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Friday, December 1, EDUCATIONAL TWELVE p f - -;x J [: ^ IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL "?>j< & EDUCATION > i <? ^ j< &<$><$<?> *$> & <& <?> '? <$<$>'& <?> 11 In 1790 only 3 per cent of the pop-: < ulation of America lived in cities; in ;' 1920 53 per cent lived in cities, andji the decade 1910-1920 showed an In- j < crease of 5 per cent in city p pul.\- j tion. For a hundred years " - merica , '< was constantly renewing her vitality -t through contact of her people with; 1 nature in the forests arid open coun-jt try; but the physical activities and t opportunities of * *he open country i are on longer possible for the major-p ity of our people." We are compelled is to develop a system?a very broad. s program?of physical education that;I will compensate for these losses of j i the educative and recreative op per-: < tunities of outdoor life. p IJ The Great war burned into the 3 minds of the people th,? fact that if a.1 nation is to survive it mus: first of all,' survive physi^lly. Its young people i must be trained for healrh and nor-,x mal physical .development To reject A mor& than- one-tliifd of the young 1 nen examined in t.h-i =i^\ft was rcc-,* ognized as a needless waste, not only < from the standpoint t-f- nat.onal tie- s fense but- s!se from the sT.nrip^int * of industrijfttrand ^cfcmmercial >efficien-11 cy u 1 individual opp:-tunny for the s pursuit of happiness. We note with J shame?or is it without shame? that Sweden finds unfit for military; 1 duty only 14 per cent of its young,{ manhood. Military training was.( pushed forward in some of our high i schools and colleges, but military a a-1 thorities joined with educators and j health experts-in ^ pointing out that the fundamenta!. artd vital necessity ( lies in a program "of physical eduea- ? tion, including health training for all c children beginning in thi? primary ( grades of the schools; .md ba^-k of 4 Ml | that a program of child c.ire in the i i pre-jschool age which w?li prevent th? < development of most of the defects < and, disabilities that we are .low lab- ( cririg to overcome in school children, i ?- .. ^ ? J... T&e ioiur^ng ^a$e{nei.*v..t:y < ers^ef public .^tJoSgSt. ere significant < in skowing the tr?^d; of th >, public : mind. No paMie niovemeirt can be y regarded as more fundamental for < without the sound physical basis r.o t civilisation can sndater j Tlie Republican' platform, 1920: < "A thorough system of physical edu- ( cation "for all children up to the age 1 of 19, including adequate health su- i pervision and instruction, would rem- ; edv conditions reversed by the draft and "would add^to.^the economic and * indiistr.'ul strerfcti erf the nation. Na- ' tional leadership and stimulation < will be necessarj0o induce the states j to adopt a wise 'system of physical < training." '? j.? President Harding: "Our draft of i young men in war time disclosed that ] ibetween 25 and SO per cent of the (\ so-called flower of our manhood were (] physically incapacitated , for service. (J Recent examinations of children in < the schools of some of our cities have i shown that nearly 50 per cent have,] minor or major physical deficiencies, i I believe, therefore, that a necessary (i task is before us?we must remedy^ that condition." ;i Dr. Charles W. Eliot, President '< Emeritus of Harvard University: < "The first step in the improvement of |1 the American schools is the introduc- tion of universal '^physical training ' lor Dota Doys ana girls irom b to 18 J years of age." . __ 1 Mr. Herbert Hooter": ^No one tail'! deny that the physical development 1 of rchild life is of equal importance i with education. sWe, everyone of us, < pay the price in our jails, in our pDor ' houses, in our hospitals, in the'loss 1 t of our economic efficiency, the fertile ' ground that we furnish for all the social patent medicines, for our failure to have grasped the entire problem of child development not only % intellectual but physical as well." Gen. John J. Pershing: "As to the very large percentage of physically defectives, th^r states themselves and the nation as well should take positive action, if we-. - woirtd build up a physically strong race of men and women, capable of becoming str6ng intellectually." " r" ^ Effective training in physical activities is valuable not only in promoting normal pnysicai development ana robust health but also in planting habits of physical activity, enthusiasm for games, etc.-, which will enable the individual to combat effectively those influences of modern civiiization < which tend to restrict physical activ-; ity. The perfection of mechanical devices, the many uses of electricity, etc., all conspire to make of us a nation of button pushers and lever pullers. The work which was formerly done by the vigorous use of "shank's mare" accompanied by a copious poison-eliminating sV.'eat is now accomplished by stepping on the accelerator. Instead of eating the natural, wholesome foods grown on the farm, many of our modern foods are "prepared." The craftsman and shop! I??? wm worker instead of being called upoi for a vigorous exercise of a wide va riety of muscles must delicately adap a small group of muscles to the par ticular operation of a piece of ma :hinery. In such an organization ol business and industrial activity, v'g Drous out-of-door sporis and game? ^econu an importani compensating 'actor, furnishing no: only exerci.