tion." It had the endorsement of the Vice-President of the United States as well as the Commissioners of Education, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

Some 450 persons were invited as delegates. Some of the topics and personalities involved were as follows: 1. Medical aspects of physical fitness. Joseph B. Wolffe, M.D., dir., Valley Forge Heart Inst. 2. Recent physical fitness research (synthesis). Roscoe C. Brown, Jr., research co-ordinator, Dept. of PE, H and R, NYU. 3. Recent physical fitness conferences (synthesis), Creighton Hale, research director, Little League Baseball. 4. The place of physical fitness in physical education programs. Peter V. Karpovich, M.D., prof. of physiology, Springfield College. 5. The place of physical fitness in recreation programs. F. S. Mathewson, Supt. of Recreation for the Union Co. (N. J.) Park Commission. 6. The place of physical fitness in health education programs. Bernard E. Hughes, program director, State Committee on TB and Public Health of the State Charities Aid Assn.

NEW STATE AHPER OFFICERS The Delaware AHPER elected the following officers for 1956-57: Pres.Sam Pratt, Bayard Jr. H. S., Wilmington; Past-Pres.-Harry C. Smith, Dover; Pres.-elect Howard Parsons, Mt. Pleasant H. S., Wilmington; Treasurer-Patricia Bundy, Dover H. S., Dover; Secy.-George Ayars, State Dept., Dover; First-Vice-Pres.-Roy Rylander, U. of Del.; Second-Vice-Pres. -James Guidice, Lore School, Wilmington; Third-Vice-Pres.-Joan G. McCurdy, Oak Grove School, Elsmere. New York. Harry Lehmann

STATE AHPER CONFERENCE

Approximately 1,500 members of the NYSAHPER attended the annual conference in Buffalo, in January. James E. Allen, Jr., N. Y. State Commissioner of Educ., addressed the first general session.

Guest experts and authorities were: Charles Weckworth, Springfield College; Joseph Brown, Princeton U.; Ernst Jokl, M.D., U. of Ky.; Julian Smith, Mich. State U.; Jack George, N. H. State Dir. of PE; Al Campanis, chief scout, Brooklyn Dodgers; Helen Dauncey, Natl. Recreation Assn.; Charlotte Leach, Natl. TB Assn.; Lt. Robert Clotworthy, 1952 Olympic diving champion; Jane Taylor, natl. indoor champion of synchronized swimming; Elizabeth Avery, AAHPER staff; and Karl Oermann, U. of Pittsburgh, pres. of Eastern District Assn.

NURSE-TEACHERS CELEBRATION The N. Y. State School Nurse-Teachers Assn. celebrated its 25th anniversary

during the Buffalo conference. Among the guests were President Josephine Harrington of Norwood, Vice-president Florence Glor of Attica, and eight past presidents.

NEW STATE AHPER OFFICIALS Paul A. Fairfield, director of PE, New Rochelle, assumed the duties of Pres. of the NYSAHPER during the January conference in Buffalo. The immediate Past-Pres. is Ray Glunz, Buffalo. The Pres.-elect is Elmer Smith, Rochester. The newly elected Vice-Pres. for Health is Bernard E. Hughes, N. Y., N. Y.; Vice-Pres. for Physical Education is Raymond Bradley, Buffalo; Vice-Pres. for Recreation is Morton Thau of Baldwin. Alice Backus of Plattsburg will serve as Secy.-Treas. for another year.

Margaret Babich of Clarence, Beatrice Hunt of Niagara Falls, and Dorothy Zirbes of New York City were elected to serve for three years on the General Policies Committee. Pennsylvania... Mildred Adams Lucey

STATE AHPER OFFICERS

At the annual December Convention in Wilkes Barre, Pa., the following officers for the Pennsylvania AHPER were elected: Pres. John H. Jenny of Westchester State Teachers College; Vice-Pres. for Health, Arthur F. Davis of the Pennsylvania State University; Vice-Pres. for Physical Education, Edwin Cottrell of Westchester State Teachers College; and Vice-Pres. for Recreation, Othmar B. Wuenschel, State Dept. of Public Instruction, Harrisburg, Adviser in Recreation to the Chief, HPER. Ethel Encke is new Pres.-elect. At the present time she is President of the Southeastern District of the PSAHPER and teaches at Radnor Senior High School.

