Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-01

and future that such an attitude ~
mind prevails to any great extent is
We fear. not the ease And the family
physician could hardly exert his ir-
fluenCe for good in q more practical
wav than IS helping. 10y preoent ana
example. 20 establish this habit Of
mind I'm his community and 10 pros
mote the extension Of parent-teaChers
associations
In the highest Institutions Of the
state there prevails in different de-
gree. the same lack Of appreciation II
the real place Of hygiene I'm any sound
EDUCATIONAL plan. In an the boys have
military drill or athletics OF both and
in addition. some form Of gymnastics.
but one can hardly escape the C0nciu-
sion that the latter branch exists
chiefly as a feeder Tor the athletic
field where the activities take place
which are. IN the last analysis. the be-
all and end-all of the physical educa-
ton offered by most Of these iusutu-
lions The real value Of athletics
properly conducted. especially of those
forms involving team work. has been
TOO eXhaustively discussed by leaders
/ in the foremost mems colleges 10 call
( for comment here. But that the one
demand should be for an instructor
who is primarily an athletic coach
I that there should be SO little Under
standing of the duty which a college
a university OF, even more. normal
school owes to every one Of its stu-
dents and 10 its community In the
matter Of physical education, that the
/ head of such institution have not the
+ frrr uThfrh ERUfffA
/ the courage of his convictions Ii he
/ have the convictions, to insist upon
/ this as one OF the absolute necessities
/ I'm the work of his scheol-this surely
gives u.s. here in New Mexico, place
+ farther back in the line Of progress
than We like TO think of ourselves as
occupying
4 The girls as a rule, fare less Well
What single thing can mean more 90
=, the state than that its girls and young
women be given the training and the
knowledge to develop and conserve IN
full measure the health and strength
OF their bodies? Yet i'm most parts Of
the states educational field there IS
mo pretense al anything approaching
real education in these matters. Where
training is given, IL is. so FAR as we
can learn. given in what must DE
there is no adequate physical eXami-
nation OF the girl and. consequently
no sure knowledge on the part Of The
instructor as to conditions which
should modify and determine the MAJ
ture of that training. Often the one.
3 or chief. form of exercise for the girls
in high school or college Is basket
ball and this they play without suit
] able restrictions with no competent
: supervision as to physical condition
Not infreuuently a girl takes part I'm
0 exhausting competitive games at a
. time when the whole body, especially
the nervous system and pelvic organs
are CRYING out for all possible ease
$ ment of even ordinary demands on
! her energy
At the New Mexico Educational as-
I sociation's annual ms citing last No
S vember. covering three fun DAYS Tor
r the general body of the association be-
? sides n day for the educational coun-
I eli the program, whioh was prepared
! carefully and long beforehand an
i pounced lust one paper in which the
s physical needs Of our scholars were
s considered. That paper was given lh
e the Indian schools section, and con-
cerned itself with sanitation IN nome
g ana school. obviously specla ana
=, limited field as compared with the
I statewide need for sound physical
o education. Nothing but sheer ignof
, ance could thus make educators trt az
G this as an eXtraneOus matter, deslra-
: bile of course. but by no means Of any
. thing like equal importance with ON
d er branches.
y why should il at once strike our
g neople as so practical 10 give our
o bows and girls vocational training by
G which they can earn their living q
2 some manual trade. and they yet RAJ
y To see the far greater practical value
d of giving those boys and girls all pos
S sible helps toward growing up WIN
healthy. well-controlled bodies sine,
e i'm these they have the best chance OF
d maintaining the sound minds and the
y spiritual poise that Will enable theW
G to make the very most of every situa-
/ ton i'm Fife I'm which they may tnd
d themselves. not only TO earn a liVins
n but actually to live the full happy lite
: in body. mind and spirit which, we az!
p believe, is the inalienable right ana
+ privilege with which each of us mas
o been endowed by the Creator
r It is important. tremendously nm
a portant. that Il child have thorough
:, grounding in common school edoc7
+ tion:" that he be taught TO use eve
i and hand with skill and accuracy
3 that boy and girl alike have the FUR
d Their special education, whether jhd'
o look toward professional tralnins,
+ commercial life or the plying OF y
trade. which shall give them the bes.
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