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figures for physical defects released by the Selective Service Commission
are staggering. The armed forces are succeeding slowly with the actual
training and mental and physical conditioning of their men. While this
is being done, other young men of the nation should be taking time by the
forelock so that the job will be less weighty for the armed forces when
they join the ranks."

Bulletin Number 32 of the American Council on Education contains
@ report of a Special Committee of the War Manpower Commission, on "The
Utilization of Colleges and Universities for the — of the War." It
states: -

"Any adequate plan designed to make effective use of colleges and
universities, professional and technical schools, must be based upon the
following considerations:-.........(6) "Throughout the preparation for war-
time service provision should be made for securing the complete physical
fitness of the students."

The responsibility of the colleges and universities is obvious.
It cannot be dodged. It must be met.

The Executive Committee of The National Collegiate Athletic Asso-
ciation, after careful study and consideration, being convinced of the
vital importance and urgency of this matter, believes that in order to
adequately fulfill this responsibility, every college and university should
provide a physical training program which:-

(1) Is compulsory for all students registered under the Selective
Service Act, subject to adjustment for students with physical disabilities.

(2) Requires at least three periods a week of not less than one
hour each, preferably of an hour and a half each. Five periods a week,
where possible, will increase the effectiveness of such programs.

(3) Is designed to develop (a) Endurance; (b) Agility:-(Coordi-
nation, timing, rhythm, etc.); (c) Courage:- (aggressiveness, the combative
quality, self-confidence, etc.)

It is recognized that conditions vary at different institutions
so that no one set program will be suitable for all. But the basic re-
quirements can be met by all, even by those institutions with limited
facilities. College athletic directors are competent to work out the de-
tails. Reports on the programs already developed by some of the colleges
and universities have been published in the Athletic Journal. Various
branches of the armed forces have developed detailed programs, regarding
which, information may possibly be available later,

The task before us is a big one; the difficulties are great for
many institutions. But it is a vitally important task, which must be under-
taken, and accomplished, to the very best of our ability if we are to meet
our responsibilities in the war effort, To those of our members who have
already inaugurated such programs we extend our sincere commendation; upon
those who have not, we urge the imperative necessity of providing such
programs at once.

The Executive Committee
By Philip 0. Badger, President
John L. Griffith, Secretary-Treas.