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

vgho picks up his paper on Monday
morning during the summer may
safely wager that he Will read OF the
death Of half a dozen. people from
drowning Nearly every one>of these
people has drowned because he did
nor know how to swim In great
many other cases the victims might
have been saved If other people near
them at the time had ben competent
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 It 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 Lusiran1a went down, the
relative security OF the man aboard
who can swim and OF him who cannot
is most striking. The man who Is
not at home In che water is bound to
feel himself quite hopeless, Il not
panic-strtcken. But the good swimmer
who is able to keep his head IN the
presence OF imminent disaster, stands
fairly good chance Even without
tion OF his ability to keep ahoat, for
two or three hours until rescue came
Moreover, the good swimmer would
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 adrift
that would support helpless people
IN the water. He might help those
people to these objects. The part Of
wisdom would probably be for a good
CHI LSeSfN
went down, and to swim far enough
away so that he would rot 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 life belt It
would be possible for good swim
mer to keep afioat 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
ment, the inststence 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 I'M
der an Instructor and is pretty sure
to result IN a knowledge of how to
swim In this way swimming be-
comes part of the course that must
be taken. A number OF the colleges
have gone further than this and sub
ject the student to test in swim
ming besfore he is given his degree.
He IS denied the degree until he
passes the swimming test There are
advocates Of swimming as a part of
high school and even the graded
school courses, but here the difficulty
lies in the expense of establishing
and, maintaining swimming tanks.
which is usually considered prohlbi-
tory.
A very practical turn that has been
taken by enthusiastic swimmers in
several cities is that of organizing
clubs. the members of which offer
themselves as voluntary teachers
wherever opportunity affords. such
as at public baths or Y NJ c. A.
gymnasiums. 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 lie saver. One of those en-
thusiasts.> working an hour day
through a season, would probably
teach hundred people to swim In
doing so there is 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 viii teach others and the
circle viii steadily widen There IS
an opportunity fer organizing such a
club in every community.
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