The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-29


which are quite common at the can
tonments. The success Of the Ameri- |
can as fighting man may, there
fore, in large measure, be attributed
to his success In his games and in his
play life.
From time immemorial there has
been regarded favorably division of
each days activities into a period of
rest and recuperation, another OF
work, and period of repose. In
other words, every day should be
divided into periods of sleep, work
and play.
1.-The strength of an individual, as
well as the strength Of nation, de-
Ponds upon four things. These are:
First, physical strength; second, men
tai strength; third, fixed purpose;
fourth, high ideals.
ut is essential that an individual,
in order to live well and happily,
should have physical strength, and
during times Of war in particular 1t
is brought to the attention of nations
that national welfare depends upon
it's man-power or physical strength.
If, therefore people would give more
attention to physical development for
the purpose of developing strong
bodies, the national loss would be
lessened
This Is question at present Of
great interest to the country when
the nation is endeavoring to put forth
every ounce of its man-power. Those
become non-essential citizens who
are, on account of i'll health, unable
to contribute their part toward the
preservation of the nation. The sue
cessful individual in every avenue of
life is, therefore, the individual who
has an abundance of physical
strength There is no great place in
the business world or in national
affairs for the one who is physically
unfit.
The Mind and the Body.
Those who have had much to do
with the training of young people
realize that usually the boy or girl
who is most alert in their play life
is also the quickest to make progress
and advancement in the studies of the
school room. No one can be success
full in any game without becoming
mentally quick, and the most success
full in the various games are those
who are mentally the quickest. So,
therefore, the play life contributes to
the development of the mind and it
is by the development of the mind
that progress is made in our civili-
cation.
mo one can enter into any game,
even the most simple, without having
some fixed purpose. There is not a
game that can be played upon this
ground but what will inculcate In
the minds of the individuals who par
ticipate in that game the necessity
for fixed purpose, the necessity for
accomplishing something definite, and
1, therefore, say that the play life
should be encouraged in early years
in order that the boys and the girls
who may use this ground will grow
into men and women who have a
fixed purpose in life, who have in
mind accomplishing something def
mite, and who will go through life
with a determination to win.
The Force in Americas Army.
"In the fourth place, the life of the
individual is very largely determined
by the ideals that person has. He
who never dreams never accom-
plishes anything great.
"In order for the race to make &C
complishments, there must be out
standing figures in the race who have
ideals little higher than the ideals
of those round about them.
"For instance, in the present war,
the cause of the allies did not stand
out with the nobility of ideals In the
early days Of the war like the ideals
When Cor
many forced the United States into
the war, she ennobled the cause of
the allies, she brought into the war
a race of idealists, great country
of men and women who are inspired
with the idea of democracy-thata all
governments exist only for the bene-
at of the people, and that they should
be of the people, by the people and
for the people, So, as soon as the
United States entered the lists on the
side of the allies, the cause OF the
allies was ennobled and the slogan
went forth that the world should be
made safe for democracy.
$50. in life it is ennobling ideals
that make for a better civilization,
better living and richer literature.
Clean Games Make Clean Men.
at is in the play life that ones
ideals may be cultiya ed and made
great or made ignoble. The boy or
girl who goes into the games re-
solved to play a clean game. an
honest game and fair game, will
never live to be a corrupt man or
woman. 1t is in our plays and games
in early youth that we receive in
structions and training in recognizing
the merit in the other fellow and
where we learn to despise crooked
ness.
IF you stand and watch game
of boys playing ball in some corner
lot, you will observe that In the
event one of them does some cheat
ing, that the whole crowd will con-
denim him in no uncertain terms. So
the participation in these games con-
tributes to the development of char
+,,o b.,i1dfnp Of larger and