I DOCUMENT RESUME ED 121 778 Sp 010 043 AUTHOR Ulrich, Celeste TITLE To Seek and Find. INSTITUTION American Alliance fol Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 76 NOTE 161p. AVAILABLE FROM AAHPER Publications - Sales, 1201 Sixteenth Street, N.V., Washington, D.C. 20036 (No price quoted) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.83 Plus Postage. HC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS *Athletics; Futures (of Society); *Physical Education; Sociocultural Patterns; *Speeches ABSTRACT This book contains speeches by Celeste Ulrich, the 197:6 -77 president of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. There are six speeches on the significance and meaning of physical education, six speeches on soc-acultural implications of sport and physical education, and three speeches on the future of athletics and physical education. 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Washington, D.C. 20036 3 Contents 5Preface 7Introduction "AYE, THERE'S THE RUB" 11 To Catch Brass Rings 23Promises to Keep 34 New Bottles for Old Wine 46To Follow Knowledge 58 The Untold Want 68 There Are No Islands Anymore 'THE BENT TWIG" 80 The Christian Ethic and Sport 86 A Threefold Cord 100 One Crowded Hour 112 Heart of Fire-Love 123 The Mystery of the Invisible Female 136 The Old Order Changeth "HILLS TO CLIMB" 150 A Ball of Gold 161 And Strength for Climbing 173 You Must Run at Least Three Times as Fast Preface Speeches depend upon four major ingredients: the subject, the audience, the situation and the speaker. Speeches are made to be given rather than to be read. A subject well organized and presented can fall flat if the situation is wrong. A speaker can be carried by an audience even when the subject is mismanaged. At times, a subject can transcend an audience and speaker alike as it reflects a sympathetic situation. In short, it is difficult to read speeches because the words only hint at the presentation. This packet of speeches is subject to such a shortcoming. On the other hand, once you visualize the audience, project yourself into the temporal era when the speech was given, analyze the speaker and study the subject, it is possible to relive a fleeting moment of the past. When George Anderson, executive director of the Alliance, suggested to me that it might be interesting for my colleagues to relive such moments, I was hesitant. I have tried very hard not to repeat speeches, and here I was being asked to repeat, through publication, an entire packet of speeches. Since the cause was a good one (the opportunity to contribute toward the building of the Alliance Center) and because my colleagues on the executive committee, Roger Wiley and Katherine Ley, urged me to take the step, I consented to this compilation. The editorial and publications staff of the Alliance worked under an impossible time schedule to bring our joint effort to fruition. Theirs, too, has been a labor of loyalty. In many ways, much of what I have ever said publicly has belonged to two major associations, the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation and the National Association for Physical Education of College Women. These two groups and-their component parts have been dominant forces in my thinking and in my subscription to action. Both groups hay: been kind enough to be interested in my ideas and have encouraged me t-:., explore 5 concepts and translate theory. They have indulged me when I was rambunctious and testy, they have strengthened me when I was weak and uncertain, they have quelled me when I was arrogant and assuming. The members of those two Associations have been my best friends and my most severe critics. They have made possible my opportunities to share ideas and to dream dreams. Many people have asked me the formula For speech writing.I am not sure that there is a universal formula. I think, rather, that each individual must be true to self. In my case, it is important for me to hang my ideas on a hook of analogy and, for the multitude of hooks used, I am grateful for an education which suggested reading, speaking and writing were important and which insisted that poetry and literature were our cultural heritage. When I have been critical of situations and people, as I saw the truth from my vantage point, I have tried, always, to suggest ways to ameliorate the errors I discerned. I believe that people care about each other, that we subscribe to a discipline which has integrity and a profession which sponsors dedication.I am comfortable with such a pattern and have tried to express those beliefs with the elegance they deserve. When speeches are successful, it is usually because you have said passingly well what your audience really believes; you have had the opportunity to say what your colleagues would say. Thus, in a sense, these speeches are really my colleagues speaking. The ideas are yours; it was my good fortune to put them into words. It would be impossible for me to thank all those who have helped me with my thinking, but I would be remiss if I did not cite Eleanor Metheny, Caroline Sinclair, Del Oberteuffer, Ross Merrick, LeRoy Walker, Harry Fritz, Glenn Smith, Ellen Griffin, Gail Hennis, Deanie Robichaux, Roger Burke, Margaret Mordy, Ann Jewett, John Nixon, Katherine Ley, and Beth Arnold among my most trusted critics and on who I lean quite heavily. Each of them, and dozens more, have suggested to me that there were ''promises to keep." God willing, there will be another decade and a half to continue that commitment. CELESTE UUUCH 6 6 Introduction Amajor goal of the newly reorganized Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation is to strengthen the image of a united profession. One aspect of this public relations thrust is to call attention to the significant contributions made by HPER to the quality of life in America. Another is to build a national center to house the Alliance and to serve as a focal point and symbol for all members. This compilation of speeches by Celeste Ulrich, professor of physical education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and 1976-77 AAHPER president, has several roles to play in this Alliance effort. It presents the thinking of one of the most respected individuals in the profession and characterizes the depth and breadth possible in a true physical educator.It demonstrates the way HPER touches all aspects of the human scene, leaving its impact on every part of our lives. These thoughtful, sprightly, and provoca- tive speeches have an important message for this and future generations, and they can help create the well-rounded national image for which the Alliance strives. In another, more concrete way, the publication is making its own contribution to the Alliance effort since proceeds from its distribution will be added to the funds set aside for a national center. The volume is the first in a planned series of publications preserving the best writings of the outstanding leaders in AAHPER's long history.It was a fortunate coincidence that the idea for this series came to fruition when Celeste Ulrich was Alliance president-elect. Over the years, her voice hat: been one of the clearest and brightest speaking out for our fields of education.This selection from her many speeches is a most propitious beginning to the AAHPER Leaders Speak Series. The Alliance is proud to make available this book of writings from Celeste Ulrich, Alliance president, 1976-77, as a "share in the future." George F. Anderson Executive Director 7 Aye,Therels the Rub' .... Significance and Meaning of Physical Education To Catch Brass Rings When I was an ardent Brownie in the early days of my Girl Scout camping experience, our troop used to be enamoured with a ditty calledThe Merry-go-round." The patter started with the declaration of "I like to catch brass rings on the merry-go-round, the merry-go-round, that's mewhile others play croquet, embroider and crochet, I like to dissipate in my o*.vn way. I like each hobby horse on the merry-go-round, the ones that go up and down. While my sweetie in the rear shouts 'You ride like Paul Revere' on the merry, merry-go-round." As an eight-year-old Brownie, I used to beg for that particular musical selection, never dreaming that in many ways it was to describe the dilemma of the field in which I was to spend my professional life.