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keep spirits high and are a tonic to offset strain, worry,
and tragedy.

3. The time allotment for physical education activi-
ties for all students be no less than one hour daily.
The program should be adapted to individual needs
and be required of all students for graduation. A great
deal can be done to improve physical education pro-
grams in colleges and universities through the simple
method of increasing the time devoted to physical edu-
cation.

4. Credit be given for physical education with the
number of units comparable to those given for other
college courses. The institution should accept for en-
trance, credits in physical education earned in high
schools. If it is expected that the student consider
physical education important, credit should be given to
show him that the institution also considers it impor-
tant.

5. College faculties adjust the schedule of classes
and laboratory periods so as to allow for the maximum
use of the afternoon periods for physical education and
recreational activities.

6. Standard physical fitness tests be given to all stu-
dents to determine more accurately their needs in
diversified activities.

7. Programs of intercollegiate and intramural ath-
letics be reorganized to provide: (a) full playing op-
portunities for all students; (b) improved methods of
classification and equalization of competing units; (c)
broader programs to satisfy the diverse interests and
needs of students.

8. Military drill not be considered as a satisfactory
substitute for physical education in any college or uni-
versity. Spokesmen for our armed forces have repeat-
edly emphasized the importance of continuing and ex-
panding the physical education program. Military
drill and tactics can be conducted best in military units.

Recreation

In these times of peril we must promote first those
activities that contribute to actual survival value in
the emergency and next those that give wholesome
recreation and diversion. However, accelerated col-
lege programs should not eliminate all time for stu-
dent recreation. Such programs may call for addi-
tional relaxation and physical activities of a body build-
ing type. It is recommended that:

1. A campus-wide program of recreation be made
available to every student,

2. All schools and departments of the institution
contribute to the recreation programs,

3. The college become a recreation center of the
College Community.

Professional Education

With expanding programs there is occurring, at the
same time, a serious shortage in the number of quali-
fied teachers due to teachers entering the armed forces
and other kinds of war service other than teaching.
In one state it is reported that 426 men physical edu-
cation instructors had either left the teaching field, or

were expected to leave soon. Against this were 56
men physical education major students, who were
given their credentials in June, 1942 in this same
state.

We need well-trained physical educators, men and
women, now and after the war. Teacher-training in-
stitutions cannot at present supply the unusual demand
for qualified health and physical education teachers.

It is recommended that :

1. Teacher-training institutions use every means at
their command to encourage more men and women to
major in physical education.

2. Institutions accelerate the training program for
students majoring in health and physical education.

3. Institutions extend to all students the opportunity
to acquire leadership skills in conducting programs of
sports and recreation.

4. The college or university set up courses to train
volunteer, as well as professional, leaders in the various
aspects of the “fitness” program in which they could
appropriately serve with short-term training.

5. Institutions organize recreational leadership
courses to train those who have certain talents needed
for the morale-building program in both military and
civilian life.

General Recommendations

It is recommended that :

1. A Commission be appointed to include representa-
tives from the Armed Services, United States Office of
Education, the United States Public Health Service, the
United States Children’s Bureau, the health-medical
sciences, physical education and recreation to assure
coordination of the physical fitness program on the
federal level.

2. Federal or state funds be provided with which
to secure the correction of remediable defects for col-
lege students who do not have the necessary financial
resources. Colleges and universities might well super-
vise under federal grants, the rehabilitation programs
for college student rejectees from the armed services.

3. The programs of Health, Physical Education, and
Recreation be combined into one administrative unit
under a competent administrator and that the faculty
give consideration first to health and fitness, and sec-
ond to curricular requirements. A committee with
representatives from the various schools and depart-
ments should be formed for the purpose of unifying
and coordinating the total health and fitness program
of the institution.

4. The local medical and dental societies and repre-
sentatives of official and voluntary health agencies be
invited to participate in the initial planning and take
part in the development of physical fitness programs
in the college or university.

5. As far as possible institutions increase and 1m-

_prove their facilities and equipment for the programs

in health, physical. education, and recreation.

6. The college or university extend its service along
“fitness” lines to the adult population in the community
adjacent to the institution.