Official Publication ef The Kansas State High School Athletic Association Vole 6 December, 1954 tS “Moe 4 (Excerpts ) A STATISTICAL STUDY A statistical study of the annual reports on athletes for 1983-34 has unearthed some interesting figures. In the 657 senior high schools which were members of the association during the past school year, 16,107 boys participated in interschelastic eee Ths is an increase of more than 2,500 boys abeve the number shown by a similer stlidy for the year 1928629, The number of schoole engaged in the various interscholastic sports, as compared with the number five years ago, is whown by the following table: Sport Neo, in Noe in Basketball 629 B44 Football 398 872 Baseball 199 319 Tennis 190 236 Golf 20 45 Wrestling 11 18 Total Humber of Number of Average Noe Total Boys in Group Sehools Athletics @verage Boys Age Limit Per School Are Overage 1 a i 100 $222 4 024% 2 69 2296 aan 119 1672 Bell% 3 147 4255 eo 18? eld 3.92% 4 410 F197 440 188 0458 2061% The table shows that there are more than three boys per school in the group &f largest schools which had overage boys, on the basis of a twenty~year age until there was less than one~half boy per school in Group 4, This method of figur~ ing may not be considered entirely fair since there are many more boys out for athletics in the larger schools, so figures are presented to show the percentage of the all the boys engaged in athheties who were over the age limit, This shows school who are overage is larger in the larger schools than in the smaller schools. For instance, there has been considerable discussion concerning the advisability of reducing the age limit of athletes toe twenty years in order to give the aver- age regular pupil a better opportunity to compete and to better equalize competi- tion by cutting down on the use of pupils who are often older than college fresh- men and sophomores, The study shows that if the twenty-year rule had been in effect last year 574 of the 16,107 boys who participated would have become ineli- gible some time before June lst, 1954. This is an average of less than one boy per school, But for comparative purposes the schools have been divided inte four groups so as to ascertain the percentage of difference between the larger and —_— a tbat Information Service IOWA STATE COLLEGE Sports News AMES, IOWA Tova State Will - Mest Washington in Swimming Meet Ames, Iowa, Feb. Ll--Tashinston University, St. Louis, Mo., has been added te the schedule of the Iowa State College swimming team. Washington swimmers will appear here for a dual meet Feb. ase *x* #* * Gordon Cemp, freshman football and basketball star from Vaterloo, is the heaviest man on the freshmen pasketball team——he weighs 210 pounds. Harry Roschlau, Davenport, forward, is the lightest member, weighing 140. * +e & A recent check showed that approximately 1000 people use the Icra State sym every day. Not 2 few of them are members of the intramural asketball teams, of which there are 90 in interle@eue competition. 2 + * k * Harry Nermen, former all—American quarterback at Michigan, and now calling signals for the New York Giants professional team, gave George Veenker, the Cyclone coach, all of the winning pass plays used in the leapue in 1933, Veenker planned to use then this last fall, out gave up the idea, when he found that he had no passers who could fling ths ball with the accuracy of a Newnan, a Bill Allender, star Cyclone fullback for the past two years, is « golf champion in his home town of Atlantic, He spends a large share of each summer participating in the amateur tournaments in southern Iowa, The flashy red=head is also a first class hurdler, and won hire numeral in track at Northvestern before transferring to Iowa State. * * K Information Service IOWA STATE COLLEGE AMES, IOWA SPORTS MEWS (Excerpts) x eK & recent check showed that approximately 1000 people use the Iowa State gym every daye Not a few of them are members of the intramural basketball teams, of which there are 90 in interleague competitione * eR & HEALTH RAYS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND RECREATION Kansas City Public Schools Kansas City, Missouri Volume V. February 14, 1935 Number 2 OMAHA CONVENTION The Central District Physical Educa- tion Association will hold its convention at Omaha on March 20 to 23, with all indi- cations pointing to one of the most impor- tant gatherings of physical educators that has been held in