The Glenwood post., 1924-06-19
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Current Events for the oAildrs
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MAKING A s11oNa BODY
TO HOLD A STRONG MIND
It had besn hard week for Jack.
Being forced to stay in bed is not An
appealing thought to any boy and whsa
II becomes reality as it had with
jack, it. was the worst sort Of punish
mont. jack had been suffering with .
bad cold, cold that for while threat
ened to go into pneumonia.
But now he WAS getting better And
Ruth and Uncle Ted and Mother could
again breathe easy and commence to
enjoy life once moro. 4
"Geel' said jack, stAnybody would
think you were the ones who were
sick to look 1t your long faces. WY
don't you amile little bit. I'm the
one that ought to feel and look bad. +"
"Guess Jacks right said Uncle
Ted. "we have been going around
with mighty long faces. But 1t looked
70 bad for awhile. Thought We might
lose our pal for good"
"Iu tell you how you can make up
for it," said Jack, raising up in the
bed ON one arm.
"How's that to be donei" asked
Uncle Ted.
"By telling me a story" was jacks
reply.
81 have story I would like to tell
you, Jack. 1t is interesting and at
the same time should give you some
thing to think about.
"You may recall, that sometime ago
President Coolidge called a conference
at Washington on outdoor recreation.
This meeting was for NO other pur-
pose than to find way in which to
interest more people in taking outdoor
exercise and amusement. At first
thought this may seem like funny
thing for president to call meeting
about. You might almost think that
it was entirely unnecessary.
"But let me tell you: You cannot
develop your mind past the point of
development of your body. In other
words, there must be sound body
before you can have a sound mind.
This should be of great interest to you,
Jack, for of late you have been hang
ing around the house, not playing ball
or going on your Saturday walks. And
see what has happened. Your system
became weakened and when the cold
germs got into you they succeeded in
making you sick. If you had been
strong of body, those germs would
probably never have been able to make
YOU sick, let alone send you to bed.
"Our greatest men have found that
q certain amount of recreation out OF
doors is absolutely as necessary to
their success and well. being as any
thing else. Certainly it is easier to
keep fit than it is to get sick.
"The modern day life is big
change from the life of yesterday.
Today many people work indoors in
crowded offices, stores or FACTORIES.
They go back and forth from home to
work in trains, street cars, subways,
closed automobiles, etc. They leave
home early and return, home late, and
then at night it is trip to closed
theatre or dance or party at some
ones house. Now all of those things
are all right if they are not overdone.
In other words, there are times Tor
everything, but the modern person,
the worker of today, must get certain
amount of rest and exercise in the
open. When President Coolidge open
ed the National Conference on Out
door Recreation in Washington, he
said:
sThis conference has been
called to encourage Americans to
make n,ore of theiJ opportunities
and appropriate more of the ad-
vantages of America. For long
time one Of the ideals of perfec-
tion has been that of q sound
mind in sound body. When most
of our original educational institu-
tions were founded they at first
served race of pioneers. They
were attended by those whose
very existence depended on an ac-
tive outdoor life in the open coun-