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Show SCHOOL METHODS BAD U. A. C. Lecturer Says We are Criminal Crim-inal to Child. Dr. H. S. Curtlss, director of the Playground Association In America, In his lecture to the Agricultural College Col-lege Summer school condemned se-i verely our system of college and high I school athletics and our Inefficient methods for training the child. In America Am-erica coaches are hired to w In regard less of tho physical, moral and 'social training. Tho system which makes study paramount In the school Is wrong since for the child, play Is fundamental. fun-damental. Girls who need exercise and health most, under this system nrg the greatest sufferers, " ,K. ". Among his practical suggestions for the Improvement of school conditions was tho recommendation that every normal student be trained In organized organiz-ed play, and that organized play bo made part of the curriculum, while every schoolhouse should havo at lenst a block for play purposes. The lecturer lauded English sportsmanship, sports-manship, and stated that we should ultimately adopt the German system of orglnazed play In tho school. |