979
Cleveland Morning Leader, 2 August 1864
(ed; 18 inches)
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p.2, col.1
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979 - L Aug. 2; ed: 2/1 - "There has been no better symptom of a healthy
growth of public opinion than the progress which has been made within
the few years past in the cultivation of athletic games."
The time has come when people are beginning to realize that a strong
healthy athletic body is just as important as a cultivated mind. It is
impossible for a strong mind to function properly if attached to a puny,
weak body. -
Within the past ten years much interest has been shown on the question
of making sound minds in sound bodies. Sich progress has been made, that
all schools, whether high school, academy, or college, are decidedly
behind the times without some physical education.
Ball playing is fast becoming one of the fire arts in many educational
institutions in the east. To be a good baseball or cricket player, is
to enjoy honors equal to those bestowed on a valedictorian.
Provisions should be made in Cleveland enabling women and girls to
learn swimming. "If we could have our views realized, we should have
bathing houses on the lake shore to enable all classes to learn the art
of swimming. Let us, as a people, encourage athlctic games and sports."
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