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This attitude was no doubt closely associated with the discovery that "in general,
the program has worked better than we had any right to expect. This has been mainly
due to the cooperation we have received from our student body".

Similar activities are being undertaken in many other sections of the
country, the emphasis on most cases being laid on some form of corrective exercises
as a means of improving the physical condition of the men of college age. Increased
attention is being paid to such sports as boxing and wrestling and the question of
health is invading the classroom as some institutions give comprehensive tests on the
subject. In some cases, added attention is given those of military age who are sub-
ject to call within the year. The University of Alabama holds special classes in
calisthenics for them and Tuskegee Institute, in the same state, plans to give poten-
tial draftees periodical physical checkups. Louisiana Tech writes of "an amazing
number of draftees turned down in this state because of physical disability" and is
taking immediate steps to remedy the situation. Tulane Wiversity is among those in-
creasing its requirements for physical education from one year to two.

The reason for giving the matter thorough attention is well summed up by the
University of Chicago: "The man who is in excellent physical condition when he enters
the army will get more immediate enjoyment out of army life, will stand a better
chance of early promotion and will be of far greater usefulness than the man who
breaks into the strenuous physical grind while soft and out of condition."

Experience to Be Offered in the Use of firearms

Second only to the general expansion of the intramural program on the col-
lege campus is the decision of a number of athletic associations to make instruction
in pistol and rifle shooting available to their students. from the University of
Chicago comes the announcement that "we doubled the size of our indoor range a year
ago and increased the activity in this field by over 500 per cent. The department
provides the range, the rifles, the supervision and the coaching. The only cost to

students is for ammunition." Louisiana Tech and the University of San Francisco are