Allen

Kouffman

Allon

Kauffman

Allen

Kauffman

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spring in some city in Kansas, Wo have met in Manhattan and Wichita,

‘and this year on March 25 and 26 we have our convention in Pittsburg,

Kansase

Have you completely abandoned the Round Table mectings, now that the
association holds its ovm state convention?

No, Dr. Allon, in addition to the state convontion woe still maintain
our Round Table meetings in the falle

Mr, Kauffman, do you not fcel that the Kansas Health and Physical
Education Association has contributed matcrially to the development of
physical education in schools in Kansas and toward the establishment
of the teaching of physical education as a profession? As you know,
we have inaugurated a plan here at the University of Kansas whereby
students may take a foureyear course, majoring in physical cducation,
and receive the degree of Be Se in Education. These majors in the dew»
partment are looking toward the teaching of physical education as
their profession.

Yes, Dre Allen, there is a growing trend for a more adequate profoss-
ional traininge In addition to your program here, Kansas State College
and the Teachers Colleges as wcll as Washburn, Baker, and others are
offering similar work. Referring to your first point, tho State
Association can point to the following accomplishments: the cxtension
of rural school play days; the requirements that teachers in physical
education have certain standards of training in order to teach in
Class A high schools; also we have undertaken to bring about a co-
ordination of the efforts of our association and others interested in
child welfare, such as the Tuberculosis Association, the Public Hoalth
group, and the medical profession. We have undertaken reorganization
of the Round Table mectings to make them a more vital part of the
Kansas Health and Physical Education Association programe

Well, Mr. Kauffman, that sounds as if the organization is indeed kcep-
ing up with the trends in educatione Your publicity committee has been
very active, also, in carrying on cxtensive radio programs, and in
supplying the newspapors and magazines with articles pertaining to
health and physical cducatione Do you not also publish a bulletin
which is distributed to the members of the association?

Yes, this bulletin is distributed each month to our members, and to all
teachers of physical education once each year, The bulletin includes
material written by members of the association, excerpts from papers
delivered at meotings and convontions, and news items about the mon and
women teaching physical education in schools and collegese in other
words, we try in this way to keop our membors in touch with the proge-
ross of trends in our ficlde You might be interested, Dr, Allen, to
know that our state association has been responsible for bringing
speakers of national reputation to Kansas, We have had on our programs
Dre He He McCloy, the present president of the American Association for
Health and Physical Education, and head of the physical oducation do»
partment at the State University of Iowa; Dr. Harry Scott, director