Lebanon Valley College - Quittapahilla Yearbook (Annville, PA)

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Left to Right: Charles E. Poad, George R. Mar- quette, chairman; Donald M. Grider, Elizabeth Jane Bowman, William 0. Mc- Henry. PHYSICAL EDUCATION The faculty members of the Department of Physical Education are committed to the proposition that only through a sound mind in a healthy body can an individual experience the good life. This department is a two-pronged service department at L. V. C. On the one hand, it devises the curriculum for the two- year required program in physical education which is required of all students for graduation; and on the other hand, it ad- ministers the widely varied voluntary program in intramural athletics. Of special note in the physical education program is the prominent place given to individual sports activities. The objective of this emphasis is to develop skill in and appreciation of activities of one ' s own choosing to the end that each student will desire to engage regularly in strenuous physical activity during his professional years. The L. V. C. Department of Physical Education has been en- gaged in physical fitness testing for a number of years. The nationwide concern for physical fitness which has received urgent attention recently was anticipated here at L.V.C. Ac- cordingly, L. V. C cooperates with the State of Pennsylvania during the school year as a resource station for the gathering of data from selected local schools to be used in a pilot study on the present status of physical fitness of school children in this state. The Intramural Council — composed of representatives from each organization actively engaged in campus-wide intramural competition — aids in the planning and directing of the intra- mural program for men, while the W.A.A. contributes compara- ble efTort to the women ' s intramural activities. This is a vital area of the total college program wherein maximum student planning, directing, and participation is encouraged. In recent years more than fifty per cent of the student body has partici- pated consistently in one or more activities in the intramural program. The activities of the department come to a close in May in a most appropriate manner, i.e., championship gomes and matches in all sports on Sports Night and final physical fitness tests for all students in the required physical education pro- gram. BETTY JANE BOWAN 27

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Left to Right: Chairman Gilbert D. McKlveen, June M. Herr, Cloyd H. Ebersole. TEACHER EDUCATION The year 1961-1962 marked a forward look at the whole program of teacher training a t Lebanon Valley. Particularly was the area of student teaching on the secondary level care- fully scrutinized. At the beginning of the year, the Division of Teacher Educa- tion met and appointed Professor Robert Smith as its chairman. It was agreed that a study would be made of NCATE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education) and its rela- tionship to our college. The Academic Affairs Committee allotted a great deal of time to the proposal of the Department of Education to put student teaching on the secondary level on a full-time eight or nine- week basis during the first semester of the senior year. Such a policy is still under consideration. Moving forward on its own, the department established a program of student teaching stronger than that of former years. Students were placed, where possible, to an all-morning or all- afternoon assignment for a full twelve-week period. This has greatly increased the participation of our students in the public schools and enriched their knowledge of the requirements and qualifications prerequisite to becoming effective teachers. GILBERT D. McKLVEEN 26

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