Allphin Dill Allphin Dill Allphin Dill Allphin Dill Allphin Dill Allphin Dill Allphin PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR HEALTH Radio Program December 22, 1938. (Mr. He Ge Allphin and Mr. W. A. Dill) Mre Dill, I understand that broadcasting is not exactly a novelty’ to you -- that you give the K. U. News Flashes on the air. Whet are these news flashes? The Ke U. News Flames are a brief newscast four days a week, origin- ally put in to separate lessons in two different foreign languages. How do you give these news flashes? I have a radio in my office, which is across the campus from the radio station, and when the announcer tells the listening audience that news flashes are next, I cut off the radio, and start broadcast- ing ‘ For just two minutes? Right close to two minutes, but being in the midst of the broadcast period I can steal a few seconds, especially if there is a good sports story coming up. Then you broadcast sports? I include a few sports items on the air, but the principal work is in providing sports material for the nowspapers.e The athletic manage- ment has provided Mr. Horace Mason, as sports editor, for the News Burenue And he is goode He knows Kansas sports and knows#it well. He knows every colleges and university player in the Missouri Valley - at least by record, and he knows whet the Kansas boys are doing in high school. Just to show how good ho is: at the high schsol mect in the last Kansas Releys the officials discovered thoy had some 130 boys entered for the 100-yard dashe They didn't know what to do, but Mason was able to pick out a score of cut-standing performers for heat leaders, thus preventing the bringing together of two top- notchers in the same heat -- he just knew his stuff. I take it, then, that you are interosted in sports. Indoed Iam. I agree with Jehn Griffith, Commissioner of the Big Ten, that sports news is clean news. It has all the clash and act- ivity of goneral news, without the sordidness of crime and disaster. But say, wo have gotten over onto the subject of sports. Now, I happen to know thet you are the swimming coach, and there are some things I'd like to ask you. Aftor all, this is supposed to bo a "Physical Education For Hon1th" program. I've already given it away to those fokks out thore listening, that you are the swimming coach, so I'm going to «sk you which sport you think is best for Physical Educe tion. Why, swimming, of course. Now, why do you say that? os Well, swimming gives exercise to the whole body, particuloy ly the Dill Allphin Dill Allphin Dill Allphin Dill Allphin Dill Allphin “Dea : arms, the legs and the back. Would you say that swimming is better than rowing, for instance? Kansas is © long way from tidewater and we don't have much rowing here. How do they do it? I've never been in a racing shell, but I used to row a little in the Northwest in boets built somowhat liko a racing shell - long and narrow, with a sliding seat for tho oarsman. A strap over his toes would hold his feet firmly and allow him to pull the seat forward until his knees were up to his chin. Then with his arms extended for in front he could dip in his oars and got 2 mighty stroke, one combining the push of his legs as he moved the seat back, bend his hoek backward, and pull his hands close to his chest, the three movements combining to give a long, powerful stroke that would make the boat leap ahead. Even tho wrists came in for a special twist to "foather" the oare That sounds like 2 complete exercising of the body muscles, but you really ouftht to try swimming, Mre Dill. This is one exercise that can be inéulged in by tho old as well os the young. Swimming will really keep you young and fit, if practiced rogularly. To be social: ly correct, you should know how to swim well. There are several strokes in tho realm of Father Neptuno: The American crawl, trudgeoi side, breast, elementary back stroke, back crawl, treading and floating. You have been talking about the different strokes in swimming; which is the fastest? The crawl stroke is the fastest possible way to swim. It evolved from the trudgeon which was invented by Mr. Trudgeon of England, while watching some South Americen Indians swim in 1880. Now there is another thing I want to know. I've noticed that the newer swimming pools are 25 yards long, while somo of the older ones are only 20 yardse How do the records compare in pools of these different sizos? What I mean is, can e swimmer do 200 yards fastor in a 20 yerd pool than in a 25 yard pool, or is he slower? Thore arothree sots of National Collegiate and National Collego Froshman records. ‘Twonty yard course recofds, short course rocords, mado in pools not less than 25 yards in length; long course records, made in pools 50 yards long or over. Records will bo recognized for all three courses in the following ovents: 50 yards (60 yards for 20 yard course), 100, 220, 440, 150 yards back stroke, 200 yards breast stroke, 400 yards rolay and 300 yards medley relaye. The rocords for the 20 yard and tho short course are