‘DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION

The work of the Department of Physical Education is divided into
three parts:

First the developuent ant training of mjore in phyéiest edeintlene
To meet a growing demand for qualified teachers of physical education end well~
trained coaches of athletics, . ae curriculun with a major in physical
education was inaugurated in the fall of e A reorganization of the courses
offered by the department was made necessary, and the new program received a
hearty response with some 90 students enrolled as majors the first years

Second, service courses in physical education for students in the
various schools of the University. Physical activity classes are conducted by
the department & ir credit, and are designed gned primarily to enable the students to
secure health, r tion and skill. Instruction is offered in basketball,
tennis, puiaeaties volley ball, hendball, individual gyumastics, tumbling, hockey,
boxing, baseball, touch football, track, golf, fencing, dancing, archery, and
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intramural competition and free play for each individual
student of versity at their om hours of selections Sports which will fit
the needs and desires of all students, both men and women, are brought within
their reach in an attempt to have each student playing his favorite gam@e The
policy of stressing team canpetition and regular schedules in many sports, in-
stead of elimination tournaments, has been closely followed. 3

Graduate Worl

Graduate work in the department was started in the 1938 Summer Session,
with Dr, Vernon We Lapp teaching the advanced course in Tests and Measurements in
Physical Education, Definite prograss is being made toward building an adequate
graduate program in the department.

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le Vonen's Buil Rebinson Gymmasium, which houses the
of Physical om, was % in 1906 when there was a student population of.

at of the present enrollment on the campus. This building is now inadequate -
and the equipment antiquated, micing it impossible to meet the growing and diversi« _
fied demands for physical education and recreation in this “leisure hour age". The.
new women's building would provide facilities for many activities that have hereto=
fore been very limited. The construction of the new building would relieve the

congestion in Robinson Gymnasium, and with a very inexpensive remodeling progrem
Robinson Gymmasium would be ideal for a physical education and intramural buildings

2 Intramural Field. The peculiar topography of lt. Orend makes it

drainage end to reduce a distinct hazard to students playing on this fields There
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