19세기말 각급 학교의 운동회 연구

Abstract

Physical Education at schools had been despised due to a long tradition of Confucianism of the ChoSun Dynasty. With the introduction of western sports, however, the Day had begun its long history. At the beginning, the Sports Day focused on the field events, and later it added the entertaining events. After it was extended to the Joint Grand Sports Day of each school, the scales and events were expanded year, and it drew people's attention as a result. It was the time that there were not much special events of interests, and with the rebellion against the Japanese colonial rulling, it enjoyed the explosive increase of attendance. Nevertheless, the Japanese imperialism, fearing the organized uprising, stopped the Sports Day. The study was done based on the Independence Newspaper detailed record of early Sports Day.