Announcer « Cannady « Camnady = Chorus = Cannady « Cannady @ lst voice = end voice « Cannady = RADIO PROGRAM December 16, 1937 PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR HEALTH SERIES "SASNAK CLUB" This evening the Department of Physical Education, of the University of Kansas, presents & program prepared and pro- duced by the Sasnak Club, a new organization in that departe mente We take you now to Rebinson Gymnasium where a meeting of the Sasnak Club is in progresse (Fade in) O.K. Frosty e « « Give us the note « e e (Sound of piano note) All right « e « Ready, everybody e e "Oh, we've plenty of vigor and we've lots of vim; We play baseball, and we kmow how to swine (Chorus: Ain't gonna grieve my lord, etc.) Oh, wetre Physe Ede majors, from old K.U. We'll get our jobs and we'll plow right throughe )Chorus: Ain't gonna grieve my lord, etce) " (Sound of many voices talking, laughing. Gavel hit on table.) The meoting of the Sasnak Club will please came to ordere (More noise « « « gavol) Order please? (Pause for quicting down) Since we have visitors with us this cvening I thought it might be a good idea to have our secretary, Miss Ruth Baker, tell us a little about tho Physe Ede majors and thoir clube And maybe read tho Sasnak purposce How "bout it, Ruth? Yeoh e e what about us, anyway? Aw e e I wanna sing « » g Can I sing now? Quict, youl Ruth, you want to came up here in front? Ruth « Ruth «= lst voice - Ruth - Cannady = 2nd voice = Cannady = ord boice -« Cannady « 3rd voice « Cannady - (Back) Just a minute till I find that papor «¢ » (Applause. Voices calling for Ruth, ctc.) Gavel. Well, the Sasnak Club, as you all know, is the organization of the students majoring in Physical Education. This department, with a foureyear curriculum, was cstablished only last ycare This year there are about eighty students in this department. Our club, which wo call Sasnak , . that's Kansas spolled backe wards, by the woy e e was organized just this falle Our officors are: Maurice Cannady, president; Catherino Dunkel, vice president; and Giles Elmore, treasurer. Hey = you forgot Ruth Baker, sccretarye (Laughter) (Laughs) All right. Now, to get back to the club. As our president told you, the Sasnak Club has a purpose. It is three-fold. First - to create a feeling of professionalism among the Physical Education majorse Second « to foster fricndship between the students and also between the students and tancherts Third.— to gain knowledge. 0.K., Maurice? Thanks a lot, Ruthe And now é «6 Now can I sing? And now « « e How about hearing something from the football boys? Hey = it's baskotball scason nowe Sure, but e« « « Well, listen eee Why don't you get a football man up there and a basketball man and let them both tell us a little bit about their games? O.K. That's a swell idea, Forrest Hardacre, will you come up front, please? (Voices = Come on, Frosty.) amend & Cannady = Paul - Frosty - Paul - Frosty =- Paul = Frésty = Paul Frosty « Paul = Frosty « 3¢ And Paul Masoner « you, too, ploasce (Applause) Well, Frosty, all the football togs are put away for awhile. And a fine record for tho '37 football tcam.se What do you consider tho high spot of the past season? We roally began to click at the Iowa State game and after the surprise victory over Oklahoma. JI think we roached the peak against Nebraska, when we tied them 13 to 13, Paule Well, with the pep that the victory over Oklahoma generated among the students, it would have been very hard to have let thom downs You're rights That type of school spirit certainly makes a football scason mean something for the playerse What do you think of the prospects for the nekt year, Frosty? I think they're very good. There will be about twenty lettor men back and several outstanding freshmen, But wait a minute, Paul e e e the big interest now is basketball, With your contact with this year's basketball team, can't you tell us something about how the team will shape up this winter? Dre Allen has six letter men back to form the nucleus of the team, and with a few good sophomore roserves they should go a long way in the conference battle for the title, They've played a number of gomes already, haven't they? Yes, Of course, all these have been noneconference games, so we don't know how they will show up against the better competition of the Big Six schools, How about the other schools in the Big Six? What are their prospects? Paul « Frosty = Cannady « end voice Cannady «= 4th voice 2nd voice Cannady =< Group « 2nd voice Cannady = Song = Group « Cannady = 4e Of course, Nebraska, who ticd us for the championship last year, will be the strongest contender for the crown this ycare They have practically their whole team back from last seasone The other schools will 111 be strong, but I belicve Kansas and Nebraska wiil buttie it out for the title again this years That sounds good cnough to me and from the looks of the crowd at the non-conference games, tho student body is all sct to get behind you and push. And I know I'm speaking the scntiments of all the students when I wish tho basketball team the very best of lucke (Applausc ) That was swell, boys cee Hey = when you gonna let me sing? Quict back there. What bout overybody singing again? AW eon I wanna sings That'*’s a swell idea, We:1l all sing againg What will it be? (Chatter, chatter ooo) How bout “Put on Your Old Gray Bonnet"? All righte Frosty, came on - it's Old Gray Bonnet = let's have the key. "Pull off your coat and collar Get to work, push and holler And we'll put Physical Ed. on the top With not a teacher roosting With every student boosting We will never, never stope (Chatter, chatter ose) Say, that sure was swell « and to think our own Ruth Bakor wrote the words. We have talont in this bunche That's too good to stop on = what about another one? And let's make this one amodley. Key again, Frosty. Song: Cannady «= Song: 5e (Tune, “Solomon Levi") We'll build a nation, tra, Ja, la, la, la, la Through Physical Education, tra, la, la, la, la, la “le go to bed at ten ofclock (that is most every night) ind that is why we're able, friends, to put in lots of fight. . Gosh, its getting late « » » we've got to be out of here in five minutes. First, I want to remind you of these next club meetings. Remember, it is a commumity