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for acknowledgment are also different in the individual countries. The
scale extends from total ignoration to complete acknowledgement. The
latter is the case in the Soviet-block nations of Europe. A professorial
chair for physical education is already taken for granted there. Points
of main efforts in regard to brisk scentific activity are the sociological
and professional questions and problems, which result in an internationally
acknowledged literature. Here the theory of motion is a
special field or research. In the new-English research problems of training
are in the foreground.
Completely different is the acknowledgement of the science of physical
education in central Europe. University lectureships for physical
education were established in Austria at all three universities during
the last years; the academic authorities acknowledge the scientific work
and support it energetically. In the German Federal Republic - the
first university lectureships for physical education were established
there between the two world wars - scientific work is confronted with
inexplicable difficulties. The university departments of physical education
can work scientifically only in a moderate degree. No university
lectureships for physical education have been established in the
German Federal Republic since world war II, though there are qualified,
internationally acknowledged physical education teachers available. In
France, Italy and Spain dissertations on physical education or sport
themes can be made at some universities of physical education, such as
that at Lyons. But in this area inaugural dissertations are unknown.
Research work is intensely and systematically promoted through
scientific societies and by granting of prizes for good scientific achievements-,
above all at the Carl Diem Foundation. A vivid idea of the
situation of scientific work can be had from the international assemblies
and congresses, where men of science report on new discoveries and
experiences and confer about new ways in professional discussions.
TASK OF THE ACADEMIC YOUTH
Like any new idea, the science of physical education has to Le suggested
to the academic youth, especially to those who study physical
education and sports. Physical education students - sportstudents -
are appointed to take up our heritage to consolidate the science of physical
education, to enlarge it and develop it further. Only some of them,
however, are appointed to a scientific career. The one who feels him-
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