The Fitness Campaign As a small but not unimportant contribution
to the Government's plan for improving physical fitness. the Board of Education is in future to assist local authorities by bearing part of the cost of the clothing and footwear necessary for physical instruction in the schools. At the same time, it is anxious to increase the number of organ- isers of physical training ; only 151 out of the 316 educa- tion authorities in this country employ such organisers. But if there is a lack of physical instruct ion in the schools, there is an even greater one in the universities ; Sir Charles Grant Robertson makes the suggest ion that courses of physical training should be compulsory in the univer- sities for everyone taking a degree or diploma. But what is immediately necessary is to provide phy;ical training at a much earlier age than that of entry into universities. Of greater importance is the evidence that the Government recognises that without adequate nutrition physical instruction will not succeed. The first steps in its nutrition programme arc expected to be announced in the King's Speech. This progress is promising ; but it will be necessary for the Government to co-ordinate all the authorities, measures and enquiries necessary for the success of it scheme.
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