Show 54 kokx football and other manly involving the eleah element nt A 11 na I 1 c sports all al I 1 manly sports X ir of combat and emotional emotion af ex should be encouraged cit ement should be encouraged as preparation for war by DR JESSE F columbia university 6 prom from the standpoint of biology and ethnology man as doctor crile has said has a kinetic equipment for war developed by we the innumerable centuries during which he had to fight for his hii own life and tho the life of his mate and children now as civilization has more and more deprived man of the need to fight he has devoted more time and attention to the games which are a re substitutes for war in that they involve a vigorous struggle and in their sublimation offer an opportunity for the formation of habits and ideals of a kind which may effectively fight for personal and social ideals f it is important also to remember that these games approaching war involving a large element of personal danger appeal most strongly to normal human instincts there are arc those who see in football even as aa those who see in war wai only horrors and de basements such individuals are unable to see any values in the sacrifice of material interests for the sake of high ideals of personal and individual elements for the good of the group h f rr t NOW games and athletic contests will give the essential virtues which may be achieved by war doctor cannon of the department of physiology of harvard university has shown from the standpoint of internal secretions and the emotions why wh games and athletics serve the body in the preservation of the warlike virtues this scientific work on the physiological side shows how insignia insign insignificant 0 if leant gymnastic drill is because of its lack of the necessary emotional re |