faster than the long course records because the swimmer takes more turns on the former and can meke more speed than strnightaway swimming on - the long course. Does it take about the same timo to do a touch and turn on the back stroke as on the crawl? It takes longer to turn on the back stroke, boenase the swimmer cannot seo where he is going, therefore it is difficult to guage Dill Allphin Dill Allphin Dill Allphin Dill Allphin Dill Allphin Dill aS the distanee. Tho back stroke swimmer has a rail at cach end of the pool to grasp, so that hoe can catch hold of it and turn Wk» himself over on his breast. He then turns himself quickly, at the same time turning on his back, plants his feet firmly against the end with his knees, well bent, and shoves off for another trip down the pool. The crawl stroker has only to touch his hand against the end, whirl, place his fect ag&inst the end, shove, and be on his way. Then the shorter pool enables the swimmer to kick off more fre- quently. Yes, thats right. I will give you an example. Let us say that the contestants are swimming the 220 on a 20 yerd pool, tho swimmers will do 10 turns - but on a 25-yard pool, the racers will do only 8 turns = before completing tho contost. If so much depends upon the turn, what can a swimmer do to im- prove his technique? Mr. Dill, I believe the turn is one of the most important funda- montals of competitive swimming. For a splasher to improve his technique, first he should be given an explanation of tho turn by his coach. Then the coach or one of the varsity squad members should demonstrate. Then the novice is ready to go through this in slow motion. After mastering the turn the swimmer speeds up his practice until he attains perfection. By the way, I scem to recall that you got to the Olympic Games in Borlin two years ago. Did you by any chance get to sce the Olympic swimming matches? Yes, Iwas in Borlin for cleven days. Tell me about thom - how many toams were entered? There were about 15 teams entered in swimming at tho 11th Olympiad. The principel countries were the United States, Japan, Gormany, Helland, Hungary, Sweden, Canada, England,and Australia. What was the size of the pool? The Olympic pool out at tho Reich Sport Field was 50 meters long and 20 meters wide, with well marked lines on the bottom and ; built in starting biocks, The seating facilities could take care of some 18,000 spectators. There was a special diving place in another pool opposite the swimming pool. This was very conven= ient, as the divers could practice while the competitive races were going on. The water polo equipment was easy to place so there was very little delay botween the races and tho water polo games. I also had the good fortune of visiting the pool at the Olympic Village. This wes rectanguler in shape and had dimens- ions of 30 by 60 feet. There wsre no diving boards or lines on the bottom, as the pool was solely for tho pleasure of some 5,000 Olympic athletes housed in the villago who were from 53 different foreign countries. And of course, who won the swimming? Allphin Dill Allphin Dill Allphin Dill Allphin Dill Allphin Dill Allphin — A great deal of rivalry wes inevitable in view of the fact that the Japanose had carried off so many honors et the Los Angelos Olympiad, but at Berlin the U.S.A. turned the tables and took first, with the boys from the Land of the Rising Sun a chose sccond. But such count#ies as Hungary, Holland end Germany had reason to be proud of their aquatic athletes. I've been tell- ing you ebout swimming; now, what's your particular hobby, Mr. Dill? Compiling scores. The past year my office has published two small booklets, one for football and one for basketball, giving the scores of all the games Kansas hes ever played in these sports, together with standings of the teams, captains and coachose That sounds like a pretty good sized order. It did take quite a bit of time, but I have had the cooperation of other Big Six publicity men in checking, and we believe we have every score correct. ; Then the job is done? Not at all. Hardly is a booklet out then another season rolls around, with its additional scores, and the booklet is out of dates And just to make it a roal¥ jeb, the Directors of Athlot- ies of the Big Six have asked me to compile like statistics for all six schoolss How are you getting along with thet job? I have the football records complete for three of the schools, and baskotball for twoe Whon 211 six are in and compiled, I'll tackle the track records and baseball and thon swimming and golf and tennis. Yes, and a couple of schools of the conference have polo, and some have wrestling. There is a good sized job in sight. Well, I see thet old clock is pounding sway. Do you think you have time to ask me just one more question before the bell rings’ Yes, Mr» Allphin, to got back to Europe. How does their swimm- ing program thore compare with thet put on by the American Red Cross in our country? It is this. In Europe the pools are owned by the State. 