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Dates: during 1890-1899
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6tWILL the man who borrowed Vol XVII of my "Encyclopedia Britannica" please return it to me at once...
...Hollis.WILL the man who borrowed Vol XVII of my "Encyclopedia Britannica" please return it to me at once...
Best general references: Report of 1887 on the athletics of Harvard College; Professor N. S. Shaler on athletics in education, in Atlantic, vol. 63, p. 79; Professor C. L. Richards in Popular science, vol. 32, p. 721; same, vol. 24, p. 587; Harper's Magazine, vol...
...Athletics are beneficial; (a) They discipline the participant. - (1) By fostering bodily strength and skill; Atlantic Monthly, vol. 68, p. 82. - (2) By developing many good points of character. - (3) By promoting best moral growth, by inducing the cultivation of good habits; Harper's, vol. 68, p. 300; (b) Competition in athletics arouses a healthy general interest; Harper's, vol...
...Athletics are more necessary now than formerly. - (a) Conditions of life at present unfavorable to sound physical development; Popular Science Monthly, vol. 24, p. 730. - (1) Life is faster; Saturday Review, vol. 58, p. 465. - (2) Wear and tear on nervous system is excessive. - (3) Incentives to mental work much greater now than formerly. - (b) City masses need healthful recreation. - (1) Concentration of population into large cities has been rapid; Popular Science Monthly, vol. 24, pp. 730 and table. - (c) Increasing knowledge demands the exercise of greater brain power; Ibid. p. 731. - (d) This increase in athletics...