IHPRA Newsletter
January 2004
1905 Turnfest in Indianpolis, Indiana
The German immigrants who settled throughout the Midwest in the mid-1800's brought a highly sophisticated system of physical training. Much of the wisdom of that system has been forgotten, but some leaders in the physical training arena are becoming increasingly interested in the past. The Turners published a journal called Mind and Body. Here is a glimpse of its tone and content.
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The Board of Education of
Des Moines, Iowa has ordered that all windows and doors in all school
rooms be opened at least four times each day, and that the janitors open
window and doors after four o'clock to change completely the air in the
buildings. |
Education of the Body by Training Through Exercise
20th Convention of the American Physical Education Association
Book and Periodical Publishers warned Against Use of Small Type
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Brief consideration of the Aims and Effects
of Gymnastics or Systematic Physical Training
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The fact that numerous works
on preventive medicine, hygiene, exercise, physical culture, gymnastics, athletics,
etc., are already in existence proves the importance of these and similar
subjects, and the proper development of the body and the mind seems to be universally
recognized as the main necessity for the building up of better and
healthier human beings, so that with better and stronger individuals a
stronger society and nation may be formed. |
Air Force announces PT changes
NASPE urges physical educators to get fit.
Here
are the certificates for the four drills
posted middle school and high
school on the training page.
More drills will be posted soon.
Hats
off to the Governor of Illinois
for recognizing the value of physical education in schools.
Governor
Doyle of Wisconsin
is challenging physical educators to focus on physical fitness.