1 inspected swimming pools at Paris, Borlin, Dresden, Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Stockholm, Copenhagen and London and found in all these cities, except London, that thore was a close coord~ ination between the schools and swimming pools in giving free instruction to pupils of elementary school age- The breast stroke is taught beginners in European countriese Accessory equipment is used to aid the instruction on, such as, inflated belts, kick boards, poles and ropes with belts suspended from the ceiling. The school children receive sn average of two lessons per week. Thoy are accompanicd to tho pool by their teachers and -5- are well behaved at all times. Tho Amorican Red Cross is doing gréet work in aquatic safety in our country but since moff pools are privately owned their elementary teaching program is somewhat curtailed. I hope to see the day, when our pools are owned by the munic~ ipalities, thon our youngsters in the U.S.A. will receive the same swimming privileges as their neighbors across the Sea. ttt 7 Ft Byrn Hoover Byrn Hoover Byrn Hoover Byrn Hoover Byrn PHYSICAL EDUCATON FOR HEALTH December 15, 1938 "Recreational Sports for Women" (Miss Ruth Hoover and Miss Jane Byrn) Miss Hoover, what do you classify as recreational sports for women} Recreational sports for women include practically all athletic act- ivities and games in which women engage; for the women do not have the difficulties that the men encounter in having individuals indulge in sports for financial returnss Women engage in sports for the fun, enjoyment, physical vigor and social pleasure which they obtain from them. Do you mean that you consider team games, such as basketball and base- ball, as recreative sports then? For girls and women, yes; they play these games for the fun and relax- ation they have in doing thems Hockey is another team:game which is especially good for recreative purposes. I only wish more of it were played in this part of the country as it is in the East. Then club teams could be formed for the girls and women who have graduated from school and they could have the opportunity of activity and social con- tacts with other clubs. But tonight the games I wish to consider more specifically under the head of recreational sports are those like ping~ pong, deck tennis, badminton, shuffleboard, etcs Really games which need no more than two people for participation and which also require small playing areas and inexpensive equipment. Too, they are games that are splendid for co-recreation, and as such I think they are very valuable. : What do you mean by co-recreative games? I mean games which are suitable for boys and girls or women and men to play in together. Football, as you know, is a man's game only, but ping pong, badminton, shuffleboard and such games may be played with both men and women or boys and girls on the same team with pleas- ure for each. Don't you think it wise for men and women to engage in games together? Oh, emphatically sos They must learn to adjust themselves to cach other in business, social and marital relationships, so why shouldn't they learn to do it early. And you kmow that as we increase the range of interests and activitics men and women have in common, we are in~ creasing the possibilities of a successful social adaptations. I am very strong for such gamos. Do you know, I really beliove parents would solve many difficult problems for their children, both boys and girls, of what to do in their leisure time or with their dates, if they would only ldok into these recreational sports and if they would provide opportunities for them to be played in their back yards and recreational rooms in the home. Yes, on these winter cvenings a game of ping pong or table tennis is wonderful recreation and not too strenuous. This game has literally swept the coumtry. After the dinner table is cleared it may be used if one does not have a regulation tables But you lmow, it doesn't cost much to make a realy table for yourself. Just buy a 9 x 5 piece Hoover Byrn Hoover Byrn Hoover Byrn Hoover Byrn Hoover Byrn Hoover ~La of 5 ply lumber (it comes cut in just that size) put a coat of shellac on it, rub it down and then put on the green paint and finally the white lines. You have a fine table for about $9. This table can be set up in the recroation room, the basement or attic and many winter evenings of pleasure will be spent theree Then in the summer move it out of doors in the shade and cool breezes. Yes, and many social ping pong clubs composed of husbands and wives have been formed. And I can imagine it is more fun than spending every evening playing bridge. How does badminton compare in popularity with ping pong? Badminton has become extremely popular since the movies have shown pictures of the outstanding players in action. It is particularly popular on the western coast as an all year games Badminton originated in India centuries ago when it was mown as "Poona", The English officers learned the game there and brought it back to England as carly as 18704 In 1887 English badminten