Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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s 15, MK! BOYS' PhY5iCal education Classes learned PYUPGY techniques f0l' lining W9i9l1fS- students and ioined the Weight Lifting Club to further develop and tone their Many boys became interested after taking the regular class offered to dll muscles. Meets were scheduled against high schools throughout the year. Judo, Weight Lifting Participated in Meets Two athletic clubs at P.V. were the Judo and Weight Lifting Clubs. These clubs helped to develop physical as well as mental fitness. Balance and technique were essentials for both sports. Judo Club taught students the art of unarmed self-defense. The object was to get an opponent oft balance in order to trip or hold him. Tactics used were those of non-resistance. Balance, strate- gy and skill were important in learning this sport. Judo was not a male sport only because more than halt the club members were girls. Girl members ex- celled in balance and coordination, Judo Club participants competed in several local and state meets. Mr. Austin was Judo Club advisor. Mr. Mondeau was in charge of the Weight Lifting Club. Only a limited num- ber of students could participate in this club because ot the lack of space in which to work. There was, however, a waiting list in case vacancies occurred. During first semester weight lifters chal- lenged Catalina in their first meet of the year. Later during second semester meets were scheduled with Rincon and the YMCA. The boys in Weight Lifting Club also published a pamphlet telling students about the activities of the organization. Rod Drake, a member of the Weight lifting Club, trained with the toe raise in preparation for a meet. JUDO OFFICERS: Lynne Thomas, president: Bill Holl- man, vice-president, Pat Collins, secretary-treasurer.

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ICBM Established Physical Fitness as Goal ICBM was the only club of its kind in the city. The goal of the International Cult of Body Mashers was to promote physical fitness of its members. Several requirements had to be met by the students to receive an ICBM sweatshirt. A few of these were a hike of 25 miles, a hike to Mt. Lemmon, and wrestling for five minutes. After these tests were successfully passed the mem- ber was then eligible for his personal sweatshirt. One of the main activities of the club was their soccer team. The team had il official players and practiced three times a week for two hours. The ICBM club held a Faculty Soccer game November 22 in the football stadium. Half of the earnings went to send a boy to camp while the other half went to the club's . ICBM OFFlCERS1FR0NT ROW: Bob Schock, vice- presidentp Dan Fox, soccer captain. BACK ROW: Z,.......... Mark Arneson, presidentp Brock Tella, Chuck Schwartzmann, treasurer. 3 l 4. 'Ls .. treasury. ICBM Homecoming in Bob Deppe as for the '67-'68 James Lowell. ..,.., .,.,-- entered a float for which they christened Queen. Their advisor school year was Mr. ADVISOR Fritz Stud Rademacher kicked the ball to a team- The game was played against Southern Arizona James Lowell mate in the first winning soccer game of the season. School for Boys. The score was 6-0.

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EDITORS-IN-CHIEF-Lillian Weinberg-Jamie Davidson ADVISOR-Cynthia Schiesel wifi! sys, rn, :N Robert Ralston, a member of Spectra, did art work for the 1968 Spectra maga- zine. Pictures drawn complimented the short stories and poems in the magazine. Spectra Displayed Superior Student Writing Spectra, in its second year, was a showplace for superior writings. The stu- dent-produced literary magazine served to promote a better understanding of literature. Essays and articles, artwork and pho- tography, poetry, and short stories were the four categories into which Spectra was divided. All artwork, photography and writing were submitted by students of all classes. Representatives from each En- glish class were chosen to introduce work at Spectra meetings. Fifty active members met every Monday night with their advisor, Miss Schiesel, to collect and edit material for the 50-page magazine. Entries for Spectra were iudged twice, first by the chosen representative who gave the material a grade from one to ten, and finally by an editorial board. Names were replaced by numbers for fairness during the iudging. Two chief editors, four class editors and ten editorial editors were chosen WR . . f e . sPEcmA eoirons-rnom now: Kerry Kettenbach, poetry co-editor. BACK Row: Cindy Tarblll, secre- 0' SP Clic' essay co-editor, Jamie Davidson, short story co-edi- tary, Jean Bingham, art co-editor, Karen Marks, tor, Windy Marshall, art co-editor, Mina Gerall, poetry co-editor, Jane Cheney, short story co-editor.