South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-20

Yale Professor Claims PhySi-
cal Culture Does Not
Benefit Poor.


Conn. president OF the American |
Physical Education association. de- I
clared in opening the convention
Of the organization here today.
Wars are now waged by the mass
Of people, he said. Rich and poor
alike are equally important in this
respect. Moreover by our present
system be continued the more at
tcotion seems 90 be paid 20 a boy or
young man the older ne grows. al
though physical training is generally
OF lesser effect as the age OF the
subject increases.
Or. Arnold said in part:
What a tremendous difference
exists in providing for the physical
training Of the children in the pub
Tic schO, -s and for the physical
training Of the university students.
can best be illustrated by a con
crete example.
we will assure that Yale uni
yersity has about 900 students.
calculate that the gymnasium, swim
ming tank, athletic fields, boat
houses. etc, Is IN round numbers
worth S1.OOO.OOO. The plant covers
IN the neighbOrhood Of 100 acres.
The New Haven public school
children number about 10000. A
liberal allowance will make the
space allotted TO these children for
carrying on physical training activ-
tiles equal 70 about i acres
should estimate the value Of the
whole outfit whereby physical train
ing is carried on in the schools in a
very liberal manner a. $4,000.
For Yale university. the instruc-
tion in the various forms of physical
training including coaching Of all
kinds will not be very far from
100000. Ten thousand dollars
will cover the cost Of the children
OF New Haven and this sum would
have 70 include six thousand that are
spent for play activities in summer.
For the summer activities of the
Yale students. do not venture to
calculate cost.
Let us see what these figures
mean. Every Yale student has one
twenty-ffth G-25) OF an acre for
himself for his physical training ac-
tivity; the New Haven public school
child has one-twenty- hundredth
t1-25O0) OF an acre given to it. This
means 10 draw a practical cOnclu-
sion. that Is Yale students may
readily play a mild game Of baseball.
IL they do not knock the bali too
far. since Is Of them would find
nearly one acre az their disposition.
on which one can. Of course. readily
place a 90-foot diamond and have
space FOR knocking the ball 20 feet
beyond the confines Of the diamond
proper. The New Haven public
school child will have about 20
square feet allotted 10 IL which is
a space four by FIVE and two baseball
teams viii be able TO play a game of
baseball which will bear the same to
real baseball as ping pong TO tennis.
The cost Of instruction and super
vision is in still worse relation For
every Yale student about $4,000 are
spent; for the New Haven public
school child about 80 cents per an
num-
while the discrepancy through
ont the country may not he as great
as here depicted it will be found
nevertheless true that the greatest
amount OF provision for physical
training is made for the university
student. a smaller amount for the
pupils in the secondary schools. and
minimum for those i'm public
grammar and primary schools
But what OF the bulk Of the
youth Of the country The great
majority never even reach higH
school; Of the high school pupils. the
%
college or university. Wherefore. il
follows that we spend the greatest
amount Of time space. facilities
money and effort ON the education
Of very small minority Of COLLEGE
and university students. that W,
practically utterly neglect i'm respec
10 AN these things. the greater ma.
iority Of the children and youth OF
his country is this preparing tn,
nation for common life. let alone il,
emergencies?
The students of secondary schools
represent physically and mentally
the pick OF the children and youtl
az the country. They are physically
and mentally able else they would
not be found in high schools. ThOs,
who physically and mentally endur,
the high scnool course. may ente
college A small minority of then
30. Colleges and universities there
fore. once more represent the phys
ical and mental pick OF the second
AIRY schools We then see that. as ia
as the physical and mental needs o
the youthful population Of the cOun
try is concerned. those In the unip er
sity are least needy. those in second
AIRY schools "A little more so. bu
those most needy viii be found il
primary and secondary grades.
The system OF physical education
now prevalent in this country pro
vides for the smallest mum Der IN,
greatest facilities IL provides 10
those physically and mentally abb
the best facilities IL provides TO
the poor practically none, Tor tn
rich everythinE-'
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