Panzer College - Olympia Yearbook (East Orange, NJ)

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The Class of 194; OF PHYSICAL EDUCAT, AND HYGIENE O L YMP I A PAMZER C lifr: Page One

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PANZEE COLLEGE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HYGIENE Panzer College of Physical Education and Hygiene celebrated its twenty- fifth anniversary this year. It was founded in September 1917 when the nation was engaged in the first World War. State legislatures throughout the nation passed laws which made physical education compulsory in public schools. The Pierson Act of 1917 provided for A Course in Physical Training to be es- tablished and made a part of the course of instruction in the public schools of the State of New Jersey. This act became a school law, but there was not a normal school in the state for the preparation of teachers of physical training and hygiene. In the fall of 1917, therefore, a group of interested men and women estabUshed the Newark Normal School of Physical Education and Hygiene to meet this new educational demand. Randall D. Warden and Matthais H. Macherey, supervisors of physical education in the Newark public schools were elected President and Vice-President of the new organization. The institution, incor- porated and accredited, offered a two-year normal course for the training of both men and women teachers of physical education and hygiene. The first director, John Morris, was succeeded by Henry Panzer who was nationally known as an authority in physical education. In 1919 the board of trustees appointed Henry Panzer president of the school. As the institution developed professionally, the enrollment increased from 43 students in 1917 to 102 in 1925. Finally the need for additional ac- commodations became necessary, and the normal school purchased property in East Orange. In I9I6 the school was established in its new location. About this time, the national pattern for teacher education was changing. Two-year normal schools were growing into four-year teachers colleges. In accordance with this trend, the Newark Normal School of Physical Education and Hygiene was reorganized as a teachers college immediately after the move to East Orange. In December 1928, the State Board of Education of New Jersey approved the four-year curriculum and authorized the college to grant the degree of bachelor of physical education. The board of trustees changed the name of the institution to Panzer College of Physical Education and Hy- giene in honor of the president. Mr. Panzer died in October 1932. The trustees selected as his successor, Miss Margaret C. Brown, who had been Dean and Registrar of the college since 1921. She initiated a complete reorganization of administration and instruction, and the college continued its growth in pro- fessional efficiency and prestige. In 1939, the State Board of Education gave the trustees authority to confer the degree of bachelor of science in education. This year, as Panzer College celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary in the second World War, it looks to its graduates, students and friends to help to achieve still greater progress in teacher education and social service. Page Three 1 1:1