Trona High School - Telescope Yearbook (Trona, CA)

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Mr. Rasines helps the seventh graders build a four-decker pyramid during fourth-period tumbling. Zdcwaea Every day of the school week boys were playing in the gymnasium and out on the football field. These were the boys' physical education classes. This year there was not one but four physical education teachers. Since Mr. Wilkinson taught drivers' education and biology he had two periods he couldn't teach physical education. Mr. Rasines and Mr. Ferman took over during those two periods. Also someone had to teach physical education while Mr. Wilkinson was coaching basketball, football, and track. Mr. Merrill filled in this spot. Most of the classes were planned ahead of time for the following day. The different games the boys played usually corresponded to those that the varsity were playing. In addition to baseball, track, football, and basketball the class- es tumbled, wrestled, and played volley ball and badminton. Physical education is not just for fun Jerry Chandler, Walter Martin, George Garcia, and Bugs MacLean go into a wobbly head stand. Bernard Denham and Wade Long do some tumbl- ing while others in the class look on. f ff' X X but helps develop the body. All of the running, jumping, and turning is con- stantly making muscles bigger and stronger. Also it helps to build up wind. The teachers were constantly watch- ing the students and helping them to play a better game and to be better sports. This is how the grades were giv- en out. Being a good player didn't count at all towards a grade. Good sportsman- ship and teamwork were the important things one got from a physical education class. Albert Alvarez and Tommy My- ers are ready to wrestle it out. - sa

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' ' 4655.44 E mean lmagine losing four games by a total margin of nine points! Such was the luck of the C's. The C team did not get off to a win- ning start although their first game with Burroughs was lost by only a small margin, the final score being 26-29. Two practice games with Randsburg proved successful for the C's. They won both games, by scores of 27-15 and 34- 25. The game with Mojave, the last before Christmas vacation, was played and won on our home court, 22-19. The C's took their first game in the Lone Pine Tournament by a score of 33-28 over Bishop. The next day the very exciting play-off game between Trona and Lone Pine was lost by one point, 36-35. Tuesday the C's traveled to Victor- ville to take a league loss of 27-40 but bounced back the following weekend to win a very exciting, close game at Owens Valley, 35-32. The trip to Lone Pine was unsuccess- ful from the C's point of view as they lost 22-38, and then Bishop came to Trona the next day to defeat the C's, 32-17. Cn Jan. 29 Mojave traveled to Trona to edge the C's out in a close. fast game by 1 point The final score: 26-25. On the next day Trona knocked off Bur- roughs in a game played at the same pace. winning 29-26. Victor Valley came to Trona the fol- lowing week to down the C's, 27-16. The next day the team played a good game at Barstow, yet lost by a small margin, the final score being Barstow 36, Trona 32. In the last games Owens Valley's C's downed Trona on Trona's home court by 10 points, making the score 32-22, while a trip to Edwards Air Force Base did not pay off for the C's as the final score was Mojave 21, Trona 13. The final season tally stood at six wins and ten losses. Four of those losses were by a one to four point margin, so the season could rightfully be termed a successful one for the C team. The up-and-coming C team! Kneeling, left to right: Arthur Ewing, Tommy Lodge. Jack Russell, Mike Rhoden, Alex Chavarria, and Tommy Wilson. Standing: Coach Dick Rasines. Doug Stewart, Ted Villasenor, Glenn Stevens, Jimmy Compton, Bill Pratt, Manager George Sherman. and Jack Halstead, The lively C team, made up mainly of freshmen, will represent the student body on the hardwood for the next few years.

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Jaw! Six periods a day girls trooped out to the gym to get their exercise along with some whole-hearted fun. Miss Anderson kept about 165 girls busy everyday, five days a week. Learning the steps for the latest in the modern dance or the oldest in folk dancing interested them for weeks. Some liked to take a period of exercis- ing to straighten their posture. The ten- nis courts were frequently filled with excited girls, swinging rackets, and fast- flying balls. After passing, dribbling, and juggling down the court during a fast basketball game, everyone shuffled in hot and tired but ready to try for a win again tomorrow. In volley ball the kids perfected their setting up and their spiking. When the boys were out swing- ing their bats, the girls came along swinging lighter ones. Miss Anderson strove to coordinate class activities with the various sports seasons, While the whole class joined in for group sports, they divided up for individual work such as tennis, badmin- ton, or dancing. Why take a gym class? Besides catch- ing up on the latest gossip, the girls learned games which they could enjoy after graduation. Better posture, more poise, healthier exercise than sitting and suffering through tests, and time to mingle with friends were convincing reasons for coming out and getting in the swing of it. Carl Hall strangles an unidenti- fied opponent in a torrid wrestling bout. l x1 .. s,-wus' mm . ss The girls whirled madly through modern dance figures in the foyer of the gymnasium. 0ops! Don't miss it, they yelled as the eighth graders waged a volley tennis battle. It looks like these girls are really having fun while modern dancing in the foyer.