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G. Stanley Hall said that man is an omibus in which all
of his ancestors ride. Through the hmdreds and thousands of years that man
has been struggling with man the competitive urge has been dominant.

| Our givernment has stressed physical fitness as the most
essential thing for ow men in the armed forees of our nation. With the
soldier and the sailor as the boy's hero, it is not a difficult mtter for
the playground teacher and the coach to stimulate youth with @ high endeavor
of physical fitness. By physical fitmees we mean the onpasity for efficient
performances in the fundamental activities of man, which are running, jump-
effort in a variety of situations. Quick and efficient control of the body
in en emergency situation may save the life of one individual or many.
Speed and endurance in the fundamental locomotion efforts are first essentials.

Physical fitness is composed of skills plus powe: plus
endurance. A high level combination of skills, power and endurance is
practically synonomous with dynamic health, meenin; capacity for power and
endurance in vigorous forme of physical activity with relatively little
fatigue developing to restrict, or mar the form of the movements, or to
lower the threshold of resistance to infection and disense.

Sports and other types of physical work which require power
and endurance involve relatively long periods of conditioning. ‘Some sports
require much more power and endurance than others. Some are predominantly
useful in developing general body control and power; others develop organic ©
endurance, persistant and aggressive attitudes, and tearwork; others are more
useful as media through which sociability and relaxation in leisure time