The Glenwood post., 1922-03-09
Physical Education Urged As
Prime Essential in Life
Of Youth
INSPIRES RIGHT SPIRIT
(By 8. B. Potter, Jr.)

(By 8. B. Potter, Jr.)
The most significant factor in the
development of the child is the home
This institution is largely responsible
for the moral, physical, and mental
development of its various members.
In order to hame NAN, we must
build him, and not expect him to build
himself. The trouble in our town
seems to be, too many self made boys
who are controlled mostly by their
own ideas of life and its pleasures.
Many have developed into careless,
disastrous class which tends to under
mine the whole being.
Physical education holds the chief
interest of the majority of the boys Of
high school age. Then whore their
chief interest lies, is whore we must
remedy this defective condition. Then
we must boost for high school athlet.
jcs.
against high school athletics is that
fhey take too much of the athlete q
time and thus interfere with his clasD-
room work. The best judge of whether
this position is well taken or not is
the man who some fifteen or twenty
years ago competed on some athletic
team. After this much time has passed
he has had many opportunities to
Judge whether or not those hours spent
on the gridiron and on the basketball
court have been beneficial or disas-
trous. As yet / have never found a
man who has been successful in high
school or college athletics who would
give up that experience for better
marks, assuming that he would have
used the time which was given to ath-
letic training for more intensive work
on his academic studies. Regardless
of cost it seems to me that Glenwood
Springs should indorse all forms of ath-
letic training and especially football.
The demand for football has become
so great in recent years that no insti-
tuition Of learning of any consequence
is without its team. Although the
length Of play is only sixty minutes,
every one of those minutes has a par.
ticular thrill The incidents Of that
hour are often 80 remarkable that they
are talked Of for years.
One of the most important thingu
that football does il to develop in tha
player the true spirit of contest; the
possession of which determines whether
that boy will fail or succeed in life Z
work; the spirit which ensbles him "a
take his part to stand out against
heavy odds and even in the face Of
repeated rsverses to come back again
and sgain undaunted.
Football is characterised not only
by the spirit Of fair play, but to an
outstanding degree by the spirit Of
loyalty, the most important thing,
however, being the physical develop
ment Of those participating. The man
who would play football or compete
in any form Of athletics is on his hon.
or to Observe strict training rules The
mere fact Of leading this sort Of life
is benefit 30 obvious that It needs
no explanation.
Tho development Of muscles and ~.
sue, muscle coordination and mental
alertness 10 tho quickest aad tho best
that can be preearsd
Athletics and especially football ID
Indispensable. Every teoaA minded
person todsy accepts tAs fast that the
building Of eleaa, healthy, sound
bsdy Il ~ mueh tho hssisess Of in.
struction ~ sciences and the elassiss.
We must Interest The bsys Of sar
counsnity In athletics IN esdse "a
make them real men Of vsesasils A.
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