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Mondays and Thursdays at 5:50 p.m.
February 22 - May 26.

YOUR SON AND HIS ATHLETICS

Riverda H. Jordan. Ph.D.
Professor of Educetion

I have a very reel belief in the Palue of
competitive athletics for boys. But at the very
start I must qualify this statement by specifying
sane athletics, having as their ultimate purpose
sound physical development 2nd the formationmof per-

manent health habits. In my experience of over forty

years I have seen such remarkable advantages in
properly conducted sports, and, on the other hend,
have seen so many unfortunate results growing out of
sports improperly conducted, that I must caution you
against allowing your sons to participate except
where you are satisfied that the conditions are good.
Otherwise you may bitterly regret that your son was
ever drawn into athletic participation.

~ het us enumerate some of the advantages of

sound athletics: First, through them your son should

develop a physical constitution whereby he will be
better fitted to meet the physical demands of later
life -- a sound body, an intensified vitality, and a
habit of exercise, all three of which will tend to
enable him to withstand the strenuous demands of in-
dustry and to throw off readily the onslaughts of
disease.

These outcomes, however, are not enough.
They must be coupled with a growth in self-possession
and self- -confidence, development. of courage end moral