European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse August 1977 the stats and St clues poge1 Hanau now holds army of frs Heidelberg sol Charles wills is accustomed to being Bill the Usa eur Soldier now stands alone with an army wide stationed to with he and he 23rd engr 3rd army was jointly recognized by the departments of the army and labor As the first Soldier in the army to Complete its apprenticeship a Usa heur spokesman said Willis has been logging is work time or three years to reach the Mark distinguish ing him a the first tue apprenticeship programs registered with the department of Are certification pro Grama resulting in the award of nationally recognized certificates showing Industry accreditation of army Willis is accustomed to being the and the Best me was the Honor graduate at advanced individual training at Del wars in and in Hla second the Engineer equipment repair be received the distinguished graduate the spokesman Willis first tour in Usa eur was Wilh the 196th Maint co in numbers where he helped build a Lake for a German Rod and gun he was awarded a lifetime Mem a certificate of achievement and a plaque by the German the spokes Man in Willis returned to bal vol where he took the distinguished graduate award at the no Engineer Basic course he was then assigned to us Reuhs 23rd engr in in Willis logged the mandatory hours during three Yean of Industry oriented work which was verified by his superiors and evaluated and approved by the army Engineer he spokesman he will attend a banquet commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Bureau of apprenticeship and training l department of labor on c130 Squadron permanently moving to Raa Rhei main Germany a com Hercules last cat Airlift Squadron now As signed to Langley will be permanently assigned replacing the temporary rotational units now an air Force spokesman said the 37th tac air Llyl so will begin moving Here in the move will mean a reduction of some Iso military personnel Al Langley and a total increase of about so military personnel the spokesman ci30 units Are now stationed Here on a temporary rotating Bock to the As another Squadron about 850 dependent wives and children Are expected to accompany the permanently assigned the spokesman a c130 Squadron will continue to be As signed for temporary rotational duly in Europe to Piaf Mildenhall had been considered Tor the 37th Taffs new Home but the existing base and Community Here could bettor accommodate the increase in personnel and reducing construction re the spokesman the Transfer is expected to save flying hours each year by eliminating the transatlantic Squadron deployments needed to rotate the temporarily assigned squadrons to and from the spokes Man vermin Sprague Pitburg High school physical education Teucher Jean a question of balance of null hold her Mike in u of a coeducational gym Nastic exercise Al a Frankfurt High Schigol by Mike Spear Oregon educator debunks myths about limitations of girl athletes by Mike Spear staff writer Frankfurt Sisi ii a Girt want logo out or the High school football do you let her flow about wrestling and volleyball these Are the kinds of questions that Vernon Sprague deals with during work shops Hes conducting on coeducational physical education at the american High school he is conducting two on week sessions Tor overseas dependent schools physical education ils aim is to help them interpret the department of Edu cation and welfare title in regulation which Calls for an end to sexual discrimination in school physical education pro this workshop attempts to upgrade the physical education program for All Chil to provide belter teaching methods and a better said who is head of the department of physical education at the University of he also is helping the 40 teachers in each works iop session establish physical Edu cation objectives and Levels of per far Lle said lung established social customs Are the biggest Barrier to change in coeducational physical alone with myths about what women can and cant a in historically and there have been intensive and competitive ath Letic programs for males in nigh schools and for Many years the leaders in women athletics and physical Educa Tion didst promote competitive he also a real problem is Public under sociologically and physiologically weve got a lot of research going on in the states now involving Condu Alionar strength activities for buys and Sprague Are using in the effects of intensive running Over a Long period of Lime from age s up to age in and the girls Are coming through this program ahead of the to total capacity and strength icy Are Way ahead of the very realistically there int any thing anatomically that prevents girls from this intensive kind of the real problem is Public understand Sprague said the comparative studies involving girls and boys age of 18 in some schools and the girls still came out no one knows whal Hap pens beyond those Ages because studies Haven been conducted he Frank Converse asks to enter no contest plea Frank who smashed signs and toppled waiting line stanchions at an airline coun Ter after being bumped from a has asked to enter a plea that in effect is no i am a bit but it was Worth Converse said alter his arrest or breach of peace at Bradley International Airport on july 15 asked for accelerated re in which he would not admit Guimil or claim Innocense but be placed on his Case will be decided i in common pleas the longheld belief that it int Ladylike to be athletic and that females lose their femininity if they develop strength is pure he any person will be a much More at Tractive individual if he or she has conditioned musculature rather than a flabby body another problem pertaining to the co educational physical education program is Sprague Many just do not want their daughters jumping up and Down in a gym class with he Sprague said the hew regulation bans females from Contact spurts and thai us wide acceptance will take ii May take us a while to get everyone to understand that it int an emotional he a another myth that Sprague tries to Obnel is thai men naturally have More upper body strength than it int he the Diefe Ronces in physical strength Are due to social mores that governed he a Smalt girl can be just As Strong As a Small boy but obviously a Small woman will never be As Strong As a seven foot Center on a basketball if the inherit Ltd physical Structure is then men dont have any Mare men have always developed greater Levels of vital capacity in strength bit that Doest mean stat women he said if girls want to participate in noncom tact coed in presents no Sprague the level of play is decided on the basis of proficiency logo Back to the original questions can girls play on football teams or go out for wrestling because they Are con tact volleyball of
