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the athlete is in training, continuc to fimction when the athicte

is not in training. It is conceivable, however, that if the
trainers of athletes were more skilful educators and had familiar-
ized themselves with the conditions under which transfer takes placc.
and presented their materials in such fashion 4s to assure a maximum
of transfer wherever such transfer is possible, that larger returns
in this field would be achieved than have been achieved in the paste

Dean Schwegler, I have a very interesting observation to present,
and I would like for you to answer it for me in your own waye The
young hero=worshiper, the boy of 12 to 15, learns quickly that he
must observe certain routines of activity so that he may be a
champione Through the many years of competition certain well-
formed guides of behavior are necessary, The boy has learned that
he must not use nicotine or alcohol. He must get regular hours of
sleep and he must cat the proper food for hin to function as a unit
in his team machine to win championshipse I believe it is gener-
ally agreed that the great valuo of athletics comes from harnessing
this youmg human broneho and leading him in to activities during
his plastic years that will develop in him a stronger and cleaner
body than if he did not have this mental pull to be a champion,

Do you disregard this constructive samething sa s worthwhile
ingredient? To moc there is nothing in educational activity that
impels a boy to subject himself to discipline like this appeal.
What do you say, Dean Schwoglcr?

You confuse the drive, the hmger for pres=enainence with the
specific training and learnings that are constantly enployed to
achieve the goal. The drive for pre=ertinence constitutes a nornal
manifestation of masculinity. The more typically masculine the
individual, the more forcefully will the drive manifest itself.
The specific habits and skills by means of which that drive is
satisfied will continuc to function only as long as that drive ree
mains as one of the dominant ecloments in consciousness, When
personal superiority has been achieved, or at least whon an cqui-
librium has been achieved between the organism and the pressure of
life outside, the hunger for supremacy may subside and the daily
program of skills and inhibitions that wore necessary for its
achievement may sink into the background and be more or less come
pletely lost, The personal’ exeellence, the vigor, the mental
stamina, the social outlook, the ability to establish and maintain
hugan contacts which have been incidentally gained in connection
with the striving for mastery and leadership -- these things will
remain permanently if they prove to be an answer to the inate
hungers of the organisme The specific activitics by means of which +
they were achieved, however, may be forgotten, and may never be
practiced in the years that follows Tho financial success of those
who minister to our physical wekknesses abundantly demonstrates
the truth of what I have saide