Wasson High School - Wahian Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTED ten-week scuba diving class which was coached by Mr. Edgar McVehil was added to the Physical Education Department this year. It was taught every Monday night at eight o'clock at the Wasson Pool to those boys who had fairly good swimming ability and their own flippers, masks, and snorklesg Tor a ten- dollar fee the school provided the air tanks. Also, the swimming classes concentrated on diving, life saving, and the basic swimming strokes. The girls' gym teachers were aided by three stu- dent teachers. A form of team teaching was employed by allowing Mrs. Snyder, Mrs. Fox, and Miss Jones to trade classes to teach in the areas where they were particularly well prepared. The tennis classes which were taught in the spring and the fall were coeducational. For the first time Driv- ers' Education was excluded from the sophomore gym classesg instead, sophomores received a full se- mester of gym. The boys' gym classes added two new teachers Mr. Norman Ring and Mr. Frederick Lustedg weight lift- ing was another new course added to the curriculum. Demonstrating perfect diuing form, this boys' swim class student does a belly flop, Mr. Jl4cVehil gives instructions to members of his evening scuoa-diving class, These six students build a pyramid in a girls'physical education class 'Mk vwfmsi -feifsmcmzxLwspfzmfliifewszrsrsffiiasfrxmrrezraz1qwawwnscrsfJwem ta...avxse95s:L'e Esi.stsz n' V -,

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For an assignment in graphic arts, students set type for personalized stationery. Excedrin headache number twenty-seven strikes Ron Stangl while he contemplates a broken pencil among his mechanical drawing problems. Using the equipment in the auto shop, advanced students work on a Chevrolet

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NEW CREATIVE HOME ECONOMICS COURSE ADDED While helping Dave Melanson to prepare this rump roast in the Boys' Cooking Class, Bill Marcovich points to a chart showing the various cuts of beef reative home economics was taught for the first time by Miss Lois Logan. The course dealt with stitchery, wall hangings, window decoration, and up- holstering. In addition, the students learned how to make the most of materials found in the home by decorating and painting cans of various sizes to make canister sets and collecting scraps of material in order to make colorful rugs. The class also studied interior decoration and color coordination. Clothing was again offered on three levels, and the cooking classes studied opportunities for employ- ment fields relating to foods. The housing and home management classes delved into the ideas of budget- ing and home finances.