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University Daily Kansan Friday, March 20, 1964
Other Schools Outdo KU in Physical Education
Rv Susan Flood
Since cars were banned from the campus, walking is the only form of physical education at KU.
This is because KU is the only state school which does not require physical education as part of every student's curriculum.
"THE REQUIRED program which was offered until 1936 and during the war years was not successful." Henry Shenk, professor of physical education, said this week.
"Actually the facilities in Robinson now, and even the facilities in the proposed new gymnasium would not be adequate if all students were required to enroll in a physical education program," Shenk added.
Gilbert Ulmer, assistant dean of the College, said that there has been little discussion about requiring physical education at KU.
"One view often expressed is that to require physical education would make it distasteful to many students," said Dean Ulmer. "A large percent of the students do elect to take activity courses, and
many more participate in intramurals or varsity sports."
DEAN ULMER SAID although President Kennedy's emphasis on physical fitness may have had some effect on requirements in schools, there is still doubt about how much required physical education can really accomplish.
"Required physical education is not the same thing as physical fitness," Dean Ulmer said. "A few minutes a week cannot do much for physical fitness, especially if the enthusiasm is lost by making it compulsory."
Both Dean Ulmer and Prof. Shenk stressed the advantages of learning a sport which can be continued after school.
"There is a great value in learning a sport, such as swimming, which a person can participate in after his schooling, and thus can remain in good physical condition." Prof. Shenk said.
THE BIGGEST overlooked benefit from physical participation, Prof. Shenk said, is the release from the tensions which exist in a college community. He felt this is often accomplished through intramural sports participation.
"It was a great thing for physical fitness when they banned cars from the campus so that students would have to walk more." Prof. Shenk said.
Dean Ulmer also felt that the contemporary pattern of life has made Americans less physically fit, and stressed walking as one simple way to build up stamina.
While KU may feel physical fitness can be attained in ways other than by requiring physical education courses, three Kansas schools do not.
AUTHORITIES AT Kansas State University, Washburn University, and the University of Wichita all laud their programs of required physical education.
All three schools used to require two years of physical education, but Kansas State dropped to one year last fall. All meet two times a week for an hour each. Washburn dropped from three hours this year.
Kansas State is the only school of the three which offers no college credit for the required hours. Washburn and Wichita each offer
one credit hour per semester, which is the same as KU allows for non-required courses.
Kansas State is also the only school which does not allow students to elect the sports activities they wish to take. The program there includes body building exercises.
WICHITA UNIVERSITY has several exceptions in its program. For example, those enrolled in ROTC are exempt from physical education requirements, and participation in varsity sports accounts for one semester of required physical education per varsity sport.
Wichita also allows women students to repeat an activity course, but not males.
The activity courses at all the state schools differ for women only in the type of sport offered. The stress for women is more on coordination type courses—such as synchronized swimming, modern dance, body mechanics and archery—rather than bodily contact sports.
These three state schools stated approval of required physical education. According to one, Prof. George M. Parker, Washburn University, the college faculty recently gave a strong vote of confidence to the program.
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Speaker Says Love, God Will Solve Race Problem
ART'S TEXACO
9th & Mississippi
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A real answer to today's race problems lies in the love of God and faith in Jesus Christ.
This was the solution given last night at the College Life meeting by Nolen Ellison, all-conference basketball guard for KU last year
Ellison cited three solutions to the race problem, two of which have been tried.
The first of the solutions tried in history was one of hatred and
The first of the solutions tried fear. In the South, the Negro was put in a low class by groups like the Ku Klux Klan. This solution worked, but not good, because one day the Negro got a little education and realized that he did have the worse plight of a dual system, Ellison said.
The second solution to the race problem has been to isolate the Negroes. A separate society, Ellison said, but existing side by side.
The idea of two groups, such as the white and the Negro, existing apart has not worked in history, because it invited trouble and friction. Ellison said. It points out the difference in the two instead of the common grounds, and this friction might invite Communism, he said.
The third solution and perhaps the best Ellison explained, is the necessity of finding a common denominator. This common denominator is the love of God and faith in Jesus Christ, Elison said.
KU-Y Elects
"There is a power behind the universe, and that power is Jesus Christ," Ellison said. "If we saw him in our problems (race), there would not be any problems."
Lacy Banks, Kansas City junior, and Julie Winkler, Caney junior, were elected as co-presidents of the KU-Y last night.
During a membership meeting attended by about 70 members of the KU-Y, six persons were elected as the new officers for the coming school year.
Other officers elected were covice-presidents: Howard Wilcox, Lawrence sophomore, and Winnie Frazae. Wichita junior; co-secretary-treasurer, Mary Barber, Concordia junior, and James Maxwell, Douglas junior.
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