October 24, 1939
To the faculty of the School of Education:
The Curriculum Revision Committee begs leave to recommend the following changes:

l. That course number 74, Tests and Measurements in Physical Education, be
withdrawn and the graduate course number 176, Tests and Measurements in Physical
Education, be approved for the regular Session.

&. That course number M294, Content and Methods of Physical Education, be
changed to number M194 and that it be offered second semester instead of first.

5. That the three following courses and course descriptions in equitation be
approved as skill courses for the department of physical education:

47a. ELEMENTARY EQUITATION. One-half hour credit. This course
is for beginners. It includes instruction in proper approach to a horse;
how to bridle, saddle and mount a horse; how to develop correct riding
posture and to handle a horse in walk, trot and canter. It also stresses
the development of a humane attitude toward and genuine appreciation of
horses. Instruction and practice in this course will terminate in a test
of proficiency. DeGroot.

47>. INTERMEDIATE EQUITATION. Qne-half hour credit. Course includes
advanced instruction, in three-gaited riding, bareback riding, simple
drills, cross country riding, and low hurdles. Proper care of the horse
during the riding also receives attention. Tests and some reading will be
required. Prerequisite, 47a or previous riding experience. DeGroot.

47c. ADVANCED EQUITATION. One-half hour credit. Course includes
instruction in five-gaited riding, jumping, advanced drilis, show ring
and open cross country riding. Prerecuisite, 47b or equivalent riding
experience. DeGroot.

Note. The physicel education department will be expected to make suitable
arrangements for securing the horses needed, which will be paid for by the hour by:
those riding. Students enrolling in equitation classes will be asked to sign a
statement releasing the school and the owners of the horses from liability in case
of injury received while riding.

4, That the student adviser and the enrolling officers be permitted to enroll
majors in home economics specializing in dietetics for M283, Teaching of Home Eco-
nomics, with a prerequisite of only P50, Educational Psychology. No catalogue
statement regarding this practice will be made.

5. That course number P278, Adolescence, be changed to number P178.

6. That the description and prerequisites for course number M377 be made to
read as follows:

M377. PROBLEMS IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TEACHING. Two hours
credit. Second semester and summer session. This is a seminar course
and is designed to furnish opportunity for group study of practical teach-
ing problems chosen by individual class members. The problem or problems
are chosen by the class at the beginning of the course. Outstanding books
of recent publication may be subjected to critical review. Al]. problems

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