—— P z METHODS OF AWARDS T0 BE MADE A. PURPOSE; To provide recognition to outstanding contributions to the B. METHODS: fields of Physical Education, Health and Recreation. Through a careful process of selection, it hopes to identify the outstanding contributions to the fields through research, administration, publications and creative efforts, and to properly recognize their achievements in the form of a certificate of recognition. This award is designed primarily to give recognition to men and women in the profession, or in allied fields, who have made an outstanding contribution through research. The committee will consider research which is brought to its attention through any recognized agency such as Institutions of Higher Learning, Social and Youth Agencies, Commissioners of Education, members of the American Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, and Fellows of the Academy of Physical Education. The Research Council of the American Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation will cooperate with the Academy in evaluating submitted research. A full description of the research, the auspices under which it was conducted, the date of its completion, its con- clusions, and where possible a reprint should be submitted. This award is designed to recognize one or more individuals who have projected and carried out with success an out- standing administrative task during the period January 1941- January 1946. Recommendations for such an award should be made by Fellows of this academy and members of the Legislative Council of the American Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. The recommendation should describe in sufficient detail, the nature of the task, what it involved, how and when it was carried out and its outstanding characteristics.