GRADUATION DAY
Industrial Relations Manager E. B. Garrett pre
sented certificates to the boys and girls on the
final day of coaching school. Shown with Mr.
Garrett, left to right, are John Heller, Lee Calen
dar, and Jimmy Winget.
Children Work and Play In Harmony At
The Camp Harry H. Straus Coaching School
Instructors of the 19^4 coaching school are shown
above. They are, left to right, Fritz Merrell, Woody
Paxton, Bob Kimzey, Frances Orr, Bobby Smith,
Betsy Brittain, Marty Osborne, Dale Ryon, Alex
Kizer, and Tody Erwin.
The 1954 session of the Camp Harry H. Straus
Coaching School showed a total of three hundred
and eleven boys and girls having had a part in
the program. Two hundred and thirty six received
awards.
The school, built on the idea of teaching chil
dren to work and play together in harmony, was
conducted as in previous years with a program
slanted toward character building. Classes were
held five days a week, Monday through Friday
from 9:30 A. M. to 12 noon. The school opened
on July 12 and closed August 6.
An outstanding feature of the school was the
classes in swimming. During these periods of in
struction many learned the fundamentals of swim
ming, while thirty five girls advanced to a higher
class. Forty girls passed the deep water test.
The school closed with the presenting of certifi
cates of Merit and Coaching School ’T” shirts by
Industrial Relations Manager E. B. Garrett. Those
boys and girls having attended classes the required
number of times were given the awards.
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