New-York tribune., 1908-03-03
SCHOOL .fTHLETTCS.
Reports at Second Annual Meeting
Of Girls Branch.

Z spite of the had weather Yesterday afternoon
the second annual meeting of the girls branch Of
re Pubic Schools Athletic League held at the
COlony Club. No. % Madison arenue. vas well at
tended.
Mss Carharine Leverich presided.
We have eight thousand girls enrolled noU-the
Numbers double every six months-but though our
z1rbers increase our expenses do not We get
s71E with s. On year Miss Leverich said Thai
: Just one cent child week. and il gives them
zn a. afternoon Of folk dances and relay games.
The girls love the folk dances; they like them
mach better than they do the boys games OF
oou-se" Miss Leverich added. we couldn't man
age 50 little money were il not that many pub
Ac school teachers give their time 10 teach the
g--ls athletes They learn the games and dances
IL or classes fo- teachers and then stay after
the regular school hours TO show the children how
10 play
II every child below 18th street were TO have
three square feet Of ground TO play in every fifth
building would have TO be torn down. said Dr..
LEther GIlick. physical director OF the New York
public schools They cannot play under existing
conditions and they actually losing the tradi-
Tons Of the games their fathers played. We need
this lesgue-need il TO make up for the difference
between the lie Of to-day and the lie OF the past
i old times most children lived in the country:
they went 10 school perhaps three months in the
yea-- they helped on the farm and about the
house and had Q thousand interests To-day school
embraces most q the conscious thought and life OF
The child for ten months Of the year But good
life for child doesn't mean merely getting 10
school on tiHe and going TO bed early. It should
mean happ.ness-and that is why need
this lesgue-to prove that il Is worth while TO
make g1-s happy
Miss Elizabeth Burchinel supervisor OF athletics.
read her reT n q the ciassw0Tk for the last year
Las year there We're classes for teachers in l2S
schools, size said. against classes in nine schools
the first -esr
"Mc-e than srlTthing We need trophies for the
gir.s 70 contend for said Mss Burchinel. We
te1t have lnterschooI contests; i has been found
better 70 have irrerclass contests. each contest
confined L lis school. and then the girls 90 into
= IL spirit e fun and not lighting But they en-
5oy i better 7 TIE school has q trophy 10 be won
hy The successful class Twenty-nine schools re-
ceved trophies last year. and ninety schools want
them this year
How much does trophy cost" inquired DR..
GuEck
Ten dollars" said Miss Burchinel. and every
eooy laughed and wondered when those ninety
schools would get their trophies
IEo - tLrez school principals told how much
gsd the folk dances and games had done their
fllas, and then Tie election OF officers for the
leagle took place Mss Catharine LeveTich was
ie-eecte5 president. Mrs. Richard Aldrich Mrs
CleFe5sE1 z Dodge Mrs : r GuggenheiTn, Mrs
saraes speyer and Mrs. Henry Phpps were elect
g noe-presGeu-s, Mrs. ! X. Phelps Stokes was
''-slected treasurer and Mrs. Charles Farnsworth,
secreta-v
Atter Tho meeting every ore vent into the gym
lasi-1- and some Irrle girls from Public Schools
Is end - gave some capital exhibitions Of folk
lancl1e ard relay games.
among Tie women present were Mrs Francis
bao6a, Mrs ) Borden Hartman. Mrs James
ei%yer- Ms. Z Wilson. Ms. Henry Parsons. Mrs
11ser'oH Winthrop. Miss Anna Morgan and Miss
louisa Wiagate