ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF PHYSICAL
PHYSICAL EDUCATION a

By Epwarp F. Vottmer, Albion College, and ARTHUR A. Ess-
LINGER, Stanford University
(467 pages, 8vo, $3.00)

A practical and up-to-date book, planned to answer the daily
- needs of administrators, coaches, and teachers of physical education.
Every important problem facing the modern administrator of
physical education today is covered fully and concretely. What these
problems are was determined objectively by a study of past and
present trends, combined with job analyses of professional books,
magazines and curricula. Each topic is developed by discussions of its
guiding principles, the specific problems involved and their respective
methods of solution. All the explanations are illustrated with a wealth
of data, and with reference to current practices throughout. Valuable
lists, tables and charts pasar the text.

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| THE MODERN TEACHER OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION ae

By GertRuDE M. Baker, University of Minnesota
(March, 1940)

From the basic modern philosophy of the book stems a treat-
ment of three vital problems of physical education today: planning
of physical education toward modern goals; bringing the workers in
the field abreast of the most significant movement in modern educa-
tion and viewing it in the light of physical education today; stimu-
lating of self-criticism by means of modern techniques of supervision.

PLAY GYMNASTICS

By L. L. McCiow and D. N. ANDERSON
(153 pages, 8vo, illustrated, $3.00)

Eight hundred informal play stunts for gymnasium apparatus,
so presented and so clearly illustrated that even teachers without /
previous training in apparatus skills can use the material at sight.
The book is designed for use in school, college, playground, or gym-
—hasium, Introductions, appendix, and bibliography are are_ included. ig

 

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DANCE: A Creative Art Experience

By Marcaret N. H’Douster, University of Wisconsin
(Spring, 1940)

From the basic, enduring qualities of dance, an outstanding
leader in the field of physical education develops through discussion
a philosophy which will help to realize the full potentialities of dance
as a creative force in education and in social living.

CONTENTS: Cultural Survey of Dance.— The Province of Dance — Edu-
cation Through Dance — Technique and Expression — Form, Organic Unity
— Form, The Organization of Psychological Elements into Content — Form,
The Organization of Motor Elements into Structure— Dance and Music —
Why Dance — Annotated Bibliography.