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ations made by the State Board of Health.

What do you hope to accomplish in this conference this
week-end?

This conference, which is being sponsored by the School
of Engineering in cooperstion with the Department of
Bacteriology and the Department of Physical Education, is
being held for the purpose of giving information to pool
operators so that they will give better service and have
more knowledge of how to keep the pools in a sanitary
condition. '

About how many public swimming pools are there in Kansas?

I belicve at the present time there are approximately 175.

That gives a great many Kansas children. the opportunity to

learn to swim. My father drove a stagecoach over Kansas
in the early 80's, between St. Joseph Mo. and Dodge City,
Kansas$ I have often heard him speak of swimming in the
Arkenstis River near Gread Bend. Tell me, are most of
these pools in good sanitary condition?

In answer to this inquiry, I would say that most pool
operators are conscienticusly trying to keep their swimming
pools in good condition. However, the older pools do not
have the equipment and water treatment facilities that are
needed to mect the standards which the State Board of
Health believes should be mot. Fortunately, however,
public interest in improving swimming pool fecilities is
very great, and during the past few years, many towns have
provided excellent swimming pools to form a part of the
recreational progrem of the commnity.

I notice you are holding this conference the same week-end
as the Kansas Relays. Is there any particular reason for
this?

Yos, this has been requested by a number of operators of
swimming pools who are serving as high school coaches ‘
during the school year. They will be here for the Relays,
and.they want to take this opportunity to use tine highs
would not be occupied by the Relay activities, to get in-
formation regarding the work they will do during the

summer months. You will note that our program, Mr. Allphi
has been arranged so that engineering problems of swimming
pool design will be discussed on Friday afternoon. We
appreciate that a great many of the high school coaches
will be busy with the High School meet that afternoon. We
have planned a program which will be of interest both to
the engineers and to the operators on Friday evening. We
will have a dinner at the Union Building followed by a
discussion of swimming as a part of a commnity recreationa
program. I think we have been very fortunate in getting
Mr. Alfred MacDonald, who is park director of Wichita, anc