Show NATURE OPPOSED TO EXTREMES growing dancer of too much athleticism in I 1 american i colleges Colle ees there is a disposition among americans to go to excess in everything they undertake Agen A generation cration ago athletic sports were almost unknown and the wise men predicted the extinction of the american now we have swung to the other extreme and athletic sports are all the rage especially among college students it seems to the altoona pa tribune that many students stude lits are now devoting more attention to the development of muscle than to the accumulation of knowledge the situation is a perplexing one to the authorities of the colleges and they are now endeavoring to discover a method whereby students can be persuaded to take exercise moderately era tely there is need for action of this sort too much athleticism is even more dangerous than too little there is is danger in overstraining over training of the body all the noted athletes have either died young or broken down before they reached r c d middle life nature does not ta take kindly to either cither extreme physical or intellectual development and those who press her mn enst fra row jia vi ailt we ma may i y well rejoice that the day has vani shea when a pale face dull dul 1 eyes and a weak chest were the signs of knowledge but we will do well to guard against the other extreme which regards physical culture as the most important thing in me life the th young ayoung people who wh 0 attend our dinst institutions of learning should be encouraged to take plenty of physical exercise their inclination n toward outdoor games should not be b e frowned upon burthey but they should be held h eld to moderation and to such ch a wise division of their time as will enable e them to devote proper attention to their studies |