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Show Special Course For High School Coaches A special course for high school coaches will be offered by tho Physical Phy-sical Education department ot tho Utah Agricultural College during tho Summer quarter, according to Coach Romney, who will conduct tho work. Tho course will Includo training In coaching high school teams in the four chief branches ot athletic competition, football, baseball, base-ball, basketball and track, and field sports. "Tho work will bo of a fundamental fun-damental nature, designed to help equip secondary and, grndo school teachers who may bo expected to, ot who dcslro to fit themselves to ho of worth in coaching one or moro of tho school athletic teams In addition addi-tion to their regular academic work, and who havo had little or no coaching coach-ing cxpcrlenco and perhaps a limited limit-ed cxpcrlenco In athletic competition In one or moro of tho major sports. Coach Romney expects that this course will bo very popular becauso It fills a real need In tho schools today. In characterizing the course. Coach Romeny said: "With the rap-Idly rap-Idly increasing number of high schools and the constantly growing emphasis on physical education and athletic development as an essential part of tho educational program, a big demand is being made for male instructors who can teach academic courses and in. addition coach ono or moro of the school athletic earns. "It is believed that a conscientious con-scientious attempt on the partot of. tho student in these courses in athletics, planned after tho similar courses ot the best coaching Bchools In tho country will in a large measure meas-ure prepare him to fill such 'positions. 'posi-tions. In fact tho courses offered really come- in response to a popular demand , "As far as It is deemed valuable tho-work will beof practical nature, but It will bo introduced and supplemented sup-plemented by theoretical analysis of all llig 'games and playing of thorn." |