The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-03
FOURTH WARD
MOTHERS HOSTS
sAINIoTfsa fsES>0fE or ccS:
AIUNITY GATHERING AT THb
SCHOOL LAST >iGHT.

,sse prugram by the pupils. Dr. Nalte'
Harry. ]. 4 Bass. city attorney wa
ter & CHt,or;. sancretars az the Chsmi'ei
Of Commerce: Charles ". Adams. man
aging editor of The ArimOres,e. and A
n. Riddle. attorney. ss-Oke on timeil
topics The entertainment was of th'
community gathering ns;urr. and w-s'
sarrci- attended by pupils and patrons
pr the school Booths for the sale o,
soc cream. popcorn. and peanuts wer'
oon1ucted. and the money derived from
the sa,es win he placed In fund which
.rn he devoted TO the equipment of
the domestic science department Of the
school
John Scrughani principal presided
ana the program was cpened with the
singing of America by pupns CT the
grades
Dr. Walter : Harry. member a.
the Garter ceu.ty exemption board.
spoke Interestingly OF the work OF the
eoars during the examination of select
i've Gract ehgil.les Is part. nr- Hardy
ssi5.
Il have beeu rcg0ested q siyJ, yoii
the physical hsfscts found from the ex-
animation Of the men for t.e array
draft
teczl of ifse les 0rre eKaE-sned:
C.f this rurnier t.e ~ere white and
ssrse we're tss GeEr-eS Thest ISsysa-
czsly deficient and regoctea from fur
;her servine numbered zee: ten were
grsen Temporary discharges varying
srs.ra one n three months Considering
tie number n reSectisRs and tiose who
failed "a PASS the Gnal examination at
the cartoancut. there was ttH Ter
oeni deficiency
Sexual immortality E1s not 10 be co.a-
si.ered IN exzminatious. unless IN ex-
treme cases. and cf this sumter there
.rere ten rejected These men Eerc 50
Disabled from the rayagcs of this dis
EASE that IL was Impossible for them t.
carry knapszck any distance Con
sumption represented the highest num-
Der OF NJ sections from disease. whica
amounted 70 a to.zl Of 81 Many OF
the men that were passed had incipi-
ent tuberculosis. Twenty-Five we're ne
secfe5 On account CT rupture Ten were
rejected on account Of permanent heart
disease
disabilities. am forced TO inform you
that the young men living In Ar5mcre
AMI Its close proximity were more de
fcieat than our urban citizens, In other
words. those living near to nature vere
nDrz physically efficient We have
&eez criticised sreay times that xe we're
partial 10 the citizenship Of Ardmcre
tut the reason for this Is that they were
sst Abs Il. pssk rsnets<-
AT this very moment when there Is
such unra<t- and the stirring from one
yoTfi0n OF the HIrii to the whole globe.
and we are making conservatiOns on
every Industrial resources. and O. Is
proper time for US 10 conserve our man
hood. sna as We know our physical short
coEnings II behoOves you mothers. as
stli As the physicians. 70 begin our
Eork IN earnest and economic on the
health q our manhood. and TO begin.
EHaliy. the making of men.
-oDe 0f the greatest surgeons in the
EurOpssE armies not long ago. when
sefneune remarked of the awful NOR
tally this gsr entAlss-1- he replied: 1t
Is unfortunate. unfortunate indeed but
iei Us not forget that for every soldier
49, -~e ksss -a srr r.-ting twr --.p-
What he meant was that men were 90
ie-rniag tDe-r own powers s-ns putting
rT 'h7 +re7Ss snd iahIbitions that dis
turf the Development Of energy that
= ~ fa1 gona through with the
experiences in the trenches Eere each
"a --4=-4l sssal u two such men as had
drigi1sliY volunteered for service
-o1r Own eKperieBce after the civil
Sar serves only u e-Dpias.lse this. l0-
IL WIS the generation that had gone
ihro8zh that long war THAI IL the next I
tgeltv-fVe years of cur nstioasf tis-l
tory did glore q devsssg tsae rzssurces
q this csuztry sAs make " the great
ss.SyerfBs rat.on that j. BOS aide effect
iVs1y ts 81, about rusforing denpc-acy |
L. the word i9 behalf Of thoss VINO are
pppresse1- And What the government -
e--'-- '7-r fnr our Young men Is Ear su-
per5or TO any education at the hands of
fne mast expert peisgssist- II has
taught them not ouly discipline and
Endurance, bst seif reliance.
! have recsivs1 many letters from /
nay friends in the training camp. ana l
each ore is ssiisfrd And above an 4
which j. tbs most yaiuable asset they 1
hsvs deveioped into perfect health.
Many - THESE ro-,rF uler / have known i
since their ssriy d2vs and from their I
early environments ana irrsgular meth n
cas 81 living were suffering from many n
physical ailments. the secret Of which 1
MAS Improper training N
Education end discipline should not
be merely stu1lng q the memory. II
should b a development and an IN
folding q the mind knowledge Itself
does not mean much unless IL Is pr5u-
ariy supported by right feeling. right
attitudes and points Of view. of rish
rabiis and deals
The importance q the formation os
Jroper habits ~ claznlinsss and ere
= the boy. TIRE impisnflnc q the fssl
nss u IS saCreiness. tie ins1 Hing
4 high-nir1ei thoughts. q right iteas-
-anDot BE- ore-f stf-natei Al ms uosrr
ne ih8uEhi of hereziiy and enrir..r-
nerl g. hard Ga aanL The question
; nc; Whioh j. greater or more in
,sr-zI.t t7-h are sssentisl aad llte-z-
ian eiihcr giH alter me resulting s-ate
4 interacfiou between the organism
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