Warren Central High School - Wigwam Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Doing a shoulder stand is no easy task. Bob Jewell’s attempt is spotted by John Cazee, who guards him against any sudden loss of balance. Driver Responsibility Linda Thurston, Cathy Groome, Sharon Blum, and Bobbie Nysewander practice steps for a folk dance. Dancing helps teach co-ordination in physical education classes. When the weather permits, our modern gymnasium is aban- doned as physical education classes head for the fresh out- doors. Fall and spring offer the perfect chance for games.

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In addition to teaching about good driving skills and safety rules, Mr. Alan Miedema jjoints out the distributor to Linda Biech, Virgil Berry, and Bill McCarten. Richard Richmond watches closely as Janice Howey tries to adjust these strings to equal lengths. The tests are given in Driver Education for judgment of distance and reflexes. Classes Stress Physical Fitness, Encourage Every Warrenite takes physical education, of which two years is a retpurement for graduation, d’he varied physical education program is built on the ideas that students need a chance to relax and let off steam and that healthy bodies are essential to alert minds. All classes have daily exercise periods with longer periods sometimes devoted to body development. Time is given to team sports and individual spcjrts, with outdoor recreation and co-ed activities Ingh on the popularity list. Most students enroll in Driver Education during their sophomore or junior years. They have heard about the value of this course in lowering their auto- mobile insurance rates, and they are impressed by the fact that nowhere else can one learn so much about the operation of a car. In the classroom students learn traffic safety regulations and measure their own reflexes. Along with behind-the-wheel experience they learn to identify the working parts of an engine and what to do in emergencies. Mr. Vaughn Wood, physical education instructor, demon- strates to Rebecca Sampson, Norman Bruns, Judy Porter, and Mike Apple the etlcpiette of social dancing. This was one of the co-ed sessions in physical education classes. 22

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Agriculture Industrial Arts Courses Teach Skills Bob Lusby and Ronald treeman test an electronic circuit using an oscelloscope. This was the second year that an electronics course has been offered at Warren. Bob Hawes, Jim Folkening, Dennis Koch, Dale Williams, and Larry Bade examine and grade kernels of corn in agriculture. Wilber Schakel, senior, gives the demonstration that won him first place at the State Fair and in Chicago this past year.