Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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Developing Sound Bodies Awareness of Safety Providing practical information . . . preparing students for responsibility . . . health courses em- phasize common sense for safety while physical education classes release teenage energy . . . train muscles to respond with agility. In health and safety classes, Miss Olive Wade and Mr. Virgil Sweet taught their students how to stay physically fit. The names of important bones and muscles, a proper diet, and first aid treatment were some of the things emphasized in this re- quired course. The physical education classes provided the ex- ercise necessary for physical fitness. In these classes the students learned to use such apparatus as the parallel bar, springboard, flying rings, and slide horse. Mr. Sweet taught his boys’ classes tumbling, gymnastics, dodge ball, volley ball, basketball, soft- ball, and touch football. The girls in Miss Wade’s classes learned archery, speedaway, softball, volley ball, tumbling, basketball, field hockey, and golf. Drivers’ training is an extremely popular one- semester course. The students learn to drive the automatic the first half of the course and then changed to manual for the second half. Teachers of this course were Mr. John Wiggins, during the school year, and Mr. Dale Ciciora, during the summer. Getting into the drivers’ training car . . . Eunice Kroenke and Mary Stinchfield prepare for another lesson in the manipulation of the automobile. Observing the structure of the muscular system . . . during health class . . . Ramsey Barrett indicates the placement of the extensor. In health class . . . locating vital body organs . . . using a plastic model to correspond with information in the text. 29

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. run raise In gym class skins and shirts battle for the ball . . the length of the floor . . . shoot for two points . . . the score. Circular arrangement in folk dancing . . . group motion with rhythm ... a girl’s gym class participates in some phase of skilled activity. Mr. Virgil Sweet Miss Olive Wade 28

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A bass shining in the midday sun . . . trombone and bari- tone players receiving instruc- tions on the importance of the counter-melody . . . the down- beat . . . the tempo. Aiming Toward Perfection Combining in Harmony High-pitched tones from the flutes, clarinets, and oboes . . . alto, tenor, baritone, or bass tones from the brass section . . . the rhythmic background from the drums and other percussion instruments . . . blended . . . transformed from harsh discords to harmonious melody by the musicians’ talents ... by the composer s genius ... by the skillful magic of the conductor s baton. Precision of formation . . . attention to cadence . . . drum major’s shrill whistle . . . the white-limed yardlines . . . the band playing “O Green and White.” Precision marches with sound . . . the flow of music complements each strong step ... the per- formers turn . . . advance and turn again . . . the pattern falls onto the now-deserted field. At the end of August, the Marching Vikings be- gan practice for marching season. This included performances at all home football games except the last and participation in the Chamber of Com- merce Santa Claus parade. The concert band, un- der the direction of Mr. Robert Miller, was quite active this year. Playing a concert of new music for the Indiana State Music Teachers’ Convention at Indianapolis, several concerts, the district and state solo and ensemble contests, a student convo- cation, the state band contest in April, and playing at graduation were the activities of the band mem- bers this year. 30