this section. Nearly 1,000 health, recreation and physical education enthusiasts will meet for a three-day ses- sion to consider the present day problems in these fields. Nationally known speakers, practical demonstrations and displays, as well as round table discussions will mak this a worth while meeting. Alfred Anderson is secretary and treasurer of t association. SCHOOLMEN ARE BOWLING A Schoolmen’s Bowling League has bee organized which will take in any bowler in the school system, who desires to play. At present, five teams have entered, in- cluding teams from the following depart- ments: Physical Education, Principals, a Headquarters team, and two teams from the School Board shops. Play wiil be held at the Cocked Hat Alleys each Wednesday evening, 6:30 to 8:00 p. m. Any men em- ployed by the Board of Education inter- ested in this sport may call the Recreation Department. SPEECH CHORUS PLEASE The speech choruses presented at o of the section meetings at the Missouri State Teachers Association and at the Teachers’ Institute in December were highly pleasing. In England and other European countries this instruction has been carried on for sometime. A combina- tion of speaking chorus and motion chorus work is gaining favorable recognition in Germany. This development is being spon- scred by physical education departments. teachers should be alert to possibilities along this line. : Physical education MLAL CITY A. A. U. TOURNAMENT The Kansas City Basket Ball Council has been given the official sanction by the A. A. @. through their chairman of the registration committee, Dr. J. A. Reilly, to promote the city A. A. U. tournament in 1935, the schudle to start February 24. The Kansas City Basket Ball Council is associated with the Recreation Depart- ment of the Kansas City schools in the promotion of the basket ball games. NEW ELEMENTARY PROGRAM The Recreation Department has set up a tentative program of recreation and ath- letic activities for the second semester which will extend opportunities for the development of skills in the many activi- ies suggested. The schedule: 1. First Semester Basket Ball Play-offs. Saturday, January 26, Central Junior high school. 2. Second Semester Basketball — Leagues will play February 9, 17, 23, and March 2. No games will be scheduled on March 9, Institute day. _38. Spring playgrounds—The opening of the spring playgrounds has been set for March 11. An eleven-week program has been planned. 4. Tournament of skills—The annual Zz HEALTH RAYS tournament of skills will be held Satur- day, May 25. Practice for this program of skills will include athletic games, appa- ratus work, track events, folk dancing and novelity relays. DEMONSTRATION APPRECIATED Many expressions of appreciation have been received from local and state educa- tors on the success of the physical educa- tion demonstration staged by 3,200 boys and girls fiom all grades, primary through college, before 7,000 teachers No- vember 8. All who assisted, the teachers, the principals, the physical directors, the nurses, (and of course the children) will please accept a hearty vote of thanks for their splendid efforts! DEAFNESS NO HANDICAP Notable progress is being made at Madi- son school. In the primary grades the hear- ing and the deaf children have play periods together. During this time it is not easy for the casual observer to distinguish the handicapped children from those with normal hearing. Thére are no hearing ehildren above the third grade in the school. However, the older deaf children are enjoying games, stunts and rhythms. Few of them hear the sounds of the music, but they feel the vibrations’ ‘through the floor and are able to swing in unison. . - A. P. E. A. MEMBERSHIP LAGS «Kansas City lags in membership ‘in the American Physical Education Association judging from the reports received from the other large cities of the Central Dis- trict. St. Paul has‘29 members in the A. P. E. A.; Lincoln 24; Minneapolis has 22; Wichita tt: Kansas City 10; and St. Louis 29: Registrations from Kansas City dur- ing the present school year are not in- cluded, however. The membership fee is $3.00 per year, which includes the Journal. PRIMARY PLAY TO BE SHOWN At Teachers College, March 16, 9:00 a. m., organized free play on gymnasium apparatus will be demonstrated by Miss Morgan’s children (Pershing school) and rhythmical play activities by Miss Pauline Orear’s children (H. Cook school). The play on