Kansas Health and Physical Education Association
: Avril, 1938
Vol. VII - Bulletin No. 7
Guest Editor =
Helen G, Saum, Director of Physical Education for Women,
Kansas State College, Manhattan

We are very glad to present this message from the new president of the Kansas
Health and Physical Education Association. Miss Saum, having served as President-
Elect during the past year, moved into the presidential office at the Pittsburg
convention on March 26, She heads up the Physical Education Department for Women at
K.S.C, and also the Physical Education Majors Training Courses; both of which she has
developed to a high degree of efficiency,

Greetings from the President

I am very glad to have this opportunity of sending greetings to the members of
the Kansas Health and Physical Education Association,

Let us make a concerted effort to emphasize the importance of an adequate prograr
of Physical Education for the public schools of the state, Both the administrators
and the general public must be made aware of the need in this respect. A few sugges-
tions which will aid in establishing a favorable attitude toward physical education
are:

1. The spring meeting of the K.H.& P.E.A, planned to attract and interest
educators, administrators, parents, social and service clubs and reputable
professional organizations,

2. Speakers from the field of physical education to participate on the General
Program of the Kansas State Teachers Association meetings,

5. Principals and superintendents encouraged to give physical education a
regular class period in the curriculum of the elementary and secondary
schools.

4. Set up requirements for teacher certification in the state.

5. Pray for a State Supervisor of Physical Education.

6, Compile a State Syllabus in Physical Education.

We do not expect to accomplish all these things in one year - perhaps not in

five years - but if each physical education teacher talks, lives and supports his or

her professional ideals very day, we can do much to change the present indifference
toward Physical Education in Kansas,

WHAT SHOULD A NURSE EXPECT FROM PHYSICAL EDUCATION?

by
Miss Gladys Yialker, College Nurse, K. 8. 1. .C., Pittsburg, Ks,

The relationship of the nurse to Physical Education is very close. The coopera-
tion of the two departmonts will result in a better program and will be of benefit to
every child. Health is a means of fulier and better living. We all know that preven-
tion is better than any cure. The health and Physical Education teachers should
unite in making a set-up that will be efficient and effective. Both of us want to
protect and maintain health,

The medical inspection of schools is no longer an experimont but a pressing
necessity. It is founded on a recognition of the close connection which exists be-
tween the physical and mental condition of children in the whole process of education,
It secks to secure ultimately for every child, normal or defective, conditions of
life compatible with that full and effective development of its organic functions,
its special senses and its mental and spiritual powers which constitute a true educa-
tion,

In play, discipline, obedience and courage are taught, and they should be so
constructed that evcry one's pastime would be used to promote health and the develop=
ment of the body. The daily activitios of work, rest and play have a bearing upon
our mental, physical and social health. So in order to improve health we must develop
and utilize the muscular force of our bodics,.