The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

THE LAKE SHORE NEWS. FRIDAY. MAY 7.1*18. I am very glad to have taia tttnuy to tell Km samsthtag of the •atbJcaI training work we aw doing liNew trie* high school. I want to say at the oulaet that I ua a firm believer In the value of nhyakal training. Education ts a £«tt thing. Ml health tea more im nortant one. The worM does not J^nt educated invalids. It wants healthy, vigorous men and ;.lth .ufflcient strength and vitality to etfry out the great projects ot the tM$m-w^:..... ThU health problem Is not an old age problem. It to very definitely a high school problem end a grammar school problem. Now Is the time tor th« hoy and the girl to develop Iron eon etltutlcns. Now la the time to de- velop habits of regular exercise and hygienic living which will pull them through the hard strains which may come in Igtef-'^emtu. The need for physical exercise hue steadily increased with the complex- ity of our civilisation, and to now be- ing met with playgrounds, gymnasia and athletic iielde everywhere. Bach aaw equipment is better than the teat one. and hone has ever yet been pro- vided which has not proved Inade- quate to meet the needa a few years later on. ; The distinctive feature of our work la the attempt to secure tor every boy the same high class training that Is given our athletes. The team men are largely juniors and seniors. All freshmen and sophomores are re- quired to take part in the physical training classes. These classes meet three times a week, twice in the gym- nasium or on the athletic field, once In the natatorlum. We work out of doors whenever the weather permits. During the winter months and during Inclement weather we meet In the gymnasium. We are doing a little calisthenlc work for the disciplinary effect and to teach correct postures. We are doing away, as far aa possible, with the monotonous forms of physical training, and substituting work which arouses the pupils' Interest and en- thusiasm. Each pupil receives some instruc- tion on all the common pieces ot gym- nastic apparatus. Special emphasis is put on tumbling and gymnastic dancing. Bach pupil receives some coaching In all ot our best athletic games. Class leagues are formed, which give everybody an opportunity to compete in each line ot sport. This competition is carried on after school hours. We are trying to get every boy in- terested and doing something worts while along athletic lines, and with considerable success. If yon should visit our athletic field about 3:80 some pleasant after- noon in the next two or three weeks, you would find the baseball squad practicing on the regular diamond, the tennis squad practicing on the tennis courts, the school track team, the junior track team, and the midg- et track team training hard at their various events, a spring football squad and a spring basketball squad at work, two class league baseball games In progress oh the practice diamonds, the swimming squad at work In the nststorlum and prob- ably a game ot playground ball go- ing on. We have laid off our athletic field with greet care. In order to get the greatest possible use out ot our five and one-halt acres. As the baseball squad monopolizes one of the three baseball diamonds, only four class teams can play at once, We have twelve organised teams in our two leagues. Once In every three days a boy has a chance to play baseball It he is on a team. If he is not on a team he doesn't have a chance. We have only two tennis courts. We could keep forty busy every pleasant day. In fact, we need three or ft*r times as much play space. Still there Is enough room and enough going on so that -a boy can usually nad.souie- ■ -■* :___ LI - ■ AMJa . fegfi «* —>•<» mg&j Kei tmng io oo, nnnuHgu ■■ what he wants to do. The winter months ore the hard months. We need twenty acres to play in, and we ore confined In a room GO ft by sw ft. Tett boys on the basketball squad monopolise the floor. The apparatus to cleared off the floor for the basketball end con sot be used. Some day I. hope to have a gymnasium where the sa ratus and sasfeeawse ere- separnoa, sadly overlooked. We have become Imbued with the Idea that exercise brings health, regardless ot hew or when taken. We have assigned one teacher and several hundred pupils to one class room, and, blinded by