Spingarn High School - L Esprit Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Physical Fitness Tests Present Challenges, Prove Athletic Abilities A required course for fun as well as profit-that's physical education. Different from other classes, gym means fun through many games and sports. It offers training that provides opportunity to develop cooperation through team play and the ability to get along with other people. Although the activities vary somewhat from boys to girls, there are some sports, volley- ball and softball or baseball, that are enjoyed by both. Girls also have badminton, ping-pong, kickball, dodge ball and square dancing. Boys' various activities include battle ball, tough football, horseshoes, Weight lifting, and many other invigorating sports. 84

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it , SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL DUTIES IN THE Q V d LIFE OFA CADET Cadets are engaged in executing orders and forming the various units such as the companies and platoons. The senior officers then drill and instruct their subordinates. Most helpful to the officers is the present system of merits and demerits. These are given respectively to the cadets who have been outstanding or negligent in observing military regulations. How a cadet often wishes he had tried harder when he receives his grades! Each year Spingarn demonstrates Esprit de Corps, Majors O'Nei1 and Wilburn. its military proficiency and excellence. Under the capable leadership of the two majors, this large corps has brought even greater honors to Spingarn. It has a long-standing reputation for doing fine city-wide competitions which include the formal inspections each year to choose the honor schools and the annualdrill competitions to select the most outstanding of the regiments, battalions, companies, and individuals. For many years Spingarn has had the distinction of receiving one of these awards. The highlight of our military activities comes with the Regimental Competition drill that takes place in the latter part of May. ln this competition each participating school is represented as a unit and is given one unit. These units compete before the judges who award first, second, and third prizes. Spingarn ranks high in these competitions. There is every reason to be proud of the cadet corps and its traditions.

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MR. COLONEL F. HAWKINS- Health and Phy. Ed., B.S., Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va. - M.S., Special Education, also Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va. Tennis Coach MR. HENRY C. LINDSEY- Health and Phy. Ed., B.S., MR. ROPER MCNAIR - Health and Phy. Ed.-B.S., St. Augustine's College, Ra- Health and Phy. Ed., Howard leigh, North Carolina, Track Coach Univ., Wash., D.C. M.S.- Admin. and Organ-ization, Springfield College, Spring- field, Mass., Football Coach MR. JOHN E. WOOD, JR. - Health and Phy. Ed., B.S. Health and Phy. Ed., Tennessee A and I State Univ., Nashville, Tenn. M.S. Admin. and' Special Education, George Washington Univ., Washington, D.C. Baseball Coach MR. FRANK PARKS- Health and Phy. Ed. B.S. Health and Phy. Ed. Bluefield state College: Bluefield. West Va., M. S. Univ. of West Va., Mor- gantown, West Va., Bas- ketball Coach if sas! MRS. ANTOINETTE S HILL- Health and Phy. Ed. Q B.S Health and Ph. Ed -i Y -1 Howard Univ., Wash., D.C. - Sponsors: Cheerleaders MISS ERMA B. JOHNSON - Health and Phy. Ed. -B.A. Health and Phy. Ed., Howard MRS. RAYE L. LAW-Health and Phy. Ed.-B.S., Health and Phy. Ed., Virginia State College, Peters- Univ., Wash., Health and Phy. bia Univ., New York - Further olic Univ., Wash., D.C. M.S. Ed., Colum- York, New Study, Cath- D. C. MRS. A. D. STRANGE-Health and Physical Education. B.S., Health and Phy. Ed., Allen Univ., Columbia, So. Car. M.S., Univ., Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. burg, Virginia. Further Study, American Univ., Wash., D.C. MRS. DOREATHA P. WILLS - Health and Phy. Ed.-B.S., Health and Phy. Ed., Virginia State College, Peters- burg, Va. - Sponsors: Girls' Intramurals