Nestled in between "The Philosophy of India, China, and Japan" and "Elementary Atomic Physics" in the Yale University Catalogue is a course entitled "Physical Education 20--History and Principals of Physical Education." This minor revolution in Ivy League education has been in existence since last September and has attracted a total of four students, but Robert J. H. Kiphuth, Associate Professor of Physical Education and swimming coach extraordinary, is not discouraged about the growth of his plan.

Physical Education 20 is the first step in a ladder that leads to a certificate in that subject after a regular four-year undergraduate course of study and a fifth year of graduate work. Established last spring, the program in designed, according to Kiphuth, to help "the 35 or 40 boys a year who will go into prep or secondary school teaching where they will need to teach some sport."

To achieve this aim, Yale has mapped out a program which requires Phys. Ed. 20 in the sophomore year, a course in Anatomy and Physiology in the junior, and half-courses in Kineslology and the Physiology of Exercise in the senior. All these courses are in addition to those needed for a student's major and for distribution. After graduating and receiving his B.A., the Yale goes on to a year of graduate work in which emphasis is put on the practical side of teaching physical education, and he takes such courses as "Theory of Coaching in Various Sports" and "Tests and Measures in Physical Education."

This is not all for the already burdened student. As the little booklet put out by the Department says, "During the four years of academic study, each candidate will participate intensely in the athletic and physical education program of the University." However, no academic credit is given for this participation.

The four men now taking the basic course (one is an auditor) are concentrating in Engineering, Political Science, and Sociology. Two of the men in Phys. Ed. 20 are prominent track stars, but the others are not athletically inclined.

Obviously, the new program has created no great furore in New Haven. The "Yale Daily News" has not commented editorially on the subject, but it reports a vague feeling that physical education should be kept on an informal basis. The program to obviously no gut, but may attract athletically inclined young men who want a coaching job after graduation.

The prospects for such a course of study here are doubtful, despite the fact that coaches, Norm Shepard for one, feel that Harvard could have one without loss of academic standards. Men from Harvard have so far been able to get teaching coaching jobs without any specialized training. The basic fact remains that education here has always been on a non-practical plane, as opposed to Yale, where courses are offered on Forestry, Industrial Administration, and Painting and Sculpture.