East High School 1960 Yearbook (Denver, CO) - Full Access

Physical Excercise Offers Fun and Relaxation Often, because of the fast pace of present day living and the emphasis on school work, students become bogged-down and find it dif– ficult to make time for physical exercise. Another problem may be the lack of facilities. The physical education department tries to fulfill these needs by requiring one year of physical education and one semester of health. The health courses last eighteen weeks and include a study of the human body, a course in first aid and suggestions on good grooming. As a substitute for regular gym classes, a boy make take ROTC, which will substitute drilling and marching for basketball and base– ball. For boys with gymnastic skill and interest, apparatus gym is offered. The trampoline, rings, parallel bars, mats and side horses are available to the boys during their gym period. In their gym classes, boys and girls im– prove their co-ordination and agility while learning new games and developing initiative. In addition to the basic skills of golf, basket– ball, volleyball, tennis and other sports, girls are taught ballroom dancing. In both boys and girls gym classes, teams are often formed, and compete in tournaments. Having completed the required year of physical education, girls may go on with mod– ern dance and boys may go on with apparatus gym. It takes o great deal of concentration and skill to win o gymnastic meet, and performances like this helped East to win again this year.