Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . tinctions on the playground grow outof cleverness and courase. not the financial or social standing of a bovs — 72 — I father. There the guiding spirit is he who inspires fair play and suc-ceeds best under the limitations thus agreed upon. Then, too, teamwork is vital in this country, and those who participate in the pre-vailing games at school are early impressed with the fact that if ateam is to be successful there must be cooperation and unified , as elsewhere, une
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . tinctions on the playground grow outof cleverness and courase. not the financial or social standing of a bovs — 72 — I father. There the guiding spirit is he who inspires fair play and suc-ceeds best under the limitations thus agreed upon. Then, too, teamwork is vital in this country, and those who participate in the pre-vailing games at school are early impressed with the fact that if ateam is to be successful there must be cooperation and unified , as elsewhere, unequal endowments and skill lead to inequalityof power; but perhaps under no other condition do boys of the same agemeet on more common ground than they do when physical prowess andendurance represent the talents in question. Those boys who arementally handicapped, or those who have been deprived of the properearly advantages, and consequently make an inferior showing in theirstudies, on the playground have a more equal opportunity to shinebefore their fellows and win that stimulating recognition which brings. Here is a larger and more ambitious outdoor gymnasium in the city of New a fine adjunct a spacious enclosure like this would be to any large cityschool. How it would add to the strength and ability of future citizens. a feeling of Avorth and higher self-respect. The leveling process here,as in all kinds of education, is not due to the degradation of thoseabove, but to the elevation of those below. A large and well-equipped playground with many tennis courts, hand-ball courts, baseball diamonds, running tracks, and opportunities forall sorts of well-established field games is a necessary and a vital equip-ment for the natural and normal education of our children. For everythousand children ten acres of playground is not too much. No trainerof horses would be satisfied with even this relative amount of space. — 73 — You say this is impossible in cities. Then
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