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Show PHYSICAL EDUCATION ED-UCATION IN THE SCHOOL Bishop H. E. Maxfield, who is a member of the County Board of Education, Ed-ucation, attended a convention of school officials of the state held in Salt Lake City last week. One of the things most stressed there was the need of more systematic physical physi-cal education. It was pointed out that under the system generally em-ployed, em-ployed, those who least need physical physi-cal development get the most training train-ing and those who need development ' - SV' get very little opportunity to im- ' prove theis physique. Resolutions adopted at the meeting meet-ing incorporated the following principals: prin-cipals: "We consider physical education to be one of the most essential elements ele-ments that enter into the lives of boys in school today and re-commend thata school boards throughout through-out the state provide as rapidly as possible Physical Education for all school children. "We consider as a basis of guidance guid-ance that physical educataion should consist' of approximately two-fifths theory and three-fifths activity. We feel that every child is entitled to a preliminary physical examination as near to the beginning of the school year as posible and we recommend that every student who is preparing for the more strenuous activity have a thhorough physical examinatoin by the most competent available authority au-thority before beig permitted to enter en-ter the activity. "We recommend that the work in physical development be measured by the results of progress in theory and activity. That the director in physical educatiion be rated largely upon, the- progress reached by all students who come under his care. "We recommend that this organization organ-ization send to the state High school athletic association, a communication recommending that the eligibility rule relating to the age of participants partici-pants in athletics be reduced to twenty instead of twenty one years, ?s is now the rule, that the reduction be made by the beginning of the school year 1927-1928, that boards ot education have in mind a still .ower eligibility age a tsuch time af-:er af-:er 192S as conc'itions may seem to justify. "We recommend that a specified time be designated for practise in 1 athletics and other curriculum ae- .ivities. This time should be immediately imme-diately after the regular class work of the day and, unless for ana im- perative reason, the time should not exceed 1 hours. Miss Carlin, clerk in the superin- tendents office also attended the ! meeting. |