Show ING Will BE MADE COMPULSORY IN INNE NE NEW YORK SCHOOlS NEW YORK TORK Dec 5 The The teaching of swimming will be made compulsory in inthe inthe the tho New York public schools if a movement movement move move- ment started b by a committee of prominent nent font athletic and Y T. M. M C. C A. A leaders Is approved by the board of education The 1 movement W was S started as a result of or I recent prominence given to reports of ot I swimming Instructors at two wo of the colleges colleges colleges col col- col- col 1 leges which have made a compulsory part of the curriculum Coach 1 0 of Pennsylvania Penns says sas that out of the students so far this season over over 40 per cent o of them were unable to keep afloat The Tho committee which is urging the adoption of or swimming to tho the school curriculum cur cur- says England can be taken as a good ex example example ox- ox ample of what may be done In this line London boasts some public baths which school children are made to freQuent frequent fre Ire quent from the earliest ages As a re result result re- re sult suit In England 90 DO per por ceM of ot tho the population lation latton of ot the cities can swim In this country the figur figures s can be reversed |