1940 Cedrus Yearbook

PHYSICAL TRAINING The College year of 1939-40 saw the inauguration of the De- partment of Health and Physical Education under the supervision of Professor Howard E. Thompson. The establishment of the Department was four-fold: first, that the College be able to grant a degree in the field of Health and Physical Education; second, to establish a more central unit for the administration of intercollegiate athletics; third, to organize and ad- minister an intramural program and fourth, to enlarge the activity program of the College. The college intercollegiate athletic program was doubled during the past year in that regular scheduled contests were arranged for the varsity track and tennis teams. It is also the hope of the De- partment that enrollment will someday be large enough to warrant the return of intercollegiate football. The Department has already contracted several new changes for the grounds and the Gymnasium. A quarter-mile track and a field suitable for football and soccer is to be built on the large tract of land to the north of the Science Building. With the addition of newer and better facilities and enlarge- ment of the personnel, the Department of Health and Physical Edu- cation is looking forward to its place in the field of service. Thirty-six