Show STUDENT LIFE tween mind and body or between two persons or groups of persons The drill that Captain Styer gives our College boys is a fine example of mental and bodily I consider military drill as neces-sar- y in education as English or Civilization is nothmathematics ing but bodies of people working if you together — means organplease ization and organization —not mere numbers — wins victories and establishes commercial supremacy Habit and character grow out of this princo-operat- ion co-operat- ing Co-operati- ciple on A good game should be intellectual It should require sustained attention and mental grasp The opportunities for intellectual play should always be far greater than the chances for physical display The English conquer the commercial world not because their football makes of them physical giants but rather on account of its making them mentally tenacious and intelIn all good lectually pugnacious games the action should be of sufficient spirit and volume to arouse in the a large amount of sensation This enjoyment should be sentimental rather than mental The best games are those which in the largest degree eliminate the routine and the chance element and require the largest number of conscious momentary and purposive on-look- er 7 mental combinations Dancing is not so good a sport as lawn tennis or ping-pon- g because the routine and mechanical element enters so largely into it I hope the young ladies of the College will take an increasing interest in lawn tennis and ping-pon- g One reason why gambling is so degrading lies in the fact that it involves a very large chance element No man of intellect desires a contest in which winning depends upon agencies outside of his own powers My knowledge of football is so meagre that I have no right to offer an opinion however from my own superficial observation it appears that brains are just as necessary in the game as brawn The game seems to require a large number of mental combinations Men who are keen in perception and ready in action are good football material In union there is strength The stimulus of numbers makes the weak man strong and the strong man enthusiastic Among numbers feeling and sensation have greater play It is a good thing for people to congregate We are all gregarious we like companionship Therefore the game that involves the most participants and accommodates the largest number of spectators is other things being equal the best John Franklin Engle |