recreation programe Masoner, youtre to call the square dances, and Maxine, don tt you forget to get that hill billy band together. The second program will be a lecture on safoty education, And the third one will be a program similar to a Professor Quiz = so every= one be studying up on the why's and wherefore's of Physical | Educations As it is gotting late, we had better close. If I romomber right at our first mooting wo hod all the football — boys come up and face us as we sang. the Alma Mater - that was just Vetiira the Nebraska game « and you know what we did to Nebrasla.e © So as this meeting initiates the basketball scason let's close singing the Alma Mater in honor of the basketball team playing at Washburn tonights Moke it good, now’: CRIMSON AND THE BLUE RADIO PROGRAM PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR HEALTH December 9, 1937 "OVERCOME YOUR FEARS THROUGH THE USE OF MOTOR POWER" Allen -- 4 survey lasting two years and costing $25,000 was made jointly by the Hoover==- Allen-- Hoover-- Allen-- University of Chicago, the American Association for Adult Education, and the schools of the united Y.M.C.A. That survey revealed that the prime interest of adults is health. Health is obtained by following Nature's laws. Maude Royden, of England, said "You cannot break Nature's laws but you can break yourself against Nature's laws". Musculer activity is necessary for health. The human animal is first of all a motor animal. The nervous system develops with the progressive use of the motor musclos. As tho nervous system continues to develop the brain enlarges and soon there comes reasoning and imagination. Obstacles which are apparently insurmountable soon appear to the young human animal. The inability to conquer those mental Gibraltars causes doubt and misgivings. Upon the steps of doubt appears fear. Fear soon paralyzes, or at least inhibits the motor re- sponses. Wo must find a way to conquor foar. Miss Hoover, did you read the article by Dr. Honry C. Link, the director of the Psychological Service Conter, New York City, in this Decembor issuo of Tho Readers’ Digest, ontitled "Do the Thing you Fear"? Yes, and I onjoyed ite I certainly agreo with Dr. Link that wo have talked so much about the inforiority complex that if this term had not been so over-usod there would have been one less idea for people to fear. It scoms to me, Dre Allon, thnt Dr. Link certainly gave a great boost for physical education and solidly endorsed the need of cxercise. What was that example that Dr. Link so forcibly brought out to the young man who came to him im- ploring for a prescription that would enable him to conquer his insomnia? Well, Miss Hoover, it is just oxactly the same prescription that you give to your girl students overy day in the gymnasium. You tell them to "broathe with their legs", to use them when they convey thoir bodies about. Dre Link advised this young man to run around the block at night until he was roady to drop. "What you need is exertion," he said. "You have put too much of your physical energies into thinking and imagining things. If you run hard enough you will automatically relax and go to sleep. You have thought your- self into this fear with your mind. You can run yourself out of it with your legs." And Dr. Link states that this young man did so. That prescription is splendid for young people who are buoyant and peoppye But I should hositate to give oxactly that advice to older persons who are dejected or worried. I should first try to arouse their interests in some sort of a game to get their minds off their worrics. Most poople, when they are repressed, do not have the energy to run around the block. But there is hardly any individual who docs not like to play some game, and most people play at least one game well. Well, Miss Hoover, of course you are speaking about gemes that employ mus- cular action. I imagine that you aro thinking of games such as darts, deck tennis, badminton, quoits, ping pong, captain ball, dodge ball and volley ball, are you not? =Qeo : a. ee bem gg Hoover-- Yes, and if you want the really strenuous indoor games, I should suggest Allen-- Hoover-=- Allen-- Hoover=<= Allen-- Hoover-- Allen-- basketball or handball. Yes, but no person could relax and go to sleep after a very strenuous game of basketball or handball. Groat excitation is produced in a basketball game.» Most of tho varsity players find it very difficult to go to sloop under two or three hours after a strenuous basketball gamo. In fact, I know of somo of my varsity players who, after an oxciting game, cannot sloep until the wee, small hours of the morning. But I am thinking of those breadwinners, who, after a few years in the rough and tumblo of business and professional life, have great difficulty in getting a good, sound night's slecp. They desire a retreat from the strain, cares and hy- pertension of this modern cxistenco. They fool the necd and the dblessivg of rest. To a tired soul seeking a surceaso from worry these words of Matthew come as a bonediction: "Come unto mo, all ye that labor and arc heavy laden, and I will give you rest.® Did not the Indian have an equivalent philosophy when he thought of his happy hunting ground? And the Chinese philosopher, touching on the meta~ physical fantasies, when he said, "I sometimes wonder whether I am dreaming life or living a dream." You will recall that whon MacBoth murdored sleep thru his fear, he so aptly said: "The innocent sleep, sleep that knits up the ravolled sleeve of oure, the death of cach day's life, sore labor's bath, balm of hurt mind, great nature's second course, chief nourishor in life's feast." These linos are pungent with the fear of sleeplessness. To push fear out of a life it is necessary to gencorate a confident thought in the placo of a doubtful one. If a switchman desires to move a box car from a certain location ho signals the switch engine so that ho may replace that certain box car by pushing anothor onc in its place. This is the basic pscyhology of overcoming fear and gaining confidence, Miss Hoover, what is your furthor prescription to repress fear? Well, I should just ro-omphasize the necessity of using your head less at certain times, and use your arms, legs and large fundamental group mscles of the body