Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-01-09
PHYSICAL TRAINING
ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL
TO NATIONS WELFARE

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upon Congress and the state leSisla-
ture Of this eountgy ii insure, hy law
that the present generation ard those
to come shall be made fit physically
for their higher and more efficient de-
veIopment IS made in resolutions pre-
scented by the Playground and Recre-
alton Association Of America 81 the
annual convention Of the Athletic Re-
search Society held at the Hotel Astor
today.
This is IN line with the physical
service Of the Playground Association
which was made manifest during the
war through the activities Of the War
Camp Community Service working
under the Association. Similar reso-
Iutons will be preseted tomorrow at
the convention of the National Col
legiate Athletic Association and, on
Saturday, at that Of the Society Of
Directors Of Physical Education in
Colleges. Beth Of these meetings will
he held at the same hotel.
The resolutions were prepared for
the Playground Association by Dr.
Charles w. Savage, head of the Phys
zeal Education Department at 0berin
College. Dr. Savage has become ma
tionally known for his remarkable
success in sending out large number
who have carried the work, begun at
Of highly trained physical educators
Oberlin, throughout the entire coun-
try.
Associated with him in drafting the
proposed plan for the upbuilding Of
the nation was DR.. Thomas Al. Storey
Professor of Hygiene at the college Of
the city Of New York and secretary Of
the Interdepartment Board Of Social
Hygiene at Washington, d. G. The
resolutions which were adopted were
as follows:
First: That this society shall
make every reasonable effort to infiu-
ence the Congress Of the United
States and the legislatures Of our var
ious states to enact laws providing
for the effective physical education
Of all children of all ages in our ell
imentary and secondary schools--pub-
lie, institutional, and private-a physi-
cal education that will bring these
children instruction in hygiene, reg
ular per ,dicNheal'h examinations and
4 training in the practice Of health
habits with full educational empha-
sis upon play, games, recreation,
athletics and physical exercise
Second: That this association
shall make persistent effort to influ-
ence State Boards Of Education, or
their equivalent bodies in all the
States Of the United States, to make
it their effective rule that on or after
June 1922, or some other reasonable
date, no applicant may receive H.
cense to teach any suject in any
school who does not first present con-
vincing evidence of having covered,
in credible manner, a satisfactory
course in physical education in re-
putable training school for teachers
Third: And that this association
hereby directs, authorizes and orders
its president to. appoint committee
Of three to take such steps as may be
necessary to put the above resolu-
tons into active and effective opera
ton, and to cooperate in every prac-
tical and substantial way with the
national committee on physical edu-
cation, the division Of physical educa
ton of the Playground and Recre-
alton Association of America, and
any other useful agency that may be
in the field for the purpose of secur-
ing the proper and sufficient physical
education of the boys and girls of to-
day, SO that they may tomorrow CON
stitute nation of men and women
Of normal physical growth, normal
physical development and normal
functional resource, practicing wise
habits of health conservation and
possessed of greater consequence vi
tally, larger endurance, longer lives
and more complete happiness the
most precious assets of nation"
Physical training should be given
prominent place in the country's edu-
cational system, because it is chiefly
responsible for the health of students
declared Professor W. H. Fitzpatrick,
of Columbia University, in an address
here today at the % nd annual con-
vention of the Society of Directors of
Physical Education in Colleges He
advocated broader system Of physi-
cal exercises, to include not only for
NAL gymnastics but wider playing of
games
In advocating the extension of ath-
letic contests as part of physical ed
ucation, Professor Fitzpatrick declared