Allen

Kauffman

Allen

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of the newest methods of teaching readinge Thoro will also be various
commercial oxhibits, including athletic equipment, toxt books, ctce

Well, some of those things certainly do incorporate the newor trends
in physical education, And cortainly there is a very definite trend
toward coerecreation in physical education activities. I mean by that
the organization of more recreative classes in which boys and girls
play together, This is being done now in our Lawrence public school
systome Mre Le Re "Dad" Perry, and the teacher of the girls at the
junior high school each week conduct play days in Central Park for the
boys and girls. They play together with a freedom that is most roe
freshinge I am now speaking about basoball, soft ball, and so forthe
The girl pitches, runs bases, hits the ball with an abandon that would
put to shame the girl of a decade ago, and some of the girls are ox
port, tooe They whoop and yell on the play ficld but they are just as
lady-like as you please in the hall and in the class roome They have
poise, confidence and grace, and the best of it always, they have had
fun and they are building their bodies to insure hoalth in later yoarse
I notice one of the most important features of your program, Mre
Kauffman, is this special program arranged for physical education
students. These are the prospective teachers in this field, and this
program gives them an opportunity to take part in a professional
gathoring, and to associate with teachers now in the fielde Mre Kauff~
man, we have been talking a lot about the organization of the state
association, and about the convention that is to be held next week,
but what about the future of the Kansas Health and Physical Education
Association? What are some of the things the assoeiation hopes to
accomplish?

That is a good question, Dre Allen. The work of the association is
not completed when the convontion is ovore Some of the things we hope
to accomplish are = (1) The sccuring of a state director of health and
physical odueation; (2) More rigid certification of teachers; (3)
Minimum standards for health and physical education programs in the
various schools in Kansas; (4) . more comprehensive understanding of
the relationship existing between health, physical education and ree
creation; and (5) A deeper appreciation of the place of the above
program in the task of educating children to live in a democracye

Thank you, Mre Kauffmane I will sce you and the 200 odd members at
Pittsburg next Friday and Saturday weeke I am sure it will be a most
profitable mectinge