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First-Year Activities

Physical Education A1: Beginning Swimming (Fall Term): Each student
is given a swimming test when he registers in September. (The test
consists of a fifty (50) yard swim, free style, and without any specified time
limit.) Students failing this test are assigned to Physical Education A1.
(Credit, ⅓ session-hour.)

Physical Education A2: Individual Activities (Fall Term): A series of
individual events are practiced and tests in these events will be given at
the end of the term. The events include such fundamental activities as
running, jumping, climbing, vaulting, kicking; emphasis is placed on the
development of coordination. As many of the events as possible are practiced
out of doors. (Credit, ⅓ session-hour.)

Physical Education A3: Touch Football (Fall Term): Teams are organized
and the fundamentals of the game are taught. Players change
places frequently on the team. This enables each one to become familiar
with the various duties and tasks involved in playing the game. An examination
on the rules is given at the end of the term. (Credit, ⅓ session-hour.)

Physical Education A4: Basketball (Winter Term): Basketball fundamentals
consisting of shooting, passing and elementary team play will be
stressed for beginners. Teams will be organized and a schedule developed.
An examination on the rules is given at the end of the term. (Credit, ⅓
session-hour.)

Physical Education A5: Boxing (Winter Term): A graded course in
boxing technique is followed. The course is designed primarily for students

who have had no previous boxing experience. An examination on the rules
of intercollegiate boxing is given at the end of the term. (Credit, ⅓ session-hour.)

Physical Education A6: Handball (Winter Term): This game of increasing
popularity and which is one of the best for general conditioning
is taught during the winter term. Players must supply their own gloves
and balls. (Credit, ⅓ session-hour.)

Note: Two second-year courses, Physical Education B5, Apparatus and
Tumbling Stunts, and Physical Education B6, Tap Dancing, are offered to
first-year men who can qualify for the courses. Each course carries ⅓ session-hour
of credit.

Physical Education A7: Playground Baseball and Volley Ball (Spring
Term): Fundamentals of these outdoor games are stressed for beginners.
Teams are organized and a playing schedule is developed. Team members
change positions frequently in order to become more familiar with the game
as a unit. Examinations on the rules are given at the end of the term.
(Credit, ⅓ session-hour.)

Physical Education A8: Tennis (Beginners Only) (Spring Term):
This course is for beginners only. Various ground strokes, service, and
volley fundamentals are developed. Students must supply their own racquets
and tennis balls. (Credit, ⅓ session-hour.)

Physical Education A9: Red Cross Life Saving (Spring Term): The
regular senior course is offered during the Spring. An authorized Red
Cross Life Saving Examiner conducts the course and successful candidates
may obtain official membership cards. (Credit, ⅓ session-hour.)

Physical Education Hygiene (Fall or Winter Term): The course consists
of lectures, recitations and assigned reading on matters of personal
hygiene, bodily functions and the effects of exercise as related to the various
physical activities. (Credit, 1 session-hour.)

Physical Education Special (Fall, Winter and Spring Terms): Men
who have defects which are revealed by the medical examination may be
assigned to corrective classes by the University Physician. (Credit, ⅓ session-hour
for each term.)

The second-year activities offer several courses of floorwork instruction
from which each student elects an activity for each term. In addition
to the above courses a student is offered the choice of participating in any
of the varsity athletic sports in season.