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did allow them to be present, they were seated in front of the screen and saw only the shadows. The men, however, sat behind and saw the figures directly and in color.

Afterwards, still in the spirit, we proceeded to an Indonesian restaurant for dinner. The meal took over two hours, and was served by turbaned natives from Surinam. It consisted of hundreds of little dishes, all put on the table at once, to be eaten with rice.

Paris-Pantomime

After our week in Holland, our bus turned south and we returned to Paris, where we were to have classes at the Ecole de Jeu Dramatique-the school of acting and pantomime made famous by Jean-Louis Barrault and Marcel Marceau. We spent a few days in Belgium on the way, visiting the picturesque cities of Bruges and Ghent, and shopped in Brussels.

Paris seemed like an old friend on this our return trip, and everyone was very enterprising about getting around on the Metro and buses without the assistance of guides. Again, classes were held for three hours each morning, this time in the basement of a tiny theatre on the Left Bank. The instructors spoke only French, except for Mme. Bella Reine, who translated for us. These classes were not dance but pantomimesomething quite different from anything we had encountered before and very fascinating.

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Outdoor Education Workshops

The AAHPER Outdoor Education Project is moving ahead and the response from schools and colleges throughout the country is very encouraging.

Julian W. Smith, director of the Project, announces the following Project workshops:

Lake Hope State Park, Ohio, May 16-18,

Paul E. Landis, State Department of Education, Columbus, director. W. K. Kellogg Gull Lake Biological Station of Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, Mich., May 24-26, Kenneth Kistner, principal, Fitzgerald High School, Van Dyke, director.

Brigham Young University, Provo,

Utah (dates to be announced), Jay B. Nash, Dean, College of Recreation, Physical and Health Education and Athletics, director. Western Region, Laramie, Wyo., July

9-14 (tentative date), R. D. Watkins, chairman, division of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, University of Wyoming, director. Southern Region, Athens, Georgia, Fall

of 1956, J. W. Fanning, Georgia Center for Continuing Education, University of Georgia, Co-ordinator. New England Region, (Place and dates to be announced), Jack F. George, State Department of Education, Concord, New Hampshire, Director. Other workshops are being planned for Pennsylvania, New York, Florida, Wisconsin, and Virginia. In some instances, outdoor education will be included in the existing workshops, such as in California, South Carolina, and the University of Colorado. More state and regional workshops will be announced as definite plans develop. AAHPER-AASA Joint Programs

At the meeting of the American Association of School Administrators in Atlantic City, AAHPER planned four joint meetings with AASA in each of our areas of interest. The subjects were as follows:

Realistic Health Examinations for School Pupils, chm., David Appleton, Supt. of Schools, Conway, N. H.

Educational Values in Competitive Athletics, chm., Linden H. Strough, Supt. of Schools, Rome, N. Y.

New Trends and Practices in Lunchroom Operation, William M. Brish, Supt., Washington Co. Schools, Hagerstown, Md.

Outdoor Education, chm., O. E. Hel, Supt. of Schools, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

AAHPER-NASP Meetings

At the February meeting of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, AAHPER assisted in planning such meetings as:

Health Standards for Administration of Athletic Programs for Boys and for Girls, chm., John M. Flanche, principal, High School, La Porte, Ind.

What Are Some Promising Developments in Outdoor Education for Secondary Schools?, chm., Kenneth Kistner, principal, Fitzgerald High School, Van Dyke, Mich.

How Can We Develop Mental Health, Physical Fitness and Moral and Spiritual Values in Our American Youth?, chm., Norman Loats, River View Gardens High School, St. Louis, Mo.

QUENTIN R. UNGER

New State Director in Maine

Quentin R. Unger has been named Director of Health and Physical Education for the State of Maine, succeeding Howard G. Richardson. He formerly served in a similar capacity for the city schools in Westbrook, Maine, and has taught at Holyoke (Mass.) Junior College. Mr. Unger received both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees at Springfield College and has done post graduate work at Columbia University.

Physical Therapists Needed

Thousands of patients are going without treatment because of the acute shortage of physical therapists. There are now only 7,800 qualified physical therapists in the United States and the

total need is about 13,600. For the next decade at least 3,000 new graduates will be needed yearly.

The average length of training is four years beyond high school and leads to a bachelor's degree. Those who already have their bachelor's and wish to enter the profession may enroll in a 12-16 months' concentrated course leading to a certificate. There are 35 schools of physical therapy education approved by the AMA. Information about a career in this field may be obobtained from the American Physical Therapy Association, 1790 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y., an affiliate of AAHPER.

Headquarters Office in New Unit

The first of March, the AAHPER Headquarters staff moved from temporary offices in Unit I to Unit II of the National Education Association's Educational Center, to be completed in 1958. The move permits the entire National Office staff to be united for the first time in several years. The headquarters address remains the same-1201 - 16th St., N.W., Wash. 6, D.C.

