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Title
Sports hamper fitness, says expert
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1962
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph dated July 16, 1962 shows Dr. Laurence E. Morehouse, UCLA professor in physical education. The article partially reads, "Development of physical fitness in the United States is being hampered by an overemphasis on sports and entertainment spectacles in some schools, maintains the head of UCLA's Human Performance Laboratory...Last week, President John F. Kennedy expressed 'shock' over statistics which showed that one-fourth of the nation's school children can't pass a minimum physical fitness test. He urged all schools to require children to take more exercise. 'It's ironic that in a time individual performance marks--such as track and field--are being improved consistently, the general level of physical fitness of the population is falling,' Dr. Morehouse said...'It's a mistake to think that a winning athletic team or championship drill team is an indication of physical fitness or the success of a school's physical fitness program,' he indicated."; See images #00123997 through #00123998 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. on board 21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00123997
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d028_f15_i5
CARL0005418372
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/55913
Subject
Morehouse, Laurence Englemohr,--1913-1995
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles--Faculty
Universities and colleges--California--Los Angeles--Faculty
Physical education teachers--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Universities and colleges--California--Westwood (Los Angeles)
Westwood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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