The Winslow mail., 1925-07-28
NORTHERN STATE
TEACHERS COLLEGE
SEEKS ATHLETES

Teachers College football commit
tee will be at Hotel StatIer Wednes-
day evening, July 20, to interview
all prospective athletes who would
be interested in attending teachers
college this fall, according to Jake
Bracker, student manager of foot
ball of the institution, who will be
accompanied on the trip by Fran
els Osborn, faculty manager of ath-
letics.
The football season will be fea-
tured this year by having a ten
day training camp prior to the
. opening of the fall term. The
training period will be from Sept.
II to 27
According to Mr.. Bracker candi-
dates for the training camp will be
accepted only through invitation
from the football committee, and
all expenses, such as board, room,
care and equipment will be taken
care of by teachers college.
Invitations are being mailed out
to a great many Winslow boys to
attend teachers college this fall.
While the majority of these boys
are particularly known to the foot
ball committee for their athletic
ability, there are a few on the list
who, Mr.. Bracker says, have the
qualifications, but their capabilities
in the past have been overlooked,
and who, they feel, will be a cred
it to the school teams and an asset
as students in the college.
while we are on the subject of,
| football" Mr. Bracker said in an
interview, I'VE might go on to state
that the board of education of the
college, on April IS, established in
that institution the specialized de-
partment of physical education to
meet the demand for trained
teachers of physical education and
coaches in this state and other
states.
"This is the only state teachers
college in this section of the coun-
try so far as is known that offers
such a course" Mr.. Bracker de-
clared. The holder of a diploma
from this course will be prepared
to teach without examination all
phases of physical education, rec
reational work, and to coach ath-
letics in the grades and high
schools of the country, he said.
"To be a good coach one does
not necessarily have to be star
athlete" the football manager as
serts Coaches are made, and not
born. Athletes who could play
| football baseball and basket ball
in college were formerly placed in
charge of the physical education
and coaching. They often did
fairly good work as coaches, but
seldom knew anything about phys
icaI education and other recrea-
tional work. AS a result of their
special ability we have had fine
athletic teams in most of the high
schools of standing, but little else.
This statement does not under
estimate the value of athletics, but
is intended to emphasize the fact
! that athletics and physical educa-
tion are not synonymous terms.
! Athletics are but one branch of
physical education-a branch that
has it's value as well as it's limita-
tions.
This confusion of terms for
some time led people to underrate
the value of physical education,
I but gradually they came to realize
that physical education is broader
in meaning. 1t means rather the
making of healthy men and wom-
en- who are strong morally, physi-
cally and mentally, of all the boys
and girls-the training of the many
in physical education, recreation
and health, instead of the few in
athletics. 1t means clean mind
in a clean body.
Trained teachers are needed in
this work. AS a result of the
growth of physical education the
demand for thoroughly trained
teachers of physical education,
coaches and supervisors of play
grounds exceeds the supply"
According to Mr.. Bracker the
contract for the construction of the
new gymnasium in which the new
department of physical education
will be housed, has been let to
A. P. Agren, of Flagstaff, and work
on the new structure will be start
ed within the next few weeks. 1t
is hoped that the gym may be COM
pleted by the first of the year.
The new physical education
building will have unusually fine
quarters. representing the best that
money can buy. 1t will have Of
flee and class rooms, a very large
and well-equipped gymnasium, with
basket ball floor 60x90 feet; a
swimming pool 25x75 feet, hair
drying room for the women, ath-
letic rooms for the home and Wis
iting teams, and locker and shower
rooms. In short, Mr.. Bracker said, /
the physical education department
will be we'll equipped to meet the
demands of an up-tO-date school OF
physical education.
Teachers college will offer three
and four-year courses in physical
education. health and coaching.
Graduates of the three-year course
will receive the diploma of the col
lege which will be evidence or
qualifications to teach physical
education and coach athletics in
the grade and high schools OF the
country. Graduates of the four