Hoover Bell Hoover Bell McAdoo Hoover Bell McAdoo Hoover “2a Well; Irene, there are five types of Play Dayse First, the college play day between colleges located within a radius providing ease of transport- ation. Thon, there is the play day sponsorod by a university athlotic group or physical cducation department for high schools. Our play day here comes under this plan. third, thore is the play day at which several high schools participate, playing on a rotary basis at different high schools cach play day. Also, play days are sponsored by high schools for 8th grade girls; and fifth, there are grade school county play days, and industrial play days. The fundamental principle of any play day is "nlaying with rather than against the girls from other schools." Miss Hoover, it scoms to mc that these play days give every girl in high school a wonderful opportwmity to play with girls from other schools without mmecessary strain or intensive training. The boys, of course, have their football and basketball teams, and play against teams of other high schoolse Yes, Virginia, the vlay days have grown from the need of the great group of girls for play. Inter-school competition offered an opportunity for only a small percentage of specialized playors whose skills were developed by hours and hours of practice and training. The foundation principle for thoplay day idea is found in the platform of the National Amateur Athlctic Foderation and resolutions drawm up in 1923, That platform states the women's division “belicves in spirit of play for its own sake, and works for the promotion of physical activity for the largest possible proportion of persons in any group in forns suitable to individual needs and capacities, under leadership and environmental conditions that foster health, physical efficiency, and the development of good citizenship." Irene, how many girls are you expecting for our Play Day this year? Last year there were between 140 and 150 girls here, and I think we will have about the samc number this year. You know we limit the number from each high school to ten girls, but if a school requests that they bring more girls we usually give them peormissione Yes, and many K. U. graduates who are teaching in vicinities other than the section allotted to the University of Kansas often ask to bring their girls to our play day. Ruth Pyle, of Shawnee ifission High School, Cathorinc Dunkel, of Coffeyvillo, and Ruth Baker, of Salina, have asked to bring their girls. Irene, I think it would be interesting if you would tell us some of the activities planned for the Play Daye Well, the girls are divided into color teams, each tem consisting of 10 or 12 girls. Tho girls are not playing as a school team, but as a color team, carrying out the idea which Miss Hoover mentioned - "playing with rather than against the girls from other schoclse" Then a KeUe girl, a mombor of W.AsAs, is captain of cach color team, and at each game a Kee girl officiates. The game schedules vary from year to year, but usually inelude baseball, vollcyball, deck tennis, and the challenge hour is thrown open to darts, stunts, free throws, jacks, tether ball, tennis, horseshoes, badminton, hopscotch, and so forth. Folk dancing has been added .to the program for the last 4 yoars, and it