Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-04

without grumbling.
1 am delighted to have you play
football. 1 Dclleve la ~,-,
manly sports. But ! do not be-
lieve in them If they degenerate
into the sole end of any ones
sacrifice standing well in your
studies to n over-sthleticism;
and ! need not tell you that char
acter counts for q great deal more
than either intellect or body in
winning success in life. Athletic
proficiency is a mighty good SER
want. and like so many other good
servants, a mighty bad master.
Did you ever e Pliny's letter to
Traian, in which he speaks Of its
being advisable to keep the Greeks
absorbed in athletics, because it
distracted their minds from all
serious pursuits, including soldier
ing. and prevented their ever be-
ing dangerous to the Romans? 1
have not a doubt that the British
officers in the Boer War had their
they had sacrificed their legiti-
mate duties to an inordinate and
ridiculous love of sports. A man
must develop his physical PROV
ress up to a certain point; but
after he has reached that point
there are other things hat count
more. In my regiment nine-tenths Of
the men were better horsemen than
! was and probably two-thirds of
them better shots than l was, while
on the average they were certainly
harder and more enduring. Yet after
| had had them a very short while
they all knew, and / knew too, that
nobody else could command them as
l could. I am glad you should play
football; l am glad that~you should
box; / am glad hat you should ride
and shoot and walk and row as well
as % dc. l should be very sorry
IL you did not do these tn ngs. But
don't eve get into the frame of mind
which regards these things is con
shutting the end to which all your
energies must be devoted, or even
the major portion Of your energies.
Yes, L am going to speak at Gro
ton on prize day I felt that while
I was President, and while you and
Kermit were at Groton [ wanted TO
come up there and see you and the
Rector shed me to speak, and so
/ am very glad to accept.
BY the way, l am working hard
to get Renown accustomed to auto
mobiles. He as such q handful now
when he meets them that l serious
ly mind "eucountering them when
~ len nuns VI tAlSV L Nv lltA
are IL l am alone, or with another
man, but / am uneasy all the time
when l am IL with Mother. Yester-
day ] tried Bleistein over the hurdles
at Chevy Chase. The first one vas
new, high and stiff, and tho old ras-
cal never rose six inches, going slap
through ii. ] took him at it again
a. - nvr" oil rsrht.
I am very busy now, facing the
usual endless worry and discourage
H.. 4a,. ,,yIng to keep steadily in
mind that | must not only be as res
olute as Abraham Lincoln in seeking
10 a"hieve decent ends. but as patient,
as accomplishing, and as even-tem-
perez N uoa4ng, not only with llnaVes
but with the well-meanlng foolish
people educated and u~neducated, who
by their unWisdom give the knaves
their chance.
Concerning Getting Smashed"
White House.
Oct. Ii, 1903.
DEAR TED:
I have received q letter from the
Rector, from Mr.. Woods, and
from Mr.. Billings. They all say thai
0 should play on the third squad,
and Mr. Woods say you are now sat
isield to do so. This was my first,
and as I am convinced, my real judg-
ment in the case. If you get smashed
up now in a serious way it may pre-
vent your playing later. IS 1 think
/ wrote you. I do not In the least