NEA Travel Program

More than 1,000 teachers will travel some 24 million miles this summer through the "travel to learn" program of the National Education Association. Highlights of the 1956 schedule of tours can be found in a special "Educational Travel Section" of the February NEA Journal.

Open to all NEA members at special rates, 42 tours are planned for this summer. Itineraries include Europe, the Near East, South America, Panama and Central America, Mexico, Hawaii, Alaska, the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Northwest states, New England and Canada.

The program is under the NEA Division of Travel Service, Paul H. Kinsel, director. Credit for NEA tour participation is often granted for points toward salary increments in local systems and by some state departments of education for certification renewal. College credit may also be earned.

Package prices for the 1956 tours will range from $230 for a five-week (Concluded on page 60)

WNORC

WNORC is expanding. In fact, it has moved out into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. One of the newest boards to affiliate as a rating board in basketball is the Honolulu Board of Women officials in Hawaii. Doris Martin of the Honolulu YWCA is this board's first chairman.

WNORC also has welcomed into affiliation this year four other boards. Betty Palmer is chairman of the St. Petersburg, Florida, Board; Eleanor Lathrop of Iowa State College is chairman of the Central Iowa Board; Marjorie A. Hower is serving as chairman of the Wooster-Berea Board (Ohio), and Lucille LaSalle is the first chairman of the Nashville Board (Tenn.).

If there are other areas which need rating boards, help in affiliation can be received from Mary Jane Draper, WNORC Expansion Chairman, High School, Traverse City, Mich.

The National Executive Committee of WNORC held its annual meeting in Chicago March 25. A major part of the meeting was spent on two important problems. WNORC is faced with finding an efficient way to circularize correct names and addresses of officials after the NSGWS Guides delete officials' names in all guides published after January 1, 1957. The Rating Committee also discussed action which should be taken against Boards which refuse to uphold the uniform policy or officials who refuse to wear the uniform. The Executive Committee decisions will be announced in the May Newsletter from the National Chairman.

WNORC will hold open meetings at four AAHPER district conventions this month. These meetings are planned for local boards and officials to discuss current problems and to exchange ideas. Donna Mae Miller (University of Colorado) will chair the meeting for the Central District in Colorado Springs, while the Eastern District meeting will be conducted by the WNORC State Coordinator of New Jersey, Elysia Phillip.

Two members from the National WNORC Executive Committee will cochair the Northwest District Meeting in Spokane: Shirley Cox, national sec

retary, and Mary Ellen McKee, national Softball Examining Committee chairman. Ruth Russell, WNORC state co-ordinator for Nevada, will lead the discussion of the Southwest District delegates, in Reno April 27.

Audio-Visual Committee

Members of the Audio-Visual Committee include: Donna Mae Miller, chairman; Jane Mott, advisory member; Marjorie Fish; Frederica Bernhard; Gertrude Knelleken; Jan Gund; Effetee Payne; Vivian I. Bernhard.

The Legislative Board of NSGWS approved at its Christmas meeting change in format of Sports Teaching Aids: Audio-Visual from card to booklet form. The expected release date is January 1957.

Publications Committee

The Story of the National Leadership Conference is now available from the AAHPER office, 1201 - 16th St., N.W., Wash. 6, D.C. Price is $1.50.

A Tennis-Badminton Sports Reprint has been authorized for future publication. Also authorized is a proposed publication on the development of student leadership for school and community sports programs.

Ethel Kessler, Oregon State College, has assumed responsibility for integrating a manuscript by Ann Lankford on the History and Functions of NSGWS with the earlier publication prepared by Eline Von Borries.

What Do You Want?

This is your page. In order to make it useful to you in your teaching and of greater interest, your help is needed.

Do you like the column as it is? If you do, give us your suggestions as to what types of information are most useful to you. If you do not like it, give us your suggestions as to possibilities for improvement.

Share in the planning for next year's NSGWS JOURNAL page. Send your suggestions to AAHPER, 1201 - 16th St., N.W., Wash. 6, D. C. Eastern District

Helen Kirk, Irvington High School, Irvington, has been elected representa

tive-elect of the New Jersey committee for NSGWS.

• Representative-elect for the Connecticut committee of NSGWS is Barbara Abernathy, Bridgeport.

The Harrisburg Patriot-News has given considerable emphasis to the critical problem of the need for more women officials. A recent page in the Women's Section carried photographs and details on the trend for housewives and career women with basketball insight to be officials in high school and college basketball games.

Although they don't play, the women officials find their outlets in promoting wholesome sports for young women, getting recreation, and earning "pin money." The Harrisburg Board of Women Officials (Mary E. Jones, chairman, director of girls physical education at the West Shore Joint High School) has two kinds of memberships: Active and Associate. Associate members confine their activities to promoting girls sports. Active members are working referees. ★