The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-06-29

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LAsSIES AS WELL AS ladies
PLYMOUTH PROSPECTS

al
q little jealous of the great arsuns
OF attention being paid to the BOYS.
IN the. Poy Scout movement. and the
almost absolute neglect of the girls.
IT we would develop higher type OF
being IN the next generation. we must
not overlook the girls for they are tn
have part in our future civilization
and the level to which they r Sc IL
be largely the stratum on which the
boys will bivouae Why al this over
proportion of effort being expended
on our Juvenile males? Is it because
they need it more. because we love
them best. because they are more
worth saving, because if nothing is
done for them they are more likely t.
go astray, or/is it merely "because.p
No unprecedented person will con-
cede that 1T Is any of the above reas-
ons but the latter. Our growing girls
need something interesting to do.
When girl has outgrown the stage
of mud pies. dolls and playing house,
there is liable to come a VOID into her
life and this at the critical age when
she Is most restless. most In need of
new diversions. and most lonesome
for companionships. Unless some
|safe and sane" associations, some
wisely directed club life. some vigor-
Gus activities are provided for her
she will develop into either the vapid
pussy eat sort who "sits around" or
wandering abroad In search of more
active interests, she is in danger of
falling into all sorts of errors.
Something to do is the craving
of young life. and the one who does
not want something to do will not
amount to row of pins. What have
our Plymouth girls to 10 but to "run
the Streets for divers on7 True.
have taken cage of themselves we'll.
They are as modest. as capable. as
charming as are TO be found any,
where and vet the lack of wholesome
entertainment is dangerous thing to
permit.
There is an organization for girls
SIMILAR to the Bot Scouts and Mr.
Powell who recently ORGANIZED the
boys chapters in Plymouth Is famil-
lar with it. Manv people who know
of this are awaiting eagerly his re-
turn in the hone that he will organ
ize a like splendid association for our
girls. Two plymouth teachers have
expressed themselves as willing to
give their services gratuitously to
such a cause. No doubt there are
many SIMILARLY minded.
In New York state is an organiza-
tion known as the Girls Athletic
League. Twenty thousand girls, be-
tween the ages of eight and fourteen,
belong to it. It's purpose is to foster
exercise for thousands of misses who
need more vigorous diversions Mrs.
James Spever. a teacher. is the
founder. She believes that the first
requisite for person is to be a good
animal. "The mental and physical
superiority of the American woman
saws Mrs. Spever. els due largely to
her training in athletics. Health is
beautv to great extent and OF
course the health and physical devel-
onment of the school girl means the
~relfare of the race.
ssThis league was orsarized be-
cause we found that while everything
nossible was being done for the pro-
motion of the bows athletics, no at
fention was being paid to the ath-
Ietie training of girls. We were or
oanized as an auxiliary to the bovs
league Our first difficulty was with
the girls themselves
rive did not find anything which
really interested them until folk
dancing was introduced. The idea>of
health and exercise is more accent
able to girls if it is accompanied BY
The idea of beauty. Men anil women
are ontinually studying the young