Evening journal., 1896-08-21
FRIENDS DEFEND FOOTBALL.
1T WAS ARRAleNED BUT FOUND SUP
PORT IN COLLEGE PROFESSORS.

Lsrnthy Discussion Hsld BI the Friends
ia Conference at swarthmoro on FIrst-
daS Schools and Their Feathers.
SwARTnMoRE, Pa Aug 2l-At the
second days session Of the twentieth
biennial conference Of the Society OF
Friends at 5Narthmore yesterday, the
First Day Schools came in for large
share Of discussion, and methods OF
improving them were considered
The Indiana Yearly Meeting Assocla
tlon begsn the business with report of
its work during the psst two years,
which showed the number OF those en-
gagged In the work of First Day schools to
be resonab y increasing. There are more
schools In this section now than ever
before In many instHnc ?, II WAS said.
the libraries we're supported almost en- >
tirely by the contributions OF the chill
drep, who were bsing taught to sacrifice
a small portion Of their spending money
for the extension of the SC cieiy's work
A paper BY Frances M Robinson on
How Shall We Better QIAllfy Ourselves
| for the FiTst-dRy School Teaching which
WAS read by Robert M Jenney, ellcited
much favorable comment aud there was
little or no criticism offered
Adult School Work Among the
Friends In Eagland," was the title OF o
paper aubmitted by John William Ora
ham, of Manchester, who fer several
years past has been actively engaged in
mIsaion school work in that country. He
described the working Glasses aud their
| love for the First-day morning schools,
sayinR that the spirit Of brotherliness
was the keynote to the success of The
management Of the work, under the
| guidance of the teachers, to whom In
meat instances. the pupils we're touch
ingly devoted.
/ The afternoon e"aslon was opened
| With the reAdl.- 4. - = p r on Friends
| School'-How best maintained In gpRrsely
settled neighborhoods how best con
/ Quoted TO promote the interests OF our
religions society, and what are our
duties towards the public schools This
WIS read by Joseph 3 Walton aud
treated at length Che different advAn
tages that were to be derived from thl
plain Friends school
Charles Pennypsekor, Of Philadelphia
yearly meeting. said that the children o
Friends should not be sent 10 publ
schools whose machinery Is controlled b.
political organizations.
Elizabeth Lloyd answered Mr. Penny
packer By saying that Friends were n
less American citizsns because of thei
religious beliefs and she thought 10 q
much the work OF their society TO al
the public schools and pRtron'zs them e
II was the duty Of the Preshy teriar
Baptist, EpiscopaliAp, Methodist 0
Catholic
A paper on 'Athletics in our echool
and colleges: thair use and Limitations,
mas read by Edward B Rawson. and hi
expressions against the game of footb d
were not 80 enthusiastically received. z
did not favor the intercollegiate OF intel
siholas' g contests aud wanted the di
ferent athletic games confined 10 d,
, partments or CHOSEN sides In eas
school
Walter Clothier, young graduate {
SWsrthmore College. defend ed the stu
dents' idea of the games and gave geo
reasous Why athletics should Go encour
? eyed and not enorouchtd upon BE sal
( | that tho game of football was not 6
brutal ss is supposed and that the in
= duleencc In tho pastlme WAS ths lifs {
b the student. BE donied that there wa
y any less attention 10 the studie
through the practice OF athletics 81
. seid that this statement was borne ou
{ by college professors
:, Charles DtGsrmo, president OF SwArtl
more College and lsRsc Shzrpless,
? Haverford College. both spoke in I'll
8 highest terms Of modified form of ath
= letics and thought football would soc
r become 3 more interesting and less II
furious game.