Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-01
PHYSICAL TRAINING
OFFICERS ELECTED
Or. Charles H. keene Chosen
President of Eastern
District of Body.

Taking less than minute to re-
elect it's officers, the Eastern District
of the American PHYSICAL Education
Association closed its formal bust
ness meetings today with a detailed
consideration of athletic problems,
many of them pertaining to abuses
in secondary school sports.
Officers reelected We're: DR..
Charles FL. keene of Buffalo Uni
versity, president; Miss Mabel Cum
mings of Wellesley College, vice
president, and Miss Maize V. Scanton,
supervisor of physical education at
Atlantic City. n. j.. secretary and
treasurer. Wide, famous Swedish
runner, who is also an instructor in
physical education in the Swedish
public schools, was invited to address
the gathering, but was unable to be
present owing to an engagement at
a track meet at New York.
F'irst-Year Rule Urged.
Adoption of the first-year rule in
preparatory schools, which provides
that no boy can play on a varsity
athletic team until he has been at the
school for more than one year, was
advocated by Lory Prentiss, for more
than % years physical and athletic
director at the Lawrenceville School,
Iawrenceville, n. j. Speaking to a
group meeting of men athletic di-
rectors. Mr.. Prentiss made strong
plea for clean athletics. urging
coaches to frown upon the migratory
athlete and pointing out that the
adoption of the one-year rule which
is in force at leading colleges will curb
the boy who goes from schoNa to
school for the purpose of engaging in
athletics.
The great aim of athletic training, he
said. is the good of the boys, which
coaches should keep in mind from first
to last and avoid subjecting their
charges TO the pace that kills. Young
athletes should be developed gradually
in accordance with their strength,
rather than forced beyond their limits,
he said. Mr.. Prentiss deplored the ten
dency manifested by some schools to
pad their rolls with athletes and urged
the maintenance of high standards of
policy and training.
Fairgrounds Discussed.
DIR. James F. Rogers. chief of the
division of physical education and
school hygiene in the bureau of educa-
ton headed a list of technical speak
ers this morning taking as his topic
physical education program. Other
speakers were DR.. Thomas w. Gallo
way of the American Social Hygiene,
and Miss Julia Lancaster OF the AT
Iantic City Public Schools.
The afternoon session was devoted
to specialized group conferences, and
late this afternoon the delegates VIII
he rendered a tea by Secretary OF
Commerce Herbert c. Hoover and
Mrs. Hoover at their home, at $500 )
street. Practical demonstrations of
physical exercises will be given to-
night in the gymnasium of the Young
Women's Christian Association Build
ing. at Seventeenth and K streets.
Although the convention closed its
meetings today sightseeing program
has been arranged for tomorrow under
the direction of DIR. Rebecca Stone
road, director of physical education
I'm the Washington schools, and about
so of the visitors have signified their
intention of attending the society cir
Gus at Fort Myer.
Draws Sharp Distinction.
Drawing sharp distinction between
physical education and physical train
ing. DR.. William Matller Lewis. presi-
dent of George Washington Univer-
sity, was the after dinner speaker at
the annual banquet of the association
last night. Dr. Lewis explained that
physical training and highly special
lied athletics have their proper place,
but pointed out that teachers should
not pay so much attention to the
husky boy on the playfield, but to the
anemic child who stands on the side
lines and watches.
If the general health standard of
the Nation is to be raised physical edu-
cation must begin with parents, he
said. Almost as much ignorance ex-
lists in homes of comfort as in homes
of poverty relative to proper nourish
ment, hours of sleep. exercises and
personal hygiene, DIR. Lewis explained.
I'm institutions of higher learning
II should be the aim not to center all
the interest on foot ball. basket ball
and other games requiring a small
number of people to play them: games
which will not be used after the
student leaves the institution he de-
clared, "but in addition to those
games. which have their proper place,
every student should be taught to play
tennis and golf. to swim and to be
proficient in other recreations which
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