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Show I OUTLSME ATHLETICS 1 fi mm& R i Superintendent Matheson H Seeks to Encourage Boys in Healthful Exercises. 51 c- Matheson. ?tate superintendent of m ; J public Instruction, has prepared an out- 0i Una in class athletics for boys, which is iM : Intended to be serviceable to the schools jfljtt ,' of the state during the remainder of the present school year. For next 'year an Wl i outline may bo prepared which will re- mitf ' late to a. wider variety of pluyground ml ! activities. It will bo noted that this out- bS line, which is followed in the Jordan dis- fS' trict schools, is In agreement with the Mr' outline in tho state course of Btudy; that MB'' ll is the outline In the course of study Bj Interpreted and expanded to bo of greater l; ' Bervlce to tho schools. It Is h6pod. WM therefore, eays Mr. MatlieEon, that It jflfl ' may aid schools in carrying out plans al- Hk ! ready In operation. HH The suggestions under "Athletic Cour- HH f teey" are considered of n. high order, says n Mr. Matheson. A coach wbo is in entire HB I accord with such Ideas will bo ablo to see, l that they are carried out by the boys In I their athletic work, he .suggests. Copies Ht I of the outline may be obtained from Mr. Wtm. Matheson's office. H Athletics Worth While. tK Mr. MathoKon's outline follows: MVf lf atfcleltcs le tlrnply a device hj m-lilch IK&L rvir bo. jihriieallr fit. miy cr.tfr .any Athletic HjQ ewu. and If !i dom his bc.t. to tlut lip Is hflplc? hit clsu irlii, cca though he uuy not Wi Rood In the event In -which bis cli's has Mj colored. In this farm o; nt.'iktlco. a trophy It. HjQt 'on. or s record Ir made, not by tho Individual rc.-ord of a. boy. ljul by tho average of iho In- Hftj dividual records of iho bora in cl&in or HMIIj Contests for tho best rrcords ilialt tm held Hjfi "10 folloRlnp -ciitr: Pull-up or "chlnnlnc." Handing broad jump, running end shot-tuu H! REGULATION'S. HmI I- rojtrlcllont arc placed upon Iho boys. Br excepting physical (Itns. BL 2. No iruiill slull bo exempt from partlclpa- SH t Ion. cxcepti:ic for phyolcal Inability. Pupils re- Hjl' fusing or nccTectlns to tajto part shell bfl placed Sjl, In ;he list with a record of zero. HhH 3. Tho number taking; part must correwpond HnH lilt (lio rurollmcnt for tho day on -which the IjljB I re ord Is taken, except as exempted In 1 and 2. HS j I Cvi'nlK chall cccur ae follows: MM ' Pull -up, lu tlio month of February. Ha- 11,1 tainllne hroad jump, In Mnrch. 9; ' - Shot.put, in May. Klual texta and rccoriVi arc In bo made on or HSw beforo tha tollonlnc: , Wi Pull-up Friday. February 27. W: Jumping Friday, Mtrch ST. H Running Friday, May 1. SfflH Shot-put Friday, M&y IS. HBW Record arc to bo aent In for pull-up not Si later than March 3: standing broad Jump, not B later than April 1; running, not later than May K S; hot-pu(, not later than May 18. m fi la tho pull-up, no ktcV. snap, Jork or tr&-Ins jHHDj rliall bo allowed. It mure be a dead pull from BSjB an under grasp, MH ! 7. Jumping must bo from a line and ou level HHj ground. Many schools cannot Iiuto a "taVo-oft" HB nllhout too much Inconvenience. Weights aro not HB x- Tho dlitanco for runnlac shall be fifty Hra i 0. In Jumping and trio shot-put kIya thn ree- jHa , nrd In foot ntifl incheu. enrryieg tho icchea out JjH j lo Ion thousandths. Ctrry out other TCeords In IR the sir.in way. litis Is to prevent ties. Measure j from loo to heel. i 10. When tho Toconlo for each event are. all HH 10 tho records rhall be compared and tho mulls HBw 1 announced by tlte athlallc committee. HBb ' 11. A irophy will bo gU-cn for each event. jH Tho records thill bo found as follonu: mG Activities Defined. Hfl I'ull-up An Inclined ladder