Physical Education
Made Compulso

Western Reserve Adopt:

New Program to Meet
Military Needs

Special to THz NEW YorK TIMES,
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 11—A4
new program of physical educatio
for “self-preservation” is being in-
augurated at Western Reserve Uni-
versity under the direction of Rob-
ert M. Grueninger, associate Pro-
fessor of Physical Education, Dr.
Winfred G. Leutner, president of
the university, announced today,
following faculty action. The pro-
gram is compulsory and is “de-
signed to equip each individual
with the necessary requisites for
induction into military service.”
Professor Grueninger, who has
just returned from a leave of ab-
sence to develop the program with |
Army and Navy officials at Fort||
eade, pointed out that among}
other things fully accepted as im- |
portant to the inductee are: “A to-
tal body development.”
“Combat efficiency connotes!
more than condition,’ Professor
Grueninger added. “It implies the
ability to endure the utmost physi-
cal strain and have enough to per-
form with efficiency. This concept
precludes the idea that a man can
do all his training in an eleventh-
hour program. It means that our
youth should put on muscle and ac

These skills, Professor Gruening
er believes, may be listed under tw
Classifications: Skills for comba

as climbing,
throwing, jumping, vaulting, div-
ing, rolling, falling, and individual
combat activities. ;
The program to develop useful
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