-4— All football games of the Wichita High Schools are being played on Friday even- ings at the University of Wichita stadium this year instead of on Saturdays as has been the practice heretofore. 000 Miss Elizabcth Barbour has returnod to Fort Hays State College from a ycars leave spent in graduate study at New York and Chicago Universities. She majored in The Modern Dance, 000 Mr. Riley Whearty is tho new physical director and coach at Ellis succeeding Paul Fairbanks who resigned to enter bus- iness in Topeka, 000 Miss Lucillo Hatlestad is extending her leave of absence from the Pittsburg State Teachers College for another yoar. She is at Iowa University doing graduate work for a coctors degree in physical education, ete Iwo Kansas City, Kansas, high schvols have been improving their athletic fac- ilities recently. A new stadium is being built for the Argontine while dressing facilities are being added to the Rosedale stadium. Physical education is being required this semester for the first time at the Kansas City, Kansas, Junior College. It is required of all freshmen students including both men and women, c0o Miss Jane Byrne, graduate of Kansas University with advanced work at Wiscon- sin University, and James Raport have been added to the physical education staff at Kansas University. 000 Miss Lorraine Maytum is spending a years leave of absence from Kansas State College, Manhattan, in graduate study at Wisconsin University. oOo ‘Miss Hazel Cave is filling two vacan- cies left by Miss Nevins. She is acting Head of the Department at Pittsburg State Teachers College, and was elected Secretary=Treasurer of the K.H. & P.E.A. at its recent Council Mceting. 000 Large Staff at Kansas City, Kansas A total of 58 teachers are participa- ting in the health and physical educaticn. program of the Kansas City junior and senior high schools. Of these, 30 are men academic teachers with major or minor coaching assignments. 18 are physical education teachers and seven are nurses. Two women academic teachers assist with girls intramurals, a new development in Kansas City. The whole program is admin- istered by one supervisor, lir. Merle Henre e 000 lir. Frank Prentup, a graduate of Kan- sas State College, Manhattan, has become Head Coach and Instructor in Physical Education at Manhattan High School, He takes the place of C, H. Little, who re- signed during the summer to do insurance work with the Federal Government. Mr. Prentup was for: several years at Be- loit, and has a bachelors degree in phys- ical education and Masters in Education, With ir. Prentup heading up the athletic program and Mr. Bruce Smith directing the health and physical education progran, Manhattan has two men of excellent train- ing and successful experience, 000 Ruth Cross, Fort Hays State College, 1958, is teaching physical education at Emporia High School. Miss Margaret Nicholas, who taught last year at Hays High Schcol, is' doing graduate work at Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee. Clara Nicholas is taking her place at Hays High School, 000 Ralph Titus, physical education direc- tor at Winfield, reports a very success- ful summer playground program carricd on at Winfield last summer. The progran was orgenized uncer the leacership of Evan Evans, Superintendent of Schools, and con- tinued for 8 weeks, The Board of Educa- tion supplied the funds for the project which included games, music, arts and crafts, and manual training activities, A pet show, bicycle race, and doll show were some of the special events. 000