The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-03-17
DEVELOPMENT OF BODY
IS WELL IS MIND
URGED
will Aid in Keeping
Boys in School
ATHLETICS In COLORED PUB
Lie SCHOOLS.

The prime motive of the pullic -s'iools
is TO prepare pupils for gosd citizenship
To lie q citizen of whom any country 81
community will Lee Proud depends upon,
tao things "a sound mind AMI sound
body.
Though the pns'lic school may not ~
able To develope. To- a great extent, b
mind that has is+n warped 10y cir~um
stsnces over which IL has no power. II D.
able a. develope a body that has b+ei
warped by neglgeIi<r or ignorance Il
develope a strong body the hest metloc
Is u have some form of athletics, sucl
- base ball, base ball, basket ba-kei
ball, dumb bells. track events, and 9th
ers too numerous u mention. eml,odie,i
I'm the daily program and compel ever,
pupil TO take an active part ma one oi
more OF them. Many people condemn
foot ball, basket ball and such sports he
cause a death il cau-ed 10y them. A.
though death is sometimes the result
of injuries received in tfs-s. gane-, th,
number of deaths from defective che-t-.
undeveloped lungs and other aiment.
due 10 lack of exercise. l. a thOusanc
times greater.
For all OF my interests i'm athletics. }
am not one Who believes every bo,
should 10 into base hall, foot hall or an,
OF the more strenuous ont door exercise
regardless OF his physical condition o.
4 IL. A
before being allowed u participate u
such games, shonld be examined by
competent physician u find out any or
gsnic weakness with which he might b.
afflicted. and tn recommend the proper
course OF physical training for him T.
purdue I'm order Ia obtain the i,e-t result
In my limited experience I have found
that many boy, Who i- regarded a. i'm
corrigible by many, Is no more than u
healthy, vigorous, full-bloo,led young
animal with such surplus of -pirit tina
lac hiss To do something whereby lac ma,
lose some al this suEsrfluous energy
The daily program in the ordinary
school does not give him an Opportunt
20 Ne ~ this surplus vitality IN sport
and exercises i'm which lac can he intenss
iy Interested and absorbed. Give him
such . chance and he will rid himself %
that high pressure that leads him int.
actions that may stamp him as a youn.
rowdy. Athletics place a boy shoulder
70 shoulder With his fellow pupil, and b,
them he II measured not what lac is bu
what he does. To be an athlete il To d.
. mana man in every sense OF ia.
word. Athletics is based upon fairness
PLAY Far Is the slogan of every gen
uine athlete. Win If possible but los
rather than win dishonesty. Thus i.
athletics did no more than cultivate tn.
idea OF fairness il would have gone .
long way towards the making of a goou
citizen.
In speaking Of athletics in general an.
loot ball in particular. a president Of ON,
OF the leading schools i'm the county said
that foot ball was great devs loprr OF
the human mind that IL made a person
think in the face % opposition. taught
him to control his temper AMI that a
boy who could 20 INTO a modern foot
ball game and keep himself under con
troll Is better qualified To 20 through lif,
and withstand tie knocks OF human Cd
preston than one who has never hs
such experiences, and A. long A. hi.
word was finaItthletic. Of all kinds wonld
be permitted in his sclIOo II they were
properly supervised.
While making this plea tor athletics.
let u lie understood that ! ann an enthu--
isst Tor Intellectual know ledge. H.
lieve that the training Of the mind an,
the training Of the b~ty should 20 han,
IN hand. That one Should not l-r n.
veloIcd At the eNs~n-. of the other. Tor =
strong mind and a weak body or stron.
body weak mind - like a hou-e l,uit
upon sand. On accou Of a weak An.
unhealthy body great minds Just whei
Trey can do the most good when the
world - holding ont o. them golden Do
portunitle-; when the human races A.
kno~ldge their superiority arr claimed D.,
death. On the other hand a -tron,
boiled man without strong mind 4,
bsisnce u T. Just a. iiai,le % iah in a..
crucial te-t. Thrown into public prom
inence, against unheard II temptation
We ~ tins mighty frame -wa,inx a.
q rant oak in q storm. soon % fall am
the ono great idol b-comes the broke,
doll Of the tickle public.
In conclusion. ! might mention IA.
fact that the graduating class in the ma
jority q public schools arr girl. Tia.
boys. having tecome tired II the dain
routine reading, writing. arithmetic AM
little bssketry. have gone forth into n.
world, seeking AMI I'm ling ~ay-. and n
200 many cssrs questionable WAYS. 4
give vent 10 their pent up energy. sine,
he msjority II Toys are inclined toward,
ssh'et'cs, y 70 any more than ri0ht TIA
Ne give them q little enconragrrnn,
Would u be va-te of time II l,y % do
Ing ne save one that would otherwise -
i0u9f i long % - IT, H. -. -.