Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-03-25

GOOD his neighbor? Fie upon you, fellow
voter, you Should rather encourage him init
AS teacher Of health and hygiene in your
school have endeavored to live up to the old max
i'm that "A sound body makes sound mind"
Ia other lords, have BE- giving of those
good old physical exercises which made strong apd
veil built Sc ldiers out Of Us in the army. The re-
suits of srh eNcrc with class of t..enty pupils
in little old II fl by t6 # room half filled with
seats is somewhat ludicrous. The silly perform
ance purporting to be physical training is little
better than a sorry waste of time. Suffice to say
that poorly equipped as are, wonderful i'm
provement has already been noticed in thosetwenty
pupils both mentally and physically.
Now what would be accomplished if with new
gymnasium, this same work could be carried on
with the three four hundred pupils of the whole
school? For the paltry taxation of 1924
cents on every thousand dollars, for resident tax
payers you could place your school system
basis with neighborng systems Further you could
see your sons and daughters grow into and
women with the God-given physical and mental
powers they meant to have. In the face of
these facts, you cannot Mr. Voter with all fairness
to yourself and with justice to your posterity vote
against this bond issue
Perhaps you did not have such advantages when
you were children. But please remember. that that
was years ago You We're more of pioneer, peo
pie possessing the rugged vitality of the pioneer.
Can boys and girls Of today be compared with
those of the days Of Daniel Boone? No. we are
losing our racial strength the vigor of the nation is
deteriorating If for other reason than that of
patriotism it to country to provide
some means of Strengthening the weakening race.
This means can be found only in physical educa-
ton.
If through fault common enough In your day
your physical education overlooked in the
titanic struggle for mental Developments do not now
/ pray you, oppose impede the proper instruction
of your children in the vital subjects of self.
1t has been poorly argued that with the proposed
building of the American Legion Memorial Hail.
all this question of physical training basket ball
and indoor sports could well be taken care Of not
only for the school but for the whole community
| as member of the American Legion, hope to ex-
press the feeling Of that entire body when say this
bond issue must not fail If could 60 farther and
give voice to the sentiments of those dead whose
unseIfshness would be commemorated in the
erection Of Memorial Hall, | know, in their utter
disregard for self that they would consider it far
greater Memorial to provide for the future citizens
of their community
Granting that Memorial Hall be built, | can
not see how that will be any Improvement to the
three hundred school children of Shoshone and to
the hundreds that are to follow How will it be pos
sible to hold regular gymnasium classes and sew
tirely separate from the school and which would
already be utilized to house the public library, read
ing rooms Red Cross roOms etc. Remember I am
not argueing against a Memorial Hail. but to use
il as our high school needs to use such a building
would be utterly inconsistent. Such, however,
would not be the case with the new high school
building Indeed it is the aim of the Board of Edu-
cation and the Superintendent, to throw open the
doors of the gymnasium and auditorium to the
townspeorle certain nights every week. thus
serving the added purpose of a community house.
These arguments, hope, will be received in the
same spirit in which they were given. know that
as progressive citizens, you will face the issue
fairly and squarey. You cannot be deaf to the ap-
peals -of these children. You cannet but wish to J
see their physical defects their ill-posed poorly
developed bodies corrected and made into some
thing strong and vrile and symmetrical Surely,
you feel the need of the closer ties between the
and the school, all made possible with
a new school building. And to those Of you who 4
have no children, who may not be interested let me
ask of you, are you not your brothers keeper to
hat extent that you can see the great good it would
Surely you have some spark of prog 4
'ess about you, some ambition to see your COM
nunty better one. have nothing to accomplish
n this. I am mere outsider. | make this plea R