gymnasium apparatus will demon- strate activities on all pieces of apparatus without teacher leadership. The rhythmi- cal play activities will demonstrate dra- matic rhythms, creative rhythms, and created folk dances for play-days and as- semblies. EARLY ASSEMBLIES PLEASE For many years the Friday morning be- fore 9 o’clock auditorium programs at the Herace Mann school have been a factor in coordinating all school activities. Many excellent heaith and physical education activities have been brought before pupils, parents and teachers. NEW IDEAS FOR PLAY The Curriculum Committee of the pri- mary grades is assembling material for a course of study in Play Activities. KUMPF CHILDREN ENTERTAIN The physical education classes of the H. C. Kumpf school are furnishing a series of eignt half-hour auditorium: programs during the ecteey year. HAPPY IN POSTURE PROGRAM " Switzer school is emphasizing the im- portance of maintaining good posture. The children are happy in following the entire health program. They enter ‘heartily into the practice.of pleasurable physical activi- ties that.. are conducive toward, sp DLONAnS good posture, a (CHILDREN ‘TEACH PLAY. At: the - recent Mt.: Washington Parent and Children. party, the children provided the entertainment by. teaching their mothers the popular games of William Tell, Hit the Target, Guard the Castle, and Statue. Did.the mothers-enjoy the playing—“‘Just ask them.” Miss Helen Fahey addressed the mothers on the “Value of Primary Play Activities.” VOLLEY BALL GAINS INTEREST A six-team volley ball league has been organized and is playing at East high school each Monday evening. This sport is increasing in popularity by “leaps and bounds,” and, judging from the interest AEE 0 LPL ct] \ Pi | 10 \ KR rh UW { \ \} V HZ e f) \ \ shown, a new league will be opened in the rear future. The teams competing at Hast high are: Kansas City Life Insurance Company, Bell Telephone Company, Union Oil Company of North Kansas City, La- throp Polytechnic Institute, Broadland’s Community and the Worthwhile Class of the Oak Park Christian Church. Mr. Charles Wolfe, a veteran volley ball player and enthusiast, has been appointed by the Recreation office as manager of the league. BASKET BALL ATTRACTS ADULTS For the past six weeks 26 leagues includ- ing’ more than 2,300 adult players have keen playing basket ball regularly in these leagues sponsored by the Recreation De- partment. Play has been set up in Sunday School, All-Employee and Independent di- visions and many interesting battles have been waged. A city play-off for Sunday School championship, Independent champi- onship,. All-Employee championship : and Open City ee is oo — — Hee ean ee : : OUT AND ABOUT TOWN Miss Helen Owens and Miss Rachael Davies gave splendid demonstrations in teaching Open Air Rooms at the Teachers College. ' Miss Ruth Case is the new open air teacher in the upper sain at reco school. work in California. Miss Jane Ferries is in Chicago. June Ellis became Mrs. Ben Oleness in Judge Rodgers Cupid’s. parlor. Miss Margaret Craig is substituting at Ashland and Leeds schools. Miss Mabel Johnson is at Benton, Hamilton and Jack- son schools. Miss Georgia Boswell is the new nurse at Lincoln high school. Alfred O. Ander- son and Miss Pattric Ruth O’Keefe gave \ £ SV fred Die Miss Mildred Gould is seine graduate | h0 aAb® ~ HEALTH RAYS VAS 3 demonstrations at the Group Leaders In- stitute sponsored by the Kansas City As- sociation of Neighborhood Houses in February. Roscoe Shores gave a splendid talk on “Being Prepared for the Future” at the January meeting of the school nurses. Mrs. E. R. Weeks spoke before the staff of school nurses on the “Use More Milk” campaign. The schools are cooperating in the city-wide “Use More Milk” educational campaign. Miss Robina Kneebone addressed a group of health workers January 22, at Jefferson City on “Teaching Public Health.” Paseo high school was honored at the Red Cross Institute, January Tt and 12, when devices for teaching student assist- ants were used to teach the nurses as- sembled. 