Mitchell High School - Warbler Yearbook (Mitchell, SD)

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Inertia Chasers Miss Jones, instructor, hurls the soccer ball at the blocker Enthus'astic badminton amateurs playing in three courts who meets the throw-in to try for a field goal. anticipate oncoming birds or shuttlecocks. Pat Hansen, with tongueing emphasis, kicks a soccer ball Awaiting completion of the bully by centers, gym girls during a rousing game on the MHS campus. poise their sticks to begin a hockey game. Girls' Gym Classes Show Athletic Prowess Although varying somewhat from ordi- nary classroom procedure, girls' gym classes occupied a space on the schedule card of all sophomore girls, with Miss Betty lones as instructor. To alternate with days for boys' gym, those of the fairer sex held sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays so that the gym and playground facilities might be utilized by both groups. Improvements in this department were comparatively numerous to others of MHS, and tangible additions included a new equipment cabinet, several badminton rack- ets, and the north dressing room converted into a place to play ping pong. Soccer and hockey furnished the chief form of activity in the fall, being replaced by volleyball, badminton, ping pong, darts, and basketball as the class members were forced to resort to indoor games. Class tournaments in basketball, badminton, and ping pong climaxed the season's play, and as a novelty the two best players in badminton and ping pong competed with the boys who ac- claimed the same honors in their classes. lnterspersed with the conventional sports, marching and gymnastics received some attention, girls assisted in refereeing games, health classes were held in the library twice a month, and the girls got a whirl at American country dancing and social dancing for some spring activity.

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Boys' Gym Part of the daily dozen for this group as they warm up on calisthenics before playing a basketball game. It looks as it it were head first from the bottom up to do the headstand as one views this stunt. Copying Egyptian architesture, boys in the second hour gym class build a pyramid for a tumbling act. The boys on the right end of the table move in on a hot one as the third hour gym class starts. Youths Display Pep in Gymnastic Classes Added to the high school curriculum just two years ago, the boys' gym classes took on added significance this year, as loe Quintal, physical training instructor, corre- lated the physical training program with that of national defense. Slressing the need for physical fitness, Coach Quintal encouraged the use of such outsidefof-school recreation as cycling, bowl- ing, boxing, and all other forms of competi- tive sports. Classroom lectures and reoitations on nutrition were held with emphasis placed on vitimized foods from a personal standpoint and the Value of the quality of foods, rather than the quantity. Practical lessons in first aid, with classroom demonstrations helped to teach the valuable experiences of cooper- ation and self discipline needed in the face of the national emergency. Besides all these defense activities the boys found time to engage in all physical sports, and until the last warm day of fall, could be seen playing touch football, soccer, and all other outside sports. When wintry winds drove them inside, a wide program, consisting of volleyball, basketball, round-robin tournaments in ping pong and badminton awaited them, and with first signs of spring, the playground was again utilized for pleasant additions of soft ball and horseshoe. All of these things contributed to the physical training program with a purpose, and as sanctioned by the boys created a well-rounded plan for building the mind and body together.

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Intramural Eut the All Stars do take it away from Jchn Nellor enumerates those precious points to Mr. Purvis. Warren Dixon, Ross the Little Kernels. Rowley, Dale Smith, and Dcn York show their approval of the game, Scorekeeper Ralph Purdy records positions of lVl:lton Okun, Edwin Lassegard, Dwight Vounie, Bob Riggert, and Bing Torpin just before the second game of the intramural tourna- mont. Athletic Enthusiasts ln an endeavor to solve the problem oi what to do with MHS boys who possessed athletic ability but lacked the initiative or time to participate in varsity competition, the directors ot the physical training program devised an intramural or interclass sports program, some years ago, which has grown steadily since then, until at the present time it encompasses some ot the spare time ot trom lOO to l5U boys, The range oi activities tor intramural enthusiasts has, because ot the varsity ath' lclic program, been confined to two or three All eyes glued on the action displayed in the preliminary game of the tournament. In the lower foreground Fred Rush pushes the button to tally a score. Vie for Championship sports, however, Mr. Purvis, intramural supervisor, stated, Hklthough no definite plans have yet been made, the intramural sports program will undoubtedly be broad- ened next year to meet the demands oi the national physical titness program. Galt, tennis, and basketball were the three main intramural activities. ln golt and tennis a singlefelirninationftournament policy has been followed, and last year George Flora and Warreri Dixon survived the elimi nations in those sports, respectively.