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individual prowess in the interest of the entire
group, and so give opportunity for inculcating lessons
of self-control with self-reliance and fair play.

Some of these games require skills that continue
through life. The boy who plays ice hockey will
continue to skate as long as he lives. The boy

who makes a swimming ream will always enjoy swimming.
The boy who plays baseball may olay baseball at least
in a modified form for many years. These sports
therefore rank high in the list.

Other group games which are strongly to be
recommended are soccer, lacrosse, and football. These
are not likely to be played in later years, but the
boy who becomes interested in them will find suitable
substitutes on leaving school or college. His later
exercises will probably be centered around golf, or
tennis. Boxing, wrestling, fencing, tennis, and
golf all have their place because of their individual.
values, but do not give the opportunity for group
participation.

Some parents fear to have their sons take
part in the rougher sports such as football, lecrosse,
and soccer, on account of fear of injury and vossible
death. It is just this factor of hazard that makes
them valuable sports. Under competent coaches (you
see the coach always comes into the picture) the
danger of actual serious injury will be much lessened.
But the fact that there is a hazard means that a boy
is developing those valuable qualities of courage and
even heroism which can be attained so readily in no
other way. I have seen so many timid boys become
courageous and self-reliant from participation in foot-
ball that I rate it probably first in the group, but,
of course, only for boys who have the physical quali-
ties to enable them to stand the strenuous requirements.
You may wonder that I do not include basketball
in these games. This sport does not qualify under any
of my categories. It is probably the most strenuous
of all sports and therefore should be played only by
boys of rather unusual physical equipment. It is or-
dinarily played indoors, at night, under extremely
artificial conditions, usually where the air is foul
and frequently clogged with dust. It involves only a
small number of participants and unfortunately the
desire to win is usually carried to such an extent that
there are frequently charges of foul play, and, worse
than all, it is very difficult to get suiteble referees