San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-26
Mass Athletics and Games
in Which at Least 80 Per
Cent Of Students Can
Participate Are Being
Put Ahead Of Team COM
petition in New lnstitu-
lions.

SHORTS and physical exercise for
every student instead of representative
teams with but few students on
them is the chief end sought by DicP
Brewer. physical director OF the JUNIOR
high schools, in establishing new
method of athletic competition
these schools.
This method is based on the par
ticipation of at least so per cent o'
the number in class on the teams
which represent that class. The iue'
is 10 give all Of the students chance
10 play on the athletic teams. In
the old system only the best IN one
group competed with the best III an
other. Teams organized under the
new method will include the mediocre
and even the worst players on the
theory that they need this sort oi
training more than the others. In
this way each student derives beneif
from athletic competition.
Mr.. Brewer considers one OF the
evils Of representative team competf
ton the fact that most OF the stluehis
remain on the side-lines during the
game and derive a benefit only from
the satisfaction of seeing such con
test. Aside from the fact that repre-.
sentative match games create school
spirit. Mr.. Brewer thinks that the
new method is better for the schoo'
as n whole.
The fact that he considers his
method superior to the other, does nor
necessarily mean that the old way
will be abandoned altogether. according
TO Mr.. Brewer. There will be com
petition within the classes between
the classes. and also between Inc
schools. One rule which will be
strictly observed. however. will be tbe
use of so per cent of the boy or giH
students from the groups that these
teams represent.
Inter-School competition will begin
about TIE middle of October, accord
ing TO Mr.. Brewer. Leagues Will be
organized in all of the seasonal sports
for junior high school championship
These sports will include basket ball,
vollcy ball. Rugby and possibly soccer
football. So little is known about
soccer football here that it may not
be considered advisable TO introduce
the sport ON large scale this year.
For the time being. athletics are
being conducted on n class basis. One
hour is devoted each day 10 march
ing. drills, and calisthenic exercises.
These are given for hygcnic and cor
receive purposes according TO the needs
of the pupil. The exercises also in
clude supervised and organized play.
VOlleyball Starts Early.
This is being done pending the ar
rival Of athletic equipment needed for
the physical program. The work bf
organizing the students is continuing
with the idea of finding their individ-
ual needs. Ono of the sports which
will get an early start is girls volley-
ball. Closely following this will be
football in the middle of October, bask-
ctball December /, and other sports
later.
At each of the junior high schools
is woman supervisor of athletics for
the girls and man for the boys,
these working under the supervision
! of Physical Director Brewer.
These directors are Mr.. Riley and
Miss Gerling al the Nathaniel Haw-
thornc school; Mr.. Miller and Miss
De Carlo at the Ralph Waldo Finer
\ son school; Miss Paul and Mr.. Irvine
al the. Joel Chandler Harris school ;
Miss Cole ard Mr. Yates at the Thorn.
rs Nelson Page school; Mr.. Digger
and Miss Pagel at the Edgar Allen
Poe school: Mr.. Hamilton and Miss
Haus at the Mark Twain school: MIR
Thomas and Miss Lucy Morgan at the
Sydney Lanier school; and Mr.. Reed
and Miss Goodman at the Washing.
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