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E are a peaceful nation. We don’t

like war but it has been thrust on
us. We are engaged now in a war for
survival, a total war, a war of armies and
navies, a war of factories and farms, a
war of homes and schools, a war in
which each one of us plays a part.

Students in our 28,000 high schools
are eager to do their share in our march
toward victory. Through the High School
Victory Corps they are preparing them-
selves for duty, if it should come, on the
combat fronts and on the production and
essential community fronts here at home.
This wartime service demands a condi-
tion of strength, endurance, stamina,
coordination, and agility beyond that
ordinarily required for peacetime pursuits.

Suggestions for building this winning
physical fitness may be found in this
booklet. It can be read with benefit by
high school coaches and athletic directors
in charge of wartime programs of
physical education, as well as by students.

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