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

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£unt6e% 6ette% Ctvttty All of Miss Lands' physical education classes stressed posture. At the beginning of the year, tests were given to find defects in posture and attempts were made to have the faults corrected by the end of the year. The new trampoline and field hockey equipment added to the enjoyment of the classes. Each class chose teams for speedball, basketball, field hockey and many other sports. After a series of games, the losers had to treat the winners during a class period. This year, civics was added to the curriculum. The civics class attended a meeting of the town council at which time they learned just how the municipal government is run. The purpose of the civics class is to make the students specialists in good citizenship. Deep in concentration, the civics class muses over the election of state officers... Drop kick it to me, Mary, says Jenie Fischer as the 4th hour P.E. class plays speed ball.. .’’Yea, we won, says this 3 hr. P.E. class after playing a game of deck tennis.. .The P.E. classes strap on hockey equipment which is necessary for protection. . .Barbara Kniepkamp and Franny Winters are bulleying off in the 8th hr. P. E. class... Bernice Lands, B. S.

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In addition to instructing, training, and directing the baseball and basketball boys, Varsity Coach Bob Leigh also taught the physical education and health classes. The students in health class studied the construction and functions of the human body, developed their personalities, and learned to solve and understand teenage problems. The physical education boys concentrated their efforts on developing physical fitness and good mental habits. Some of the year's activities included speedball, bowling, volleyball and badminton. A new trampoline and horizontal bar were provided to supplement the various pieces of indoor equipment. Robert D. Leigh, B.S.; M. A.. .Coach Bob Leigh proves that he, too, can hit the target.. ,9th hour P. E. boys practive the various skills of flicker ball... Lifting those weights is not as easy as it looks, exclaim the varsity boys... That's the easy way to do it, Jim, laughs Rich Forhan... Jim Siebert, Bill Bender, Jerry Leinecke, Dennis Schatte, and Roger Cortner find that it is almost as hard to get the arrows out of the target as it is to get them in. 'rtye CtJi — z tct ne ttaC 20

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 2uicte fo JOYCE DUDECK, B.S. 6ette cc i te4 Speed and efficiency are the basic factors in the commercial courses. The steady clicking of typewriters were heard throughout the halls of NACHS as the typing classes practiced to achieve high speeds. Direct dictation, given by Mrs. Dudeck, was taken slowly at first, but as the year advanced, the Gregg shorthand class found that they could take dictation quite rapidly and with few errors. The transcription class and secretarial practice classes combined the two skills of typing and shorthand. The secretarial practice class also served as secretaries to the faculty members. The task of transferring figures to different book keeping papers helped the bookkeeping students to become more competent in book work. Boy, are these shorthand figures confusing,” says the 9th hour shorthand class... Working hard to keep their shorthand speed climbing are Fern Mueller, Jeanette Beck, Joyce Herman, Bev Tanner.. .Trying hard to hit the right keys are members of the 2nd hour typing class.. .Wondering if they've done their typing exercises correct are the members of the 7th hour typing class... Members of the transcription class eagerly await their turn at the dictaphone.. .The fifth hour bookkeeping class is very busy at journalizing. 4