_ UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

WARTIME PHYSICAL CONDITIONING PROGRAM

The entire physical education program will be geared to war tempo.
Under the Direotim of Dr. Forrest C. Allen, head of the Department
Physical Education, the conditioning and toughening course will be in
operation this fall. All men students at the University of Kansas who
‘are subject to service in any of the branches of the armed forces will

‘be required to take three hours of physical conditioning work each week.
Assisting Dr. Allen will be Mr. Henry Shenk, who is also in charge of
intrammrals and practice teaching in the Department of Physical Education;
Dre Laurence Morehouse, who will be in charge of the swimming program
and the graduate work for Physical Education majors; Mr, Wayne Replogle,
freshman foetball coach; and a number of gearetnnh edema widens ie
will form a "leaders corps" to be trained by the regular instructional
staff so that they may work under the supervision of the above named
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optional basis; this year approximately 1600 men will be actively engaged
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All men must teke a swimning test. If they fail in this test they
are enrolled in the swimming course under Dr. Morehouse's supervision.
The swimming test: consists of the following skills: Jump into deep water,
_ level off and swim fifteen yards. Without stopping or touching the sides
of the pool, turn about and swim back to the starting point. J oe

Men who have passed this test will go into the conditioning courses,
These will be broken up into sections of 40 students each. The elec’
of an activity is out, for lack of available instructors. As a we