Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-06-20

schools, or athletic clubmar -.
rev more months without VAT
sleep Springtime come vh aOund
begin? When the nature mn. Jay
coat cherry blossom begin to s seen
skylark singing, flying up ana u'ie'
then the boat race and hasohs,, uo"n,
and tennis begin. And no r oa'le
When cherry blossom flying dow ~
snow, and cuckoo thrill tbo IKE
| heart. human
All of these kinds of sports -.
ported from America and r,,u- 'iu'
you can easily see. But you must :
member that we have other k,nas
school sports. These are. VI
fencing' hunting and swimming TN
sports are japanese No other n.n
has these sports, even China ~
Ihese sports were presented nv a.
knights in the feudalism aea - ~
present japanese school boy. Juiiitan
is little different from wrestling a~s
has 4S ways; it is hard to avrlo,s
each way with words. To hoa
skllful needs about three years :,
discipline. OF course, much hettor
do discipline through whole ufo ~
ing the age of feudalism, this In,
lltsu was practiced in lying down :.
the floor, but the present IN; "a
was improved by the present presidon,
OF the Normal College in Toxic fron,
the point of view of phvsics r,,
is a standing exercise. The fano,n.
is something like that of soldiers -
all countries. Iron net on face loo.h
er armor round the trunk, and vo,u
thick, long gloves on the arms. ~.
men taking a swordlike bamboo stoh
Jui-Jitsu and fencing are only by wav
OF offensive and defensive. Dishonest
men use these too many time and a.
honest man use not often Assault
~ arms would usually be by lust two
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men. January 3rd is the first timo ot
discipline, December eth is the end
of discipline by the old custom How.
ever, there is the great "assaultinp hv
arms on some occasions. Students
TO the number of several hundred
would divide into two parts of white
and Red This White" and Red
originated in the fighting class of 500
years ago. Each party came face to
face. A drum of four feet diameter
is beaten, Don, don, don!" Then be.
gin the fight, one to one. and fonr or
five against one strong fighter, and
stop after Is minutes by the beaten
drum, Don, don, dom" Take rest 10
minutes and fight again
The hunting is hare hunting. We
don't use any gun or dog in the school
hunting We use strong string net,
which is made it. wide and Is it.
long. Several hundred students d.
vide into parties which consist of so
or 60 members. Get up in the morn.
ing early and take many nets, plenty
OF lunch, and go in different ways.
The hunting leader will choose good
place to catch hare and set the nets
on one side of the mountain. Ready!
We must do heavy foot-step, sound
with the loud voice, "Hoi, Hoi, Hoi,
Hoi!' and chase from downward to
upward. One chase would catch so
easily a few hares and sometimes
fox or badger or wild chicken. If we
cannot catch anything, pass the night
in a village house and chase the next
day. Tomorrow hare meal! ut is
not the long-tail hare) Body tired
out, but fine time to school boys.
This season is the winter time.
These are all the sports we have in
the Japan school world. OF course
every school or college has not all of
them, as w. S. c. has not the boat
races. Outside the world of the
school we have theater, Japanese
comus, wrestling, military Dances
prayer dances for the raining, and
then several kinds of pleasures, both
Japanese and imported
thank you for your forbearance in
reading through such child-like Eng
lish sentences.