Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-07-28
Athletic Badge Test
For Boys and Girls

ACllIcIIC Dduge lest
For Boys and Girls
Community Service of Waterville
will conduct an athletic badge test
for boys and girls at the College
playground and the King Street
playground. Later it is proposed to
give all the boys and girls of Water
Vile an opportunity TO compete for
a badge.
The athletic badge test is a form
of athletics in which every boy and
girl is given an opportunity to win
by bringing themselves up to a pre-
scribed physical standard 1t is not
! necessary for them to defeat other
hays and girls in order to succeed.
They simply measure their own
ability
In order that there may be an
opportunity for advanced attain
ments, three grades of standards
have been established, as follows:
BOYS
Class A Badge-Pull up (chin-
ming on bar), times; standing
broad Jump, it. in; 60 yard dash,
3 seconds.
Glass B Badge-Pull up (chn-
ming on ba). D times; standing
| broad jump, 6 it. in: 60-yard dash.
indoor. S seconds. Corr 10O-yard
dash. outdoor. IA seconds.
: Class c Badge-Pull up (chin-
ming on bar). times: running high
jump, 4 it. in.: 22O-yard run, IS
| seconds.
GIRLS
First Test-Potato race. 40 sec
| onds: basketball goal throwing, =
goals, q trials; balancing. II it. :.
| trials.
! Second Test-Potato race. 50 sec
onds: basketball goal throwing, >
trials; balancing (bean-bag or book
on head), II it.. trials
Third Test-Running and catch
ing, 20 seconds; throwing for dis
tance, basketball. A. feet, or volley-
/ ball. Al feet; volley- ball serving, :;
! in ) trials.
These standards have been tested
in the public grounds and play
grounds of several cities and it has
been found that boys and girls of
l. Years of age should be able to
qualify for the badge under the first
test. elementary school boys and
girls of 13 years and over for the
second test, and high school boys
and girls for the third test How
ever, the tests are not limited to
these age groups. Any boy or girl
! may enter any test at any time.
RULES FOR TESTS
IT is necessary to qualify at one
time in all three events in any one
test in order to win a badge
There shall be one trial in chin
| ming. one in the dashes. and three in
the jumps. Unless otherwise stated
in these rules, there shall be but one
trial in each event
Even though a boy or girls has
not received first test badge. thev
may qualify for a badge of higher
order
If boy or girl fails in the tests
one day, they should be permitted
to practice until they can pass the
tests.
THE BADGE TEST-WHAT 1T
DOES
Every boy and girl to be physi-
cally efficient
Specialized athletics have devel-
oped remarkable American athletes,
but they have done most for those
who needed athletic training least.
Every boy and girl ought to try
to reach a certain minimum physical
standard. Such standards have been
formulated by a committee OF ex-
perts and are here presented.
Every boy and girl passing the
tests is authorized to wear a badge
which stands for physical efficiency
Every boy and girl wearing a
badge as he or she meets another
boy or girl-even though their
homes be on the opposite sides of
the continent-when they see the
knows that they have had the same
tests, and feelS certain Comrade-
ship.
In these days the boys and girls
who make themselves physically
efficient are preparing themselves
for efficient citizenship later.
1t is hoped that once each year
in each city there can be a meeting
OF the boys and girls who have quail
ified in previous years to welcome
those who have just qualified. 1t
would not be uniting in our Amer
lean cities as in the cities of ancient
Greece for the leaders in the city's
life to make such a time a notable
annual event.
In some cities the physical stand
ard Of the boys and girls has been