The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-25
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/ IS DISCUSSED
DR.. Hetherington Shows
How Physical Education
is Important.
o GROWTH OF
FIJI LEAGUE IDEA
Makes Study Of Conditions
in Each Institution
He Visits.

Clark Hetherington, the specialist
Son physical education, who is at the
state university this week for the
purpose of delivering a series of lee
lures. spoke to the members of the
faculty and student body this MORN
aNAll fourth period classes. were called
.of for the lecture.
@$ MIR. H~etherington was at one time
Aphysical director at the University OF
sSAMtssouri, n is we'll acquainted with
sSall branches of athletics. He was at
asSptbe University of Wisconsin last week
at each institution hat ne visits
she studies the local conditions, and,
~ he finds any evils in the system. he
remedies for them.
This morning the lecturer spoke on
Physical Education From the Stand
point of Athletics There is q grow
tngrs conviction IN v hsas among people that
better facilities for physical develop
ment. according to the speaker. Six
\ years ago there were only forty-one
s,ctties in the United States that owned
play grounds and today 536 own them.
%Mr. Hetherington said that there are
also other indications of this growth.
such as the establishment of public
school athletic leagues, Sunday school
leagues and the boy scout movement.
Mr.. Hetherington claims that at the
present time there are over 17,000.-
900 young people affected by the es-
Enlistment Of such leagues. He also
spoke of Luth Culick of New York.
Sletics in high schools. Through Mr..
Culick and others athletics has be-
come recognized as n OF tho great
est educational forces. The speaker
also traced the development Of the
nervous system in the infant and
1k~vryol IA,,, 49, it, ~.n- I-,,S-~
ment was concerned with it. The
physical activities which bring the big
muscles into play and help to develop
the internal organs such as the heart
and lungs. This development, MAIN
tanned the speaker. is the basis for
future usefulness and energy. II this
physical development is neglected
downs will result later on.
Mr. Hetherington says that the edu-
cational activities have been very one
sided and that the intellect had been
considered too much. The time for
the big muscle development. said the
and %. He said university students
are in the last chance" stage. If
they do not develop while they are in
college they nevc will. Many men.
during their prime. have broken down
because they had neglected physical
QcVeIOpHleHI IN Vnelr carrier lie. lie
declared further that athletics in col
1eges have followed precedent and
have failed to benefit very, many. Mr..
Hetherington claims that 1t Is time
for a Reorganization of university ath-
letics. +.
The speaker proposed several meth.
DDS of reorganization. He believes
that every college ought to have three
or four football fields. eight or ten
tennis. courts and four or five Out-
door basketball fields. He also advo-
Gated a plan for cross-country run
ming. He maintains that he has cured
hundreds Of men with weak hearts
by this outdoor running. and this
method requires very few facilities. He
also claims that there should be many
matches. tournaments and elimination
contests. The physical director should
have charge Of all these contests and
the gymnasium should be the center
of all athletic activities.
OF course these plans cannot be
carried out successfully unless the
members Of the faculty and student