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Caption: Booklet - War Program at the UI (1942)
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University of Illinois ^ ^ 15 male student may be brought to his highest possible level of physical fitness, in the future new undergraduates will be required to take a motor fitness test. Those found deficient in this test will be given special and intensified training. Freshmen and sophomores who pass the physical fitness test will be assigned to such classes as will be most valuable to them in the present emergency. The offerings in lighter "leisure*' sports are being greatly reduced so that the sports available for most students will be of the toughening and strengthening kind. "Keep-fit" clubs for students, townspeople, and faculty are also conducted for those who wish to improve their condition in preparation for future military service. Professor S. C. Staley, Director of the School of Physical Education, is acting as adviser to the Army and Navy in the revision and expansion of their physical training programs. H e is consultant to the Joint Army and Navy Committee on Welfare and Recreation, and in this capacity he is continually called upon to establish physical training programs throughout the country for the various arms of the service. THE LIBRARY The Browsing Room of the University Library is being reorganized so that books and pamphlets relating to war, defense, and the problems of peace can be made available to the students and the public. Other appropriate publications and exhibits are displayed in the lobbies. As noted above, a second war information center is maintained in the Library. In addition to current pamphlets and other documents dealing with opportunities in the various branches of the Army and Navy, and in war industries, this center will serve as a depository for materials assembled for the civilian morale program. As a further contribution to civilian morale, reading lists on war problems are being prepared for distribution to students and to the public through the Extension Division. A large amount of pertinent material which bears upon the emergency is being collected and the reference services of the Library are at the disposal of the Government and industry. Prompt response is being made to many appeals for loans of books and journals dealing with technical problems. The Director of the
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