La Junta tribune., 1911-11-25
AND TRAINING and physi-
cal education have taken .
high status In the La Junta
nuhlic schools and they are


nlsn sthtus IN tne La JuntA
- public schools. and they are
classed by the authorities that be
as worthy adjunct to moral and men
tai culture. As the programs and
plans now exist. every student has
ample opportunity to receive physi.
cal training. should they desire 1t.
The club has been thrown open twice
u week to the girls. and they are
capably chaporoned and directed by
Alinda Montgomery and Reba Poison.
They not only receive regular gym
nastic exercise, but classes have been
organized into basket ball squads In
which all may participate. Besides
there are the many club games which
lend their share OF development
The boys organization has produc.
ed highly effective first and sec.
ond football teams. which have tried
their mettle with the best teams In
the valley and have undoubtedly prov
en- their equality TO the best This
has given most ample training for
twenty-eight boys The remaining
high school boys have been busy In
the club and on the playground and
n huskier bunch an athletic trainer
might well wish TO see. This speaks
well for what is being done for the
boys and girls OF the two high
schools.
In behalf OF the grade boys and
girls ms much Is being done. Three
hundred of them constantly use the
club. while all give the playground no
rest whatever. The seventh and the
eight grades have regularly ergaaissA
tesms In soslhAli. baaksthalA &C., ~
Sbss saxs tlsn tA~S SOoelr 1a
mene You can ten MT dSsy Sse
bsiag bsn~eited By she kees. active
eye. the buoyant. elastic step and
the youthful. playful spirtt.
Regular gymnasium work is carried
on under the direction Of NJ. N. Por.
ter and Rowland Mar~ton. Three
hundred and twenty-five boys receive
instruction In gymnastics. calisthen-
les. etc. Wrestling bouts take place
twice a week. and then there Ia pro-
vided for our boys "a splendid physi-
cal education the equal Of which no
school In the southwe can boast
The grade girls. not only through
caiisthenics. but through the use
of playground apparatus. receive that
exercise and fresh air which goes to
produce red corpuxcies. hence robust
bodies and good health. II has been
my pleasure to see the girls perform
A. cre<iitObly on the giant slide.
the chiidrcn's slide. the swings. the
teeters. the trapezes. the travelling
rings m the boys were able to do.
and In many fcxtx the girls showed
superior skill.
These free. playful. spontaneous. ir'
Migrating exercises I believe TO b.
proper and most wholesome. hence !
know the people will welcome anoth-
or playground At Lincoln school and
the completion Of the swimming pool.
which will b. used In connection with
the Boys Club. The new all-ateel
lockers will b. Installed shortly hence
the future looks bright for the youth
Of La Junta.
This much may b. said Of the
physical means Of development which
takes hold k the Instinct 1t play.
and thus carries the child uacon.
sciously through the Joys and sor.
rows Of physicai growth and develop
mcnt. but at this point II may b.
we'll To state the other side 0f physl.
cal training which nnds its counter
psrt In manual training and domestic
science. for these cultivate . use.
full and practical facility ~ we'll a.
leading aid tn physical training and
education.
To show the meaning and import OF
manual training and domestic science
wish to quote J. Stanley Brown.
who speaks thus: What 1oes Man.
uai training meani II means that
We have one more svenue through
which 10 make an appeal To the boy
and girl whom W. have failed 10
reach BY other means. Il means that
the budding power Of . superintcn.
dent Of construction. or some kind Of
an eagineer. may begin 10 unfold In
the child while In the elementary
school. II means that for hundreds
the life's plans and purpose are de-.
tefminsd ~ touchlAg the inainsprinx
q the chiid's o. youth's cAief Inter.
~. Il means that Tie 10y u me.