rules were standardized and tourna- ment play started. The game came to Canada and the United States in the nineties, but was not particularly popular until 1935. Today it threatens to surpass indoor tennis in popularity. Is badminton a particularly expensive game? No, the rackets can be purchased for as little as $1.25 and the shuttle- cocks cost about the same as tennis balls. Is badminton played indoors only? No, it may be played either indoors or outdoors, and as you know, the space needed for a court is small in comparison with a tennis court. It is only 44' by 20t. This court can easily be put in the back yard and any kind of ground surface can be used since the shuttlecock does not have to bounce from it. How docs the game of acrial darts differ from badminton? It is similar to badminton except that paddles are used for hitting the Wbirdic" or shuttlecock over the net instead of a racket. The net is higher and the birdies are a little heavier. I enjoy darts really as much as badminton. Darts has one advantage over badminton - it is even less expensive. Manual training classes can easily make the paddles and small sponge balls may be used instead of birdies. Beginners can learn darts a little more easily than badminton and they are fascinated with it. What do you think of deck tennis? Deck tennis, ring tennis or tennis quoits, which are all really one and the same, is great fun. The name deck tennis was first given to the game because it was played on the deck of the ship. As you know, the game is similar to tennis, except that a rope or rubber ring is thrown back and forth over a net instead of batting a bail with a racket. Again the space for a court is small - only 40' by 20'. This is really the best out of doors game because the ring is heavy cnough that tho wind does not bother play. The entire family can enjoy this game, and even make a community tournament with it. But one warning before you Byrn Hoover Byrn Hoover Byrn Hoover Byrn Hoover Byrn Hoover othe play. ..Be sure to cut your fingernails short, for the ring may break a fow of them if you don't. Did you ever play shuffleboard? Yes, indeed, and this is a game that grandfather and grandmother will enjoy. It is surprising how interesting it is for being such a simple game. All the equipment you need is two cues, which are long sticks, and eight discs - round flat pieces of wood. The cues can even be made by taking old mop handles with wire fixtures and shaping thom to fit the discs. The court can be laid on the smooth concrete walk. Two triangular shaped diagrams are painted on the surface about 20 or 30 feot apart; the distance depends on the length of walk you have. | Different numbers are put in the six areas of the triangle. The idea of the game is to push a disc from one end of the court and make it stop in a scoring area of the other triangle. Of course, the opponent trios to knock your scoring dise off. The game may be played as singles er doubles. Really, you should put this game on your walks for grand- father to enjoye What about this game of Tether Ball that I've been hearing about? This is another interesting and not too strenuous and inexpensive Gane for the back yard. The only equipment needed is a 10 foot pole, 4 TS foot heavy cord attached to the pole, with a ball (even an old tennis ball). Attach to the free end of the cord. The object of tho game is to wind the cord about the pole above the foul line, by batting the ball successfully away from your opponent. The ball may be batted with a racket, paddle or even the hande I am surprised to see so few horseshoe courts set up in back yards. It isn't a game for men alonee Youmvould be surprised to see the inter- est that the K. Ue. girls have in their horseshoe tournamont. Two stakes, two pairs of horseshoes, a small narrow picce of lawn, and you have provided for hours of fun and exercise. The clink of iron against iron is music to your cars as your game improves and you are able to put on those ringers. Have you ever played the game Brille which Dr. Maismith, tho inventor of basketball, used in his reereative work during the war? Yes, isn't it an interesting game? Have you heard Dr. Naismith tell of its origin? No, I haven't. How did he happen to develop it? During a recreative period as he was watching the soldiers play various games, he noticed a small group playing a sort of hand ball game. They were batting the ball back and forth to each other having it strike the ground on a small designated spot, instead of against a wall. The ground was soft and rough so the ball would not rebound accurately. Dr. Naismith noticed a smooth old door near by and suggested the soldicrs place the door on the ground from which the ball would rebound accurately. This areca 6 by 8 was called the target. Around the taBgot a 2? neutral or no man's territory was marked off. This was all ‘enclosed in a court oo" @ 0%» The idea of the game yas to serve the ball by striking it with Byrn Hoover sone the hand onto the target so it would bound into the proper court across