DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 123 



REPOET OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL TRAINING. 



President F. S. Kedzie, 



Sir : I beg the privilege of giving you the following in regard to the 

 work of the Department of I'hysical Training during the past year: 



Physical training either in tlie fonn of remedial, group or recreative 

 work was required for the first time of all students of the institution, 

 both men and women. This necessitated some ten teaching groups of 

 women, meeting three times a week and sixteen groups of men, meeting 

 twice a week. This large numl)er of teaching Iiours brought the Gymna- 

 sium into use from 9 :U0 in the morning until late in the evening, six 

 days in the week. The required work consisted of general body building 

 and remedial work, group and mass recreative and physical activities 

 with the army physical drill and calisthenics for the men. In addition 

 to the physical work, lectures and talks to freshmen on health educa- 

 tion, personal and public hygiene and kindred subjects were given 

 throughout the year. Activities for the girls was greatly enlarged by 

 the addition of games, swimming and group work, so that the work was 

 better liked, more educational and productive of better results. The 

 usual athletic teams were maintained for the men and were fairly 

 representative of the institution. The football team played creditably 

 against many of the strongest Western teams. The baseball team played 

 a full schedule and made a trip into New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, 

 giving a certain amount of publicity to the institution in those states. 

 The basketball team met the strongest Western teams and made a trip 

 as far as the University of Nebraska. Athletics and recreative games 

 were promoted and stimulated more than usual within the institution 

 and a very large proportion of both men and women were brought into 

 some recreative activity. 



The teaching personnel was changed during the year by the resignation 

 of George E. Gauthier, April 1, and the appointment of Arthur N. Smith 

 of the University of Maine to take his place. I Avish at this time to put 

 on record the recognition of the splendid work of Mr. Gauthier who has 

 been with the department since 1915. He resigned to accept a very fine 

 position as Physical Director for the city of Bay City. 



The Gymnasium and the department as a whole is now splendidly 

 equipped. The only great need is the addition of an adequate outdoor 

 athletic plant. Our present old wooden stands are nearly worn out 

 and entirely inadequate. The field is too small and the annual 

 spring floods make its use uncertain and unsatisfactory. There will be 

 several additions in the teaching personnel of the department for next 

 year and I feel this will give strong teaching strength and a well-rounded 

 out staff for carrying on the physical and athletic education and super- 

 vision of all the students. I respectfully call your attention to the fact 

 that the department touches the life of every student in the institution 

 and this contact is a very vital one and plays an important part in the 



