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Show Utah Mountains Lure to Climbers "No state in the United States offers of-fers greater opportunities for mountain moun-tain climbing and skiing than Utah," leclared Professor James R. Griffiths of the physical education department of the University of Utah. "'These activities," he said, "can be organized organiz-ed here in Utah at very little cost, and there is perhaps no other. activity activ-ity that will so develop a love of nature, a keen observation and health of the individual as these." The late Norwiegen skiier, E. Djomstadt, who is of international renown, expressed that he had seen no country in his life that was better for his favorite sport than Utah. Mr. Dojrnstadt trained the allied soldiers in the art of skiing during the world war. "Mountain climbing and skiing offer of-fer the best method of anything I know of awakening the fine qualities of character within those who participate," parti-cipate," P:ofessor Griffiths said. "The leaders in most schools of Utah," he continued, "realize the value val-ue in mountain climbing, and have organized hiking clubs. Very little has been done, however, in developing develop-ing the art of skiing, which is as equally worth while as mountain limbing, and sometimes even more nteresting. I hope that the hills sur-ounding sur-ounding our state high schools will be used for hiking and skiing this wniter, and that the future will see thousands of our boys and girls participating par-ticipating in these sports which have made our North-European neighbors j such vigorous men and women." |