Thomas Jefferson High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Port Arthur, TX)

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COACH CLARENCE UNDERWOOD has a dual job at TJ. He is the chairman of the Boys' Physical Education Department and head coach of the Yellow ,Iacket football team. Developing abilities and keeping fit are part of every boy's education at TJ. Through a varied program of exer- cises and sports they are trained in many areas of profi- ciency. The health course this year presented the facts about alcohol and narcotics and stressed their harmful effects on the body. Boys, BE. Department Produces Athletes DRIVER EDUCATION IS one answer to the problem of traffic safety, and Coach Bentley Jones is the man responsible for teaching this important course to TJ students. FOOTBALL IS A year-round topic of discussion in the Boys' P.E. Department. Coach Francis Hill explains a new play to Coaches Rodney Pirtle, Marvin Kunkel, Bob Billings, Henry Clark, and Howard Tippett. 26

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To Total Education MR. W. G. JONES, head of the Industrial Arts Department, checks over a particular aspect of a current project. Many important services are performed by the shop classesg for example, student directories and football programs are printed by the boys in print- shop. MR. GENE JACKSON, printshop teacher, demonstrates some of his equipment to Mr. Hugh Shaw, Mr. Marvin Cichowski, and Mr. Leland Kay. Mr. Shaw teaches mechanical drawing and metalshopg Mr. Cichowski, mechanical drawingg Mr. Kay, woodshop. Knowledge acquired in these classes will be valuable to boys long after graduation. GRADING PAPERS AND checking book numbers are necessary jobs for Miss Eola Gunstream, chairman of the Business Education Department. Miss Gunstream teaches shorthand in addition to her supervisory duties. THE TYPEWRITER IS the subject of a discussion among TJ busi- ness teachers. Varied commercial courses are taught by the follow- ing: Mrs. Linda Bentley, typing and business communicationsg Mr. Rex Copeland, general business and typingg Mrs. Betty Cowan, typ- ing: Mr. P. T. Reynolds, bookkeeping and typingg and .Mrs. Mable Swanzy, shorthand and typing. 25

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irls, P.E. Stresses Fitness The Girls, Physical Education Department stress- es physical fitness and offers activities which can be used later in life to continue physical condition- ing. This year the departmenfs program has been set up on a three-year cycle so that all students will be able to participate in all activities. Fundamental skills are emphasized in class, while competition is encouraged in the extracurricular GRA. ALCOHOL, NARCOTICS, AND tobacco were the three subjects covered in health classes this year. Pointing out the harm alcohol can do to a person are Miss Marie Bohlmann and Miss Nancy McLain. Miss Bohl- mann is a new teacher in the department this year. DEMONSTRATING THE PROPER techniques in playing volleyball is Miss Bertha Hebert, head of the Girls' Physical Education Department. ATTRACTIVE POSTERS AND bulletin boards, such as the one in the background, have brightened the girls' dressing room this year and are the handiwork of Mrs. Laverne McWilliams. Lending a hand in the newest creation is Mrs. .lune Chambless. fx, Q, x 27