more; muscles that are used in running, jumping, leaping, vaulting and climbing. Certainly if healthy persons use these muscles more they would have a good digestion. And if one has a good digestion he has good assimilation. With good assimilation, strong vitality. And with strong vitality, strong mus- cular action. Dr. Allen, some one was telling me about the slogans you htve in the varsity dressing room. What is that slogan concorning the three B's that you havo for your baskotball team? Oh, those three B's are merely to aid the boys to train moro intelligently. We have a now >lacard that we put up cach day for health anc morale sup~ gostions for tho varsity. I morely suggest that tho three B's mean that the boys should cat broiled, boiled and baked foods. This climinates tho groasy foods. Of course, we advocate toast because bread is the staff of lifo and toast is sweotened broad. The hoat breaks up tho starch capsules and assists in turning the starchos into sugare The extra mastication necessary in eating toast also aids dizestion.e Slorans similar to this =e Spover every day. In regard to overeating. wo havo tho following slogan: ‘Do not dig your grave with your teoth". In rogard to dovoloping log and thigh muscles, we say "Breathe with your legs". And so that we may call attention to fino posture, wo have a placard reading: "He died at 42 ond was buricd at 72. Look your part". If the individual has an erect carriage, a springy step, and confident posture, he can repeat with good grace the following lines: If hunting a job Or seiling a mine; Lost your business Or stocks doclince; & hard luck story Is boaten a mile By 2 clean white collar, A shave and a smile. Hoover=-I like the thought of this jingle. It often gives mo a quick phokeup. Get uplift in your bearing and strength and spring and vim; No matter what the things that worry you, fo slouch won't altor thom. Just square your shoulders to tho world You're not the sort to quit It isn't the load that broaks us dow Its tho way we carry it. Allen-- Woll, you know, Miss Hoover, just lots of people would get a ready response from a thing like that. All any of us neod when we aro low is just a lit- tlo boost. But now back to brass tacks just for a momont. From a practical standpoint, if every comaunity and every school in our land could have "Holl Week" once a year wherein everybody spoke to tho othor fellow as they passed, this friendly greeting of poople who never speak to each othor would make more montal medicino for each individual than is often generated in six monthse Hoover--Think of these shy, uncertain souls who only speak when they are spoken toe Allen-- A friendly greeting enables them to burst the montel fetters that bind thom. Merely a hearty Good Morning, Frank, or © Hello, Jaye, will release tho asic reticence of these shy persons and make thom fool that the whole world is kin. Don't you think, Dr. Allen, that many people cultivate their foars unknowingly? Yes, I do, Miss Hoover. I hove always bolioved that no one should ever fcol sorry for himself. Do not permit Roople to sympathize with you anc tell you that you have been abusode 4 Polaanaho lends an attentive ear to this sort of gossip is doing himself an injury. “Instead of Grivine foar out of your heart, you are inviting fear in for a permanent abode. The best ontitoxin to cradicate fear is to bury yoursolf so deop in work and physicol activity that fatigues, that you haven't time to wry. Hard vhysics1 work never has killed anyone. Do you know of onyone thet has departed this life from this cause alone Miss Hoover? ahe Hoover-- No, I do not, but let’s be really more specific regarding the more sencral Allen-- fears. 4ll right, Miss Hoover. Suppose we quote Dr. Link when ho statos "That the more general fears - of insanity, of persecution, of strangors, of infocr- iority, are usually the resutlt of one's failure to conquer tho minor foars by such practice. Sometimos, however, Dr. Link states, "they are due to the fact that a person, for some reason - disappointment in love, the death of a dear rolative, financial reverses, loss of a job -- withdraws tho in- dividual from his accustomed activitios. after ao catastrophe, ospecially, one should not only keep up old activities, but bond his will and onorsiecs toward beginning some now cnd a preferably stronuous pursuit." Dr. Link states that at the bottom of most foars, both mild and severe, will be found ‘an overactice mind and an underactive body. Hence, he advises many people, in their quest for happiness, to cctivate themselves. Foar is nature's warning signal to got busy. Hundreds of thousands of men end women are playing golf today, not because they chose golf as their chief love in sport and games, but because the family doctor advised the business man and school teacher to broak away from the worrisome grind. Gotting out in God's great out-of-dorrs whore they might rut their attontion on a white, elusive gutta-percha ball, bounding over the greensward, will prevent thom from wor- rying about things that they cannot holp and about other things that never happen. These people know full well that tho only way to koop their phys- icel machines functioning so that thoy may earn thoir deily bread for them- selves and their familics is to spend hours outdorrs recreating body and soul. ere Ridin initials edi intact RADIO PROGRAM November 11, 1937 PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR HEALTH "WHAT PAR™NTS SHOULD FNOY ABOUT TH PHYSICAL GROWTH OF TRE CHILD" Allen--Dr. Lapp, last night I read a United Press dispatch quoting Dr. Fred M. Smith, of the University of Towa, to the effect that degenerative heart disease in the United States is on the increase. I am of the conviction that heart disease is the product of our civilization. