Athletics and the Boy

ter. Some point to the number yearly killed and disabled by football, and the still greater number who are victims of baseball, and loudly declaim against both games. On the other hand, there are those who declare that it is by means of such sports that boys acquire manliness, ruggedness, health and other unmixed blessings. The majority of mothers belong to the first class, while a fair balance of fathers are in favor of these sports. But it is the schools themselves, from principals and headmasters down, who are the real supporters of the second extreme view, and for several reasons; for nowadays, unfortunately, a School's reputation and the estimation in which il is held arc determined in no small degree by its athletic prowess. There follows much talk con-