the fact that this class room is always very full, and always very busy, we think our physical training depart- ment te doing a great work in build- ing up the health and, strength ot the notion, when as a matter ot fact, it succeeds in doing little more than giving everybody In school a good case of muscle soreness for two days each week. The physical directors are not to blame for this condition. Fifty pu- pils are a capacity class for most ot the gymnasia, and about as large, a class of high school boys as one man can take care of, more than he can teach well. We need more space, more physical directors, more time tor physical training in every school. You will note that at New Trier we are putting considerable stress on games and competitive athletics. The .usual system followed In high schools consists ot a full period of calisthenics or setting up exercises. These drills are monotonous and a constant strain on the attention, whereas the gym- nasium period1 should bo a period of recreation and mental rest. There are a great many strong ar- guments in favor of the athletic sys- tem. The Interest which these sports arouse IS so great, add the appeal which they make to the natural in- stincts of the boy so strong, that they are played......by .the boys ot every school, In every city ond village*tor the nation. I believe a comparison of the results produced through a training in formal gymnastics with those produced by a training in ath- letic sports will favor the latter In al- most all respects. where every piece of gymnastic and track apparatus te always ready for use, and where the playing floor Is sever cluttered up with apparatus. We are now badly in need of more room, and we expect our enrollment to double to the next few years. The natatorium Is the greatest space economizer we have. No other apace the same site can afford oo many people all the exercise they nped in so little time. No school that I Know of has pro- vided apace enough for, its physical training dnpailnmnl The gymnasia of the large Chicago high kept continually busy with classes, sad a chance visitor would no doubt be Impressed with the won- derful work of the physical training department. But let us see just what to- many ment of 1 Jet or more. A class of •fty lea eon therefore receive some physical training each school day. An ore five school days In a weel pupil In a school with an enrollment of MOO con attend one gymnasium class each week. In a school like Hyde Park high school, with an en- rollment of 3.000, each pupil can buiId dp Ma health and strength once every two weeks. This te exactly the sya- in vogue in the Chicago high The periods ore forty mln- utee In length, but the gymnasium pe- riod is shortened at both ends, aa it token a little time to get ready be- fore and otter class. The actual gym- nasium period te about twenty-five minutes. Any man who has had experience in training athletes knows .that it te Impossible for a man or boy to get Into good physical condition by ox- erclsing once a week, and yet this ia the haste on which physical training to conducted In many of our large high schools. The question of keep- ing the Individual boy at the top notch of physical condt Fi »m a purely physical standpoint the muscular development and the co- ordinations produced by the athletic training compare very favorably with those produced through the gymna- sium method, and will probably prove of more Tulue to the todividual In both the ordinary and the unusual oc- currences of life. Most authorities agree that the purely gymnastic aye- tem tends to strengthen the external muscles, without producing any great effect on the vital organs, thus leav- ing the individual constitutionally weak. The best work for strengthen- ing the vitality is that which puts a considerable demand on the heart and lungs without overtaxing them. "Breathe through your legs," is the subject of an able article by Mr. Mar- tin, physicsl director of CentrsI Y. M. C. A., Chicago. In a recent issue of Physicsl Training. The best develop- ment of the lungs comes, not from the unnatural breathing exercises ot the gymnasium, but from the enforced deep' breathing of running exercise. Athletic sports have the greet advan- tage of the open ate and sunlight, but cannot well be carried on during in- clement weather. They.sre