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A Study Of The Physical Education Background And Current Interests Of The Freshmen Boys At The Utah State Agricultural College, Logan, Utah 1950, Ray Watters

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The first organized program in physical education appeared in American colleges at the University of Virginia between the years 1850 and 1860. The first public school program appeared somewhat later. Since these beginnings, school and college programs have advanced steadily, keeping pace with our advancement in the philosophy of education and biological science. At the present time, almost all schools include physical education as an element in the curriculum.

Academic Mortality And Survival Of Students Of The Freshman Class Of 1946 Through Senior Year 1950 At The Utah State Agricultural College, Marvin T. Bell

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

In the vernacular of higher education, withdrawal from college before graduation is known as student mortality. Staying for the full course of study is called survival. "Students and their parents so often fix their attention on the business of gaining admission to college that they fall into the easy error of thinking that a degree will automatically follow from the allotted time spent there. The fact is that, on average, half of the class will have fallen by the wayside."

This study is not an attempt to set down the reason for the student mortality at the Utah State Agricultural …

A Suggested Summer Program Of Interscholastic Athletics For Boys Of The Group I High Schools In The State Of Virginia To Be Sponsored By The Virginia High School League, Louis Guill Plummer

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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A Study To Compare The Effectiveness Of The Spread And Closed Punt Formations, George Samuel Hughes

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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An Appraisal Of The Functions Of The Virginia High School League In Relation To Interscholastic Athletics In The Group I High Schools Of Virginia, Jacob Carmack Range

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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A Survey Of The Health Practices Of The Boys And Girls Of Stockton High School, Kenneth W. Rogers

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The health of the students in a class is of vital importance to every teacher because of the relationship between health of the students and their performance in school. Especially is this true of the Physical Education instructor and coach, whose job it is to work with the students in physical activities. High school teachers assume that the students in the elementary school have been taught the correct health practices. Whether the student is practicing the habit taught is a question that few teachers can answer. The only basis the teacher has for his answer to this question is observation …

A Survey Of The Techniques Of Football Line Play In Selected Colleges, F. Sheldon Harden

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study (1) to determine the importance of techniques of line play in college football; and (2) to note by comparative analysis the viewpoints of leading authorities now in the coaching profession, and those of noted football authors.