The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-08-13
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
AND ATHLETICS IN
LOCAL SCHOOLS
NEW GYMNASIUM WILL BE \
MIGHTY FACTOR IN PHYSICAL
TRAINING OF LEANENWORTH
BOYS AND GIRLS.

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BOYS AND GIRLS.
The following touching most I'M
portant phase of our present day
education, comes from Mr.. A. r SUIT
ton, the local school superintendent.
The possibilities in the way of rec
reation and physical training in the
local schools for the coming term
have already become apparent Al
most everyone has seen the splendid
floor in the new gymnasium. Such
| apparatus as horses, bars, Indian
clubs, dumb bells, volley ball and in
door baseball outfits, mats, and bas-
ket ball backstops vii be provided.
In fact, such things of this nature as
are usually purchased by Boards of
Directors have been already ordered.
The lockers are on hand and will
| be set up in ample time Cesspool.
toilets, and showers will very soon be
ready for use. A 100-yard cinder
sprint track has been laid out on the
school grounds just to the rear of the
| grade and high school buildings Fa-
| cilities for taking exact weights and
measurements of pupils, and for keep
| ing record of the same will be ut
hand.
Several instructors, both men and
women, have been selected who. in ad-
dition to their regular work as teach
ers are especially competent to CON
| duct classes in physical education as
recommended by our State Board of
Education and the United States
Bureau of Education, and to coach
| football basket ball, track. and base
| ball. The state law requires certain
work in physical training of every
| boy and girl in grade and high school.
| and no doubt a number of students
will take advantage of the opportun-
athletics.
We. in this country, have awaken
ed to the fact that for some time past
our physical training has been rather
one-sided We have taken the strong-
est, most astute, and best physically
| developed young people in our
| schools and have given them practic-
! ally all the exercise and training. Il
is difficult thing for any one to say
aught against our highly specialized
| American athletics. because many
| men in high positions of trust have
| been stars in some line of sport. and
many young men have been held in
| school until they secured good edu-
cation merely by the lure of physi-
| functioning of the mind, happiness,
| the acquisition of a thorough educa-
| ton, and the courage to achieve sue
| cess in the world are conditional un-
on a sound and healthy body. THere-
| fore in a democratic system of educa-
| cation, the weaker as well as the
| stronger, the younger as we'll a tho
| older are entitled to the rights and
benefits of a good physical develop
ment. The aim is not to restrain tho
strong, but to make the rest strong
| also.
Scientific investigation has definite
| " disclosed the fact that those who
outstrip their competitors in their
daily lessons almost invariably con
tinue to do so later in life. To win
scholastic honors in an accredited
! college or university is almost q
guarantee of success. "Knowledpc i-
power and the man who knows is tho
man who leads" This being the casc.
athletics for the strong. and physical
| education for the rest, arc to be re-
garded as accessory to the acquisition
of an education.
The Leavenworth Schools. then.
offer to primary tot and h'ph school
senior alike--to the scrub as we'll as
TO the star the advanfa~r- Vt ap-
| proved equipment and supervision.
And while they offer almost every
thing that could be desired by tho
Young people of our community 10
make flowerv the pathway Of knowl
edge, they stand first of all for good
scholarship. II is hoped that the
coming term will see a large number
Of young men and women Of the val
ley enroll in our high school Is
bona fide students 10 participatc in
our labors and privileges. to uphold
the high standard of the institution.
and to better fit themselves for the
time when their school days shall he
over.