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<blockquote data-quote="gtie73" data-source="post: 425401" data-attributes="member: 154"><p>I was at GT from 1968 to 1973. Student body still heavily male dominated.</p><p>Drown proofing was a mandatory Freshman class along with track and gymnastics. <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">All three PE courses were Male only.</span></span></p><p>What I was told at the time:</p><p>Drown proofing course was developed by GT during WWII when it was heavily involved with military training. I think our instructor was named McCauley ( not certain) and was told he developed it. He used to wear weights in the pool to "float " at chest level.</p><p>We were told that even with broken arms and legs we could still survive based on the course. To make an A had to swim two lengths of the pool underwater. Had not taking swimming or drown proofing in south Atlanta during my high school years. Played several sports in HS but made a C and knew I would be drowning later in life based on the course results. Yes, I hated or very much dreaded the drown proofing course. </p><p>My HS friends were taking regular PE courses. </p><p>Don't know when it was dropped, but again ( apologize if this is in error) this was not a coed type course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gtie73, post: 425401, member: 154"] I was at GT from 1968 to 1973. Student body still heavily male dominated. Drown proofing was a mandatory Freshman class along with track and gymnastics. [LEFT][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=rgb(20, 20, 20)]All three PE courses were Male only.[/COLOR][/FONT][/LEFT] What I was told at the time: Drown proofing course was developed by GT during WWII when it was heavily involved with military training. I think our instructor was named McCauley ( not certain) and was told he developed it. He used to wear weights in the pool to "float " at chest level. We were told that even with broken arms and legs we could still survive based on the course. To make an A had to swim two lengths of the pool underwater. Had not taking swimming or drown proofing in south Atlanta during my high school years. Played several sports in HS but made a C and knew I would be drowning later in life based on the course results. Yes, I hated or very much dreaded the drown proofing course. My HS friends were taking regular PE courses. Don't know when it was dropped, but again ( apologize if this is in error) this was not a coed type course. [/QUOTE]
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