Mexico High School - Mascot Yearbook (Mexico, MO)

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Don Magnus, Sid Conklin, jerry Thomas, Larry Byrd, and Wilbur Could combine their skills to bring a lawn mower engine to the peak of performance. fright? Bill Young sands a table leg to a flawless finish with a wood lathe. XX ,., 2:' MX xx , 82 Academics

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Chinning isn't quite as easy as it looks , says Dawna Furlow as she struggles to get over the bar. Preparing for more strenuous activities, Ibelowl Mrs. Priest's sixth hour Physical Education class performs warm-up exercises. Physical Education Curriculum Stress Individual Activit Although the Physical Fitness test events-the six hundred yard run-walk, fifty-yard dash, pull-up, sit-up, shuttle run, softball throw, and long jump-were used, MHS's Physical Education was concerned with 'indi- vidual activities'. These activities-bowling, golf, archery and bad- minton, are 'life-time' sports any physically-fit person can enjoy for years. In addition, basketball, touch foot- ball, and 'speed ball' a combination of soccer and foot- ball, were required group activities. While boys lifted weights to prepare for wrestling instruction from MHS's wrestlers, the girls received a three-week modern dance course. Based on their desire and ability to master the basic skills, the girls them chose between modern and folk dances. When spring came, the Physical Education classes wrapped up the year outside with archery, tennis, pole vaults and sprints. The girls' track and field events were supervised by MHS's track squad.

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Academics 83 Industrial Arts Courses Updated to Meet Needs With machinery playing an increasingly important part in today's industrial society, the MHS Industrial Arts department constantly updates its course of studies for the student with an industrial vocation in mind, while also providing for those who want to be prepared for odd jobs around the house, farm, or business. Industrial Arts included courses ranging in technicality from General Shop, which offered the use of small power tools, projects in electricity, leather, woodwork, metal work, and home mechanics, to Power Mechanics, which involved the use of larger machinery. Those with an industrial occupation in mind for the future were often recommended for one of the more advanced courses offered through the Mexico Area Vocational and Technical School. In all courses, individuality in design was stressed. Projects were developed by the student himself through all the steps, from the planning and draw- ing stages to their completion. Projects varied from a screwdriver to large cabinets in metals and from bowls and lamps to coffee tables and intricately designed chess and checker boards in woodworking. In addition to gaining practical technical experi- ence, Industrial Arts students also learned to ap- preciate industrial organization and processes. fabovel Sawdust sprinkles his arm, as john Reaves shapes the edge of a coffee table. fleftj Tom Pollard, Darryl Duchesne, and Gayle Stowers team up to complete their woodworking project.