The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-03


who picks up his paper on Monday
morning dRrtng the summer may
safely wager that he VIII read OF the;
death of half dozen people from
Drowning Nearly every one OF these
people has drowned because he d1d;
not know how TO swim In great
many other cases the victims night;
have been saved Il other people near
them at the time had ben eompetent
swimmers. The individual In learn
ing to swim may therefore figure,
that IN doing so he may be saving
his own life He may further argue
That he may be making tt possible.
for him to save the Life OF someone
else.
When a great tragedy OF the water
occurs such as that which took place
when the Lusftanfa went down, the,
relative security Of the man aboard,
who can swim and of him who cannot
IS most striking The n.au who IS
not at home In the water IS bound 10
feel himself quite hopeless. not
panic stricken But the good swimmer
who IS able to keep his head IN tne
presence OF imminent disaster. stands
q fairly good chance. Even without
life belt there would be little Ques-
ton OF his ability to keep adoat for
two or three hours until rescue came:
Moreover, the good swimmer world
be able to save more than himself
IN the desperate situation that fol-
lowed the plunge of the ship. for IN
stance, he might be able TO swim
about and find various objects adr1ft,
that would support helpless people
in the water. He might help those
people to these objects. The part OF.
wisdom would probably be for good
swimmer to leave the ship before It
went down, and to swim far enough
away so that he would not be pulled
down with It Such a swimmer could
and should, take one helpless person
with him With life belt between,
them this would be Comparatively
easy. Even without a life belt It
would be possible for good swim
mer to keep afoat for hours with
a charge who could not swim
Realizing the Tragedies that may
result from an inability to swim, and
the possibilities OF life saving because
Of the possession OF that accomplish
sment, the insistence upon it IS be-
coming more general all the time
Many of the colleges and universities
have gymnasium courses that are
compulsory. In most Of these a GER
tain time is devoted to swimming IN
der an Instructor and IS pretty sure
to result in knowledge of how to
swim. In this way swimming be-
comes part of the cou1se that must
be taken. a number Of the colleges
have gone further than this and sub
ject the student to a test in swim
ming bes6ore he IS given his degree.
He is denied the degree until he
passes the swimming test There are
advocates OF swimming as part of
high school and even the graded
school courses but here the dimcu1tE
! lies in the expense OF establishing
and maintaining swimming tanks,
which is usually considered prohibit
tory.
A very practical turn that has been
taken by enthusiastic swimmers IL
several cities is that of organizing
clubs, the members OF which oner
themselves as voluntary teachers
wherever opportunity affords such
as at pubic baths or Z NJ g a
gymnasiunns. These men take the posi-
ton that in teaching an individual
to swim they may be saving life.
They not only make this man safe
from drowning, but convert him into
a latent life saver. One OF those en-
thusjasts, working an hour a day
through season, would probably
teach a hundred people to swim In
doing so there is a strong probability
that he IS saving life for, out OF
a hundred people, one is almost sure
to be given an opportunity to save
someone from drowning Then this
hundred will teach others and the
circle viii steadily widen There IS
an opportunity for Organizing such a
club in every communfty-
ChamberIain.s Colo, Cholera and
DIarrhoea Remedy
This is a remedy that every family
should be PROVIDED with, and espe-
5cia1ly during the summer months