Palmer High School - Terror Trail Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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Vitality, Strength, Resistance, Goal of Gym Classes Healthy Youth is Essential to a Nation's Safety PHYSICAL EDUCATION ROW I--Burbrink, Katherine: Allen. Erps, Ioseph W. ROW II-Denton, Rhoda: Bruce, Katheri Wagner, M. Edward. Physical health is enter- ing into our personal life now with a bang. To be a patriotic citizen, one must be Ht. It has always been the endeavor of the school's physical edu- cation department to give to every boy and a National Defense in the making. well-developed body. The boys must fake a fesf The Wealth of a Nation Depends at the middle of the year which determines to a great extent, their gym grade. This test consists of rope-climbing, tumbling, bar-work, pull-ups, half-lever, and others. Of course the boys don't spend all their time preparing for this test, for they play basketball and similar games, do calisthenics, and Work on the rings, weights, parallel-bars, and other gym equipment. In the special classes conducted by Eddie Allen and Coach Eddie Wagner, the boys learn wrestling and boxing. Upon the l-lealth of lts People The girls' gym classes are devoted for the greater part to exercises and dancing. They also have basketball, volleyball, baseball, tennis, badminton, and tumbling teams. Every three years a gym exhibition, which is made up of both modern dancing and tap dancing and demonstration of various exercises, is given. Mrs. Burbrink is in charge of the advanced gym classes, and Miss Bruce teaches the regular gym. In order to show their patriotism and do something for national defense, the girls are being instructed in Red Cross first aid, The completion of this course entitles a girl to a Red Cross card,

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Hard at work in the print shop. L'Atelier on a Held trip. l Creative I-lands Are Vital To Defense With the attention of the United States focused on national defense, the Fine and Industrial Arts department has been placed in the spotlight. Students taking Auto, who learn what makes a car tick by taking jalopies apart and putting them back together againg the Metals students who learn how to do miraculous things with pieces of metalg those in the Woodworking classes learning what to do with wood: and the Mechanical Drawing classes, who are instructed in the fundamentals of blueprint reading, drawing and designing are all playing an important part in the war world and the world of tomorrow. The Art and Music departments are the most popular ones. The Art classes made the Christmas murals and painted stage scenery and patriotic posters. To furnish entertainment for the school the Choirs, Band, and Orchestra gave the Operetta and also concerts, which are for the public. FINE AND INDUSTRIAL ARTS Right: SEATED+Leila Galbraith: Ruth Huber Hill. STANDING-Robert H. Monroeg Don E. Haley. Below: SEATED-I, Albrecht: lane E. Tharp: E, L. Fowler. L STANDlNGfElton C. Haleg Albert K. MacKenzie: T. Clary. 19

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These Were Chosen to Represent All Seniors SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Pettigrew, Grissom, Davis, Nicoll. Short skirts, roller skates, and lollypops-these characterized Senior Kid Day. That wasn't the only day the seniors felt childish. They certainly felt like kids, when in September 1939 they ushered in their first year in high school. Having become acquainted with all the highways and byways of C. S. H. S., they spent an uneventful sophomore year. Then, they didn't know quite what the score was, but still they felt important. As time passed on, they found themselves promoted another notch. Now as juniors they could look down on and heckle the class of '43, 1 At last they found themselves as sophisticated seniors, well-seniors anyway. And say, was that Senior Play ever a success! Then, too, there was the crowning event of the year-the Iunior-Senior Prom. Also by their diligent work in C. S. H. S., we know that many students of the Class of '42 will be highly successful in their chosen occupations. But soon all met on common ground, for each, with high school days gone by, took part in the last event- commencement. SENIOR COUNCIL ROW I-Sherwood, Gilles, Wynne, Goclec, Nichols, Miss Trovinger, spon ROW ll-Mr. Monroe, sponsor: Wilson, Fryback. Teague, Loftus, Winternitz.