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, overworks the heart and imposes upon it an extra load, thereby vroducing a breakdown of the arteries ana an ultimate sollenss of the heart muscles. Yet the direct cause of hypertension is unknown. What is your opinion of this? Lapp-- Well, of course, I wouldn't know. But we do know thet certain types of heart diseases are due to heredity, ani that overvork and worry contribute heavily to this toll. Stimulants, when rest snd slocp are necded, cer- tainly do not do an individual any good. Tsking stimulants when one is tired is like whioping a tired horse through a mud vruddle. Is that your idea? eee I would begin at the other end of the source - say starting at zero and endeavor to acquaint the parents with the elemental things so neces- sary in the infantts early development that they would build in tho infant a strong physique. Now, I ’o uot mean by that thet we should have a muscu- lar giant, but the parents should view the little chap as on active and crow ing little humnn being. Tre things most important to thie youngster are activity, rest end food. Yas, and I vould also want the young parents to know that they do transmit the vitelity of one goneretion to the next generntion. Only Inst week I ueard Dr. Naismith read a short poem and | liked it very much. It rm like this .... "God make us wise to know How strong the stalk must grow Txat rears so fair a fiover." Here is mother one thst hooks up the offspring with the family in » very : 2 se definite way « « e« « "So vee a gift, yet the wealth of many lrnds could not buy it in the richest mrt, So frail a gift, yet those tiny hands T-ke mighty hold upon two human hearts." Supnose we Civide the younesters into ase groups from the poriod of birth to three years for our first discussion. ‘het chearactsristics, Dr. Lapp, do we generally observe in these little fellows? Lapp-- Well, perhaps we should make 2 division, for the sake of dcsacription, into the physical, the mental and the play cheracturistics. For the physicsl, of course, there is the rapid growth, weieht is trebleé, the length of the youngster increases 7 or & inches, anti his brein se in veight 2 or 3 times. For mental reactions, he notices light at 3 weeks, end memory be- gins. He is constently moving mné iuartieulete spec a anpcers. He begins to imitate 2t 6 months. Por the vlsy cheracteoristics, there is noticeable a natural play, grasping, sucking, kicking, end he likes brishtly colored ~P= toys such as sticks, stones, spools, keys, bslls ané@ blocks. He is slso interested in peck-a-boo amd this-little-pig-went-to-market. Parents should know that this tiny thine eraves security and love. Also the three prime essentials so necessary at this time are activity, rest and food. Now, Dr. Allen, will you cerry us on from the ages of 4 to 6? Allen-- Well, there is « continuation of the first stare in miny essentials. There is 2 rapid growth of the brain md the boy, anc there is great physical activity. There is a further strencthening of the memory. Reasoning and judgment are faulty. This is 2 strong imitstive periad. Also, there is a tendency to begin to nlay with other children. The child is selfish, of course. Every child at this 22e is extrerely selfish, because he is draw- ing into himself an@ he is only interested in himself. Parents should ex- pect this. For his pley activity, the sand pile end moulds enthrall hin. He likes carts, swings, see-saws, anc if it is = little girl, the doll house ana toy furniture eamnesl especially. The boy neturally likes climbing trees ena ladders, an? this is where the younz rother begins to shudder. But, if we believe in G. Stanley Hell's theory that man is an omnibus in which all of his ancestors ride, we can natureliy expect thet this little animal is followinz the cycle of his aneestors. He will rum, jump, leap, vault and clirb. These are the fundementsl activities of man, ond this is exectly the fundamental activity thet we exvect in the growing boy, although the vaulting cores later. Now, Dr. Lapp, the ages of 7 to 9 perheps are worthy of study. Will you outline the advancing changes of this group? Lapp-- In the ages of 7 to 9 we fin? the child jeveloning his permanent teeth, and a slowing up of the brain erosth. There is » slower physical eevelorment end a chunge in the circulatory systam with 2 tendency toward heart weak- nesses ant faticue. In the mental rakeur, we finé interest shifting from action to results, the rersoning power is still week, but the memory is beginning to strenzthen. The younrster kas a very active imagination. His interest aswakens through competition. We still fin? him interested in the sand nile, the see-saw, and the jumping pit. Climbing is still fas- cinating. Games of chasing, hunting, throvine, shooting, as well es the sincine cames annesl to him. Dravetic an¢d constructive sames are the order, Nature plays, lenguaze, reading and spelling sames, together with music, drawing, and seasonal canes heve a very cefinite anneal. Dr. Allen, will you discuss the development of the ass groums from ssy 10 to 12, or 10 to 13? Allen--At these eres, 10 to 13, we find a lessened nhysicsl srowth, and a ravié organic ané functional development. At this time, 5: 3, there is the ereatest desree of immunity from disease, ani we also fink at this sce there is the creetest activity. From the mentol snzle we finc the hero worship stace, the element of coovneration in semes, extreme interest in clubs, secret societies, ent. gags. This is the perio? for memorizing and drill. Concerning pley, we have an excessive desire amont our imerican youth for basketball snd baseball. In the fundamental activity of the younesters we fine elirbine, trapeze work, snd work on rings end bars appeal to him immensely. All types of sares arveal to this nlestic youth. In- tellectual games, nature plays, as well as formal games, dramatic activity and constructive games such as building caves and shacks find a larve place in his active existemce. Chasing zares, such as hi¢e-snd-sesk and hare-ond- hound anneal to this youngster. For the sirls, the ¢rorth is ranid; there is profound change in the organs of the bo’ y; the elimination is often very poor; - Lapp-- ia See the rermanent teeth are in; resistance to disease is hich. The weicht is light compared with the heicht of the crowing sirl. There is 2 revid growth of bones ana muscle. There is a chenze in the blood commosition. By this time the brain has ceased to rrom in size and weirht. The sirl hrs 2 crea- tive imeination and the higher mental vovers are this .