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

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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

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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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CHECKING ART WORK done in their special education classes are Mr. Charles Roethke and Mr. Paul Williams. Special education classes, health services, cafe- teria management and administration, and student teaching-all these functions aid in the smooth operation of Thomas Jefferson High School. All the people represented here share a common bond-patience, helpfulness, and an understanding of students, needs and desires. 28 an People Help C l MRS. JESSIE JUDD MILLER, TJ's nurse, finds the job of recording infomation on a student's health form simpli- fied by an up-to-date filing system. STUDENT TEACHERS RECEIVE valuable class- room experience and con- tribute their enthusiasm and recent training to the education of students. Four of these student teachers and the teachers with whom they are working this year are Miss Rebecca Seward fMrs. McEwanJ, Mrs. Betty Keels fMrs. Swan- zyJ, Miss Sena Walters fMiss Crispi, and Mr. Jim Boone CML Bad- getth.