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The facilities for conducting an expanded program need to be materially
increased, and funds for this purpose should be forthcoming from schools, local
communities, and the state and federal government.

If a military organization exists in a school or college, the health,
physical education and recreation department should cooperate with it to the fullest
extent; but military drill is not now, and never should be considered as a substi-
tute for a comprehensive program of physical education.

For those who are soon to enter military service from institutions where
no formal military instruction is available, conditioning exercises, rudiments of
marching, military science and military hygiene, may well be taught on an elective
basis, but not as a substitute for a wide and varied program of physical education.

There is nothing in the present situation which indicates that the general
nature of the modern program of health, physical education and recreation should be
materially changed in method or content; it should be intensified, improved, and in-
creased, but not altered from its present form.

We are preparing young men and women for life in a democracy. They will
be living long after this conflict is over. They should be given opportunities to
gain a more thorough understanding and appreciation of our democratic form of
government, to distinguish between propaganda and facts, and to acquire knowledge
and skills which will enable them to live fuller and richer lives both now, and in
the future.

Colleges may materially aid in national preparedness by educating
recreational leaders, and lecturers and workers in public health matters.

Whenever possible, schools and colleges should make available their
facilities to serve the educational and recreational needs of the military forces.