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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

WARTIME PHYSICAL CONDITIONING PROGRAM

The entire physical education program will be geared to war tempo.
Under the Direction of Dr. Forrest C. Allen, head of the Department of
Physical Education, the conditioning and toughening course will be in
operation this fall. All men students at the University of Kansas who
are subject to service in any of the branches of the armed forces will
be required to take three hours of physical conditioning work each week.
Assisting Dr. Allen will be Mr. Henry Shenk, who is also in charge of
intramurals end practice teaching in the Department of Physical Educations
Dr. Laurence Morehouse, who will be in charge of the ‘ielen program
and the graduate work for Physical Education majors; Mr. Wayne Replogle,
freshman football coach; and a number of physical education majors who
will form a “leaders corps" to be trained by the regular instructional
staff so that they may work under the supervision of the above named
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Last year the department served approximately 400 mon students on an
optional basiss this year approximately 1600 men will be actively engaged
in the required conditioning course.

All men must teke a swimuing test. If they fail in this test they
are enrolled in the swimming course under Dr. Morehouse's supervision.
The ss test consists of the following skills: Jump into deep water,

level off ‘and swim fifteen yards. Without stopping or touching = sides: |

 
  
  

of the pool, turn about and swim back to the starting ee

Men who have passed this test will go into the conditioning ourses. i

 

fhese will be broken up into sections of 40 students cach. s The ‘election

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