The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-06-03

Harry Hillman is the director Of
athletics at Dartmouth and has the
subject of the out-of-doors down
fine. In a recent magazine article
he says: "Outdoor exercise is the
greatest medicine known; but you
cannot impress it's Importance upon
the average person. If a fellow
feels out of sorts he calls on a
doctor. There is nothing seriously
the matter with him-he needs
exercise. If the doctor told him to
go out and walk five to ten miles a
day for a couple of weeks, the would
be patient would Immediately call
on some other M. D., deciding the
first doctor did not know his business
The second doctor gives him a
prescription, tells him his ailment is
so and so, using a long medical
expression. Doctor number two
makes a big hit with his patient
and will always be we'll recon-
mended, We seldom hear of people
that live practically out of doors
breaking down with nervous prostra-
ton. The man that works indoors,
eats. late dinners, does the society
act, etc., is the fellow that generally
goes to pieces" Of course there
are exceptions to these laws, but
generally they hold true. It's easier
to call the doctor and let him try
to tone us up than it is to get out and
do it ourselves. But exercise in
the open air is mighty good and a
mighty pleasant tonic, when we
wake up to the enjoyment we can
get out of it. And this is the season
to take some of that tonic.
Middlebury offers a fine summer
course to preparatory students for
college and teachers, open from
July 5 to August II. As the
bulletin we'll says, "The courses for
teacheSa. are arranged to meet the
Special problems of the high schools"
but elementary teachers desiring
to supplement their training or
broaden their culture may proftably
take such courses" although 4" they |
are not especially designed or offered |
to meet the particular needs of
elementary teachers as are those
of summer normal schools" The |
summer school idea for teachers
is right and it ought to result in
our standards of teaching
over the state, if they are taken
advantage of. If teaching is a
then it is the business Of
the teachers to increase their stock
in trade by every possible means.
The Manhattan Trade School
is to be run by the Board of Educa-
ton instead of a private benefac-
ton. This school is doing a great
work for the future of girls, who
have to earn their living before they
are old enough to have received
a good education. 1t takes girls
who might earn three or four dollars
a week, as unframed workers,
and makes them into girls who earn
from eight to fifteen dollars a week,
all depending on how long the girl
can give to learning her trade.
they even pay to the
parents what the unframed girl
could earn until she is instructed
so she can earn living wages. This
IS striking at the root of many
girls problems and helps an honest
girl to take care of herself honestly.
Here is the St. Adams Messenger
asking "If the law gives automobiles
equal rights on the highways, under
certain restrictions, with horse
and the automobile is
required to carry lights at night,
why should not the horse drawn
vehicle be compelled to do likewise?
1t would seem to be just as impor-
tant for the automobile driver
to receive warning Of the approach
Of the horse vehicle as it is for the
latter to know that the automobile
is coming" That ought to be
referred to Colonel Battell of Middle
bury as he is authority on horse
drawn vehicles.
John Ennis of Stamford, VT,
IS out for Weston's record He is
about three years younger than
Weston. It's a good season for
walking and it's a good stunt to
nike across the country on foot.
They got 1920 in forty eight hours
in Rutland toward preserving the
IA e.a+o borrSp That sort of