-e but also relaxation. What is physical education? It i: ipparent from what has gone before :hat physical education is not to be thought of as a bag of gymnastic ricks. It must be thought of from .he point of view of the racially old :orms of big muscle activities vhich are natural to any play >pace, to the athletic field, to the swimming pool or the old swimmin' lole, to the dancing floor, to the gymlasium with its stunt-stimulating equipment, to the open country? vhere, indeed, there is space for any Teedom of action. It involves ?iot 02.v piay ?.r:d gymnastics but also many rorms of work that are wholesome ?^ T\Vio inVlPTPTlf U1U UCVtiVMi"^ 1 bUi. A t*w V... r.-tlue of these activities for the development of the fundamental'organc, perrous, Emotional, and intellec;ual powers and the moral and hygienic responsibility for the leadership of them make physical education he foundation upon which all the est of education must be built as a -uperstructure. It becomes a fourold program: (1) Of big muscle acuities ;* (2) of character training; (3) of teaching efficient living (health); (4) of control of growth ;ond!tions and handicaps.. Playgrounds "Playgrounds in every conimunfcy!" Ralph Waldo Emerson used to be luoted on a great many subjects? tnd with as much respect :s we now luote C'haiiie Chaplin or "Miss America." In one of his essays he says: 'You send your child to the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys who iducate him." And where do the schoolboys educate him?educate >ac*h other? In the schoolroom? By to means! On the playground?if )ur greed permits our civic conscience to provide playgrounds ;othei vise on the streets, in the alleys, and .vherever two or three?may be gath;red together. The kind of educa;:on they give one another depends largely upon, the character of the gathering places. In playgrounds unler wise adult leadership the boy-by>oy education will be constructive in nanv wavs: on the street and in the illcy it may be anything. ( But it is not enough that there be 'playgrounds in every community." Fhey must be part of the school equipment "Isolated playgrounds for S(4iool children are a misfit. The [children are required by law to be at school a large part ofithe year; the} are required by law in many states to have physical training activities; and they play before school, at noon, a1 recess, and frequently after school. For these activities, playgrounds equipment, and leadership must be supplies. The school must represent society's organized opportunities for the children to get educatior through essential activities which car not be organized by the home." A school without a playground may be an intellectual sweat shop or may be an intellectual delicatessen shop; it can not be a real educational workshop. Jack Belden, out of his boj wisdom, explains the matter thus in a letter to his cousin Jim: "We. got an athaletic club in oui s3hbol/ We fellows' on the baseball team neipea iviiss Jtsen stare it. sne srave us a privut talk after schoo! one day and she said something; like il was easy for fellows who can liel: other fellows and get on teams tc have fun and everything,' but it was sort of rough on the guys who can't and then there are the girls. Well we had a big meeting and some of the wimmin came, and we started a clul for the girls and fellows in the school. Every one has got to leansome sport, and the ones good at the sport have to teach the ones whe want to learn it. Some skeme, Jim Then Miss Bell said we would takt hikes every week. She said she was going to divide the school into bis bears, little bears, and middle-sizei bears, so as she could dope out the right-sized hike. This was grate stufl to hear, because we fellows on the baseball team would do what Mis: Bell said, bai we'd have to sit or stones waiting for the rest to catcl up all the tim^ if we went out with i |:unch of first-grade kids. And wher we got home we wouldn't a had a hikv at all, but a little walk. But of c-orsc the first-grade kids would think i' was a hike. "The baseball team is going t< play h game with the Centerville nin< and charge admission to get som< money for the club. And next yea ntJiybe there will be grate doings. lik< a little house in the woods to hike i< and stay all night for the big bears and swings and shoots for the littl< bears in the school yard. "Then Maud Perry piped up anc a ^ I ? <* -?