PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR UEALTH

RADIO PROGRAM
May 26, 1938.

"Athletic and Play Terminology Dominate Our Evoryday Action and Thought".

Since early history man has been dominated by the influence of play
and games. Athletic figures of speech have been used by our leaders -
tray their meanings.

As a boy, Paul, the apostle, lived in Tarsus, a Greek university
town where he saw her strong young men strive for mastory. Having seen a
great Glenn Cunningham of the early Greek time running a marvelous race, he
was so impressed that he used a strong athletic figure of speech in his letter
to the Corinthians when he said, "Seeing woe are surrounded by a groat crowd
of witnesses, let us run with paticnce the race that is set before us, looking
unto Jesus, the author and the finishor of our faith".

In Amorica today Glenn Cunningham is the symbol of tho champion of
track. His rugged body, his sterling and resolute qualities of fair play and
leadorship have caught the fancy of tho sporting world.

A very interosting incident happoned in Topeka last year. While
attending the Kansas High School Basketball Tournament there, I was attracted
to an unusual sight. Swarming up tho broad concrote sidewalk wore a number
of Topeka youngsters going to the high school gymnasium. Suddenly as a flame,
a foot race struck upe With all tho spontaneity that goes with a group of
youngsters, the boys were madly dashing up the walk toward the gymnasium. As
is usually tho case, a champion was crownede One rugged youngstor, having
outdistanced his dozon or moro competitors, uttered « victorious cry: "You
can't catch me. I am Glenn Cunningham".

This is but one incidont of thousands, perhaps, that have dominated

the thoughts of our Amcrican boy, superinduced by Glenn Cunningham running the