Abstract In 1974, this department was created by the merger of the Department of Physical Education for Men and the Department of Physical Education for Women. The two departments had been in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Home Economics, respectively, until 1973 when they were moved to the College of Education. Physical Education for Men was instituted in 1913 under the name Physical Training for Men. The major in Physical Education was established in 1959. In 1993, the...