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important jobs in district and national organizations.
Strong Hinman has been President of the American Physical
Education Association, and L. P. Washburn now is secretary
of the Central District. Our state association has had re-
presentation in both district and national councils.
The first meetings of the state association were held in con-
nection with the Round Tables of the Kansas State Teachers
Association. Later we held our meetings in conjunction with
the council of administration; however, three years ago we.
broke away from other ties and inaugurated the policy of
holding our own convention. This convention is held each
spring in some city in Kansas. We have met in Manhattan and
Wichita, and this your, Hoven 35 and 26 we have our convention
in Pittsburg, Kansas.
In addition to the state convention we still maintain our
Round Table meetings in the fall.
We feel that the Kansas Health and Physical Education As-
sociation has contributed materially to the development of
the physical education in schools and toward the establish-
ment of the teaching of physical education as a profession.
We can point for instance,to the following accomplishments
which are more or less directly the result of the activity
of the Kansas Health ang Physical Baw ation Association.
ae The extension of, school play days.
be. The requirements that teachers in physical education
have a certain minimum §f training in order to teach
in Glass A high schools.
ce We have undertaken to bring about a coordination of
the efforts of our association and others interested

in child welfare such as--The Tuberculosis Association,