3 Miss Pattric Ruth O'Keefe wail talk on “Tntroducing Physical Education to the Primary Child” ‘at the Central District Physical Education puieemeee at Omaha, March 23. “S Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ave of Cleveland, O.:spent the Christmas holidays in Kansas City. Mrs. Ave ‘was formerly Miss:-Peggie Peters of the Physical Education Depart- ment. PLAYS ANNUAL TOURNAMENT Twenty-two girls’ teams are playing a // round robin series in the twentieth annual basket bali tournament at Junior College under the leadership of Eleanor Canny, pdirecter. e “All American” girls are in th lead followed closely by the “Fightiz@ Irish” and “Boop a doops.” All officials are connected with the Junior College Women’s Physical Education Department. Visitors are always welcome to see the well trained, enthusiastic girls’ teams com- peting for the annual award of the Silver Loving Cup. 4 HEALTH RAYS RECREATION FOR FERA WORKERS Alfred ©. Anderson assisted J. R. Batchelor of the National Recreation As- sociation in conducting a recreation in- stitute in Omaha December 7 and 8, for 125 recreation workers from the ranks of the FERA workers. Five lectures and one demonstration were given by Mr. Ander son. NO REST FOR GYMASIUMS All of the elementry school gymnasiums are in constant use during inclemeht weather. The instruction periods by thi special teachers are followed by practice and play periods at other times during school hours. The splendid cooperation of the classroom teachers is enriching the program of physical education. In addition to games the children are learning many rhythms, stunts with and without appara- tus, and folk dances. VARIETY IN DEMONSTRATIONS Stark, “The Little But Mighty” school, entertained parents and guests with a USE MORE MILK program. ~The D. M. Pinkerton primary school children demonstrated organized free play before the Play Activity class from Teachers College. Miss Selma Heglund gave an inspiring and practical talk on the “Philosophy of Play.” The children of Misses .McCahon’s, Coates’ and Orear’s rooms of the Hale H. Cook school entertained primary teachers with a rhythm demonstration. An “enter- tainment” was the appropriate name for the demonstration, since the talented little dancers performed so many beauti- ful rhythmic numbers. Could the Turnverein officials have seen the primary children at Pershing school demonstrate play activities on th apparatus and in the gymnasium the ‘vould have been anxious to sign them f membership. The demonstration illustrat all types of gymnasium play activities. The primary children at Garfield school gave a demonstration of outdoor play ctivities. ALUMNAE LEAGUE ACTIVE Many girls, graduates and former stu- dents of the high schools, are continuing their basket ball playing under the name of National Amateur Athletic Federation League. The practice games are held Tues- day evenings at Central senior and West- pert junior high schools. The league is sponsored by the high schoo] women. WORKERS EDUCATION CLASSES The Workers Education Classes of Phys ical Education and Occupational Diseases have 14 classes with the enrollment of 147 adults. These classes were recruited from the employed and unemployed adults in labor and industry. Although Workers Edueation as an Adult Educational Movement is not new to educators, this is the first time this work has been offered to industrial work- ers in Kansas City. These classes are sup- ported by the Emergency Educational Pro- gram sponsored -by the Kansas City Board of Education and are taught by Opal O’Donohue. NEW IDEAS FOR LEADERS © A five-day institute sponsored by the Recreation Department was held at West- port junior high school, January 21 to 25 inclusive. The institute was conducted by Mr. Robert K. Murray, field secretary of the National Recreation Association with headquarters in New York City. Some seventy church recreation leaders, P. T. A. leaders, physical education teachers and playground directors were enrolled. DINNER FOLLOWS EXAMS An examination for basket ball officials was held Saturday, Jauary 19. Miss Lucille Vehultz of Streator, Ill., and Miss Ruth Hoover of Lawrence, Kansas, were the judges. Following the day of examinations, the N. A. A. F. held a dinner meeting at the Ambassador Hotel. HEALTH RAY 5 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND RECREATION Kansas City Public Schools Kansas City, Missouri Volume Vo February 14, 1935 Number 2 (Excerpts) * ee OF CITY AeAeUe. TOURNAMENT The Kensas City Basket Ball Council has been given the official sanction by the AeAeUe through their chairman of the registration committee, Dre Je Ae Reilly, to promote the city AAU. tournament in 1935, the schedule to start February 24- The Kansas City Basket Ball Council is associated with the Recreation Department of the Kansas City