New Athens High School - Vespa Yearbook (New Athens, IL)

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Frances Hunsaker, Don Sexton, B.M.E. 'Music hath charms we all may find. Music is an ancient art which lives in the hearts and on the tongues of all people in all lands. In a language which all can understand, music is known to the ignorant and unlettered as well as to the rich and learned. As a supplementary subject offered to our students, music gives them a better balanced curriculum and a liberal education in instrumental and vocal music through participation in band and chorus. Each listener as well as the participant receives personal satisfaction and enjoyment from each melody, for “music is food for the soul.” Nativity with Harry Beadle as soloist, was one of the carols sung by the mixed chorus at the annual Christmas concert . . . All right, trumpets, start at measure 211 instructs Mr. Don Sexton during their weekly music lesson . . . Applause filled the air as our newly organized dance band harmonized to Hal Leonard's latest arrangement of Moonglow.'’

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boys deplete their extra energy. Varsity Coach Ed I hies also teaches sociology, health, and physical education. In his sociology class students are informed about the social aspects of daily life such as health, occupations, choice of mate, and housing. A field trip to Menard Penitentiary supplemented the text book information on social misfits. Study in health class includes teenage problems, personality, human anatomy and driver education. Cicxxl sportsmanship and increased skill prevail during the boys’ physical education classes. The members of the sociology doss hurry to finish their final reports on “My Choice of Occupation . . . Health class students are busily working on their road charts for a display on safe driving . . . 23-24-25! We did it! Whew! Those set-ups sure get one down! ... A jump ball gets the game underway for the boys in the 7th hour P.E. class. Ed Thies, B.S.Ed.

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 It soys here, Melbourne is the capital of Australia,” reports Charles Obcrholtzer to his classmates of the 8th grade geography class . . . The power of concentration is an art to be developed by every student if he desires on “A, as all these ambitious 7th graders do . . , Silence is golden —an important Material for thought provides stepping stones for the Junior High. factor in the study habits of this 8th grade English class . . . Lee Schaller, moderator of the pre-election panel. Democrats vs Republicans, reminds Democrat Jim Woods of the two minute time limit. leaching the Junior High the three IVs and then some. Mr. Kermit Jackson, with his friendly smile and enduring patience, helps the junior high students to huild a firm foundation of knowledge on which they can continue their higher education. Studv in the lields of English, science, geography, history, and reading gives the students a broad scope of needed knowledge. For the first time the high school students have an opportunity to acquire more skill in the art of public speaking in Mr. Jackson’s speech class. Panel discussions, debates, and reports on current events were included in the classroom activities. 19 Kermit Jackson, B.S.