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Perhaps I should tell you that the most surprising thing that
occurred to me was when I learned that not one of these sixteen boys, including
their coach and team trainer, Dean Nesmith, use no tobacco a" or out of season, —
Just as Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the
king's meat, so doubtless did these boys in their teen age purpose in their
hearts that they would build a strong body, the body of a champion, if you
please. They then and there were willing to pay a price - a price that would
require them to say no a thousand times or more to temptation before they
could build their bodies and fit themselves for this future struggle that
they desired a part.

This is the great value that accrues to a boy from competitive
athletics if he has a competitive spirit and a will sufficient to overcome
his temptation. It would be interesting indeed to call each one of these
before us and to inquire from each one what the motivating ‘intense was in
their lives to cause them to reject the so-called good time of the average
boy who will not sacrifice for his future dream.

Every boy is a selfish meatier. He naturally must be to develop
himself. Every boy wants the biggest piece of pie. His flexors used in drawing
things unto himself are many times stronger than his extensors, the muscles
used in pushing away from the body. It gives a boy orenh pete to lose, and
it also gives him great joy to win. Therefore, the boy being a selfish
creature, in his great desire to win will say no to these temptations that
beset the drugstore cowboy, the mezzanine hurdler and the cooky-pusher, or
the woo=woo boys. This new terminology of the college campus is used because
back in ancient times when the warrior went away to do battle and was killed,

then a period of time set in in which the wooers came to woo the wife of the