the target. The opponent had to return the ball to the target and @ -proper court before it ®ounced on the ground more than oncee t the old methods heve teken eo beck seat end our gyrnesivrs rre equipped with hot end esid water, plenty of saep and good bething fecilities, do you find thet ycur bething problems ere 411 solved? No, Doc., the nioblers are not ell salved. In the first Dlece, there it e towel probler. Most tawels, rhen furnished by the boy. soon becore dirty ond ere not leundered often enough, rostiy because of the inceonven- lence of teking them hore end bringing ther beck. It is ton often forgotten. The dirty torel presents » health hazerd ss does the forgstten tevel, since boys ere likely to forget heelth teeching end borrow © torel from » friend. I hed °n interesting siturtion develop during the lest of Februrry, 1936, while the Kenses City s@hools rere experiencing en enideric of influenza. At the stert of each cless I would have a long line of boys at my Ww. Perry Dr 6 La pp Mr. Perry Dr. Lavy Drs Bepp Mr. Perry Dr. Lepp ,, ae @esk beering notes from mother - "Pleese excuse Johnny fror showers today es he has not been feeling rell." In @ddition to the parede of excuses for showers, my absence list ves from 4 to 6 tires es long #s under ordinery conditions. It hed re worried. | Perdon re, Doctor, wheat type of class work were you doing et this tire? You know thet might have hed sore- thing to do with the situetion. Well, Ded, that edded to my worry, as we were doing heavy epperatus work et the time, end the students vere reslly getting e workout. It looked to me as though I might be responsible for sore of the absences by having these students do hard rork and then teking » shower. I believe if they ripe dry it won't hurt them. Thet wee my ides, but » group of boys in * hurry often Slight the pert of the shorer about wiping dry end get- ting the heir wet jfust before going outside. The sit- ustion looked bed, end I rede un my Wind to see if I wes Ceuising the trouble. The principel, D. Ws Followay, geve perrission for re to make a studye I rented to see. if the same absence rate prevailed sarong the boys not taking deily physicel education classes. Tro lists vere mede; first, all the boys taking daily gyrnesiur classes, 307 in number; end second, a list of en equel number of boys not in physicel educstion. The next step wes to check the *bsences from school during the three reeks wren the influenze wes et its worst. After the ebsences were recorded, it was » sivple thing to add the totals end see which group w#re ebsent the mosts Just a moment, Docs We have ® group of people rho are sick oy injured end heve doctor's excuses from physical edudation for the entire yeers It would not be feir to fheve this heéndicapped group ineluded with those not tak- ing physicel educetion. I am gled you suggested thet points It was teken care of by heving the school nurse check the second liste All the doctor's excuses were filed in her office and she cut off all the persons excused« We then edded more students until the second list equalled the number in the first list. After completing the eddition of the ebsences we found e total of 474 days absent from school for the group teking deily exercise, and 600 days #b- sent from tre non-exercise group. A @ifference of 126 days of extra school rork ras pvatilable for those &n the exercise group. Thet #11 sounds very good, but it seers to re thet if you were to try this agein you might get » different enswer. Thet is entirely true, but the methereticiens heave develoved © brench of stetistics called rethods of sempe Mr. Perry Dr. Lepp ; ~ 5 ling. By spplying sampling error stetistics to these figures it was possible to show thet if 100 like samp- les of boys rere used the chances would be over 98 out of 100 that the results would be in favor of the exer- cise group. However, in the case of my Westport boys in Kensas City thet difference is alrost a true diff- erence beceuse ve had such a large proportion of the entire group. I em gled the figures creme out so es to esse your mind about causing the influenza, but I ar still wondering what would happen if the study rere to include the girls end to enver e longer period of time. Dad, I am just one jump ahead af you on that point. Girls were included in a follow-up study for the three- week influenze period, end they elso produced results in fevor of daily gymnesium classes. An edditionel study covering a rhole semester geve the sare results for both boys end girls. It seers to me thet we herve a definite cese of "physical educetion for health”. # # # PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR HEALTH RADIO SERIES October 13, 1938 "Our Young Teachers Write Home" Dre Forrest Ce. Allen and Iifiss Elizabeth Dunkel. Dre Alien Miss Dunkel Tonight we invite you to chat with us about a group of young people who have dedicated themselves to the service of teach- inge When these young people took their jobs they hardly recognized the far reach of their influences The full