The evening times., 1911-08-05
MAGAZINES
Don't Run the Mental Machinery at
Nipht

Night.
It is great thing to learn to shut
OF the mental steam when you quit
work, says Orison SWEET Marden in
Success magazine. What would you
think Of factory manager who
would leave all of his power turned
on after the operators had left the
factory, the delicate machinery run
ming everywhere, pounding itself to
pieces, grinding out its delicate bear
ings without producing anything?
Many of US do not turn of our mem
tai power after we are through pro-
ducing or creating for the day. We
carry our business home, take it to
bed with US, think, plan. worry and
and waste precious energy in all
sorts Of ways, in superfluous think
ing. foolish worrying that produces
nothing, but grinds out the exquisite
mental machinery and units 1t for
the next days work. It ie great
art to learn to shut OF the power
when through our days work go that
we can oil our mental machinery, re-
fresh our minds, and recuperate our
selves, so that we can 60 to the next
days work completely Refrigerated
Many men seem to think that they
are accomplishing something II they
keep their minds on business even
when not at work, but they really ac-
complish less than nothing, because
they are wasting precious mental
energy, the power for concentration,
the vigor, the focusing Of the mind,
which is imperative for, creating pur-
pOses.-August Success.
Athletics for School Children.
Over score of cities have started
Organizations similar in scope to the
Public Schools NJ Athletic league. Of
New York, and it seems certain that
before long the movement will spread
over the entire country. DR.. Luther
sHalsey Gulick, one Of the founders
Of the league, describes. its methods
in an inspiring article in the August
Lippincott's. -
while it is true that most cities
need larger areas for play-the en-
deavor to produce them should not
be slackened-the greater need is to
discover what It is possible to do in
the free spaces that are available
and under the conditions that exist"
says DR.. Gulick. "The successful
way in which class-rooms, Easements,
roofs and the street are utilized in
the badge and class athletics that
have been described demonstrates
that the solution of the athletic prob
lem is not so wholly dependent upon
the possession of large Fairgrounds
or extensive athletic fields as has
usually been supposed. We all rec
ognize that school building is not
school. Neither does a playground
equipped with apparatus mean that
the children Of the neighborhood are
having all the play they need. In
both cases, there must be an adult
organization, body Of experts who
will not only administer the funds,
but give thought and labor to devils
ing the best ways Of making use Of
the given educational and recrea-
tional opportunities. and make sure
that they are enjoyed by the greatest
possible number.
ut is mainly as demonstration
of the importance Of organization in
athletics that the work of the Public
Schools Athletic league of New York
is significant. In city where, more
than any other in America, fcrmida-
BILE space obstacles oppose the en-
joyment of games and sports. the
league has been able to develop, with
comparatively slight expense ahund-
ant athletic opportunities for the
whole school population. .5z'
The value Of organized athletics
does not consist alone in the physical
development which they promote; ev-
en- the conventional. championship
sports, in their stimulation Of school
1 loyalty, exercise an influence upon
the whole pupil body that 10 inors
worth while than the benefits obtained
J BY those who actually enter tho COM