President Edwards address Cont'd.

There is still plenty of room for improvement in the game and
in our methods of teaching and administering it. A look back-
wards gives us many reasons to be proud and satisfied; a look
into the future shows that the job is never-ending.

A situation was concisely and emphatically expressed
by a backwoods Ozark mountaineer. In his little village, far
from railroed and trunk highways, the national and state
governnents aided in the construction of a school and a church,
At the start of this building campaign the old residents resented
these irfinences which disturbed a mode of living with which
they wero content. Some months after the buildings were finished
and activities had been organized, a social worker was delogated
to investigete the projects. At the close of an extensive rcport
which listed many details, he summarized the influences of the
school and the church in the words of one of the formerly critical
natives. Seid this old moss-back;

iWonl, we found out that wo ain't what we oughta be; we
ain't what) we wanta be; we ain't what we're gonna be; but thank
God we sin:t what we was."

Yrile we have no such feeling with regard to our past,
we certeinly can Join this 01d fellow in his opinions as to the
present and the future.

Gur program during the next two days is divided roughly
along Three lines. First, we expect to devote some time on an
atealysis of any defects in the game itself as shown by the ex-
nurisnce of the season just closed; second, we must consider
features of administration of cnntosts which will aid us to in-
crease cur value and effectiveness as coaches and officials;
third, there are some problems to be solved which deal primarily
with this organization and the services it may porforn.

NEWS

George Edwards is making azrrengements for the display of sporting
goods at our next convention.

Howard Johnson, one of our members who coached basketball for
several years at La Crosse Teachers College, La Crosse, Wisconsin,
dicd late last spring from a rare blood disease.