Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-23

the church as selfish and impractical.
Common men are concerned with ma
teriitl things. They demand a re-
ligion that applies not to eternity but
to time.
GEORGE w. PERRY.--Just as new
political parties are formed to meet
great crises in the worlds history. so
the play and recreation movement is
being founded to help conserve eitizea-
ship and promote democracy. Today
play is being used to cultivate the at
tributes of character which are whole
some, inspiring and invigorating to
both mind and body. This great play
and recreation movement has one aim,
one ambition--to create better eitt-
zenshp. 1t aims to develop the so-
ciaI side of the child and nurture it's
instincts SO it will crave those things
which are uplifting. enrolling, The
movement is so comprehensive that it
includes all classes of people of all
ages, never forgetting that the child
is. father to the. man." Cities and
rural communities, religious denomina-
tions, statesmen, Christian and tenn
DREdHGp t'iN AttOSIIEiut1
the importance and Significance for
supervised and organized play and
are devoting their time and giving
their money for it's advancement. 1t
Is; n propa ganda for the preservation
of the new, yet old. health democracy
There are many reasons why play is
of such vital importance. Thinking
people admit that it is far more ad-
vantageous to take part in sports than
it is to witness them at distance. 1t
is entertaining to attend the great
baseball game; but all must admit that
this form of passive amusement las
not the pewer to recreate the mind
and body that actual play has. Health
at its best requires. recreation, Leisure
every year is becoming a larger part
of the life Of the Individual. lnven-
lions and more efficient administration
promise that the work that the world
has taken ten hours to dc may now
be done in five. Unless leisure is
prepared for it always leads to dis
sfpation. When people play they
add new vitality to their physical
bodies and refresh their minds. The
purpose Of this article has not been 10
convey that play in the life Of the in
dividuaI should be emphasized 10 the
exclusion of necessary work Its puf-
nose has been rather to convince you
that people need organized and super
vised play for their leisure hours.
business must have system TO succeed
and why not apply this principle to
recreation which is just as important |
in the life of the individual Pay |
must be active not passive If full !,
benefits are to be derived.
LAURA DANFORTH-fhe colonies
grew and prospered, and side by sfde |
with their prosperity walked the |
Jealous vatchfulness of the mother
country. Restriction after RESTRICTION
was placed upon them. The colonists |
were few and were scattered over a |
vast extent of territory. They loved |
old England as land that had once
been their home and they mad no WISH
TO dissolve their connections with her. |
But Unborn in them was the spirit Oh
liberty. and these men who had pre-
forred a wilderness for their home i |
. yoke for tho conscience, would no.,
could not. renounce birthright Of life. |
liberty and the pursuit OF happiness.
That new nation was a nation oil not
only liberty and freedom ard sell
government. it was a nation oil hiei'
who. though sometimes harsh stern, |
and unyielding, were actuated by the
purest and highest ideals. They were |
true To those ideals. We must make |
these ideals our own. In the progress
of civilization, our nation leads the
nations of the world. TO her ttie
world is looking for an example oil tie
highest civilization. How can we pes
give this example? BY reading Inc
tales of the old colonial days. by get
ting back to nature, by awakening
thin ourselves the desire for things |
worth while.