Middletown High School - Optimist Yearbook (Middletown, OH)

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION . Our Girls Are Champs, Too. Oh, my aching back is a cry often heard from behind the doors at the end ofthe hall. Even though we complain about running the track and stand- ing on our heads, gym classes offer a diversion from our studies. We're sore for about a week, but we always recover. There's something about gym classes we just can't find in any other class fbesides the sprained ankles, I meanj. A spirit of sportsmanship and co- operation is developed from participation in the various physical activities. This is the beginning of what we call at M. H. S., fine teamwork. FACULTY GLENN ELLISON A. B., livnisoil l'hjjsir'r1l lz'rlHr'rlIiml, fllfilfllillif OPAL RIBER ll, S., NVcs1ern Kentucky State Physfcul lfflllrfazfiml PAUL WALKER V B, S., Western Kentucky State AIllfh! 7IIllfl.C'S, Physfrwl Ifflucfltiorz, Coaching 22

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I Could Have Sworn It Was Australia! One of the highlights of the govern- ment classes was the trip to the state capitol at Columbus. The students were kept busy visiting the state hospital, the feeble-minded home, the Ohio State Pen- itentiary, and the capitol building. The eighty boys and girls returned-yes, they all returned-their minds full of facts and their feet covered with blisters. Every pupil has had a taste of our history department. We've struggled through the American history course and many have majored in social studies. If we are to be good American citizens, we must know the background of our country and its government and the ideals on which it is built. Although sometimes the subject seems dull and uninteresting, the future rests on the students of today. Seek And Ye Shall Find. IL,-if A What To Be Or What Not To Be ll j 21

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ELMO LINGREL .-X. B., Utterbein lliwfr'ff1,- of I2!l.llSfI'lll Ifr1lf1'uf1'on and Hvulfh Our full sports program would cer- tainly not have been so successful this year without the advice and guidance of Elmo Lingrel, director of the Physical Education, Health and Safety Program. It was Mr. Lingrel who took charge of the sale of tickets for all the various sports events. A new booth was built in the southeast corner of the gymnasium to take care of the many, many people who wished to buy tickets for basketball games, and Lingrel's supervision of the ticket sales during tournament season prevented the commotion which has prevailed in years past. Coach Lingrel spent a busy year maintaining health records, forming athletic schedules and purchasing all athletic equipment for M. H. S. and the elementary schools. Umm! What Muscles' 2