is Moil for the j pull-up, or a bar may bo rlUM Into a doorway, HH or thn regular horizontal bar may bo lined. Bt It tnuL be Impoulblo for any conlettant tn HBI re.eh the tur nithout Jumping. Each contestant njl rnm pn!l ' Tlf up until hi chin is over tho HHM' bur and Uici lower liimiiclf iho wltolo length of HUj hU arnit This ho dor an many times as he HR can. The number of times he pulls hlmsolf up Is Hlj Itl'J record. Tlio cliM record la found by adding BB tho Individual records and dividing by tlte nuin-tyir nuin-tyir of boE entered (enrolled) mlstiK cxeniptioui lffi Jumping Each boy Jumps, taking three jumps UR If he wliltra. and his best Jump Ik recorded. lHI' Weights oro. not to bo used. Tho ela&s record la found as above. 9b Running In this thero may be somo difficulty f HB In taking tho individual rcrordn of tho boy. Tlio HBRj fnllavrlsg method la MJgesied: iH ' "itrry a ntewsago to Garcia" Tlio boya aro j lined up tn two groups fifty yards apart. Tho HI ' time krrper, who acta alro as ttarler, stands by DH ; tho finishing line. When ready ho gives boy No. 1 "thn meai-ago to (JarclB." (a ofl roll of HI ' paper 1 to IVi Inches In dlamelor and 10 or 12 JO ; tnrheis long). At a given signal boy No. 1 runs H I and as he flnl'hc paMca tho nietiago (roll of WUK paper) (o boy No. C, who carries it back to boy HJ i No. 3 and to on. An thn !ut boy crosc the HI I finishing lice tho time is taken. Tho record Is MP fnunn by dividing tho olupAlng time, by tho cum-S cum-S hrr o( boyi. thist rau. S ir a preparation for this contest the teacher JBMjn fthnuld read, "A Metsage to Garcia" to the r.lass K and have It Intelligently dlscusm-d. s'hot-put An eight-pound shot tdiall bo used. HjV Tl.ls rorttest shall be between pupllA of tho sor- iBni enth and olghtb grades of each nchool. Official JHr r.iW for rhot-put ehall be ob.tervcl In detcrmln- ! l-:r final rerardr. j 13 Tho principal and teacher of rich grade I contesting shall be tho coamltteo on fciemptlons. Qut-ntlonabln or challenged oxomptlocj; nlioll bo referred to tho commJttoo on athletics tor final decision. U. INch contestant must be an officially eu-rolled eu-rolled member of the. fifth, olxth, toventh or eighth grade in the school irlth which hs takes part. IS, By common consent, overy school In tho district baa bocn officially entored and the final rosulle from each wbool T.-11I be recorded. J5. Tho principal and two teachers cboiea from hlr, corps shall act ue officials for tho finals. Their docloiona cannot bo challenged or disputed. 1". Tba principal ahall submit tho reports to the ichool offlco as provided In tho foregoing. Proscribed standards of physical efficiency, known gonorally nx tho athletic badge tcjt, la another an-other form of competition differing rora nil other kinds of athletics. In that It Ib not necessary to defeat aomoone In order lo win Whllo thi is ono of tho most desirable features of this form of athletics, it Is not necessarily tho most valuable valu-able one. Tho opportunity aiforded each boy to discover Wo own powora and positbllltlca and the oncouragemont to bring himself to tho prescribed standard of phyolcal otflcloncy must appeal to all. In this form ot athletics evory boy who can tiring hlmaolf to tho - prescribed etandard. and who Is doing acceptable work In school, may win nn athletic badgs. For thin work the boyo thill b divided Into two clawes. Klrat Boys under U yeiira of ago with tho following fol-lowing standardn: 60-yard dash In seconds; pull-up four times: etandlng broad Jump. 0 feci i lnchca. . , . , . Beyond All othor elementary boys with tho following fol-lowing standards : 0-yard doeh In S seconds, or 100-yard dash In H seconds; pull-up r.ls tlmeti; nUudlng broad Jump, 6 feet 6 Inchoa. |