STUDENT SECTION -- American Association for Health, Paysical Education and
Recreation

 

To; The Presidont of tho Health and Physical Zducition Club for Major Students
Dear Fellow-Student:;

As Ghoirman of the Student Section of the Southcrn District, and in the
absence of a National Chairman, I have been asked to initiate plans for the
students at the National Convention in New Orleans.

This is an cspecially important year for major students because Dre
Anne Schley Duggan, president of the American Association for Health, Physical
Rducation and Recreation has appointed a Committee on Student Section which
is studying the problem of the need for 2 national Student Section. This
Gommittce will draw up recommendations and from then on it is up to the students
themselves to really initiate and organize 2 national student section, and per-
haps other district and state sections where these do not already existe This
seems to me 2 great challenge to all students and the responsibility for this
project rests firmly on the shoulders of cach and every one of youe Are you
ready to take on this increased participation in the affairs of your Association?

The thrce most immediate problems which confront us at this time are;
(1) Plans for the national convention next spring, (2) Suggestions for the
organization of 2 national student section, and (3) Ways and moans of increasing
our membership in State and National Associations, and attendance at professional
conventions. Will you consider these with mo in that order and then jot down
the reactions and thoughts of your entire group to the list of questions accompa-
nying this lettor?

First: The dates for the convention proper are April 15-18 inclusive. Two
student professional meetings have been scheduled--one on Friday, April 17 from
4,00-6;00, and the other on Saturday, April 18 from 11.30-1;00. A fuller report
of convention plans will be sent to you later. Right now, I need the suggestions
of every major and minor, so that the student committces which will be working
on these plans will know what you would like in the way of social and profes-
sional mectings at this convention.

Our second big problem as listed above is the organization of 2 National
Student Section. This will be probably one of our main projects at New Orleans.
A tremendous task lies before us if we accept the responsibility of initiating
this organization. One question which greatly interests me iss; Are we willing
to take the rssponsibilities which would be involved in such an undertaking,
and next, how should this section be organized? One point that we should keep
in mind is that we should have an integration of our organization through the
state, district, and national student sections similar to that used by other
sections of the A.A.H.P.H.R.

And last, but by no means least, is the big job of increasing our member-
ship as students in state and natioml associations and in increasing our
attendance at their conventions. This is directly related to the coming
convention and the plans for a national student section, for unless we have a
large, widespread student membership and xttondance at conventions our student