schools in the promotion of the basket ball gamese * * *K The first two features of the new elementary program of the Recreation Department are: le First Semester Basket Ball Play-offs. Saturday, January 26, Central Junior high schoole 2e Second Semester Basketball == Leagues will play February 9, 17, 23, and March 26 No games will be scheduled on March 9, Institute day. * * OR OK BASKET BALL ATTRACTS ADULTS For the past six weeks 26 leagues including more than 2,300 adult players have been pleying basket ball regularly in these leagues sponsored by the Recreation Departments Play has been set up in Sunday School, All-= Employee and Independent divisions and many interesting battles have been waged. A city play-off for Sunday School chempionships Independent chempion= ship and Open City championship is being schedulede * * * & PLAYS ANNUAL TOURNAMENT Twenty=two girls! teams are playing 2 round robin series in the twentieth annual basket ball tournament at Junior College under the leadership of Eleanor Canny, directors The "All American" girls are in the lead followed closely by the “Fight= ing Irish" and “Boop e doopse" All officials are connected with the Junior College Women's Physical Education Department. Visitors are always welcome to see the well trained, enthusiastic girls! teams competing for the annual award of the Silver Loving Cupe eR OK ALUMNAE LEAGUE ACTIVE Many girls, graduates and former students of the high schools, are con= ’ Ff 2 Excerpts from Health Rays tinuing their basket ball playing under the name of National Amateur Athletic Federation Leaguee The practice games are held Tuesday evenings at Central senior and Westport junior high schoolse The league is sponsored by the high school womene kk OK DINNER FOLLOWS EXAMS An examination for basket ball officials was held Saturdey, January 19. . Miss Lucille Vehultz of Streator, Illes; and Miss Ruth Hoover of Lawrence, Kansas, were the judgese Following the day of examinations, the NA A-Fe held e dinner meeting at the Ambassador Hotel» * RK % On page 81 second paragraph. he mentions the decline of Puratinism. PuritawAm This decline is due largely to the introduction of bis basketbell. In the 90s. games were taboo.by the clergy. fhere were a few individual ,theologs,who took part in sports but they were thought to be outside the pale of Bhe church. In 1804 there were several theological colleges that had basketball teams. and the churches took up basket ball tp hold the young people in the circle. Soon other games were introduced in the gymasiums. He classifies sports as attendance sports and $é6$$6s (opere as real sports . pasketball is both and has all Bhe advantages that comes from this double classification. He says page 84 bottom of right column that trapshooting has seven million followers yet it is not mentioned in a the intramurals of the 255 colleges. iat newspapers. not Ping pong, Archery,and padminton have had their day and vanished to be revived. Some what like midget golfwhich he labels phoney, What effect has Buletin 29 had on college sports ?. See page 78. Section III. Page 82 bottom of second column. sign of popularity is press notices Cf. basketball and any one other sport. p f fin as = \ -? a en 4 Est a go To show the growth of tennis he | Gardens of 17.000 to ge In Dec 1834/I paid $1.65 ; Gardens to sée two basketball gamés betwe known (| St Johns, Westminster ‘New York U. an were 16,300 spectators ~ oer * game that The following Saturday ire was an attendance | @ game choYastic) Tourn 15,000 paid admi away. The same is true of track in M.S.G. [e e Of 16,800 to gee yams that were of/mediocre repltation. oe Osed an {oe in Madison Sqauare ars ,Once they had eseen @ there were hundreds turnd Ww to see men run. Teeag ead aad saat eee tae ea eyes deuae 4 sthdacnauldcneansabad sthaze $64926962464644 46444442 464629444946 444n464444Kd ev a In 255 Colleges The number taking part in intramural Bs é in the different sports. Baseball s3see9 3 31.889 tithi, (3 Playground ball 8.306° — ~ ee Indoor ball : 8.718 —____ / 8eft ball 994 ae, Diamond ball 979 Kittenball 876 Mushball 419 36.181 Football Ss” 18.517 Speed ball 2.925 a Touchfootball 1.700 Mh oe ae wr Basketball : ( 33.467 |) LLL Free throw eee en i. Je Bowling 3.398 oo" A\4 4 Ping pong 936 - j Badminton oe 4 Archery Ay 326 4” Horseshoes \ > §.807 & Soccer Ww 7.473 % Tennis 4 \ \ 17.549 9 Polo \ 47 /PTrap shooting Not mentioned achil Gol ?. } 10,316 Pre of)