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Our parents were children of pioneers. They had been
taught that any sort of recreation in the form of play was wrong. They
were so busy hewing homes out of the wilderness of the frontier that
there was no time for play. And any boy who did play was not to be
considered as an energetic and purposeful young man.

But today "The stone that the builders rejected, the same
has become the head of the corner." We find splendid competitive
teams emong our boys of high school and college rank. Today the heart
of America is clean athletically speaking because that clean heart

resides in the breast of the 12 year old American boy. He is a fighter
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~~ and a hero worshiper. His heroes are legion. They reside on the college

campuses, the football and baseball fields, the track and the basketball courts.

Every great high school and college athletic star has
hundreds of worshipers in the forms of little 6 year old American boys.
if these athletic heroes train, they set a splendid example to this

oncoming generation. -
This young athlete is a selfish creature. The boy is
naturally selfish. He always wants the biggest piece of pie. Through