Evening star., 1942-07-01
School Board Valves
Master S Degree for
Physical Instructors
Only 7 Places Filled in
As for New Touehenine
Courses This Fall
By JOHN w. THOMPSON. Jr.

BY JOHN w. THOMPSON, Jr.
In a move to assure availability
of enough physical training in
structors to put a f1ve-period-a-
week physical toughening pro-
gram in all the senior high
schools, the Board of Education
today agreed to waive for the
time being the usual masters de-
gree required of high school
teachers.
Action followed appointment of
seven of IS authorized new teachers
for the white schools, and the an
nouncement by Supt. Frank w. Bal
lou that the eligible lists for the
white schools in this field were now
exhausted. Two others on the list
have not yet completed their papers,
it was said.
1t was indicated that the waiver
would be granted in the case of per-
sons obviously otherwise qualified, to
permit them to take the required ex-
animation now being prepared.
War Complicates Problem.
DR.. Ballou jointed out that it Is
becoming increasingly difficult, be-
cause of the war, to obtain physical
training instructors, particularly
men. Many are being taken from
the school system and going into the
service, he said,
DR.. Ballou promised that the best
possible personnel would be OBJ
tanned for the work which has been
requested by the Army and Navy as
a contribution to the war effort.
The toughening program will be
financed from a 100000 apprOprla-
ton that becomes available today
with the beginning of the new fiscal
year. It will provide 35 white and
10 additional colored teachers.
The ALLEGATION of the money fol-
lowed a series of articles in The Star
pointing out the need for increasing
the physical fitness Of District
youth. many of whom were rejected
from military service for correctable
defects.
At present only one senior high
school of II has full flve-period-
a-week program originally author
lied by the board in 1886.
New Credits Approved.
Meanwhile. pointing out that the
change to five-period status of
physical education next September
10, to1l of 10
cational setup of the senior high
Schools" the board today approved
a new system for accrediting the
program. The members adopted
the following recommendations ap-
proved by all the high school prin-
cipals:
'l. That one-half credit per
semester be authorized by the Board
Of Education for the new course.
%. That the required credits for
graduation from the senior high
schools be raised from 80 to 321z
for the January, 1943, class, to 33
for the June, 1943. class, and SINH
larly by half-credit intervals until
IS credits are required for the class
graduating in June, l945. and that
the specific requirements for gradua-
ton shall be amended to include
three credits for health and physical
education.
Fewer Science Credits.
f3. That for academic students
maintaining an average of B or
better who are preparing for college,
the requirement of seven periods
of work in the sciences and in home
economics be reduced to five periods
and the same credits still be allowed
a. That for students desiring to
take technical instruction, as at
Mckinley and Armstrong High
Schools, provision of the seven
period science program shall be con-
tinued; thus students are not pre-
vented from securing full technical
instruction In the sciences by the
inclusion of the requirement of
health and physical education five
times weekly"