The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-11
WOMAN'S PART IN
ATHLETIC SPORTS
Calculated to Make Her
Better Wife and Mother
1 of Family
EXTREMES ARE BAD
People Who Express Fear of
Harmful Results Talking
Through Their Hats

rre,sh medical authorities have
started an important sounding in
os.rv as TO whether track sports
and other strenuous athletics are
,-llrlrrlng women as women.
Same authorities have predicted the
.vug.tou OF the sex it tho sports
.uread Dr. George Chalmers. sec
teary OF the College of Preceptors
A7don heads a committee now
tIirg 20 compile data on the sub
t't so proof in support of his
theory has been printed so far. but
81 .u..I .Onnaire has been sent TO
ra British doctors, asking their op-
uuHs.
A representative American flatly
fu0tropfrts the whole theory. She
ta Dr. Anna l.. Brown, in charge Of
s.. w. e. a. athletics and the per-
son who, I'm this country. has more
90 do with women athletes than
any other single person.
Harm the girls?" saws Doctor
Brown I'M the New York sun. "Why,
athletics tit them FOR life make
thorn better fitted TO be mothers"
'Ghe supreme value of athletics
f1r woman" said Doctor Brown,
N|.|ININE as menu VI lit l. w u \.
physical education. "is that they fit
tHu seeks TO undertake, her physical
siren 9Th is ready. II she wants 10
4ko % walk Of 20 blocks her body
3 ready 10 take her there. II doesn't
clamp down on her heels and re-
fuse 20 drag her another step.
No Danger at All.
"Tho finest thing that comes from
systematic exercise is the absolute
control Of any part Of the body
under any given circumstance; in
other words a quick response that
signifies intelligent action when
called for. Athletics and physical
education fit girls for life. II does
not unfit them. Physical examina-
iI0ns for the candidate for athletic
training are not merely to discover
her weak points Their main pur-
r6so is 10 clnssify-~the Weaknesses
and tell the girl how to set out to
remedy them"
I'm reply 20 a question as to
whether athletics were harmful TO
future motherhood Doctor Brown
replied:
"The process Of child bearing Is
IN no way endangered by young
girls engaging in athletic sports and
competitions. Womrn's muscles, II
IS true, should not be developed to
the extent that the contractions are
too sharp TO. allow fleNihility. An
oyersirtined individual, the same as
an ovcrstrained horse. should he
avoided particularly in the case Of
girl or woman. Athletics how
ever, develop tonic or well func-
tonng muscles thoroughly related
in the nervous system, and muscu-
lar co-ordination becomes so we'll
established that there should be no
danger AT al".
In Doctor Browns opinion no clrl
or woman should he allowed 10 take
mp any form Of Eymnastic training,
or above all, competitive athletics
until she has successfully passed
mental as well as a physical exami-
nation. Temperament" the doc
Tor saws, has decided hearing on
how the girl will tackle the work.
Orerstr1in is more often caused by
temperament than by the actual
physical strain itself. The highly
eNcitable or irritable disposition has
no place In competitive work.
Must lave a Generous, Attitude.
Unless a girl has generous
attitude toward people and life, she
Is not going to get tho most out Of
them Reaching the goal is not the
supreme thing. II Is the actual
t'hanctcr sho shows IN competition
Ng'h others that counts"
In speaking Of the attack on
'womons pugilistic contests and
track meets which Jack Dempsey