°e weriod. Recently Dr. Lowman Clendenninr, in one of his @aily articles in the Fanses City Star, »ointed out that it was inadvisable for boys unier 144 to engsre in interscholastie football competi- tion. Only yesterdzy here in Lawrence sn enthusiastic father deplored the fact that his young son coule not sIsy in junior hizh school lenarue ctames because the ~hysician hed detected a heart murmur in his son. Rest fora year for this younc boy will nllow nature to compensate anc the heart resume normalcy. You will remember that heart murmurs are quite common at this ase. Now to summarize: This younsster up to 10 years of age is just a young em ing humn animel. His job is to develop 2 stronz muscular end orgenic foun- dation in which the nervous systen is to mature. It is through his tlay ene the activities that he inlulzes in that he accomplishes this sim. His ner- vous system is the last of the highly specialized tissues to be Geveloped. Healthy nervous reactions depene unon bodily visor. The fundamental croup muscles, such as are cmployed in runnin:, leaving, jumpins, vaulting, climb- ing ad swincine arc the muscles that rroduce robust vitslity. The accessory aroun muscles, which are ordinarily employed in the fin r movements, neces- sitate 2 complex coordinntion of nervous control, 2 eontrol which is entirely lecking in the early years of physicsl srowth. The dhili at this time is not himself. He is someone else in his own imagination. His activitics must appeal to his drictic sense. Whether he be 2 make-belicve All-American football player, an aviotor, or an engineer, he is what he would have his Lapp-- Lapp-~ aha hero become. Whetner he enrolls on Mt. Oread in later years to study av- iation will depend upon how successfully he follows the gleam of his imag- ination and @ramatic sense. Hducational science enables the modern parents to appreciate child behavior in all of its realms. Dr. Allen, aren't there professors on Mt. Oread who are teaching certain subjects that are conducive to a better understanding of child development? Yes, indeed. A professor in the department of psychology made the state- ment that he had received mre benefit from Dr. Naismith's course in Physical Development of the Child when he was a student in the University than from any other single course that he took during his undergraduate days. Dr. Florence Brown Sherbon offers an excellent course in Child Care, covering the growth, develonment and care of the pre-school child. . And Miss Beulah Morrison has won high praise with her course in the denartment of Psychology, The Normal and Delinquent Child. Now, getting back to the causes of heart disease, there are many prescrip- tions to keep from growing old. A Chicaro business man once tolé about an untiring executive in his home city. his miraculous executive arrived at his office every morning at 8 o'clock. He hardly takes time out for luncheon. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon when he has finished all of his executive details he jumps in his car, drives a hundred miles to some nearby city, has Allen-- a heavy dinner at one of the leading hotels, dances, and fully enjoys himself until the wee hours of the morning. He drives home after the party in ample time to arrive at his office with apparently all of the personality and pep of one of those high-powered executives. These occurrences are as frequent as three times a week. This is one of the prescriptions to keep from frow- ing old. But this mn just won't last very lone. Our pioneer grandfathers struggled leboriously from sunrise to sunset, but in the evening they went into their cabins, sat around in a dimly lighted room facing a great los fire until the ambers bummed low, The lack of light and the warmth of the room soon brought on drowsiness and relaxation. They retired for a full night of sound, healthy sleen. When Thomas Edison gave to the world the wonderful invention of the incandescent light he perhaps contributed one of the most potent things responsible for hypertension or heart strain affecting the human animl. Our sreatest luxuries sometimes are the cause of our om destruction. Ws are told by the poultry producers that electric lights placed in the hen houses will cause a near doubling of egg productivity on the part of the hen, In the same proportion, daylight, electric light and bright lights contribute to the hyper-tension and heart trouble that exists among the middle-aged Americans at the present time. I have heard Bob Zuppke, the football coach at the University of Illinois, re- peat many times the old Chinese proverb - "Measure and proportion; no ex- cesses, young men, end you will be happy individuals." We have been discussing heart throbs both from roo@ and badhearts. Here is Nelson Sullivan, our intramural sports announcer atop Mt. Oread overlooking the Kaw. He will tell you about Jayhawk Intramural heart throbs. Sulliy: Allen -- Miller-~ Elmore-- Anderson~ Dunkel-=- Allen-- RADIO PROGRAM PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR HEALTH November 18, 1937 “FUTURES OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION -~ PHYSIQUE, POISE AND PERSONALITY" Last year the University of Kansas established a four-year curriculum in Physical Education. The high school and general School of Education requirements are that the entering student shall have 3 years of English, 2 years of physical science or 2 years of mathematics, 2 years of biolog- ical science, and 2 years of social science. The enrollment is in the Department of Physical Education, in the School of Education, starting at the beginning of the freshman year. 124 hours are required for graduation. 