# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S246
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

have succeeded in establishing Physical Education programs
through a sacrifice of time and energy on the part of regular staff
members or have employed part-time help with funds collected
from local constituencies. All schools operate some type of pro-
gram, but in only a few instances are the outcomes conditioned by
the basic philosophy and purpose of the school in the sense that
this would be the case if the programs were recognized as an
integral part of the curriculum.

A normal program may include:

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Health and safety instruction: First aid; personal hygiene;
others.

Individual, dual, and mass activities:

Handball Precision marching Bars — high,
Wrestling Posture low, stall
Tumbling Apparatus Track and field
Contests and relays Climbing ropes Softball
Calisthenics Volleyball Others

Athletics: Intramural; inter-scholastic; fundamentals of
major sports,

Recreation — indoor and outdoor:

Table Tennis Bowling Skating: roller and ice
Shuffleboard Archery Others
Badminton Horseshoes

In order to secure the needed effective physical education pro-
gram throughout our educational system, your Board makes the
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RECOMMENDATIONS
That Synod officially recognize Physical Education as an
integral part of its educational program.
That Synod express its desire to supply adequate facilities
and equipment for Physical Education programs.

. That Synod recognize the position of Director of Physical

Education at each institution and direct the Board for
Higher Education to authorize the appointment of full-time
instructors upon the recommendation of the local Board of
Control wherever it finds these to be necessary and war-
ranted,

. That wherever part-time instructors are authorized, the

Board for Higher Education be directed upon recommenda-
tion of the local Board of Control to approve warranted and
necessary adjustments in the teaching load of the instructors
involved.