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Service Physical Education

Finally, the Abbot resolution stated that
service physical education would be "listed in
the undergraduate catalog as a part of the
College's course offerings and would be under
the supervision of the Dean of the College."

Immediately after the presentation of the
Abbot resolution, Robert Huskey and
Theodore Wright of the Biology Department
proposed a substitute motion.

The substitute resolution differed from the
Abbot resolution in that it allowed students to
take physical education courses in the
Education School for degree credit.

In addition, the substitute motion asked the
President of the University to "establish the
Department of Physical Education as a
university-wide department outside of any
specific school or college as of June 1971."

Last spring, during faculty reform of the
College curriculum, the faculty ended the
no-credit service physical education
requirement for all College students.

The faculty at that time received a
committee resolution that service physical
education be allowed two degree credit hours in
the College The faculty sent the proposal back
to committee and the committee made their
request again during last Tuesday's meeting.

In a debate over the two motions, James Cole
of the Chemistry Department stated that the
motions concerned two issues. One issue was to
allow a limited credit for service physical
education courses.