of North Carolina Chairman, science department B.S. West Virginia University P 5 1. .l'e s ai, 6 xi-3 Milf M ky, Love those demonstrations! Those that were given to general science classes by Mr. Love himself. SCIE CE Science education has changed so greatly within the past few years it has been a task for many instructors of the sciences to meet challenges which now face them. However, at MHS the science teachers met these challenges and actually integrated the revised ap- proach to science into class room teaching. The secret of this accomplishment seems to be that they all pos- sess an extreme interest in science and have a desire to acquire knowledge of scientific advancement as it happens. Evidences of the teacher interests were shown in that the science faculty attended district and state science seminars. They were members of the National Science Teachers' Association. Four of the six teachers had re- ceived grants for graduate study from the National Mrs. Dave Domer Miss Rachel Griffith Lonnie Love A.B. and M.A. B.S. Appalachian State College Presbyterian College