Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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Homemaking Interests Girls MRS. LARUE ROWAN, who is helping Debbie Phelps check her blouse, received her B.S. in home economics from Georgia Southern College. She teaches Home Economics I, II, and advises the Future Home- makers of America. Girls enrolled in the home economics classes are vitally interested in homemaking skills: planning, cooking, and serving meals; sewing,- home manage- ment; and child care. Freshman girls take Home Eco- nomics I, in which they learn simple sewing and basic cooking. While girls are not required to take Home Econom- ics II, many choose this course. They make complete outfits and learn the fine points of cooking. Jean Anderson helps Carol Clary measure the hem in her skirt. MRS. MAURICE THOMPSON demonstrates the proper method of mixing a casserole. She received her B.S. in home economics from Berry College and her M.S. in education from the University of Georgia. In addition to teaching five classes of Home Economics I, Mrs. Thompson sponsors the Future Homemakers of America.

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Teachers Have Busy Schedules While teachers had a regular schedule of five classes per days, their work actually began the minute they stepped on the campus. Checking announcements, helping students make up work, and keeping study hall after school were but a few of their many activities. During their free period some rested or graded papers in the teachers' lounge. Coaches Roland and Green check the bulletin board for announce- ments before school. Before the first bell. Bo Hall, Dee Nickels, and Beth McCrary listen as Mrs. West, their home room teacher, explains a poem to Sirois Barker. 28

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P.E. Classes Offer Complete Sports Program 30 WRIGHT BAZEMORE received his A.B. in economics and physical education from Mercer University and his M.A. in school administration and physical education from George Peabody College. Coach Bazemore, advisor of the V Club, has also attended Princeton University and Harvard University. He coaches football and is the ath- letic director. Gordon Shaw lifts the 75 pound weight during his P.E. class. Physical education courses at VHS offer both indoor and outdoor sports. On bright days shouts echo around the school as girls play soccer and softball or compete in re- lays and jumping events. Tumbling, croquet, golf, horseshoes, badminton, folk and modern danc- ing round out their program. Tennis receives spe- cial emphasis both during and after school. Boys devote approximately six weeks each to touch football, basketball, volleyball, soccer, ten- nis, and softball. Track, relay events, weight lift- ing, and calisthenics complete their program. Physical fitness and social skills such as good sportsmanship and cooperation are goals of this curriculum.