"In planning the dance program, I was very surprised to see
how well it was balanced. They decided on having an Announcer.

"One of the best results of this project was the good
effect it had on several "problem cases." I really feel that it was one
of the very most worthwhile projects that I have had the pleasure to see
throughe

"Besides all the good lessons it afforded, I know that
when my children go to Junior High School next fall they will know how to
conduct themselves in a becoming manner and also will be able to enter in
the fun that is afforded by their Twilight Dances. The bashful, quiet
girls and boys will not have to miss all of this fun, You would be
surprised to see what these lessons have done for them."

w- Mrs. Cosgrove

Many rooms had these parties inviting a room from another
school, and the groups met not with competition as a basis, but, rather,
cooperation. These parties were no hiteand-miss affairs. The whole plan
revolved around the idea "one must give our guests a good time." From the
time the invitations went out, the cookies made (in school), the program
planned and carried cut, and the last guest bade farewell, the whole thought
was ~ "consideration for otherse" Here, certainly, is a great opportunity
to build attitudes which are socially sounde

We must ever keep before us the objectives of such a
program. Years ago we taught dancing to teach dancing = our emphasis now
is not on the accumulation of a series of steps but rather on what goes on
within the child's mental and emotional processes. Dancing, social
dancing, makes a very fine channel through which the skilled teacher can
direct all sorts of attitudes and habits necessary for a wholesome livinge

There are fifteen schools in Duluth where the sixth grade
boys and girls have been introduced to such a program. Of course, some
schools are more successful than others, but in not one school could one
say that the plan did not works

The man Physical Education teacher can be a great help,
or hinderance, to a dance program - depending on his attitude. The man who
mixes in and helps direct or even takes charge himself can make a great
contributione

We are fortunate in Duluth in having principals and a large
group of teachers who are character education minded so that the
introduction of any progran that had for its objective the development of
socially well adjusted boys and girls was a simple matter,

"] have long since felt that a Physical Education progran
furnishes a rich field for the development of character. Many of our
Children do not have the opportunity of learning those fine courtesy
traits essential for wholesome living. We long since, in the lower grades,
have taught the folk dances of other nations, but we have failed in
providing a similar activity program for the upper grade boys and girls,
who need it far more in their relationships with each othere