Tennyson High School - Aegis Yearbook (Hayward, CA)

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The Boys' Physical Education program offers a wide variety of sports and skills. Sports offered are football, volleyball, wrestling, softball, basket- ball, tennis, and handball. Some of the skills which are stressed are tumbling and social dancing. A primary purpose of physical education is to help the boys learn how to control their growing bodies, hence, many sports are based on co-or- dination and timing. Physical education classes also serve as training grounds for the development of social skills. The boys are graded on not only their adequacy to participate in sports but also their ability to get along with others. The aforementioned skill, social dancing, is taught to all students for three weeks in an effort to make the task of socializing easier. During this time they learn such standards as the fox trot, waltz, and iitterbug plus a few extras -the rumba, tango, and samba. Coach Leupold tosses a pass in one of his gym classes as Wally Byrd blocks out Physical Education Classes JACK CARUSO Physical Education San Francisco State, A.B. ROBERT J. HUGHES Physical Education Western Washington, AB. San Jose State 'ED LEUPOLD Physical Education Area Chairman University of Utah, BS. St. Mary's BRAYTON NORTON Physical Education, Track Coach Occidental, A.B., MA.

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DAVID MARYMEE Social Studies State Teachers College, Kearney, Nebraska, A.B. University of Colorado, M.P.S. MARGARET McKAY QMRSJ World History University of Kansas, A.B, University of Minnesota, M,A. GILBERT NEARPASS Social Studies University of Southern California, A.B., M.A. University of California GORDON SMITH American History Colorado State College of Education A,B., M,A, GEORGE STRONG Social Studies, Head Counselor Chico State, A.B. University of California, M.A. DOROTHY WALTERS lMRS,D Social Studies Stanford University, A.B., M.A. Social Studies Offer Many Sided Program The Social Studies teacher at Tennyson High School acts as the students' counselor. His iob in- cludes not only being a friend-in-need, but also acting as a helpful guide as the students select their entire high school program. The counselor stays with his counselees throughout all four years and has each of them for one period each day, at which time he teaches them social science. The freshmen receive one semester of adoles- cent adiustment and one semester of review of ancient history. In the sophomore year the students get driv- er's training for nine weeks and a continuation of world history. Some of the more fortunate pupils actually get behind-the-wheel driving for twelve hours. These students, upon completion of drivers' training, receive a discount on their insurance rates and can obtain their licenses six months earlier than teen-agers without this course. The junior year is devoted to American his- tory. All students must pass both semesters of this section before they can graduate. I , .fl 4:1 i . f .f JU! I Mr. Brady, junior counselor, reviews tests with students .lim Clenney Cseatedl and Paul Peterson. --ii 51. Hs, hr 4--1.4!

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Girls' Physical Education presents to the girls many different activities. In the Freshman year the girls are given a course called Growth. ln this course they are given basic background in the mysteries of the human body. Aside from this they have six weeks of co-ed dancing and several sports. The sophomore girls are given speedball, bas- ketball, archery, party games, and volleyball. They also have co-ed dancing. The iunior girls became acquainted with such sports as golt, speedball, volleyball, field hockey and paddle tennis. Besides the co-ed dancing, the Juniors get tolk dancing. ln this course the girls are given 8215- riety of dances from European countries as well as our own United States. I lf! ,K L r Y . E 7 J' 4 -J 4 1 c J 4 s J ,ff I V i A . l 1 Q 1 bf J VV if , its ' 4 X 1 , JI x.f NJ Pj X ' - V j Y? J N. 'LIS KN-5 ' , ,I - Miss Sanders Cleftl assists student Pat Thissen in a new dance step - . 2 1 l I 1 la p ,I ,l ' , A f . ' - T I, I , 'f I A Mi V I. I- -N J F IJ 'xv My V x xii' 1 Q . - JJ P L lv 1 Present Varied Sktjus N, , , 1 Xt .1 ' I I IN? W . 1 Ji u , ll. X .A E x xf g 'JEAN HECKENDORF Physical Education Area Chairman Fresno State, A.B. University of Colorado, M.S PATRICIA KEMPER Physical Education University of California in Los Angeles, B.S. MARDEL SANDERS Physical Education San Jose State, A.B. DOROTHY ANN STEENBLOCK Physical Education Fresno State College, A.B.