The Plains High School - Yearbook (The Plains, OH)

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SUMMER Mr. H. W. Humphrey, Executive Head Studying the Schedule SUMMER SESSION The 1961 summer school session at The Plains High School consisted OF TWO CLASSES AND A TOTAL OF THIRTY- TWO STUD ENTS . In the typing class students learned TO COMBINE SPEED WITH ACCURACY IN THE OPERATION OF THE TYPEWRITER. ThEY TYPED ASSIGNMENTS AND ESSAYS IN ADDI- TION TO MANY TYPES OF BUSINESS CORRES- POND ENC E . EN6LISH 9 10, 11, AND 12 WERE TAUGHT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF Mr . Alfred L. Genoernalik. These stu- dents LEARNEO THE PRINCIPLES OF 6RAMMAR AND ATTAINED A GREATER SKILL IN SPEAKING AND DEBATING.

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ACTIVITY SWIMMING Students who wished to swim were taken by bus to Crystal Pool, Athens, on Wednesday and Friday after- noons. Approx imat ely thirty students went each day. BASEBALL The summer baseball program was for three age groups: The Pee Wee League for boys in the eight to ten year age 6roup; Little League ages were eleven to fourteen; Pony League was for boys thir- teen to seventeen years. The Pee Wee League and Little League were EACH COMPOS ED OF SIX TEAMS WHICH PLAYED GAMES WITH EACH OTHER FROM THE SECOND WEEK IN JUNE THROUGH THE SECOND WEEK IN JULY WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE WINNING TEAM IN EACH LEAGUE BEING AWARDED MEDALS. There was just one Pony League team and it played games against COMPARABLE TEAMS FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA. BAND The band met twice a day for THE TWO-WEEK PERIOD BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED SO THAT IT WOULO BE IN FULL force by September first. YEAR BOOK WORKSHOP TWO STUDENTS REPRESENTED OUR SCHOOL AT THE ANNUAL WORKSHOP FOR SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS HELD AT THE Ohio University in June. FOOTBALL The last half of August the foot- ball PLAYERS STARTED A RE6ULAR ROUTINE OF PRACTICE IN ORDER THAT THEY WOULD BE READY FOR THE FALL SEASON. FHA The FHA sponsored a style show at the Athens County Fair IN AODITION TO PARTICIPATING IN the Junior Fair parade. LIBRARY Dianna Hamilton, a sophomore, OPERATED THE LIBRARY FOR STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY ANO THE STUDENTS IN SUMMER SCHOOL.