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THE PE N 15 wracked body. It is to counteract tlie tendency to starve tlie body in order to feed the mind, tliat school antlior. ities tlu'oiighoiit this country liavc instituted ])hysical as well as nien- ai training: amoiif,' students. The value of athletics in an in_ stitution is incalcuable. Between classes and lecture, when there is nothin^,' to occupy the students’ mind, the temi)tations are iitanL fold. If he is of a studious nature there is always the danger of ex_ cesive sede^ntary life, if he be not of a studiously bent there are many worthless things to attract an idle mind. If lie be of a weak constitution, disease and its conse quence soon follow; if he be more robust although he maj" stave them off for a long time the results in the end are the same. Then too the athletic field furnishes the place w^here students of all classes and all w^alks of life meet on a common ground. It is the place M-here sxip_ erabundance of youthful en^iusi, asm is gotten rid oF. This athletic activity liaK increased the mental activity of many students ancf 6n_ ly the ignorant few now look upon, the athlete a.s either a roughneck or a dunibell. I like to thing of •‘Whizz(!r” Whitei, the outstand ing athlete in 1938 and also one of tlie outstanding students in the country. He is only one of many cases of this type too numerous to mention. Here at St. Augustine’s last year, of the 27 young men who were on, the honor roll, over 75 per cent were athletes. The town and student riots which once character ized every college town are a thing of the past. AVe must agree with an eminent college president who said, “The athletic field and gym nasium does more to restore and maintain order among a group of students than all of the rules and regulations of the administration combined. ’ ’ I like to reflect on the life of Walter Arthur Gordon, a young man of color who is and has been for a long time a.ssistant coach at the Univereity of California. The story of his litc; how’ he overcame prejudices and held jobs never be fore held by a Negro reads like an Horatio Algier story. His position is unique; lie is a well known fig ure in the Pacific Coast Confer ence. A quotation on a set of book- ends of Coach Andy Smith, the man who gave him his first chance, is full of the fight, determination and never die” spirit which now' characterizes the athletic programs of schools and colleges throughout this country, reads: “God and the world loves a fighter, not the man w’ho lies down bravely to die, but the man who fights like the devil to live.” The Tyranny of the Semester Hour (Reprinted From “The Pen”, January 19.35) Tf one should ask the typical college student w'hat he is taking, his reply would probably be, “six teen hours.” Hours, credits, points these are the things which seem'to count in our present educational system. "We thing we have made progress in our higher education now' that Greek and ^fathmaties are not prerequisites for a college degree; but many are not at all certain, that liours and points a-
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