To the High Sehool Principals and Superintendents:

Dear Mre

The newly organized Department of Physical Education in the
School of Education at the University of Kansas, offering a four-year
major course, is in its second year and we feel that much progress has
been madee We,have been slowly fitting ourselves to meet the needs and
demands of the state. Our primal purpose is t serve our high schools

of Kansas in this specialized field of-serviee. /
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Graduate Work

Graduate work in physical education was begun last fall, and
now the following courses have been approved which give graduate credits

100. Principles of Community Recreation, 3 hrse

200. Theory and Practice of Athletic Training, 3 hrse
201. Advanced Basketball, 3 hrse

202. Administration of Physical Education, 3 hrs.
M294. Content and Method of Physical Education, 3 hrse
500~ Special Problems in Physical Education, 2-4 hrse
$12- Seminar in Physical Education, 3 hrse

Cand oe a our aim to establish a well-planned program that will
lead to a,ilaster's degreé with a major in physical education.

Baccalaureate Degree

Kansas is conspicuous by being one of ten states that does not
have state legislation providing for physical education, and one of twenty-~
five not having a state director of physical educatione In our endeavor
to train young men and women to fill the teaching and coaching needs of
the high schools of Kansas, an undergraduate curriculum for a major in
physical education has been’s See ag Neading to the degree of Bachelor of
Science in the School of Educatione

Sixty-Hour Certificate

 

Two courses in physical education are being offered which
students may apply on the work required for the Sixty-Hour Certificate,
namely, Elementary School Playground Activities and Personal Hygiene
and Community Health, each for 3 hours credite

Job Analysis Survey

We are endeavoring to make a job analysis survey concerning
the needs for physical education teachers in the State of Kansas, and
we would heartily welcome your cooperation in filling out the attached
questionnaire with criticisms or suggestion)that in your opinion would
mutually benefit us in offering a more fulsome programe

Grn f

Very sincerely yours,