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A SURVEY. O P .THE HEALTH AND. PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM OP THE BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT A Project Presented to the Faculty of the School of Education The University of Southern California In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science In Education by Wood Glover, Jr June 1950 UMI Number: EP45839 All rights reserved INFORM ATIO N TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Dissertation Publishing UMI EP45839 Published by ProQuest LLC (2014). Copyright in the Dissertation held by the Author. Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code ProQuest LLC. 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 4 8 1 0 6 - 1346 £ ^ '5 0 5 <> 56. 6 px T h is project report, w ritten under the direction o f the candidate’s adviser and ap p ro ved by him , has been presented to and accepted by the F a c u lty of the School of E d u catio n in p a r t ia l fu lfillm e n t of the requirements f o r the degree of M a s t e r of Science in E ducation. D ate. A d vis er Dean TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I. PAGE .................. . . INTRODUCTION . . . . . The problem ........................... 2 .............. Statement of the problem 1 2 Validation of the s u r v e y ........... 2 The scope of the survey . . . . . . . . . 3 .... 3 .................. 3 Method: of .procedure Gathering the data The score card ............. . k Limitations and weaknesses of the survey . 5 Organization, of the remaining chapters . . . 6 . . . v . . . . .............. 8 II. THE COMMUNITY Introduction ............... 8 The location, size and climate ......... 8 School population trends . . . . . . . . . 9 Present economic status of the Burbank Unified School District Summary III. . .............. . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . 13 A REVIEW OF RELATED INVESTIGATIONS Introduction . ........ ........... Studies dealing with elementary schools 15 15 . 15 Studies dealing with junior high schools . 18 Studies dealing with senior.high schools . 20 Summary of the chapter......... 22 CHAPTER IV. PAGE THE ELEMENTARY S C H O O L S ....................... 23 Introduction ............ 23 Program of a c t i v i t i e s ..................... 24 The primary p r o g r a m .............. 24 The elementary program 24 ........ Yearly p r o g r a m ............................ 26 Course of study c o m m i t t e e ............... 26 Length of classes 27 ............ M a i n t e n a n c e .......... Safety education Outdoor areas Playground area 27 ................... 28 ............................ 28 ................. 28 Playground s u r f a c i n g ..................... 30 Cleanliness and protectio