19 or more hours shall be in the School of Education, and 30 to 40 hours in the major subject, Physical Education. It is necessary that the grad- uating students shall have a total grade point requirement of 140 grade points, and an average grade in their major of 1.5. Before this prospec- tive graduate may take practice teaching, he must have 80 hours and 90 grade points. All candidates for a degree will be required to present an academic minor of at least 20 hours. The degree conferred by the Univer~ sity is Bachelor of Science in Education. We have collaborating with us tonight four physical education majors from the School of Education: Miss Catherine Dunkel, of Topeka, Kansas, who is vice president of tho Sasnak Club, Miss Virginia Anderson, of St. Louis, Mo., Mr. Giles Elmore, of Macksville, Kansas, who is treasurer of the Sas- nak Club, end Mr. Ralph Miller, of Chanute, Kansas. Maurice Cannady, the president of the Sasnak Club, is on his way to Tucson with the football teame Miss Ruth Baker, a senior in physical education, is secretary of the club. Say, I heard some of the studonts call thot "sassafras" or "Sasparilla", but I imagine thoy meant "sarsaparilla". They apparently thought it was some tonice Well, it is a peppy club. Maybe that is what they meant. Perhaps we had better tell them that it is Kansas spelled backwards. Well, anyway you look at it, regardless of how you spell it, this Kansas "sasnak" means progresse Dre Allen, I havo been troubled with this prob- lem = will all these physical education majors obtain a job when thoy graduate? Assuming that our department plans to attract most of its stu- dents from Kansas and return them to teaching positions in Kansas, I in- agine that superintendents and principals have been consulted in regard to the needs of the situation, have they not? Yes, Miss Dunkol, we have worked out a sort of a formal questionnaire which we expect to follow along the general plan of what Dean W.W. Chartors calls "job analysis". That means that wo are analyzing the types, kinds and numbers of jobs available in the field, and then we will do our bost to fit students to capably fill these positions. In the beginning we are endeavoring to be certain that our basic courses aro what should be taught. Elmore--There is considerable discussion about anatomy, physiology and kinesiology os a background for teachers of physical education. Aro theso courses taught by the coaches who are coaching football, basketball and track? Allen-- Anderson- Allen-- Miller-~- Elmore-- Dunkel-= Qe The only courses the coaches teach in this physical education curriculum are their own special subjects, one course of 3 hours over the 4-year period. The anatomy and physiology sre taught in the School of Medicine. Kinesiology and other allied subjects are taught by Ph.D.'s who have a physical education background. Of course, you will understand that the anatomy taught in the Medical School is modificd for physical educetion majors, but it is taught by a professor in the School of Medicine. Dr. Allen, this course was not designed for athletes especially, was it? I heard you tell a story once about Ole of Minnesota taking chemistry. He had failed in his chemistry so ho was ineligible to play football, but upon insistence by tho football coach the chemistry teacher gave the boy another chance by allowing him to take a make-up quiz. What wos that football yarn they tell about some athletes being a little dumb? Oh, yes -well, that is just one of those football yarnse Football is such a great sport and elicits such a following that thoy tell some good ones on the football boyse Coaches must have after dinner stories, you knows The story went somothing like this, Years back, Ole of Minnesota had dif- ficulty mastering chomistry. The professor of chemistry had flunked him and so told the coach. Tho coach was - groat friond of the chemistry professor, and asked him if ho would give Ole another opportunity. The professor said, “Yes, I will, but it will do no good, because he simply can't make it." After much persuasion, the quiz was given. The anxious football coach interrogated the professor with this query - "Professor Hy- drogen, how did Ole get along?" The professor said with a very solemn face, "Woll, Bummy, your boy went through a terrible ordeal. Nevertheless, chem- istry is very difficulty for most students, so I told him if he would make a grade of 50 I would let him play. I asked him but two questions. The first one was to give the formula and describe the chomice.1 derivations of strychnine. His first answer was incorrect and I gave him zero. The next question was along the same general line. I asked him to give the formula and fully describe the chemical propertios of blue procipitate, blue vit- riol. He said ho didn't know, and that was right. So I gave him 50. He barely got through." Say, I'ma football player. I don't like those digs, even though they are said in jest. Noy I should say not. Just look at the suggested curriculum for physical education majors and see if you think it is 4 snap. General psychology 5 hours, history of economics 5 hours, social science survey 4 hours, rhet- oric, English literature, and educational psychology, as well as education- al sociology, and many othor subjects that are very technical and difficult to master. Well, I know Miss Anderson just brought thet up in fun, because sho of all people certainly knows that tho physical education course is not a snap course; and certainly students have to be more than good athletes in ordor to get credit. Your father was formerly director of physical education and health of the Kansas City public schools, wasn't ho? -3= Anderson- Yes, and he now holds a similar position in St. Louise I have often heard Dunkel-- Miller-- Allen-- Elmore-- Allen-- him mention a statement made by Dr. Thomas Storey, of Stanford, who said, "Tl know of no course outside of medicine and possibly engineering which should be as exacting as a course in physical education." It is nocessary to set up some rathor rigid roquirements, both academic and physical, for admission to these major coursese Yes, and in the School of Hducation requirements is this statement: "In addition to the general admission requiroments students sceking admission to the 4-yoar curriculum in physical education shall be required to pro sent a certificate of physical fitness as a result of the physical examin- ation at the University of Kansas Studont Hospital. Each student shall be required to take an annual physical oxamination at the Student Hospital and to maintain satisfactory physical fitness." Well, Dre Allen, I wonder how these coaches and physical education teachers aro selected. Is it because thoy aro star athlotes with highly developod skills, or does their acadomic rating figure in the now standard for the present day teachers? In selecting the physical education teachers, groat care must be exercised. Sound charactor is vital because tho pressure and complexities of the sit- uation bring out the true calibre of the individual. May I