real- ization of their responsibility, as it were, came to then unawarese The intermediate and the high school pupils were the ones who made these young teachers feel their importance and their respénsibility. Of course, these teachers have had real professional training which well fitted them for their tasks. These aspiring young teachers who thrilled the younge sters, and then in turn were thrilled by these youngsters, were university seniors less than one year ago tonighte Miss Dunkel, I wderstand that you have received several letters from your former students of last year who are now in their first teaching positions. Weren't you terribly proud of these expressions of responsibility coming from these teachers whom you trained so recently? Dre Allen, I am proud and pleased with the reports that have been coming in from our majors who have just matriculated into their lives as teacherse And I've takon the liberty of bring-~ ing letters from these girls so you and our radio audience can enjoy them, toos Now, I'm not reading these just for the sake of gossip, but because they have left me with some ideas for reflectione They hold a message of deep importance not only for us who are training teachers in physical education, but also for the parents of youngsters who pass under the teaching and influence of these teacherse Now here is the first letter from Ruth Baker. You remember Ruth Baker started her university career os a mathematics major and later ehanged to physical education, She holds a position in the Salina high school this year, The whole tone of her letter is ecstatic, Here are a few lines from its “When I heard the football broadcast I felt that Itd like to be back in K.U. «~ but no, Itm too well pleased here in Salina. If all the other graduates of last spring are one-half as happy as I, they are really onjoying thomselvese" . e « Then after describing hor classes, she mentions, "Of course there's some work connected with our profession = I find the physical education teacher is chief 'gamcegettcer! for all and any school organization picnic or partye Also Itve found that every child who gets a bruise, scratch, broken bone or a case of illness is Dre Allen Miss Dunkel Dre Allen Miss Dunkel Ze sent to the physical education teacher. All these aside aids secm to take up every spare moment, but I really love my job, and I wouldn't trade it for any office job or teaching of other subjects." Splendidg’ My first reaction is to feel that Salina is a for- tunate community to obtain a teacher who enters into her work so wholcheartedlye I do know that parents and school admin- istrators always appreciate this type of service that goes with sincere teachinge And now here are bits from another letter, This one comes from Catherine Dunkel, who is in the high school at Coffey- ville this year. In fact, her letter practically repeats the news in a similar one from Lucille Bottom, who is also new in Coffeyville. Here's what Catherine says, "I have some darling girls in my class, and I'm so excited about their liking moe They are dependable and work like Trojans, and I love working for theme" Then she goes on - 2I was in charge of the con- cession stand at the football game and we cleared $28 for GeAeAe Now I'm working on a tea for Student Congress Conven= tion. And also the faculty wives have asked me to give them & swimming class, so I'm chalking that up on my schedulee Next Thursday I am to give a talk ina girl's assembly on ‘What Propriety and Good Taste Mean in Mixed Company?. PeSe Don't know whether I told you but I'm helping the Junior High school physical education teacher with some modern dance teckniquee"® Well, - when does she have time to teach her physical education classes? Fron her list of extra activities I'd judge that she would have to be a little careful of her own recreatione Well, Dre Allen, you've certainly been in physical education long enough to know that teaching class schedules is almost the smallest part of the things physical education teachers are expected to doe And I think you are’ right in assuming that it is easy for them to overdoe Now, here is a letter from Irene Moll, who is beginning her work this year in Dodge City high school. Perhaps you noticed an item in a recont Journal«World describing the acclaim which greeted her pep squad when they drilled between halves at a Dodge City foot- ball gamee Here's the bit from Irene's letter = "Teaching is fun, isn't it? I am sponsor of GeAedie, Soph. Class, Pep Club, Girl Reserves, and Tumbling Team." Irene then describes hor elasses in physical education, and finally adds, “It sounds as if I have a lot of irons in the fire, but I'm learning to organize my timee All my energies are toward one thing: to- ing the best job of teaching I can, therefore I practically eat, drink and sleep school." Another letter, from Esther Gilkeson, repeats the same kind of news from Medicine Lodge where she is teaching physical education and English. Dre Allen Miss Dunkel Se Now, Dre allen, do you blame me for getting a glow