THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
A Department of the National Education Association

DIVISION OF
HEALTH EDUCATION Cambridge, Mass.

February 16, 1938

To: Presidents of Teacher Colleges
and Deans of Schools of Education

From:The Section on Health Education Teacher Training
Dear Sir:

You are no doubt acquainted with the important step taken last summer
when the Department of School Health and Physical Education in the National
Education Association and the American Physical Education Association amalgamated
to form the American Association for Health and Physical Education. This merger
marked the consummation of the efforts of many educators to unite the fields of
health education, physical education, and recreation within the National Educa-
tion Association.

A number of working sections have already been organized. One of these
is on Teacher Training in Health Education, and as Chairman of that section, I
am writing to you to invite the active participation of your institution in our
programs and activities. We believe that faculty members of your departments of
hygiene, health education, bacteriology, biology, home economics, physiology,
psychology, and sociology will be definitely interested in affiliating with this
section; and we hope very much that you may see your way to naming at least one
faculty member to represent your institution at the first annual meeting of the
Association to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, April 20 to 28.

May we ask you to let us know at your earliest convenience:

1. The name of the representative from your institution
who will attend the Atlanta meeting.

2. To what member of your staff future correspondence con-
cerning the work of the section should be addressed.

We are most desirous of having the participation of your institution in
our work.

Faithfull .

 

C. E. Turner, Dr. Li :
M. 2. Te» Cambridge, Mass. i
Section Chairman j