quote Fielding Yost, who said: "It seoms to me that there are three fundamental questions that should be asked about a man before hoe is entrusted with the responsi- bility of teaching boys. Tho first question to be asked is: What manner of man is this? How does he speak and act? Is he sound and clean in mind so that his influonce is inspiring and uplifting? Would he set a fino example = not by posing but by being - the type of man we want each of his boys to be? If these questions cannot be answered favorably, stop then and there. No other qualities can supplant the fundamental qualities of character. Tho next question is: Just how woll does he mow what he wants to toach? Is he thorough or superficial? Is he progressive or reactionary? Is he original or without imaginetion? In short, can he bring with him a thorough, solid knowledge, ond will he keep that knowledge constantly a- breast of changing conditions? And finally: Can he teach others what ho knows? Can he take knowledgo, add exprossiveness and impressimess of speech and action, imbue with enthusiasm and give his students somothing that will not only be easy to grasp but also pleasant to naster? Surely the physical education teacher of today must measure up to rigid high standards of both education and essential manhood. Any profession so exacting and so demanding is being built upon the bed rock of education and must continuo to grow and elevate itself to constantly higher planes." Pardon me, but it seoms that we have been talking e great deal obout sathiet- ic coaching. I am especially interosted in toaching physical oducatione Well, athlotics are a part of physical educations Within 2 few short yenrs the control of athlotics has passed from students and spectators to supor- intendents and principals. Most of this leadership has been assumod by teachors of physical education, tho majority of whom are experienced and highly skilled technicians who have received their treining in one of the numerous professional schools throughout the country. Road what the North Central Association of Secondary Schools says: All athletic competition should grow out of and forri an integral part of a physical education pro- erame" Undoubtedly that is the ideal for athlotics, but unfortunately our colleges don't all present this picture, because of tho complexitics of university organization and of the commercial proportions which college Elmore-~ Allen-- Anderson- Dunkel-- Miller-- Elmore-- Allen-- Dunkel=-- Allen-- eodyes athletics have assumed. Most colleges have a separate athletic depart- ment to administer athletic activities. Then all of the intramural sports are not in the athletic department, are they? No, they are in the department of physical education. The competitive | sports, represented wy varsity teams, that the university sponsors and those under the control of the director of athletics are football, track, basoball, basketball, tennis, golf, wrestling, and swimming. The depart- mont of physical education sponsors play activities for both men and women and the intramural sports are much more numerous than are the varsity sports, and thoy are indulged in by many hundreds more people than are the competitive varsity athlotics. And thon the state subsidizes the department of physical education, while competitive athletics are dependent upon the gato receipts, are they not? Yes. I understand the stadium cost $660,000 and that the athletic assoc- iation has a remaining debt of $150,000. Is it true that there is not a ponny of the taxpayers money in that large stadium? Yes, while we call it the Athletic Board, the University of Kansas Phys- ical Education Corporation roally built that stadium. You know, the state will not assume any indebtedness for any athletic association of any state school. I imagine, Dre Allon, that in this now department of Physical Education you expect to give a good deal of attention to tho matter of training people in the field of recreation. It is true, is it not, that the two things - recreation and physical education ~ are not the same? You are right, Mr. Elmore. Some of the training in each will carry over in the other ficld, but by and large thore aro differences. My guess is that thero is going to be more of a demand for people who can administer both physical education and recreation in the next 25 years than there will be for teachers of straight physical education. The average phys~- jcal education course trains people to handle groups of children or adults, as the case may bo, but usually on schedule and under some sort of disciplinary control. Recreation is different. You must enlist your people in recreation through interest appeal, and thorefore it seems to me that the difference in training is essential. Well, Dr. Allen, I have heard a great deal about a master's degree in physical education for this department. Are you contemplating such « move? Yes, indeeds By next year we will have two teachers in the department with Ph.D. degrees, and 5 teachers in the department of physical education with master's degrees. There are many of our high school teachers going to nearby state institutions, like Iowa, Minnesota, and Ohic State to get graduate work in physical oducation. Of course, the outstanding schools are Now York University and Columbia, where they give the master's degree and the Ph.D. degree in physical education. But we are vory hope- ful of installing a graduate course in physical education in the very near futuree We are working with the authorities of the University toward that ond. 0B we Anderson~ Then you really mean that in this department of physical education you Allen-~ Miller-- Allen-- graduate students with a B.S. degree whe will be athletic coaches in the high schools and colleges, as well as students competent to teach recre- ation and physical education, and in addition will have the ability to teach academic subjects that will fully satisfy the State Board of Educa- tion requirements? Will this not apply to both men and women? Right Absolutely right. Then these pooplo, after thoy get the B.S. degree and teach for a year or two, may come back and get their master's work here? Right again Ralphe Anderson--Well, then Kansas will be the only school around here offering the master's