Dre Lapp

Mrse Dart

Mr e Perry

Drs Lapp

PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR PEALTA

Radio Progran
January 26, 1939

(Dr. V. W. Lapp - Mr. L. R. Porry = Mrs. Margarot Dart)

ARCHERY

 

Although Archery is as old as civilization, it has only recently boon
added to tho curriculum of the University of Kansas. This fell we organ:
ized two classes in clemontcary achery, and it proved to bo popular enough
so that two classos in clomentary archory and ono of advanced technique
have been included in tho physical cducation program for the second semes*:
ere In the public schools of Lawrence tho girls have beon shooting for

at least a year. This fall I had a girl in my University class who had
taken archory in tho senior high school. Mrs. Dart, can you tell us how
long archery has been taught in Lawrence?

We've been teaching archery in the sonior high school for three years.
The first year we had only throe bows and a fow dozen arrows. With 35
students in a class, about o11 we accomplished was the technical phase of
shooting, such as stringing and unstringing the bow, standing position,
complete draw and the rolease. The second yoar, with moro equipment,
each girl was able to shoot 24 arrows during a class period, and we kept
accumulative score cards with scoros from threo different distances. We
entored three students in a meet with Kansas City, Kansas the following
year, and have used some of the better archers to demonstrate shooting
betwoen halves at the basketball games. Now intramural archery is hold
for advanced students after school hours. I understand, Mr. Perry, there
was an archery club at junior high school.

Yes, there was an archery club at junior high school about four yoars af0,
sponsored by Mr. Edwin Burgess, and it was ny priviloge to help Mr. Bur-
gess two years. In tho club, which was purely a voluntary organization,
about 20-25 boys reported. They made or bought their own bows and arrows
and learned some of tho fundamentals of archery. Probably much of the
shooting would not have been classified as skillful, but the enjoyment of
the shooters more than made up for that. Of course, thero were all kinds
of bows, ranging from toy archery sets to 30-5@ pound good lemonwood bows.
Although this activity was carried on after school hours, considorable
skill was developed by somo of these young shooters. Since the start of
our second somester, in talking to my classes in senior high, I have asked
the boys how they would like to shoot a bow and arrow as a class activity.
A yory g®at desire in cvory class has been evident. I intond to use
archery in my spring program, and with some now equipment added to Mrs.
Dart's present supply, and by shooting on alternate days with the girl's
department, we should be able to do some worthwhile shooting. Doc, didn'*:
I hear you say you had « girl in your archory class? I thought you were
in the men's physical cducation department?

Yes, Dad, you heard correctly. Our department is somewhat unique in that
we heve several co-cducational activity classes. adminton, which is
also new to our curriculum, is open to both boys and eirls. Our tap and
social dancing classes are co-educational. This is also true of fencing;
and archery is no exception. About 75% of our onrollment in tho first
two archery classes wore girls. Dac, you mentioned boys in your juhior
high school group having bows weighing 30 to 50 pounds. It would scom
to me that a 50 pound bow would be rathor hoavy for these small boys to
carry orounde