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Phys Ed in the Early 1960's Under JFK's Leadership

Please do not use profanity in comments. YouTube is becoming increasingly sensitive to it, and children sometimes wander into this channel. In December 1953, the Journal of the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation published an article, "Muscular Fitness and Health," coauthored by Dr. Hans Kraus and Bonnie Prudden that sounded the alarm about the poor state of American youth fitness back then. Another article by Dr. Kraus and Bonnie Prudden (under the name Ruth P. Hirschland) a few years later in the New York State Journal of Medicine reported that American children and youth were significantly less fit than their peers in Switzerland, Italy, and Austria. President Eisenhower responded by forming the President's Council on Youth Fitness in 1956. The Council then placed heavy emphasis on sports and games to solve the problem. Sports Illustrated responded in 1957 with an article "The Report That Shocked the President" which further supported the sports solution. In 1957, Eugene Kinkead published the book “In Every War But One” that fueled the fire. In 1965, army Col. George Walton (USAR., Ret.) published the book “The Wasted Generation.” Both these books are worth finding in order to understand these times. Another useful book is "JFK’s Secret Doctor.” which was published more recently. President John F. Kennedy leaned toward physical fitness as well as sports/games in the early-1960’s, and supported those physical educators across the country who were interested in teaching classical physical training. Sports and games dominated the curriculum in most schools then as they still do today, but the Redwood City and later the La Sierra program inspired hundreds of like-minded physical educators across America to reshape their curriculums toward the classical model that includes sports/games, restorative, and martial training. Most physical education teachers then were even against weight training. Mabel Lee, Dr. Charles McCloy, Dr. Thomas Cureton, Stan LeProtti, Bud Wilkenson, Bob Hoffman, Dr. Hans Kraus, Bonnie Prudden, and many others fought for reason against the majority. Their efforts gradually faded after President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. The methods, material, and motivators used then are now lost, but can be found if we carefully revisit the past, understand the principles, and restore the spirit that gave their vision wings. Mens Sana in Corpore Sano.