16% could not pull wp noe than twice; 23% could not push tp more than 8 ,
times, and 28% could not jump 6 foot from a stand!

And you. should have seen dw Lace of agility, bodily control, and general :>..'::

clumsiness! When grown men in &° prime of life struggle to chin themselves. twice,:- .::

can't sob dit 4 38 their, moverients: to perform a standing borad jump, ems Flounder ..'-:- 25

all over’ the ireacte: in vegas? to run, it is a sad commentary on the physical edu-‘:
cation’ they have had, or ubth ob haven't had, in sbhioot't Physical "education": Be
indeed! “Motor morons are ai we are receiving into the army in large numbers. eon

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And of course, all these men are labeled "physically fit" for they have no organic

 

 

or physical defects! It is obvious that having a Sertholéel cally and organically. .
sound body does not mean that the individual has any degree of physical strength,
‘ehketilgouds general physical condition,
What can physical education do to aid the Army and Navy in building a fighting
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Physical education can return to a real effort to achieve its (almost
forgotten in recent vend) Mrimary objectives © a ‘building of ene endurance
and agility in every young man. The. social intogration of the individual, person—
ality dato banaies good citizenshiv and other similar objectives are fine and may. .-
be attained thru vhysical adiient in. But let's get back to the one contribution.
which no other phase of education can make, and which we kmow and can prove that:
physical education can make.

As Dr. McCloy has so avtly nut it: — “ew sone musclet? Dr. McCloy, ©

in the first few chanters of his book, Philosophical Bases for Physical Education,

presents this case very ‘etesativedy, I would recomend that every physical educa~..

for read or re-read this book. ‘Those first chapters should also we toad by every °" =":

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school administrator. Mare the chapters aid place it in your. principal’ s hands...

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