from read~ ing letters like these? To me the zest stimulating these quotations is the best kind of reward for all the time, work and patience that goes into the profession of teachinge But I'm monopolizing all the timee I happen to know that the men's department sent out some majors last yeare I've already had a heartwarming conversation with Maurice Cannady about his work in the Junior high school right here in Lawrencee Why don't you give us an idea of Maurice's fecling on the subject of being a physical education teacher? Well, Miss Dunkel, I might say that Maurice Cannady has all of the concomitants of the successful teacher. While Maurice is a very promising athletic coach, yet his paramount interest centers in his young chargese He stresses physical cleanli- ness to them, emphasizing that the term 'well-groomed! means clean hands, skin, toeth, hair, nails and feete You know he calls dirty fingernails ‘mourning bands' because of the possible infection that they might carry. He.also calls the boys* attention to the fact that it was the athlete who taught America to take a bath daily instead of one every Saturday night. He knows that if the memory and imagination are kept clean, morale strikes a new highe 4nd then there's Forrest "Frosty" Hardacre, last year’s varsity football and track star, who is coaching and teaching at Ness City, Kansas, "Frosty" was a physical cducation major, a hail=fellow-wellemet, with enthusiasm, personality and leader- ship which will carry hima long waye "Frosty" likes his work immensely, He, of course, wants to kmow all about the foote ball team and about the gang in the Physical Education Depart} mente. When a graduate leaves his alma mater he often learns & new meaning of his loyalty for that institutione Hearing these letters again puts me in that mood of reflection I mentioned when we started talkinges I'm impressed with the fact that not one of these tyro teachers mentiéned liking her or his job because of the salary check, There were no gibes of resentment, eithere I've heard teachers say things like, "Gosh, these bratse I get so sick of herding them that I can't stand the thought of them after the last bell rings." Secondly, there were no complaints about the burdens of extra- curricular duties, but instead an enthusiastic acceptance of every opportunity to be of service to the children, the school and the community. There was no fussing over administration or the local situation. And the next point which I want to bring home is that these young teachers are not only teaching the physical skills and knowledges of physical education, but they are assuming the responsibilities of nurse, health advisor, recreation director, spiritual advisor, club sponsor, entertainment director, and mother confessor. Dr. Allen: - Miss Dunkel 4 Dre Allen he Yes, Miss Dunkel, and although these duties add to the busy lives of these yomg teachers, they are the very things which make the physical education teacher eapable of exerting more influence on youngstors than any other teacher in school, I wonder if our parents realize how many times students seek out the physical education teacher for aid in personal problems which sometimes they fee 1 they can't even take to their own fathers and mothers. We should be grateful as parents, and as teachors, that education is recognizing the many contri-~- butions to the whole child which physical education can makee In this department the youngster finds an opportunity to satisfy the fundamental cravings and needs of a developing emotional, mental and physical self, The physical education teacher who understands the technics of his or her field and who possesses the true coneept of finc teaching fills a place in the school and community that no other teacher can replaces Yes, the old expression that teaching is a noble profession may seem trite, but to a teacher who has experienced the rich reward of seeing students grow and develop under his guidance that phrase is potent with meaninge Modern education holds forth the ideal of the “artist teacher", - the teacher who achieves a degree of selflessness in using his life to serve and enrich the lives of otherse That kind of teacher never worries about drudgery or routine, for cach new student be-= comes a fresh shallenging opportunity for creative accomplishment. I said at the beginning that the letters wetye discussed made me proud and happy, and I want to repeat that, for they convince me that these young teachers have the "artist teacher" concepte And with that ideal, thoy will act as complenents to the parent and home in guiding children at schoole Thank you, Miss Dunkel, for this friendly fireside chat con- eerming our yomgest teachers out in the field. They are thinking not so much of what they want as of what life wants of them. And either in their presence or their absence you are well pleased with their reponses,. And too, it is the presence of their own imer adequacy which is responsible for the tranquil state of mind which these successful teachers POSSCSS¢ itt