> 'V ^ I . I t JOLLY STREET < - * ; * v * p In the year of 1882. in a litilej< c~bin, the first school in Jolly Stre community was conducted by Mr. ' A. Mills on the Old DeWalt plat The enrollment consisted of abo J twenty-five children. In a short tin ^ 'the school was moved to another 1< I cabin about a half mile from the fir ; one, and still taught by Mr. Mills. After a few years, the interest | the people began to grow, so thi built a small school house on j.j ' .Singley's place and it was a?a jtauirht by Mr. Mills with an increa. ,'in enrollment. This schooi house was used f fourteen years, being: taught at dii erent times by J. \V. Stone, Mi Minnie Willingham, Rev. R. E. Li j ingston, Y\ . B. Boinest, Misses Lil Wertz, Mary Lou Morris, and Eolii Wertz. T. E. Wicker. Waldo Rika] and Miss Sallie Kibier. In 1907 the schooi house was aga moved, ind built on the DeWalt pla< far from the ' present site. A or class room house was built and ti first term was taught by Miss E\ Bookman. After this term Mri. Be sie Richardson and Miss Mae Ami< were the children's instructors. A earn in the year iyi2 tne peep of Jolly Street awoko to the fact th; they mn?t have a nice school ho-.i! so as to give their children the san advantage as other rural childrc had. So a new school hou?e w; built about two hundred yards fro the old site, near the cross road This lot of two acres was present* to the people by Mesdames DeWa and Hunter. As these ladies were 5 generous, the people honored th^m c naming the school "Hunter-DeWalt On this lot was built a modern tv ; i room building which was occupied 1: the teachers, Miss Amick and Mi Lottye Halfacre. ! As the number of scholars i ( l eased so rapidly, thp following ye: lilt S^'liuui nuusvr wui> : ciuuucicu. other class room and an auditoriu were built. * Since then the. scho has steadily improved. Some of the later teachers wer Mr. D. L. Wedaman,. Misses Halfac and Setzler, Prof. E. 0. Count i Misses Lominack and Setzler, Miss ! Toy Rikard, Minnie Amick anrl He cn Wheeler, Rev. S. P. Koon, Mr Bo:nest and Mrs. Richardson. , i At the present the corps of teae' ers is Mr. F. A. Boland, Mrs. Boincand Mrs. Richardscn. It. is wonderful to notice how t! ' cause of education has advancc [ since the school was first be^u ; from the old log: cabin +o the model > school house of today. This shov i fV?n+ ahv noAnlii orp nwnlfrTlinf* to t.1 , VM1 |^VV/J/iV V M ^ ' realization of the needs of oducatio > _____________________________ 1 said, 'W'at about fhe middle-size ; bears?' And everyone laffed, ar . Miss Bell said: 'They always are !e > out. aren't they; and so I've planne the best thing of all for them, but is a surprise.' ''And then Mrs. Preston got up ar i said the wimmin's club would get tl i ones to lead the hikes. And the 01 . for the big boys would be a man. Bi i,'and I said <:Hot Dog" rite?out. Ar ''everyone laffed again. So then tl ; J meeting broke up with applauz. Th; (means everyone clapped their hand r J It was in the paper. Some school, e i' Jim?" (In program for Furen Teachers' association published \ % Child Health organization of Amei i ca.) 1 Americanization Through the P'a; I ground ; A school without a playground : less than 50 per cent American. > We talk a deal about Americaniz > tion. Doubtless much can be done 1 , Americanize adult foreigners throu? , the medium of ideas,and through s J cial contacts; but the great conques ? in Americanization must be ma< ? through the children. The plavgroui i is the living school of Americaniz tion. Here, under clean and wi: > adult leadership. .are learned the :e ! sons of fair play, respect for rule ? the moaning of cooperation in tea ? play, recognition of leadership, il r ideals of sportsmanship. These a I learned in play and sport, ami in r ? other way. ? Of course, there are ahn >r?n< i who never subscribe to i?ny vulvs S except muse 01 Ki'nias v; iivui' i As Kipling: observe.-: \ t The 'eathen in 'is blindness i Bows down to wood and stone ? j He don't obey no orders i j Except they is 'is own. L 1 c: And, of course, some ra?;al stoc ) learn fair play, respect for rules, a) ? team-work less readily than o!:hei - Why not? Some of us whose ancesto i'j came over in the Miyfi-wr haver - .fully learned. Says Will 0 Wood: > "I believe v:e may do/'dop on tl , play fields 'of America nru-h of tl ? sportsmanship that is needed f*?r t' 'successful organization and condu 1 of American industry." X ? ' 1MB?M?W? * ? I \#" j THE PRESIDENT ON EDUCA- j TiON WEEK -j * ? ' i j President Harding in a p roc la ma- | tion made public at the White House j set aside the "-eek of December '6 to i e' as America. Education week. The i utjtext of the proclamation follows: j 10 j "The ideals of democratic govern- ' Jment and democratic education are ' planted simultaneously in our coun- j ^ j try. The fathers rightly believed j that only a people trained to vision of j ^ public needs and duties could develop j and maintain the institutions of pop1,1 ular government. The system of UP.