Mitchell High School - Gold and Blue Yearbook (Mitchell, IN)

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M.H.S. OFFERS PHYS. ED. T0 GIRLS AND BOYS Miss Chastain and assistant Joyce Slaughter demonstrate a new exercise. Hoosier Hysteria is a maior part of girls P.E. classes. Freshman girls begin each session with a series of exercises. Knowing that the program of Physical Fitness is stressed throughout the United States, Mitchell High School provides the freshman girls with a variety of sports and exercises. Under the supervision of Miss Karon Chastain, the girls participate in such activities as volleyball, basketball, softball, tumbling, soccer, ping-pong, badminton, and track. Miss Chastain is assisted by four senior girls: Joyce Murphy, Joyce Slaughter, Carolyn Gresham, and Kathy Hawkins. These girls help Miss Chastain lead exercises and referee games. The physical fitness program plays an important part in the physical and mental development of girls. It helps girls to obtain ci better understanding of sportsmanship by participating in group activities. Through group activities, the girls learned to work together, thus creating a greater sense of unity among themselves. Physical education provides an excellent time for freshman girls who are entering their first year in high school to meet and make new friends. 27

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TO BUILD STRONGER, HEALTHIER FROSH BODIES Mike Mayden, senior assistant, tosses the ball to begin the game. We ' ri - 1 W I I- Y wciggg L , L, ,-. , A , . , 5, r E .,,. , AA QM 26 rv 4 ,ss A, Physical education students line up for daily inspection. A noticeable desire of every American is the de- velopment of a healthy body as well as a healthy mind. ln addition all Americans realize the need to learn to cooperate with one another. ln order to help her students reach these goals, M.H.S. required each freshman to enroll in physical education. Physical Education was taught by Mr. Will Chees- man. Mr. Cheesman's physical fitness program was designed to build up the mind and body of each stu- dent who was willing to fulfill the requirements of his class, The first six weeks emphasized football, baseball, and running. With the coming of cold weather, the boys moved to the warmth of the gym to play dodgeball, volleyball, and basketball. In addition they performed all kinds of exercises. Assisting Mr. Cheesman were seniors Bob Eversole, Mike Stickney, Dan Moore, Charles Cooper, Mike Mayden, and Paul Stroud. These boys helped Mr. Cheesman lead exercises, organize games, and per- form routine tasks. Physical Education proved to be a valuable ex- perience for the M.H.S. freshmen this year because not only did the boys participate in sports and exercises, but they also made new friends and strengthened themselves at the same time.

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Students ponder over a test in Mr. Polson's World History class. HISTORY PUPILS PRGBE MAN'S PAST EXPERIENCES Kathy Matthew and Randy Cox examine the stock exchange report in Economics. 28 Today's fast-moving world often causes students to wonder what lies in the future. To better under- stand our present world situation and to better un- derstand what may be coming, the students at M.H.S. are provided with a sturdy foundation of our past and some possible answers to where we are going. In a survey ranging from the time of pre- historic man to today's Viet Nam War, each student received an interesting and detailed look at our world in his three years of required social study courses. The first of these was World History, usually taken in the sophomore year. Looking back to the first records of man, students explored the past up to the present. In his iunior year the student was presented with U.S. History. The senior year involved a study of one semester of economics and one semester of government. This enabled the students to get a better view of our world's trade and business systems and to understand our laws and democratic system of governing. To enrich the M.H.S. curriculum, World Geography and Latin American History were offered as electives to those who wished to go deeper into social studies. As the students of Mitchell High School make their way into the world, they will be aware of the world's past, of its present condition, and of some of the problems they must face in the future.