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municipal athletics as organized and conducted by park and recreation 

 departments. A study of the organization and conduct of athletics for 

 women through conferences with the women physical education leaders and 

 through observation of athletic games and sports conducted would give 

 most valuable insight into an increasingly important phase of community 

 recreation service. It would be very valuable for the student to learn as 

 much as possible concerning the organization and conduct of field meets 

 and tournaments. 



In most universities and colleges from one to two years of physical 

 education is required of all students, and at the "land grant" colleges mili- 

 tary training is required. No provision has been made for these possible 

 requirements in the foregoing tentative outline of subjects in a collegiate 

 course. 



2. Social activities. The future executive will have to deal with com- 

 munity social activities, and these, especially in the field of social dancing, 

 present some very difficult problems. While the university social problems 

 are somewhat different from the social activities problems of a community, 

 there is enough of similarity to make close observation and active partici- 

 pation in the university social activities very valuable. Aside from their 

 bearing upon future executive problems, their value as a personal cultural 

 training should not be overlooked. 



3. Dramatics. Membership in a dramatic club and active participation 

 in the preparation and presentation of one or more plays, if the student has 

 any histrionic ability, will be a valuable preliminary training for an appre- 

 ciation of community dramatics, a form of communal activity that is con- 

 stantly becoming of increasing importance in park and recreation systems. 



4. Use of the English language. Participation in dramatics is one of 

 the best possible forms of activity for cultivation of good enunciation and 

 style of speech. Participation in the public debates and writing of news 

 items for 'the college paper are other possible means of practice in the use 

 of English. 



5. Music. Practically every executive will or ought to have a great 

 deal to do with music in his program of recreation. A close observation of 

 the organization and conduct of university musical organizations and affairs, 

 and perhaps participation in at least one organization would be a desirable 

 preliminary practical training in appreciation of music as a communal form 

 of recreation. 



If the college or university happens to be located in or in the vicinity 

 of a city where there is a well-developed park and recreation system, time 

 spent in observation and study of methods of administration, types of 

 activities conducted, designs of different kinds of areas, equipment used, 



