Show deeply concerned as to how far girls should go in competitive games by DR J F ROGERS U 8 bureau of education since girls have taken to the athletic field with increasing interest and have indulged in those sports which have been looked upon for of the male only adults of both centuries as aa belonging to the province have felt grave concern lost lest harm should follow this breaking away from old traditions and customs we are deeply concerned as aa to how far girls should go in competitive games the attitude of the american boy toward the outcome of athletic contests is not always characterized by tile the sanity that could be wished for and which is shown by participants in games in in some isome other countries partly no doubt from imitation of this attitude and partly because competitive athletics are for them a new and especially exciting form of adventure women have entered into these sports with an intensity which has added to the alic fear for their welfare under such circumstances the entry of women into athletics has not been peculiar to this country and the same concern for them has been felt ab abroad |