Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-03-28
EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF PLAY.

EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF PLAY
The season approaching when the public schools OF not only
this county but entire State will be making preparations
for the annual athletic meets. ,
There rivalry between the towns and villages OF eac
county, and the attended by thousands Of
friends and relatives of the competing youngsters ndeed tne
Meet the event of the and apparently
general holiday declared The day given over to regular
pcncng attraction that OF the Agricultural
Fair.
gatherings ousspken in their opposition to not only
athletics the public but other student
Dramatcs Economics Manual Training School Jounans
Movies possibly other exraucular SUBJECTS have oeen
fad and occupying time which could be more 40
vantageousy spent i'm acquiring knowledge OF the
the three RS for nstancethe branches we used 10 STUDY
went to school,"
Possibly tho athletics for larger share OF adverse
criticism than that given other activities because sports
que room the public has opportunity to see
spent by students training and the tendency
to conclude all this time is wasted
To extent the sort of objection directed to-
ward school life II the editor OF the paper WIN
of his assistants directing MS way towau
the print shop where paper there
purpose of carrying correcting proof class IS
visiting poultry house. oredr to get practical ko"eoge
in selection feeding what not the done with regard
to live STOCK butchered meat if committee is out sohcng
for the of the annual play party
of boy girl off hike it, indeed any sort oil socaeo
side issue takes student the walls OF school building
that once the mind of useless and as IN
tereng with of those studies which are sppos
ed preemnenty important in the education OF the child
believe much efficiency of the Three RS does any
ese and also believe that is possible to over emphasize
the importance what many believe to be nonessent1als
also of the opinion that large percentage OF OBJ
iections to socaed as fail educational values
thing the and girl outside of books Study the
majority means concentration printed and knowledge
means information gained from the leaves of nicely bound
volume.
shall attempt to discuss all the extra-curricuar
subjects began by referring the which invites out
door games conne what have to some
cational life
We suppose everybody admits that natural to
people, because everybody played when young And everybody
played at elsewhere The absolute necessity OF
play recognized by all schools whether public college, or uni
versy it would not be allowed Play part Of young
life and INDUCED by all things whether human or
ANIMAL and the poets the leaves dancing
the bIeezes.
And safe to say those who now look upon
days will admit that they went to the limit of their
sport and if they did not play much the later
generations is because sports have developed along with other
endeavor the past and the present show the
5rasts in play they do in many forms of labor.
Frequently the obectos claim that their play did
not Interfere with study nmatng that play and education
separate distinct and that absorbing such
lengths of time prevent the due acquisition of knowledge
This claim generally made by those who judge merely by
comparison the they used spend play and that by
modern student idea of educational value entering
into their consideration
impossible the space short editorial to
go deeply the importance of in school but
have estancy saying outright that the best educators de-
fend play from educational viewpoint.
large cities play grounds have been built for the boys and
girls and they have proven to be effective adnc to successful
needed community In connection with Schools play social
the children athletic festivals they may said by Hart
their accomplishments with other schemes and find
just where they strong weak.
King, "Educaton Social Efficiency" claims
that the playground effective agency
REORGANIZATION than the school itself Foreign children says
will the American point the English tongue
quickly through playing with native children than through any
the formal instruction of the school,"
All writer's the subject endorse proper supervision of play
necessary and furnishing the child itself with just
desires.
We realize that this matter of the relation
touched this article All have hoped do