Rich Township High School - Lagoon Yearbook (Park Forest, IL)

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Girls' Physical Etluualinn There is always a variety of activities going on in the girls' physical education. During the spring months, the senior girls take golf while the freshmen, sophomores. and juniors try their hands at softball or archery. Inside sports layed during the winter include co-ed volleyball, basketball, and, co-ed square and round dancing. Remember the charleyhorse and gracel?j we de- veloped while learning the art of modern dance? Our able ad- visors rhis year have been Miss june Dutiield and Mis Marilyn Please who took Mrs, Nilsc-n's place in the middle of the year. -- Judy Adam: Health llffilze One of the most active places in school is the nurse's oliice, Students with cuts, bruises, and colds all bring their troubles to the school nurse, Mrs. D. Fahler. Thcre are adequate facilities in the nurse's oflice for students with colds, headaches and other minor ailments. Eye, ear and nose check-ups were given students during gym classes. These are just a few of the many things that Mrs. Fahler checks ro insure better health for Rich High students. -Barbara Stlmllcr Buys' Physical Edutzatinn The boys' physical education classes each year participate in a well rounded schedule of athletic activities designed to keep each boy in tcp physical Htness. September saw the classes playing touch football with the spirit of keen competition. As the fnll weather grew colder, the classes withdrew to a season of interclass basketball. By spring each boy welcomed the opportunity to go outside again, Ever day, weather permitting, haseball games were the order of events. All in all, at Rich, physical ccliucation classes were eagerly awaited each day. - jim Cale r

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liunqraphy and Wnrld Affairs The main purpose of Geography and World Af- fairs is to enable its students to better understand the nature of the world and its problems in politics. economics, and international relations. ln addition Geography and World Affairs points out that inter- dependence is inherent in a political and economic world and that international cooperation is desirable. A study is made of the present world alignment and conllicrs dividing, the political world into three main parts: lj Pro-democratic, 25 Pro-communist, 33 Neutral. Students should be able to collect and organize important data on world problems, and to under- stand, recognize, and critically calculate the causes of world tensions. - Carolyn Lunblin Ilriver Education Driver Education is one of our most unusual courses olieted at Rich. and one with a great amount of practical value in our later lives. Having the opportunity to become better drivers, we correspond- ingly have the opportunity to be better citizens. Besides classroom training there is behind the wheel practice in actual traflic situations. Not only do we learn to drive but to drive safely, intelli- gently and courteously. The course helps ro prove to our parents, our community and ourselves that teen- agers are not necessarily careless drivers. Accomplish- ing this realizes one of the goals ol our school, to produce better citizens. - Marilyn Daly Physical Science To the Physical Science students the atom simply means that of which all matter is composed. Physical science consists of the study of astron- omy, geology, weather and climate, electricity and atomic energy. ln addition to the line and interesting teaching, there are many demonstrations, Elms, and iilm strips which help to make the course more stimulating. -- Bonnie Srbeffler 51

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Unified Stullles One of the most popular courses to be taken at Rich High nre the Unified Studies. They are actually a combination of two fields, English and Social Studies. They are offered through all four years of high school and are taken in a double period, They make Social Studies and English much more interesting by studying each subject concurrently. In Unihed Studies I, English is combined with Social Living which deals with school, community, and personal life. Unified Studies Il is based on wide reading of historical ncrion and classi- cal lireranrreg World History and English ll are the combined courses. American Studies, American History and American Literature. These studies make up Uniiied Studies lll. Unified Studies lV is a senior course in n single period. It combines Senior Problems iproblems of clemocracyj with Home itnd ,Family Living lmttrriuge, personality, and on-the-job prob- ems . -fmly Mnrhin Hnmemakmq Homemalting teaches ou the fundamentals of every- day living, namely coolcing, sewing, and child care. These three things help prepare you for the important job of marriage and family life. Homemaking teaches us cooking, from the easy basic foods to rusty foreign dishes. ln sewing you learn how to buy patterns, materials, how to sew and take care of the sewing machine. lastly, homemaking teaches you child care from an infant to the nge of six years. -Barbara Cederquitf Wurltl Hislury World History provides the student with a thorough understanding of current world prob- lems and situations through a study of the historical backgrounds of the many nations. The course emphasizes the influence of political and economic geography on the growth of nations and traces the development of democracy from its beginnings in the civilization of ancient Greece to its place of importance in the world today. - Dare Perlnluller