STATE OF KANSAS
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

GEO. L. MCCLENNY
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

W. A. STACEY MISS LOUIE LESSLIE
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT SECRETARY STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

TOPEKA

November 2, 1942

Dear Administrators

The enclosed comaunication briefly analyzed and stated is this:

Second:

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Feurth:

Seventh:

The U. S. Office of Education in cooperation with other governmental
agencies has worked out a Physical Education program for the schools
of the nation. This program was explained in full detail by

Strong Hinman at the September 11 meeting in Topeka.

A three-day institute or school will be held in Lincoln, Nebraska,
on Hovember 19, 20, and 21. This institute is to serve as 4 training
school for area or sectional representatives from surrounding statese

Following the Lincoln Institute the various area or. sectional delegates
who attend the Lincoln Institute are to conduct a loeal institute for
their immediate arca or section of tho statee At these institutes
administrators and teachers who will have charge of Physical Training
in the high schools will reccive information and instructions rela-
tive to the entire Physical Training vrogram as outlined at Lincoln.

Those invited to attend tho Lincoln Institute are: The high school
principal or superintendent and the Physical Trainins instructors
for both the girls' and boys' Physical Traininge The local super-
intendent may, if he chooses, invite his Health instructor if dif-
ferent from the Physical Training instructore

Expenses of the threc-day institute must be borne by the local school
s this department does not have sufficient funds to bear the cxpenses
f those attending the institute.

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Tho area or scctional institutes following the Lincoln Conference will
be arranged for and called by the State Department of Educatione

All delegates attending the Lincoln Institute should plan to attend
the full three-day scssione Part-time attendance. would have no
practical valuo.e