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Physical Fitness Session
Will Be Held in Topeka

Washington, Feb. 9. Feb. 9. ()—The of- | :
fice of education today announced

three regional institutes on physi-
cal fitness among students, in ad-
dition to a three-day institute which
started yesterday at the University
of Texas in Austin.

- One of the three will be at the|
Jayhawk Hotel, Topeka, Kan.,
March 7, 8, 9; Local Chairman |,
Strong Hinman, assistant superin-
tendent of schools, Topeka,

The institutes are a part of a
wartime drive for physical fitness | -
of students in schools and colleges,
which started in November, 1942,.-
because selective service’ figures |.
showed a high percentage of rejec-
tions among registrants 18 and 19].
years old. The campaign is spon-
sored by the office of education]
with the eee of the army,
navy and federal sucurity agency
committee on physical fitness. All
those groups are represented on
the faculties of the institutes in
addition to local physical fitness
leaders.