The day book. [volume], October 03, 1916, LAST EDITION, Image 12

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Jackson may be used at the wing po
sitions. Norgren is a back and is a
sure tackier. He has had much bas
ketball experience that should be
valuable. Quarterback Roy Knips
child snapped an ankle in practice
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and may be out for the remainder of
the season.
Randolph, star tackle of last year,
is out for practice at Northwestern
and football stock at the Purple
school has taken a brace. V
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TEACH CHILDREN TO PLAY; RID NATION OF
BOY BANDITS, MESSAGE TO PARENTS
BY HONOR FANNING
Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct.
Teach the youngsters to play
3.
'pum
pum pull away" and we will have
fewer boy bandits and sickly chil
dren in our big cities!
This is the message the Interna
tional Recreation congress will give
parents and teachers of the nation
when the congress meets here this
week.
"Children have forgotten the old
fashioned, vigorous, body-building
games of 'pum pum pul lawajr and
'I spy,' which kept youngsters of 25
years ago lively and sturdy kept
them out of, the dark alleys and
away from crap games, .kept them
bright-eyed' and healthy," says Chas.
E. Weller of Chicago, a pioneer in
the playground movement and asso
ciate secretary of the Playground
and Recreation Ass'n of America.
"The child who has forgotten how"
to play and has no place to play is the
child that 'falls victim to disease and
crime'."
The "back to play" movement is
only ten years old, but the play
grounds association has established
supervised playgrounds in 432 cities.
'Last year more than $4,000",000
was spent for playgrounds. More
than 1,000 new playgrounds were
opened in the last two .years. In
many cities and small towns there
are playgrounds without formal su
pervision. El Paso, Tex., appropriated $10,000
city funds for playgrounds; Athens,
O., has a five-acre playground; in
Memphis, in Minneapolis, In every
young America regain his lost heri
tage the playground.
Games that were played in the pas
tures and big back yards before the
modern flat and tenement robbed
children of their playgrounds will be
discussed at the congress.
"Not every child of that day was
an 'angel child'," says a playground
enthusiast, "but at least there were
no 'boy bandits,' no 'baby dope
fiends,' fewer delinquent girls and
fewer children dying of tuberculo
sis." "We are nQt only helping children
to learn what the big cities have
taught them to forget, but wt-are ap
pealing to grown-ups to use their
leisure time in some way that goes
to the construction of; character; we
want them to be active and happy,
not idle and miserable; to use time
rather than waste leisure," says Sec
retary Weller.
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TELEGRAPH BRIEFS
Washington. No chance that Illi
nois troops still on border will be.re-."
turned in time to register for Novem
ber elections.
Madison, Wis. Common law mar
rriages, called 10-cent marriages, in
crease in popularity. Twelve con
tracts already filed this year.
Eastport, Me. Famous U. S. frig
ate Franklin, flagship of Admiral
Farragut on his 1867 European
Cruise, burned on beach for metal in
its hull.
Byron, III. Medill McCormick,
candidate for congressman-at-large,
held barbecue today at which 200
section of the country. teachers, club pigs, each weighing over 200 pounds
women ana mayors are nerping 1 were served.
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