AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HEALTH, PHYSICAL ZDUCATION, AND R@CREATION

Committee on Student Section

To; Directors of Health and Physical wducation for
Boys and Girls

Dear Director;

Dre Anne Schley Duggan, president of the American Association for
Health, Physical Education, and Recreation has appointed a committee on stu-
dent section whose primary purpose is to encourage major students to take a
more active part in Association affairs. With this object in mind we are
writing to every teacher-training institution that offers a major or minor in
health and physical education, in order to-get your suggestions on this
problem.

We feel that one of the best methods of enlisting the interest of
students is to have them become members in their state and national Associa-~
tions. The need for a young, enthusiastic group to swell our ranks has be-
come more apparent than ever before with the development of this national
emergency. The benefits of such membership are well known to youe There
are about 250 departments offering a major or minor in our field in this
country. The memberships of every one of these institutions in themselves
would aid the Association tremendously. And membership should be a great
aid in the plan for interesting the students.

Another opportunity for creating interest among students is attend-
ance at state and national conventions. Many of you are doing a fine job on
this. ‘jill you send us your suggestions for getting students to attend these
meetings? If one delegate could be sent from every teacher-training insti-
tution to the National Convention and could take back the ideas and stimu-
lation gained at that meeting we could be a big step forward in student
interest.

Ons of the main functions of this committees is to draw up tentative
plans for the organization of a national student section to take its place
with the othcr national sections such as Dance, Research, etc. This should be
quite a factor in creating interest among students, and it is hoped that it
will be further acted upon by the students at the New Orleans Convention.

Wes are enclosing a short list of questions on the above topics. You
will greatly aid the work of this committees if you will answer these items as
fully as possible. ‘Je plan to tabulate the replies from every institution
and to send the complete list of suggestions back to you so that you may share
the ideas and methods of other places.

Also, included in this letter is a letter from the chairman of your
Southern District student section to the president of your major club. Will
you please sev that the student letter gets to the proper person and, with
your guidance, back to ijiss Hess on the date specified. In a few cases, the
two questionnaires may seem to overlape If so, it is because we are anxious
to have the viewpoints of voth faculty and students on the same points.