-J J jiversal education, established in the j j beginning, has developed with the or-country and become one of the char" acteristic features of our life. In it' ^jwe have laid the foundation of that! ^" system of American culture which has u" enabled us to absorb and assimilate j le millions who have come to us from j *d : t-..: : + ! ; many countries, uMu^mg cue- uam-j , jtions of widely varying institutions. ! lTl. "In order that we mav keep in ! *e " mind the need constantly to impr)V( le('our educational system, it is pr >p.->sie:ed thtt'the week of December 3 t ) 0 a i inclusive, "be sec aside for special ob,* servance as American Education " \ve?k. It is recommended to the gov, ernors of the states that they cooler10 ate with the educational and civic authorities of their commonwealths to ? >0 ? 4 . i make the week a period of revivai of j u interest in the broad work of nation-j n al education. J as 1 j. It is gratifying to knew that in a i time when public burdens have lain i j heavy upon the people there has*fceenj everywhere a determined purpose to J maintain education unimpaired, in j ^ order that the corning generation may j be equipped, regardless of sacrifices : ^ in the present, for the increasing re-) ^ sponsibilities which it must bear. "Without vision the people perish." i j "Without education there can .be little vision. Of education it may be' ir said that 'it is twice blest; it blesoeth j n_ him that gives and him that takes.' i m It will be greatly worth the effort if, j 0j as incident to the observance of Ed-1 ucation week, we can impress this e: thought upon the young manhood and I re womanhood of the nation and redeai- J ;Si eate their interest and their zeal to, ?'"? mn L-inn> o nrnr.Ar , one iura vi v-w..._.? .]. tion to educational v/ork. It is re-, .s> gretable that so few vour.g men and} young wome/i, c-quipped -ior such serw. vice, are nowadays-1 not disposed to give their time to teaching. There m is no school of discipline more effcc- ie tive than thai in which the teacher; lt} 20es to school. We could do no greatn, er service than by convincing those .n young men and women who have envs joyed educational opportunities that 10 they owe a reasonable share of their jtitne and energies to teaching. I "The strength' and security of the "J nation will always rest in the intelligent body of its people. Our eduf^'eation should implant conceptions of public duty and private obligation t broad enough to envisage the prob l c oi-Qotlv cmcrVif world. ^ 1C11 i O \J J. <X gi tawij uiwmmm^4>v ? ? ](j More than anything else, men and \ ie f women need the capacity to see with ie clear eyes and to contemplate with 1(j open, unprejudiced mind, the issues r, of these times. Only through a pro* ^ ie perly motivated and generously m^ spired process of education can this be accomplished. ^ | "In view, then, of these and many t other considerations I hereby pro'claim the week of December 3-9 as; . American Education week, recom- j j- i ; mending to the appropriate national,) 'state and local authorities that thev! give their cordial support and coop-j . eration to making its observance in-! is I spirational and beneficial. Civic or-1 ganizations and religious bodies may 3," ? ^ ^ render special service by their coop-j , eration; and oarticularlv it is recom-! rh * I ' mended th:;t parents enlist themselves o:n behailf of closer understanding be, tween the school and the home, with nnvnnsn rm'tllp] hplnf111nOSS." ! id~"',iV ?* . 1 j Some time ago Governor Harvey | of South Carolina issued a nroclama- I ,,vtion calling upon the people of this state to observe American Education] week, and the recent conference of i m . . , , . . , ' citizens under the ausoices of tne! io Citizens' Educational association of re South Carolina planned for the obser-1 10 1 , ; .vance in every county seat m the state with special reference to the great needs of our rural schools. If the plans made :~.vc carried out, the result will be a very considerable awakening of interest in and arousing of public sentiment for better countrv schools throughout the state. The ! Piedmont hopes that in every county in this section there will bp an inspiring and informing observance of Am, 'erican Education week, for that is bound to be of real service to our countrv schools. ; t j rs c1 n i'r iJiSUC X\^pU?l Jitig When those friendly, likable Old 'lC Shoes of yours get under trie weather, ll?> when they begin to show .Jgns of a run-down condition, See Price. -t. i Electric Shoe Hospital ' 4 IAT I iiV i is what this bar If there is a merchant withoi their acquaintar want to prove I 1 1 ' L oanKing connect Our Cap: nm r* i tie ?L% /'The B, H. L. Parr, President W. B. Wallace, Cashier R. H. Wright, Asst. Cashier Geo. ii ??:? ivi ii i i i? i mm ? \ / ( m ^rnr 1V1HKL \ Buggies, Wc rrr\u r rcc 7 A* iyi\ LJ?-jkjKJ I Come to see us; thing to I we cat \ LITTLE /I / ?i??????a?i? i irii hk?m? i mm mmm amx 3USINES sk stands tor tarsi always. n individual, firm it a banking hom tee and checking o them how mui ion helps in busin< '.change I ank of the People M. L. 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