STATE AHPER CONVENTION The Indiana State Assn. will hold its annual convention at Turkey Run State Park April 6, 7, and 8. Robert Yoho, director of the Div. of Health Educ., State Bd. of Health, and John Emens, pres. of Ball State Teachers College, will be the principal speakers.

The Modern Dance Group from DePauw U., under the direction of Martha Cornick, will dance Saturday night. A group of Hawaiian students from Purdue U. will entertain Friday night.

Cloyd Julian, Indianapolis P.S., Martha Cornick, DePauw U., Anthony Annarino, Purdue U. and Janet MacLean, Indiana U., will lead the section meetings.

EDGREN REPLACES ANDERSON H. D. Edgren, prof. of educ. at George Williams College, accepts position on Purdue faculty as Prof. of Recreation Leadership, beginning April 1. Replacing Jackson Anderson, now AAHPER Consultant in Recreation and Outdoor Education, he will give direction to the curriculum of recreation in the Division of Education in the School of Science, Education, and Humanities.

Mr. Edgren has been a member of the faculty of George Williams College for the past 30 years, where he has served Dir. of Intercollegiate Athletics, Assoc. Prof. of PE, Prof. of Recreation, and in his present position as Prof. of Educ.

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Summer Fun for Teen-Agers (p. 8) 1. Find out whether there is a planned summer recreation program for the teen-agers in your community. If so, find out how many participate; if not, outline a proposed program.

2. How would you go about initiating a summer recreation program in a community? Draw up a plan of action.

Play Safe in Technicolor (p. 10)

1. Discuss the values of using color on playground equipment and play

areas.

2. Make a drawing of a playground, coloring it as suggested. Health Information (p. 11)

1. Bring current health magazines to class. Apply the criteria in the article to health information in these magazines. Discuss.

Keeping Fit To Fly (p. 12)

1. How do the goals of the program of physical education at the U. S. Air Force Academy differ from those of your institution?

2. What aspects of the physical education program at the U. S. Air Force Academy might be useful assets to your program in spite of the differences in primary goals? Coeducational Phys. Educ. (p. 17)

1. Find out if your local high school has a coeducational physical education program. If so, compare it with the one described in the article. If not, outline a proposed program.

2. Discuss the pros and cons of high school coeducational physical education classes.

Contributions of Dance (p. 19)

1. In the Middle Ages, what is

the greatest contribution of dance to physical education?

2. What influence did Christianity have on dance?

3. What changes occurred during the Renaissance? How did they affect dance and physical education? Adventures in Nature Study (p. 22) 1. If you have planned a threemile hike to a local quarry to collect rocks and minerals, list nature highlights your group may encounter en route on a country road.

2. Make a list of more "adventures" in nature study as contributed by class members.

Observations in S. America (p. 24)

1. Compare North American health programs with those described.

2. How does the preparation of health educators in South America differ from our own?

School Nurse Supervision (p. 27)

1. Do the nurses in your schools receive guidance and direction from a qualified nurse supervisor?

2. What are the potentialities of school nursing supervision for developing more constructive health services for children? Individual-Team Sports (p. 29)

1. Discuss the role of the coach in the formal education of the American schoolboy.

2. Do you agree that individualteam sports are unusually effective in contributing toward the values considered? How can other sports make such contributions? Softball Play Situations (p. 32)

1. Why is practice of game situations in small groups advisable in teaching softball?

2. What are other softball game situations that could be practiced in groups of four? ★

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