Allen=-- Dunkel-~ Allen-- Elmore-= Allen-- in physical education, so far as you know? Yes, that is correct, Miss Anderson. Miss Dunkel, you are a senior in the department of physical education. What do you expect to do after your graduation? My desire is to teach physical education. Although I am interested in all phases of this ficld, I am especially interested in dancing, as I feel that dancing can contribute something that no other activity in physical edu- : cation possessese It combines artistic clements with physical activity. The study of the dance furthers an appreciation and Imowledge of music and art ond at the same time develops emotional control and poise. Add to this the complete use of the body which dancing requires and you have an activ- ity that answors many nocdse Since my practice teaching at the univorsity has been so interesting, I'm sure it will be of much value to me in actual teaching. Mre Elmore, you are another senior in the department. What is your intended vocation, and where do you oxpect to teach? I expect to teach biological science, physical education, and also coach in Kansas, as I have become very much interested in this work at tho University of Kansas, and fecl that I am capable of teaching in this field. I have elways heard that the father advises his children never to follow the same vocation by which he earns his bread and butter. Miss Ancerson, ore you going to be an exception to thet rulc? Anderson--Yes, I think I am going to be an exception to that rule because I know by Allen-- experience that tho field of physical cducation is a broad one with many opportunities to offer. I plan to use my physical oducation training pri- marily in camping work. Ralph, you have gone lots of places on football and basketball and track teamse Yes, and by the way, you wore a momber of the National Honor Soci- ety, so you must know your academic subjects pretty woll. What is your hope for the future? Miller-- Doctor, my ambition is to be a college athlotic coach. I decided that if at all possible I would like to continue work in athletics after my actual playing days are over, and this physical education course gave me a splen- did opportunity. As far as the course itself goes, I can guaranteo any one that it is a tough course and unless you are prepared to study, you had better stay out of the course. ure 4, 1938, iiss Mildved Seaman, : Assistant Program Director, Station KPRU, er ae eee | 7% was a pleasure fox us to coopera te with you and Mre ingham in the broadcasting with station XR, Tt wna @ Lot OF Pele Had not my administrative duties besn as heavy in my first year of reorganization SS ee works However, you have & deop wnderstanding of a buy Setlow‘a eto ee ee aids Gah cctes Sie ds dak ee pn ee, Nasscaiiy oak aakien Bdueation, FOASAT Ms Varsity Basketball Conche ‘_ Office of PROGRAM DIRECTOR 109 Fraser Hall Central Standard Time KFK U oe "ee & Studio in BROA’ DCASTING STATION OF Electrical Laboratory THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE, KANSAS June 2, 1938 Dre Fe Co Allen 105 Robinson ‘Campus Dear Dr. Allen: Speaking for Mr. Ingham and myself, I should like to express our sincere appreciation for the many excellent programs which you have given from KFKU during the past school year and for your cooperation in making this another successful year for the university's broadcasting station. We shall be happy to receive any comments or suggestions which would help us in planning future programs or which would assist us in the better production of radio programse I shall be in the office during the month of June and shall be hoping to see you or hear from you and to learn your suggestions for KFKU. With best wishes for a pleasant summer's vacation, Cordially yours, : . ( A [Ne Lp per oS Lt PCVURLAAX Assistant Program Director MS:EM Jue 29, 1958 Deen Frank T. Stockton, Sehool of Business, University of Kansate Dear Franics i wat to thank you for your kindness in offering to collaborate with us on a radio program last apring, but en sorry that wo wore unable to get togethers We had several cancellations on our programs due to President Roosevelt's speeches and other national hook- up programs, and thie cut our series short. However, I do ee ee ey Sporeete yor ee fe cooperates. I trust thet some time during the coming year we may arrange a broadcast togethers With best wishes for a pleasant sumer, I am _ Very sincerely yours, lirector af Miystce? Dduaati.ong January 25, 1958. Dean Frank T. Stockton, School of Business. Dear Dean Stockton: | \ Thank you very much for your good letter of the 19th instant saying that you will be glad to collaborate with us in our "Physical Education for Health” programe It will be a few weeks before we get our spring series lined up, but I want you to lmow I appreciate your responding favorablye We will work up some stuff and submit it to you within the near futures Thank you Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, FCAsAH Versity Basketball Coaches UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS LAWRENCE FRANK T. STOCKTON DEAN January 19, 1938 Dr. Forrest C. Allen Director of Physical Equcation K. U . Deer Phog: I should like very much to help you out on the broadcasting proposition if I could think of a suiteble subject and if your staff can prepere the script. Perhens the best thing to do would be to work me in on @ minor part in some progrem. One subject which occurs to me as a vossibility would be the emphasis placed on physical fitness in busi- ness. However, it would take quite a bit of effort for me to look up the material and it so happens that at the present time I have two rather serious speeches to prepare. I shall be glad to have any sugeestions you have to offer. I am returning the material you sent me. Cordially yours, : a Ha a Tie FISi¢ Enc. January 15, 1938» Mire Earnest Boyce, Savegtnns Wher onl tengo Laberntenry University of Kensass Deas Mir. Boytes Every rine’ eviielien tres nit 0s 08 ie Department of Physical Education is broadcasting ower KPRU @ series of progrems wader the general topic of "Physical Education for Health". 7 i werening Sf we could prevail upon you, squcster wo work with us in : i ‘ é ue Sincerely yours, ; Director of Physioal Uduoation, POALAH . Varsity Basketball Coachs