The Washington times., 1910-08-12
Believes in Red-Blooded
Boys Who Are Not
Afraid to Fight.
ADVOCATES THE USE
OF SCHOOL GROUNDS
Thinks Municipal Dance Halls
Would Tend to Elevate the
Amusement.
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right to play 81 the street-wheu the
CITY PROVIDES no other laEgTouud-
Wnen the building department does
not FORCE owners TO provide play
grounds IN tenement or apartment
house courts.
What Is 10 be done with these
smut up in pens. like cattle ready for
Shipment 20 che sham bies-
As city Slows, conditions gov
change The city must meet these
changes The majority of muni cipaI-
titles all over the country have moi
met the changes-and that IS why the
problem OF The American child mas
begun TO loom up so importantly
Favors Using School Yard.
THAT is why I believe in throwing
open schools and school yards 10 chill
dren and their parents when classes
are not in session Millions are spent
on public school buildings which be-
long TO the taxpayers, the voters. and
their families They ought 10 be used
more than six out of twenty-four
hours They represent an investment
so large that they should pay better
returns
we ought 10 have supervised DIsv
IN school yards outside OF school
hours School property Is not 10 be
abused, YOU understand We ought
% nave dIlIellCS Tor all ages in the
gymnasium, and lectures. clubs and
wholesome entertainments when the
class rooms are not needed for night
school The free lectures are a step
IN the right direction. We are broad
enlng this work The social ceuters
installed by the department OF edu-
CdliOn marx progress along this line
As Far as possible when school
houses Fairgrounds and recreation cen
ters are thrown open TO children their
elders should be urged To join the
various movements This makes for
the uuiication Of the family. an import
ant element IN the city-s moral health.
Bit n this unlficatl0n can not be SII-
cured at once, at least every city can
pIoNlue super Used aTuuSementS IN school
yards parks and recreation centerS
Z or years our educational systems
have OveTUTaiHed the brain and neglect
cd the body There has been a reaction
against such education.
Too Much Brain Work.
We've had too much sch0ol-room re-
fnement- Don't misiuterpret that
phrase I don't mean culture. manners.
morals 1 mean the refinement Of the
educational system itself There have
been too many oiogies and issns. too
many non-essentia Too many thinEs
have been attempted
The brains OF the children have been
pushed too hard. too fast. to really
grasp essentials Ne want simpler
courses Of study Most OF the modern
e
keep abreast of the system, the rest are
under water eli the time And remem-
Der -he speed Of the squadron after all
i the speed Of the sIoSest ship
There should be no study for after
school hours for the smaller children
and very little of IL for the older ones
A lot OF pressure has been brought
70 Dedr upon me concerning the prize
nEnt pictures You can not 'SisSify- the
American boy. He viii not permit it
and YOU DO not want 10 do IT, 7 have
never seen a prize fight. but 7 have no
quarrel with the man who wants 10 see
one II pictures OF q prize fight viii
leach the American boy how to defend
himself when called upon TO do 50, then
] say let him see fight pictures.
IT lne Slgnt OF a prize fighter in the
pink Of condition VIII make a bow am
bilious to possess just such a physique.
lhen say for the good OF the nation
let him see and appreciate that superb
piece or human mechanism in action 7
believe that Mr. Roosevelt would want
every boy in America 10 see those mic
Go 7
The man who rails against prize
nE1linE Is the very man who would
WaHOp his son wei If the latter did not
know now 70 protect himself when at
tackled by another boy When two r0vs
begin ScraDpi1E in the street provided
ana strength, what does the ave-zce
man d9Z Try 10 separate then2 Nevert
he tells them TO sail in and NAV the
best man win
The man with red blood in his veins
Knows that blows Ike those bows viii
sfchange do not XIII. And the rfEht
wow, rightly landed, may make a man