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Worth Reading

"Interscholastic Athletics in the
School Program" by Robert Brown in the
Journs. of Health and Physical Education
for April, i968,

"his is a splendid discussion of the
relationship of the physical education
class and athletic programs in the high
school, #e discusses teacher load for
coaches and also the question of whether
coaches should teach academic subjects or
physical education classes,

“Contributions of Achievement Tests to
the Athletic Program" by Amy Howland.
Journal of Health and Physical Education,
April, 1939.

This article analyzes the results of
400,000 records of including 53 skills
received from all parts of the country.
The results of this analysis are applied
to determine the proper placing of games
and sports in the physical education pro-
grem for girls.

"Games for Boys and Men" published by
the National Recreation Association, New
York, Price fifty cents.

It is a selection list of games for
boys and men for use in group social ac-
tivities,

"The Purposes of Education in American
Demoercy" edited by W. G. Carr, Educa-
tional Policies Commission, Washington
D.C., 1938, Price fifty cents.

This little book deals with the newly
defined objectives of education which are
self-realization, human relationships,
economic efficiency and civic responsibil-
ity.

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Central Diet#iet Convention

The 1939 Central District Physical Ed-
ucation Convention was held March 28 ~
April 1 at Sioux City, Iowa, and was the
best Central District Convention on re-
cord in point of attendance. The conven-
tion was excellently planned and carried
through. Officers elected for the coming
year are: President, Willard Greim, Den-
ver, Colo.; President-elect, Helen Manley,
University City, Missouri; Vice-President,
P. E. Michelson, Grand Forks, N.D.3 Secy-
Treas., J» He Morrison, Wayne, Nebe3;
Member-at-Large on the Council, Hugo
Fisher, St. Paul, Minn., Helen Saum and

C. S. Moll, both of Kansas State Collego,
Liaanhattan and Oran Shearer are the
Kansas Members of the Central District
Couneil for the coming year,

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Physical Education
in the
Coffeyville Schools

An excellent program of physical edu-
cation is carried on in the schools by a
staff of ten full time teachers under the
very capable direction of Wm. H. Mifflin,
Supervisor of Physical Education. With
one exception all of these teachers have
a Bachelors Degree with full training in
physical education. Five of the teachers
work in the grade schools, four in the
high schools and one colored teacher is
located at the colored school.

In the senior high school sophomore
classes meet three times a week, junior
and senior classes twice, while in the
junior high all classes meet twice a week.
A swimming pool is included among the
facilities at the senior high school.

A large intramural program is carried
on in the junior high school, Classifi-
cation is based on homerooms of which
there are 25. Seventeen different activ-
ities are included in the program during
the year and each activity is concluded
within a six weeks poriod. Singles,
doubles and mixed doubles schedules are
provided for in the tournaments,

An extensive co-recreation program is
carried on. It takes the place of separ-
ated classes during one weck of each six
weeks period.

Summer playgrounds are operated for a
period of cight weeks on the school ground
The physical education teachers handle
these as an extra job with extra pay.
Every school playground is equipped with
play apparatus.

On April 21 the annual physical educa=
tion demonstration occurred. 4500 chil-
dren took part under the flood lights
including all pupils in the third grade
and up.

A new Junior College building is plan-
ned for erection in the near future and
when completed the physical education pro-
grom will be extendea to include the
junior college students,

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