highly rec- reative; tney secure ihu whole-souled Interest of tad pupil and his best ef- forts, without which the highest re- salts cannot be secured in any line of endeavor. The boy who becomes In- terested and proficient along athletic lines will continue to take part in ath- letics throughout his high school course, throughout his college course, and afterwards, to that work done to our high schools along these lines will bring large results in health and pleas- ure for years to come. The majoritj of hoys who hove forced upon them _ ._.,«<„« nf mnnntonaai educational a system or ™™»"mU^*az2m"yZE~ gymnastic exercises, wOT drop the work ne soon on the requirement to re- moved, end will most carefully avoid anything of p similar character in their after life. Health and strength are not things that can be stored up and kept indefinitely. The same sort of work that built them up in the first place is constantly required to them frees deteriorating, and I think Pl duty to the future health of our pupils, which can beat he „ and Interesting theaj to forms of bealthful exercise which they will con- tinue to after years. In ssltrtNg the wisest course of physical training, the effect which dlf- ferent forma of exercise have upon the boy should be given careful con- To 40010 from Mr. Angell -It to keto of the Vntversfty of true, that the motor areas of the brain grow to power end efficiency as the muscles of the body are trained," 1 am reasonably sure that the achat of our athletes ot New Trier high school to considerably above that off Mm average Now Trier student this assy he duo to the athletic train- ing, or it may be that tee some mental qualities are required tor success la the two lines ot work. Probably both bavs somutehig to do with it. it is a significant tact taut oat ot the tea boys who won memberships la our honor society, nine have been regular members ot our athletic teams this year. These memberships ore given to the tea senior boys and ten senior girls who have maintained the high- est standing in their studies, during their tour years la school. Our moss class exercises develop memory aad co-ordination. They enforce attention and quick response to stimulus, but play does all this, and la addition develops powers of alert- ness, concentration, quick thought, rapid decision, self-reliance, and tee mental courage to follow one's con- victions. On the moral side we can find noth- ing to say in support ot the gymnastic system, while there is no doubt that our games aad athletic sporta produce a certain definite end vitally impor- tant effect on the character of all who take part Can we afford to overlook this in the development ot the great mass ot our boys? Do the exercises of the gymnasium develop honesty and a spirit ot fair play? Do they teach the boy to work and play in coopera- tion with Others? Do they teach self- sacrifice tor the good ot a cause? Do they teach the boy to control his pas- sions under trying circumstances? Do they teach him to take victory with- out arrogance, and defeat without dis- couragement? Do they develop In him the moral courage to follow his convictions in spite of opposition, and to do right because it is right? They do not. These results are not accom- plished by the ordinary methods in vogue in our gymnasium classes. They can Oil be secured through the me- dium ot well directed play. I say "can be secured" and "well directed play." for unfortunately, our games often produce very different results. Games and contests which stir the passions are certain to produce a marked and important effect on a boys character. Whether this effect Is a desirable one or not, in my judg- ment, depends largely on the char- acter and attitude of the man who has the school athletics in charge. He can make the attitude of the boy whatever he will. He can Inspire hatred and disregard for rules, teach dishonesty and unfair methods of play, or he can inspire honesty, respect for rules and for the unwritten tews of good sports- manship. Boys do not need to be taught or encouraged In unfair meth- ods ot play, and a sacrifice of the spir- it of fair play Is too great a price to pay for victory. The moral effects of physical train- ing have not been given sufficient at- tention. We have emphasised in our schools and demanded of everybody a training