title: A longitudinal survey of the physical fitness of students at caulfield grammar school, 1969 - 1979 and its effect on other factors.
abstract: The results of physical fitness tests conducted at Caulfield Grammar School for the last nine years, 1969-1978. However concomitant with these results, other variables such as self esteem, academic performance etc, have been evaluated that perhaps show us that improving a person's level of fitness may also positively affect non-physical variables. It will not be my contention to justify physical education programmes on these grounds, because they need no other justification than that physical activity is a biological need and a pleasurable experience. But realistically it is the academics who control funds, staffing and timetables, so convincing these administrators that academic performance will not suffer from an increase in physical education time may have to be our tack.
authors.affiliation: Caulfield Grammar School, Melbourne.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Anderson