Taft Union High School and Junior College - Derrick Yearbook (Taft, CA)

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,gn 6124050 of AeakA!uf gain? Vve lilce to play: the proot ol this is that we lilce to play even when we're told tot Our physical education and health program-that outlined in our section, Rules ol the game -does not, however, as popularly sup- posed, emphasize the spectator type of interscholastic sports, Sure. itys lun to watch a football game, and such an event does much to build school, even com- munity, morale. But most of us who do not participate, hut simply watch and cheer, can hardly call this a part ol our physical education. even it we do develop our lungsl l have found that the aims ol physical education are not to huilct a good athlete or a good soldierg in tact they seem to he pretty much the aims ot general edu- cation. tt seems hard to realize it now, hut i lcnow l won't he dashing down a hoclcey field hanging up my shins when i reach the veneralole old age of thirty-tive. But right now i get more fun. and learn more about my friends, hoth hoys and girls. and get along with them .ir 1. - in a freer, easier way when we have a good hastcethall game than l do in any other way. And our instructors won't let us get sloppy playing hahitsg we reallyhave to learn the rules ot the games, and develop a pretty decent proticiency in all our competitive team sports. The older students who have derived satisfaction from successful team competition. who are hetter co- ordinated physically and less lilcely to fall over their own feet than l am, develop themselves under careful instruction in individual recreational sports'-tennis, golf, howling, and the lilce. This means forming hahits ot natural participation in play and sport which will remain through adult tile. Rules are part of all games. hy mutual consent. We gripe about authoritv and discipline in a classroom, hut there's plenty of it here-try common agreement. The hest lessons are those learned under emotional pressure, and it is here that we learn that democratic conduct is enjoyahle while anti-social conduct is not. ln Amer- ican school sports it's awfully hard to llind a dictator. At lirst sight it may appear strange to say that the physical education program is concerned with my intellectual development. Yet my gym instructor convinces me that l must lcnow how to live a healthful lite to talce my part in school and society, anct that sound physical condition is necessary to malce academic progress. To this end. the school equipment and supplies, playgrounds and recreational facilities. and conditions in the school contrihute to the health ol each student. Ultimately, my health and recreation halmits mean my capacity lor activity and service to mysell and my community. Alter talcing a good deal ol physical education and tallcing to instructors. all ot whom were seriously interested in their worli. l tound that the program is pretty much the same thing as my mother meant when she said, ulfeep healthy in mind and hodyf' That may sound a hit old-fashioned for a modern program, hut lilce much that is old-fashioned. it talces some ot us who are young quite a while laetore we realize how sensihle it is. tY Top picture: lxliss Denton talics ilu- roll in a girls' physical education class. Bottom picture: The lightwcights practice alter school, SR

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,gn cleknde 0 goo wor mano ila tt isntt attogether that T Witt want a joh some day that matces me want to tearn a usetut occupation. tt's more the conviction that tttt toe just as out ot ptace in society Without a productive joh as t woutd he in schoot it T coutdntt find some ctass which woutd tit my needs. Many ot my friends in schoot are tatcing courses which tead to vvortc in detense industries-courses in machine shop or wetcting or mechanicat drawing or aeronautics. Others are tatcing tundamentat worti in science. mathematics, toot manipulation and simitar groundwork sutajects. You witt find these in our Htitticient wortceru section. tvty instructor tetts me that it is a dangerous procedure to get a quictc and su- perticiat tcnowtedge ot how to hanctte one machine, STUDENTS LEARN SKILLS IMPORTANT TODAY. Top It-ti: fuit tmys take to the tietdg Ntr. Bartow, Ntr. Case, Hintctv, Cauttinan, Cotston, Gr:-eson, Ktinge, Cook, Patmcr. Top right: Steven Byers hecause machines go out ot date and modern indus- try does a good deat ot shitting ot personnet to meet emergencies. So our vocationat training tries to he hroad enough to permit students a degree ot ttexi- hitity in their job. Choosing a vocation is not easy. hut att protes- sionat and trade curricuta otter a good deat ot ex- ptoratory wortc so a student can tind himself. The shops otlter etementary wood wort: or auto mechanics: 'fou may tearn how to forge or worta with metat or how to handte wiring in a home. You may interpret tatue prints or tintcer with radio equipment. T tind mysett interested in the commerciat end ot things and even though T canyt pound out a consistent 40 words per minute on the typewriter. T stitt titce it. teams the art ot wvtding. Bottom tett: They tr-urn ilu- tvusinz-ss sictc, too. Bottom right: Ctlartes Stratton, a young man with zu great twig dritt.

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SR luv- Q i efeff fo yOU Every year the prohlem oi nto whom shall we dedi- cate The Derrick? reappears, and with succeeding years the task hecomes more diilqicult. During the past three years the stail has avoided personal dedi- cations. iinding activities in the school or community worthy oi distinction. This year we decided to main- tain the policy of impersonal dedications, and since this hook is ahout our entire school life, it is quite logical tor the 1941 Derrick stall to dedicate this hook to the organizations of the campus. Not so many years ago, Nir. Hannah tells me, school organizations were actually suppressed, or at hest tolerated. Today our administration recognizes that they have positive educational value, that much oi the lite and sparkle ol- modern classroom pro- cedure was horrowed from extra-curricular groups. School cluius give actual experience in group life: VXVHERE THE fi..UBS Mt-Ili't'. Top init: The administrative huiid- ing is the setting for many organizational meetings. il-op right: Eloise Godlmey, lxiaxine Tennant, Betsy Simpson, Audrey l.etlow, Ruth Brandon don their lualry clothes lor the kid party. they train for ethical living, for leadership in school, and cooperative memhership at home. They help us make friends - worth while friends '-f and improve school discipline and school spirit. They teach par- liamentary procedure useiul in adult lite. They give actual experience in all iields-vocational. aesthetic. recreational, and civic. They provide room for ex- ploration oi interests and ambitions, release ado- lescent energy and emotions. and even have been known to improve scholarship. it is not surprising, therefore, that this Derrick should he dedicated to our organizational groups. Un this double page spread you will find pictures ol active organizations and the huildings where they usually meet. These are hut a iew ol our many groups in this exceptionally active extra-curricular year of 1940-41. Below lett: 'lille ylasquers meet in tile auditorium. Below right: iX!iI'lIll70l'S ot the ivlasquers participate in Uvvlrat a Litcwz Doris Flanagan and Herman Lippert. Page 8