MISS O. BOOTH’S VISIT

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25713, 27 January 1949, Page 2

MISS O. BOOTH’S VISIT

PHYSICAL EDUCATION SPECIALIST

Miss Olive Booth, supervisor of secondary physical education for the Education Department in Victoria, and Miss Brenda Bannehr. a physical education instructor for the same department. are paying a short visit to Christchurch before leaving for Napier, where they will join the Harpalion by which they will travel to England. In London, Miss Booth J will attend a jubilee refresher course for members of the Ling Physical Edu- . cation Association, which is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation. As delegate representing Australia, Miss Booth will attend a congress of the American Association of Physical Education for Girls and Women, which will be held in Copenhagen early in July. From Denmark, Miss Booth will go to Stockholm, where she will attend the Lingiad, a conference held once every 10 years on the anniversary of the death of Per Henrik Ling, a Swedish medical gymnastic practitioner and a pioneer of Swedish medical gymnastics, who was responsible for the founding of the Royal Gymnastic Central Institute in Stockholm and was its first principal.

It is expected that at this congress, which will Fast for about a month and will include an international gymnastic festival, several displays, instructional courses, and conferences of delegates will be attended by representatives of 56 nations.

Miss Booth, who for 10 years was on the staff of the Christchurch Technical College, left New Zealand about 11 years ago, and has held her present position for six years. Dr. Dorothy. Simpson (Monck’s Spur), and Mrs W G. Stevenson (Harakeke street) are sisters, whom she is* visiting at present. She expects to return to Melbourne in February next year. Miss Bannehr formerly lived in Christchurch and is a daughter of Mr and Mrs H. M. Bannehr, Aikman’s road.