of the body which has very little effect on .character. We have al- lowed the form ot training which has the greatest moral effect to be monop- olized by a tew boys, and we have often been very careless as to just what this moral effect should be. FILM FACTS By OUR REEL EXPERT Sidney oleott, one of the most prom lnent and capable feature film direc- tors in the world, has been secured by the Famous Players' Film Com- pany. Mr. Oleott it one ot the oldest and most experienced directors in the business, having produced pictures continuously for the post eight years Arthur Shirley, who reaches the six foot-two mark, will shortly make his appearance in Kalom's detective dra mas, Mr. Shirley comes from Austra- lia, where he achieved a most enviable reputation on the legitimate stage. of Energy at Panama Fair Classified Advertisements TELEPHONE. W1LMETTE 1640 Want Ads in ike lake Ssore News art ilar^cd at tke folloeiag rates . Real Estate Clajuficahoas. 7 tf tears get line. All Otkcr CtaaifxateM* Si crate per line. Minimum Price. IS ceats. No advertisement charged lot less this 25 ccats. nj ■■ ii i sas.aasassaaaaaawaaaaasaeaei ,HB Fountain ot Energy when the water was released by mstdtnt Wilson pressing a button ut Washington on the opening day of the Panama-Fuel tie International Exposition ut nan Francisco. Tbte fountain to the work of A. Stirling Colder and te between the Tower ot Jewels and the main entrance et Scott street aasssisnstaiiMaeuuusaaasssi - - — ■» ———.....■.,. — , »~— T has any object but to separate gullible persons from their money." Not a day ponies but some ambi- tious boy or girl applies at the Sellg company ofllces, sometimes proudly displaying "diplomas" and asks for a position aa a motion picture "stsr." They are Invariably informed that the ranks are already overcrowded with experienced people. "A healthy person should not know the meaning of the word 'nerves.'" declares Helen Holmes, the heroine of Kalom's HasurdS Of Helen railroad series. Miss Holmes assorts test the reason she never feels shaky when about to do some particularly hazard- ous feat, is because of her superb health. This she says Is the result of following Franklin's famous maxim which begins with "Early to bed." ate. The widespread demand for motion pictures Is demonstrated by the fact teat It finally has been taken up by the church. The Brat motion picture of a Sunday school ever made has been produced by Basanay. The dim was made for the board of Sunday schools of the Methodist Episcopal church of America. The picture Is of the Brasll, Ind.. Sunday school of 3,- 500 members, the largest Sunday school In the world. The operations ot the Sunday school from the open- ing hymn to the closing prayer are shown In the pictures. All the clans work from the Infant to the Bible clasa are shown. It Is the purpose of the board to send this dim to all the Sunday schools of the ohurclt through- out the world, to show how the big- gest Sunday school Is conducted. The Brasll school ts considered a model, and It is thought that other towns will follow the example, upon aoelng the picture, in building up their work, te in Los Angeles, being featured to a number of high-class photoplsys which will be released through the Morooeo Photoplay Company. Miss Scheff re* cently made her serosa debut in "Pretty Mrs. Smith," and is now be- ing featured to "Wild Olive," which will he released very soon. Since ar- riving to Los Angeles, she has been on the go every minute to sad around the city, to Hearth of good locations tor the enactment of vorlos end to enjoytog herself immensely National Bank leafave., Wllmette. filigree reward. SIS Oreen- lie BETWEEN NORTH wffittosjmuud BlmwoodaMsaovJTWII met to, |8o*IUaJtroU^slrbl»Js, The tinder will bejPloa|torewardctl If ltc will caj^dnd Ivtiv^nWaaajj^cUa^e SlMjro^PJtws office. ^Oti> INK CAR OJ tette. condition. et-Of* ite FOR SAUT CHEAP—WNK BLACK Urivhsjr and saddle horse; weight 1.200 |»*y airijgdM style; gentle fa tiso surrey, and saddle; alf In fifK5lass condt- SIS, Keallworth. l>i. *a> ggJLA/v>e\a» acw-Stc SITUATIONS WANTKI) WANTBP- reur. ll»- Does le car or _, ilr work. Not Sit employ. Pbonj 83w~4tp WANTED \VOMRN/'aI*\K K 115.00 TO 135.00 weejyp selling guaranteed hosiery rrlonce unieosasans. Part or time. Pa J mmWV «»»* hose nee to first PftmtioPejilng ogenc in your townTHsfraW INTBKNA NATIONAL Jaf&l-A. Norrtstown? PU. Jr -Bdi-f FOR tet flood oakwoudov., ni rllmette i^ ♦ig.oo. |te. Phone F0R>ALE-H0tJSE3 #C)*e*LS . ANIjrflN HfiMII MASOi lest: ttw-tf IRSALK TllltKjTPORWAIll)- KJafCTHrCS. BE AQG ONE ONB Mf)D. |1 IN BVK ABE LO#KlNG IN USED THE TIM •K CHICAGO '•DRIVE; CHt-" RIVBWOODR DS. PEJUTECT YOU ARQA1N8 OS. NOW IB BUY THEM AT FIKR MfBlTKANCK nupvf Company Insurui world, Insur goods, rentaj A. Wlghtt sgents. Fhont I'Ati INHf'i: 1)1, largest ty la the wuqehold Charles resident Ite YOUR OWN PRICE. CARS CAN BB BEEN AT THE -RYANSTON BLECTRIC OARAGE. 