| Show Commando Instructor Physical Education Leaders Go All Out For War Effort all out for and we're not going to make our depart-nent any The physical education program has taken on a new emphasis with the present and our plans have been given drastic modifications to meet that It was J. R. Griffiths of the physical education department and his words were forcefully backed by the program now out-lined for Utah's male Griffiths and his Karl Pete A. F. Robbins and Vadal are already in full swing with an extensive schedule featuring strenuous physical activity a scheme modeled after the navy's pre-flight physical training Men of the U are going to have to toss to the wind their society sports tennis and what hae and get down to some tough conditioning It'll be hand to-hand offensive boxing more of this defense and swimming with a leaning toward endurance Must Have 10 Lessons During the course of a each member of a class will be expected to have 10 lessons in each of the activities and swimming under his As time goes the conditioning methods will be stiffened to suit the student's physical In this all members of reserves and prospective draftees will find themselves ready for active combat when the time This is the express purpose of gym classes this Only on Fridays will men be given a chance to catch up on their accustomed On that games and sports of all types will be the These games will emphasize combative-ness and The program as outlined above will be followed generally throughout the school All you prospective commandos who are taking the course might seek consolation from instructor Karl when the aches and pains get the better of but don't expect to find much Karl represented the university at the Navy Pre-flight school at St. Mary's this Just to put it in guys around here don't know what a tough schedule Down at St. Mary's they really put you through the We were up at each and from then until at night the time was spent in strenuous physical These activities were no different than those which the fellows up here are having only that the navy's schedule is ten times as Karl tells of the time when at 7 a. m. in weather comparable to San during a real he was ordered to the outside swimming pool and to told to dive in and in water that hadn't been Tough School The school was held in conjunction with the training of U. S. navy along other coaches from various colleges throughout the attending the course to observe the cadet physical fitness These men followed the same program an regular cadets for 15 being offered no leniency whatsoever in the observance of Many of them have since entered the regular navy as athletic navy's really tops with says of the fellows desiring a real honest-to-goodness training before getting into combat should take advantage of what the navy has to offer in her pre flight and flight training The grub's great gained weight in the training and everything is done for the good of each Seventy-five per cent of the boys in the navy have never been in a That's the purpose of the present training set-up here in the U's physical education department to prepare our men for combat |
