Wilson High School - Wilsonian Yearbook (West Lawn, PA)

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Showing strength and endurance in a pull up test are E, Boyer and L. Etcheberger, Helping them in the feat are C, Zimmerman and A. Sweigart, Under the guidance of Miss S. Leinbach, the girls are in- structed how to keep themselves physically tit. Here is one of the gym classes engaging in regular exercising. fjfiyszbzzf SJQIUIZIQZVI i wffgwg Myszbzz A291255 Physical education instructors N. Hopp, R. Leininger, and S. Leinbach gather all the balls representing our varied athletic program. To stimulate student interest in health, courses are provided throughout the high school years. ln ninth grade, students learn to develop a steadfast personality and to build a strong character. Senior health classes offer the opportunity of becoming acquainted with the problems of family life and marriage. The physical education department, with its varied programs of instruction and actual prac- tice, works hand-in-hand with the health depart- ment in the building of staunch mature citizens. Just a few minutes before a scheduled movie is to be shown, the roving photographer sneaks into the auditorium and snaps this picture of the senior boys' health class.

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i. It looks good enough to eat, doesn't it? Removing the luscious looking pie from the oven is D. Leibig as C. Horner wotches and J. Lamm assists with the oven door. But don't stick me, excloims E. Boyer to K, Kauffman as she has her jacket fitted, Meanwhile, M. Lutz patiently finishes mending an apron in on elective home ec class. Mr H. Miller, vocational Ag. teacher, orders new seeds. Agriculture is a science, a business, a profes- sion, and an industry. It supplies the nation with food, fibers, and building materials. The course gives preparation to boys who expect to take up agriculture as a profession, but also to keep be- fore the students a sense of the dignity of agri- cultural pursuits and to give them a vision of the opportunities for sociol and civic service. The 4-H and the F.F.A. clubs help to train young people in good farming. ln order to change the oil filter Mr. Miller explains in the shop to R. Reinholds, R. Wert, C. Dietrich, ond L. Emes. .-eg. J

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We jfkhbzzf cgfzzf sfllfws Av flilfiilil dredge Open wider, please, is the request of Dr, Fred- erick Vastine as he examines the teeth of R. Fritz as a part of the school's dental health program. The purpose of the school medical health depart- ment is to achieve a reduction of disease conditions. Professional full-time service of two nurses with four cooperating doctors and dentists is employed throughout the entire school system. To carry out a program of prevention, the department adminis- ters physical and dental examinations periodically to students. Another contribution made by the medi- cal staff is the enablement of senior girls to learn and practice elementary home nursing procedures, While taking Sandra Pfleger's blood pressure, Dr. Alfred T. Johnson, one of the physicians for the Wilson jointure, re- ports his observations to Nurse Laura Rettgers. Dr. Harry Deibert smiles as he inspects the mouth of D. Hertzog, Transcribing his dental corrections is Mrs, Rettgers, the school nurse. Mrs. Knappenberger, Sinking Spring and Lower Heidelberg nurse, makes a record of the physical condition of D. Lee who is being given an examination by Dr, Ralph Tiebohl. M . ,WMM ,- i, I P536