101347 DAV1S-ST.. BVAN8TON. PHONES . 1250,-1190. 53S4. HOw-t'tc QO PRICKS ON 811 comb^Nseute Leghern^esflfsvUOa stock, hatchlll^jager^Satlsfsctlon guaranteedv*Mf0u>'«tylmette 7M-L COTTAGI fiuMtoa el IP. ite or season. J»h Or CHICAGO of Condition at Close of Business Saturday, May 1,1915 RESOURCES ate..,./........ Secure Circulation. (Equity)........... labilities on Letters si Credit ue from Banks Surplus Undivided Profits Reserved for Taxes Circulation................. Liability on Letters of Credit Foreign Bills Kediscounted „____„ J Individual Deposits: j Bsnks ARTtfTJlt UKYN RALPH VAN VK AJ.KX. KOBKHTH HERMAN WAI.D JOHN C. CRAPT. VI JAMBS R. CHAPMAN. WM. T. BRUCKNER. NATHANIBIj R. T.OHCH. J. OODBN ARMOUR I'rwW.nt Artuour A BE msm*— CH.Am.EH T.. BOTNTON OFFICERS REYNOLDS. ■ • iili'iit President Praaldant President fdent President President shier OIRCCTORB FRANK IHBHARD $108,489,731.10 88,7ia,«80.9e __7,701,590 47 ~ gl44,v04,O03.3a V4d.ooo.oo 6,000,000.00 13,847.00 1,005,911.01 6,067.80 93,690,123.64 sz?n 500,000.00 ,000.00 ,338.00 ,438.90 ,997.50 ,130.00 3.53 Ceehler Cashier Wll.ltKit HATTBRV. Ass't Cashier II. BRSKINU MMITH. Ass't Cashier wii.son W. fjAMPBUT. Ass't Cashier HAN NORMAN. Ass't Csshler OKOKOK A. JACKSON, AM't CsiMer HANK HIRHARn , IIKHHBII vi;o,,;^L7t,*,,:r,,-H,*n- nttr V|pe l*rc*Wes Brown A Co. BUUBMM J. BUFFI NCI TON ITmldeDt Illinois Stetl Coafr- ■ set. J. CHALMERS Luarisr Company. BAMS HOL5IS7 President C. B. A a w11.i.iam yjygmM PrseMeet the lilshle Print )BC Press a Mtir Co. — EHWAIH) «. LACEY Parmer 1'reeident Bankers' HEHBSKT F. PERKINS Minsser Uteres* Hsrfsstsr Co. RDWIN A. POTTBIl _ Hlnes Fanner President AieeriesB) Triint and Sarin** llsnk. „ n .. WILLIAM H. IIBIIM R» <^»- Twi Northern Malt Co. ARTHl'It RKYNOl.DH, Vlee-PiVBldeiit---------- OEOROB M. REYNOLDS Pre* .LFRBD frasJdstit Btelto Compear. EDWARD A. CUDAHT ROBT. J. DUNHAM •____ Vice I'raaldent AnaourACasv RICHARD a LAKE "HF tofe. Bltarels. *V&>2i32lll1*0,f nankins- Asurtstlon. »"• Prealdent ROBERT T. LINCOLN . J 'vffigL.wn * Co. Al.flRHT J. BARLINO t*re>idnit tt, M. * Ht. P. ■W^^fWaa^fc 30^morton eVsSdsnt B. HARDY .Bsstd of HWtors I'mldrot IlllnoU LU* ln«of. The Pullman Co. anr* 1'umvmi. "T^^^MafM-V-* ^r^WJ}?^ WIM.US II. M'DOBL * Va- rMlr«t. "A.M'H VAN VKCUTEN II. arrsi.WKK -y^rw iimuiin. ------ ..dB5^ "■" l«asri JrW^ C«AHLW^,eraV^V,m Ap«**«t IWIUme. Bnffikes mVTtm "j,^^ fit lenahsr Coxspesr, H. K. MCI.KNMA- titpffHEWutor any bicyjfJ^Tnow being demon- ill and try it out. ^ ller's Bicycle 630 Davis Street, EVANST0N m Chartes Chsplln. aaaaaajr comedian. ts declared to have the most valuable feet of sny one ha the world. He has Just insured each foot for 860,000, or 81&0.OO9 for taw pair. That is. he is reimbursed by the insurance company 150,000 for the leas of either one sad 8150,000 tt ho loses both. Chaplin critics declare that Chap- lin's feet are one of the most valaab'e assets he has. Without the €8alflhi wa*. the Chaplin kick and other antic, be pulls off with his pedal ex- tremities, they say tt would sot be a Chaplin comedy. It ts these little tricks with his feet. as well no the eonsfca! facial expres- sions, that keep spectatora ia roars of tsusghter. Wllham N.Sellg, president of these- called octants for motSss tdetars act- re aet letJtfmate. • Rot eae of of whfeh I have sny Classified Busin GENERAL MERCHANDISE i Sjfave YoU a House For Sat l*et us find you a buyer. HuvhsYou a House Foifiieni? Let ttWind you a tenjmt. mm V e . /# * If you want to rem that spare bedroom,^usmnd you a de- sirable occupst. .Make yourJfsnts krWn through our CLABSIFIEDXIEPART. MENTJf you want quidi results Phone Js for Rates—Wilmeije1640 « Shore News "Wani Ads" Bring Results Subscribe for The Lake Shore sa^