The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-15
w. e. Turner Who VIII be at Head
Of Physical Education of keokuk
Schools Arrived Hero
Yesterday.
MEET KIDS" THURSDAY
He Would Like to Start some Play
ground Work and Wants to Soc
the Youngsters Tomorrow
Morning.

w. r. turner, new ulleCtoi IL
physical education in the Keokuk
public schools arrived In Keokuk yes
/ terday from Ishpeming, Mich, where
he has been director OF physical
work for the last three and one-half
years. Mr.. Turner spent today in
getting acquainted. and expects to
get to work tomorrow. He would
like to meet the boys and girls of the
schools tomorrow morning at $3.50
O'Clock at the play ground at the
Washington school. Mr.. Turner has
arranged for volley ball and play
ground baseball, and games. so the
Keokuk school children who would
like to meet their new director and
have a play hour in the morning.
have an opportunity.
The new director has Just COM
pleted, very successfully three and
a half year contract with the Ish-
peming. Mich, schools. He had
charge of the physical work there,
-and under his supervision Ave play
grounds were equipped and used. The
apparatus was made in the manual
training department for the most
part. Before going to Ishpemins,
MI Turner was director OF club at
Joliet.
Mr.. Turner has mapped out pref
ty definite program of work for the
year. He expects to cover all OF the
grades in the different schools once
every two weeks. He will demon
strate a course of exercises and then
leave a chart and directions with the
teacher, who will give the exercises
for the two weeks, until he gets
around again and gives additional
work.
Give Corrective Work.
Besides this regular schedule, cor
receive exercises will be given by the
new director at stated times. Flat
feet are most prevalent forms OF de-
fects which must be corrected, Mr..
Turner finds, and he will outline
treatments for these. and for any 9th
er defects. 1t will then be up to the
pupil to follow up this work.
Another idea which Mr.. Turner has
is the establishment Of a public
school athletic league, with work for
boys and girls, and the grade and ad-
vanced schools. Mr.. Turner finds
ample provision for track and field
| training here, and hopes to revive in
terest in this.
The extent of playground work, OF
course, will depend little on how
far the board will wish to so in the
matter of apparatus and the like.
Equipment for volley ball, basket
| ball, and baseball however. is Sc
cured. and these and other games
can be started at once.
Mr.. Turner knows something of
military training, and has had some
training in the navy. He has al
ready been asked by some of the
high school boys as to how much
military work he is going to give
Believes In Strong Body.
The new director is a pleasant
man to meet, and his ideas on physi-
cal training are sound and good. He
believes that strong mind needs a
strong body and that to do the best
work the student must have recrea
ton and good strong background
physically.
Mr.. Turner is married and has one
small son Bobby, who is nine months
old today. Bobby and Mrs. Turner
will remain in Ishpeming until cool
er weather, when they will Join Mr.