Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-01-30
Physical Education by Mr.. BOyles
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the individual might have lived long
err loved his friends and have been
Of more use to his community
Thus we see that this temple which
Cod has SO wonderfully and myster
iously made is subjected to contin-
nal mistreatment. Yet we are told
nv Paul "IF ANY MAN DEFILE
THE TEMPLE OF GOD, HIM
SHALL | DESTROY. You say it is
sin. Certainly SO, but how uncon-
cerned we are to see boys Is years
of. age smoking cigarettes on the
streets of Belington and around her
loafng places Is it not time for all
officers and loyal citizens to correct
this thing? / am told that men over
twenty-one years of age buy and give
bows of fifteen cigarettes and tobacco
to weaken their bodies and health.
/ Is not this defiling Gods temples the
same as using intoxicants and being
Incorporate in eating. You say,
your boy dosen't smoke nor chew to-
bacco. Maybe ne dosen't. l fear
some fathers and mothers are sadly
! mistaken. The conditions are such
that it is almost miracle if boy
| is spared from knowing the uses of
! tobacco.
| / have mentioned these seemingly
| irrelevant cases with the fixed pur-
posed of appealing to the citizens of
Belington to be generous in your
spending of money for education and
social uplift 1t will be like bread
cast upon the waters. Are you will
ling to talk and contribute financially
to the building l have proposed?
Often times men without children
of school age are not interested in
education But | claim if man is a
4 taxpayer, he should be interested
from that standpoint if not from any
other motive. Just so often as crime
is committed through ignorance he as
4 taxpayer pays his part. Whereas,
if he had given the same amount to
a school tax it would have saved the
individual from his crime. It is OBJ
vious which would be the better for
society. In short the divine injunc-
ton which tells us that every man
is his brothers keeper, may be ap-
piled here.
This idea Of physical improvement
was sounded by the Greeks before
the Christian Area, by the Romans
after our area. During the Middle
| Ages Sir Francis Bacon, the great
English scientist-and philosopher
admonished the people "To keep
1 sound minds in sound bodies" There
are many who now possess both these
but we were only awakened to our
real conditions BY seeing the great
number rejected from the colors in
the World War.
4 We are told that the dreaded disease
a tuberculosis has killed more people in
the United States than war and
whiskey combined There is no war
at present and whiskey will soon be
gone but tuberculosis will continue
4 with US until society makes war on
it and reduces it to minimum.
There has been comparatively little
! Roadway made against it. We are
told it is house disease due to i'm
proper ventilation and not enough
outside air. The laws of our state
are silent on the subject of tuber-
cular person marrying. 1t may be a
case where one consumptive is marry
ing another or it may not. In any
case he preacher is justified in
uniting the couple As rule the off
spring is tuburcular and often great
err where individuals of this type are
united than it is in the case of those
who have sound minds in sound
bodies. The result of such a union
i more times makes it imperative fol-
the church in the name of charity to
help these poor starving unfortun-
ates. 7 claim society is responsible
for many of it's weaknesses and that
what | have mentioned about con-
sumptives is a case at point. 1t is
the business of society to correct
such evils.
am led to believe that there is a
class of people who think their part
of Gods work is outside of their
home town. On the contrary, how
ever, / am of the opinion that two
thirds of the work that God expects
, us to do is here in Belington. VIZ
have plenty of problems. Many in
dividuals among us are in need Of
help, religious, social and PHYSICAL,
, and material.
. In conclusion / would say that We
, can do Gods wark by assisting il